No patent protection on tech manufactured overseas?
Different things are patentable in different countries. For instance, America allows patents on software, and DNA sequences. Many other countries do not. There are also issues of jurisdiction. In this case the infringing product was sold in the UK, so maybe it should be resolved in British courts.
And bleeding everyone is what the big entertainment industry is forced to do to stay afloat
Fewer people go to the cinema, but industry revenues are not declining because higher ticket prices more than make up for fewer customers. Here is a graph.
Then every place you've worked made poor use of its interns.
Indeed. An internship is an extended job interview. You need to give interns challenging and interesting work, both to test their abilities, and to make them want to accept your job offer when they graduate.
My company makes job offers to about half of our former interns during their senior year in college, and about 70% of those accept. We rarely hire any other graduating techs.
The SF Bay Area doesn't have many big women or big kids. It has one of the lowest obesity rates in America. If you go to a restaurant, even the chefs are skinny.
Self-driving doesn't mean pure elecric. Nothing in Apple's statement excludes ICEs or hybrids
You learn nothing about Apple by reading their "statements". The real information comes from the rumors. It is an open secret that Apple is the real power behind Faraday Future, which is developing self-driving electric cars.
Personally, I don't think he does a great job explaining algorithms.... It is an exhaustive catalog, but it's not a great learning tool.
I agree with all of the above. There are better books. But criticizing TAOCP is like saying the emperor has no clothes. The series is difficult to understand, and everyone thinks it is their own fault for not being smart enough, rather than that the books actually aren't very good.
Disclaimer: I own the entire series, and keep them in my office to impress people, but I haven't actually opened them in the last 20 years. Additional Disclaimer: I loved Don's "Concrete Mathematics" book... for the humor as well as the math. I keep it in my office to impress people too.
This has happened before, when plants first evolved the C4 cycle about 35 million years ago. It wasn't until about 6 million years ago that C4 became ecologically significant, when grasslands became widespread. The resultant fall in atmospheric CO2 caused global cooling and may have been a reason for the ice ages.
The UK masquerades as a democracy, and has for a long time. In reality it's the most hilariously over the top nanny state
Democracies and nanny states are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are strongly correlated. Lots of voters want the government to be their mommy.
The problem with the UK is that they lack the checks-and-balances that many other democracies have. The lower house has nearly all the power, and the PM has a majority coalition that can ram through stupid laws very quickly.
If this technology escapes the lab this would be the ultimate weed
Since it is something that is manufactured, and had no ability to reproduce on its own, that is unlikely. It is no more likely to "escape" than any other solar panel. Do you also worry that motorcycles might escape from garages and start reproducing in the wild?
Nobody asks my address at the electronics shop when I have a $800 TV in my cart.
That is a "card present" transaction. If the card is physically swiped or inserted they don't need your address because they can verify the transaction with the data from the mag-stripe or chip.
The fraud discussed in TFA is for online "card not present" transactions.
Many credit card companies simply don't care about fraud. If fraudulent charges happen, they reverse the charges (leaving the merchant out the cost of whatever was bought).
They also ding the merchant with a "charge-back" fee of about $25, although it actually costs the banks almost nothing to process. The banks actually benefit from CC fraud, which is why they are not proactive about preventing it. Consumers are ripped off if they don't notice the charges, but most of the cost is dumped onto the merchants, who are powerless to fix the problem.
But what about the name on the card, then? Doesn't that have to be correct?
Many merchants do not verify the name. I recently made an online purchase and wanted it shipped to a friend, and I inadvertently set both the shipping and billing address to my friend's name and address. The transaction went through.
So some merchants verity the name, but not the CCV. Some validate the CCV but not the name. Some check the zipcode, others do not.
I really think a system like that should be mandatory for online sales and not just optional.
It may be overkill for ALL online transactions. For instance, if I have bought from an online merchant before, and the shipping address matches my billing address, then it very unlikely to be fraud. But if the transaction is for a first time gold bullion purchase shipped to Moldavia, then sure, a text message is a good idea.
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No patent protection on tech manufactured overseas?
Different things are patentable in different countries. For instance, America allows patents on software, and DNA sequences. Many other countries do not. There are also issues of jurisdiction. In this case the infringing product was sold in the UK, so maybe it should be resolved in British courts.
On smoggy days, people breathe just as much as on clear days.
So the obvious conclusion is that people don't care about air quality.
And bleeding everyone is what the big entertainment industry is forced to do to stay afloat
Fewer people go to the cinema, but industry revenues are not declining because higher ticket prices more than make up for fewer customers. Here is a graph.
more and more of the discs were unplayable due to scratches and abuse.
Try rubbing it with toothpaste. Toothpaste contains a very fine abrasive that can be used to polish the polycarbonate surface of a DVD.
in order to not have to pay them minimum wage you do have to meet certain criteria:
The criteria are that the "intern" can't do any useful work. Which means they are a student, not an intern.
Then every place you've worked made poor use of its interns.
Indeed. An internship is an extended job interview. You need to give interns challenging and interesting work, both to test their abilities, and to make them want to accept your job offer when they graduate.
My company makes job offers to about half of our former interns during their senior year in college, and about 70% of those accept. We rarely hire any other graduating techs.
Some interns don't even get paid.
In America, unpaid internships are illegal.
..., big women and big kids.
The SF Bay Area doesn't have many big women or big kids. It has one of the lowest obesity rates in America. If you go to a restaurant, even the chefs are skinny.
Yet IT workers are supposedly out of work.
Uhh ... no. Tech unemployment has been 3% or less for years.
Most interns split the rent 3-5 ways. It's hard to find a rental for such a short term
It is common for Valley tech companies to rent a big house and make the rooms available either free or at a discount to summer interns.
The recent Oakland warehouse fire of Dec 2, 2016. So far 33 found dead
Those people weren't living in the warehouse. They were attending an overcrowded concert there. The venue was in blatant violation of the fire code.
Nothing better than stuff people can't understand.
Yes, the best office book is one that nobody ever wants to borrow.
Here is another office tip: Put red caps on all your pens. Nobody steals red pens.
Self-driving doesn't mean pure elecric. Nothing in Apple's statement excludes ICEs or hybrids
You learn nothing about Apple by reading their "statements". The real information comes from the rumors. It is an open secret that Apple is the real power behind Faraday Future, which is developing self-driving electric cars.
With apple only service centers even for tires and oil changes.
They are electric cars. That don't have oil.
to make themselves feel good. Gotcha.
... and you make yourself feel good by criticizing those doing something, while you do nothing.
Personally, I don't think he does a great job explaining algorithms .... It is an exhaustive catalog, but it's not a great learning tool.
I agree with all of the above. There are better books. But criticizing TAOCP is like saying the emperor has no clothes. The series is difficult to understand, and everyone thinks it is their own fault for not being smart enough, rather than that the books actually aren't very good.
Disclaimer: I own the entire series, and keep them in my office to impress people, but I haven't actually opened them in the last 20 years. ... for the humor as well as the math. I keep it in my office to impress people too.
Additional Disclaimer: I loved Don's "Concrete Mathematics" book
This has happened before, when plants first evolved the C4 cycle about 35 million years ago. It wasn't until about 6 million years ago that C4 became ecologically significant, when grasslands became widespread. The resultant fall in atmospheric CO2 caused global cooling and may have been a reason for the ice ages.
The UK masquerades as a democracy, and has for a long time. In reality it's the most hilariously over the top nanny state
Democracies and nanny states are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are strongly correlated. Lots of voters want the government to be their mommy.
The problem with the UK is that they lack the checks-and-balances that many other democracies have. The lower house has nearly all the power, and the PM has a majority coalition that can ram through stupid laws very quickly.
If this technology escapes the lab this would be the ultimate weed
Since it is something that is manufactured, and had no ability to reproduce on its own, that is unlikely. It is no more likely to "escape" than any other solar panel. Do you also worry that motorcycles might escape from garages and start reproducing in the wild?
That leaves the CVC2 number itself, which of course isn't random either.
Do you have a citation for this assertion that CVV2 numbers are not random?
Nobody asks my address at the electronics shop when I have a $800 TV in my cart.
That is a "card present" transaction. If the card is physically swiped or inserted they don't need your address because they can verify the transaction with the data from the mag-stripe or chip.
The fraud discussed in TFA is for online "card not present" transactions.
Many credit card companies simply don't care about fraud. If fraudulent charges happen, they reverse the charges (leaving the merchant out the cost of whatever was bought).
They also ding the merchant with a "charge-back" fee of about $25, although it actually costs the banks almost nothing to process. The banks actually benefit from CC fraud, which is why they are not proactive about preventing it. Consumers are ripped off if they don't notice the charges, but most of the cost is dumped onto the merchants, who are powerless to fix the problem.
But what about the name on the card, then? Doesn't that have to be correct?
Many merchants do not verify the name. I recently made an online purchase and wanted it shipped to a friend, and I inadvertently set both the shipping and billing address to my friend's name and address. The transaction went through.
So some merchants verity the name, but not the CCV.
Some validate the CCV but not the name.
Some check the zipcode, others do not.
It should also make Earl Grey Tea.
Hot, of course.
I really think a system like that should be mandatory for online sales and not just optional.
It may be overkill for ALL online transactions. For instance, if I have bought from an online merchant before, and the shipping address matches my billing address, then it very unlikely to be fraud. But if the transaction is for a first time gold bullion purchase shipped to Moldavia, then sure, a text message is a good idea.