Having your own WiFi suffer as a result of unnecessary contention from long distance lower bitrate connections from neighbors hurts you and everyone else trying to use WiFi.
A theoretical problem, not a proven problem. But do continue to fiddle with your tin-foil hat...
This is mostly the praddle of those that dropped out or never went. Sure, if you want to be a Systems Admin drone, and think that it's the apex of IT, fine. But if you want to be a serious software archatect who understands the global issues and actually builds the future, no, sorry, a high school dropout usually doesn't cut it.
Itâ(TM)s a good thing you don't work in Customer Service. Or do you? Ignorant 20-something pontificating like the Pope, because you were born knowledgeable, and everything else you needed to know about life you learned in High School... Yeah. Grow up.
Yeah, Strisand, blah, blah, blah... But seriously, right after "People Think Smart Home Tech is Too Expensive"? Wonder why? Crap implementations by people that counldn't care less about security (but obviously should know better), and than douche bages like this who don't know about customer service because they've never been out of their mom's basement? Nope, I'll wait a few years...
Having no experience in the IT/computer/beep-boop industry or bay area, I'd assume he's got to be impressing some people...
You keep thinking that... Sorry, no.... In the "Gig Economy" you are a resource, a thing to be used, and expanded. When you are done, you are done, although it may take some time for you to realize it.
... were sleep is scarce and caffeine is plentiful.
Ah yes, "The Gig Economy". Hope he's saving some of that cash-ola because that scarce sleep and lots-o-coffee is going to get old and he's going to run out of steam with no healthcare and no retirement savings in a "Gig Economy" where he's no longer in the desirable / hirable age bracket regardless of his uber-leet hacking skills...
Ma knows he would make more money if he had a more traditional career. He just doesn't want one.
Oath vs OAuth. I see absolutely zero room for any potential confusion there at all in the tech world!
The "tech world" is not their target audience. And it is possible that between now and when they pull the wraps off the name will change.
I really don't understand the value to them at all.I really don't understand how any of the assets, including subscriber lists, can have anywhere near the value they paid. They should have let Yahoo die.
We had a Republican president when the Patriot act was passed to take away all our rights. But to be fair, the Democrats certainly deserve a fair share of the blame. It's not just one party doing it.
However, keep in mind that in reality, President Obama never met an invasive secret domestic spying program he didn't like. As well, he was exceptionally vicious in pursuing heavy criminal penalties for whistle blowers. I find it difficult to believe he was seriously interested in repealing the Patriot Act, except for "public relations" with his constituency of Democrats like me.
And if Facebook knows what issues you care about and what parties/politicians you support, they can easily put all that together in order to sell political advertising campaigns targeting you to specific politicians and give them the specific issues to put in the campaign.
Yes, that's obvious. Would you not expect they to leverage that data point? I don't think there is anything "ulterior" about it...
I don't really see anything nefarious, other than the well known MO of Facebook. People use Facebook and know or should know that Facebook collects data on what goes on at Facebook... I mean "who knew!"...
Taking the standard "I can't believe [insert huge faceless corporation here] is spying on my yadda yadda yadda" out of the equation, like you suggest, I think anything to get people more involved in governance is not a bad thing.
That's the arbitrary deadline that Congress imposed back in 2014, at which point they'll have to decide whether or not to keep funding the ISS.
In all likelyhood we will continue to use it beyond 2024, that's not a "hard" retirement date, it's a "let's look at the program and funding" date. Case in point: the B-52 is well past its original retirement date.
The better question is if the money spent to continue ISS is money well spent.
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Having your own WiFi suffer as a result of unnecessary contention from long distance lower bitrate connections from neighbors hurts you and everyone else trying to use WiFi.
A theoretical problem, not a proven problem. But do continue to fiddle with your tin-foil hat...
This is mostly the praddle of those that dropped out or never went. Sure, if you want to be a Systems Admin drone, and think that it's the apex of IT, fine. But if you want to be a serious software archatect who understands the global issues and actually builds the future, no, sorry, a high school dropout usually doesn't cut it.
Itâ(TM)s a good thing you don't work in Customer Service. Or do you? Ignorant 20-something pontificating like the Pope, because you were born knowledgeable, and everything else you needed to know about life you learned in High School... Yeah. Grow up.
Or, "forget" to pay the fees, and, "oops, that evidence of police wrongdoing was automatically deleted. Oh, well."
-5 for ignorent bullshit. Kindly pul your head out of your ass.
Sometimes the customer is wrong
Sometimes a company should hire a blond Customer Service Lady that is unfailingly polite.
Did the guy agree that his device can be disabled at any time and the server side service is not a given?
In the click-through EULA? Go ahead, be an asshole.
Good grief, my spelling! It burns!
Yeah, Strisand, blah, blah, blah... But seriously, right after "People Think Smart Home Tech is Too Expensive"? Wonder why? Crap implementations by people that counldn't care less about security (but obviously should know better), and than douche bages like this who don't know about customer service because they've never been out of their mom's basement? Nope, I'll wait a few years...
My God! They don't have 10,000 gigabit fibre to every homeless tent!
Welcome to the real world.
Having no experience in the IT/computer/beep-boop industry or bay area, I'd assume he's got to be impressing some people...
You keep thinking that... Sorry, no.... In the "Gig Economy" you are a resource, a thing to be used, and expanded. When you are done, you are done, although it may take some time for you to realize it.
If you spend 100 hours to earn a $5000 prize, is that really any different than working for a real company at $50/hr?
Yes, you don't get healthcare and benefits. But you have FREEDOM!
... were sleep is scarce and caffeine is plentiful.
Ah yes, "The Gig Economy". Hope he's saving some of that cash-ola because that scarce sleep and lots-o-coffee is going to get old and he's going to run out of steam with no healthcare and no retirement savings in a "Gig Economy" where he's no longer in the desirable / hirable age bracket regardless of his uber-leet hacking skills...
Ma knows he would make more money if he had a more traditional career. He just doesn't want one.
Please, tell me more!
There is no way there company could compensate me hourly in an appropriate fashion.
Maybe if the did compensate you "appropriately", you could take a grammar course.
Oath vs OAuth. I see absolutely zero room for any potential confusion there at all in the tech world!
The "tech world" is not their target audience. And it is possible that between now and when they pull the wraps off the name will change.
I really don't understand the value to them at all.I really don't understand how any of the assets, including subscriber lists, can have anywhere near the value they paid. They should have let Yahoo die.
...you can still view them online for free. Granted, it's through LexisNexis, but it's free and searchable, so what's the big deal?
LexisNexis is not free.
Slashdot reader Presto Vivace adds: "It could have been worse, at least he was not criminally charged liked Aaron Schwartz."
Aaron Schwartz is a sad case, but what does that have to do with copyrighting public law?
What's so bad about longer tweets? Or are they no longer tweets then? Very confusing....
Do you really want me to spend 2000 characters describing my lunch or that amazing bowel movement I just had? Really? Send me your email...
We had a Republican president when the Patriot act was passed to take away all our rights. But to be fair, the Democrats certainly deserve a fair share of the blame. It's not just one party doing it.
However, keep in mind that in reality, President Obama never met an invasive secret domestic spying program he didn't like. As well, he was exceptionally vicious in pursuing heavy criminal penalties for whistle blowers. I find it difficult to believe he was seriously interested in repealing the Patriot Act, except for "public relations" with his constituency of Democrats like me.
How can my ISP see all my web traffic? Pretty easily, if it's not encrypted, which is one reason why google [sic] is pushing https everywhere...
Got to hide your massive search history for Japanese Tentacle Porn...
Elucidate, I'm interested in the downside...
And if Facebook knows what issues you care about and what parties/politicians you support, they can easily put all that together in order to sell political advertising campaigns targeting you to specific politicians and give them the specific issues to put in the campaign.
Yes, that's obvious. Would you not expect they to leverage that data point? I don't think there is anything "ulterior" about it...
I don't really see anything nefarious, other than the well known MO of Facebook. People use Facebook and know or should know that Facebook collects data on what goes on at Facebook... I mean "who knew!" ...
Taking the standard "I can't believe [insert huge faceless corporation here] is spying on my yadda yadda yadda" out of the equation, like you suggest, I think anything to get people more involved in governance is not a bad thing.
That's the arbitrary deadline that Congress imposed back in 2014, at which point they'll have to decide whether or not to keep funding the ISS.
In all likelyhood we will continue to use it beyond 2024, that's not a "hard" retirement date, it's a "let's look at the program and funding" date. Case in point: the B-52 is well past its original retirement date.
The better question is if the money spent to continue ISS is money well spent.
I should be paid for and own that which I create. You? Not so much.
So; is this going to be a fire sale?
They are going to sell them to the "Burner Phone" market...