This "story" - such that it is - reminds me of websites targeted at mobile users that route you through dozens of pages with a little disappointing dabble at each stop, just enough carrot to convince you to click one more time... until halfway to what you maybe want to see, you just give up and bail out.
Boeing is just "baiting" Musk to spend a lot of time and money on Mars because they - and the rest of the United Space Alliance - are feeling the hurt of all SpaceX's recent successful satellite launches.
The story blurb makes it sound like Patreon is a scam or scamish because only a few people using it are making bank. But I think this is a pretty normal distribution for folks involved in earning money this way, and any "creative" endeavor where margins are thin and success stories few. There are acres of people YouTubing and Podcasting, and only a few make any substantial part of their income from them. The same is true for selling products on eBay, Amazon, Listia, whomever. Individuals - people not companies - can make a living that way, and some do - but very few. Is Patreon "overselling" what you can do with their platform? Perhaps, but it's up to *YOU* to create something people want to give you money for, not Patreon.
Never heard of them. But a lot of people have been trying - to various levels of success to squeeze free money out of YouTube. Sorry, but YouTube owns them nothing. If you can make money on YouTube, fine, but if you don't have a business arrangement with the Googlies, don't be crying when they change up the rules...
Your IT guy is probably laughing at you behind your back. The rest of us would be talking about map DATA. Next time you're looking at the map, check the lower corner for the date the data was taken.
Yes, I'm fully aware of how to tell when a map was produced, moron. And there is a lot more data that can be obtained. You can also see a historic time-line on Google Earth.
Yet you have still not addressed what I was saying - probably because you don't understand it. Your responses show a huge amount of both hubris and stupidity.
Once again, Google does not show the detail that a drone will produce, and what the drone owner is actually interested in - such as a leaky pipe, a hole in a fence, the faces of a bunch of protesters, what have you. If you can't understand what I'm telling you, well, I'm not surprised. You communicate like a underachieving pompous pasty white neck-beard who spends his time in mom's basement drinking Mountain Dew from a 55 ounce Big Gulp cup while masturbating to porn.
Perhaps you should get back to the fry station before you boss realizes you've been in the shitter for 20 minutes smoking weed.
Google Maps does not show drone-level detail, and not is "real time". Nor does Google Maps reveal particular interest in particular locations by particular people.
The memo goes on to say that DJI is particularly interested in infrastructure like railroads and utilities, companies that provide drinking water as well as weapon storage facilities.
On this point, I think these areas are areas that any commercial drone manufacturer would be interested in selling to, I mean who else?
Nearly all classified information is mundane garbage that nobody cares about.
I'll agree with that, but there are very important exceptions.
Indeed. But of course as a Q Clarence guy, you know that 1000 little pieces of "mundane" but related secrets equals one very interesting not so mundane secret...
Also, will there be a human in the loop for posts like "I'll jump under a freakin' train if the Patriots lose the Superbowl"? Flag as Inappropriate
And what if they don't send anyone and you DO throw yourself under a train? I mean, the Patriots are America's Team, it would be quite understandable if you became despondent if they suck in the Super Bowl.
There are going to be some serious privacy issues and a lot of false positives. If all goes according to plan, expect the cops to send a SWAT team to bust down someone's door and "accidentally" pump two dozen bullets into them...
Like any social networking site, its popularity is very fragile and dependent on who its userbase it.
Just like Friendster, and MySpace, at some point it will fall out of favor.
And what about Facebook? What's their "secret sauce"? I think it's the huge staff of psychologists who have turned it into a platform for manipulating people's minds...
Serious question here. What's the difference between these arguments? 1. You shouldn't ban BitTorrent. It's just a protocol. Just because some people use it to steal digital content doesn't mean BitTorrent is inherently bad. 2. You shouldn't ban guns. It's just a device. Just because some people use it to kill innocents doesn't mean guns are inherently bad.
BitTorrent doesn't commit robberies and homicides.
True story, a friend of mine told the pain clinic she was using a THC creme on her knee to help with the pain and that it was working great, the pain clinic said that by self treating they could no longer prescribe her pain meds. So now she can't get legal meds and is relegated to only the 'illegal' ones.
Not in Washington State, Oregon, Colorado, and a growing (heh, growing...) list of others. Sessions/Trump/DoJ can not stop the tide from turning,there's just too much public interest and too much money to be had in state taxes.
Quite often, these scripts are part of jQuery or some other JS framework that "needs" to know your keystrokes as a part of the web site interface, "application" if you will. Sure, this info can be used nefariously, but most likely the purpose is the web site interface mechanics itself.
How about recalling them for false advertising? I bought one and it came with WHEELS . Not only that, After hearing all the hype, I was under the impression that riding one of these things would make me look hip and attractive to the opposite sex. So so very disappointed.
Are you suggesting that "anonymous reader" is not an typical Slashdot reader excited to tell everyone about the latest news out of technology powerhouse Amazon? The thing you are missing is that "anonymous reader" is actually an Alexa bot.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh my! I'm going to hang back, make some popcorn, step into some Tyvek coveralls, grab a hard-hat and safety goggles and enjoy the show!
This "story" - such that it is - reminds me of websites targeted at mobile users that route you through dozens of pages with a little disappointing dabble at each stop, just enough carrot to convince you to click one more time... until halfway to what you maybe want to see, you just give up and bail out.
Boeing is just "baiting" Musk to spend a lot of time and money on Mars because they - and the rest of the United Space Alliance - are feeling the hurt of all SpaceX's recent successful satellite launches.
What kind of high-quality porn are you watching in 30 minutes?
This is Slashdot. Obviously it's Japanese tentacle porn.
The story blurb makes it sound like Patreon is a scam or scamish because only a few people using it are making bank. But I think this is a pretty normal distribution for folks involved in earning money this way, and any "creative" endeavor where margins are thin and success stories few. There are acres of people YouTubing and Podcasting, and only a few make any substantial part of their income from them. The same is true for selling products on eBay, Amazon, Listia, whomever. Individuals - people not companies - can make a living that way, and some do - but very few. Is Patreon "overselling" what you can do with their platform? Perhaps, but it's up to *YOU* to create something people want to give you money for, not Patreon.
Never heard of them. But a lot of people have been trying - to various levels of success to squeeze free money out of YouTube. Sorry, but YouTube owns them nothing. If you can make money on YouTube, fine, but if you don't have a business arrangement with the Googlies, don't be crying when they change up the rules...
Your IT guy is probably laughing at you behind your back. The rest of us would be talking about map DATA. Next time you're looking at the map, check the lower corner for the date the data was taken.
Yes, I'm fully aware of how to tell when a map was produced, moron. And there is a lot more data that can be obtained. You can also see a historic time-line on Google Earth.
Yet you have still not addressed what I was saying - probably because you don't understand it. Your responses show a huge amount of both hubris and stupidity.
Once again, Google does not show the detail that a drone will produce, and what the drone owner is actually interested in - such as a leaky pipe, a hole in a fence, the faces of a bunch of protesters, what have you. If you can't understand what I'm telling you, well, I'm not surprised. You communicate like a underachieving pompous pasty white neck-beard who spends his time in mom's basement drinking Mountain Dew from a 55 ounce Big Gulp cup while masturbating to porn.
Perhaps you should get back to the fry station before you boss realizes you've been in the shitter for 20 minutes smoking weed.
It's inherently obvious you don't know what you're talking about.
It is inherently obvious you are full of shit.
... get to Google Maps?
Google Maps does not show drone-level detail, and not is "real time". Nor does Google Maps reveal particular interest in particular locations by particular people.
The memo goes on to say that DJI is particularly interested in infrastructure like railroads and utilities, companies that provide drinking water as well as weapon storage facilities.
On this point, I think these areas are areas that any commercial drone manufacturer would be interested in selling to, I mean who else?
It is totally legitimate to not want to be tracked or surveilled constantly at almost every job at almost every time
Not when an agreed part of your employment includes being tracked...
This is BIG news! ...
Maybe ...
Sort of ...
Possibly ...
I don't know...
Nearly all classified information is mundane garbage that nobody cares about.
I'll agree with that, but there are very important exceptions.
Indeed. But of course as a Q Clarence guy, you know that 1000 little pieces of "mundane" but related secrets equals one very interesting not so mundane secret...
Also, will there be a human in the loop for posts like "I'll jump under a freakin' train if the Patriots lose the Superbowl"?
Flag as Inappropriate
And what if they don't send anyone and you DO throw yourself under a train? I mean, the Patriots are America's Team, it would be quite understandable if you became despondent if they suck in the Super Bowl.
There are going to be some serious privacy issues and a lot of false positives. If all goes according to plan, expect the cops to send a SWAT team to bust down someone's door and "accidentally" pump two dozen bullets into them...
Remember Slashdot 2.0?
They sacrified usability for a modern look. When they "improved" the UI many users complained but Slashdot refused to rollback.
Never did hear what happened to Slashdot 2.0, it sort of disappeared and was never spoken of again...
Like any social networking site, its popularity is very fragile and dependent on who its userbase it.
Just like Friendster, and MySpace, at some point it will fall out of favor.
And what about Facebook? What's their "secret sauce"? I think it's the huge staff of psychologists who have turned it into a platform for manipulating people's minds...
I wonder how many murder / suicides this will result in?
But seriously, do they not load test in the run-up to these extravaganzas?
How about I leave my semen in your butthole?
You know I can't handle it when you talk dirty to me!
The lady at Comcast told me she's not having any speed or connectivity problems.
Serious question here. What's the difference between these arguments?
1. You shouldn't ban BitTorrent. It's just a protocol. Just because some people use it to steal digital content doesn't mean BitTorrent is inherently bad.
2. You shouldn't ban guns. It's just a device. Just because some people use it to kill innocents doesn't mean guns are inherently bad.
BitTorrent doesn't commit robberies and homicides.
Well that does it, I'm out.
True story, a friend of mine told the pain clinic she was using a THC creme on her knee to help with the pain and that it was working great, the pain clinic said that by self treating they could no longer prescribe her pain meds. So now she can't get legal meds and is relegated to only the 'illegal' ones.
Not in Washington State, Oregon, Colorado, and a growing (heh, growing...) list of others. Sessions/Trump/DoJ can not stop the tide from turning, there's just too much public interest and too much money to be had in state taxes.
Quite often, these scripts are part of jQuery or some other JS framework that "needs" to know your keystrokes as a part of the web site interface, "application" if you will. Sure, this info can be used nefariously, but most likely the purpose is the web site interface mechanics itself.
How about recalling them for false advertising? I bought one and it came with WHEELS . Not only that, After hearing all the hype, I was under the impression that riding one of these things would make me look hip and attractive to the opposite sex. So so very disappointed.
Are you suggesting that "anonymous reader" is not an typical Slashdot reader excited to tell everyone about the latest news out of technology powerhouse Amazon? The thing you are missing is that "anonymous reader" is actually an Alexa bot.