Define "way too many". There's tons of space around and at least in the US we are actually under populated which is one of the things that contributes to our high quality of life.
Every time someone predicts that the world's population will hit a wall in what it can support, we will run out of food, die from diseases, etc they have been wrong.
There is no reason why operating system and user space upgrades need to be tied to the manufacturer. None.
This situation is Google's fault and no one else's.
You have no idea how Android, the Linux kernel, or open source software works. I guess that's why you're hiding behind AC.
Each manufacturer is akin to a different distro of Linux. You in fact do have to wait for Fedora or Ubuntu to update their packages before you can apt-get them. You don't get them immediately. Nobody can force them to hurry up. Not Google, not you. They control the keys to apt-get.
This is because Fedora/Ubuntu/etc can modify the kernel source and the source of any package that goes into their system. They also have to make sure they all work together. Nobody else can do it for them because they don't know what changes they've made or how a change will impact the system as a whole.
Samsung maintains their own distro of Android. They control the kernel source. They control the packages included. They make a LOT of changes to the system. Only Samsung can update the packages they use and only Samsung can push out an update. Nobody can do it for them even if they wanted to.
Say what you will about lawsuits in America but they sure do work great for cases like this. This poor guy has years of his life completely ruined and will possibly have people hate him for the rest of his life because of the implication. Also this kind of stuff still shows up on background checks even if it's removed from your record. I would bet good money that he will have a harder time finding work in the future.
Does 1 year's salary make up for that? It sure wouldn't for me.
Yeah because self hosted hardware never goes down. Totally rock solid. I don't know why everyone doesn't host their own stuff so that nothing can go wrong.
Amazon refuses to make Apple TV, Android TV, or Chromecast clients for Amazon Video so that locks out a huge number of people wanting to use the service. I already pay for Amazon Prime but I've never used their service because they simply don't allow me to. If they fix that then maybe it will be a competitor to Netflix.
That doesn't sound like a Chrome problem that sounds like something wrong with your computer. Possibly drivers. Try reinstalling Windows/Linux and see if it gets better.
Frankly, I would like to see a fork of Chromium that focuses on privacy, ad blocking and script blocking (I don't like random scripts running on my machine). These are things Google wouldn't want to provide, so this could be how Chrome slips back to a 5% user share.
There are numerous forks of Chromium focusing on privacy already. I'm surprised you've never heard of any of them. They don't get used very much because they aren't as helpful or featurful as the real Chrome and most people just want to browse the web quickly and securely which Chrome does very well.
combined with some really fucking stupid decisions (USB-C)
USB-C is the best feature they've added to their laptops recently. It's a universal port that has good usability and performance. Of all of the things they do I think this is the most redeemable.
This is a huge multi-year project that almost rewrites whole portions of the browser. It's not just an entry on a changelog. It's a major undertaking that people have been discussing using a codename for a very long time. You need codenames because saying "project to split tabs into separate processes" over and over gets old. The name Electrolysis makes sense because that's essentially what they are doing: splitting one monolithic thing into smaller parts.
They did. Except just 1 and 2 and in this order. There is no 3 because that would be dumb.
1. Encrypted but where Google has the key so can "listen in" and provide those helpful suggestions (default because the app wouldn't be able to do anything cool otherwise) 2. Encrypted end to end for people who want it.
End to end encryption has its benefits but it also prevents a lot of cool things like the chat bots, syncing messages to desktop and tablets, and other cool things.
2GB is nothing. Netflix will blow through that in an hour or two. Anyone who is a cord cutter or a gamer will not be able to use such little internet. That's basically just enough to check email and read websites.
I don't see how this is any different than driver packages today. If you have no internet or the company goes out of business then you can't download the drivers. If you have drivers on a CD then they still work. The configuration webpage/app that uses these JavaScript APIs on that CD will still work too.
The problem was the employees wanting to put their personal devices on the corporate network to surf the web.
You never explained why exactly this was a problem. Their devices couldn't possibly be a security risk if your internal servers and networks were set up properly.
Employees were unwilling to accept that there's no good reason for their personal crap being attached to the network.
Maybe they weren't willing to accept that because it's not really true and you are just stating it like a fact. There's lots of good reasons employees would benefit from guest network/internet access: Wi-Fi calling, not getting any cell signal at all in buildings like Casinos and some resorts, better battery life on their devices, not needing to use valuable mobile data while at work, etc.
From a security standpoint letting employees onto the guest network is fine. It makes their work satisfaction higher and costs little to nothing for the business. Maybe you have a policy of not wanting employees to use their devices at work (like in the old days where businesses didn't want employees using phones for personal calls) but that seems more like a political move than having anything to do with security which was the topic.
In the UK, third party costs are unlimited - you might not get your car repaired but the person you hit will see their life altering injury costs covered for as long as they need them.
This wasn't clear. Who pays for the injury costs? Your insurance, their insurance, or the government?
Also a side note, I thought most major healthcare int he U.K. was already covered by the government.
Here in the US our legal limit is 0.08. It works out pretty nicely too. The moment you start feeling a bit creative just put down the beer and you'll be good for the drive home.
I'm not seeing how Google caused your problems. Maybe be angry at Samsung for not giving you access to Lollipop?
This API specifically makes your "organize my pictures on it" use case possible in an easy fashion. Instead of being happy that Google is working to make your use cases easy you somehow turn this into a tirade about Google. I'm just a little confused.
If you weren't able to pass the almost non-existent qualifications for the beta then you probably aren't good beta tester material. Beta testing requires effort, perseverance, and the ability to solve problems and think intuitively about odd situations.
Killing Reader doesn't mean Google is shutting down all of their products. Reader is the only "important" project they've shut down and that's only because we are all nerds and used Reader constantly. Most people on the internet don't use RSS or even know what it is.
Chromebooks are one of the major pieces of Google's ecosystem. There's no way they will be shut down or neglected unless Google completely changes its business model. At that point we will have more to complain about than Google shutting down a few products.
I just wish Google News allowed end users to filter out sources that are more propaganda than anything (Drudge, Newsmax, Fox...)
You can personalize your sources in Google News right now.
First, open the configuration menu (the gear icon) then look towards the bottom of the pane. You will see an adjust sources section. Throw in Drudge and set it to Never.
Now you can read your own personalized information bubble.
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How can a woman forcibly rape a man? If he's not wanting to, he ain't getting hard...and if he is hard, well, you can't rape the willing, you know?
"If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." -Todd Akin
Going through the Earth wouldn't make the distance from Hawaii to Chicago that much shorter. Your ping would still be high.
Define "way too many". There's tons of space around and at least in the US we are actually under populated which is one of the things that contributes to our high quality of life.
Every time someone predicts that the world's population will hit a wall in what it can support, we will run out of food, die from diseases, etc they have been wrong.
There is no reason why operating system and user space upgrades need to be tied to the manufacturer. None.
This situation is Google's fault and no one else's.
You have no idea how Android, the Linux kernel, or open source software works. I guess that's why you're hiding behind AC.
Each manufacturer is akin to a different distro of Linux. You in fact do have to wait for Fedora or Ubuntu to update their packages before you can apt-get them. You don't get them immediately. Nobody can force them to hurry up. Not Google, not you. They control the keys to apt-get.
This is because Fedora/Ubuntu/etc can modify the kernel source and the source of any package that goes into their system. They also have to make sure they all work together. Nobody else can do it for them because they don't know what changes they've made or how a change will impact the system as a whole.
Samsung maintains their own distro of Android. They control the kernel source. They control the packages included. They make a LOT of changes to the system. Only Samsung can update the packages they use and only Samsung can push out an update. Nobody can do it for them even if they wanted to.
Say what you will about lawsuits in America but they sure do work great for cases like this. This poor guy has years of his life completely ruined and will possibly have people hate him for the rest of his life because of the implication. Also this kind of stuff still shows up on background checks even if it's removed from your record. I would bet good money that he will have a harder time finding work in the future.
Does 1 year's salary make up for that? It sure wouldn't for me.
Yeah because self hosted hardware never goes down. Totally rock solid. I don't know why everyone doesn't host their own stuff so that nothing can go wrong.
Amazon refuses to make Apple TV, Android TV, or Chromecast clients for Amazon Video so that locks out a huge number of people wanting to use the service. I already pay for Amazon Prime but I've never used their service because they simply don't allow me to. If they fix that then maybe it will be a competitor to Netflix.
That doesn't sound like a Chrome problem that sounds like something wrong with your computer. Possibly drivers. Try reinstalling Windows/Linux and see if it gets better.
Frankly, I would like to see a fork of Chromium that focuses on privacy, ad blocking and script blocking (I don't like random scripts running on my machine). These are things Google wouldn't want to provide, so this could be how Chrome slips back to a 5% user share.
There are numerous forks of Chromium focusing on privacy already. I'm surprised you've never heard of any of them. They don't get used very much because they aren't as helpful or featurful as the real Chrome and most people just want to browse the web quickly and securely which Chrome does very well.
combined with some really fucking stupid decisions (USB-C)
USB-C is the best feature they've added to their laptops recently. It's a universal port that has good usability and performance. Of all of the things they do I think this is the most redeemable.
Running Cat-5e or Cat-6 to each individual unit is no problem
So how do they do it? Rip out the walls of each unit and run the fiber manually? Sounds expensive but maybe they can swing it.
Or do they run the fiber outside of the building? Or something else?
I'm very interested to hear how they do it so easily.
This is a huge multi-year project that almost rewrites whole portions of the browser. It's not just an entry on a changelog. It's a major undertaking that people have been discussing using a codename for a very long time. You need codenames because saying "project to split tabs into separate processes" over and over gets old. The name Electrolysis makes sense because that's essentially what they are doing: splitting one monolithic thing into smaller parts.
They did. Except just 1 and 2 and in this order. There is no 3 because that would be dumb.
1. Encrypted but where Google has the key so can "listen in" and provide those helpful suggestions (default because the app wouldn't be able to do anything cool otherwise)
2. Encrypted end to end for people who want it.
End to end encryption has its benefits but it also prevents a lot of cool things like the chat bots, syncing messages to desktop and tablets, and other cool things.
If some low skill minimum wage H1B can do your job well you are already in trouble.
2GB is nothing. Netflix will blow through that in an hour or two. Anyone who is a cord cutter or a gamer will not be able to use such little internet. That's basically just enough to check email and read websites.
I don't see how this is any different than driver packages today. If you have no internet or the company goes out of business then you can't download the drivers. If you have drivers on a CD then they still work. The configuration webpage/app that uses these JavaScript APIs on that CD will still work too.
Meaningful Use = Obama stimulus package. Nobody even mentioned Obamacare.
The problem was the employees wanting to put their personal devices on the corporate network to surf the web.
You never explained why exactly this was a problem. Their devices couldn't possibly be a security risk if your internal servers and networks were set up properly.
Employees were unwilling to accept that there's no good reason for their personal crap being attached to the network.
Maybe they weren't willing to accept that because it's not really true and you are just stating it like a fact. There's lots of good reasons employees would benefit from guest network/internet access: Wi-Fi calling, not getting any cell signal at all in buildings like Casinos and some resorts, better battery life on their devices, not needing to use valuable mobile data while at work, etc.
From a security standpoint letting employees onto the guest network is fine. It makes their work satisfaction higher and costs little to nothing for the business. Maybe you have a policy of not wanting employees to use their devices at work (like in the old days where businesses didn't want employees using phones for personal calls) but that seems more like a political move than having anything to do with security which was the topic.
In the UK, third party costs are unlimited - you might not get your car repaired but the person you hit will see their life altering injury costs covered for as long as they need them.
This wasn't clear. Who pays for the injury costs? Your insurance, their insurance, or the government?
Also a side note, I thought most major healthcare int he U.K. was already covered by the government.
Here in the US our legal limit is 0.08. It works out pretty nicely too. The moment you start feeling a bit creative just put down the beer and you'll be good for the drive home.
I'm not seeing how Google caused your problems. Maybe be angry at Samsung for not giving you access to Lollipop?
This API specifically makes your "organize my pictures on it" use case possible in an easy fashion. Instead of being happy that Google is working to make your use cases easy you somehow turn this into a tirade about Google. I'm just a little confused.
If you weren't able to pass the almost non-existent qualifications for the beta then you probably aren't good beta tester material. Beta testing requires effort, perseverance, and the ability to solve problems and think intuitively about odd situations.
No, they wouldn't.
Killing Reader doesn't mean Google is shutting down all of their products. Reader is the only "important" project they've shut down and that's only because we are all nerds and used Reader constantly. Most people on the internet don't use RSS or even know what it is.
Chromebooks are one of the major pieces of Google's ecosystem. There's no way they will be shut down or neglected unless Google completely changes its business model. At that point we will have more to complain about than Google shutting down a few products.
None of the devices on the page you listed run Google TV. None of them.
I'm not sure if you are honestly misinformed about what we're talking about or are just cocksure and arrogant to others while being ignorant yourself.
I just wish Google News allowed end users to filter out sources that are more propaganda than anything (Drudge, Newsmax, Fox...)
You can personalize your sources in Google News right now.
First, open the configuration menu (the gear icon) then look towards the bottom of the pane. You will see an adjust sources section. Throw in Drudge and set it to Never.
Now you can read your own personalized information bubble.