90% of corporations behave less unethically than they could get away with, bottom line, total-cost-of-assholeness (TCA).
You can point to say Apple donating to homeless shelters in Cupertino. I could say they did that to butter up the Cupertino city council so they'd be allowed to expand their parking lot. I could say Apple has an interest in maintaining an image that's it's socially responsible, because that's what turns on its hipster millennial fan base, and what ultimately will sell more product. So donating to that homeless shelter gets paid back in sales ten fold.
Not provable either way. Just an observation that money always wins in the end.
Google's adding requirements that apps need to be targeted to the last major release (e.g., as of October (?) this year they need to target Oreo). It's just for updates and new apps for now but they know this problem and are working on it.
Having heterodox political views does not make you mentally unwell.
That the least of his problem.
‘I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.’
‘Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book’s autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.’
‘One of the problems with being a bubbling source of creativity – it’s like I’m bubbling in a laboratory, and if you don’t put a cap on it, at one point it will, like, break the glass. If I can hone that then I have, like, nuclear power, like a superhero, like Cyclops when he puts his glasses on.’
California, for example, is likely fucking itself out of an agricultural future
They could start by kicking out of the nut growers. Nuts are ridiculous in the amount of water required. For example, almost 5 gallons for a single Walnut. Gee, I think I could live without walnuts. And CA grows 99% of all walnuts produced in the US. And 99% of almonds. And 98% of pistachios.
CA's aquifers are being sucked dry for the profits of these companies.
Today: NASA scientists have found that humans have dramatically altered the location of water around the world. Tomorrow: Trump removes NASA funding for the study of water location around the world.
they don't generally go out of their way to kill innocent people
They never kill innocent people. That'd be a waste of money and would lower the stock price. They kill people that get in the way of profits. See the difference? It's just business.
The truth is there is a lot of information is the world it is meaningless to have
Do you think the scientists collecting climate data 50 years ago knew how important their data would be today? Oh, but you'd have fired those idiots, because after all, as far as we knew that data was meaningless.
Or better yet, if we hadn't collected any climate data 50 years ago, it would be easier to claim the climate change is a leftist hoax. Ingenious!
I would vastly rather that $10 million go to outer space probes, information that in the long run is ACTUALLY VALUABLE.
Unfortunately, that money wasn't re-routed to out space probes, so that's irrelevant.
Obviously by supporting Big Carbon Research you are literally killing millions of homeless children.
Unfortunately, that money wasn't re-routed to help homeless children.
The climate change hysteria is getting out of hand. I can't even notice a slight difference in winters from my childhood (40 years ago now), but somehow we have imminent disaster coming? It doesn't pass most people's sniff test.
You've got to be a paid troll. No human can be this stupid. It's not possible.
A pollutant is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource. A pollutant may cause long- or short-term damage by changing the growth rate of plant or animal species, or by interfering with human amenities, comfort, health, or property values.
There's no reason why this couldn't be rolled under NOAA's budget as a cost savings measure since that data could be used internally by NOAA for other projects. It's not like the Satellite coudn't be used for other projects or rolled into upcoming weather satellites.
I would think that NASA's only role in this should be launching and maintaining the satellites. The Science and Climate Monitoring itself should be under NOAA control.
I came here for the LOL of seeing Trump supporters (and their Russian troll countparts) attempt to explain this one away. So your take is that because the science doesn't exactly match what you (?) think is NASA's scope, it should be completely stopped.
If users find that security measures are hindering their ability to do their job, they'll bypass the security.
My point is if employees are willing to do that, all bets are off. There's always going to be a way to bypass security. These policies assume employees want to do the right thing. They aren't intended as bullet proof measures to thwart malicious agents. If that was the case they'd strip search and body cavity search you at the door and modify the operating system and firmware of every computing device on the campus to ignore USB drives.
And as ignorant as most people are: a fetus starts learning the language around him and understands quite a bit of what is talked around him. They play, they sleep and dream. They kick when they want attention etc.
Regardless of how superior you feel right now, everyone knows that.
Is it alive when it would die if not attached to the mother receiving all its nutrients and sustenance?
All living things need nutrients and sustenance. Seems invalid to define life as the ability to achieve those things with some arbitrary measure of independence.
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90% of corporations behave less unethically than they could get away with, bottom line, total-cost-of-assholeness (TCA).
You can point to say Apple donating to homeless shelters in Cupertino. I could say they did that to butter up the Cupertino city council so they'd be allowed to expand their parking lot. I could say Apple has an interest in maintaining an image that's it's socially responsible, because that's what turns on its hipster millennial fan base, and what ultimately will sell more product. So donating to that homeless shelter gets paid back in sales ten fold.
Not provable either way. Just an observation that money always wins in the end.
Yes you are right. This is only target SDK, not min SDK. It just forces devs to test (certify) for newer devices.
I'm surprised a liberal entity
Sorry. What?
Apple is a corporation. It's not a person. It's run by board with the only goal being to make money.
Wow I agreed with you.
has to target the last 4 major version of Android
Google's adding requirements that apps need to be targeted to the last major release (e.g., as of October (?) this year they need to target Oreo). It's just for updates and new apps for now but they know this problem and are working on it.
when you can just delete and re-install an app to get around it then it isn't all that useful,
Would you keep uninstalling / reinstalled an app you use often to save $2.99? I wouldn't.
Having heterodox political views does not make you mentally unwell.
That the least of his problem.
‘I am God’s vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.’
‘Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book’s autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.’
‘One of the problems with being a bubbling source of creativity – it’s like I’m bubbling in a laboratory, and if you don’t put a cap on it, at one point it will, like, break the glass. If I can hone that then I have, like, nuclear power, like a superhero, like Cyclops when he puts his glasses on.’
which seems have misreported the sales of the corporate shill Beyonce and the mentally unwell Kanye West
You gave me a good lol today. Well stated.
California, for example, is likely fucking itself out of an agricultural future
They could start by kicking out of the nut growers. Nuts are ridiculous in the amount of water required. For example, almost 5 gallons for a single Walnut. Gee, I think I could live without walnuts. And CA grows 99% of all walnuts produced in the US. And 99% of almonds. And 98% of pistachios.
CA's aquifers are being sucked dry for the profits of these companies.
Today: NASA scientists have found that humans have dramatically altered the location of water around the world.
Tomorrow: Trump removes NASA funding for the study of water location around the world.
The demo is probably real (and edited to remove identifying information) but Google may be worried that California prohibits recording such calls.
I'm sure Google's 12,341 lawyers wouldn't have thought about that first.
they don't generally go out of their way to kill innocent people
They never kill innocent people. That'd be a waste of money and would lower the stock price. They kill people that get in the way of profits. See the difference? It's just business.
No, nor did they know it would be altered beyond recognition
There's no debate to be had with insane people. Good luck.
The truth is there is a lot of information is the world it is meaningless to have
Do you think the scientists collecting climate data 50 years ago knew how important their data would be today? Oh, but you'd have fired those idiots, because after all, as far as we knew that data was meaningless.
Or better yet, if we hadn't collected any climate data 50 years ago, it would be easier to claim the climate change is a leftist hoax. Ingenious!
I would vastly rather that $10 million go to outer space probes, information that in the long run is ACTUALLY VALUABLE.
Unfortunately, that money wasn't re-routed to out space probes, so that's irrelevant.
Obviously by supporting Big Carbon Research you are literally killing millions of homeless children.
Unfortunately, that money wasn't re-routed to help homeless children.
It's good to keep $10 million instead of spending it on something you don't need.
Yes, I can clearly see you have no need for information or data in your life. Keep fighting the good fight.
Well since the U.S. is not *in* the Paris Climate Accords, why should we spend $10/million a year on something we do not need?
Here's a tip that might help you in life. It's good to have information. It allows you to make better decisions.
The climate change hysteria is getting out of hand. I can't even notice a slight difference in winters from my childhood (40 years ago now), but somehow we have imminent disaster coming? It doesn't pass most people's sniff test.
You've got to be a paid troll. No human can be this stupid. It's not possible.
CO2 is not a pollutant.
Are you sure?
A pollutant is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource. A pollutant may cause long- or short-term damage by changing the growth rate of plant or animal species, or by interfering with human amenities, comfort, health, or property values.
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There's no reason why this couldn't be rolled under NOAA's budget as a cost savings measure since that data could be used internally by NOAA for other projects. It's not like the Satellite coudn't be used for other projects or rolled into upcoming weather satellites.
Okay. Was it rolled under NOAA's budget?
Oh....
I would think that NASA's only role in this should be launching and maintaining the satellites. The Science and Climate Monitoring itself should be under NOAA control.
I came here for the LOL of seeing Trump supporters (and their Russian troll countparts) attempt to explain this one away. So your take is that because the science doesn't exactly match what you (?) think is NASA's scope, it should be completely stopped.
Excellent.
If users find that security measures are hindering their ability to do their job, they'll bypass the security.
My point is if employees are willing to do that, all bets are off. There's always going to be a way to bypass security. These policies assume employees want to do the right thing. They aren't intended as bullet proof measures to thwart malicious agents. If that was the case they'd strip search and body cavity search you at the door and modify the operating system and firmware of every computing device on the campus to ignore USB drives.
And as ignorant as most people are: a fetus starts learning the language around him and understands quite a bit of what is talked around him. They play, they sleep and dream. They kick when they want attention etc.
Regardless of how superior you feel right now, everyone knows that.
Is it alive when it would die if not attached to the mother receiving all its nutrients and sustenance?
All living things need nutrients and sustenance. Seems invalid to define life as the ability to achieve those things with some arbitrary measure of independence.
Easy. You're fired.
He would still get to sit on his ass for two weeks while it got the necessary management approvals
He already said all he has to do is use his computer to transfer files. Great rant though.