In some cities (see: Austin, TX), they simply cannot build fast enough to keep up with the population growth. Selling something is generally better than not selling something if it is new (a la New Construction).
Any possibility that they will release higher-res versions of these images? Maybe sell some prints?
I realize these are just the output of a funnel-run-backwards, but they'd make awfully cool posters.
So long as the power stays split up (mostly) evenly in 1/3s, we have gridlock to expect, which is preferable to what you get when the power is less evenly spread.
Oh sure. Bash is plenty useful for many tasks. However, if my boss asks me to harvest a 50k line xml doc for a certain kind of information, I can get there a lot faster with Python. That may just be due to a deficiency in my ability to regex - however, the number of modules I can import into Python extend my usefulness on many of the random tasks I get assigned sometimes.:-)
It is difficult to identify how much of [anything] one needs to know without knowing what the [job] responsibilities are.
I use Python for day-to-day automation of things I'd rather not do by hand. I'm not master, and most of what I write looks like c++ (not very pythonesque) - so someone who is exceptionally proficient with Python would cringe at what I produce.
However, what Python I do know allows me to be more productive throughout my day.
Just spend time with the language trying to do things that [job] requires, and you will discover how much Python you need to know to do [job].
something something good intentions.
It is faaaaaar more beneficial to give preschoolers more time doing developmentally appropriate gross and fine motor tasks that sitting them down in front of a computer. The brain is wired by way of the body. If I wanted my kids to have more screen time, I could provide plenty at home. Most kids already spend too much time in front of a screen. They need to be outside, moving.
The most talented programmer I ever met didn't even touch a computer until he was in highschool — his youth was "squandered" outside playing games with his friends and reading books.
and don't forget: nearly everything else the DOJ is dealing with is positively radioactive.
This is a 'safe' incident over which the DOJ can swing for the bleachers.
Are you kidding? Those environments were barbaric. Red pens and *gasp* telling children they got the wrong answer! A failing grade inflicts unforgivable trauma on the psyches of our little snowflakes.
Seriously though, you're right. The best thing I ever learned was that sometimes, "the best I had" simply wasn't good enough.
As other posters have noted, they aren't really interested in creating good computer scientists, they're interested in creating:
Didn't we try something like this already? It seems like the only thing this would really do is move the development of some pretty popular tools to overseas locales.
IANAL, does anyone know what effect this would have on things like Wireshark and Metasploit?
How sensitive is this test? From what I understand, a tremendous percentage of currency is 'tainted' with the residue of one illicit substance or another. This may wind up just being a test to see if someone has handled money recently.
I feel like the overarching sentiment isn't hostile towards ads in general, but towards disruptive ad tech. Pop unders, pop ups, ads that cover the entire screen, ads that auto play videos or sounds. These ads make the 'internet experience' miserable. Ad blockers were created in response to those nuisances. This is an arms race started by advertisers. Yes, ads help keep sites running, but the internet is not just for ad distribution. When an ad seizes control of my browsing experience, or delivers malware (because the ad mechanism has facilitated exploitation), it has ceased to be 'the thing that pays for content' and become the central feature of the browsing experience.
Website owners are welcome to run their websites like that, but I am also welcome to determine what data is welcome on my machine.
Since we peasant consumers have no way of knowing, beforehand, what the ad delivery mechanism is going to be, the emergence and embrace of ad blockers is to be expected.
These days, I will stop browsing a site immediately if the ads become annoying. I would not have clinked on the link in the first place if I knew ahead of time that I would be interrupted by a full-page antacid advert.
I had a similar thought - and was genuinely surprised that it wasn't a CCL holder who gunned down the gunmen. Seriously, stereotypes often exist for a reason - I'm a transplant to Texas (Austin) and even here in one of the most progressive cities in the state there are plenty of folks packing heat.
You're twisting my words. That's ok though, I'd expect that from AC.
I wasn't saying that the researchers are an organized gang of cyber-thugs cruisin' the web for sploits. I was just acknowledging how humans tend to act in groups. Most people see someone acting unfairly and say, "Gee, that's not nice."
Others, if they identify strongly with the individual they think was wronged, may take a more active role in meting out karma.
This is particularly problematic, if you've offered a bounty for holes in your security - and then you refuse to pay someone who found holes in your security. You can't win. Folks will either stop trying to help you find holes in your security, or they'll find them and handle them in a way that is sure to be profitable.
Don't piss of the folks you've asked to help - this applies to your dealings with waiters, plumbers, and mechanics as well.
I understand that he broke the terms. It is absolutely valid for Groupon to refuse to pay them.
From a 'big picture' point of view though, this was a very bad move. Security researchers are a group with whom you usually want to be on good terms. Maybe just reduce the payout over the one published exploit - but don't stiff the guy. Even if Brute Logic is a nice guy (tm) that continues to operate in a benevolent fashion, other security researchers (and their less-benevolent counterparts) may see this and decide that it is open season on Groupon.
protip: be prepared to back up difficult-to-believe assertions with facts. I didn't have that website memorized, but your assertion made me think, "Wow, if that's true, this turns a lot of arguments on their heads. Let's see what the data says." Then I found the data.
I'm not a walking encyclopedia, I just know how to find information.
This is one reason why Steganography is so powerful. A heavily-encrypted communication stream just screams "HEY LOOK! I'M NOT LETTING YOU PEEK AT MY STUFF." Information protected in plain sight (hidden in something innocuous), does much less screaming.
From TFA:
"AT&T has “no reason to believe” that the stolen customer records were used for identity theft or financial fraud, the company said in a statement."
"AT&T has “no reason to believe” that the stolen customer records have been used for identity theft or financial fraud yet, the company said in a statement." [ftfTFA]
It is at times like these that I feel like we should be telling companies to take a hike when they require information like SSNs to sign up for an account.
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In some cities (see: Austin, TX), they simply cannot build fast enough to keep up with the population growth. Selling something is generally better than not selling something if it is new (a la New Construction).
Any possibility that they will release higher-res versions of these images? Maybe sell some prints?
I realize these are just the output of a funnel-run-backwards, but they'd make awfully cool posters.
So long as the power stays split up (mostly) evenly in 1/3s, we have gridlock to expect, which is preferable to what you get when the power is less evenly spread.
Oh sure. Bash is plenty useful for many tasks. However, if my boss asks me to harvest a 50k line xml doc for a certain kind of information, I can get there a lot faster with Python. That may just be due to a deficiency in my ability to regex - however, the number of modules I can import into Python extend my usefulness on many of the random tasks I get assigned sometimes. :-)
It is difficult to identify how much of [anything] one needs to know without knowing what the [job] responsibilities are.
I use Python for day-to-day automation of things I'd rather not do by hand. I'm not master, and most of what I write looks like c++ (not very pythonesque) - so someone who is exceptionally proficient with Python would cringe at what I produce.
However, what Python I do know allows me to be more productive throughout my day.
Just spend time with the language trying to do things that [job] requires, and you will discover how much Python you need to know to do [job].
something something good intentions.
It is faaaaaar more beneficial to give preschoolers more time doing developmentally appropriate gross and fine motor tasks that sitting them down in front of a computer. The brain is wired by way of the body. If I wanted my kids to have more screen time, I could provide plenty at home. Most kids already spend too much time in front of a screen. They need to be outside, moving.
The most talented programmer I ever met didn't even touch a computer until he was in highschool — his youth was "squandered" outside playing games with his friends and reading books.
and don't forget: nearly everything else the DOJ is dealing with is positively radioactive.
This is a 'safe' incident over which the DOJ can swing for the bleachers.
Honestly, I appreciate being able to read discussions here without having to fish through Lisa-Frank-esque emoji/emoticon vomit fests.
Seriously though, you're right. The best thing I ever learned was that sometimes, "the best I had" simply wasn't good enough.
As other posters have noted, they aren't really interested in creating good computer scientists, they're interested in creating:
Didn't we try something like this already? It seems like the only thing this would really do is move the development of some pretty popular tools to overseas locales.
IANAL, does anyone know what effect this would have on things like Wireshark and Metasploit?
and maybe some kind of programming language so they can practice turning their thoughts about a process into an automated one.
Thank you. I probably should have RTFM before posting that one. :-)
How sensitive is this test? From what I understand, a tremendous percentage of currency is 'tainted' with the residue of one illicit substance or another. This may wind up just being a test to see if someone has handled money recently.
I feel like the overarching sentiment isn't hostile towards ads in general, but towards disruptive ad tech. Pop unders, pop ups, ads that cover the entire screen, ads that auto play videos or sounds. These ads make the 'internet experience' miserable. Ad blockers were created in response to those nuisances. This is an arms race started by advertisers. Yes, ads help keep sites running, but the internet is not just for ad distribution. When an ad seizes control of my browsing experience, or delivers malware (because the ad mechanism has facilitated exploitation), it has ceased to be 'the thing that pays for content' and become the central feature of the browsing experience. Website owners are welcome to run their websites like that, but I am also welcome to determine what data is welcome on my machine. Since we peasant consumers have no way of knowing, beforehand, what the ad delivery mechanism is going to be, the emergence and embrace of ad blockers is to be expected. These days, I will stop browsing a site immediately if the ads become annoying. I would not have clinked on the link in the first place if I knew ahead of time that I would be interrupted by a full-page antacid advert.
I'm surprised this hasn't been modded up higher yet. Very funny.
I don't usually feed the trolls, but I'm curious about this one. You're saying that ad-supported streaming services are akin to a mugging?
the music industry wants people to pirate music.
I had a similar thought - and was genuinely surprised that it wasn't a CCL holder who gunned down the gunmen. Seriously, stereotypes often exist for a reason - I'm a transplant to Texas (Austin) and even here in one of the most progressive cities in the state there are plenty of folks packing heat.
Sometimes, you do.
I'd rather swallow a little pride than have my shitter explode. To each his own, I guess.
I wasn't saying that the researchers are an organized gang of cyber-thugs cruisin' the web for sploits. I was just acknowledging how humans tend to act in groups. Most people see someone acting unfairly and say, "Gee, that's not nice."
Others, if they identify strongly with the individual they think was wronged, may take a more active role in meting out karma.
This is particularly problematic, if you've offered a bounty for holes in your security - and then you refuse to pay someone who found holes in your security. You can't win. Folks will either stop trying to help you find holes in your security, or they'll find them and handle them in a way that is sure to be profitable.
Don't piss of the folks you've asked to help - this applies to your dealings with waiters, plumbers, and mechanics as well.
I understand that he broke the terms. It is absolutely valid for Groupon to refuse to pay them.
From a 'big picture' point of view though, this was a very bad move. Security researchers are a group with whom you usually want to be on good terms. Maybe just reduce the payout over the one published exploit - but don't stiff the guy. Even if Brute Logic is a nice guy (tm) that continues to operate in a benevolent fashion, other security researchers (and their less-benevolent counterparts) may see this and decide that it is open season on Groupon.
protip: be prepared to back up difficult-to-believe assertions with facts. I didn't have that website memorized, but your assertion made me think, "Wow, if that's true, this turns a lot of arguments on their heads. Let's see what the data says." Then I found the data.
I'm not a walking encyclopedia, I just know how to find information.
This is one reason why Steganography is so powerful. A heavily-encrypted communication stream just screams "HEY LOOK! I'M NOT LETTING YOU PEEK AT MY STUFF." Information protected in plain sight (hidden in something innocuous), does much less screaming.
More Americans emigrate than non-Americans immigrate?
And I can't imagine the chart takes illegal/undocumented immigration into account, that is much harder to quantify.
From TFA:
"AT&T has “no reason to believe” that the stolen customer records were used for identity theft or financial fraud, the company said in a statement."
"AT&T has “no reason to believe” that the stolen customer records have been used for identity theft or financial fraud yet, the company said in a statement."
[ftfTFA] It is at times like these that I feel like we should be telling companies to take a hike when they require information like SSNs to sign up for an account.