Last time it was your boy-wonder, who lifted the sanctions against Russia [nytimes.com]...
Yeah.... but sanctions really only send a message in the moment you apply them... After that they're just blocking economic growth in both countries.
So slowing removing them when nobody is looking is smart move... Then you can reapply them, if it should ever come to that.
As long as Putin is around, it's probably not the last time.
Also it doesn't make sense to carry a grudge forever... Sometimes it's better to just move along.
But right now, Cuba, Iran and North Korea doesn't really care much about what the US says.... because sort of armed conflict (in violation of the UN charter) the US can't really impose further sanctions. Cuba is pretty much the US holding an old grudge, lifting those sanctions ought to be a no-brainer... As for Iran and North Korea who both does have nuclear programs, there are pros/cons to maintaining and lifting sanctions. Maintaining them on North Korea, keeps the country crushed. Whereas Iran has oil that we'll buy either way, so maybe lifting sanctions on Iran would be worthwhile. Just maybe.
The problem is that G-sync is a proprietary solution by Nvidia.
Whereas, Adaptive Sync is a VESA standard officially part of the DisplayPort 1.2a specs.
Good point... I'm all done with Nvidia and AMD. The only somewhat reliable graphics thing is intel. Next time I get a laptop I'll lookout and make sure I don't get something with one of nvidia's proprietary solutions... Currently stuck without external display because it runs over nvidia optimus; which is utter shit in any configuration under linux.
If the NSA says they can't find the emails and Snowden produces them, it's game over for the NSA.
Really, by that logic it should have been "game over" for the NSA a long time ago. NSA official lying under oath is nothing new. The US has no credibility at this point.
Rest assured, this company will fail or succeed on its own and will LIKELY BE REPLACED BY SOMETHING BETTER if the company starts acting like dicks...
I agree... Another factor to consider is the fact the codebase is fairly small... I have first hand dived into because of lacking docs...
Compared to a product like LibreOffice/OpenOffice, apache, Firefox, Linux, docker is very small project. So launching a competing product isn't that hard...
Fact: In America there are millions of citizens who go hungry every nights
Patronizing for the sake of patronizing will only earn you distrust and disgust
Patronizing for the sake of patronizing will only earn you distrust and disgust
Sorry, I didn't mean to say that the US is perfect in anyways... Just that I don't think the US going to do anything for its poor citizens.
The US is messed up, and surely ought spend it money smarter than doing an arms race, but US public, politicians and press, probably aren't smart enough to do that... at least I'm not holding my breath:)
It really comes down to there being huge numbers of IT workers but very few good ones.
Spot on, I rarely meet people who deliver above and beyond...
But I don't know if one skilled motivated superstar developer is worth 5 slow moving developers...
But I have experienced teams of two skilled devs, making things move faster than a team of 10 average developers:)
(Of course partially because of communication overhead, and lack of one single person having real responsibility).
The solution is aggressive immigration control, especially deportation of most immigrants at this point. Legal or illegal, doesn't matter.
So you want to deport legal immigrants:)
Ha ha... That's just stupid, by the very definition of legal..
government in Tennessee cracked down on immigration violations, suddenly businesses that relied on low and unskilled workers
Few IT jobs are occupied by low and unskilled workers... Why don't you take unenlightened anti-immigration rant somewhere else...
the real question is how many H1Bs are actually doing exceptional work versus simply being cheaper?
I'm an H1-B, relocated from Denmark, working in SF, and I can assure you that I'm not cheaper:)
.....we could free up several hundred thousand jobs that should be going to Americans.
If my H1-B was revoked I would move to an EU office for the same company, doing the same job, at approximately same salary.
My point is this, Silicon Valley can't be the tech hub, if people can't immigrate, in fact the hassle of getting a visas today is enough I wouldn't care if the company didn't hire paper pushers to do the work.
With respect to job availability, I see emails from recruiters trying to get me to go to a job interview every week...
It's not my impression that there is an abundance of skilled IT workers.
Otherwise it's the standard way that the US maintains militray superiority over the rest of us.
I'm not a US citizen, but if "the rest of us" is China and Russia, I'm okay with US military superiority.. Seriously, it's not like European governments are particularly interested in jumping an arms race and spending money on military research.
Oh, and both Russia, China and India certainly ought to find better things to spend their money on... like food, education, etc...
By the way, it should be noted that it's not just US intelligence that consistently contradicts what you're saying. After Iraq we can't really trust the US anymore. But British, German and French officials (along with just about every European country) is consistently saying the same thing.
Note, that neither Germany or France went into Iraq... They have a lot more credibility than US officials. Seriously, Russias inconsistent presentation of the situation isn't collaborated by any independent sources...
There are some Russian soldiers who are on leave and using their personal time to help the separatist movement in Ukraine
And facilitating this (or even just allowing it) can be considered an act of war.
The BRICS countries have all the good cards and jeopardizing trade with them would mean condemning our populaces to abject poverty.
We're mutually dependent on trade... If we had to shut off China it would suck, but for both them and us. Absolutely, and it would mean changing current life style... A lot of things would become more expensive, but in the long run we would be fine... China on the other hand is more likely to fall into a long term recession...
Either way, that's not happening... Putin might in fact have to stop before the US and EU enforces complete embargos.
A general embargo on a country like Russia would have huge implications on both sides, nobody wants that.
No Ukrainian commander has the power to retaliate to a nuclear strike in kind
Which is probably a good thing... We the west (NATO) might no follow up with nuclear retaliation either. But Russia would be frozen completely out of the international community. I even suspect we would make China choose between trading with us or Russia. There is no risk of nuclear war... And if Putin made any such threat, sanctions would be prompt.
All he did here was mention that he was powerful, using his nuclear capacity to illustrate that...
I guess that leaves us with the option of a proxy war, like afghanistan during the cold war. Not sure what is worse...
The government could almost certainly get this data by going through the proper procedures in Ireland.
Maybe not. If the Irish government caves in to American pressure
How does this have anything to do with the Irish government, it doesn't control the Irish courts. Anyways, more likely than not the US government is trying to establish a precedence; and when doing so they're probably smart enough to use a case where they have "probable cause" for a search warrant.
Nobody have debated those merits, so if presented in an Irish court they might grant a search warrant...
...public Elementary School in a declared "Drug Free Zone"...
Of-topic, I've never understood that declaration... it seems to imply that drugs are allowed everywhere else. Which by my understanding isn't the case.
Oh, well... Americans:)
We've had plenty of companies claim they fully vet their ads. And we've seen them get exploited time and time again.
This is mozilla... not any company...
Also we still just talking about experimenting with sponsored suggestions... My impression is that this is an attempt to create a win-win situation....
From what I understand there have been absolutely no talk about selling this space to highest bidder, or offering it to anybody.
It sounds more of an attempt to make the tile page usable and profitable, for users why haven't browsed enough that smart suggestions can be automatically generated... I think that what FF does now... Show suggestions based on browser history (locally of course, not using an invading cloud like Chrome).
As if drive-by malware embedded in ads hasn't happened before. Yea, you might want to have a seat, I got some things to tell you.
This is veted ads.... not an iframe... it not even ads, more like suggestions... trying to fall in the space where it is useful, thereby creating a win-win situation...
thats not easy, but if anybody can be trusted to try it is mozilla..
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Last time it was your boy-wonder, who lifted the sanctions against Russia [nytimes.com]...
Yeah.... but sanctions really only send a message in the moment you apply them... After that they're just blocking economic growth in both countries.
So slowing removing them when nobody is looking is smart move... Then you can reapply them, if it should ever come to that.
As long as Putin is around, it's probably not the last time.
Also it doesn't make sense to carry a grudge forever... Sometimes it's better to just move along.
But right now, Cuba, Iran and North Korea doesn't really care much about what the US says.... because sort of armed conflict (in violation of the UN charter) the US can't really impose further sanctions. Cuba is pretty much the US holding an old grudge, lifting those sanctions ought to be a no-brainer... As for Iran and North Korea who both does have nuclear programs, there are pros/cons to maintaining and lifting sanctions. Maintaining them on North Korea, keeps the country crushed. Whereas Iran has oil that we'll buy either way, so maybe lifting sanctions on Iran would be worthwhile. Just maybe.
The problem is that G-sync is a proprietary solution by Nvidia.
Whereas, Adaptive Sync is a VESA standard officially part of the DisplayPort 1.2a specs.
Good point... I'm all done with Nvidia and AMD. The only somewhat reliable graphics thing is intel. Next time I get a laptop I'll lookout and make sure I don't get something with one of nvidia's proprietary solutions... Currently stuck without external display because it runs over nvidia optimus; which is utter shit in any configuration under linux.
As long as we rely on CAs for trusted certificates SSL will always have an easily-exploited weak link.
We can all agree HTTPS isn't perfect... but both Firefox and Chrome have started pining certificates... At least that's a start.
If the NSA says they can't find the emails and Snowden produces them, it's game over for the NSA.
Really, by that logic it should have been "game over" for the NSA a long time ago. NSA official lying under oath is nothing new. The US has no credibility at this point.
And how would he prove they are real?
Email headers :)
I don't read :)
Rest assured, this company will fail or succeed on its own and will LIKELY BE REPLACED BY SOMETHING BETTER if the company starts acting like dicks...
I agree... Another factor to consider is the fact the codebase is fairly small... I have first hand dived into because of lacking docs...
Compared to a product like LibreOffice/OpenOffice, apache, Firefox, Linux, docker is very small project. So launching a competing product isn't that hard...
Fact: In America there are millions of citizens who go hungry every nights
Patronizing for the sake of patronizing will only earn you distrust and disgust
Patronizing for the sake of patronizing will only earn you distrust and disgust
Sorry, I didn't mean to say that the US is perfect in anyways... Just that I don't think the US going to do anything for its poor citizens. :)
The US is messed up, and surely ought spend it money smarter than doing an arms race, but US public, politicians and press, probably aren't smart enough to do that... at least I'm not holding my breath
It really comes down to there being huge numbers of IT workers but very few good ones.
Spot on, I rarely meet people who deliver above and beyond...
:)
But I don't know if one skilled motivated superstar developer is worth 5 slow moving developers...
But I have experienced teams of two skilled devs, making things move faster than a team of 10 average developers
(Of course partially because of communication overhead, and lack of one single person having real responsibility).
Or, alternatively, very few companies willing to pay for good work. Minimum wage = minimum effort.
I don't hear about many it companies paying minimum wage in the US... Just curious do you even have single example?
The solution is aggressive immigration control, especially deportation of most immigrants at this point. Legal or illegal, doesn't matter.
So you want to deport legal immigrants :)
Ha ha... That's just stupid, by the very definition of legal..
government in Tennessee cracked down on immigration violations, suddenly businesses that relied on low and unskilled workers
Few IT jobs are occupied by low and unskilled workers... Why don't you take unenlightened anti-immigration rant somewhere else...
the real question is how many H1Bs are actually doing exceptional work versus simply being cheaper?
I'm an H1-B, relocated from Denmark, working in SF, and I can assure you that I'm not cheaper :)
.....we could free up several hundred thousand jobs that should be going to Americans.
If my H1-B was revoked I would move to an EU office for the same company, doing the same job, at approximately same salary.
My point is this, Silicon Valley can't be the tech hub, if people can't immigrate, in fact the hassle of getting a visas today is enough I wouldn't care if the company didn't hire paper pushers to do the work.
With respect to job availability, I see emails from recruiters trying to get me to go to a job interview every week...
It's not my impression that there is an abundance of skilled IT workers.
Otherwise it's the standard way that the US maintains militray superiority over the rest of us.
I'm not a US citizen, but if "the rest of us" is China and Russia, I'm okay with US military superiority.. Seriously, it's not like European governments are particularly interested in jumping an arms race and spending money on military research.
Oh, and both Russia, China and India certainly ought to find better things to spend their money on... like food, education, etc...
Note, that neither Germany or France went into Iraq... They have a lot more credibility than US officials. Seriously, Russias inconsistent presentation of the situation isn't collaborated by any independent sources...
There are some Russian soldiers who are on leave and using their personal time to help the separatist movement in Ukraine
And facilitating this (or even just allowing it) can be considered an act of war.
The BRICS countries have all the good cards and jeopardizing trade with them would mean condemning our populaces to abject poverty.
We're mutually dependent on trade... If we had to shut off China it would suck, but for both them and us. Absolutely, and it would mean changing current life style... A lot of things would become more expensive, but in the long run we would be fine... China on the other hand is more likely to fall into a long term recession...
Either way, that's not happening... Putin might in fact have to stop before the US and EU enforces complete embargos.
A general embargo on a country like Russia would have huge implications on both sides, nobody wants that.
There are some Russian soldiers who are on leave and using their personal time to help the separatist movement in Ukraine
Documentation please... It's naive to think that Russia isn't hiring people to spread disinformation all over the internet.
If they used nukes on anybody we would freeze them out and make their economy collapse... And we would probably make China choose sides too...
Hmm... I guess Russia already violated 1 through 3...
No Ukrainian commander has the power to retaliate to a nuclear strike in kind
Which is probably a good thing... We the west (NATO) might no follow up with nuclear retaliation either. But Russia would be frozen completely out of the international community. I even suspect we would make China choose between trading with us or Russia. There is no risk of nuclear war... And if Putin made any such threat, sanctions would be prompt.
All he did here was mention that he was powerful, using his nuclear capacity to illustrate that...
I guess that leaves us with the option of a proxy war, like afghanistan during the cold war. Not sure what is worse...
Moving them off US company/subsidiary servers in other countries is a huge threat to Nadella's cloud-focused Microsoft.
True, I also wonder if MS won't be liable for contract and privacy violations in the EU, if they do provide the data...
The government could almost certainly get this data by going through the proper procedures in Ireland.
Maybe not. If the Irish government caves in to American pressure
How does this have anything to do with the Irish government, it doesn't control the Irish courts. Anyways, more likely than not the US government is trying to establish a precedence; and when doing so they're probably smart enough to use a case where they have "probable cause" for a search warrant.
Nobody have debated those merits, so if presented in an Irish court they might grant a search warrant...
...public Elementary School in a declared "Drug Free Zone"...
Of-topic, I've never understood that declaration... it seems to imply that drugs are allowed everywhere else. Which by my understanding isn't the case. :)
Oh, well... Americans
We've had plenty of companies claim they fully vet their ads. And we've seen them get exploited time and time again.
This is mozilla... not any company...
Also we still just talking about experimenting with sponsored suggestions... My impression is that this is an attempt to create a win-win situation....
From what I understand there have been absolutely no talk about selling this space to highest bidder, or offering it to anybody.
It sounds more of an attempt to make the tile page usable and profitable, for users why haven't browsed enough that smart suggestions can be automatically generated... I think that what FF does now... Show suggestions based on browser history (locally of course, not using an invading cloud like Chrome).
President Bill Clinton - 133
half of these is probably about whether or not he slept with that woman... he he...
- Not that I ever cared one bit....
I'm guessing they would still do it anyway.
Really...
Anyways, as always this is greatly misrepresented in the media... What they are doing is experimenting... nothing is in beta yet...
As if drive-by malware embedded in ads hasn't happened before. Yea, you might want to have a seat, I got some things to tell you.
This is veted ads.... not an iframe... it not even ads, more like suggestions... trying to fall in the space where it is useful, thereby creating a win-win situation... thats not easy, but if anybody can be trusted to try it is mozilla..