And PS is a relatively intuitive shell (for newcomers).
I find it odd that the author mentioned the problem of GUIs hiding information, when generally they can provide much more information density than command line. Even if you manage to get charts or graphs from a CLI interface, you are still limited in resolution and color space... delimiting elements like lines can be much finer and even take advantage of subpixel rendering in a GUI.
The problem is when a GUI doesn't provide any way to make the info accessible--not whether it is easy to find. But it's not like the CLI specifically solves this issue, many CLI applications do not make all information within the scope of the application accessible.
Yeah, certificate management can be a PITA on Windows. That (and the domino effect it caused) forced me to work a lot of overtime a couple of weeks ago.
Oh and stay away from WCF if you can help it. Otherwise,.NET tends to be pretty decent for just about any job I've come across.
Sure, Python is just fine as a scripting language. But it is terrible at the command line. PowerShell is better than any common CLI by a long stretch in just about any usability metric besides "I am more used to X".
And even the Linux fanbois tend to acknowledge that.NET is a good framework and language set. Not perfect, maybe not the best for your use case, but this is literally the first time I've ever heard it called "horrendous".
Also it depends on what you call "Windows software". You won't have great success with consumer software on the GUI stack, but server software is a different story nowadays. Command line is much better and Microsoft has taken big steps to making Windows Server headless. PowerShell and.NET Core now run on Linux. And ASP.NET Core is cross-platform for hosting web applications.
Legally, "it depends". Parent companies are usually not liable for the acts of subsidiaries, but there tend to be a pattern of exceptions to this rule:
1) Undocumented transfers of funds and the subsidiary doing business under the name of the parent 2) The subsidiary doesn't own much of anything to pay back liabilities 3) Subsidiary avoids ability to pay by transferring assets to the parent (fraud)
Though typically deadline pressure only gets enough people added to the project when it's already too late.
A better strategy would be to re-evaluate systems that are likely to miss the deadline, put exceptions in for those, and get the staffing needed to meet new deadlines that are realistic.
App store owners, particularly Apple, have a history of blocking or removing apps which they seem provide the same functionality as built-in apps. In other words, competitors.
This goes not only for apps that get fully blocked (e.g. Phone app, lock screen, 3rd party app stores) but also reduced functionality (integration with the control center, full speed web rendering, motion icons, etc.).
I really like many of the things they have done in the Windows 10 interface, particularly compared with 8. But controlling your applications, privacy concerns, and ignoring what the user explicitly selected is completely unacceptable.
My company is a large federal contractor, and everyone has it drilled in our heads just how many levels of prison we'll go to if we are negligent in like manner to the email debacle.
So sure, I think she should be in prison. But Leavenworth is much better than Guantanamo, which is where her competition deserves to go.
If MS is offering nothing more than a start menu tile for a website, then my bad... but what would be the point of that? I thought we were talking about apps. The ability to access significant hardware resources is the ONLY thing that really distinguishes apps from websites.
Not entirely. This is about a good offline experience, push notifications, service workers, and integration with OS capabilities with permission (local calendar, contacts, home screen, Cortana, etc etc).
For development teams, it means fewer code bases and better product consistency.
In a sense it really is just the web... but the definition of the web is evolving constantly, and has more in common with applications and services than the static pages of the 90s.
Oh, I am sure you don't want a basic intelligence test to vote, because that would eliminate a few voting blocks that the Democrats actually depend upon.
Funny, I was thinking that about Republicans.
Frankly I fail to see the intelligence of anyone who commits themselves to one party or the other. They are directly claiming that party allegiance is more important than critical thinking during elections.
The Bitcoin network (and all secure distributed networks) depend upon consensus, whomever controls 51% of the mining effort controls the transactions and in turn dictates how things happen.
I would still think they would consider POS or a lower-cost mining algorithm. They likely already have a large stake, and more efficient mining = less cost of electricity = more profit per coin mined.
And who is to say that a sticky note is that bad? How many passwords are just saved in some plain text file or email?
At least physical access is required to obtain the password, which is probably securely restricted to people you know and trust. Sticky notes are pretty much hacker-proof.
It's even better if you lock your sticky notes in a drawer, to avoid accidents like in TFA.
Actually what put them there is the system that they exploit.
Only two candidates typically have a shot, so a vote for the best candidate is wasted and we vote against the worst candidate. On which we fervently disagree, giving credibility to the idea that the candidates who rise up are the worst ones.
A better voting system (such as range voting) would help reverse this mentality. Then you could vote based on your individual conscience without sacrificing your political will against the most terrible candidates.
That's why the premise of the episode seems so unsound. That the universal translator can pick up on the literal meaning and not the metaphor, but only for this one culture. For all others, intent is always clearly translated.
Those who benefit from low wages bear most of the weight.
Thus every dollar spent on increasing minimum wage translates into less than a dollar of positive effect. Not a good investment.
Costs can't always be passed to the consumer. If people won't pay double for a burger, the cost can't go up that much. So the business has to figure out other ways to decrease the cost of business, and part of the equation may require reduction in profits.
If you don't have much profit, such a change could force you to go into the red either way. Companies in the red go out of business.
Yet businesses who don't hire low-skill workers aren't affected. Said another way: businesses can stop hiring low-skill workers and have less impact. In other words, they buy robots and hire developers whose wages haven't been affected.
No. Minimum wage is certainly NOT a way for all of society to pay for this social need.
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Except the guy who copies it, and those who buy it from him so he makes bank.
And PS is a relatively intuitive shell (for newcomers).
I find it odd that the author mentioned the problem of GUIs hiding information, when generally they can provide much more information density than command line. Even if you manage to get charts or graphs from a CLI interface, you are still limited in resolution and color space... delimiting elements like lines can be much finer and even take advantage of subpixel rendering in a GUI.
The problem is when a GUI doesn't provide any way to make the info accessible--not whether it is easy to find. But it's not like the CLI specifically solves this issue, many CLI applications do not make all information within the scope of the application accessible.
Yeah, certificate management can be a PITA on Windows. That (and the domino effect it caused) forced me to work a lot of overtime a couple of weeks ago.
Oh and stay away from WCF if you can help it. Otherwise, .NET tends to be pretty decent for just about any job I've come across.
Fair enough, I haven't used it in years.
Sure, Python is just fine as a scripting language. But it is terrible at the command line. PowerShell is better than any common CLI by a long stretch in just about any usability metric besides "I am more used to X".
And even the Linux fanbois tend to acknowledge that .NET is a good framework and language set. Not perfect, maybe not the best for your use case, but this is literally the first time I've ever heard it called "horrendous".
Also it depends on what you call "Windows software". You won't have great success with consumer software on the GUI stack, but server software is a different story nowadays. Command line is much better and Microsoft has taken big steps to making Windows Server headless. PowerShell and .NET Core now run on Linux. And ASP.NET Core is cross-platform for hosting web applications.
Legally, "it depends". Parent companies are usually not liable for the acts of subsidiaries, but there tend to be a pattern of exceptions to this rule:
1) Undocumented transfers of funds and the subsidiary doing business under the name of the parent
2) The subsidiary doesn't own much of anything to pay back liabilities
3) Subsidiary avoids ability to pay by transferring assets to the parent (fraud)
https://www.invigorlaw.com/whe...
Though typically deadline pressure only gets enough people added to the project when it's already too late.
A better strategy would be to re-evaluate systems that are likely to miss the deadline, put exceptions in for those, and get the staffing needed to meet new deadlines that are realistic.
App store owners, particularly Apple, have a history of blocking or removing apps which they seem provide the same functionality as built-in apps. In other words, competitors.
This goes not only for apps that get fully blocked (e.g. Phone app, lock screen, 3rd party app stores) but also reduced functionality (integration with the control center, full speed web rendering, motion icons, etc.).
I really like many of the things they have done in the Windows 10 interface, particularly compared with 8. But controlling your applications, privacy concerns, and ignoring what the user explicitly selected is completely unacceptable.
You could get different results for the exact same inputs.
Great, now we can have insane AIs.
I don't know that I've seen a product update in the past couple of months that doesn't have emoji updates.
My company is a large federal contractor, and everyone has it drilled in our heads just how many levels of prison we'll go to if we are negligent in like manner to the email debacle.
So sure, I think she should be in prison. But Leavenworth is much better than Guantanamo, which is where her competition deserves to go.
If MS is offering nothing more than a start menu tile for a website, then my bad... but what would be the point of that? I thought we were talking about apps. The ability to access significant hardware resources is the ONLY thing that really distinguishes apps from websites.
Not entirely. This is about a good offline experience, push notifications, service workers, and integration with OS capabilities with permission (local calendar, contacts, home screen, Cortana, etc etc).
For development teams, it means fewer code bases and better product consistency.
In a sense it really is just the web... but the definition of the web is evolving constantly, and has more in common with applications and services than the static pages of the 90s.
People hated them on the phone because performance. The original iPhone was vastly underpowered compared to today's PCs.
That's not to say that JS is super fast, just that it's now fast enough for many common applications. Stick with native for pro apps and gaming.
Typically the word "commit" means more than just claiming favorites. No matter, you get my point.
But I didn't say that someone shouldn't identify with a party. Committng blindly is the problem.
Oh, I am sure you don't want a basic intelligence test to vote, because that would eliminate a few voting blocks that the Democrats actually depend upon.
Funny, I was thinking that about Republicans.
Frankly I fail to see the intelligence of anyone who commits themselves to one party or the other. They are directly claiming that party allegiance is more important than critical thinking during elections.
It's not so much that free speech is a threat. It's that the truth tends to be more boring than sensationalism.
The Bitcoin network (and all secure distributed networks) depend upon consensus, whomever controls 51% of the mining effort controls the transactions and in turn dictates how things happen.
I would still think they would consider POS or a lower-cost mining algorithm. They likely already have a large stake, and more efficient mining = less cost of electricity = more profit per coin mined.
And who is to say that a sticky note is that bad? How many passwords are just saved in some plain text file or email?
At least physical access is required to obtain the password, which is probably securely restricted to people you know and trust. Sticky notes are pretty much hacker-proof.
It's even better if you lock your sticky notes in a drawer, to avoid accidents like in TFA.
Actually what put them there is the system that they exploit.
Only two candidates typically have a shot, so a vote for the best candidate is wasted and we vote against the worst candidate. On which we fervently disagree, giving credibility to the idea that the candidates who rise up are the worst ones.
A better voting system (such as range voting) would help reverse this mentality. Then you could vote based on your individual conscience without sacrificing your political will against the most terrible candidates.
That's why the premise of the episode seems so unsound. That the universal translator can pick up on the literal meaning and not the metaphor, but only for this one culture. For all others, intent is always clearly translated.
Those who benefit from low wages bear most of the weight.
Thus every dollar spent on increasing minimum wage translates into less than a dollar of positive effect. Not a good investment.
Costs can't always be passed to the consumer. If people won't pay double for a burger, the cost can't go up that much. So the business has to figure out other ways to decrease the cost of business, and part of the equation may require reduction in profits.
If you don't have much profit, such a change could force you to go into the red either way. Companies in the red go out of business.
Yet businesses who don't hire low-skill workers aren't affected. Said another way: businesses can stop hiring low-skill workers and have less impact. In other words, they buy robots and hire developers whose wages haven't been affected.
No. Minimum wage is certainly NOT a way for all of society to pay for this social need.
Honestly, everything Elon Musk does is almost immediately followed up with news articles claiming that he'll fail.
Well one day he will. And the lucky person who made that claim will finally get their time in glory.