I had a very old DSL router. My ISP made some configuration change that caused it to stop working. Normally they'd charge a rental fee or tell me which router I can buy myself, but since they essentially broke the old one, they sent me a new modem for free. As a bonus, my DSL speeds tripled.
Needless to say, my ISP is not Verizon, Comcast, or AT&T. Sorry to be the weirdo with a story about an ISP acting decently.
And "Adapter world" is only temporary, until the world catches up to USB-C, which is already well-underway.
The only reason Apple has to "design for the future" is because they don't refresh their hardware at reasonable intervals. When was the last time the Mac Pro was updated? But if you need high-end mac machines, that's your only option right now. It's a joke.
Fingerprint readers aren't exactly unknown on smartphones.
My understanding is that you can't use a smartphone as a general-purpose fingerprint reader, as the hardware and software are designed to be used exclusively for authentication.
Because this can be done with a smartphone, I'd guess? A QR-code-based system can be implemented with nothing but typical smartphone hardware everyone already has. Also, from what I gather, the system itself isn't new, and already types of QR wearables are available, like bracelets. I think it's just the "QR-codes on the nails" that's new.
I'm currently an independent contractor, and still had to agree to my client's non-disclosure terms, rules of conduct, etc, in order to take on that contract. I'm not saying I agree with Uber's notion of a "independent contractor". I'm just saying that *actual* independent contractors have to sign and adhere to workspace-specific agreements all the time. So, I don't think that's necessarily a useful metric.
It's an issue of critical mass. Previous DDoS attacks were often due to exploits, some sort of reflection attack. Now, with IoT devices, there's sufficient bandwidth and enough devices to overwhelm a system with 100% legitimate and non-spoofed attacks, and that's a new and worrying trend. We're seeing a flood of *very* easy to compromise devices hit the market, along with sufficient outgoing consumer bandwidth to make them truly damaging even in the thousands, let alone in the hundreds of thousands or even millions.
We're going to be seeing even more of these devices on the market. If they don't improve their security, we'll be seeing connectivity drop to the reliability of a third-world power grid, and that's going to have a huge impact on a lot of people and businesses who now absolutely rely on that infrastructure being ubiquitous and reliable.
There's already an Underwriters Laboratories stamp (the best known of several Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories) on the bottom of most electrical or electronic devices you purchase. Why not a set of security requirements similar to that for internet connected devices? Let private industry and organizations develop and certify the specifics of the safety requirements, and the government can simply oversee the process. We already have a clear precedent on how to do this, and it doesn't appear to have stifled innovation in any sense.
And of course, this not a license to connect to the internet (it shouldn't affect hobbyists or software), but a requirement to ensure basic security when someone wants to mass-produce and sell hardware devices that connect to the internet. Just saying "but... internet" doesn't make shitty products immune from reasonable regulations that permeate every other aspect of business for the greater good.
We learned not to long ago that many Smart TVs just transmit everything they hear to a remote server in the clear. How many IoT devices are compromised already and are now being used as little attack droids? How about those Sony security cameras with built-in backdoors that was uncovered recently?
These days, your default assumption should be that any internet-connected device has zero concerns for your privacy, and is probably insecure enough to be placed immediately on a botnet as soon as any criminal cares to make the slightest attempt to compromise it. Why exactly would you think that children's toy manufacturers would do so much better when so many other IoT makers have been failing miserably to protect user privacy and security?
Moreover, it's incredibly complex code that performs real-time media playback, animation, and scripting. Essentially, it's got all the vulnerabilities of a complex media player (like the Stagefright library) combined with a scripting language runtime environment (like Javascript), all written in a language (C) that more or less hands an attacker a potential security vulnerabilities if a programmer made the tiniest of errors when handling memory buffers and file formats with deliberately malformed data, and which occurs in hundreds of thousands of places throughout the codebase.
Then someone said: Hey, let's allow unvetted content from remote servers on the internet to be interpreted and executed in this incredibly complex module on a client's machine! Because in the early 2000's, that apparently sounded like an awesome idea, and thus were born Flash, ActiveX, the Java plugin, PDF readers with Javascript enabled by default, and other monstrosities of the early web.
Or, we could stop rubber-stamping the process of importing cheap labor for the express purpose of driving wages down. I have no problem with the legal visa process. I just have a problem with what it's actually used for in many cases.
Because unlike geeks who are often happy with purely functional devices, many consumers also want their phones to be sleek and stylish. And there are many, many more of them than there are of us. It's the same reason phones don't have SD cards or replaceable batteries anymore. We're no longer the target audience.
I've heard these people also tend to buy very expensive clothes that are no more functional than clothes that cost 1/10th the price. Crazy, huh?
I develop C++ applications mainly for Linux... Is there a decent GUI for developing on Linux now?
I assume by "GUI" you mean IDE? I'd try NetBeans. It's mostly known for Java development, but has a decent C++ development module as well. It's perhaps five to ten years behind the state-of-the-art on Windows, but it's certainly quite usable. I'm using it to port my game engine at the moment, as well as an open-source cross-platform C++ library I maintain on GitHub.
Oh, and if you do check it out, make sure to grab it directly from netbeans.org, as the one in packages is often quite outdated. Current version should be 8.1, if I'm not mistaken.
Yeah, I can totally see that. I mean, obviously the whole bipartisan "unanimous vote" was just a sham, designed to dupe unsuspecting America into complacency until they can get Trump in office and then... (dun, dun, duuuuun!) reverse the law they just passed.
Pure evil. So damned diabolical. I'll bet Trump planned the entire thing. In fact, His Orangeness will probably just delete the law from history with an executive order, just to rub it in everyone's face that he's now gained absolute power over all life and space-time. Somebody needs to stop this maniac!
You don't understand. This doesn't keep them away. It draws them in. Those who are always looking for something to be outraged over must seek out new sources for their outrage.
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I had a very old DSL router. My ISP made some configuration change that caused it to stop working. Normally they'd charge a rental fee or tell me which router I can buy myself, but since they essentially broke the old one, they sent me a new modem for free. As a bonus, my DSL speeds tripled.
Needless to say, my ISP is not Verizon, Comcast, or AT&T. Sorry to be the weirdo with a story about an ISP acting decently.
And "Adapter world" is only temporary, until the world catches up to USB-C, which is already well-underway.
The only reason Apple has to "design for the future" is because they don't refresh their hardware at reasonable intervals. When was the last time the Mac Pro was updated? But if you need high-end mac machines, that's your only option right now. It's a joke.
Fingerprint readers aren't exactly unknown on smartphones.
My understanding is that you can't use a smartphone as a general-purpose fingerprint reader, as the hardware and software are designed to be used exclusively for authentication.
Ohhhhh, Burn!
Please keep Samsung out of this.
Because this can be done with a smartphone, I'd guess? A QR-code-based system can be implemented with nothing but typical smartphone hardware everyone already has. Also, from what I gather, the system itself isn't new, and already types of QR wearables are available, like bracelets. I think it's just the "QR-codes on the nails" that's new.
As fellow geeks and programmers, I'm pretty sure we're all quite aware of how malformed sin tax can negatively affect a system.
I'm currently an independent contractor, and still had to agree to my client's non-disclosure terms, rules of conduct, etc, in order to take on that contract. I'm not saying I agree with Uber's notion of a "independent contractor". I'm just saying that *actual* independent contractors have to sign and adhere to workspace-specific agreements all the time. So, I don't think that's necessarily a useful metric.
It's an issue of critical mass. Previous DDoS attacks were often due to exploits, some sort of reflection attack. Now, with IoT devices, there's sufficient bandwidth and enough devices to overwhelm a system with 100% legitimate and non-spoofed attacks, and that's a new and worrying trend. We're seeing a flood of *very* easy to compromise devices hit the market, along with sufficient outgoing consumer bandwidth to make them truly damaging even in the thousands, let alone in the hundreds of thousands or even millions.
We're going to be seeing even more of these devices on the market. If they don't improve their security, we'll be seeing connectivity drop to the reliability of a third-world power grid, and that's going to have a huge impact on a lot of people and businesses who now absolutely rely on that infrastructure being ubiquitous and reliable.
There's already an Underwriters Laboratories stamp (the best known of several Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories) on the bottom of most electrical or electronic devices you purchase. Why not a set of security requirements similar to that for internet connected devices? Let private industry and organizations develop and certify the specifics of the safety requirements, and the government can simply oversee the process. We already have a clear precedent on how to do this, and it doesn't appear to have stifled innovation in any sense.
And of course, this not a license to connect to the internet (it shouldn't affect hobbyists or software), but a requirement to ensure basic security when someone wants to mass-produce and sell hardware devices that connect to the internet. Just saying "but... internet" doesn't make shitty products immune from reasonable regulations that permeate every other aspect of business for the greater good.
You're so full of shit, it's running out your hater-ears.
No, no, it just looks like bird-poo is dripping out of your ears. Those little dangly bits are actually part of the AirPod's design.
Also, so I understand the implications of this... what is this radiation measured in equivalent bananas?
We learned not to long ago that many Smart TVs just transmit everything they hear to a remote server in the clear. How many IoT devices are compromised already and are now being used as little attack droids? How about those Sony security cameras with built-in backdoors that was uncovered recently?
These days, your default assumption should be that any internet-connected device has zero concerns for your privacy, and is probably insecure enough to be placed immediately on a botnet as soon as any criminal cares to make the slightest attempt to compromise it. Why exactly would you think that children's toy manufacturers would do so much better when so many other IoT makers have been failing miserably to protect user privacy and security?
Moreover, it's incredibly complex code that performs real-time media playback, animation, and scripting. Essentially, it's got all the vulnerabilities of a complex media player (like the Stagefright library) combined with a scripting language runtime environment (like Javascript), all written in a language (C) that more or less hands an attacker a potential security vulnerabilities if a programmer made the tiniest of errors when handling memory buffers and file formats with deliberately malformed data, and which occurs in hundreds of thousands of places throughout the codebase.
Then someone said: Hey, let's allow unvetted content from remote servers on the internet to be interpreted and executed in this incredibly complex module on a client's machine! Because in the early 2000's, that apparently sounded like an awesome idea, and thus were born Flash, ActiveX, the Java plugin, PDF readers with Javascript enabled by default, and other monstrosities of the early web.
It's better if you turn it upside down.
Not just IE and Flash. Unpatched IE and Flash, running no ad blockers. That's pretty much asking to be electronically mugged these days.
Or, we could stop rubber-stamping the process of importing cheap labor for the express purpose of driving wages down. I have no problem with the legal visa process. I just have a problem with what it's actually used for in many cases.
There has to be a motive behind it that is meant to screw with us.
Shit security and the recent flood of botnets and DDoS attacks isn't enough reason?
Phones have been sleek and stylish for years already.
Fashion isn't logical.
Because unlike geeks who are often happy with purely functional devices, many consumers also want their phones to be sleek and stylish. And there are many, many more of them than there are of us. It's the same reason phones don't have SD cards or replaceable batteries anymore. We're no longer the target audience.
I've heard these people also tend to buy very expensive clothes that are no more functional than clothes that cost 1/10th the price. Crazy, huh?
Good. The quicker Trump fucks up irrecoverably, the quicker he gets replaced. Won't be long now.
The mainstream media has been saying that for the last year, and now he's heading for the White House.
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Very clever, Mr Coward, but it's pre-checks all the way down.
I develop C++ applications mainly for Linux ... Is there a decent GUI for developing on Linux now?
I assume by "GUI" you mean IDE? I'd try NetBeans. It's mostly known for Java development, but has a decent C++ development module as well. It's perhaps five to ten years behind the state-of-the-art on Windows, but it's certainly quite usable. I'm using it to port my game engine at the moment, as well as an open-source cross-platform C++ library I maintain on GitHub.
Oh, and if you do check it out, make sure to grab it directly from netbeans.org, as the one in packages is often quite outdated. Current version should be 8.1, if I'm not mistaken.
Also: do they know where the idiots in Brussels exploded? It was before any check in the check-in area.
Well, obviously, we need a pre-check-in security checkpoint.
The best comedy requires a grounding in truth to be effective. A lot of the articles on the Onion are funny because we recognize and can relate to their topics. Remind you of anyone you know? Yeah... me too.
Yeah, I can totally see that. I mean, obviously the whole bipartisan "unanimous vote" was just a sham, designed to dupe unsuspecting America into complacency until they can get Trump in office and then... (dun, dun, duuuuun!) reverse the law they just passed.
Pure evil. So damned diabolical. I'll bet Trump planned the entire thing. In fact, His Orangeness will probably just delete the law from history with an executive order, just to rub it in everyone's face that he's now gained absolute power over all life and space-time. Somebody needs to stop this maniac!
You don't understand. This doesn't keep them away. It draws them in. Those who are always looking for something to be outraged over must seek out new sources for their outrage.