No, the doomsday clock is very much meaningless. Basically it does nothing except signifies how unhappy the people who run it are with the current political climate.
I have to agree with the above after reading: "The setting is the closest the clock has come to midnight since 1953".
Really? We are now in more danger of all-out nuclear war than during Cuban Missile Crisis?
Yes, there are people out there with some strange or outright despicable opinions. There is no crime committed until these followed up by action. Still, we can't censor them because if it is possible to censor, this censorship will be used against what you see as legitimate opinions.
I really hope Trump presidency will remind everyone on the left why they should cherish freedom of speech.
While I don't agree that anyone should be forced to any speech, companies are not people and are now often simply a medium of communication. While there is a lot of nuance, it all boils down to following - could you possibly have freedom of speech if you are put in a sound-proof box and nobody can hear you? First Amendment covers government actions, this is because government controlled means to enact speech when it was written (via control of public spaces). Now majority of public spaces are digital and is controlled by this or that social media corporation or ISP. Our thinking about what it means to have freedom of speech also must evolve.
Sure, they can try, but in most countries they are or about to become common carriers. In Canada ISP already forced to offer wholesale rate to smaller reseller ISPs, so more of them will show up. Plus, this gouging will get Gov't involved - they are asking for repeat of breakup of Bell.
Advertisers and network operators shat their beds and this is direct consequence of their greed. How greedy must you be to CHARGE $100/mo and then FORCE people to sit through 15 minutes of commercial per hour all while providing the worst possible customer service? Consumers, on the whole, are not stupid and will move away from business and practices that are not consumer friendly.
At least initially, people moved to Netflix not because they had tons of good content, but because it was cheap and without ads. Now Netflix grew into viable challenger to established networks, in another couple years networks will start going out of business as subscriber loss keep accelerating.
If you aren't into this for ego reasons, then you are likely end up as a white hat. Almost every time these people get caught is because of bragging and/or social angle. However, you always see them getting over-paranoid on technical issue. Considering that some of them even good at social engineering, you'd think they get OPSEC.
Don't write and use DDoS bots if you don't want to end up on the front page of the Internet is fairly simple, but you got caught and now sour grapes about it. Maybe try bragging less next time?
Heavy-handed over-reaction. 10 years?! Unless this was self-spreading malware, the issue here is that kid a) talked to feds b) couldn't afford decent lawyer.
You are also skipping steps in your steam engine conclusions. It was actually governors and spring loaded release valves that solved boiler explosions. Steam boilers explode because of over-pressure, better metallurgy results in boilers that can withstand higher pressure, but it is understanding how to design release/control systems that stopped boiler explosions.
Interesting counter-point to this. Supposedly, Romans knew how to build primitive steam engines. They never bothered perfecting this, as it was seen as much more expensive than slave labor that was already abundant and relatively cheap.
The future is not unemployment due to complete automation, the future is shit jobs and shit salaries for everyone with just enough automation to suppress everyone's wages.
The only winning move it to play WITH security. We don't accept cars that suddenly explode, we don't accept phones that burst on fire, we shouldn't accept IoT that is hacked and used to bring parts of Internet down.
If every vendor that gets 0.01c per device spying on you decides to stays out of IoT - I will consider this consumer's win. For all worthwhile IoT, maintaining for 2 years won't be outside the expected norm.
Easy Solution - Hold Manufacturers Responsible. Pass legislation that any IoT device must be maintained with security patches for 2 years past sale and any substantial deviation from industry best practices (e.g. hard coded credentials, open telnet) would lead to hefty penalty.
Treat these guys as you'd treat factories that dumped toxic waste into rivers.
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Well, most of us already see good ads. And the only good ad is one that takes 0x0 on the screen and no network requests.
To be pedantic, 127.0.0.1 is still considered a network request.
No, the doomsday clock is very much meaningless. Basically it does nothing except signifies how unhappy the people who run it are with the current political climate.
I have to agree with the above after reading: "The setting is the closest the clock has come to midnight since 1953".
Really? We are now in more danger of all-out nuclear war than during Cuban Missile Crisis?
Yes, there are people out there with some strange or outright despicable opinions. There is no crime committed until these followed up by action. Still, we can't censor them because if it is possible to censor, this censorship will be used against what you see as legitimate opinions.
I really hope Trump presidency will remind everyone on the left why they should cherish freedom of speech.
While I don't agree that anyone should be forced to any speech, companies are not people and are now often simply a medium of communication. While there is a lot of nuance, it all boils down to following - could you possibly have freedom of speech if you are put in a sound-proof box and nobody can hear you? First Amendment covers government actions, this is because government controlled means to enact speech when it was written (via control of public spaces). Now majority of public spaces are digital and is controlled by this or that social media corporation or ISP. Our thinking about what it means to have freedom of speech also must evolve.
You didn't act sufficiently outraged about displacing natives, therefore you were flagged for wrongthink by SJW police.
...to just write this off as Free Speech Warrior nonsense...
While I agree with gist of your comment, the part that I quoted, while is not at all surprising coming from you, is especially misguided.
Let me put it in terms you could relate to. Freedom of Speech is what prevents Trump from shutting down any and all discussion on climate change.
See? I always told everyone math give you cancer! Now I finally have a proof.
When OS start offering Punch The Monkey! ads you know all hope is lost.
Sure, they can try, but in most countries they are or about to become common carriers. In Canada ISP already forced to offer wholesale rate to smaller reseller ISPs, so more of them will show up. Plus, this gouging will get Gov't involved - they are asking for repeat of breakup of Bell.
Advertisers and network operators shat their beds and this is direct consequence of their greed. How greedy must you be to CHARGE $100/mo and then FORCE people to sit through 15 minutes of commercial per hour all while providing the worst possible customer service? Consumers, on the whole, are not stupid and will move away from business and practices that are not consumer friendly.
At least initially, people moved to Netflix not because they had tons of good content, but because it was cheap and without ads. Now Netflix grew into viable challenger to established networks, in another couple years networks will start going out of business as subscriber loss keep accelerating.
If you aren't into this for ego reasons, then you are likely end up as a white hat. Almost every time these people get caught is because of bragging and/or social angle. However, you always see them getting over-paranoid on technical issue. Considering that some of them even good at social engineering, you'd think they get OPSEC.
Don't write and use DDoS bots if you don't want to end up on the front page of the Internet is fairly simple, but you got caught and now sour grapes about it. Maybe try bragging less next time?
Heavy-handed over-reaction. 10 years?! Unless this was self-spreading malware, the issue here is that kid a) talked to feds b) couldn't afford decent lawyer.
You are also skipping steps in your steam engine conclusions. It was actually governors and spring loaded release valves that solved boiler explosions. Steam boilers explode because of over-pressure, better metallurgy results in boilers that can withstand higher pressure, but it is understanding how to design release/control systems that stopped boiler explosions.
Interesting counter-point to this. Supposedly, Romans knew how to build primitive steam engines. They never bothered perfecting this, as it was seen as much more expensive than slave labor that was already abundant and relatively cheap.
The future is not unemployment due to complete automation, the future is shit jobs and shit salaries for everyone with just enough automation to suppress everyone's wages.
For sale on ebay - shroud of Turin, lightly used, with some light discoloration and staining. Natural twill. Organic.
I double-dare you to Authenticate it.
See, you think your job is to create software, when in reality your job is to interpret multiple sets of ill defined and incomplete specs.
When automation overlords take over, the only thing you will be doing is sitting in meetings with marketing and sales and writing/interpreting specs.
Savage! Reading TFA is considered sacrilege on /.
However, we can still look forward to another decade of airport announcements regarding Note7.
Sure, streaming options provided by cable companies look a lot like cable. News at 11.
However, Netflix, unlike cable providers offers single-fee, on demand, no advertising programming. This is what cord-cutters want.
Yes, but the WiFi is lousy, so only 2/5 stars.
And before all the cynics start moaning about bad weather performance, let me just remind everyone how well humans drive in the snow.
For this specific example (total loss of traction on 4 wheels) what makes you think self-driving car would do any better?
The only winning move it to play WITH security. We don't accept cars that suddenly explode, we don't accept phones that burst on fire, we shouldn't accept IoT that is hacked and used to bring parts of Internet down.
If every vendor that gets 0.01c per device spying on you decides to stays out of IoT - I will consider this consumer's win. For all worthwhile IoT, maintaining for 2 years won't be outside the expected norm.
Easy Solution - Hold Manufacturers Responsible. Pass legislation that any IoT device must be maintained with security patches for 2 years past sale and any substantial deviation from industry best practices (e.g. hard coded credentials, open telnet) would lead to hefty penalty.
Treat these guys as you'd treat factories that dumped toxic waste into rivers.