Wow, amazing how Trump seems to have people pouring more money into government favor buying than ever before. I'm not sure if America is becoming "great again" but it is becoming a great bidding platform in government. Is this really how we want to the government to be run? Curious how many Dollars = 1 vote..
Uhh...this is known as an INFORMATION age for a reason. The best expanding jobs are in the information technology field. Plus information sharing and collaboration are primarily done through the Internet. So Broadband is an essential part of that. Saying that people can always find money from somewhere is not a reason for making it harder to get something that is essential for people need to know how to use to be successful (or even has a basic middle class living) or even get basic services we consider essential to life in our society. Otherwise we create a 3rd world country (and even these are getting Internet cheap/free). That leads to corporation squeezing blood from stones.To quote Jurrasic Park, "People were so busy figuring out if they could, nobody shopped to think if they should".
Trump is very consistent and clear in whom he serves and it's not the working class. Once again, making money for his friends at the expense of us all. Wonder what's next in his mad run to basically allow infinite inflation of essential services. (And yes, the Internet is basically an essential service, like electricity: you can "live" without it, but getting what we consider essential services because a challenge without it)
Since it isn't (since he's bee cooped up at the Embassy) the party actually taking the files, but publishing files brought to him, and in a foreign country embassy no less (which is foreign territory) unless he is guilty of violating the laws of Ecuador, there isn't actually a LEGAL justification but a PR justification.
Assange did indicate he was in the process of releasing a series of leaks that actually demonstrate illegal activities by the CIA and this may be a pre-emptive strike to supress that data before it is released. Even if it could be demonstrated that Assange requested the information he has, he is not on US soil right now. In fact the USA has been trying to basically kidnap him in partnership with the Swedish government for years.
The pubic needs to demand curtailing of the CIA's activities as they act outside of any real regulation, outside our own laws, and outside of the world accepted definition of human rights, forget due process. That FISA court is basically a rubber stamp. They have NO ONE governing them really, and that is very, very dangerous. They use the shield of "national security" but to quote Benjamin Franklin, those who sacrifice their civil liberties for a little extra security deserve neither.Trump was actually praising them in his campaign when they gave him ammunition. Interesting how he doesn't say anything on the subject now.
Okay, it's amazing how many "mickey's" the public has been swallowing in the name of "security" be it national or individual. This is basically a way of fingerprinting everyone in a private database. We all know of ways this can be bypassed (you can lift finger prints from anything someone has touched (doorknob, glass, whatever), so the only one who benefits are private corporations who want to sell that data, and governments who want to obtain it by buying it. We are treating the public as criminals by default or worse...cattle with a brand that is pre-applied. That will be one card I will not use. guess cash is king again for those of us who believe we should formally convicted of something before we have biometric data collection by agencies.
Okay,this article is a mess and it's missing some key factors and some VERY misleading information. The biggest, that people need a crazy amount of RAM to run basic operating systems. In my experience speed problems are not because you don't have the latest operating system. Contrary to popular belief, the newest operating system (especially Windows 8/10) actually CREATE slowdowns. Those "live" tiles, the windows store monitors, the data collection scanning/transmitting to ms your private data all take more Memory resources. Windows XP in fact consumes less memory but it's 64-bit version is virtual unusable because of lack of proper drivers for hardware. Windows 7 can be tweaked in a few ways. Take off those fancy graphical theme/effects that alone helps.I find disabling SuperFetch makes a significant difference. On a Windows 8 Mini computer (by Asus) I was able to improve performance significantly by disabling and uninstalling all the tile features (which is a pain in the arse), as well as Superfetch) made a difference. See these articles:
http://www.techregar.com/maste... http://www.windowsbleu.com/201...
IT Professional often do NOT have the latest OS (except for testing) because we as professionals know of the memory consumption as well as privacy/OS control issues surrounding windows 8/10. So they will opt for Windows 7 pro (64-bit), a Mac or Linux variant (usually CentOS, Debian, or Scientific Linux..Linux Mint is for consumer use and it excels there).
Most people use computers for 4 things: Internet, Word Processing, Multimedia and gaming). The first 3 don't require that much memory unless you are creating a media server. If you are a gamer then you truly need the memory of the games. No way around that. And the latest games may not run as well as Windows 7 (but every game I've seen doesn't require Windows 8 or 10). But those systems are typically 1k to 2k USD to build. If you are an professional artist or musician or developer you may need more. I find 16 GB is a real blessing if you need to run Virtual machines or do a lot of Java development.
A few other things to improve Windows performance: There are services that truly have no business being there. The Update services that people seem to keep putting into systems are creepy. For example Mozilla Firefox actually installs an update service. Why would you even need a service running for a browser update? The browser gives you update alerts when it's running? Google has a updating service which you mess up the programs if you remove it. Adobe is one of the WORST offenders as they keep installing crap to try to push you to use their "cloud" services. The Adobe updater background applications can be disabled or removed. (they are sometimes preinstalled on laptops).
Oh, And let's not forget Antiviruses. Some a great with memory, others are memory hogs. Symantec products are wasteful in resources in every respect. The best memory effecient antiviruses I've seen are Eset, BitDefender (not the free edition...sorry), and F-Secure. While I like Gdata it's a memory hog, no question.
The most common reasons for PC slow downs are malware running on most people's PC without knowing it. For that I suggest a regular scan with Malware Bytes and Search & Destroy. I personally prefer the "classic" one without any of the automatic stuff but some may prefer the newer one. IT Professionals use these tools and a regular basis as they know no tool finds everything. Here are links to both:
...living in a faraday cage.Those fellows are no longer considered paranoid, but farseeing. It seems if it has a wireless connection (known or unknown), which is virtually anything electronic these days, you need to wear a tin foil hat to use your headphones privately.
I would agree that there are some who may be challenged to dry their clothes indoors. I remember being told of a family living in a 500 square foot condo with a family of 4 in Toronto. imagine them trying to try their clothes indoors. Plus excessive heat can actually damage and shrink some clothes.. the only concern I have is if there are any long term health problems from increased exposure to ultrasonic waves. Other then that, it could be useful. Plus it is true some countries (tropics for example) may not be friendly to outdoor drying. Especially during the rainy seasons.
Has anyone done a study of long term effects of prolonged exposure to ultrasonic waves? We humans have a habit of producing something to sell without consideration of long term consequences to the environment...or ourselves.
Okay, so Balmer's wife explains to him what we all should have picked up on as we read "A Christmas Carol". Particularly Scrooge says to the ghost of Christmas Present and says "I'm taxed for them, isn't that enough?". It's kind of shameful that it takes being "bored" to actually get around being involved in our own government outside of lobbying. We all get busy, but if we aren't involved in our governments, well perhaps that is why the government spends part of its time (and our money) finding ways to negate or dilute our individual votes.And now of course we have Trump. It will be interesting to see what this organization comes up with.
If it's one thing Trump has shown in his pattern of behaviour in his first 3.5 months in office, is his policies will always have exception clauses for his corporate buddies. in other words, he'll try to make things look like they support principle, but allow loopholes for his corporate colleagues as well as his own private businesses. (which is a conflict of interest). For example, the so-called, Anti-Muslim Immigration act (it does discriminate against Muslim countries but that isn't the bill's name). Apparently Muslim countries that did business with Trump businesses were exempt. Trump talks the talk, but doesn't walk the walk. While I agree that corporate abuse of foreign visa to get in cheap labor and lowering the quality of living overall in the USA needs to stop, I don't think Trump is the one to do it. He just talks big. I'm going to have to much fun see how his "wall" plays out.
Google had always said that their goal was to do no evil, but in locking Russian (or any country's) users to their tools alone, they are in the same realms of evil as Microsoft and Apple. It's ironic it takes a country with an Iron Hand to get Google to play fair. A warning to us all: any company they gets too big is going to get abusive without government or large scale public intervention.
while I don't use these sites in general (too much weirdness and people poisoning the pool with malware), we do have Internet issues we need to address. Net Neutrality certainly has it's flaws. It's a mistake to say it's the end of Internet piracy however. China pretty much dominates that market (2nd by countries in South America possibly). The IP laws certainly need to be changed from having a virtually unlimited timespan on government protection so people can sit on their laurels. But piracy is certainly far from dead. It's just moved around a bit as all successful forms of live and business tend to do to survive.
Folks, there are a few important facts about this incident with Asian (Chinese?) doctor:
1. He was already boarded on the plane (along with everyone else) That suggest Airline poor management. Typically being denied boarding happens BEFORE you are on the plane. So once everyone was on board, that creates the possibility of using force. once force is an option, people are even more likely to use it in and with no restraint. Just like police forces in parts of the USA and Canada
2. Passengers are basically the are told they can be ejected "for any reason" that is way too much power. that needs federal restrictions on the cause. The Federal Government in Canada is preparing some new regulations to add the bill of rights right now (although I suspect it have token effectiveness at best without more public protects).
3. True to form with security forces in North America, the security officers were not well trained in unarmed confrontations. A well trained professional shouldn't be giving a non-combat trained doctor a bloody nose or knocking him out.
4. This is so out of control that some media (see Canadian Globe and Mail) feel free to suggest that paying extra fees will reduce your chances of being ejected. That is a dangerous possibility. suggest grey are blackmail potential and that possibility shouldn't be there. (There is no proof but it has been suggest this doctor and the other 3 were chose because they paid less).
Want this potential abuse and cause exercise in ejection to stop? Write to your Seneator (in the USA), or government representative in your country. China seems to be making the biggest impact because the people are showing their outrage. Perhaps it's time we did the same and get all the airlines on a leash. The security offer who was suspended is only a symptom of the philosophy which lead to the problem in the first place.
I don't know about that. I've known some of these prodigies. Often they had trouble relating to real world problems. While these people help gave us building block foundations, they are generally not the ones creating bridges to problems that exist in the business or social world of managing data. Again, not to discredit these people. Their work was/is CRUCIAL. In my observations I've seen several classes of top developers. Those who deal with the raw computational libraries/building blocks, those who see ways to apply those blocks to make more human usable versions of those libraries/blocks and those who see how they apply those to business cases. The majority of demand and supply of these people is typically in the later. It's easier in my experience to vet those with PhDs in computer science for advanced low level problems as they typically don't have to deal with non-technical project owners. As the number reflect, the demand for them is less (for now). It's harder to vet which programmers who have the skill and can apply the tools in a practical way, let alone with the ability to communicate effectively with non-technical project champions/owners. There is the theoretical 2%, which I'm not sure the number is quite that low. Looking for confirmation which may not be available.
The Chinese "courts" are really a political engine generally passing down "divine" rule. I've known a few layers from China who all tell me that the first and foremost thing you do to be successful is to attend networking events where judges are found. All have told me it's a corrupt system. And since this is a Chinese, is it any surprise it favors it's own?
Okay, it was only a matter of time before somebody came around and starting exploiting all the backdoors/weak protection in this IoT(I pronounce "idiot") devices. The funny thing is, this may well be a public service in an odd way. At least no one's life is dependent on these devices..yet. If we started adopting these things carelessly in situations that could endanger lives, we'd be in serious trouble. Perhaps this is the wake up call we've desperately needed.
Okay, we know a few things. First, that some drivers will deliberately take longer routes if a driver thinks they can get away with it. Next, an app can show whatever it wants to any person. I would assume (I don't use uber), that it doesn't break down the route for the passenger. Had the app been required by law (and it should) to breakdown the route (similar to the way google does when you get directions) as well as the price per/mile or km, a moderately observant passenger would notice that the route shown to the passenger is different from what the driver is taking and questions would asked. There was an article that claimed Uber had enough data to indicate what times of data a passenger would be indifferent to the fare charged, implying that Uber might have a "premium charge" for say, rush hour. As we know Uber ignores laws (see self-driving cars new reports) around the world, the Uber president has actually be abusive to his own driver on camera. Given this as well as the data collection on the uber app (which needs to be curbed a lot, we are seeing case after case of abuse), it would only be reasonable to assume Uber will try any scheme it can get away with. I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt, but behavior patterns qualify as supporting evidence in count in court and in real life. If you see someone repeatedly exhibiting unethical behavior, it's reasonable to assume that individual entity is likely doing similarly unethical actions that you aren't aware of.I just read an article about a town in Ontario Canada using Uber as a cheap substitute for a proper bus system. But a quick look at the user fees + city subsidies per trip suggest the combined amount might be more than the standard Uber fare using public money and leaving the financial challenged to get a phone or be unable to use this "public" transit. (or course the telecommunication companies love this) Seems to me Uber will take advantage of the unaware, the mentally lazy and the gullible. My question is, when do we all wake up and start questioning our blind use of Uber. Better yet, when do we start creating competition and/or regulating this kind of business to keep it honest..
Really? Only top 2%? I only ask because I've spent most of my career around developers who, like myself, were self-taught before they even went to university. It's possible I'm just one incredibly lucky individual but I'm hoping that it's not as bad as that. Would love to know if there is any resource that does a formal study of this. I do agree they are HARD to find. It would be a bit depressing in my opinion if only 2% of the workforce were totally self taught.(By this I mean self taught with proven chops in the field as opposed to many who may be self taught, but never tried to do any practical/professional level work).
The industry has long know that the best developers are self taught to the point they actually didn't need the degree. I'm not saying the material learned in doing the degree isn't useful. (Some programs are better than others mind you.) but the best are self trained, typically from their early teens and will take on projects during high school that are often beyond undergrads in university. It also demonstrates initiative and the ability to adapt with the expense of formal training. Many university only computer professional stop learning after they graduate. Not all, but some. And if the candidate has only recently graduated from university with no pre-university experience, there is no way to prove immediately they they will continue to learn throughout their career. So there it is. The key to IT (and any profession in my opinion) is to be a lifelong learner, and that is what IT pros without degrees had to prove to be hired.
Uber as I recall, requires a smart phone. The initial cost may be less but there are who other costs: Privacy (Uber gets all that public data for sale..mmm..mmm..), and it forces anyone who doesn't have money for a car to buy a cell phone. If you are in a lower income bracket, that may be impossible (and don't forget there are monthly bills as well as phone purchase prices, whether contract or from ebay). Oh, and don't forget, the city will basically be a ransom to Uber because if they pull out, all of a sudden no public transportation. This is going to be trouble. Short term gains for long term pain.
First, people are misusing the term "bricking" in this context but I understand why. One COULD say they EFFECTIVELY bricked the device because the idiot (pardon my French) blocked the IoT Mac Address/ID of the device but technically the device wasn't actually bricked. It was effectively bricked by in fact being blocked from the required server for to have a chance of working (not that it was from the report).
Now that constitutes removing the primary function advertised/sold to the customer which legally he doesn't have the right to do unless: 1. The customer has been fully refunded + any damage caused in using his product. 2. The customer is committing acts that harm the functionality of the devices for others. 3. The customer has been proven a public threat through use of the services (basically a superset of 2). This business is probably sunk and will harm (and this is perhaps a good thing) the IoT business sector in general because people are finally becoming aware what installing IoT (I like to pronounce "idiot") devices for security in their homes; The provider of the 3rd party server could lock them out, let others in, all sorts of stuff. But I digress.
The customer can sue the manufacturer/service provider because he withdrew the core component before refunding him. That is a classic breach of contract. This business is probably finished because the owner has not only shown poor judgement, lack of legal knowledge and a serious emotional impulse control problem, but in addition to all this, a lawsuit could well bankrupt him. And the evidence is on the Internet for all to see. (and he even admitted it on the Internet...)
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Wow, amazing how Trump seems to have people pouring more money into government favor buying than ever before. I'm not sure if America is becoming "great again" but it is becoming a great bidding platform in government. Is this really how we want to the government to be run? Curious how many Dollars = 1 vote..
Uhh...this is known as an INFORMATION age for a reason. The best expanding jobs are in the information technology field. Plus information sharing and collaboration are primarily done through the Internet. So Broadband is an essential part of that. Saying that people can always find money from somewhere is not a reason for making it harder to get something that is essential for people need to know how to use to be successful (or even has a basic middle class living) or even get basic services we consider essential to life in our society. Otherwise we create a 3rd world country (and even these are getting Internet cheap/free). That leads to corporation squeezing blood from stones.To quote Jurrasic Park, "People were so busy figuring out if they could, nobody shopped to think if they should".
Trump is very consistent and clear in whom he serves and it's not the working class. Once again, making money for his friends at the expense of us all. Wonder what's next in his mad run to basically allow infinite inflation of essential services. (And yes, the Internet is basically an essential service, like electricity: you can "live" without it, but getting what we consider essential services because a challenge without it)
Since it isn't (since he's bee cooped up at the Embassy) the party actually taking the files, but publishing files brought to him, and in a foreign country embassy no less (which is foreign territory) unless he is guilty of violating the laws of Ecuador, there isn't actually a LEGAL justification but a PR justification.
Assange did indicate he was in the process of releasing a series of leaks that actually demonstrate illegal activities by the CIA and this may be a pre-emptive strike to supress that data before it is released. Even if it could be demonstrated that Assange requested the information he has, he is not on US soil right now. In fact the USA has been trying to basically kidnap him in partnership with the Swedish government for years.
The pubic needs to demand curtailing of the CIA's activities as they act outside of any real regulation, outside our own laws, and outside of the world accepted definition of human rights, forget due process. That FISA court is basically a rubber stamp. They have NO ONE governing them really, and that is very, very dangerous. They use the shield of "national security" but to quote Benjamin Franklin, those who sacrifice their civil liberties for a little extra security deserve neither.Trump was actually praising them in his campaign when they gave him ammunition. Interesting how he doesn't say anything on the subject now.
Okay, it's amazing how many "mickey's" the public has been swallowing in the name of "security" be it national or individual. This is basically a way of fingerprinting everyone in a private database. We all know of ways this can be bypassed (you can lift finger prints from anything someone has touched (doorknob, glass, whatever), so the only one who benefits are private corporations who want to sell that data, and governments who want to obtain it by buying it. We are treating the public as criminals by default or worse...cattle with a brand that is pre-applied. That will be one card I will not use. guess cash is king again for those of us who believe we should formally convicted of something before we have biometric data collection by agencies.
Okay,this article is a mess and it's missing some key factors and some VERY misleading information. The biggest, that people need a crazy amount of RAM to run basic operating systems. In my experience speed problems are not because you don't have the latest operating system. Contrary to popular belief, the newest operating system (especially Windows 8/10) actually CREATE slowdowns. Those "live" tiles, the windows store monitors, the data collection scanning/transmitting to ms your private data all take more Memory resources. Windows XP in fact consumes less memory but it's 64-bit version is virtual unusable because of lack of proper drivers for hardware. Windows 7 can be tweaked in a few ways. Take off those fancy graphical theme/effects that alone helps.I find disabling SuperFetch makes a significant difference. On a Windows 8 Mini computer (by Asus) I was able to improve performance significantly by disabling and uninstalling all the tile features (which is a pain in the arse), as well as Superfetch) made a difference. See these articles:
http://www.techregar.com/maste...
http://www.windowsbleu.com/201...
IT Professional often do NOT have the latest OS (except for testing) because we as professionals know of the memory consumption as well as privacy/OS control issues surrounding windows 8/10. So they will opt for Windows 7 pro (64-bit), a Mac or Linux variant (usually CentOS, Debian, or Scientific Linux..Linux Mint is for consumer use and it excels there).
Most people use computers for 4 things: Internet, Word Processing, Multimedia and gaming). The first 3 don't require that much memory unless you are creating a media server. If you are a gamer then you truly need the memory of the games. No way around that. And the latest games may not run as well as Windows 7 (but every game I've seen doesn't require Windows 8 or 10). But those systems are typically 1k to 2k USD to build. If you are an professional artist or musician or developer you may need more. I find 16 GB is a real blessing if you need to run Virtual machines or do a lot of Java development.
A few other things to improve Windows performance: There are services that truly have no business being there. The Update services that people seem to keep putting into systems are creepy. For example Mozilla Firefox actually installs an update service. Why would you even need a service running for a browser update? The browser gives you update alerts when it's running? Google has a updating service which you mess up the programs if you remove it. Adobe is one of the WORST offenders as they keep installing crap to try to push you to use their "cloud" services. The Adobe updater background applications can be disabled or removed. (they are sometimes preinstalled on laptops). Oh, And let's not forget Antiviruses. Some a great with memory, others are memory hogs. Symantec products are wasteful in resources in every respect. The best memory effecient antiviruses I've seen are Eset, BitDefender (not the free edition...sorry), and F-Secure. While I like Gdata it's a memory hog, no question. The most common reasons for PC slow downs are malware running on most people's PC without knowing it. For that I suggest a regular scan with Malware Bytes and Search & Destroy. I personally prefer the "classic" one without any of the automatic stuff but some may prefer the newer one. IT Professionals use these tools and a regular basis as they know no tool finds everything. Here are links to both:
https://www.safer-networking.o...
https://www.safer-networking.o...
and Malwarebytes:
https://www.malwarebytes.com/m...
There are free versions but some should
Those don't use ultra sonic waves I believe, magnets I think.
...living in a faraday cage.Those fellows are no longer considered paranoid, but farseeing. It seems if it has a wireless connection (known or unknown), which is virtually anything electronic these days, you need to wear a tin foil hat to use your headphones privately.
I would agree that there are some who may be challenged to dry their clothes indoors. I remember being told of a family living in a 500 square foot condo with a family of 4 in Toronto. imagine them trying to try their clothes indoors. Plus excessive heat can actually damage and shrink some clothes.. the only concern I have is if there are any long term health problems from increased exposure to ultrasonic waves. Other then that, it could be useful. Plus it is true some countries (tropics for example) may not be friendly to outdoor drying. Especially during the rainy seasons.
Has anyone done a study of long term effects of prolonged exposure to ultrasonic waves? We humans have a habit of producing something to sell without consideration of long term consequences to the environment...or ourselves.
Okay, so Balmer's wife explains to him what we all should have picked up on as we read "A Christmas Carol". Particularly Scrooge says to the ghost of Christmas Present and says "I'm taxed for them, isn't that enough?". It's kind of shameful that it takes being "bored" to actually get around being involved in our own government outside of lobbying. We all get busy, but if we aren't involved in our governments, well perhaps that is why the government spends part of its time (and our money) finding ways to negate or dilute our individual votes.And now of course we have Trump. It will be interesting to see what this organization comes up with.
If it's one thing Trump has shown in his pattern of behaviour in his first 3.5 months in office, is his policies will always have exception clauses for his corporate buddies. in other words, he'll try to make things look like they support principle, but allow loopholes for his corporate colleagues as well as his own private businesses. (which is a conflict of interest). For example, the so-called, Anti-Muslim Immigration act (it does discriminate against Muslim countries but that isn't the bill's name). Apparently Muslim countries that did business with Trump businesses were exempt. Trump talks the talk, but doesn't walk the walk. While I agree that corporate abuse of foreign visa to get in cheap labor and lowering the quality of living overall in the USA needs to stop, I don't think Trump is the one to do it. He just talks big. I'm going to have to much fun see how his "wall" plays out.
Google had always said that their goal was to do no evil, but in locking Russian (or any country's) users to their tools alone, they are in the same realms of evil as Microsoft and Apple. It's ironic it takes a country with an Iron Hand to get Google to play fair. A warning to us all: any company they gets too big is going to get abusive without government or large scale public intervention.
while I don't use these sites in general (too much weirdness and people poisoning the pool with malware), we do have Internet issues we need to address. Net Neutrality certainly has it's flaws. It's a mistake to say it's the end of Internet piracy however. China pretty much dominates that market (2nd by countries in South America possibly). The IP laws certainly need to be changed from having a virtually unlimited timespan on government protection so people can sit on their laurels. But piracy is certainly far from dead. It's just moved around a bit as all successful forms of live and business tend to do to survive.
Folks, there are a few important facts about this incident with Asian (Chinese?) doctor:
1. He was already boarded on the plane (along with everyone else) That suggest Airline poor management. Typically being denied boarding happens BEFORE you are on the plane. So once everyone was on board, that creates the possibility of using force. once force is an option, people are even more likely to use it in and with no restraint. Just like police forces in parts of the USA and Canada
2. Passengers are basically the are told they can be ejected "for any reason" that is way too much power. that needs federal restrictions on the cause. The Federal Government in Canada is preparing some new regulations to add the bill of rights right now (although I suspect it have token effectiveness at best without more public protects).
3. True to form with security forces in North America, the security officers were not well trained in unarmed confrontations. A well trained professional shouldn't be giving a non-combat trained doctor a bloody nose or knocking him out.
4. This is so out of control that some media (see Canadian Globe and Mail) feel free to suggest that paying extra fees will reduce your chances of being ejected. That is a dangerous possibility. suggest grey are blackmail potential and that possibility shouldn't be there. (There is no proof but it has been suggest this doctor and the other 3 were chose because they paid less).
http://www.theglobeandmail.com...
Want this potential abuse and cause exercise in ejection to stop? Write to your Seneator (in the USA), or government representative in your country. China seems to be making the biggest impact because the people are showing their outrage. Perhaps it's time we did the same and get all the airlines on a leash. The security offer who was suspended is only a symptom of the philosophy which lead to the problem in the first place.
I don't know about that. I've known some of these prodigies. Often they had trouble relating to real world problems. While these people help gave us building block foundations, they are generally not the ones creating bridges to problems that exist in the business or social world of managing data. Again, not to discredit these people. Their work was/is CRUCIAL. In my observations I've seen several classes of top developers. Those who deal with the raw computational libraries/building blocks, those who see ways to apply those blocks to make more human usable versions of those libraries/blocks and those who see how they apply those to business cases. The majority of demand and supply of these people is typically in the later. It's easier in my experience to vet those with PhDs in computer science for advanced low level problems as they typically don't have to deal with non-technical project owners. As the number reflect, the demand for them is less (for now). It's harder to vet which programmers who have the skill and can apply the tools in a practical way, let alone with the ability to communicate effectively with non-technical project champions/owners. There is the theoretical 2%, which I'm not sure the number is quite that low. Looking for confirmation which may not be available.
The Chinese "courts" are really a political engine generally passing down "divine" rule. I've known a few layers from China who all tell me that the first and foremost thing you do to be successful is to attend networking events where judges are found. All have told me it's a corrupt system. And since this is a Chinese, is it any surprise it favors it's own?
Okay, it was only a matter of time before somebody came around and starting exploiting all the backdoors/weak protection in this IoT(I pronounce "idiot") devices. The funny thing is, this may well be a public service in an odd way. At least no one's life is dependent on these devices..yet. If we started adopting these things carelessly in situations that could endanger lives, we'd be in serious trouble. Perhaps this is the wake up call we've desperately needed.
Okay, we know a few things. First, that some drivers will deliberately take longer routes if a driver thinks they can get away with it. Next, an app can show whatever it wants to any person. I would assume (I don't use uber), that it doesn't break down the route for the passenger. Had the app been required by law (and it should) to breakdown the route (similar to the way google does when you get directions) as well as the price per/mile or km, a moderately observant passenger would notice that the route shown to the passenger is different from what the driver is taking and questions would asked. There was an article that claimed Uber had enough data to indicate what times of data a passenger would be indifferent to the fare charged, implying that Uber might have a "premium charge" for say, rush hour. As we know Uber ignores laws (see self-driving cars new reports) around the world, the Uber president has actually be abusive to his own driver on camera. Given this as well as the data collection on the uber app (which needs to be curbed a lot, we are seeing case after case of abuse), it would only be reasonable to assume Uber will try any scheme it can get away with. I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt, but behavior patterns qualify as supporting evidence in count in court and in real life. If you see someone repeatedly exhibiting unethical behavior, it's reasonable to assume that individual entity is likely doing similarly unethical actions that you aren't aware of.I just read an article about a town in Ontario Canada using Uber as a cheap substitute for a proper bus system. But a quick look at the user fees + city subsidies per trip suggest the combined amount might be more than the standard Uber fare using public money and leaving the financial challenged to get a phone or be unable to use this "public" transit. (or course the telecommunication companies love this) Seems to me Uber will take advantage of the unaware, the mentally lazy and the gullible. My question is, when do we all wake up and start questioning our blind use of Uber. Better yet, when do we start creating competition and/or regulating this kind of business to keep it honest..
Really? Only top 2%? I only ask because I've spent most of my career around developers who, like myself, were self-taught before they even went to university. It's possible I'm just one incredibly lucky individual but I'm hoping that it's not as bad as that. Would love to know if there is any resource that does a formal study of this. I do agree they are HARD to find. It would be a bit depressing in my opinion if only 2% of the workforce were totally self taught.(By this I mean self taught with proven chops in the field as opposed to many who may be self taught, but never tried to do any practical/professional level work).
The industry has long know that the best developers are self taught to the point they actually didn't need the degree. I'm not saying the material learned in doing the degree isn't useful. (Some programs are better than others mind you.) but the best are self trained, typically from their early teens and will take on projects during high school that are often beyond undergrads in university. It also demonstrates initiative and the ability to adapt with the expense of formal training. Many university only computer professional stop learning after they graduate. Not all, but some. And if the candidate has only recently graduated from university with no pre-university experience, there is no way to prove immediately they they will continue to learn throughout their career. So there it is. The key to IT (and any profession in my opinion) is to be a lifelong learner, and that is what IT pros without degrees had to prove to be hired.
I was always fond of gnome 2 myself. I'm also really fond of Mate.
Is that it's "too hard" to do what is their disadvantage.
Uber as I recall, requires a smart phone. The initial cost may be less but there are who other costs: Privacy (Uber gets all that public data for sale..mmm..mmm..), and it forces anyone who doesn't have money for a car to buy a cell phone. If you are in a lower income bracket, that may be impossible (and don't forget there are monthly bills as well as phone purchase prices, whether contract or from ebay). Oh, and don't forget, the city will basically be a ransom to Uber because if they pull out, all of a sudden no public transportation. This is going to be trouble. Short term gains for long term pain.
First, people are misusing the term "bricking" in this context but I understand why. One COULD say they EFFECTIVELY bricked the device because the idiot (pardon my French) blocked the IoT Mac Address/ID of the device but technically the device wasn't actually bricked. It was effectively bricked by in fact being blocked from the required server for to have a chance of working (not that it was from the report).
Now that constitutes removing the primary function advertised/sold to the customer which legally he doesn't have the right to do unless: 1. The customer has been fully refunded + any damage caused in using his product. 2. The customer is committing acts that harm the functionality of the devices for others. 3. The customer has been proven a public threat through use of the services (basically a superset of 2). This business is probably sunk and will harm (and this is perhaps a good thing) the IoT business sector in general because people are finally becoming aware what installing IoT (I like to pronounce "idiot") devices for security in their homes; The provider of the 3rd party server could lock them out, let others in, all sorts of stuff. But I digress.
The customer can sue the manufacturer/service provider because he withdrew the core component before refunding him. That is a classic breach of contract. This business is probably finished because the owner has not only shown poor judgement, lack of legal knowledge and a serious emotional impulse control problem, but in addition to all this, a lawsuit could well bankrupt him. And the evidence is on the Internet for all to see. (and he even admitted it on the Internet...)