I'm not surprised that this administration has fallen for the shiny veneer of cloud services. However, the idea that this will improve security is laughable. I agree that we need to a technological overhaul using the latest protection but cloud services are not the solution and far from the panacea they claim to be.
Nobody gives a two small shits about your opinion on what's "okay" for them to be using resources they paid for.
I agree 100%! I do however also think that it's important that nobody is getting a "free lunch" by causing a tragedy of the commons. By this I mean those "hidden costs" like polluting the environment need to be paid for so that someone can get paid to clean it up. We can drop 100% of subsidies on energy, charge for the amount of CO2 given off by each and then let the free market decide who the winner is. Just a hint: it's not fossil fuels.
While discarding electronics into dumps isn't great, it's not entirely terrible because it can still be recycled and it's not actively harming the environment sitting in a dump. What is terrible is all the CO2 being released into the air because while it can be recycled it is actively harming the environment. We will eventually move to 100% recycling but we will also have to remove the CO2 from the atmosphere which is going to require a LOT of energy.
The issue was never, "this is going to bring the internet to it's knees" it was "this is going to allow ISPs to exploit and block services they compete with". You need only look at the past to see the services they have blocked and slowed in the past to know what the future holds.
Perhaps the greatest limiting factor in getting an open source GPU (source for firmware available) has always been implementing drivers and graphics libraries. Vulkan drastically reduced this requirement by creating a common platform for graphics libraries to execute on (see SPIR-V) and this can be a template for drivers. This leaves on two elements locked away: the firmware and the hardware itself. This is a massive reduction in labor for those who wish to bring an open source GPU to the market. It might not be the best/fastest GPU but it will be up to date and as functional as it's counterparts.
Isn't it time to change to an actual democracy that represent its people?
Yes but change will not come fast. It's a slow road that will need a concerted effort in all the states that don't have independent groups to do non-political redistricting. That's just the first step too.:/
Kaspersky is just one kind of band-aide on the hemorrhage that is Microsoft software. Band Microsoft products and you won't even need to bother with Kaspersky to start with.
The entire Earth is nothing but a giant CO2 recycler, given time.
If we had millions of years, sure. However, if we put out 0 CO2 emissions starting today, the trees wouldn't be able to cope with it giving the next 1000 years.
You do realize that historically the Earth has had different levels of CO2, right, including some higher?
The Earth hasn't had higher levels of CO2 than we have now for millions of years. If you are talking about the cycle of the ice-ages, well, you need an ice-age for that to happen.
If it's not possible for the Earth to re-absorb it, what happened in your mind, hmm?? Aliens, obv.
Apparently you are unaware of the evolution that occurred. Microbes learned a trick (via mutation) and thus become able to consume dead trees, producing CO2 in the process. If not for this, trees would still end up as coal after enough time.
I'll let you have the last response since you are clearly of a one-track mind about this, having been already told what to think and not really willing to divert from your faith on the matter.
What I've told you is based on science. A little education on climate change myths will do you a lot of good.
I totally agree, which is why I see no need for giant government programs costing billions of dollars.
Then why haven't you been screaming about them subsidizing coal and oil for the past century?
The economic benefit of moving to renewable sources is eventually so cost effective it is inevitable; so we do we need to try to force people into something we know is eventually inherently compelling?
It will cost more to clean up the longer we pump CO2 into the atmosphere so it's actually saving money in the long run.
There's no way the larger warming predictions are accurate because they are all predicated on CO2 levels staying where they are. That's simply not going to happen as people everywhere switch to cheaper non-carbon energy.
Of course not because there are going to be industries that continue to put out CO2 and methane and trees are not going to be able to "suck it all up" because that's not how trees function. Other feedback mechanisms we don't know or haven't fully considered are going to make the planet even hotter. The only way out of the mess we are in is to actually remove CO2 from the atmosphere with machines. "just plant trees" the the usual reply which is totally ignorant of how the ecosystem actually works as well as the effectiveness of our machinery.
I've always said that even if you don't buy into climate change that simply ignoring it is stupid because it's a huge economic opportunity. I think it's simply been that politicians have been paid enough to turn a blind eye and keep the status quo for as long as possible. The reality is that renewable energy sources are not limited to locations that a small collective of companies own which means that there can be lots of competition that will drive the price of energy way down. Energy companies want to bleed the all the money they can out of people and some idiots think that's a good thing.
The age of hydrocarbons is coming to an end... and now we have to clean it all up.
Facebook has always been invasive and unethical, that part hasn't changed because their entire business model is built upon it. What has changed and grown is the number of people who have become aware of how Facebook operates. This isn't totally unexpected and it's still a small minority as plenty of people are still addicted to social media and their "smart" devices which are spying on them 24/7.
I love technology and the web but social media and "smart" devices aren't worth what they actually cost.
This seems to be a deliberate feeding of the conspiracy theorists that are so out of touch with reality that they take InfoWars seriously. I for one am not looking to indulge those people in the fantasies of secret shadow government conspiracies that are beyond improbable and firmly in the realm of the absurd. If you are interested in conspiracies then you need look no further than our own President's election campaign.
even if they find unequivocal, smoking-gun level, zero-bias evidence against him, his millions of fans will immediately brush it off as "fake news" because they've been convinced that only their opinions are correct...and we'll have a serious problem on our hands if any moves are made to force him out. That's why he's not worried...all he has to do is tell his fans that he's under attack and they will take to the streets.
If you are correct, they could be in for a rude awakening.
It's still a big point of failure... its a muscle that needs to work constantly or you die.
Absolutely! Your heart and liver are terrible single points of failure. The good news is that we're close to a robotic replacement for hearts. Hopefully someone will take it and extend it's functionality so that it will act as a redundant organ.
No, I'm quite aware that stimulants are being added to all our foods which putting undo stress on your cardiovascular system, the most popular being sugar and caffeine. When people begin living long enough that the primary cause of death is suddenly getting cancer throughout their body, that's when we've hit the limit for (unmodified) humans.
"These traits no longer increase, despite further continuous nutritional, medical, and scientific progress,"
They are correct, progress in nutrition isn't increasing our lifespans but the fail to mention it's bad progress resulting in worse nutrition than before. Heart disease the the leading killer of people and we know the cause is entirely dietary for the vast majority of cases.
One of the themes that emerges from Shattered (a chronicle of the Clinton campaign) is that the Clinton operation didnâ(TM)t want to make a strong play for working-class white voters in swing states. The Clintonites thought these voters were disposable. That's you.
Then he should be grateful that the Republicans won and now how majority of the Legislative branch and veto power of the Presidency that is about to destroy him by eliminating SALT deductions? How would he be worse off with the Democrats in power?
The countries with real hackers are going to piggyback on your system and if need be, use it against you. However, there are some great DIY freedom oppression kits on the market.
We've since decided that we are walking back Chromebooks for staff members and putting them back on Windows laptops. Between the functional limitations of a chromebook, and the centralized parts we can't control, we've decided that an entirely cloud strategy for students and teachers is too risky.
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I'm not surprised that this administration has fallen for the shiny veneer of cloud services. However, the idea that this will improve security is laughable. I agree that we need to a technological overhaul using the latest protection but cloud services are not the solution and far from the panacea they claim to be.
Nobody gives a two small shits about your opinion on what's "okay" for them to be using resources they paid for.
I agree 100%! I do however also think that it's important that nobody is getting a "free lunch" by causing a tragedy of the commons. By this I mean those "hidden costs" like polluting the environment need to be paid for so that someone can get paid to clean it up. We can drop 100% of subsidies on energy, charge for the amount of CO2 given off by each and then let the free market decide who the winner is. Just a hint: it's not fossil fuels.
While discarding electronics into dumps isn't great, it's not entirely terrible because it can still be recycled and it's not actively harming the environment sitting in a dump. What is terrible is all the CO2 being released into the air because while it can be recycled it is actively harming the environment. We will eventually move to 100% recycling but we will also have to remove the CO2 from the atmosphere which is going to require a LOT of energy.
The issue was never, "this is going to bring the internet to it's knees" it was "this is going to allow ISPs to exploit and block services they compete with". You need only look at the past to see the services they have blocked and slowed in the past to know what the future holds.
Perhaps the greatest limiting factor in getting an open source GPU (source for firmware available) has always been implementing drivers and graphics libraries. Vulkan drastically reduced this requirement by creating a common platform for graphics libraries to execute on (see SPIR-V) and this can be a template for drivers. This leaves on two elements locked away: the firmware and the hardware itself. This is a massive reduction in labor for those who wish to bring an open source GPU to the market. It might not be the best/fastest GPU but it will be up to date and as functional as it's counterparts.
Isn't it time to change to an actual democracy that represent its people?
Yes but change will not come fast. It's a slow road that will need a concerted effort in all the states that don't have independent groups to do non-political redistricting. That's just the first step too. :/
Kaspersky is just one kind of band-aide on the hemorrhage that is Microsoft software. Band Microsoft products and you won't even need to bother with Kaspersky to start with.
The entire Earth is nothing but a giant CO2 recycler, given time.
If we had millions of years, sure. However, if we put out 0 CO2 emissions starting today, the trees wouldn't be able to cope with it giving the next 1000 years.
You do realize that historically the Earth has had different levels of CO2, right, including some higher?
The Earth hasn't had higher levels of CO2 than we have now for millions of years. If you are talking about the cycle of the ice-ages, well, you need an ice-age for that to happen.
If it's not possible for the Earth to re-absorb it, what happened in your mind, hmm?? Aliens, obv.
Apparently you are unaware of the evolution that occurred. Microbes learned a trick (via mutation) and thus become able to consume dead trees, producing CO2 in the process. If not for this, trees would still end up as coal after enough time.
I'll let you have the last response since you are clearly of a one-track mind about this, having been already told what to think and not really willing to divert from your faith on the matter.
What I've told you is based on science. A little education on climate change myths will do you a lot of good.
I totally agree, which is why I see no need for giant government programs costing billions of dollars.
Then why haven't you been screaming about them subsidizing coal and oil for the past century?
The economic benefit of moving to renewable sources is eventually so cost effective it is inevitable; so we do we need to try to force people into something we know is eventually inherently compelling?
It will cost more to clean up the longer we pump CO2 into the atmosphere so it's actually saving money in the long run.
There's no way the larger warming predictions are accurate because they are all predicated on CO2 levels staying where they are. That's simply not going to happen as people everywhere switch to cheaper non-carbon energy.
Of course not because there are going to be industries that continue to put out CO2 and methane and trees are not going to be able to "suck it all up" because that's not how trees function. Other feedback mechanisms we don't know or haven't fully considered are going to make the planet even hotter. The only way out of the mess we are in is to actually remove CO2 from the atmosphere with machines. "just plant trees" the the usual reply which is totally ignorant of how the ecosystem actually works as well as the effectiveness of our machinery.
I've always said that even if you don't buy into climate change that simply ignoring it is stupid because it's a huge economic opportunity. I think it's simply been that politicians have been paid enough to turn a blind eye and keep the status quo for as long as possible. The reality is that renewable energy sources are not limited to locations that a small collective of companies own which means that there can be lots of competition that will drive the price of energy way down. Energy companies want to bleed the all the money they can out of people and some idiots think that's a good thing.
The age of hydrocarbons is coming to an end... and now we have to clean it all up.
You need only look at Tokyo (capital of Japan) to see the mess of power lines that exist in real life.
Facebook has always been invasive and unethical, that part hasn't changed because their entire business model is built upon it. What has changed and grown is the number of people who have become aware of how Facebook operates. This isn't totally unexpected and it's still a small minority as plenty of people are still addicted to social media and their "smart" devices which are spying on them 24/7.
I love technology and the web but social media and "smart" devices aren't worth what they actually cost.
This seems to be a deliberate feeding of the conspiracy theorists that are so out of touch with reality that they take InfoWars seriously. I for one am not looking to indulge those people in the fantasies of secret shadow government conspiracies that are beyond improbable and firmly in the realm of the absurd. If you are interested in conspiracies then you need look no further than our own President's election campaign.
even if they find unequivocal, smoking-gun level, zero-bias evidence against him, his millions of fans will immediately brush it off as "fake news" because they've been convinced that only their opinions are correct...and we'll have a serious problem on our hands if any moves are made to force him out. That's why he's not worried...all he has to do is tell his fans that he's under attack and they will take to the streets.
If you are correct, they could be in for a rude awakening.
It's still a big point of failure... its a muscle that needs to work constantly or you die.
Absolutely! Your heart and liver are terrible single points of failure. The good news is that we're close to a robotic replacement for hearts. Hopefully someone will take it and extend it's functionality so that it will act as a redundant organ.
You're confused.
No, I'm quite aware that stimulants are being added to all our foods which putting undo stress on your cardiovascular system, the most popular being sugar and caffeine. When people begin living long enough that the primary cause of death is suddenly getting cancer throughout their body, that's when we've hit the limit for (unmodified) humans.
"These traits no longer increase, despite further continuous nutritional, medical, and scientific progress,"
They are correct, progress in nutrition isn't increasing our lifespans but the fail to mention it's bad progress resulting in worse nutrition than before. Heart disease the the leading killer of people and we know the cause is entirely dietary for the vast majority of cases.
One of the themes that emerges from Shattered (a chronicle of the Clinton campaign) is that the Clinton operation didnâ(TM)t want to make a strong play for working-class white voters in swing states. The Clintonites thought these voters were disposable. That's you.
Then he should be grateful that the Republicans won and now how majority of the Legislative branch and veto power of the Presidency that is about to destroy him by eliminating SALT deductions? How would he be worse off with the Democrats in power?
The countries with real hackers are going to piggyback on your system and if need be, use it against you. However, there are some great DIY freedom oppression kits on the market.
What will happen to me if they discover I'm really a malfunctioning smart blender?! ;)
We've since decided that we are walking back Chromebooks for staff members and putting them back on Windows laptops. Between the functional limitations of a chromebook, and the centralized parts we can't control, we've decided that an entirely cloud strategy for students and teachers is too risky.
So, out of the frying pan and into the fire?
INACCESSIBLE! ;)
Send all your upset chants in packets to the IP addresses of the devices of the people who aren't listening to you. ;)
You say they were made from "meteorites" but all we really know is that the metal didn't come from earth. ;)
Fuck you Pai. You're nothing but a corporate shill whore. We should be dismissing you instead of you dismissing common sense.
Dismissing Ajit Pai? And here I was thinking we should throw him into an active volcano. ;)