This sounds like a contradiction. On the one hand you claim it's "core", on the other you claim most of it can be done remotely. If it's core, then typically it requires close-nit communication, meaning a physical presence is preferred by the org.
There are situations where teams are skilled and comfortable collaborating online using say wiki's + message boards instead of face-to-face meetings, but a group like that is rare in my experience. Most bosses are social people and prefer talking and gabbing over donuts. Maybe a new generation will appear where bosses and owners are comfortable with "e-meetings", but I don't see it yet.
There are always going to be exceptions to the rule (trend) of the gutting of rural jobs, but it seems the exceptions are shrinking, not growing.
what everyone needs a house hold appliances and things full of [malware/spyware]
I suspect many already do. Most appliances already have a Turing Complete computer chip in them. Culprits in a factory can stick a small radio transceiver (and maybe a microphone) into a capacitor etc. and that chip now has wi-fi access and remote programmability.
Sometimes the device is already a radio. I once tapped a certain spot in the guts of a bare-basic cassette tape player with a screwdriver, and heard a nearby radio station. I don't think it was an intentional spy mechanism, just an inadvertent "radio".
The difference is the newer generation of appliances may talk back.
I can list dozens of stupid or over-done current IT fads. I'm trying to learn to stop complaining and instead make money off of suckers who don't do their homework. But, I'm having a hard shutting down my Internal Vulcan and letting the Internal Ferengi run things. I have to take a cold shower every night.
There is probably lots of confusion between someone claiming to be from Nigeria versus scams actually happening in Nigeria, and vice versa. If I were a Nigerian scammer I would not claim to be in Nigeria because of the country's spamming stigma. For anything mailed, I'd get a buddy in another country to help.
Americans, already among the most urbanized people in the world, are increasingly choosing to live in cities. [Emphasis added]
I don't believe it's a choice in the direct sense, but rather an economic reality. To be competitive globally and against automation requires high collaboration among experts and specialists. You mostly find this in populated areas.
Farming automation has reduced the need for rural workers, and mining automation is also ramping up.
If your job allows you to do remote work, then it more likely can be outsourced to Timbuktu for 1/3 your wages.
fine-tune its sensitivity to make sure it only reacts to true threats (solid objects instead of bags, for example).
it's kind of terrifying that all that stands between life and death is a sensitivity setting.
Siri: "Sorry, Mam, I thought you were an old bag."
Seriously*, I've slammed on the breaks for things that turned out to be harmless debris. The problem is that slamming on the breaks has risk also.
For one, the passenger could get whiplash or similar, especially if they are not in the best of shape. If they are injured due to a plastic bag on the road, lawsuits will fly.
Second, cars behind may end up plowing into your rear if they don't stop in time.
It's not always an easy decision and humans also get it wrong. At least the vehicle should have compromised and applied light breaks, giving the pedestrian better odds of survival.
My breaking "algorithm" is similar: the proportion of pressure I put on the breaks is proportional to the perceived importance of the object (and/or risk to the car itself).
Uber settled with the family of the victim, but the resulting panic caused the Arizona governor to halt all testing...
I remember when AZ bragged their state was more "business friendly" than CA when CA rejected Uber's testing permit. AZ stepped up to court Uber's testing. A smart, forward thinking politician would realize they are opening the door to a public relations disaster and tone down their anti-regulation rhetoric. Instead, they are eating crow.
At the start they could have said, "We know there are risks, but we are willing to accept the risks for the sake of jobs and economic expansion in our State". Instead, their tone sounded closer to the style of "we ain't no big gov't socialists, like CA is". (At least that's how it came across to me.)
The thing is politicians on both sides are rarely rewarded by voters for presenting trade-offs such that they often only give the up-sides. Too many voters don't tolerate nuance: they want "bold and committed" and elect Kirks over Picards. In this case, a car-bot boldly plowed down a pedestrian where no car-bot had gone before.
There should be a standard option to flag a call as spam. If enough customers flag the same number or source (if number spoofed), then a law enforcement investigation should be started. Email systems use a similar technique already.
It's a rather open ended question, but here's an anecdote to consider. A lot of free and open-source software is written in Java. However, our security administrator set an aggressive policy on Java because of past Java security holes. Java-based applications run about 20x slower than they would without the aggressive scanning done on it by our security software. It makes such software virtually useless. We either pay more for alternatives or go without. (I personally believe the security scanning software that starts with an "M" is poorly designed, but that's another topic.)
I cannot reliably say if our org's policy is too aggressive, because not getting things done may be just as bad as being hacked in the longer run.
Another oddity is that Microsoft is also leaky, but because we need some software to avoid going back to paper and pencils, Microsoft gets a pass that Java doesn't. It's crazy. Sometimes it feels the 90's were more productive because we didn't have consider security stuff. (That and stupid Web "UI" (non) standards.)
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Getting natural intelligence there should be a higher priority.
This sounds like a contradiction. On the one hand you claim it's "core", on the other you claim most of it can be done remotely. If it's core, then typically it requires close-nit communication, meaning a physical presence is preferred by the org.
There are situations where teams are skilled and comfortable collaborating online using say wiki's + message boards instead of face-to-face meetings, but a group like that is rare in my experience. Most bosses are social people and prefer talking and gabbing over donuts. Maybe a new generation will appear where bosses and owners are comfortable with "e-meetings", but I don't see it yet.
There are always going to be exceptions to the rule (trend) of the gutting of rural jobs, but it seems the exceptions are shrinking, not growing.
Unless they are in the back pockets of one or more of those 4 companies. Greed is rational if your main goal is to gain money.
Ignorance is bliss. Flow-goers seem happier.
I suspect many already do. Most appliances already have a Turing Complete computer chip in them. Culprits in a factory can stick a small radio transceiver (and maybe a microphone) into a capacitor etc. and that chip now has wi-fi access and remote programmability.
Sometimes the device is already a radio. I once tapped a certain spot in the guts of a bare-basic cassette tape player with a screwdriver, and heard a nearby radio station. I don't think it was an intentional spy mechanism, just an inadvertent "radio".
The difference is the newer generation of appliances may talk back.
I can list dozens of stupid or over-done current IT fads. I'm trying to learn to stop complaining and instead make money off of suckers who don't do their homework. But, I'm having a hard shutting down my Internal Vulcan and letting the Internal Ferengi run things. I have to take a cold shower every night.
I have seen such a notice before, but it's not working on mine for the recent dozen or so spam-calls.
"We"? Don't checks and balances typically require outside stakeholders to be directly involved?
There is probably lots of confusion between someone claiming to be from Nigeria versus scams actually happening in Nigeria, and vice versa. If I were a Nigerian scammer I would not claim to be in Nigeria because of the country's spamming stigma. For anything mailed, I'd get a buddy in another country to help.
Hey, Nigerian nurses are hot; I can understand the draw.
Local gals ain't cheap either. The President can vouch for that.
I don't believe it's a choice in the direct sense, but rather an economic reality. To be competitive globally and against automation requires high collaboration among experts and specialists. You mostly find this in populated areas.
Farming automation has reduced the need for rural workers, and mining automation is also ramping up.
If your job allows you to do remote work, then it more likely can be outsourced to Timbuktu for 1/3 your wages.
Sure, but they were prepared sexist misogynist patriarchal pigs :-)
Siri: "Sorry, Mam, I thought you were an old bag."
Seriously*, I've slammed on the breaks for things that turned out to be harmless debris. The problem is that slamming on the breaks has risk also.
For one, the passenger could get whiplash or similar, especially if they are not in the best of shape. If they are injured due to a plastic bag on the road, lawsuits will fly.
Second, cars behind may end up plowing into your rear if they don't stop in time.
It's not always an easy decision and humans also get it wrong. At least the vehicle should have compromised and applied light breaks, giving the pedestrian better odds of survival.
My breaking "algorithm" is similar: the proportion of pressure I put on the breaks is proportional to the perceived importance of the object (and/or risk to the car itself).
* No pun intended
I remember when AZ bragged their state was more "business friendly" than CA when CA rejected Uber's testing permit. AZ stepped up to court Uber's testing. A smart, forward thinking politician would realize they are opening the door to a public relations disaster and tone down their anti-regulation rhetoric. Instead, they are eating crow.
At the start they could have said, "We know there are risks, but we are willing to accept the risks for the sake of jobs and economic expansion in our State". Instead, their tone sounded closer to the style of "we ain't no big gov't socialists, like CA is". (At least that's how it came across to me.)
The thing is politicians on both sides are rarely rewarded by voters for presenting trade-offs such that they often only give the up-sides. Too many voters don't tolerate nuance: they want "bold and committed" and elect Kirks over Picards. In this case, a car-bot boldly plowed down a pedestrian where no car-bot had gone before.
There should be a standard option to flag a call as spam. If enough customers flag the same number or source (if number spoofed), then a law enforcement investigation should be started. Email systems use a similar technique already.
Perhaps true, but not necessarily via a pleasant journey. Why ignore the Boy Scout motto: "be prepared"?
Usually the changes have been gradual such that life had time to adjust. Humans especially may be sucker-punched by relatively rapid change.
I'm talking a big org. I don't control OS decisions.
That's a mean way to describe Republicans. You apologize now!
Kind of like the US treated Muslim captors?
I'm sure the US gov't hacks into their military-related affairs. But theirs goes beyond military-related.
Come on, a Titan boat probe would likely bring fresher science than Mars.
It's a rather open ended question, but here's an anecdote to consider. A lot of free and open-source software is written in Java. However, our security administrator set an aggressive policy on Java because of past Java security holes. Java-based applications run about 20x slower than they would without the aggressive scanning done on it by our security software. It makes such software virtually useless. We either pay more for alternatives or go without. (I personally believe the security scanning software that starts with an "M" is poorly designed, but that's another topic.)
I cannot reliably say if our org's policy is too aggressive, because not getting things done may be just as bad as being hacked in the longer run.
Another oddity is that Microsoft is also leaky, but because we need some software to avoid going back to paper and pencils, Microsoft gets a pass that Java doesn't. It's crazy. Sometimes it feels the 90's were more productive because we didn't have consider security stuff. (That and stupid Web "UI" (non) standards.)
Rich people buy better lawyers. Rich people also buy laws that dump their sins onto peons.
"Made in China; flipped in Cupertino."