The authorities in Russia in the 30s operated with the full knowledge and approval of the courts and justice system. Didn't stop them arresting people for being politically undesirable and sending them to the gulags, confiscating their belongings, forcing them into unpaid labour.
Until random terrorist dies with file X.doc on his machine, the NSA ask Microsoft who else has that file and you find out because a SWAT team took down your front door at 5am and shot your dog.
It will happen. See also: DNA and fingerprint false positives.
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Well, I had heard of them, but clearly the federal protections are far more broad than I'd realised. It hadn't occurred to me that "your pay sucks and you leave out snacks on the wrong day" might fall under whistleblower protection laws.
Here in the UK a tribunal wouldn't laugh in your face for an equivalent claim but only because we're far too polite.
While I'd love that to be an option for online multiplayer games, I'd also always put it secondary to Internet based matchmaking.
It's not that I don't have any friends, it's just that we game in a couple of spare hours the occasional evening, and driving three hours for a 90 minute LAN gaming session feels a little excessive.
I find that most/all senior managers are very responsive when you walk into their office, articulate a problem that's damaging their business and offer some options on how to address it.
I get a lot of work that way.
Posting a rant online with "give me more money" as a response is perhaps going to be a less effective approach. It also has absolutely fuck all to do with an open door policy.
I live a very comfortable lifestyle because I've learned how to work effectively and constructively within a large corporation.
I'm not sure that managing not to intentionally publicly embarrass my employer is a terribly onerous compromise in response.
It's certainly much less of a personal burden than fellatio and I'm fairly sure I lack the physical attributes (and technique) to earn anywhere near as much through such acts.
I find the alcohol thing interesting primarily because it runs counter to her poverty sob story, rather than being a terrible crime in its own right.
That does though depend on the organisation. I've had a colleague buy me a 'thank you' bottle of vodka for work I've done, I just didn't feel the need to broadcast this traceably on the internet.
You're very clearly not a lawyer. Then again, neither am I, but I do know that publicly embarrassing your employer tends to be against the terms of employment at most companies, grounds for disciplinary action and frequently a cause for someone to cease employment.
The only real question is whether they're sacked, resign or get paid off.
The daft thing is that if she was good at the job, she'd shine and get the chance to do more interesting things before changing role, and that would open a number of opportunities by the end of the year.
If she just kept her head down and did the job, she'd get to learn about the company, the work available, the ways people apply for and get promotions or new roles.
If she planned ahead she'd have realistic expectations on initial quality of life, compromises and trade-offs around disposable income, commute and house sharing.
I'm not going to be judgemental though; my career planning at that age was 'ooh, a job. money! hmm, I have to share a house with three girls from the local dance college? This is awesome!'
I could have done with a lot of guidance, insight and support when taking my job; looks like that's still a gap for current graduates too.
If ask any professional you'll ever meet about how they find their jobs, almost none of them will tell you they use any kind of job search. By far the best way is to network with people you know. You ask around if they know somebody who knows somebody, and when you draw that connection, you're likely to find a good quality job. Likewise, employers like these networks because they find good quality employees.
That's total bollocks, especially in IT.
A lot people get work that way, and as you progress up the ladder increasingly so, but far more people do not.
Alternatively, recruiters like to do some spying at other companies and poach their talent.
That's true, but doesn't address the entry level jobs for graduates. It's also less 'poach' and more 'harass in the vague hopes they might be stupid enough to apply for an entirely inappropriate job so that I can pick up some commission', but that's the recruitment industry for you.
When you're staring at the want ads, on line job sites, the newspaper jobs section and anything else you can think of to find a job because you graduated 5 months ago and you're still looking for something that pays more than minimum wage, you notice something very disturbing. There are literally thousands of job postings for minimum wage jobs, and almost no postings for anything that would be considered middle class or up (maybe 1 listing in 20).
Yet those jobs do exist. Find out where and how they're filled.
I know my employer attends job fairs, visits colleges and universities and recruits a lot of people into entry-level professional jobs. So do many other employers.
They just don't use online job sites, newspaper jobs sections or the local job centre because by the time someone's looking there, the job's already been taken by someone that was more alert.
Online job sites and recruitment agencies help fill the middle ranked positions, but not those for which we'd happily take on an inexperienced graduate.
I'm really not sure that League of Legends is a terribly good basis for an argument on consumers losing out.
It's an online multiplayer game, so do please explain how this could be achieved without connecting to a network. It's a free to play game which doesn't try and impose continual microtransactions. I think that's a rather good deal for customers.
Seems to me your description of the industry winning is quoting a fine example of the industry going out of its way to give customers a great experience. The success of the game backs this up.
Disclosure: I'm not a fan of that genre so I don't even play League of Legends, I just recognise the good things its creators are doing. I'm sure they do shitty things too.
every single thing about them is proprietary and non-interoperable
I know, they all have different headphone sockets, different USB connectors, different charging sockets, different UIs and you have to use wireless peripherals from the same manufacturer.
I particularly loathe the way they only work on manufacturer specific networks; if only they'd come up with some form of standard.
Although it's reasonable to appeal parking tickets, and a 40% success rate suggests far too many bullshit ones are being issued, there's something else in the article that hasn't been discussed:
He's 19 and he's received 30 parking tickets since he passed his test.
In the UK that means he's getting at least 10 parking tickets per year. I'm averaging less than one per decade. The issue isn't the parking rules or enforcement, the issue is that this guy is quite clearly some form of total cunt.
I don't believe though that people bid different amounts based on the gender of the seller. The study may not be able to account for other factors (yet) but I genuinely don't know anybody that would intentionally pay a woman less, and on Ebay it's a faceless personless interaction.
. If you want to take something practical from this study, here's an interesting life hack: consciously try to determine the gender of eBay sellers and only bid on auction items that you think are sold by women, especially for new stuff. According to this study, on average you will pay a lower price.
Adopted broadly, this should correct a lot of the disparity.
But you said yourself: Either the software is secure, or insecure. The existence of code to exploit it is irrelevant to its security
I could write a new application tonight and claim it's secure, because nobody's ever written a hack for it. We both know that would be complete nonsense.
A device can be entirely secure today with full knowledge of how it can be made insecure tomorrow.
I see the issue now. You and I have very different definitions of the word 'secure'.
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I believe that's just nitpicking on terminology.
The authorities in Russia in the 30s operated with the full knowledge and approval of the courts and justice system. Didn't stop them arresting people for being politically undesirable and sending them to the gulags, confiscating their belongings, forcing them into unpaid labour.
Until random terrorist dies with file X.doc on his machine, the NSA ask Microsoft who else has that file and you find out because a SWAT team took down your front door at 5am and shot your dog.
It will happen. See also: DNA and fingerprint false positives.
Well, since you ask,
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Well, I had heard of them, but clearly the federal protections are far more broad than I'd realised. It hadn't occurred to me that "your pay sucks and you leave out snacks on the wrong day" might fall under whistleblower protection laws.
Here in the UK a tribunal wouldn't laugh in your face for an equivalent claim but only because we're far too polite.
While I'd love that to be an option for online multiplayer games, I'd also always put it secondary to Internet based matchmaking.
It's not that I don't have any friends, it's just that we game in a couple of spare hours the occasional evening, and driving three hours for a 90 minute LAN gaming session feels a little excessive.
I find that most/all senior managers are very responsive when you walk into their office, articulate a problem that's damaging their business and offer some options on how to address it.
I get a lot of work that way.
Posting a rant online with "give me more money" as a response is perhaps going to be a less effective approach. It also has absolutely fuck all to do with an open door policy.
I live a very comfortable lifestyle because I've learned how to work effectively and constructively within a large corporation.
I'm not sure that managing not to intentionally publicly embarrass my employer is a terribly onerous compromise in response.
It's certainly much less of a personal burden than fellatio and I'm fairly sure I lack the physical attributes (and technique) to earn anywhere near as much through such acts.
I find the alcohol thing interesting primarily because it runs counter to her poverty sob story, rather than being a terrible crime in its own right.
That does though depend on the organisation. I've had a colleague buy me a 'thank you' bottle of vodka for work I've done, I just didn't feel the need to broadcast this traceably on the internet.
You're very clearly not a lawyer. Then again, neither am I, but I do know that publicly embarrassing your employer tends to be against the terms of employment at most companies, grounds for disciplinary action and frequently a cause for someone to cease employment.
The only real question is whether they're sacked, resign or get paid off.
The daft thing is that if she was good at the job, she'd shine and get the chance to do more interesting things before changing role, and that would open a number of opportunities by the end of the year.
If she just kept her head down and did the job, she'd get to learn about the company, the work available, the ways people apply for and get promotions or new roles.
If she planned ahead she'd have realistic expectations on initial quality of life, compromises and trade-offs around disposable income, commute and house sharing.
I'm not going to be judgemental though; my career planning at that age was 'ooh, a job. money! hmm, I have to share a house with three girls from the local dance college? This is awesome!'
I could have done with a lot of guidance, insight and support when taking my job; looks like that's still a gap for current graduates too.
If ask any professional you'll ever meet about how they find their jobs, almost none of them will tell you they use any kind of job search. By far the best way is to network with people you know. You ask around if they know somebody who knows somebody, and when you draw that connection, you're likely to find a good quality job. Likewise, employers like these networks because they find good quality employees.
That's total bollocks, especially in IT.
A lot people get work that way, and as you progress up the ladder increasingly so, but far more people do not.
Alternatively, recruiters like to do some spying at other companies and poach their talent.
That's true, but doesn't address the entry level jobs for graduates. It's also less 'poach' and more 'harass in the vague hopes they might be stupid enough to apply for an entirely inappropriate job so that I can pick up some commission', but that's the recruitment industry for you.
When you're staring at the want ads, on line job sites, the newspaper jobs section and anything else you can think of to find a job because you graduated 5 months ago and you're still looking for something that pays more than minimum wage, you notice something very disturbing. There are literally thousands of job postings for minimum wage jobs, and almost no postings for anything that would be considered middle class or up (maybe 1 listing in 20).
Yet those jobs do exist. Find out where and how they're filled.
I know my employer attends job fairs, visits colleges and universities and recruits a lot of people into entry-level professional jobs. So do many other employers.
They just don't use online job sites, newspaper jobs sections or the local job centre because by the time someone's looking there, the job's already been taken by someone that was more alert.
Online job sites and recruitment agencies help fill the middle ranked positions, but not those for which we'd happily take on an inexperienced graduate.
I'm really not sure that League of Legends is a terribly good basis for an argument on consumers losing out.
It's an online multiplayer game, so do please explain how this could be achieved without connecting to a network.
It's a free to play game which doesn't try and impose continual microtransactions. I think that's a rather good deal for customers.
Seems to me your description of the industry winning is quoting a fine example of the industry going out of its way to give customers a great experience. The success of the game backs this up.
Disclosure: I'm not a fan of that genre so I don't even play League of Legends, I just recognise the good things its creators are doing. I'm sure they do shitty things too.
If you're investing in a phone for a decade, I can understand the need to simply replace the limited life parts.
I'm clearly a 1%er, I expect a new toy every couple of years (although I'm also picky, hence still being on the original Nexus 5).
Out of curiousity, how many times have you replaced your battery in those four years?
I'm still on a Nexus 5, no removable battery, no battery life issues. I find myself confused by this constant demand for a replaceable battery.
Sigh. Children around here.. you just need a SCSI slot, none of this new-fangled PCI stuff.
Anyway for tape backup ISA should suffice if you really need it onboard, or a DB-25 port to use a peripheral.
every single thing about them is proprietary and non-interoperable
I know, they all have different headphone sockets, different USB connectors, different charging sockets, different UIs and you have to use wireless peripherals from the same manufacturer.
I particularly loathe the way they only work on manufacturer specific networks; if only they'd come up with some form of standard.
Or cartoons.
There are XKCD cartoons where applying a different descriptive label would turn them into child porn in the UK.
The law really is that fucking stupid.
Although it's reasonable to appeal parking tickets, and a 40% success rate suggests far too many bullshit ones are being issued, there's something else in the article that hasn't been discussed:
He's 19 and he's received 30 parking tickets since he passed his test.
In the UK that means he's getting at least 10 parking tickets per year. I'm averaging less than one per decade. The issue isn't the parking rules or enforcement, the issue is that this guy is quite clearly some form of total cunt.
Learn to fucking park.
They claim that the reserve price differences aren't material because nobody knows them (ironic...)
Not even ironic, just flat out fucking wrong.
Low reserve price: possible low value sale
High reserve price: any sale has high value
Perhaps they could do the study properly and include failed sale attempts too.
I don't believe though that people bid different amounts based on the gender of the seller. The study may not be able to account for other factors (yet) but I genuinely don't know anybody that would intentionally pay a woman less, and on Ebay it's a faceless personless interaction.
. If you want to take something practical from this study, here's an interesting life hack: consciously try to determine the gender of eBay sellers and only bid on auction items that you think are sold by women, especially for new stuff. According to this study, on average you will pay a lower price.
Adopted broadly, this should correct a lot of the disparity.
But you said yourself: Either the software is secure, or insecure. The existence of code to exploit it is irrelevant to its security
I could write a new application tonight and claim it's secure, because nobody's ever written a hack for it. We both know that would be complete nonsense.
A device can be entirely secure today with full knowledge of how it can be made insecure tomorrow.
I see the issue now. You and I have very different definitions of the word 'secure'.
Either the software is secure for all or it isn't secure at all. There is no middle ground here.
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The government is ordering Apple to develop what amounts to a backdoor
So by your very logic the software is already not secure - if it were, Apple wouldn't be able to retrofit a backdoor.
It's inherently insecure already and Apple are merely being asked to hack it.
If it's secure then Apple can't introduce a backdoor, as the secure software prevents this.
I'm sorry but your assumptions precipitate a paradox.
Well, yes. How dare he take money to host a televised award ceremony and seek to actually provide entertainment at the same time.
Terrible error of judgement that.
With you on this. Causing temporary blindness in nearby drivers is not the safety feature the idiot on the bike thinks it is.