The client isn't a client of the open source developer though. I have responsibilities to my client, and relying on some arbitrary developer that might already have retired their keyboard isn't professional or sensible.
Hmm. I find that support contracts with defined response times and escalation procedures tend to result in suppliers meeting those expectations.
Sure, there's always the odd bug that takes weeks to fix, but on the flipside there's the unpaid 24h phone calls that they throw in for free to help assure successful resolution of a major issue - even when it's not their software at fault.
You need to get better at managing your suppliers.
Big difference between "We need to resolve this issue now" and "We need that third party developer with whom we have no commercial relationship to fix a bug now".
I too don't recognise the latter scenario. When I've found bugs in open source products I've generally found their bug tracker and either submitted a new report or found that someone else has already found it.
I then get on with working around the issue on the grounds it'll be weeks/months before it's fixed, if ever.
I'd throw in repeatable, predictable outcomes too.
That's where software engineering usually fails. It's not that software has bugs, it's that very few teams can reliably deliver working software within agreed tolerances.
Given that the 11/9 bombers, boston bombers, the 7/7 bombers and the charlie hebdo attackers were all known to the intelligence services, I'm guessing Snowden's had zero impact on their ability to stop an attack on a flight out of Egypt.
At worse, he's given them plausible deniability rather than making them look stupid for ignoring the information they'd collected.
It's one reason the whole 'gather all data everywhere' approach is so flawed. They can't even process the data they already have.
The west positioned themselves on the premise that superior technology and tactics would trump a numerical disadvantage in men and material.
As someone living on a military base in Germany in the 80s please let me assure you that there was no misapprehension: if the Russians couldn't hit the North Sea in 48 hours they'd fucked up somewhere along the way.
After that there was a chance to regroup and retaliate, but nothing short of nuclear exchange was going to properly stop a full on steamrollering.
Good. And the adoption service too. You can't condone having racists as policemen, or racists adopting children.
I can't condone having sexists in those roles either but feminists aren't banned. I can't condone having fuckwits that want to overthrow the government in those roles but communists aren't banned. I can't condone having people that reject the law of the land in favour of their fictional book of lies but muslims aren't banned.
How about banning people based on their behaviour, not on the political party they support? Someone in the police commits racist acts, prosecute them, sack them. That's not so hard.
It is possible to be a member of the BNP and not be a racist. Just as it's possible to be a member of the SNP and not be a racist. Equally unlikely but one of those is banned from the police service and not the other.
Yes. This is one reason programmers and gamers resent the suggestion that they're misogynistic: They treat everybody the same.
Just because it's not the way women want to be treated doesn't make it misogynistic.
I'm diagnosed with Aspergers, and I don't generally want to upset people. I've managed it with complete accidental ease. I mix with people that don't worry about the oddities and give me credit for my skills and abilities, instead of crying about those I lack.
Others are less accepting. They can stay the fuck out of my profession.
As a borrower (several hundred pounds a month, every month) I pay no fees, no interest, no charges.
The merchants do, on my behalf, and that's reflected in the prices they charge me. That's offset by the convenience involved for both parties (particularly when paying online), the fraud guarantees I get (through using a credit card) and the fact that even if I personally don't use a credit card the merchant wont drop their prices.
So on the whole I think it's working pretty well for me. The profits don't seem excessive either - Capital One has a return on equity of around 10%, compared to nearer 20% for Walmart and 43% for Apple. Not exactly gouging their customers.
Erm. Behaviour of organisations with a vested financial interest in managing the risk of extending credit.
If prior debt repayment performance were not a strong indicator of future likelihood of repaying debt then it wouldn't be a factor in whether to extend new credit.
Much the same as I expect them to react to Microsoft's change in policy : Adequate warning given, reasonable change, treating consumers fairly, carry on.
I have 400 videos on Youtube. The oldest ones still get views from people discovering them for the first time, or perhaps revisiting old favourites.
I don't keep them for myself, I keep them for other people. Shit, I haven't even watched all 400, from start to finish. I was there when I filmed them, saw it all live, just sanity check for quality before posting.
Tell me, how do I print a video and share it with several hundred people?
Slashdot Mirror
People who like the Raspberry Pi are often the passionate type who live and breathe IT and security.
They're tinkerers. I don't want tinkerers in my command centre, I want solid reliable professionals.
Shit, if you want to get historical about it, at least head back two and a half millenia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Privacy Badger doesn't spam me on Slashdot.
The client may not know, and often does not care
The client isn't a client of the open source developer though. I have responsibilities to my client, and relying on some arbitrary developer that might already have retired their keyboard isn't professional or sensible.
Hmm. I find that support contracts with defined response times and escalation procedures tend to result in suppliers meeting those expectations.
Sure, there's always the odd bug that takes weeks to fix, but on the flipside there's the unpaid 24h phone calls that they throw in for free to help assure successful resolution of a major issue - even when it's not their software at fault.
You need to get better at managing your suppliers.
Big difference between "We need to resolve this issue now" and "We need that third party developer with whom we have no commercial relationship to fix a bug now".
I too don't recognise the latter scenario. When I've found bugs in open source products I've generally found their bug tracker and either submitted a new report or found that someone else has already found it.
I then get on with working around the issue on the grounds it'll be weeks/months before it's fixed, if ever.
In the UK you don't need to be an MP to be a minister either.
That doesn't stop the Commission being a corrupt malignant force damaging democracy.
Or you're aware of how easily mistakes are made, how flawed the testing is and how the statistics are misunderstood and misrepresented.
I'm far less likely to be prosecuted for a crime I didn't commit if my DNA isn't available to be wrongly matched with that of a criminal.
I'd throw in repeatable, predictable outcomes too.
That's where software engineering usually fails. It's not that software has bugs, it's that very few teams can reliably deliver working software within agreed tolerances.
Given that the 11/9 bombers, boston bombers, the 7/7 bombers and the charlie hebdo attackers were all known to the intelligence services, I'm guessing Snowden's had zero impact on their ability to stop an attack on a flight out of Egypt.
At worse, he's given them plausible deniability rather than making them look stupid for ignoring the information they'd collected.
It's one reason the whole 'gather all data everywhere' approach is so flawed. They can't even process the data they already have.
The west positioned themselves on the premise that superior technology and tactics would trump a numerical disadvantage in men and material.
As someone living on a military base in Germany in the 80s please let me assure you that there was no misapprehension: if the Russians couldn't hit the North Sea in 48 hours they'd fucked up somewhere along the way.
After that there was a chance to regroup and retaliate, but nothing short of nuclear exchange was going to properly stop a full on steamrollering.
They ran around raping, murdering, and destroying more shit just for fun, at that point. If it still have any value, they took it.
You appear to be describing most victorious armies, everywhere, ever.
Shit, even the British have done more than they should, and we're far better behaved than most.
Your clear inability to identify objective observation and content agnostic defence of basic rights has been rather more accurately noted.
There's a large market and a lot of societal benefit to providing crap internet access at an affordable price.
People who want high quality low latency bandwidth can get it, just not cheaply.
Now that's something to take to Burning Man.
Good. And the adoption service too. You can't condone having racists as policemen, or racists adopting children.
I can't condone having sexists in those roles either but feminists aren't banned.
I can't condone having fuckwits that want to overthrow the government in those roles but communists aren't banned.
I can't condone having people that reject the law of the land in favour of their fictional book of lies but muslims aren't banned.
How about banning people based on their behaviour, not on the political party they support? Someone in the police commits racist acts, prosecute them, sack them. That's not so hard.
It is possible to be a member of the BNP and not be a racist. Just as it's possible to be a member of the SNP and not be a racist. Equally unlikely but one of those is banned from the police service and not the other.
for you, social interactions is a means to work with what you are interested in or, hopefully, love even
Um. No. A lot of people with ASD really like other people, really want to spend time with them, really want to interact with them.
They may just not be any good at it.
I don't avoid people because I have no interest in them, I avoid them because..
t the more you socially interact, the more burned out you eventually will become
I need downtime. I enjoy quiet and solitude. I also enjoy being with friends. As I get older I get better at balancing all of these conflicts.
Yes. This is one reason programmers and gamers resent the suggestion that they're misogynistic: They treat everybody the same.
Just because it's not the way women want to be treated doesn't make it misogynistic.
I'm diagnosed with Aspergers, and I don't generally want to upset people. I've managed it with complete accidental ease. I mix with people that don't worry about the oddities and give me credit for my skills and abilities, instead of crying about those I lack.
Others are less accepting. They can stay the fuck out of my profession.
People that maintain their own cars/motorbikes seem to need far more frequent maintenance.
As a borrower (several hundred pounds a month, every month) I pay no fees, no interest, no charges.
The merchants do, on my behalf, and that's reflected in the prices they charge me. That's offset by the convenience involved for both parties (particularly when paying online), the fraud guarantees I get (through using a credit card) and the fact that even if I personally don't use a credit card the merchant wont drop their prices.
So on the whole I think it's working pretty well for me. The profits don't seem excessive either - Capital One has a return on equity of around 10%, compared to nearer 20% for Walmart and 43% for Apple. Not exactly gouging their customers.
Please refer to evidence for that.
Erm. Behaviour of organisations with a vested financial interest in managing the risk of extending credit.
If prior debt repayment performance were not a strong indicator of future likelihood of repaying debt then it wouldn't be a factor in whether to extend new credit.
Actual evidence disagrees with you.
https://www.police.uk/metropol...
Much the same as I expect them to react to Microsoft's change in policy : Adequate warning given, reasonable change, treating consumers fairly, carry on.
I have 400 videos on Youtube. The oldest ones still get views from people discovering them for the first time, or perhaps revisiting old favourites.
I don't keep them for myself, I keep them for other people. Shit, I haven't even watched all 400, from start to finish. I was there when I filmed them, saw it all live, just sanity check for quality before posting.
Tell me, how do I print a video and share it with several hundred people?
I don't need my camera to tell me that!
Of course, you can rescue anything in post ;)