This is a mixed bag here. On one hand, this should cut down on the yellow journalism because the outlets that are circulating garbage will go back into the woodwork like cockroaches once daylight breaks. Other other hand, there are some legitimate, non-mainstream news outlets like TYT which could suffer because they might not have the means to pay Facebook's ransom. At the end of the day, none of this has any applicability to me because I told Zuck to go suck a big fat one and deleted my account. Thank you Zuck for 3 wasted years of my life. Boy did it feel good to ditch Facebook.... Fear Of Missing Out is vastly overrated.
Substitute "technology" for physical and unique coins. Has anything changed? No.
also why is anyone listening to one of the biggest criminals in history
This is anti-intellectualism. One of the biggest criminals in history certainly qualifies as an "expert in the field".
Well Sherlock, Bellfort had to know what he was doing in order to create such an elaborate and productive swindle so do us all a favor and don't quit your day job.
Bitcoin and its associated ilk are going to come back and chomp some people in the ass. It's one big giant bubble and when it bursts, who knows what financial ruin will face us.
What's truly sick is that this shithead continues to profit off of the misery that he caused an untold number of poor and working class folks hoping to make better lives for themselves. The fine that he has to pay is merely peanuts when compared with the sums of money he stole.
That's just the real problem. Crime is actually down across the board. The FBI needs some work to actually do so it wants to become more "proactive." However, proactive is really synonymous with loss of freedom.
This is a good thing! I am against government incursion into private affairs. The fact that the FBI is whining like a child whom nobody will share their toys with is a win for freedom!
I am surprised that a Facebook exec would publicly admit a failure like that! Worse, I am surprised said exec would have even allowed such an insecure network. Well, I am glad I gave up my Facebook account! Fuck Zuck.
It's really annoying when corporate people try to feed me a shit sandwich and then tell me it's nutritious. I hope that the same thing happens to rank and file employees that happened to factory workers. That may force America to wake up from it's stupid slumber.
In present times, being subjected to racial epithets is totally unacceptable. The fact that Tesla did little or nothing to address or curb this behavior is astounding so they will have to pay the piper for what they failed to do. Tesla assumes the ultimate responsibility for making its employees conform with a code of conduct that prevents discrimination in the workplace and did not do so. It is a shame that we live in times where people on the far right and hate groups are becoming emboldened because of the poor example our country's leadership is setting. I hate bringing politics into this, but leadership that encourages hatred emboldens subordinate people who might already feel they have an axe to grind against minorities.
This is just the latest in a sad downward spiral of the internet. I am old enough to remember the pre-monetization days where the internet was something truly innovative and interesting. Now that Big Corporation has got its money mitts on it, it's not interesting anymore. Yesterday was a watershed moment for me as I closed both of my Facebook and Twitter accounts. I want nothing more to do with these scoundrels. They basically circulate news that is either outrightly fabricated or purposely skewed. I even remember when Facebook was about sharing what is happening with other people's lives and that really ended a long time ago. The only things I might still use would be Pinterest, StumbleUpon, and YouTube since I've really found interesting topics and outlets for learning. I would say these sites are the saving the grace of an otherwise dying internet.
I am amazed at the amount of money people are willing to part with for a handbag that probably cost pennies on the dollar for some kid in china to sew together some leather pieces and slap a logo on it. You want to talk about a racket, talk about paying those prices for something like Gucci or whatever.
Sending air drops of cash will cause nothing but massive fighting for a worthless resource. The situation in Puerto Rico resembles a post-apocalyptic world. In a post-apocalyptic world cash will have NO value other than being a fuel source for warmth. In a post-apocalyptic world, the ONLY things that will have real value will be the basic necessities: food, fuel, water, and shelter. We might add defensive weapons and ammunition as well because, in the absence of rule of law, the laws of nature prevail: kill or be killed, be a predator or be prey.
I feel very badly and have donated money and non-perishable goods. I am appalled that Puerto Ricans are being treated as a second class citizens. Donald Trump even believes that Puerto Rico is foreign country and does not deserve our help. Sadly, the situation in Puerto Rico is a glimpse into what society would look like in a post-apocalyptic world. This is our chance to do right by PR and develop plans to manage disasters. We still have not learned from Katrina, Rita, and even Sandy. The aftermath of Katrina and Rita turned thriving areas into scenes right out of disaster films. Our government is too busy fighting itself and this is evident in the utter callousness in which Donald Trump threw a roll of paper towels. I believe he truly thinks a few roles of Bounty will solve anything.
As someone whom suffers from depression and has to take these god-awful medicines produced by Big Pharma, I would love to be able to try this. I am sick of managing depression. If this offers a cure for it, than I would rather a cure. Too bad that Big Pharma is all about profit and they know that there is no profit in curing disease: they'd much rather manage it.
Pews Social Trends research is *heavily* backed by the universities because they stand to lose money if people no longer need degrees. I would advise caution about using research studies because you have to see what angle they have. The US Department of Labor sees the largest job growth in trades. There are people earning six figure salaries that are skilled laborers.
I like Woz, I really do. He's a good and decent human being with noble intentions but the problem is not a lack of qualified people. There are lost of qualified IT professionals that are getting passed over. The problem is one of economy because enterprises are going to India, The Phillipines, China, and Singapore for their IT needs. Some of it is offshoring, some of it is outsourcing, and a great deal of it is the importation of labor. It does not make sense to train for a career that is dwindling in the US. Companies complain that they cannot find qualified people here. This is not quite the truth. It is more like they cannot find people who are willing to work for pennies on the dollar. A better use of funds for job training would be to teach people to become advanced electricians, carpenters, skilled laborers. The job growth is in the trades. The pay is even better than entry level white-collar jobs.
It takes two to make a squabble. If you're the company and you're going to fire someone that has access to critical network and server infrastructure, you cancel all of their access and security privileges immediately - it's never a good idea to practically allow the terminated employee to royally fuck things up for you. If you're the IT pro, you don't use access IDs and tokens with your name attached to them - that's just like robbing a bank, calling the cops with your own personal cell phone, and telling the cops that show up that you're guilty.
A group of self-taught network engineers in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, NY basically told Time Warner to go fuck themselves and built their own ISP, Brooklyn Fiber. Believe me, I would like to do this as well - it's on my bucket list. This is the best way to thwart the telecom oligarchy. There are very poor areas of Philadelphia, PA that are just ripe for market upending.
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True! After all, Facebook needs to continually look for revenue streams as it loses them almost as often as it gains.
This is a mixed bag here. On one hand, this should cut down on the yellow journalism because the outlets that are circulating garbage will go back into the woodwork like cockroaches once daylight breaks. Other other hand, there are some legitimate, non-mainstream news outlets like TYT which could suffer because they might not have the means to pay Facebook's ransom. At the end of the day, none of this has any applicability to me because I told Zuck to go suck a big fat one and deleted my account. Thank you Zuck for 3 wasted years of my life. Boy did it feel good to ditch Facebook .... Fear Of Missing Out is vastly overrated.
Substitute "technology" for physical and unique coins. Has anything changed? No.
also why is anyone listening to one of the biggest criminals in history
This is anti-intellectualism. One of the biggest criminals in history certainly qualifies as an "expert in the field".
Well Sherlock, Bellfort had to know what he was doing in order to create such an elaborate and productive swindle so do us all a favor and don't quit your day job.
Bitcoin and its associated ilk are going to come back and chomp some people in the ass. It's one big giant bubble and when it bursts, who knows what financial ruin will face us.
What's truly sick is that this shithead continues to profit off of the misery that he caused an untold number of poor and working class folks hoping to make better lives for themselves. The fine that he has to pay is merely peanuts when compared with the sums of money he stole.
That's just the real problem. Crime is actually down across the board. The FBI needs some work to actually do so it wants to become more "proactive." However, proactive is really synonymous with loss of freedom.
This is a good thing! I am against government incursion into private affairs. The fact that the FBI is whining like a child whom nobody will share their toys with is a win for freedom!
Need to read more carefully next time. The memo was leaked. Le sigh
I am surprised that a Facebook exec would publicly admit a failure like that! Worse, I am surprised said exec would have even allowed such an insecure network. Well, I am glad I gave up my Facebook account! Fuck Zuck.
I feel your pain. I lost my job at 40 and cannot get past a telephone interview.
It's a very valid worry! Especially when most Americans are a paycheck away from losing everything they own.
It's really annoying when corporate people try to feed me a shit sandwich and then tell me it's nutritious. I hope that the same thing happens to rank and file employees that happened to factory workers. That may force America to wake up from it's stupid slumber.
In present times, being subjected to racial epithets is totally unacceptable. The fact that Tesla did little or nothing to address or curb this behavior is astounding so they will have to pay the piper for what they failed to do. Tesla assumes the ultimate responsibility for making its employees conform with a code of conduct that prevents discrimination in the workplace and did not do so. It is a shame that we live in times where people on the far right and hate groups are becoming emboldened because of the poor example our country's leadership is setting. I hate bringing politics into this, but leadership that encourages hatred emboldens subordinate people who might already feel they have an axe to grind against minorities.
This is just the latest in a sad downward spiral of the internet. I am old enough to remember the pre-monetization days where the internet was something truly innovative and interesting. Now that Big Corporation has got its money mitts on it, it's not interesting anymore. Yesterday was a watershed moment for me as I closed both of my Facebook and Twitter accounts. I want nothing more to do with these scoundrels. They basically circulate news that is either outrightly fabricated or purposely skewed. I even remember when Facebook was about sharing what is happening with other people's lives and that really ended a long time ago. The only things I might still use would be Pinterest, StumbleUpon, and YouTube since I've really found interesting topics and outlets for learning. I would say these sites are the saving the grace of an otherwise dying internet.
I don't believe half of what my government tells me.
I am amazed at the amount of money people are willing to part with for a handbag that probably cost pennies on the dollar for some kid in china to sew together some leather pieces and slap a logo on it. You want to talk about a racket, talk about paying those prices for something like Gucci or whatever.
Sending air drops of cash will cause nothing but massive fighting for a worthless resource. The situation in Puerto Rico resembles a post-apocalyptic world. In a post-apocalyptic world cash will have NO value other than being a fuel source for warmth. In a post-apocalyptic world, the ONLY things that will have real value will be the basic necessities: food, fuel, water, and shelter. We might add defensive weapons and ammunition as well because, in the absence of rule of law, the laws of nature prevail: kill or be killed, be a predator or be prey.
I feel very badly and have donated money and non-perishable goods. I am appalled that Puerto Ricans are being treated as a second class citizens. Donald Trump even believes that Puerto Rico is foreign country and does not deserve our help. Sadly, the situation in Puerto Rico is a glimpse into what society would look like in a post-apocalyptic world. This is our chance to do right by PR and develop plans to manage disasters. We still have not learned from Katrina, Rita, and even Sandy. The aftermath of Katrina and Rita turned thriving areas into scenes right out of disaster films. Our government is too busy fighting itself and this is evident in the utter callousness in which Donald Trump threw a roll of paper towels. I believe he truly thinks a few roles of Bounty will solve anything.
As someone whom suffers from depression and has to take these god-awful medicines produced by Big Pharma, I would love to be able to try this. I am sick of managing depression. If this offers a cure for it, than I would rather a cure. Too bad that Big Pharma is all about profit and they know that there is no profit in curing disease: they'd much rather manage it.
if you can even get a job at Microsoft. These days it seems you have to live in India or be an H1-B visa to get anywhere ....
Pews Social Trends research is *heavily* backed by the universities because they stand to lose money if people no longer need degrees. I would advise caution about using research studies because you have to see what angle they have. The US Department of Labor sees the largest job growth in trades. There are people earning six figure salaries that are skilled laborers.
I like Woz, I really do. He's a good and decent human being with noble intentions but the problem is not a lack of qualified people. There are lost of qualified IT professionals that are getting passed over. The problem is one of economy because enterprises are going to India, The Phillipines, China, and Singapore for their IT needs. Some of it is offshoring, some of it is outsourcing, and a great deal of it is the importation of labor. It does not make sense to train for a career that is dwindling in the US. Companies complain that they cannot find qualified people here. This is not quite the truth. It is more like they cannot find people who are willing to work for pennies on the dollar. A better use of funds for job training would be to teach people to become advanced electricians, carpenters, skilled laborers. The job growth is in the trades. The pay is even better than entry level white-collar jobs.
It takes two to make a squabble. If you're the company and you're going to fire someone that has access to critical network and server infrastructure, you cancel all of their access and security privileges immediately - it's never a good idea to practically allow the terminated employee to royally fuck things up for you. If you're the IT pro, you don't use access IDs and tokens with your name attached to them - that's just like robbing a bank, calling the cops with your own personal cell phone, and telling the cops that show up that you're guilty.
The job growth is NOT in IT! Go learn a trade.
A group of self-taught network engineers in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, NY basically told Time Warner to go fuck themselves and built their own ISP, Brooklyn Fiber. Believe me, I would like to do this as well - it's on my bucket list. This is the best way to thwart the telecom oligarchy. There are very poor areas of Philadelphia, PA that are just ripe for market upending.