As someone mentioned above, the French company BlahBlahCar is the only service that couple possible fit the "sharing economy" moniker. The driver is not allowed to make a profit and simply share the cost of the journey with the riders (that's the sharing part). BlahBlahCar add a small percentage to the transaction for running the service. Uber, Lyft etc. are just old fashioned taxi companies with an app and bundles of cash.
I think allowing corporations to pick and choose which of a countries laws they feel like obeying is the "much bigger problem". This is just testing the waters to see how much will there is in governments to stand up to an aggressive coordinated assault on existing law that -- if changed or abandoned -- opens the door massive growth and profit for lucky the elites that have money to burn on such an enterprise.
Why else do you think Goldman, The Saudi's and countless other VCs and Banks/Hedge Funds happily pump unlimited cash into a taxi app? The goal is to trample the law and then make their own. To make things more fun, most of our "leaders" are already full steam ahead on allowing this to happen with global agreements such as TPP.
And from the looks of the redesigned locations, they are more of an art gallery to consumerism with a gift shop thrown in (along with typical gift shop mark up). I'm surprised they even allow soiled devices back within the store limits.
If i need to send a friend a link to some freeware program then i will use tucows now, word about the "safe pop-up free" site usually gets around pretty fast for those looking for the service they offer. Certainly better than sending someone to sourceforge for something and ending up with them mining bitcoin in the background. If they are making money from their other endeavours it seems like a good move to me.
I am involved with supporting two 500+ employee businesses that recently switched to Gmail and Google Apps after having been MS Office shops. Now only accounts and the analytics guys use office for Excel.
Of course it is my view that this is out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire, but it wouldn't be so sure that Microsoft's smaller corporate customers dont have exit options.
Exactly, from skimming TFA and reading some comments it seems no one (apart from this thread) has any idea what form this restaurant automation will take.
I have been to a number of "premium" fast food restaurants in the UK where wait staff are done away with and you are given a buzzer when you order and pay. You then find a seat and when the buzzer goes off you walk back to the counter and collect your food.
Guess what, this has been happening for at least 5 years (probably more), and only these fast food type places use it because it feels cheap when you have to serve yourself.
Pretty sure he is worth "over 50x his claimed debt" in the same way Twitter is "worth" 17 billion but operating at a loss. His worth is dependent on him being the centre of attention.
When you sit down and analyse a complex issue rationally it becomes very hard to place yourself fully on side of the argument or the other. The analysis should include listening to the opposing views and giving them fair consideration.
I fear the internet allows people to say "I am right and look how many people agree with me!", and they self-select their way to an irrational opinion. In an environment like college where almost everyone has grown up with the internet could this be a contributing factor?
FreeNAS is FreeBSD 9 or 10 with a config layer over the top for a web interface and idiot proof cli (FreeNAS 10). Nothing is changed from the FreeBSD version of ZFS apart from some sysctl variables.
ZFS is an ENTERPRISE file system, it will eat all the RAM you give it and get faster with more RAM as it can cache more I/O. It is designed run on a well spec'ed server with a UPS.
Of course you can run it on anything FreeBSD supports and try your luck, it works well even then for most people.
The solution is simple. Don't buy already overpriced "designer" gear where the manufacture has to have an army of lawyers defending their brand to keep it exclusive.
I also used them a lot (not so much now after they got stranded on an old machine). However I regularly have enough tabs open that would cripple Chrome, the single process model of Firefox does allow that benefit and is one of the main reasons I am still on Firefox. I wonder if Electrolysis will ever hit stable? It is supposed to allow the 50+ tab counts without using the 5gig+ of RAM like Chrome would.
Actually I remember reading an article (maybe even from a Slashdot story) about how the UK Boarder Agency has far better results revealing liars by simple asking detailed questions and getting them to elaborate on their "story", rather than using "tells". The idea being that pretty soon they trip themselves up with inconsistencies.
The border agents didn't need the months-to-years of experience required to quickly and accurately pick up on micro-expressions which can easily result in false positives.
Except Linux is the number one OS used in cloud services where servers get spun up and torn down like processes on a single machine. This is why a 5 second boot is important, rather than a 5 minute one.
Just visited the site with uBlock Origin enabled expecting to see such a message, nothing... i was browsing Ad free! On another note the site is decidedly NSFW (naked ladies all over the front page), i think that gives a clue the standard of their "journalism".
The real reason is that the people doing the complaining are the loud-mouth attention seekers who like to think they are important. You ask any sane member of society if they are offended and the answer is a resounding no.
Reminds me of a particular film critic in the UK (who is actually entertaining) but has a habit of calling out "sexist tropes" in a unusual amount of films he reviews. Turns out these films are; a. usually targeted squarely at women, and b. my anecdotal experience shows that women enjoy the "sexist" parts of a film just as much as men. Funny that.
There are certainly fundamentals to programming that apply in many areas. If you know the basics of programming surely you are better equipped to handle that complex Excel spreadsheet in an office job, the configuration file as an IT engineer, or running a simulation as a scientist. That should be part of a Computer Science curriculum rather than just "programming" however.
What i find interesting is that you will see one story here about how WhatsApp supports billions of users with 50 engineers. And then this one about how everyone is going to become a programmer. Something doesn't add up...
Actually i believe the 21 million number has some background in the cryptography and how it is computed. The specifics are way above my understanding, but i certainly remember reading an explanation that cited this as one of the reasons for the upper limit.
Although filtering the internet is futile if you want total coverage (otherwise known as unplugging the modem) it does have an effect on ease of access. There is something to be said removing the "I want porn now!" impulse that can be fulfilled with pornhub.com and the like in a 30 second page load.
Contrary to popular belief there there are a limited number of free on demand sites that provide a usable "service". With those gone one has to look elsewhere which likely requires more time and effort (torrent downloads etc.). The "unblock" sites are pretty useless with something as high bandwidth as streaming video. I'm sure a VPN would sort out that problem, but then you have to be subscribed and paying for one already.
Yup, i bet flicking the switch on Reader again is a lot easier than decoupling Google+ from everything. Also please can i have the Listen Android app back to go with it. Thanks!
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As someone mentioned above, the French company BlahBlahCar is the only service that couple possible fit the "sharing economy" moniker. The driver is not allowed to make a profit and simply share the cost of the journey with the riders (that's the sharing part). BlahBlahCar add a small percentage to the transaction for running the service. Uber, Lyft etc. are just old fashioned taxi companies with an app and bundles of cash.
I think allowing corporations to pick and choose which of a countries laws they feel like obeying is the "much bigger problem". This is just testing the waters to see how much will there is in governments to stand up to an aggressive coordinated assault on existing law that -- if changed or abandoned -- opens the door massive growth and profit for lucky the elites that have money to burn on such an enterprise.
Why else do you think Goldman, The Saudi's and countless other VCs and Banks/Hedge Funds happily pump unlimited cash into a taxi app? The goal is to trample the law and then make their own. To make things more fun, most of our "leaders" are already full steam ahead on allowing this to happen with global agreements such as TPP.
And from the looks of the redesigned locations, they are more of an art gallery to consumerism with a gift shop thrown in (along with typical gift shop mark up). I'm surprised they even allow soiled devices back within the store limits.
They do already: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01...
Males: 27641 5.8/10
Females: 39419 8.1/10
If i need to send a friend a link to some freeware program then i will use tucows now, word about the "safe pop-up free" site usually gets around pretty fast for those looking for the service they offer. Certainly better than sending someone to sourceforge for something and ending up with them mining bitcoin in the background. If they are making money from their other endeavours it seems like a good move to me.
I am involved with supporting two 500+ employee businesses that recently switched to Gmail and Google Apps after having been MS Office shops. Now only accounts and the analytics guys use office for Excel.
Of course it is my view that this is out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire, but it wouldn't be so sure that Microsoft's smaller corporate customers dont have exit options.
Exactly, from skimming TFA and reading some comments it seems no one (apart from this thread) has any idea what form this restaurant automation will take.
I have been to a number of "premium" fast food restaurants in the UK where wait staff are done away with and you are given a buzzer when you order and pay. You then find a seat and when the buzzer goes off you walk back to the counter and collect your food.
Guess what, this has been happening for at least 5 years (probably more), and only these fast food type places use it because it feels cheap when you have to serve yourself.
Pretty sure he is worth "over 50x his claimed debt" in the same way Twitter is "worth" 17 billion but operating at a loss. His worth is dependent on him being the centre of attention.
When you sit down and analyse a complex issue rationally it becomes very hard to place yourself fully on side of the argument or the other. The analysis should include listening to the opposing views and giving them fair consideration.
I fear the internet allows people to say "I am right and look how many people agree with me!", and they self-select their way to an irrational opinion. In an environment like college where almost everyone has grown up with the internet could this be a contributing factor?
I like the quote, thanks.
I felt sure it was a joke, but with the quality of most Slashdot summaries these days I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.
FreeNAS is FreeBSD 9 or 10 with a config layer over the top for a web interface and idiot proof cli (FreeNAS 10). Nothing is changed from the FreeBSD version of ZFS apart from some sysctl variables.
ZFS is an ENTERPRISE file system, it will eat all the RAM you give it and get faster with more RAM as it can cache more I/O. It is designed run on a well spec'ed server with a UPS.
Of course you can run it on anything FreeBSD supports and try your luck, it works well even then for most people.
The solution is simple. Don't buy already overpriced "designer" gear where the manufacture has to have an army of lawyers defending their brand to keep it exclusive.
I also used them a lot (not so much now after they got stranded on an old machine). However I regularly have enough tabs open that would cripple Chrome, the single process model of Firefox does allow that benefit and is one of the main reasons I am still on Firefox. I wonder if Electrolysis will ever hit stable? It is supposed to allow the 50+ tab counts without using the 5gig+ of RAM like Chrome would.
Actually I remember reading an article (maybe even from a Slashdot story) about how the UK Boarder Agency has far better results revealing liars by simple asking detailed questions and getting them to elaborate on their "story", rather than using "tells". The idea being that pretty soon they trip themselves up with inconsistencies.
The border agents didn't need the months-to-years of experience required to quickly and accurately pick up on micro-expressions which can easily result in false positives.
Luckily it speak for its self. No need for the engineers to even speak to the marketing department. They just need to demo it.
Except Linux is the number one OS used in cloud services where servers get spun up and torn down like processes on a single machine. This is why a 5 second boot is important, rather than a 5 minute one.
An insightful comment and well articulated, thank you.
Maybe they should pay their taxes if they want the government to protect them from the bad teenagers. Absolutely no sympathy from me.
Just visited the site with uBlock Origin enabled expecting to see such a message, nothing... i was browsing Ad free! On another note the site is decidedly NSFW (naked ladies all over the front page), i think that gives a clue the standard of their "journalism".
The real reason is that the people doing the complaining are the loud-mouth attention seekers who like to think they are important. You ask any sane member of society if they are offended and the answer is a resounding no.
Reminds me of a particular film critic in the UK (who is actually entertaining) but has a habit of calling out "sexist tropes" in a unusual amount of films he reviews. Turns out these films are; a. usually targeted squarely at women, and b. my anecdotal experience shows that women enjoy the "sexist" parts of a film just as much as men. Funny that.
Another fine job by the USAF. MSF will get a donation from me. It's the least I can do.
There are certainly fundamentals to programming that apply in many areas. If you know the basics of programming surely you are better equipped to handle that complex Excel spreadsheet in an office job, the configuration file as an IT engineer, or running a simulation as a scientist. That should be part of a Computer Science curriculum rather than just "programming" however.
What i find interesting is that you will see one story here about how WhatsApp supports billions of users with 50 engineers. And then this one about how everyone is going to become a programmer. Something doesn't add up...
Actually i believe the 21 million number has some background in the cryptography and how it is computed. The specifics are way above my understanding, but i certainly remember reading an explanation that cited this as one of the reasons for the upper limit.
Although filtering the internet is futile if you want total coverage (otherwise known as unplugging the modem) it does have an effect on ease of access. There is something to be said removing the "I want porn now!" impulse that can be fulfilled with pornhub.com and the like in a 30 second page load.
Contrary to popular belief there there are a limited number of free on demand sites that provide a usable "service". With those gone one has to look elsewhere which likely requires more time and effort (torrent downloads etc.). The "unblock" sites are pretty useless with something as high bandwidth as streaming video. I'm sure a VPN would sort out that problem, but then you have to be subscribed and paying for one already.
Yup, i bet flicking the switch on Reader again is a lot easier than decoupling Google+ from everything. Also please can i have the Listen Android app back to go with it. Thanks!