So the possible removal of all things aggregated or social from the EU could be a Great Thing for the rest of the Wild West Web.
Such companies Hosting in the EU would become a thing of the past, giving a small boost to business in other places.
The traffic would still flow, of course, but Doing Business in the EU would become problematic. Users there will just get their pages
served from elsewhere, at least until the EU enacts a Great Firewall of their own. Probably implemented by Huawei, of course.
Maybe the trouble has always been that "the committee" has the impression USB is a Brand. It's a Standard. Or at least it was supposed to be.
Then again, it was never even enough of a standard to decide on what kind of connector to use, so...
How about we fire everybody on the Committee (that's right, you ever-so-noble 'Volunteers') and replace the whole concept with what it should have been. Serial Bus version 8, 9, or whatever makes sense. Followed by Dot.Speed. ANYthing meaningful, please...
I would like to register my objection to the term 'Python'. A a member of the protected class 'herpetophobics', I am not comfortable with the slithering symbolism evoked.
As for the term 'Programmer', clearly the use of a non employment-specific term (i.e.'grammers') would be less offensive to those who labor in code yet are unpaid.
And Java? Don't even get me started on the exploitation of coffee growers worldwide.
Gosh, if only someone had thought of this before. Creating a sort of Defense Agency to oversee Research Project Administration.
Imagine the innovations that could be unleashed! We could call it DARPA. Oh, waitaminute.
Hey Kamala! The 60's are calling, and they want their idea back
So the enrichment of CO2 in the growing environment makes the plant grow faster and greener. That faster growing plant produces grain (seeds) more quickly and in greater numbers. Do those seeds (faster growing and more plentiful) actually have less nutrients than the plant produced before? That is, if a single current plant produces 'X' grams of grain with 'Y' milligrams of nutrient, then does the CO2-enriched plant still produce 'Y', distributed over 'X+n'? That would fit the model, but would still be touted under the headline "Less Nutrition". Per pound, perhaps. Per acre?
So as an alternative to using our best and brightest to improve image recognition using AI, we should... what?
Go back to 'dumb bombs' that are targeted on where we think the Bad Guys -might- be?
Adopt the indiscriminate attacks on civilians that are so common to our "less restrained" opposition?
If wars must be fought, and thousands of years of history say they will be, then let them be fought as cleanly and effectively as possible. It is indeed the mission of any military to kill people and break things, and it seems appropriate to make sure it is the -intended- people and things being killed and broken.
Perhaps if the weapons of war evolve so fully as to ensure -only- the intended targets are hit, we will see fewer innocent lives destroyed,
There is nothing 'civilized' about War. That said, there are more civilized methods to be employed in its prosecution.
For those who adamantly oppose the use of force against any provocation, I suggest an evaluation of the golden rule.
And depending on your expectations, you have to protect yourself while still trying to do the [honorable | right | fair] thing.
The safest course is to decide if there is a sufficient gap between when you are 'able' to retire and when you 'want' to get out the door.
If you can save the announcement until you are safe, then you are protected against any capricious management decisions, and still able to provide for an orderly transition.
On the other hand, how much notice would -they- give you, if your services were being outsourced?
Somehow, the old "two weeks notice" rule just doesn't apply, but too often giving 6 months notice turns into working far less.
Having learned from my peers, I plan to give 3 months notice, but be mentally prepared to be escorted out the door the same day.
So, one provider to the south side of West Podunk is aggressively Net Neutral. So are a few dozen other socially aware providers in other places.
That's nice. But how, exactly, do these bastions of Bias-Free Internet propose to carry their customers traffic to and from each other, much less the world-at-large that everyone want to connect to?
That's right, through the backbones of those Other players. You know, the ones who are busily writing the new best-seller, "How to Throttle for Fun and Profit".
OK, Got my Pixel 2 XL a couple of days ago. At the end of my first day of use, I put the phone on the charger, then noticed about an hour later it was flickering and flashing like crazy. Unplugged it but it kept up, so I did a power-Restart. Flickering stopped, but there was a 1/4" spot at the left edge of the screen near the bottom bar that looked like the old "leaky LCD", with a streak of lightness going across the whole screen. A smaller spot was midway up on the right side, with a similar light streak. WTF? After another power cycle failed to clear it, I called Google, who immediately arranged for a replacement to be shipped (Thanks Google!). I really expected to hear something about some process I should go through to 'fix it' in some way. After another day of use, the problem HAS been reduced. In fact, if it were no worse that this in the first place I would likely not have called at all. Meanwhile, I'm charging it with power off to be safe.
Bottom line, I still like this phone very much. It's wonderfully fast, and easier on the hand than my Nexus 6 was. The prompt replacement just reinforces my already long and happy relationship with Google hardware.
I know of at least a couple of retirees who would love to get to the movies a couple of times a month.
So let's see if the theater in their town is supported. No can do. If you want to know, you have to JOIN.
James Burke programs are spectacularly engaging for anyone with more curiosity than a sea slug.
Ken Burns documented the US Civil War in a way that brings the dusty reality to life.
The mini-series Longitude was just as engaging and provides an excellent frame of reference for the impact of invention-to-need. Like the James Burke material, it's also pure fun to watch.
Bottom line, we only get to choose from the options we have.
Those of us fortunate enough to have more than ONE to choose from still have only a choice of those available where we are.
And no, I'm not counting "wireless services" as ISP's. No rational person expects privacy from a wireless service anyway.
Bottom line, if privacy is what you want, use whatever ISP gives you the best service(?), and put everything through the best VPN service you can find.
Begs the question: Is there a VPN service that absolutely protects privacy?
Back in the distant "pre internet" history, my company was hired to erect a 50' radio repeater tower on a national forest-surrounded peak near June Lake California.
All of the parts, including concrete mix and the water to make it with, was carried to the site on a pack train. 6 mules, 3 horses, and about 20 trips altogether.
Isn't it interesting that a few generations ago AT&T / Bell Telco was the source of revolutionary new inventions that changed the world?
Now, their chief expertise seems to be in finding new and inventive ways to defraud and mislead their customers.
Or is this just another case of the name of a (formerly) great American institution being used to cloak thieves in seeming legitimacy? (See Polaroid, Packard Bell, etc)
This is the same crap we always get, with a "New and Improved" sticker pasted on the front.
In this case, it's more of the same we got from Comcast a couple of years ago. Remember that? "Gigabit Internet for $70 / month"?
Right.
For two customers in Philadelphia.
In the same building.
Eventually.
Unless you are offering the service to at least the majority of your existing customers, just shut the hell up.
OK, so I pay for bandwidth 'X'.
Are you suggesting that the DOCSIS modem actually provides 'X + y', and serves 'y' to other users?
But for one inconvenient fact, I would have no complaint.
Specifically, that's not true.
When I buy a pie, you don't get a slice without permission.
Of course, if you want to cut my rate in exchange for 'sharing', we can negotiate. Maybe.
Yes, ComCast, I have to use you as the only local choice for decent internet speed.
Yes, your DOCSIS modem does have built-in Wireless that you would like to use as a local hotspot for anybody.
No, Hell No.
I'm paying for bandwidth, and sharing it with whoever is in range is NOT in my best interest.
And Yes, I do know how to disable your wireless, and did so the day it was installed.
If you surveyed the 500 most [influential | prolific| successful] programmers in the field today, across all specialties, you would find no more than 5% of them would do well in such a test.*
Programming is not about rote procedure. It is about finding a way to accomplish a goal.
Clean and efficient code is a bonus, but not mandatory. Complying with any else's definition of Good Practices may be a consideration, but only to the ones making the definition. Working well with a carefully assembled maximally-diverse team may be helpful, or may be something to overcome.
In any event, rule # 1 is paramount. Get the job Done. Everything else is value-add, at best.
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So the possible removal of all things aggregated or social from the EU could be a Great Thing for the rest of the Wild West Web.
Such companies Hosting in the EU would become a thing of the past, giving a small boost to business in other places.
The traffic would still flow, of course, but Doing Business in the EU would become problematic. Users there will just get their pages
served from elsewhere, at least until the EU enacts a Great Firewall of their own. Probably implemented by Huawei, of course.
Maybe the trouble has always been that "the committee" has the impression USB is a Brand.
It's a Standard. Or at least it was supposed to be.
Then again, it was never even enough of a standard to decide on what kind of connector to use, so...
How about we fire everybody on the Committee (that's right, you ever-so-noble 'Volunteers') and replace the whole concept with what it should have been. Serial Bus version 8, 9, or whatever makes sense.
Followed by Dot.Speed.
ANYthing meaningful, please...
I would like to register my objection to the term 'Python'. A a member of the protected class 'herpetophobics', I am not comfortable with the slithering symbolism evoked.
As for the term 'Programmer', clearly the use of a non employment-specific term (i.e.'grammers') would be less offensive to those who labor in code yet are unpaid.
And Java? Don't even get me started on the exploitation of coffee growers worldwide.
Justifiable Outrage abounds.
Gosh, if only someone had thought of this before. Creating a sort of Defense Agency to oversee Research Project Administration.
Imagine the innovations that could be unleashed! We could call it DARPA. Oh, waitaminute.
Hey Kamala! The 60's are calling, and they want their idea back
So the enrichment of CO2 in the growing environment makes the plant grow faster and greener. That faster growing plant produces grain (seeds) more quickly and in greater numbers. Do those seeds (faster growing and more plentiful) actually have less nutrients than the plant produced before?
That is, if a single current plant produces 'X' grams of grain with 'Y' milligrams of nutrient, then does the CO2-enriched plant still produce 'Y', distributed over 'X+n'?
That would fit the model, but would still be touted under the headline "Less Nutrition". Per pound, perhaps. Per acre?
I get it,
I really do.
The "human anti-aging" is just a smokescreen.
The Real Reason for this is all too apparent. SMBC explains it all.
So as an alternative to using our best and brightest to improve image recognition using AI, we should... what?
Go back to 'dumb bombs' that are targeted on where we think the Bad Guys -might- be?
Adopt the indiscriminate attacks on civilians that are so common to our "less restrained" opposition?
If wars must be fought, and thousands of years of history say they will be, then let them be fought as cleanly and effectively as possible. It is indeed the mission of any military to kill people and break things, and it seems appropriate to make sure it is the -intended- people and things being killed and broken.
Perhaps if the weapons of war evolve so fully as to ensure -only- the intended targets are hit, we will see fewer innocent lives destroyed,
There is nothing 'civilized' about War. That said, there are more civilized methods to be employed in its prosecution.
For those who adamantly oppose the use of force against any provocation, I suggest an evaluation of the golden rule.
The safest course is to decide if there is a sufficient gap between when you are 'able' to retire and when you 'want' to get out the door.
If you can save the announcement until you are safe, then you are protected against any capricious management decisions, and still able to provide for an orderly transition.
On the other hand, how much notice would -they- give you, if your services were being outsourced?
Somehow, the old "two weeks notice" rule just doesn't apply, but too often giving 6 months notice turns into working far less.
Having learned from my peers, I plan to give 3 months notice, but be mentally prepared to be escorted out the door the same day.
That's nice.
But how, exactly, do these bastions of Bias-Free Internet propose to carry their customers traffic to and from each other, much less the world-at-large that everyone want to connect to?
That's right, through the backbones of those Other players. You know, the ones who are busily writing the new best-seller, "How to Throttle for Fun and Profit".
WTF?
After another power cycle failed to clear it, I called Google, who immediately arranged for a replacement to be shipped (Thanks Google!). I really expected to hear something about some process I should go through to 'fix it' in some way. After another day of use, the problem HAS been reduced. In fact, if it were no worse that this in the first place I would likely not have called at all. Meanwhile, I'm charging it with power off to be safe.
Bottom line, I still like this phone very much. It's wonderfully fast, and easier on the hand than my Nexus 6 was. The prompt replacement just reinforces my already long and happy relationship with Google hardware.
I know of at least a couple of retirees who would love to get to the movies a couple of times a month.
So let's see if the theater in their town is supported. No can do. If you want to know, you have to JOIN.
WTF?
True, right up to the point your opinion conflicts with the majority. Then you'll be shut down, marginalized, and removed.
As one of the sites I visit more than 6 times a day, this is now off my list entirely.
No, I'm not going to reddit: frankly the other news sites I use will have to do.
The OLD one was my favorite aggregator. I now have no aggregator at all. Better?
James Burke programs are spectacularly engaging for anyone with more curiosity than a sea slug.
Ken Burns documented the US Civil War in a way that brings the dusty reality to life.
The mini-series Longitude was just as engaging and provides an excellent frame of reference for the impact of invention-to-need. Like the James Burke material, it's also pure fun to watch.
And the difference is...?
Anyone whose Server Farm can be brought down from a power outage does NOT know what they are doing, or care enough about it to bother.
How would this 'admission' make anyone more comfortable about this business?
Did you never watch Mystery Science Theater 3000?
Bottom line, if privacy is what you want, use whatever ISP gives you the best service(?), and put everything through the best VPN service you can find.
Begs the question: Is there a VPN service that absolutely protects privacy?
a national forest-surrounded peak near June Lake California.
All of the parts, including concrete mix and the water to make it with, was carried to the
site on a pack train. 6 mules, 3 horses, and about 20 trips altogether.
Ah, the good old days :-)
Seriously, how long will it take once this is available until there is a 'fix' for this irritation?
Now, their chief expertise seems to be in finding new and inventive ways to defraud and mislead their customers.
Or is this just another case of the name of a (formerly) great American institution being used to cloak thieves in seeming legitimacy? (See Polaroid, Packard Bell, etc)
In this case, it's more of the same we got from Comcast a couple of years ago. Remember that? "Gigabit Internet for $70 / month"?
Right.
For two customers in Philadelphia.
In the same building.
Eventually.
Unless you are offering the service to at least the majority of your existing customers, just shut the hell up.
I'm talking to you, Mr. ISP
Are you suggesting that the DOCSIS modem actually provides 'X + y', and serves 'y' to other users?
But for one inconvenient fact, I would have no complaint.
Specifically, that's not true.
When I buy a pie, you don't get a slice without permission.
Of course, if you want to cut my rate in exchange for 'sharing', we can negotiate. Maybe.
Yes, ComCast, I have to use you as the only local choice for decent internet speed.
Yes, your DOCSIS modem does have built-in Wireless that you would like to use as a local hotspot for anybody.
No, Hell No.
I'm paying for bandwidth, and sharing it with whoever is in range is NOT in my best interest.
And Yes, I do know how to disable your wireless, and did so the day it was installed.
2) Anything that is so useful would have already been invented, probably before 1900, so this must be bogus.
Nice try, Mr. Fancy Pants Professor, with your oh-so-impressive track record.
(everyone knows numbered points are irrefutable)
Programming is not about rote procedure. It is about finding a way to accomplish a goal.
Clean and efficient code is a bonus, but not mandatory. Complying with any else's definition of Good Practices may be a consideration, but only to the ones making the definition. Working well with a carefully assembled maximally-diverse team may be helpful, or may be something to overcome.
In any event, rule # 1 is paramount. Get the job Done. Everything else is value-add, at best.
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