Comment Re:Windows 10 has Secret Screen Recording Tool (Score 1) 203
You're always in the position of having to trust the maker of your OS, unless it's you.
Trust no one.
There can be nothing more difficult to see than the flaws in your own work.
You're always in the position of having to trust the maker of your OS, unless it's you.
Trust no one.
There can be nothing more difficult to see than the flaws in your own work.
When the business guys start making the technological decisions, it's time to look for another job.
The business guys get to decide which projects will get funding, talent and resources for development, marketing and technical support.
AOL was my first encounter with automatic updates in the home software market.
I liked the idea then. I like it now.
AOL integrated the functionality of a half-dozen or so stand-alone clients.
To say I understood them all on a technical level would be ridiculous. To say I understood the full implications of every system-level update I've installed in the last twenty years would be even more ridiculous ---- what matters is that in all those years I have only seen a trivial number of niche apps break under the strain.
These people are only after attention, and by putting this story on slashdot, we've given them exactly what they wanted.
If you aren't a card-carrying geek Slashdot isn't even a blip on your radar.
These guys are after bigger game.
This seems like a good opportunity for Slashdot to retire its dorkish stained glass Windows icon. Windows 1.0 was released in 1985, 29 years ago, and 12 years before the launch of Slashdot.
Key words spelled out right in the constitution at least here in the US are "Authors and Inventors" and "limited Times", both of which appear to be FAR beyond the veil here.
"Limited" means nothing until the terms are fixed in legislation. It demands a judgment call, a policy decision, a political decision.
Human evolution has taken a turn for the worse. Rather than eliminating the weak elements and promoting the strong, we have reversed the evolutionary direction.
In your world Stephen Hawking dies in 1964 before completing his graduate thesis.
How does eugenics define "strength and weakness" in a modern society which is fundamentally defined by intelligent --- cooperative --- behavior? Brains, not brawn
We spent a weekend in November hunting deer for sport with superbly engineered guns and bows and haul the carcasses out with our FWD and ATVs.
When we want meat on the table, we raise chickens and cattle on an industrial scale.
"SJW" doesn't mean anybody who is for social justice. I'm for social justice! I want people to stop hating and harassing each other.
"SJW" is the term for those who do bad things in the name of social justice.
I have tried to trace the use of SJW ("Social Justice Warrior") as a pejorative.
It seems to be entirely a geek creation and all but unknown before 2011. But one that has proven very useful to the bloggers of the National Review and those farther to the right.
Well as I'm sure you've figured out, ''sjw'' stands for social justice warrior. Back when I and a few others started this tumblr several years ago, ''sjw'' seemed, to us, to be more of a criticism on people who used social justice to further their own bigoted ends, push already marginalized people out of their own spaces, and dominate discussions with bigoted rhetoric.
In the years since this blog died out, ''sjw'' came to stand for anyone who supports social justice, a favorite go-to insult for white male nerds/libertarians/redditors. This blog is now followed by people with that attitude, and still gets asks of that nature. Hence the (partial) reason why I no longer update, even though I've somewhat returned to tumblr.
I hate how chemistry is now an "off-limits" hobby.
This "kid" was eighteen.
He was caught trespassing on an old industrial site scavenging for toxic chemicals. That doesn't make you the brightest bulb in the lamp.
Mercury can be purchased online without hassle.
The safety data sheets make interesting reading, so do forum posts to geeks who are in denial about the risks . Mercury Metal (quicksilver), 3X Distilled, 1/2lb
1/2lb of mercury is about 1 1/4 teaspoons.
Before you read this, let me make it entirely clear. You SHOULD NOT MESS AROUND WITH MERCURY. The only reason I have written this post is to show those who are dumb enough to try it the most proper way to do so. PLEASE DON'T DO IT! Mercury easily becomes airborne and when entered into the body will slowly kill you. It takes days for you to notice, and before you can do anything it is too late. Proper mercury disposal should be done at a recycling center, and only a recycling center.
According to the suspect's father, the bomb scare started after his 18-year-old son was arrested for trespassing, entering an abandoned warehouse and salvaging mercury switches...
That fenced-off warehouse may look abandoned, but that doesn't make it your personal salvage yard.
It's been a long time since the home chemist has been encouraged to muck around with mercury; scavenging industrial sites for mercury in any quantity makes you a "person of interest" to the police, to say the least.
Fun with Quicksilver, Unusual stunts you can do from Freakish Quicksilver 1939 and 1934, respectively.
''He's not building bombs. He does do a lot of experiments. A lot of them I don't fully understand, but I'm certain he's not making bombs,'' said the suspect's father, Allen Mason.
This is a tad less reassuring than it might be.
Can we start calling them M$ again?
No.
.District Court Judge Wilhelm Norrmann noted that Kivimaki had only been 15 and 16 when he carried out the crimes in 2012 and 2013. Because of this, the court gave him a two-year suspended sentence. Contrast this to the treatment meted out to Aaron Swartz, and the Pirate Bay team.
I know the geek doesn't take it well when one of his own gets more than a slap on the wrist. But arguments like this are ridiculous.
Court documents state that his attacks affected Harvard University and MIT among others, and involved hijacking emails, blocking traffic to websites and the theft of credit card details.
Evidence shown to the court included orders for champagne and shop vouchers.
[The court] confiscated his PC and ordered him to handover ($6,588 US) worth of property obtained through his crimes.
Kivimaki was also accused of being involved in a money laundering scheme involving the virtual currency Bitcoin, which he was said to have used to fund a trip to Mexico.
The security blogger Brian Krebs had previously linked Kivimaki to a notorious hacking group called Lizard Squad, which was involved in a separate, later series of attacks on Sony and Microsoft.
However, Lizard Squad's activities were not mentioned in the court documents.
Probably even simpler: There are more ads specifically targeting women (shoes, makeup, etc) than for men making their ad pool larger and thus automatically diminishing the opportunity for ads for of high paying google to be shown.
Interesting argument. Do you have any proof that it is true?
When it comes to gender issues in tech the geek also seems to have a mission, but sterotypes rule, facts and analysis are optional.
I always wonder how anyone with more than a half brain cell can work in the finance industry and still look at himself in the mirror each morning.
One of the least attractive qualities of the geek is his readiness to denigrate skills he doesn't have and doesn't understand, marketing and finance being among the most obvious.
If you analyse anything, you destroy it. -- Arthur Miller
