When there's a dark layer of soil on top of sand it's usually a macrobiotic crust, that has taken a few hundred years to do its thing - that is what they crushed as they walked. There's not much worse you can do as far as lasting ecological damage except for sawing down trees a few hundred years old...
They did also harm the aesthetics of the lines themselves.
So far timothy, soulskill, and samsenpuss all post this crap from Bennett. Is it official dice policy to promote the shit this guy writes?
Seconded! Is he paying for this placement? Is he someone's friend? WHY is he getting this space on
His posts always follow the same pattern.
1. He becomes aware of
2. His massive intellect solves it.
3. He posts 1,000+ words to
4. His solutions fail to address anything other than the most superficial aspects of whatever it is that he just became aware of.
That's not "News for Nerds". There's no in depth analysis.
So WHY does he keep getting space on
As always, security is not a line-item. You cannot purchase "security".
I prefer to measure "security" as "how many people can successfully attack X".
If fewer people can successfully attack X after a change then that change has made X more secure.
If more people can successfully attack X after a change then that change has made X less secure.
So moving anything to "the cloud" will result in it being less secure. In almost every instance.
I think more and more IT is becoming a manager of services, instead of a manager of servers.
Services run on servers.
Users access services that are running on servers.
When there are companies out there making the basics easy to manage, then you can afford the time to get the Like buttons running.
I keep getting marketing literature from companies promising that. But it never seems that they can deliver on their claims. Instead, it's just another service that needs to be maintained.
Just PATCHING systems includes identifying/testing/deploying:
firmware
drivers
OS
apps
for every server / workstation / switch / router / firewall / wireless connected to your network.
The main problem is that most of the people making "IT decisions" do not understand the full impact of those decisions (or believe that they will not be held responsible).
Moving anything "to the cloud" simply means moving it "to someone else's computer". How do you judge their security?
What happens when one of their other clients is arrested for something illegal and the "cloud" computers get confiscated?
Anyway, from TFA:
If IT wants to stay relevant, weâ(TM)re going to have to find a way to leverage our deep understanding of technology to a new environment, working with other parts of the organization and relying on influence and expertise instead of gatekeeping and rigid rules.
Which will NEVER work. Spend some time reading up on the latest cracks that leaked credit card info. If you have to rely on "influence" you should look for another job. There will always be someone with more "influence" than you.
Times have changed.
People have changed, too.
When C was invented, their werent language snobs. Now there are, and they so desperately want C to be low level (so that they get "low level" cred) that they will invent insane arguments such as "times have changed" and "C occupies a space pretty low down the language landscape"
Its really simple. The definition of "low level language" does not subscribe to a "place" on a "list", or what "time" it happens to be. The fact that you so desperately want to change the definition in a way that makes you a "low level programmer" proves that you are a fucking language snob. You dont magically become a low level programmer while banging C code out just because python was invented, you fucking moron.
It also sends a really clear message: "This behavior will not be tolerated."
The video has nothing to do with his behavior. Having it online benefitted others far more than himself.
The message it does send is that they are so afraid of controversy they are willing to hurt anyone rather than endure it.
The only thing removing these lectures does is make it harder for others to learn physics without attending school in person.
I would argue removing the videos does far more harm than he ever did, when you consider there aggregate effect on humanity.
Then you need a better monitor. The difference to the detail is very significant.
If I were President and I felt that X was necessary then I would document why I thought X was necessary and that I was solely responsible for X.
Afterwards, I'd release that to the media.
There wouldn't be any of these rolling revelations. Everyone would know that I thought it was necessary to torture persons A, B and C (and no one else) and that they were tortured and (redacted) information was collected and that the people who did so did so under my DIRECT ORDERS. No one else tortured anyone other than A, B and C.
Instead, we have denials, euphamisms, "extraordinary rendition", "black sites" and unsubstantiated claims.
I prefer this memo:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/05/-versch-auml-rfte-vernehmung/228158/
Part of being the "good guys" means NOT being the "bad guys".
More people die in traffic accidents EVERY YEAR than the "terrorists" have ever killed here. So why give up a morally superior position to "fight" people who pose almost no threat to anyone outside their own countries?
C is almost ML because almost all features of the langage can be directly translated into a few assembly instructions.
Behold the backward belief system of some of the "C is low level" crowd.
A language is low level if almost all of the features of the hardware can be directly translated into the language. See, you've got it backwards. You want it to be the other way around, but when its the way you want then its trivial to get to the argument that BASIC is low level too.
Another segment of the "C is low level" crowd focuses on pointers. You are all wrong. Was paying attention when the language was invented. Always understood to be a high level language until the snobs came.
What problem will be solved RIGHT NOW by passing strict regulations for ISP's to abide by?
None? They why pass a regulation to fight terrors not yet real, and increase costs?
From what I can tell, they seem to accept none of that
That's pretty much bullshit since Uber pays for extra insurance for drivers, and screens them which means obviously Uber has some liability they are guarding against.
Where I live, to be a cab you need a commercial drivers license
Which is just a note that you have given the state extra money, of no actual value to anyone. Uber drivers have that though, just not UberX.
proper insurance
Which Uber provides.
regular vehicle inspections
UberX also makes sure you have a vehicle in good shape before you can drive
a tax license
Well THAT should stop the raping!
and are legally required to have a camera installed in your car.
Uber drivers are all tracked by GPS continuously and if they are smart have a camera in the car or voice recording app also. It's not magic.
Basically you've done no research and don't know what the hell you are talking about, but don't let that stop you from complaining.
I mentioned that once before, and was roundly shouted down... By people who noted that Uber in fact DOES do background checks.
They may have had a failing in this case, but it's the exception rather than a rule and a problem with the division in India, not generally.
If you don't like being shouted down perhaps do some research before speaking?
Trap full -- please empty.
