Comment Re:de minimus fine (Score 1) 38
it a 20 Million fine plus 100k€ per day of no compliance
french source https://www.cnil.fr/fr/reconna...
Comment Shouldn't we wait (Score 1) 120
For the mono port to be finished before ?
https://linuxformat.com/tuxrad...
Comment Better than team subtitles ? (Score 1) 27
Teams already give subtitles on meetings.
But each time we try to play with it it's pretty bad and inaccurate (english by not native).
Do they have an unknown voice to text algorithm working perfectly on multiple language and give us a crappy english only in teams ?
But each time we try to play with it it's pretty bad and inaccurate (english by not native).
Do they have an unknown voice to text algorithm working perfectly on multiple language and give us a crappy english only in teams ?
Comment Re:The Altice CEO actually claimed this? (Score 1) 35
Same as what Altice did in France. Reduce all cost, take most of the cash and use it to pay the holding debts. Don't care about customers, don't invest, just try taking as much money as possible.
Comment Re:Really? (Score 2) 185
If one rider is hit by a car doing his job as "independent contractor"
he will cancel his shifts.
And the app will mark him as unreliable for his whole life.
he will cancel his shifts.
And the app will mark him as unreliable for his whole life.
Comment After the fined £99m for 2018 (Score 1) 12
Guess it will be more even if the breach is smaller.
2 years after the first one a second massive breach need response.
Comment Re: python et al (Score 2) 266
There's a reason why the Linux kernel is written i C and not C++.
Linux is not written in C it's in GNU C with extensions. This "non standard" C is needed and it add some things that are free in C++ like comment, inline, asm, atomic, thread local, lot of extended types... and even some non C++ but non C standard anyway.
Comment VB.Net Javascript (Score 5, Informative) 266
In Tiobe ranking VB.Net is more popular than Javascript.
Remember this before writing anything about Python or other languages rankings.
Remember this before writing anything about Python or other languages rankings.
Comment Saas vs cash (Score 1) 341
One major problem. When your company have some financial difficulties, like an big customer not paying. Saas cut service really fast, so do you prefer your app monitoring, your website, your internal chat, your sales tools, your support tools, your backup or your build machines ? You have to choose fast and choose what to cut for undetermined time.
Comment It's gradual process (Score 1) 168
Few years ago School kids pass work only between residential zone to school usually same zone.
Then School Pass start working unrestricted on weekend ( all zone from 1-7 ) ( for many it was huge because going to Paris from suburbs cost much, same to go to Disneyland which is was zone 5 )
Then all zone over 5 became zone 5
Then Zone all merged to only one ( prices increased for user of only zone 1-2 but decreased for everyone else )
Then this free pass for every kids, even without school pass.
Then School Pass start working unrestricted on weekend ( all zone from 1-7 ) ( for many it was huge because going to Paris from suburbs cost much, same to go to Disneyland which is was zone 5 )
Then all zone over 5 became zone 5
Then Zone all merged to only one ( prices increased for user of only zone 1-2 but decreased for everyone else )
Then this free pass for every kids, even without school pass.
Comment Great code, useless but great (Score 1) 653
When there is only 4 people who commit to the repo, and 1 guy alone do 2/3 of the job you can put every Rules of conduct it doesn't matter. Opensource project are always maintained by very few people, if you want to enforce code of conduct to creator/principal maintainer they will leave and the project will die.
A working 'code of conduct' could only be pushed by the top, not by external people who never work on the codebase.
A working 'code of conduct' could only be pushed by the top, not by external people who never work on the codebase.
Former FBI Director James Comey Reveals How Apple and Google's Encryption Efforts Drove Him 'Crazy' (fastcompany.com) 351
An anonymous reader shares a report: In his explosive new book, A Higher Loyalty, fired FBI director James Comey denounces President Trump as "untethered to the truth" and likens him to a "mob boss," but he also touches on other topics during his decades-long career in law enforcement -- including his strong objection to the tech industry's encryption efforts. When Apple and Google announced in 2014 that they would be moving their mobile devices to default encryption, by emphasizing that making them immune to judicial orders was good for society, "it drove me crazy," he writes. He goes on to lament the lack of "true listening" between tech and law enforcement, saying that "the leaders of the tech companies don't see the darkness the FBI sees," such as terrorism and organized crime.
He writes, "I found it appalling that the tech types couldn't see this. I would frequently joke with the FBI 'Going Dark' team assigned to seek solutions, 'Of course the Silicon Valley types don't see the darkness -- they live where it's sunny all the time and everybody is rich and smart." But Comey understood it was an unbelievably difficult issue and that public safety had to be balanced with privacy concerns.
He writes, "I found it appalling that the tech types couldn't see this. I would frequently joke with the FBI 'Going Dark' team assigned to seek solutions, 'Of course the Silicon Valley types don't see the darkness -- they live where it's sunny all the time and everybody is rich and smart." But Comey understood it was an unbelievably difficult issue and that public safety had to be balanced with privacy concerns.
Comment Re:Why were they ever allowed? (Score 2) 191
"Teaching Reason" in France's schools is mostly lessons on how to configure your apps and manages your identity and privacy on socials networks.
Ford Pilots a New Exoskeleton To Lessen Worker Fatigue (futurism.com) 48
Ford is partnering with California-based exoskeleton maker Ekso Bionics to trial a non-powered upper body exoskeletal tool called EksoVest in two of the carmaker's U.S. plants. The goal is to lessen the fatigue factory workers experience in Ford's car manufacturing plants. Futurism reports: Designed to fit workers from five feet to six feet four inches tall, the EksoVest adds some 3 to 6 kilograms (5 to 15 pounds) of adjustable lift assistance to each arm. This exoskeleton is also comfortable enough to wear while providing free arm movement thanks to its lightweight construction. "Collaboratively working with Ford enabled us to test and refine early prototypes of the EksoVest based on insights directly from their production line workers," Ekso Bionics co-founder and CTO Russ Angold said in a Ford press release. "The end result is a wearable tool that reduces the strain on a worker's body, reducing the likelihood of injury, and helping them feel better at the end of the day -- increasing both productivity and morale." The U.S. trial, made possible with the help of the United Automobile Workers, has already demonstrated the wonders that the exoskeleton can offer in reducing fatigue from high-frequency tasks. As such, Ford plans to expand their EksoVest pilot program to other regions, which include Europe and South America.
Submission + - Hilton Paid a $700k fine for 2015 breach. Under GDPR, it would be $420 million (digitalguardian.com)
chicksdaddy writes: If you want to understand the ground shaking change that the EU's General Data Protection Rule (GDPR) will have when it comes into force in May of 2018, look no further than hotel giant Hilton Domestic Operating Company, Inc., formerly known as Hilton Worldwide, Inc. a.k.a. “Hilton.”)
On Tuesday, the New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman slapped a $700,000 fine on the hotel giant for two, 2015 incidents in which the company was hacked, spilling credit card and other information for 350,000 customers. (https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-announces-700000-joint-settlement-hilton-after-data-breach-exposed)
Schneiderman also punished Hilton for its response to the incident. The company first learned in February 2015 that its customer data had been exposed through a UK based system belonging to the company, which was observed by a contractor communicating with “a suspicious computer outside Hilton’s computer network.” Still, it took Hilton until November 24, 2015 — over nine months after the first intrusion was discovered — to notify the public.
That kind of lackluster response has become pretty typical among Fortune 500 companies (see also: Equifax). And why not? The $700,000 fine from the NY AG is a palatable $2 per lost record — and a mere rounding error for Hilton, which reported revenues of $11.2 billion in 2015, the year of the breach. That means the $700,000 fine was just %.00006 of Hilton’s annual revenue in the year of the breach. Schneiderman's fine was less 'brining down the hammer' than a butterfly kiss for Hilton's C-suite, board and shareholders.
But things are going to be different for Hilton and other companies like it come May 2018 when provisions of the EU’s General Data Protection Rule (or GDPR) go into effect, as Digital Guardian points out on their blog. Under that new law, data “controllers” like Hilton (in other words: organizations that collect data on customers or employees) can be fined up to 4% of annual turnover in the year preceding the incident for failing to meet the law’s charge to protect that data. (http://www.eugdpr.org/)
What does that mean practically for a company like Hilton? Well, the company’s FY 2014 revenue (or “turnover”) was $10.5 billion. Four percent of that is a cool $420 million dollars — or $1,200, rather than $2, for every customer record lost. Needless to say, that’s a number that will get the attention of the company’s Board of Directors and shareholders.
On Tuesday, the New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman slapped a $700,000 fine on the hotel giant for two, 2015 incidents in which the company was hacked, spilling credit card and other information for 350,000 customers. (https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-announces-700000-joint-settlement-hilton-after-data-breach-exposed)
Schneiderman also punished Hilton for its response to the incident. The company first learned in February 2015 that its customer data had been exposed through a UK based system belonging to the company, which was observed by a contractor communicating with “a suspicious computer outside Hilton’s computer network.” Still, it took Hilton until November 24, 2015 — over nine months after the first intrusion was discovered — to notify the public.
That kind of lackluster response has become pretty typical among Fortune 500 companies (see also: Equifax). And why not? The $700,000 fine from the NY AG is a palatable $2 per lost record — and a mere rounding error for Hilton, which reported revenues of $11.2 billion in 2015, the year of the breach. That means the $700,000 fine was just %.00006 of Hilton’s annual revenue in the year of the breach. Schneiderman's fine was less 'brining down the hammer' than a butterfly kiss for Hilton's C-suite, board and shareholders.
But things are going to be different for Hilton and other companies like it come May 2018 when provisions of the EU’s General Data Protection Rule (or GDPR) go into effect, as Digital Guardian points out on their blog. Under that new law, data “controllers” like Hilton (in other words: organizations that collect data on customers or employees) can be fined up to 4% of annual turnover in the year preceding the incident for failing to meet the law’s charge to protect that data. (http://www.eugdpr.org/)
What does that mean practically for a company like Hilton? Well, the company’s FY 2014 revenue (or “turnover”) was $10.5 billion. Four percent of that is a cool $420 million dollars — or $1,200, rather than $2, for every customer record lost. Needless to say, that’s a number that will get the attention of the company’s Board of Directors and shareholders.
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