Posts by LosD 148 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Apr 2012
> The other thing that no comment addressed is DD not having a data retention policy for the pictures, and in some countries this is against the law.
This is not the law anywhere (and _was_ mentioned in earlier comments). This is a picture of a public place, not PII. Maaaaaaybe if the house number or name(s) on the door was visible. But I highly doubt it.
Accessing files? You're using the low-level capabilities of the system.
Accessing network? You're using the low-level capabilities of the system.
Accessing memory? You're using the low-level capabilities of the system.
Showing anything on screen? You're using the low-level capabilities of the system.
Hell, starting your application? You're using the low-level capabilities of the system.
Yes, high-level languages and frameworks hides the details, but the kernel beneath touches everything your application do. An unsafe system is an unsafe application.
But, but, but, but, (butt), BUT! Being able to bring extra batteries for when you're long away from a charger (festivals etc), instead of being tied to a powerbank will be _wonderful_!
Not sure it will change much for the environment, though. I don't think the environment cares if extra batteries are in the phone or in powerbanks.
"The apps often demand acquisition of a paid license after a few days' use. Also, criminals noticed the constant demand for decompressors, making them a target for ridealong adware and malware. Many a download site also tried to confuse those who sought decompression tools with dark patterns, luring users to unintended downloads.
But if you managed to find a legitimate download that didn't infect your computer, enslave you to the criminal underworld or harass you with advertising, the ads mostly worked just fine.
All of that will soon, hopefully, be behind us."
This seems unfair. 7-Zip is free and open source, available at 7-zip.org. No malware, no ads, and the first thing that pops up when doing a Google search (yes. also in Incognito mode, so not an artifact of my search history).
WinRAR OTOH is of course trialware, and should have been dead years ago. I have no idea why anyone would ever recommend it.
It's of course an amazing thing. But putting hardware on the market without a clear way towards using that hardware is rather dumb. You can't expect all abstractions to change immediately just because your have this REALLY COOL THING.
It was always going to bomb.
BS. Garbage is garbage.
Should I also thank you if you dump a ton of manure in front of my house? It certainly has value to some, so I guess I should be grateful...
If you want code into the kernel, make an effort, don't just throw code over the wall and expect others to fix the mess.
Does it really matter? As long as it is the same currency used for all countries. This is like me whining that they're not using Danish Kroner.
There's plenty of issues with the study (not adjusting for income, not mentioning speeds), but the currency used is not one of them.
"However, that's not a good model for larger systems that run continuously, are non-interactive, or span dozens to thousands of machines."
... Which in most is either under the ownership of the provider, or data can be assembled at a local node, that can in turn notify and request an admin if it is okay to send the report to the provider.
There is never a valid reason to just automatically track what is happening on other peoples devices.
"Since when does feeling have anything to do with justice? I just listened to an interview of an attorney, who actually said that "unless you can be proven to be guilty you must not be convicted - even if you are guilty, and everybody is sure of that, including the judge". Nor should a feeling of "well, the transaction is there and took place, but I'm sure that it was in no way linked to the gun permit" make the judge sway."
Actually since most of time. Intent is one of the most important parts of many criminal cases.
In your examples, the core is that they're opposite situations. That there is a tiny chance that they wasn't linked should ALWAYS make the judge sway.
It's a PITA in many cases, as in this (I'm pretty effing sure that it was bribery), but it's the only way to have fair trials.
It's both, by most dictionaries:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/disinterest
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disinterest
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinterest
Is this something that comes from long misuse? Maybe, probably. But it IS now the norm, even if you may not like it. Language evolves.
'A large part of Zhu's work was in publicising and raising funds, Ribaudo explained. "Henry is the one who contacts companies trying to explain to them why they should support us, the one who gives most talks at their internal events: he's the one working on fundraising for the team."'
And what a stellar job he's been doing!
'Funds to run out at end of 2021'
Oh... Nevermind.
Yeah, because people aren't much more likely to make an error like that themselves... Now all those that DOES use netmask doesn't have that issue anymore(if they actually update their packages), but many of those that doesn't will not be protected.
The only real factor here is how quickly the package maintainers respond. And in this case it was quickly.
90% of the difference on a server is the package manager (yum vs apt), the rest is rather minor. A few differences in default packages, and a few different configuration helper programs. Maybe also a few differences in how they structure larger service configurations, like the nginx folder.
Switching difficulty is down to how you use it. If you're just using e.g. a web server with PHP, it's pretty simple, especially if you have no special configurations. Just install the new server and copy over your stuff (this is definitely the best way for cloud services, if you're looking to do auto instantiations, where setting up a new server must be scripted).
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the more complicated your setup and customizations, the more trouble changing is, and the more you will realise the differences.
(Original title became too long with Re: and the quotation)
I, for one, has no issue with the web requiring JavaScript. But it needs to be safe, and the generated HTML should always be available and understandable to screen readers (both are mostly up to the developer)
Dumping old clients is a feature to me, though.
So... The universal works with a Mac (I know. My boss uses the old Anywhere for his Mac), but they made a special version ripped out the USB functionality.
Why isn't it cheaper? You lose functionality (granted, that you might not use) and gain nothing. Why buy a limited-functionality version for the same money? Or am I missing something?
master with main across its services
Anyone that has experience with in-ears, also expensive ones, would not blink before buying quality third party foam tips. They are a gazillion times better than anything that comes with the earphones (except many are now shipping Comply tips with their earphones). So buying third party cushions and expecting an improvement is not that far fetched.
Of course, tips are different since they can fit a large variety of earphones, while cushions has to be made specifically for the earphones, so it's hard to get anything quality from anyone but the original manufacturer.
Errr... Internet Explorer is very much still in support, and there is no Window for retirement, according to the he very page you referenced. Internet Explorer _10_ will run out of support at det end of January.
The only thing that happened in 2016 was that only the latest version of Internet Explorer for each supported OS would still be supported.
It's a curse that they can't seem to kill.
The Datasette of the C64 was much more sensitive than for music. If it was a bit out of whack, your programs weren't loading, especially if you were using turbo compressors/loaders which made it much more important to get right. Which makes sense, turbo compressors used a storing/loading method that stuffed data closer on the tape (later versions also did simple data compression on top, AFAIK), so being more sensitive is no surprise. BUT you could load stuff at amazing speeds; if I remember correctly, we're talking 10-15 times faster. Which is of course still ridiculously slow at today's speeds (and of course the compressing part also meant that there was much more room).
But, most turbo loaders showed the signal as lines, and as the sync signal in the start of a block usually consisted of reasonable straight lines, it wasn't that hard to sync with a bit of experience.
Cassette tapes and turbo loaders (though a bit after the PET) on the C64 was... Interesting
Sitting with a screwdriver to adjust the tape head, so that the lines looked good enough that the load would probably succeed, felt quite sci-fi in the beginning, but after doing it the 50000th time, you couldn't wait until everyone was using disks. What a PITA.
.... And I have a feeling that it wasn't necessary until someone started tinkering (IT'S FASTER THIS WAY. I KNOW IT!) or had a broken head, then when others got tapes from him they needed to adjust, then they lent tapes to others and THEY would adjust their heads, and so on and so forth. A bit like a very manual virus! :)
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