Posts by trev101 29 publicly visible posts • joined 13 Aug 2012
This is not security, other successful chinese apps are not targeted. They are targeting the freedom of speech 170 million US citizens have that are freely talking about anything and everything they don't like. I am a regular tiktok user and follow many americans and I can say they are not happy on their constitutional right of the first amendment being breached. Many have gone full chinese downloading the rednote chinese app and deleting meta apps. The ban has not only backfired but has created a new generation of angry people.
No mention of the Tiktok ban with the app serving 179m american users and creators. Zuckerberg openly canvassed and financially supported a ban of its competition whilst Trump has hinted he may waive the ban that ultimately denies americans freedom of speech. Anyone can just open an account and voice their opinion with video. With Tiktok now stating it will not sell or allow it to be taken over it has announced a usa closure that will deny millions of creators any income and leave a vast void for users and creators in the rest of the world.
Just look at Adobe history when it last bought out the competition. Macromedia with my favourites at the time Fireworks. Dreamweaver, Flash, Director, Freehand. Out of this list now only using Dreamweaver but we can no longer buy it outright. Adobe has the sole competition on subscription. The question is why is no one competing with Adobe? Because they get bought out.
I am RHCSA qualified and used CentOS for projects we didn't need to pay for support. CentOS was reliable and stable. These servers are now moving to Ubuntu LTS. RedHat have made a tactical blunder by reducing their client base in RedHat universe and pushing the existing users to other solutions.
As long as IBM improves on the RedHat Linux offering it will good for both companies. If IBM has any ambitions to offer good prospects for Redhat Linux in the desktop world it could start with getting Adobe to develop it's suite of software for Linux. That will sway a lot of people away from Microsoft.
Last month I took advantage of Apple's battery upgrade for my 6s plus. This was showing as 83% capacity and the new battery boosted standby to 2 days. But the reason why I did that was because the new iPhones have taken away the audio jack and touch id. So why bother upgrading for in my opinion a poorer device. in
I have been on iOS since 2009 and would like to move to Android but the only think stopping me is the app data which you lose. Android will have the same apps but all the game data is lost and there is no easy way to transfer it. Losing all the hard won coins and other treasures keeps me back on iOS.
What benefit is a smart meter? I have said no and still say no. I am not convinced it is of any measurable benefit to the consumer. To spend £11bn, at no cost to the consumer suggests it is of more benefit to the providers of our energy in the homes. It enables them to regulate, control, ration remotely and we have all seen the press articles warning of looming energy shortfalls with demand for electricity outstripping supply within a decade. Any reasonable person would say no to allowing a third party cut off or reduce power to your home remotely.
Not surprised, we are paying an arm and leg for the annual subscription license.
The biggest advantage for us is the ZFS file system. This is not rock solid on linux, so I would like to see if Oracle are going to transfer their technology code to Linux kernel or whether we should be looking at freebsd.
I only use CD drive for creating music CD's from my playlist, however more and more cars are now going usb or iphone way so my CD/DVD RW will disappear from my computer soon. However I disagree with blu-ray.
I use it extensively for content authoring. Let's face it TV's need a blu-ray player & we are not going to be downloading 25GB or 50GB anytime soon. I see a future for blu-ray well into next 10 years.
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