He looks kinda dodgy. His bios reads as mostly a lawyer type with no real world experience outside of government bribes and the usual tricks of despots.
Since he is installed in this administration this one suspects that the bribes experience is the most pertinent.
Since many of the big cloud providers seemed interested in dealing with the government, maybe they would be interested in the data center from hell in Utah, aka Saratoga Springs, UT.
Not like NSA needs it now. Best to check if the sweetheart water deal is on the table.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 26 Apr 2019 @ 5:02pm
Re: Video Games are a great example of this phenomina
Oh, you poor thing, poor thing.
The cost of developing AAA games has blazed new trails - into the clouds. Once games hit billion dollar numbers the suits showed up in force. They only care about spreadsheets, check lists, and the bottom line. Most of them care nothing about gaming, gamers, and the industry itself.
Support indies. Vote with your wallet.
BTW, Anthem is a bogus example that most gamers realized was going to be a disaster up front. Not figuring that out is on you. Pay attention.
Don't buy from EA, Ubisoft, and any publisher that has performed badly FOR YOU. Wait until the game stabilizes. If it doesn't, hey money saved.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 26 Apr 2019 @ 4:56pm
Old man, old man.
Fix the price of two people going to the movies. It has skyrocketed over the last two decades.
In Portland, Or. we used to have a discount night and that meant I saw more movies at theaters. I'm retired now and, frankly, the cost of going to the movie theater is more expensive than purchasing the DVD.
The only rational decision is to skip the theater.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 20 Apr 2019 @ 1:58pm
Once again, break up the big tech
And the end result will be a decades long attempt to break up the companies 'responsible' for the actions of others.
Which will do absolutely nothing to address the problem, perceived or real.
I'll listen to break up big tech to solve the internet problem once they have broken up big oil to solve CO2 emissions. And Ford. And GMC. And GE. And big banks.
Why stop there, break up every company on the 500 lists.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 1 Apr 2019 @ 12:12pm
Sauce and ganders once more
So, let's imagine the situation in six months. Most of the countries will have some attempt at the law. So, the effects will be dripping in.
First let's enable a condition: All companies less than Google drop out of the EU. Even EU companies cannot afford to make a mistake, not when the legal fees alone, much less the fines, will crush their companies.
However, the best part, IMHO, is once Google decides to block EU completely, EU companies will no longer be able to access YT to test their content.
No new content from EU. Better yet, no new ContentID flags.
The EU just disappears up its own asshole. Perfect.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 20 Mar 2019 @ 12:43pm
And everybody should code.
Yes, the issue is complex. The solution needs to be more robust. And just accepting the software even though it was known not to work? Amazing. Amazingly stupid.
Some of the biggest failings I've seen in my several decades of coding/engineering is missing edge cases along with sufficient failure testing.
QA goes into the virtual bar: orders 1 beer, orders 0 bears, orders -1 beers, orders 9,999,999 beers. Tips bartender -$42.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 13 Mar 2019 @ 1:05pm
I smell something rotten
I think it might well be Florian Mueller.
Using FM in reference to anything besides an ongoing internet joke, or abomination is simply not proper use of FM. The rent a hack, pay for shill that was such a force of honesty, from a particular (paid for) viewpoint, during certain trials in the USA.
To quote or refer to anything FM must acknowledge his past and the damage he has consistently tried to inflict. Most commonly on anything American, and/or relating to American Corps.
They never mention the old-industries when saying Google is too big. Nope, they must have been listening to 'screw google' podcasts from MSFT and the EU copyright dictator.
Better yet, let's have Federal Privacy laws and an agency that has sufficient funding to put the teeth in them.
Privacy laws would do so much more for the betterment of everyone than pissing away a couple of decades of DOJ funding to tip at these particular windmills.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 22 Feb 2019 @ 12:30am
EU trusts gov more than companies?
Since when?
I know several people in the EU and they think the governments are basic cluster fucks. They don't want socialism so they gut the support of the lower class. They don't want communism so the gut freedom of speech. They don't want their antiquated business models to fail so they fine American companies.
This isn't the EU having an emotional moment. Just look at the comments the EU spits out every single time they fine an American company: Rights, IP, EU protectionism is good, US Companies are too big and we can't compete so we fine them because it worked in Germany and Spain.
Straight up European bullshit. I just hope Google has the backbone to close down Europe for three months. That should be long enough to close up shop and leave them to their EU regulations, where their own loyal companies are waiting to be crushed under billion euro fines.
Wait until the soccer drunks (fans) find out that article 12 will prevent ANY picture of a sports game. There will be blood.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 13 Feb 2019 @ 12:04pm
Wrong legal doctrine
Of course, it would be so much easier if this was filed in the EU. And article 13 had been passed, which seems likely, but it has yet to do so. Fair use will allow them to spend attorneys fees though.
Last I checked it doesn't appear that the USA will join the EU anytime soon. Most would say EW to the concept.
Darkness Of Course (profile), 9 Jan 2019 @ 10:32pm
This is the default management mode in tech.
Management is driven to not spend money, it cuts their bonuses. This observation is mostly from tech, which was my experience.
To get management to accept the new idea, it must be repeated. See above 'for years'. Also, there exists a period of time when management can determine that this idea was indeed their own. This can happen during the length of a thirty minute meeting, as I have witnessed. I also saw a year long delay, but I printed out my email to the manager in question, and his latest proposal. Then I offered them to my friends, yep. Same idea, different acronym.
Acknowledging that something could be improved indicates that the "something" is actually not perfect. Odds are very high that there is some actual personal investment to the old way by the existing management. Thus, they are not open to the new way.
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I don't know ...
He looks kinda dodgy. His bios reads as mostly a lawyer type with no real world experience outside of government bribes and the usual tricks of despots.
Since he is installed in this administration this one suspects that the bribes experience is the most pertinent.
On the post: At Long Last, NSA Finally Recommends Its Bulk Phone Collection Program Be Put Out Of Its Misery
What to do, what to do
Since many of the big cloud providers seemed interested in dealing with the government, maybe they would be interested in the data center from hell in Utah, aka Saratoga Springs, UT.
Not like NSA needs it now. Best to check if the sweetheart water deal is on the table.
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Nice things
This is why the fifth district cannot have nice things.
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Re: Video Games are a great example of this phenomina
Oh, you poor thing, poor thing.
The cost of developing AAA games has blazed new trails - into the clouds. Once games hit billion dollar numbers the suits showed up in force. They only care about spreadsheets, check lists, and the bottom line. Most of them care nothing about gaming, gamers, and the industry itself.
Support indies. Vote with your wallet.
BTW, Anthem is a bogus example that most gamers realized was going to be a disaster up front. Not figuring that out is on you. Pay attention.
Don't buy from EA, Ubisoft, and any publisher that has performed badly FOR YOU. Wait until the game stabilizes. If it doesn't, hey money saved.
In this day and age, never pre-order.
On the post: Despite Spielberg's 'Get Off My Lawn' Moment, The Oscars Won't Ban Netflix
Old man, old man.
Fix the price of two people going to the movies. It has skyrocketed over the last two decades.
In Portland, Or. we used to have a discount night and that meant I saw more movies at theaters. I'm retired now and, frankly, the cost of going to the movie theater is more expensive than purchasing the DVD.
The only rational decision is to skip the theater.
On the post: Don't Regulate The Internet Like Every Company Is The Same
Once again, break up the big tech
And the end result will be a decades long attempt to break up the companies 'responsible' for the actions of others.
Which will do absolutely nothing to address the problem, perceived or real.
I'll listen to break up big tech to solve the internet problem once they have broken up big oil to solve CO2 emissions. And Ford. And GMC. And GE. And big banks.
Why stop there, break up every company on the 500 lists.
On the post: James Comey Offers Up Half-Assed Apology For Being Such An Asshole About Encryption
So, the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
The play was a disappointment as well? Oh, too bad.
Well, it's not like its new subject matter and the second act certainly fell apart. I doubt anyone stayed through to the end.
On the post: Here Comes The Splinternet: How The EU Is Helping Break Apart The Internet
Sauce and ganders once more
So, let's imagine the situation in six months. Most of the countries will have some attempt at the law. So, the effects will be dripping in.
First let's enable a condition: All companies less than Google drop out of the EU. Even EU companies cannot afford to make a mistake, not when the legal fees alone, much less the fines, will crush their companies.
However, the best part, IMHO, is once Google decides to block EU completely, EU companies will no longer be able to access YT to test their content.
No new content from EU. Better yet, no new ContentID flags.
The EU just disappears up its own asshole. Perfect.
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And everybody should code.
Yes, the issue is complex. The solution needs to be more robust. And just accepting the software even though it was known not to work? Amazing. Amazingly stupid.
Some of the biggest failings I've seen in my several decades of coding/engineering is missing edge cases along with sufficient failure testing.
QA goes into the virtual bar: orders 1 beer, orders 0 bears, orders -1 beers, orders 9,999,999 beers. Tips bartender -$42.
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I smell something rotten
I think it might well be Florian Mueller.
Using FM in reference to anything besides an ongoing internet joke, or abomination is simply not proper use of FM. The rent a hack, pay for shill that was such a force of honesty, from a particular (paid for) viewpoint, during certain trials in the USA.
To quote or refer to anything FM must acknowledge his past and the damage he has consistently tried to inflict. Most commonly on anything American, and/or relating to American Corps.
On the post: Much Of The Broadband Growth Ajit Pai Credits To Killing Net Neutrality Was Actually Due To A Clerical Error
The least competent shall keep screwing up.
Ajit Pai never looked beyond the number at the bottom.
Nothing clarifies the quality of Republicans in any position in this administration than Pai claiming positive results on bad data.
On the post: Elizabeth Warren Wants To Break Up Amazon, Google And Facebook; But Does Her Plan Make Any Sense?
Let's break up Westinghouse and GE.
They never mention the old-industries when saying Google is too big. Nope, they must have been listening to 'screw google' podcasts from MSFT and the EU copyright dictator.
Better yet, let's have Federal Privacy laws and an agency that has sufficient funding to put the teeth in them.
Privacy laws would do so much more for the betterment of everyone than pissing away a couple of decades of DOJ funding to tip at these particular windmills.
On the post: A Conversation With EU Parliament Member Marietje Schaake About Digital Platforms And Regulation, Part II
EU trusts gov more than companies?
Since when?
I know several people in the EU and they think the governments are basic cluster fucks. They don't want socialism so they gut the support of the lower class. They don't want communism so the gut freedom of speech. They don't want their antiquated business models to fail so they fine American companies.
This isn't the EU having an emotional moment. Just look at the comments the EU spits out every single time they fine an American company: Rights, IP, EU protectionism is good, US Companies are too big and we can't compete so we fine them because it worked in Germany and Spain.
Straight up European bullshit. I just hope Google has the backbone to close down Europe for three months. That should be long enough to close up shop and leave them to their EU regulations, where their own loyal companies are waiting to be crushed under billion euro fines.
Wait until the soccer drunks (fans) find out that article 12 will prevent ANY picture of a sports game. There will be blood.
On the post: German Politician Thinks Gmail Constituent Messages Are All Faked By Google
He's actually expanding.
The replies all come from ... Twitter!
OMFG, they're in it together.
On the post: Good Luck, Japan: Government About To Make All Copyright Infringement A Criminal Offense
It might provide a housing ...
Solution if one is looking for a place to crash for 2y and their parents are fed up with them.
Problem once several hundred thousand millennials decide to download any Rick Rolled song.
On the post: Obsolete Hot News Doctrine Back In The News As Bloomberg Is Sued For Reporting Too Quickly
Wrong legal doctrine
Of course, it would be so much easier if this was filed in the EU. And article 13 had been passed, which seems likely, but it has yet to do so. Fair use will allow them to spend attorneys fees though.
Last I checked it doesn't appear that the USA will join the EU anytime soon. Most would say EW to the concept.
On the post: Federal Court Says Iowa's Ag Gag Law Is Unconstitutional
What if I lied about ...
Now, the individual is just a person. A job seeker. But, falsely claims they are associated with some anti-ag group.
Would that lie be against their law?
Assuming they could magically avoid the 1st Amendment and this ruling, of course.
On the post: There's One Encouraging Thought Buried In Zuckerberg's 2019 Challenge
This is the default management mode in tech.
To get management to accept the new idea, it must be repeated. See above 'for years'. Also, there exists a period of time when management can determine that this idea was indeed their own. This can happen during the length of a thirty minute meeting, as I have witnessed. I also saw a year long delay, but I printed out my email to the manager in question, and his latest proposal. Then I offered them to my friends, yep. Same idea, different acronym.
Acknowledging that something could be improved indicates that the "something" is actually not perfect. Odds are very high that there is some actual personal investment to the old way by the existing management. Thus, they are not open to the new way.
Besides, it might cost money.
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Thanks for the laugh.
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Welcome to Oregon
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