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Hi Sandor, I omitted the name of a certain person, in the hope of focusing on the outcomes here, rather than "personalities." I felt this was necessary for a post in this forum.
cheers, Bill
«When I consider my brief span of life, swallowed up in an eternity before and after, the little space I fill, and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant, and which know me not, I am frightened, and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, now rather than then.» Blaise Pascal
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Unfortunately, this certain person's name is the first thing you read in the article's title 
The outcome, of course, is pretty sad.
The internet was NOT designed to be in the hands of a few individual companies.
Everyone should have equal access to cat videos and pr0n, they are basic human rights!
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For the me, the most infuriating thing is the state laws that bar municipalities from pursuing their own local systems. I can't see how that is anything but restricting competition and it makes no sense to me.
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Damn.
The US is where all the funny cat videos come from.
We'll miss them, when they're gone.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You have this problem when everything is based on capitalism without a socialism component [the converse is also true is other countries].
This is systemic in all aspects of America (health care, insurance, education) which they [the government] fail to correct, you need and have to have both for a healthy country and economy and that is the role of the central government.
Just me 2 cents so to speak...
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Mehdi Gholam wrote: You have this problem when everything is based on capitalism without a socialism component
No, no. One of the main tenets of capitalism is competition. And it is competition that is lacking here, not bigger government.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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The only competition that will be going on is who can best monetize the customer. Currently there is no way to get true competition in the ISP arena due to impracticability of installing the infrastructure to allow competition. Also, the ISPs themselves (at least the big ones) have a huge army of government lobbyists that have worked to create road blocks to competition.
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Scott Serl wrote: Also, the ISPs themselves (at least the big ones) have a huge army of government lobbyists that have worked to create road blocks to competition.
And how have the lobbyists accomplished that goal? Through government intervention in the marketplace.
My argument is simply that we need less government intervention, not more. But I do agree with anti-trust laws.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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It's in the name... the main tenet is profit/wealth for the selected few, and monopolies are good for profits not competition.
Yes at a country scale there is competition (multiple players) but they have divided the country among themselves where they operate as monopolies in each region.
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"Not surprisingly, Mr. Pai has vigorously opposed federal proposals to block those state laws."
Because it's none of their business. If residents of a state want the law to go, they can vote politicians in who will make it go.
Plus, not all municipalities do it right. One near my resident nearly went bankrupt with their folly and eventually sold the whole thing.
Finally, regarding the rhetorical question "Taken further, should Verizon be able to require that the “internet of things” include only its things?" Should we not also ask, "Taken further, should government X be able to require that the “internet” include only it desires?" I fail to see how government is noble.
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The AI system, called Lengpudashi, won a landslide victory and $290,000 (£230,000) in the five-day competition. Yea, but can it beat beginners?
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What would a computer do with a lifetime supply of chocolate?
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Inspired by google-interview-university, I'd like to share my experience and show a roadmap to becoming a low-level programmer because I have found that these skills are not as common as they once were. Beginner resources.
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You aren't a programmer until you've written your own 80286 extended memory manager. Which I did, back in the day. 
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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And wire-wrapped an extended memory circuit and memory for an 8-bit micro.
I still have the single board I designed, built and programmed in my last year at University.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Matthew Dennis wrote: And wire-wrapped an extended memory circuit and memory for an 8-bit micro.
Very cool!
Marc
Latest Article - Merkle Trees
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Nowadays, HTTP/2 protocol is supported by most browsers and it’s important to point out. Nowadays, HTTP/2 protocol is supported by most browsers and it’s important to point out.
modified 17-Apr-17 10:27am.
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Witty Blurb Copy Pasta Fail? (See thread right below)
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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It looks like I posted this incorrectly, fixed it afterwards, but that didn't update what got posted in Insider News.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Hiring decisions based on security certifications is not only flawed, but they lead your organization into a false sense of security. This will eventually cause more harm than good. Dan Tentler, founder of the attack simulation consultancy Phobos Group, believes that “ISC2 is making money hand over fist,” and that the organization is “diluting the market with people who have no idea what they’re doing.”
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I have to argue this. Obtaining an A+ certification or going to the local community college and receiving passing grades in Information Technology and working help desk for a year and then passing CEH makes you a security professional! After landing that first information security position and beginning their senior level career path, a CISSP certification warrants a 6-figure salary. Security professionals MUST have all those certifications to run a Qualys scan. 
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Fascinating, since CISSP has nothing to do with hacking, but the article is a vetch-fest by a hacker.
It also is basically impossible to pass the CISSP exam without at least a reasonable familiarity with security in general and IT security in particular.
Which is the point.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Sean Ewington wrote: diluting the market with people who have no idea what they’re doing.
Sounds like many other certificate programs.
Marc
Latest Article - Merkle Trees
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Google is facing an intensive investigation from the Department of Labor over alleged pay discrimination. In the past year, the Labor Department has sued two other Silicon Valley companies — Palantir and Oracle — for unequal pay practices.
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I'll have to Google if that's true.
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