Microsoft being Microsoft. Of course they have to say they're going to do more. The reality is when you offer essentially infinite backwards compatibility, you attract companies that have zero desire to invest in their digital infrastructure and software.
Put another way, Microsoft seems happy to sell people the rope they use to inadvertently hang themselves with. Software is infrastructure, and safe and correctly maintained infrastructure is expensive. Corporations are externalizing machines, so we all bear the cost of poorly made software. Cybersecurity as an industry would be 90% smaller if software development wasn't "move fast and break things" and more "let's get this 100% right, formally verify what we can, test it for months and then release it."
Anyone who thinks Microsoft is anything but entirely complicit in making the world a significantly less secure place is either woefully ignorant or a fool.
Since you're on this thread..who normally runs the investment decisions inside of a bank, whether retail or investment. Is there a CIO office or is that the function of their Treasury department? Does it go by other names?
And in your experiences in 2008, what sort of strategy planning/what if scenarios were being played out since it was unprecedented and no one knew what was going to happen the next day
There is a field of study called Mechatronics that combined Mechanics and Electronics though that is not the only path
For more hobbyist stuff, join the Lego FIRST competitions though note that the Mindstorms product line has been recently discontinued though Educators may still be able to obtain the Spike set.
Look into open source ROS operating system
E.g. control engineers can also get into robotics and it's better not to havea more broad degree in my humble opinion
That's impressive. I've heard and the product manuals of most multi meters talk about the risk of shock when opening it up. Does anyone know how likely or rare that is?
I'd imagine that risk, if it's present, is from capacitors inside the meter. Capacitors inside tools and appliances can hold a large charge for a relatively long time, even after the circuit is no longer externally powered.
You can discharge a capacitor by shorting it with a screwdriver (with an insulated handle), or by clipping a resistor to the capacitor leads for a less abrupt discharge. I think people who do a lot of appliance repairs learn to look carefully for capacitors when opening appliances, and make sure that any moderately large ones (or ones that there was reason to believe could have been charged to a high voltage) are discharged before beginning work.
I don't know how common large capacitors are in multimeters. I think there's a much bigger risk when opening a CRT monitor or a microwave.
After unplugging the power cord, I always switch the device back on with the main power switch. That should be sufficient to discharge the caps. It's never been a problem. Other than that, I just avoid touching anything close to the power circuitry. And, finally, I've survived many 220V shocks as a kid when playing with retired washing machines and such (I don't recommend it), 110V should be less shocking. :-)
You generally only have to worry about capacitors being charged still on tube-type gear (anything with high voltage circuits), anything with solid state parts, will self discharge within moments. This doesnt have a motor starting cap, or high voltage, so the risk is near zero.
Risk is zero if it’s powered down and disconnected from the circuit under test. The main risk is from the circuit under test leaving dangerous voltages inside the multimeter or the power supply of the multimeter only if it’s a mains powered bench meter.
Most multimeters are battery powered - this one is the exception, this one is a bench meter and is supplied by an IEC cable on the rear, but so long as you unplug in and let it sit for 30 seconds or so before opening it up, you're just fine.
You generally only have to worry about capacitors being charged still on tube-type gear (anything with high voltage circuits), anything with solid state parts, will self discharge within moments.
Obviously, do not have the meter hooked up to a circuit under test while working on it.
Tell me more about what worked and didn't..I recall the pain of watching QzDesktop load and Bob/HUGS jobs failing..but what else, and what did you enjoy
When all you have is a DAG all solutions end up with sales person coming at your door problem. But years down the line we didn’t have traveling salesman problem but out of date libraries problem.
The monkeys tried to make their risk taking more safe by introducing all kinda of random constraints not realising that what gave power to the whole idea was actually risk taking.
And no, they didn’t try to manage risk but have completely fail to understand that risk is what made product good in the first place.
And this is how every great idea in human history fell apart, the original people had different view of a current problem however the following generations have only understood the simplified problem and down the line the the solution to original problem had became the actual problem.
I still believe the poem would make greater justice to the whole idea, but what I tried to explain here is that the simple things we have all witnessed actually hide much deeper truths about life in general.
And from there I assume QzDesktop loading times where not the issue at the beginning of this deterministic chaotic system, but simply one of the possible generational products.
I am yet to understand how to solve the monkey issue.
It's amazing how a few people have left such a big mark on a part of the investment banking industry. I missed Kirat right before exiting BAML but met all his "disciples" and Dubno..including his miniature dinosaur and telescope in his office :). Very much felt like tech religion where no open debate on merits and drawbacks could be discussed. And a lot has changed in terms of engineering innovation with turnover since that era...
Why is the number of people who "left a big mark" so small?
1. An organization/industry can adopt each new technology only once. New technologies arise infrequently. Each time they arise, only a few people get to work on the projects introducing them. In other words, opportunities to leave a big mark are limited.
2. Credit for innovation is political capital. People hoard political capital and become powerful. They act as gatekeepers of innovation and take the credit for successful projects.
