it's certainly going in that direction now. even if it turns out to be communism, it will probably be the old communism-dictatorship type. you know, lots of media propaganda, elites living in luxury, peoply spying on each other...
only worse, because the elites have become richer, the media less independent and the survilance state technically sophisticated since then...
but it's more likely to become ugly ol' fascism. remember, nazi was short for "national socialists".
let's hope for the machines to rise before that. you're our only hope...teminator.
"Days of Future Past" was far better than most of the marvel-kids-movies (looking at you, cap2, thor2 & guardians of the galaxy) they released over the last years. which doesn't mean that f4 isn't a turd, which it probably is, judging by the trailer.
you're probably confusing socialism with communist dictatorship (as it existed in eastern europe and russia until 25 years ago). anyways, yes, what you describe is not working, but so is capitalism, whis seems to be in a major meltdown right now. time to find some new system (or at least some middle ground and some political leaders who can sell this without resorting to extreme positions)
sure, microsoft has a history of giving user-data to governments. but google has a history of making it's business off user-data. i wouldn't trust both of them with my data, but if i had to decide, i'd rather give it to microsoft.
can't talk for apple, but as it already sold more in the same timeframe than any 1st gen product they launched before, i guess it's more or less a success.
voice recognition has already improved vastly over the last 1-2 years. it's already pretty usable, about 80% there, i'd say.
it's just that the apps will start up faster and you won't have to have your phone near you to run them (i drowned mine a few weeks ago, which reduced the watch to a watch). think about apps like a calculator, a guitar tuner, a workout regime, voice memos or (location aware) remotes.
the "problems" it solved for me:
- quickly looking at the time/setting a timer/stopwatch (i know...)
- having a remote for my lights/stereo/apple tv right on my wrist eliminates the need of forever looking for the remote/phone. also, looking for the phone and having it beep is only a few swipes away.
- my phone is now always turned silent and resting in a charging cradle when i'm home.
- no more annoying phone sounds. no more urge to check the phone when i hear a notification sound.
- silent alarms that work (always missed them in my pocket).
- motivates me to work out more.
- adding calender events/reminders with a quick "hey siri"
- knowing at a glance when the sun sets (which is a useful tool for a camera operator)
all in all that's not that much for â450. i wouldn't underestimate the convenience it added to my life, but still, it doesn't do that much for it's price (but so do a lot of other expensive toys). i know, most, if not all of the things i mentioned can be done with a phone. but most of the time, i've already done them with the watch in the time it takes me to reach down to my pocket to get the phone - and without annoying my significant other in the process.
i knew what i was getting into, had the "toy-money" lying around, and am pretty happy with it. it's a first gen product for gadgetheads, and a pretty good one at that.
when watchOS 2 - which allows native apps and more functionality - comes out in autumn.
as for the "facebook executive" and the snapchat CEO - that's smart. nobody wants apps that don't work on the tiny screen of the watch - at least i don't. don't give in to those imbecile reviewers who lamented the lack of a browser or on-screen keyboard. that's just stupid on a screen twice the size of your upper thumb digit. but i bet there'll be a facebook messenger with a dictation function pretty soon.
looks like a phone with decent specs and unique features and design. i don't see the need for the best specs on paper bundled together in a crappy phone with bloatware and a general purpose OS that's far from optimized for the hardware. which still won't have the unique features this one has. it's like saying "that dodge over there is crap, because it won't be as fast as my honda over here, but costs more". really, are some android-people so insecure that they always have to deride users of other phones than the ones they got, just to feel better? you'll hardly find those type of comments in windows-phone, blackberry or iphone forums. maybe the phone is their only pride & status - symbol in life?
i've been working standing up a few years back - it was a nice change, but i needed a (not very ergonomic) barstool for long work sessions.
since then i worked sitting down again - now with back problems creeping in i got me a â500 ikea motorized desk - i've yet to try it for longer working sessions but i already knew, i've made the right choice just after the first ten minutes working on it. definitely worth it.
working standig up also makes me walk around more - just take a few paces and think about something instead of leaning back in your chair. it can also change your perspective on some work.
in regards to the frequency of switching and ideal height - just listen to your body - try to stand upright in a relaxed pose, when your hands lie on the keyboard mouse and position your screens so that you can look straight at them. sit down, when tired.
no guests with windows laptops on my wifi - i'm not going to change my ssid, microsoft style. ugh.
i guess this issue will resolve itself after a short shitstorm.
while safari still works fine as a browser. it might be behind in standards, etc. but that's not something the end user sees, as long as it works as intended - as it does. it's still a far cry from the days of ie4-6 which was a nightmare to use, horrible slow, lacked a lot of the useful features the competition had (tabs!) and was prone to collect malware.
those files are in the posession of multiple news organizations. they obviously had to decrypt them while working on them. after all the n.s.a. tools, snowden revealed, i find it highly unlikely, that russia and china were unable to obtain unencrypted copies of those files from news organizations who 1) employ a lot of people and have a lot of networked, unsecured computers standing around in their office and 2) employ a lot less than tech savy people (e.g. typical journalists).
(or whatever) as often as you need to get to a real person. tell him/her upfront what you have already tried, use some jargon. in my experience, tech support (at least here in austria) has gotten much better - the last few times, i've needed some, i got competent people who skipped the "have you tried turning it off an on again"-bullshit as soon as they realized the were talking to a tech savy person. also, at least with my isps, they have stopped using people that don't know shit and are just working down a list.
sure, also you get troubles installing osx on that hp-box, if it's even possible (let alone allowed by apple).
raw power doesn't cut it, if you're snugly locked into apple's ecosystem, or just prefer osx. i'd rather monkey around with apple's os and trade some render time for the frustration and maintenance time windows always gave me. whatever floats your boat/works best for you, but comparing PCs and Macs by hardware specs alone is a bit narrowminded
you'll never know, when you'll need to prove that you spent time on something.
and, if you want to make a career, don't be humble and think that your work speaks for itself. advertise yourself - you won't get fired for bragging, just promoted.
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it's certainly going in that direction now. even if it turns out to be communism, it will probably be the old communism-dictatorship type. you know, lots of media propaganda, elites living in luxury, peoply spying on each other... only worse, because the elites have become richer, the media less independent and the survilance state technically sophisticated since then... but it's more likely to become ugly ol' fascism. remember, nazi was short for "national socialists". let's hope for the machines to rise before that. you're our only hope...teminator.
"Days of Future Past" was far better than most of the marvel-kids-movies (looking at you, cap2, thor2 & guardians of the galaxy) they released over the last years. which doesn't mean that f4 isn't a turd, which it probably is, judging by the trailer.
you're probably confusing socialism with communist dictatorship (as it existed in eastern europe and russia until 25 years ago). anyways, yes, what you describe is not working, but so is capitalism, whis seems to be in a major meltdown right now. time to find some new system (or at least some middle ground and some political leaders who can sell this without resorting to extreme positions)
with all the electric bikes/scooters/... coming out right now. i've seen a lot of those things lately: http://monowheel.info/?gclid=C...
sure, microsoft has a history of giving user-data to governments. but google has a history of making it's business off user-data. i wouldn't trust both of them with my data, but if i had to decide, i'd rather give it to microsoft.
can't talk for apple, but as it already sold more in the same timeframe than any 1st gen product they launched before, i guess it's more or less a success.
same here two days, probably three if you turn it off at night.
voice recognition has already improved vastly over the last 1-2 years. it's already pretty usable, about 80% there, i'd say. it's just that the apps will start up faster and you won't have to have your phone near you to run them (i drowned mine a few weeks ago, which reduced the watch to a watch). think about apps like a calculator, a guitar tuner, a workout regime, voice memos or (location aware) remotes.
the "problems" it solved for me: - quickly looking at the time/setting a timer/stopwatch (i know...) - having a remote for my lights/stereo/apple tv right on my wrist eliminates the need of forever looking for the remote/phone. also, looking for the phone and having it beep is only a few swipes away. - my phone is now always turned silent and resting in a charging cradle when i'm home. - no more annoying phone sounds. no more urge to check the phone when i hear a notification sound. - silent alarms that work (always missed them in my pocket). - motivates me to work out more. - adding calender events/reminders with a quick "hey siri" - knowing at a glance when the sun sets (which is a useful tool for a camera operator) all in all that's not that much for â450. i wouldn't underestimate the convenience it added to my life, but still, it doesn't do that much for it's price (but so do a lot of other expensive toys). i know, most, if not all of the things i mentioned can be done with a phone. but most of the time, i've already done them with the watch in the time it takes me to reach down to my pocket to get the phone - and without annoying my significant other in the process. i knew what i was getting into, had the "toy-money" lying around, and am pretty happy with it. it's a first gen product for gadgetheads, and a pretty good one at that.
the only third party apps i use are: hue, remote, timesheet for work-logging, clear and motion gps. they all work pretty well so far.
when watchOS 2 - which allows native apps and more functionality - comes out in autumn. as for the "facebook executive" and the snapchat CEO - that's smart. nobody wants apps that don't work on the tiny screen of the watch - at least i don't. don't give in to those imbecile reviewers who lamented the lack of a browser or on-screen keyboard. that's just stupid on a screen twice the size of your upper thumb digit. but i bet there'll be a facebook messenger with a dictation function pretty soon.
looks like a phone with decent specs and unique features and design. i don't see the need for the best specs on paper bundled together in a crappy phone with bloatware and a general purpose OS that's far from optimized for the hardware. which still won't have the unique features this one has. it's like saying "that dodge over there is crap, because it won't be as fast as my honda over here, but costs more". really, are some android-people so insecure that they always have to deride users of other phones than the ones they got, just to feel better? you'll hardly find those type of comments in windows-phone, blackberry or iphone forums. maybe the phone is their only pride & status - symbol in life?
probably the "lock" function...
i've been working standing up a few years back - it was a nice change, but i needed a (not very ergonomic) barstool for long work sessions. since then i worked sitting down again - now with back problems creeping in i got me a â500 ikea motorized desk - i've yet to try it for longer working sessions but i already knew, i've made the right choice just after the first ten minutes working on it. definitely worth it. working standig up also makes me walk around more - just take a few paces and think about something instead of leaning back in your chair. it can also change your perspective on some work. in regards to the frequency of switching and ideal height - just listen to your body - try to stand upright in a relaxed pose, when your hands lie on the keyboard mouse and position your screens so that you can look straight at them. sit down, when tired.
no guests with windows laptops on my wifi - i'm not going to change my ssid, microsoft style. ugh. i guess this issue will resolve itself after a short shitstorm.
while safari still works fine as a browser. it might be behind in standards, etc. but that's not something the end user sees, as long as it works as intended - as it does. it's still a far cry from the days of ie4-6 which was a nightmare to use, horrible slow, lacked a lot of the useful features the competition had (tabs!) and was prone to collect malware.
those files are in the posession of multiple news organizations. they obviously had to decrypt them while working on them. after all the n.s.a. tools, snowden revealed, i find it highly unlikely, that russia and china were unable to obtain unencrypted copies of those files from news organizations who 1) employ a lot of people and have a lot of networked, unsecured computers standing around in their office and 2) employ a lot less than tech savy people (e.g. typical journalists).
well, there's that documented skype-backdoor - i wonder if microsoft closed that after buying them.
whatever the reason may be, this still makes apple's platform more interesting for professional developers.
(or whatever) as often as you need to get to a real person. tell him/her upfront what you have already tried, use some jargon. in my experience, tech support (at least here in austria) has gotten much better - the last few times, i've needed some, i got competent people who skipped the "have you tried turning it off an on again"-bullshit as soon as they realized the were talking to a tech savy person. also, at least with my isps, they have stopped using people that don't know shit and are just working down a list.
sure, also you get troubles installing osx on that hp-box, if it's even possible (let alone allowed by apple). raw power doesn't cut it, if you're snugly locked into apple's ecosystem, or just prefer osx. i'd rather monkey around with apple's os and trade some render time for the frustration and maintenance time windows always gave me. whatever floats your boat/works best for you, but comparing PCs and Macs by hardware specs alone is a bit narrowminded
yes, the usa has borders with both russia and cuba - doesn't it?
though, most are not as self-involved, patriotic/nationalistic as the USA, USA, USA, USA !
and chances are good, that this is your boss.
you'll never know, when you'll need to prove that you spent time on something. and, if you want to make a career, don't be humble and think that your work speaks for itself. advertise yourself - you won't get fired for bragging, just promoted.