I've never understood this. These two groups couldn't have more different needs. Students need basic word processing and internet browsing. Professionals need all kinds of other things, such as virtual machines, high-end graphics software, video editing, etc. etc. Why do they always get lumped together? Is it just because students so often want to waste their time playing video games?
> Pixel phones get Android version updates for at least 2 years from when the device first became available on the Google Store. After 2 years, we can't guarantee additional updates.
> Pixel phones get security updates for at least 3 years from when the device first became available on the Google Store, or at least 18 months from when the Google Store last sold the device, whichever is longer. After that, we can't guarantee additional updates.
Could it get any more clear? That's certainly more information than most manufacturers provide.
You might have a point if you're talking about mouse users, but when it comes to speed, keyboard is king, and the Mac sucks ass there. No keyboard shortcut hints are ever visible. You just have to outright memorise every shortcut. Everything is tied to the mouse, it's terrible.
Okay, I'll bite. Comapred to DOS/Windows, the "special" appeal is a UNIX-based OS at the core and pretty graphics. Solid, quality hardware. Beyond that, though...really nothing. They are incredibly overpriced, locked down, and treat their customers like idiots. Apple is famous for assuming its users aren't smart enough to handle more than one giant mouse button. This mentality permeates all of their products. Worse, they are terribly proprietary, and Apple hates following standards. They would rather "innovate" by choosing proprietary solutions to lock-in their customers, again showing them a lack of respect.
Once you experience the joy of switching to an all open-source lifestyle, there's no way you can go back to that crap.
Uh, you know this story is about *headphones*, right? Not iOS, which is what your entire post was about. I assume these AirPods can be used on any bluetooth compatible phone. While I agree with what you said, that was a pretty stupid comment.
Serious question: has an Apple user ever *not* claimed complete satisfaction with one of their products? (At least, since they became a fashion icon with the iPod.) These surveys don't mean much, other than that they're going to continue making money off of these people.
A "robot tax" solves nothing. We need to find a way to move away from our dependence on currency to survive. Automation is a good thing that can help us *all* lead better, more fulfilling lives, but only if we work to put in places changes to end this horrible capitalist system that ties your entire identity to your job. What good is a robot tax going to do when *all* jobs are run by robots? That wouldn't even make any sense. The key here is finding a way to support each other and make sure that the amazing benefits of automation are given to everyone.
Too little, too late. OP said he had been suffering under it for 20 years. I still have nightmares about rpmfind.net from when I had the unfortunate task of administering a Redhat system. While rpm/deb as a format may not be significant anymore, there's no arguing that the Debian Policy Manual itself is an extremely high standard that produces some excellent, high-quality packages.
Lot of FUD being spread in this article. Debian certainly supports UEFI, the *true* "heir-to-BIOS." Secure Boot was a terrible technology from the start. It's disappointing that they weren't able to finish work on it in time, but this certainly isn't the huge issue this article is making it out to be. The majority of Debian installations are going to be in virtualised environments in the first place. Desktop users are probably going to be on testing or another Debian derivative. It kind of makes me angry that Ubuntu didn't contribute this code to Debian straight away, but what can you do.
> CDMA networks are by far and away the most universal and ubiquitous mode of wireless communication.
Uh... What are you taking about? There's nothing remotely universal about Verizon and Sprint. AT&T and T-Mobile are at best just as big, if not larger. Not to mention the fact that GSM is compatible with the entire rest of the world.
Also, Verizon is (finally) shutting their network down at the end of 2019. Global standards are more important than coverage out in the middle of nowhere, USA.
So does that mean I'll finally be able to get a bloody work visa soon? Not that I'm sure I'd even want one after Brexit... I certainly wouldn't blame IT people for abandoning that sinking ship!
I despise Apple, but I hate Qualcomm even more. They should have stuck to email clients. Their "royalties" are complete bullshit. I wish that Apple, Samsung, and others would get together to push an open standard manufacturers could use without these ridiculous royalty payments that always get passed on to the consumer.
I'm not aware of any such national standard. I know some individual banks have their own money sharing services, but they aren't at all standardized—they've basically just contracted with any of these other 3rd party services. My credit union only recently added the ability to add an external account to do ACH transfers to/from, but it has to be an account you own, or at least verified by small deposits into the account. (A ridiculously bad security measure in the first place.)
The U.S. banking system is indeed a joke. We can't even get chip and pin right.
As a software developer, the language I use is largely irrelevant. Sure, each language offers its own advantages and quirks, and it might take from a few months to a year to get completely comfortable in it...but honestly, that's nothing. If COBOL developers really are in such ridiculously high demand as this and countless other articles claim, why aren't more developers flocking to the language? What is preventing this? I don't understand. I would certainly consider it myself if I found myself in need of work, and supposedly there are a lot of IT folks getting laid off left and right. This "problem" just seems odd to me.
These are not "leftist" issues. The people making such contradictory, apocryphal claims are just regressive idiots. Plenty of deplorables have done the exact same thing, particularly when it comes to idiot coal miners who think their jobs shouldn't be replaced with more advanced technology and automation, or manufacturing workers when their jobs are outsourced. These people are overwhelmingly ignorant rightists. You're grasping at straws and demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of the reality that is the ignorant, idiotic U.S. American public.
It only has merit if the university stipulated that the Indian firm only use employees of a particular age. Coincidences do not count as "discrimination." That is ridiculous. 40 years ago, Indians didn't have the means to go into IT. That's just reality. It's not age discrimination by any stretch of the imagination.
People whining about losing their jobs is downright pathetic. They know perfectly well that the other employees were cheaper, and that is all it comes down to. I'm sure if they all agreed to work for the same wages the Indian firm was charging (accounting for things like employment taxes, benefits, and all that), the university would be happy to hire them back.
These people somehow think they're better than the millions of U.S. Americans who have lost their jobs to overseas manufacturing and other industries, but they're not. They are entitled, little shits and I hope the court shuts them down.
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"The focus is on students and professionals."
I've never understood this. These two groups couldn't have more different needs. Students need basic word processing and internet browsing. Professionals need all kinds of other things, such as virtual machines, high-end graphics software, video editing, etc. etc. Why do they always get lumped together? Is it just because students so often want to waste their time playing video games?
> it's unclear how long Google will commit to maintaining a monthly patch schedule for any given model of phone
No, it's not unclear at all: https://support.google.com/nex...
> Pixel phones get Android version updates for at least 2 years from when the device first became available on the Google Store. After 2 years, we can't guarantee additional updates.
> Pixel phones get security updates for at least 3 years from when the device first became available on the Google Store, or at least 18 months from when the Google Store last sold the device, whichever is longer. After that, we can't guarantee additional updates.
Could it get any more clear? That's certainly more information than most manufacturers provide.
Wow, you are such a hipster cliche. Good job!
"Optimised for speed?" That's a joke, right?
You might have a point if you're talking about mouse users, but when it comes to speed, keyboard is king, and the Mac sucks ass there. No keyboard shortcut hints are ever visible. You just have to outright memorise every shortcut. Everything is tied to the mouse, it's terrible.
Okay, I'll bite. Comapred to DOS/Windows, the "special" appeal is a UNIX-based OS at the core and pretty graphics. Solid, quality hardware. Beyond that, though...really nothing. They are incredibly overpriced, locked down, and treat their customers like idiots. Apple is famous for assuming its users aren't smart enough to handle more than one giant mouse button. This mentality permeates all of their products. Worse, they are terribly proprietary, and Apple hates following standards. They would rather "innovate" by choosing proprietary solutions to lock-in their customers, again showing them a lack of respect.
Once you experience the joy of switching to an all open-source lifestyle, there's no way you can go back to that crap.
Uh, you know this story is about *headphones*, right? Not iOS, which is what your entire post was about. I assume these AirPods can be used on any bluetooth compatible phone. While I agree with what you said, that was a pretty stupid comment.
Serious question: has an Apple user ever *not* claimed complete satisfaction with one of their products? (At least, since they became a fashion icon with the iPod.) These surveys don't mean much, other than that they're going to continue making money off of these people.
A "robot tax" solves nothing. We need to find a way to move away from our dependence on currency to survive. Automation is a good thing that can help us *all* lead better, more fulfilling lives, but only if we work to put in places changes to end this horrible capitalist system that ties your entire identity to your job. What good is a robot tax going to do when *all* jobs are run by robots? That wouldn't even make any sense. The key here is finding a way to support each other and make sure that the amazing benefits of automation are given to everyone.
No, sorry, just that this is where it will land first when it's ready. I don't use it so I don't actually know the status on testing.
Too little, too late. OP said he had been suffering under it for 20 years. I still have nightmares about rpmfind.net from when I had the unfortunate task of administering a Redhat system. While rpm/deb as a format may not be significant anymore, there's no arguing that the Debian Policy Manual itself is an extremely high standard that produces some excellent, high-quality packages.
Ah, so you just want to sacrifice package quality and QA, while adopting dependency hell, all for "business integration?" That makes sense.
Lot of FUD being spread in this article. Debian certainly supports UEFI, the *true* "heir-to-BIOS." Secure Boot was a terrible technology from the start. It's disappointing that they weren't able to finish work on it in time, but this certainly isn't the huge issue this article is making it out to be. The majority of Debian installations are going to be in virtualised environments in the first place. Desktop users are probably going to be on testing or another Debian derivative. It kind of makes me angry that Ubuntu didn't contribute this code to Debian straight away, but what can you do.
> CDMA networks are by far and away the most universal and ubiquitous mode of wireless communication.
Uh... What are you taking about? There's nothing remotely universal about Verizon and Sprint. AT&T and T-Mobile are at best just as big, if not larger. Not to mention the fact that GSM is compatible with the entire rest of the world.
Also, Verizon is (finally) shutting their network down at the end of 2019. Global standards are more important than coverage out in the middle of nowhere, USA.
So does that mean I'll finally be able to get a bloody work visa soon? Not that I'm sure I'd even want one after Brexit... I certainly wouldn't blame IT people for abandoning that sinking ship!
CDMA is garbage and needs to die, along with any carrier that continues to use that terrible, proprietary architecture.
I despise Apple, but I hate Qualcomm even more. They should have stuck to email clients. Their "royalties" are complete bullshit. I wish that Apple, Samsung, and others would get together to push an open standard manufacturers could use without these ridiculous royalty payments that always get passed on to the consumer.
I'm not defending this Venmo thing, but...you've never split the cost of a meal with anyone? Really? That's not normal at any age.
Not as easy as in any other civilised country, where they simply bring the card reader to each individual and charge your card for what you purchased.
I'm not aware of any such national standard. I know some individual banks have their own money sharing services, but they aren't at all standardized—they've basically just contracted with any of these other 3rd party services. My credit union only recently added the ability to add an external account to do ACH transfers to/from, but it has to be an account you own, or at least verified by small deposits into the account. (A ridiculously bad security measure in the first place.)
The U.S. banking system is indeed a joke. We can't even get chip and pin right.
It sounds more like a Google Wallet / Paypal competitor. What's the point of comparing it to some random product no one's ever heard of?
As a software developer, the language I use is largely irrelevant. Sure, each language offers its own advantages and quirks, and it might take from a few months to a year to get completely comfortable in it...but honestly, that's nothing. If COBOL developers really are in such ridiculously high demand as this and countless other articles claim, why aren't more developers flocking to the language? What is preventing this? I don't understand. I would certainly consider it myself if I found myself in need of work, and supposedly there are a lot of IT folks getting laid off left and right. This "problem" just seems odd to me.
I can't imagine a more boring subject. Entrepreneurship is definitely not News for Nerds. *yawn*
These are not "leftist" issues. The people making such contradictory, apocryphal claims are just regressive idiots. Plenty of deplorables have done the exact same thing, particularly when it comes to idiot coal miners who think their jobs shouldn't be replaced with more advanced technology and automation, or manufacturing workers when their jobs are outsourced. These people are overwhelmingly ignorant rightists. You're grasping at straws and demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of the reality that is the ignorant, idiotic U.S. American public.
It only has merit if the university stipulated that the Indian firm only use employees of a particular age. Coincidences do not count as "discrimination." That is ridiculous. 40 years ago, Indians didn't have the means to go into IT. That's just reality. It's not age discrimination by any stretch of the imagination.
People whining about losing their jobs is downright pathetic. They know perfectly well that the other employees were cheaper, and that is all it comes down to. I'm sure if they all agreed to work for the same wages the Indian firm was charging (accounting for things like employment taxes, benefits, and all that), the university would be happy to hire them back.
These people somehow think they're better than the millions of U.S. Americans who have lost their jobs to overseas manufacturing and other industries, but they're not. They are entitled, little shits and I hope the court shuts them down.