I was posting about sound problems I had before I upgraded, but the upgrade is new (last week, and I had the grandchildren over for the weekend) so I've not had time to post yet. I will.
Sorry to upset your cosy "FOSS is perfect so all criticism must be a lie" world, but it's true. When I boot it runs fine, but gradually slows down and hangs after about 20 minutes. It's still live -- if I move the mouse then the cursor will jump every couple of minutes -- but it's unusable. The REISUB trick sometimes works, but that's still a reboot. I've tried disabling Unity and switching to classic Gnome with no effects in the hope it was a video driver problem, but to no effect, so I'm still investigating. (The WiFi issue is just that it's a WinModem than I can't get working under Linux, but I've not put in much effort because the router is about a foot away so it's easier to use an Ethernet connection.)
I don't live in the USA, and wasn't educated there, and I reckon that the writer of the summary was right: Amelia Earhart was more famous than most of the people I see mentioned in the summaries. Heck, there has even been a British folk album name-checking her.
Computing now is nothing like the profession it was in the 1960s (I'd be interested in the evidence for near-parity then, though, because I didn't see any women around when I joined the profession in the 1970s).
Malaysia is probably not representative of the situation in the west. Remember what I said about the proportion of women falling in such fields as women's rights improved.
Mandarin has four tones. There is a fifth "neutral" tone, but it is rarely used, and you don't really need to learn it.
There are four canonical tones in Mandarin + neutral.
In practice, they have many realisations. The third tone has 3 different pronunciations, the neutral tone has 4 different pronunciations, depending on the context (tone sandhi).
In any case, tones are easy in isolation, but complicated like nothing else in fluent speech. Which is why very few foreigners really master them
As I said, you only need 4 to be unambiguous. If you use the canonical version of each tone it will sound as if you are sounding everything out very precisely (as an English speaker might for somebody whose English isn't very good) but should will be understood (as unambiguously as the language allows -- it still has homophones even when the tones are right). listening is more difficult, of course.
whoever is setting the cookie needs to be able to prove that the user understood in advance that cookies would be set and what that means.
But when someone logs into a site with a username and password, can't it be assumed that a reasonable person would understand that logging in bakes cookies?
No. It can be assumed that a knowledgeable person would understand that, but I doubt most web users, however reasonable, would know that. Anyway, my concern is over analytics, which doesn't require the site user to log in.
In the case of some bits of computing I agree, although I would tend to say that those bits are mathematics anyway. What other subjects depend on formal proof?
That is complete nonsense. Christians are expected to memorize several passages word-for-word, and though you are correct that the specific set and wording passages varies by denomination, they all have their set. In denominations with Confirmation, members are expected to basically memorize an entire catechism. Things like The Lord's Prayer are universally expected. If you attend church regularly, you will end up memorizing hymns, the more ritualistic parts such as the blessing and benediction, and oft-cited passages in sermons (which again may vary by church or pastor/priest, but they all have favorites.)
"You will end up memorizing" is not the same as "expected to memorize". Most evangelical churches would see scripture memorization as a Good Thing but it's definitely not a requirement or "expected" except in the more way-out ones.
I stay away from all male groups myself if I can, they're not that comfortable when you've got 2 or 3 people continually making sexist jokes and commenting on women who walk by.
If you've "got 2 or 3 people continually making sexist jokes and commenting on women who walk by" the problem isn't that they're all men, it's that they're all cavemen. I've worked in all-male or predominantly-male environments for all of my life and that sort of behaviour hasn't been acceptable in any of those environments since the 1970s. When we had a guy like that a few years ago we got rid of him again because it was simply unprofessional.
Assuming the appeal fails or doesn't happen. What's the geographic scope of this ruling? I don't really understand how the state/circuit/federal legal system works in the USA or where this fits in.
I think you underestimate the incredible complexity of the language
No, I know mostly that; a Vietnamese friend tried to explain tonality once -- and as a Westerner, I just can't pick up on the subtleties.
That there are 12 ways pronounce the same things, and those vastly change the meaning baffles me, and isn't something I'm capable of hearing.
You only need 4 tones to be unambiguous in Mandarin (5 would be better).
Since English doesn't use this, most of us can't even identify it when we hear it.
English does use it a bit, but it changes connotation, not the underlying meaning. There's an old story about an electoral candidate on his soapbox who says "I have just received this letter from my opponent. It reads, 'You were right. I was wrong. I should resign." A Jewish man in the crowd says "Your opponent is Jewish yes? Then let me read the letter. 'You were right? I was wrong?? I should resign!"
Absent native-level fluency in Chinese (in other words, the complete opposite of where you are), your command of the English language will be the only thing that gets you in the door anywhere. Think about it from their standpoint, why hire a westerner who can program but can't read spec sheets or communicate with his peers when you can hire a native who can program and also is a functional member of the office environment?
And who will work for Chinese wage levels. When I looked at jobs in Beijing I thought the monthly rate looked ok but not great, then realised that I was actually looking at annual rates.
This isn't that bad an idea. You wouldn't have to be too fluent in Chinese. But damn, they really do need somebody to fix Engrish in the documentation.
No they don't, because in practice hardly anybody bases purchase decisions on the standard of English in the manual.
Read the guidance. The constraints on "implied consent" are pretty stringent: whoever is setting the cookie needs to be able to prove that the user understood in advance that cookies would be set and what that means.
How many people was that? If you don't specify the period and the country in advance you're pretty much certain to get those sorts of figures occasionally through statistical noise.
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If I kill udevd, won't I have problems mounting devices? As I mentioned earlier I solved the Unity problems by logging on into classic Gnome.
I was posting about sound problems I had before I upgraded, but the upgrade is new (last week, and I had the grandchildren over for the weekend) so I've not had time to post yet. I will.
Sorry to upset your cosy "FOSS is perfect so all criticism must be a lie" world, but it's true. When I boot it runs fine, but gradually slows down and hangs after about 20 minutes. It's still live -- if I move the mouse then the cursor will jump every couple of minutes -- but it's unusable. The REISUB trick sometimes works, but that's still a reboot. I've tried disabling Unity and switching to classic Gnome with no effects in the hope it was a video driver problem, but to no effect, so I'm still investigating. (The WiFi issue is just that it's a WinModem than I can't get working under Linux, but I've not put in much effort because the router is about a foot away so it's easier to use an Ethernet connection.)
Free crap is still crap.
It's about the same as I'm getting from my latest Ubuntu installation. :(
Don't worry. The version Microsoft supports will be an "improved" one that is subtly incompatible with "traditional" Linux services.
Not all people live and are educated in the US.
I don't live in the USA, and wasn't educated there, and I reckon that the writer of the summary was right: Amelia Earhart was more famous than most of the people I see mentioned in the summaries. Heck, there has even been a British folk album name-checking her.
They probably couldn't get anybody from the EU to put up with all the visa and security theatre nonsense.
Computing now is nothing like the profession it was in the 1960s (I'd be interested in the evidence for near-parity then, though, because I didn't see any women around when I joined the profession in the 1970s).
Malaysia is probably not representative of the situation in the west. Remember what I said about the proportion of women falling in such fields as women's rights improved.
Thanks.
Because of course all of those Chinese companies with poorly written manuals went bust years ago. Oh, wait...
Mandarin has four tones. There is a fifth "neutral" tone, but it is rarely used, and you don't really need to learn it.
There are four canonical tones in Mandarin + neutral.
In practice, they have many realisations. The third tone has 3 different pronunciations, the neutral tone has 4 different pronunciations, depending on the context (tone sandhi).
In any case, tones are easy in isolation, but complicated like nothing else in fluent speech. Which is why very few foreigners really master them
As I said, you only need 4 to be unambiguous. If you use the canonical version of each tone it will sound as if you are sounding everything out very precisely (as an English speaker might for somebody whose English isn't very good) but should will be understood (as unambiguously as the language allows -- it still has homophones even when the tones are right). listening is more difficult, of course.
whoever is setting the cookie needs to be able to prove that the user understood in advance that cookies would be set and what that means.
But when someone logs into a site with a username and password, can't it be assumed that a reasonable person would understand that logging in bakes cookies?
No. It can be assumed that a knowledgeable person would understand that, but I doubt most web users, however reasonable, would know that. Anyway, my concern is over analytics, which doesn't require the site user to log in.
In the case of some bits of computing I agree, although I would tend to say that those bits are mathematics anyway. What other subjects depend on formal proof?
More telling, religions don't deal with formal proofs and require that you show your work.
Very few subjects do. Formal proof was an option on the computing degree I did, other than that it's just philosophy and mathematics.
That is complete nonsense. Christians are expected to memorize several passages word-for-word, and though you are correct that the specific set and wording passages varies by denomination, they all have their set. In denominations with Confirmation, members are expected to basically memorize an entire catechism. Things like The Lord's Prayer are universally expected. If you attend church regularly, you will end up memorizing hymns, the more ritualistic parts such as the blessing and benediction, and oft-cited passages in sermons (which again may vary by church or pastor/priest, but they all have favorites.)
"You will end up memorizing" is not the same as "expected to memorize". Most evangelical churches would see scripture memorization as a Good Thing but it's definitely not a requirement or "expected" except in the more way-out ones.
Yup, I'm a dad and one of my sworn duties is to turn off lights. Tempted to get the light switch sensors like we have at work.
Ah yes, it's true that children brighten up the home.
I stay away from all male groups myself if I can, they're not that comfortable when you've got 2 or 3 people continually making sexist jokes and commenting on women who walk by.
If you've "got 2 or 3 people continually making sexist jokes and commenting on women who walk by" the problem isn't that they're all men, it's that they're all cavemen. I've worked in all-male or predominantly-male environments for all of my life and that sort of behaviour hasn't been acceptable in any of those environments since the 1970s. When we had a guy like that a few years ago we got rid of him again because it was simply unprofessional.
Assuming the appeal fails or doesn't happen. What's the geographic scope of this ruling? I don't really understand how the state/circuit/federal legal system works in the USA or where this fits in.
The bubbles are embarrassed at being full of nitrogen instead of carbon dioxide (as beer bubbles should be) and are trying to hide?
No, I know mostly that; a Vietnamese friend tried to explain tonality once -- and as a Westerner, I just can't pick up on the subtleties.
That there are 12 ways pronounce the same things, and those vastly change the meaning baffles me, and isn't something I'm capable of hearing.
You only need 4 tones to be unambiguous in Mandarin (5 would be better).
Since English doesn't use this, most of us can't even identify it when we hear it.
English does use it a bit, but it changes connotation, not the underlying meaning. There's an old story about an electoral candidate on his soapbox who says "I have just received this letter from my opponent. It reads, 'You were right. I was wrong. I should resign." A Jewish man in the crowd says "Your opponent is Jewish yes? Then let me read the letter. 'You were right? I was wrong?? I should resign!"
Absent native-level fluency in Chinese (in other words, the complete opposite of where you are), your command of the English language will be the only thing that gets you in the door anywhere. Think about it from their standpoint, why hire a westerner who can program but can't read spec sheets or communicate with his peers when you can hire a native who can program and also is a functional member of the office environment?
And who will work for Chinese wage levels. When I looked at jobs in Beijing I thought the monthly rate looked ok but not great, then realised that I was actually looking at annual rates.
This isn't that bad an idea. You wouldn't have to be too fluent in Chinese. But damn, they really do need somebody to fix Engrish in the documentation.
No they don't, because in practice hardly anybody bases purchase decisions on the standard of English in the manual.
With any luck all 64 complaints will be against government sites.
Read the guidance. The constraints on "implied consent" are pretty stringent: whoever is setting the cookie needs to be able to prove that the user understood in advance that cookies would be set and what that means.
How many people was that? If you don't specify the period and the country in advance you're pretty much certain to get those sorts of figures occasionally through statistical noise.