Do people regularly use their Samsung S3s or iPhone 3GSs? Just sell it or recycle it when you no longer use it, and start using a new phone.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 - and it really does do all I need - e-mail, calendar, Facebook, Telegram, photographs, Viber, Skype and a few games (5 in a row, Reversi, etc. that kind of stuff).
windows explorer? The one that is basically seamless and works as a file server? I quite like that, to save my work files on the Google Drive folder and don't worry about backups.
Amen. I use the trackpoint exclusively to the point where I am almost confused and unable to work on a machine with a regular mouse or touchpad.
Unfortunately for me on Linux, the drivers related to trackpoint and trackpad keep regressing. It is really hard to get a comfortable sensitivity and acceleration profile with my old Thinkpad USB keyboard and 4K monitors. It is also really hard to keep the thing configured to disable the random cursor movement via thumb when I am typing and using the trackpoint.
Ooohhh... is that so? Just when I was starting to consider using Linux.
(the trackpoint is obsolete when compared to modern touchpads)
Yeah, well, that's just, like, YOUR OPINION, man! Seriously, for us who got used to the clit, it is superior to any trackpad/touchpad, because there is no chance to move the cursor with your thumbs while touch-typing. Fuck the stalwarts? No, fuck you for stating as fact something that's just an opinion.
Yes, radioactive elements released into the environment due to coal use is significantly larger than with nuclear plants
Not true. This is mostly a myth. Most radiation from coal is thorium, which stays in the ash, and is not biologically active. The comparison was made in 1978, when fly ash stack emission standards for coal were way more lax than today. Even so, coal radiation was only more than nukes during "normal operations", but nearly all environmental radiation from nukes is from leaks and accidents.
There are plenty of good reasons to stop burning coal, but "radiation" isn't one of them.
Not a myth at all - I thought I was careful not to mention just the burning of coal, but the whole process of producing electricity, which includes the extraction of coal. Extraction of coal and its burning in coal fired plants exceeds the emissions generated by extraction and use of uranium in nuclear plants, by a factor of two, in modern times. Sorry, I should have been much more explicit.
But as I was pointing out in my original post, it doesn't even fucking matter - heavy metals released by the production of electricity by coal-fired plants is by far a more dangerous problem than radioactives.
What are you encouraging your students to do, then? I myself started in tech, but am now a researcher in academia, and I would never go back. Science is so much fun, I'd do this for fucking nothing. It's awesome. It really is. I don't have a single regret for switching to academic research.
Yes, radioactive elements released into the environment due to coal use is significantly larger than with nuclear plants (per unit of energy) but even that is NOWHERE near the main problem with coal-generated pollutants: much bigger problem is the amount of heavy metals released in the environment, including mercury! It used to be so that salmon was an unabiguously healthy nutrient. That has changed dramatically in the last three decades, as coal-fired powerplants installations have grown geometrically.
Add me to the list - LG was the last to offer user-replaceable batteries. If I have to dick around with iOpeners and shit, I may as well get a Samsung Galaxy Note. However, I might look into FairPhone Those have user-replaceable everything. FP 2 is not that exciting technically speaking, but the fact I can replace practically every component, is becoming very attractive.
"I'm lying. I'm lying right now. Isn't it fun that I can lie to your face, and you can't even call me on it or I'll just give someone else the "story"? Now type my lies for me, stenographer. Maybe tell your kids to take a few classes in economics rather than journalism, huh?"
Holy shit man, you are brilliant. I love your brain, I really do.
He can't prove the problems were caused by Showtime. Most likely they were caused by his internet provider.
Unlikely to the extreme: these problems were reported so widely, Showtime even moved the main event to mitigate the problems caused by the unresponsive servers.
If he actually goes ahead with the suit, he's likely to be counter sued; and he'll probably lose.
Countersued? For what? At this point I think you must be trolling.
Either you're sarcastic, or you're trolling hard. iPhones are the exact opposite of open SW or HW. At least with most Android phones, you can unlock them, sideload apps, or even install a different OS.
In Northern Europe we have decent public transportation. Decent enough that most people don't use their cars for commuting. And a lot of families don't have cars at all. But almost everybody has bicycles.
With a combination of excellent bikepaths and public transportation, commute takes from minutes to an hour in the worst case.
All of this is very ironic because the people defending google are members of the same broad ideological faction that put these rules into place in the first place.
The truth is, all these so-called liberals are not actually left wingers. They are corporate fascists. They are - against freedom of expression - side with the multiblillion corporation and against the workers - support at-will termination
This is one of the reasons I grew to hate the word "liberal". I declare myself a socialist (a word vilified in the US) just so I can distance myself from liberals and progressives. I don't recognize those as the standard bearers of true progress, advancement of human values. Fuck "liberals", virtue-signaling coward pieces of shit.
...for drama. You want to write a manifesto? Don't do it at work. Put it on your blog. I would fire you for wasting everyones time with your personal issues.
It wasn't a manifesto, it was an article. He posted it on an internal group where such things were supposed to be posted. Yes, at work. Nothing of what he wrote had anything to do with his personal issues. It was a detached, reasoned and supported discussion.
Gee, when a guy writes a anti-woman-programmer rant and it goes viral -- I wonder why it is that women would turn their noses up at programming?
Must be because they're not good at it, not because of loud-mouth douchebags with baseless opinions.
It is exactly this sort of straw man arguments that should NEVER get promoted/modeed up. Every single utterance in the quoted text is a lie. The writeup in question was not "anti-woman-programmer". It simply described why women are less likely to be interested in some fields, compared to men, and also that men are less interested in other fields, compared to women. This person is not a "loud-mouth douchebag" and he based his writing on scientific evidence.
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I am using Disable HTML5 autoplay and must say, it works excellently. I recommend it.
Do people regularly use their Samsung S3s or iPhone 3GSs? Just sell it or recycle it when you no longer use it, and start using a new phone.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 - and it really does do all I need - e-mail, calendar, Facebook, Telegram, photographs, Viber, Skype and a few games (5 in a row, Reversi, etc. that kind of stuff).
windows explorer? The one that is basically seamless and works as a file server?
I quite like that, to save my work files on the Google Drive folder and don't worry about backups.
Amen. I use the trackpoint exclusively to the point where I am almost confused and unable to work on a machine with a regular mouse or touchpad.
Unfortunately for me on Linux, the drivers related to trackpoint and trackpad keep regressing. It is really hard to get a comfortable sensitivity and acceleration profile with my old Thinkpad USB keyboard and 4K monitors. It is also really hard to keep the thing configured to disable the random cursor movement via thumb when I am typing and using the trackpoint.
Ooohhh... is that so? Just when I was starting to consider using Linux.
(the trackpoint is obsolete when compared to modern touchpads)
Yeah, well, that's just, like, YOUR OPINION, man!
Seriously, for us who got used to the clit, it is superior to any trackpad/touchpad, because there is no chance to move the cursor with your thumbs while touch-typing.
Fuck the stalwarts? No, fuck you for stating as fact something that's just an opinion.
Yes, radioactive elements released into the environment due to coal use is significantly larger than with nuclear plants
Not true. This is mostly a myth. Most radiation from coal is thorium, which stays in the ash, and is not biologically active. The comparison was made in 1978, when fly ash stack emission standards for coal were way more lax than today. Even so, coal radiation was only more than nukes during "normal operations", but nearly all environmental radiation from nukes is from leaks and accidents.
There are plenty of good reasons to stop burning coal, but "radiation" isn't one of them.
Not a myth at all - I thought I was careful not to mention just the burning of coal, but the whole process of producing electricity, which includes the extraction of coal. Extraction of coal and its burning in coal fired plants exceeds the emissions generated by extraction and use of uranium in nuclear plants, by a factor of two, in modern times. Sorry, I should have been much more explicit.
But as I was pointing out in my original post, it doesn't even fucking matter - heavy metals released by the production of electricity by coal-fired plants is by far a more dangerous problem than radioactives.
What are you encouraging your students to do, then?
I myself started in tech, but am now a researcher in academia, and I would never go back. Science is so much fun, I'd do this for fucking nothing. It's awesome. It really is. I don't have a single regret for switching to academic research.
Yes, radioactive elements released into the environment due to coal use is significantly larger than with nuclear plants (per unit of energy) but even that is NOWHERE near the main problem with coal-generated pollutants: much bigger problem is the amount of heavy metals released in the environment, including mercury!
It used to be so that salmon was an unabiguously healthy nutrient. That has changed dramatically in the last three decades, as coal-fired powerplants installations have grown geometrically.
Add me to the list - LG was the last to offer user-replaceable batteries. If I have to dick around with iOpeners and shit, I may as well get a Samsung Galaxy Note.
However, I might look into FairPhone Those have user-replaceable everything. FP 2 is not that exciting technically speaking, but the fact I can replace practically every component, is becoming very attractive.
but I'm guessing it actually means
"I'm lying. I'm lying right now. Isn't it fun that I can lie to your face, and you can't even call me on it or I'll just give someone else the "story"? Now type my lies for me, stenographer. Maybe tell your kids to take a few classes in economics rather than journalism, huh?"
Holy shit man, you are brilliant. I love your brain, I really do.
He can't prove the problems were caused by Showtime. Most likely they were caused by his internet provider.
Unlikely to the extreme: these problems were reported so widely, Showtime even moved the main event to mitigate the problems caused by the unresponsive servers.
If he actually goes ahead with the suit, he's likely to be counter sued; and he'll probably lose.
Countersued? For what? At this point I think you must be trolling.
A damn shame. For the money he's pocketed, he should have been beaten good.
If you want a *NIX 'phone, get an iPhone...
Either you're sarcastic, or you're trolling hard. iPhones are the exact opposite of open SW or HW.
At least with most Android phones, you can unlock them, sideload apps, or even install a different OS.
I won't crowdfund it unless it has a removable battery. And it needs to work on Verizon. A plug-in keyboard would be nice, too.
Yes, one million times this - please make the hardware repairable, with components easily replaceable, especially the battery!!!
The headlines use of the work "brick" is misleading. The drone cannot be flown until it is updated, but it is not "bricked".
If one doesn't want the update (for whatever reason) his/her drone is bricked. Your nitpick is pointless.
Why adding epsom salt to the bath water, though? As a materials scientist, I am baffled by that, seemingly random, addition.
In Northern Europe we have decent public transportation. Decent enough that most people don't use their cars for commuting. And a lot of families don't have cars at all. But almost everybody has bicycles.
With a combination of excellent bikepaths and public transportation, commute takes from minutes to an hour in the worst case.
More exactly, virtue signaling on a corporate level. I'm sure it'll work, too.
So what? If you don't like it, don't work for them. California is an at-will state. Sorry snowflake, put on your big boy pants and find another job.
You're proving the point that "liberals" are nothing but corporatists.
All of this is very ironic because the people defending google are members of the same broad ideological faction that put these rules into place in the first place.
The truth is, all these so-called liberals are not actually left wingers. They are corporate fascists. They are
- against freedom of expression
- side with the multiblillion corporation and against the workers
- support at-will termination
This is one of the reasons I grew to hate the word "liberal". I declare myself a socialist (a word vilified in the US) just so I can distance myself from liberals and progressives. I don't recognize those as the standard bearers of true progress, advancement of human values. Fuck "liberals", virtue-signaling coward pieces of shit.
...for drama. You want to write a manifesto? Don't do it at work. Put it on your blog. I would fire you for wasting everyones time with your personal issues.
It wasn't a manifesto, it was an article.
He posted it on an internal group where such things were supposed to be posted. Yes, at work.
Nothing of what he wrote had anything to do with his personal issues. It was a detached, reasoned and supported discussion.
HIs password policies suck. No wonder he changed careers.
I don't agree with the pamphlet
Can you elaborate why you don't agree with that memo?
Gee, when a guy writes a anti-woman-programmer rant and it goes viral -- I wonder why it is that women would turn their noses up at programming?
Must be because they're not good at it, not because of loud-mouth douchebags with baseless opinions.
It is exactly this sort of straw man arguments that should NEVER get promoted/modeed up. Every single utterance in the quoted text is a lie. The writeup in question was not "anti-woman-programmer". It simply described why women are less likely to be interested in some fields, compared to men, and also that men are less interested in other fields, compared to women. This person is not a "loud-mouth douchebag" and he based his writing on scientific evidence.
They just proved Damore's point about conformity at the company. What good is gender diversity if everybody is forced into goodthink?