Weird because we have lots of Windows XP, Win7 and Win8 Apps that fail to run under Win10.
Just sayin'
This! I've always wondered what world the backwards compatible people live in. Probably using XP and only think that everything they have is forwards compatible.
It's hard to get happy about, but Windows does the same thing as Apple. It even removes apps without asking. If they pray at the altar of backwards compatibility, they should just leave the programs like WMP alone.
This isn't to excuse Apple. The High Sierra update killed my Final Cut Studio suite's Apps.
So I installed them on a Core2Duo 27 inch iMac that doesn't get upgrades any more. Its a pain in the ass to re-buy perfectly functioning software
If your view is political power and controlling everything, then I can see someone thinking like you do.
The problem though is many republicans are not enamored with obtaining political power for the federal government and fully understand what that means to their ability to control everything.
Just who are these many Republicans? As a person who used to vote 75-80 percent Republican, I have not seen any of that for a long time. The Republican Party is the Party of Donald Trump, and do not deny it. Trump had a record number of votes for any Republican candidate ever. This is the person the Republican Party wanted and elected. He represents the views of the majority of Republicans.
When we preach "states rights" we mean it. If California wants to be a liberal wasteland of failed utopian policies and high taxes, so be it.
And you preach a balanced budget too. That's pretty amusing. And tell ya what - as a Goldwater conservative, I can tell you there are words and there are actions.
And personally I would take a liberal wasteland over the party of pedophiles, russian collaborators, and payoffs to porn stars that Republicans actively support. I wouldn't like it, but the present party is running on deep abiding hatred. I mean I was apalled with Bill Clinton's behavior, but Republicans simply do not care thet their leader seems to have teh morals of an alley cat, has paid a pornstar for silence over an ongoing affair and still support the man they voted for and who represents their beliefs. A model of moral consistency you have ot admit.
Republicans recognize this, and are indeed pushing for a form of government that gives them less power. You should welcome this..
I would welcome actual work in that direction, but you seriously don't believe these folks do you? Never ever believe a person who wants a job that says he wants to have less power or that wants to get rid of the job.It just isn't in the nature of people who want to lead.
There is a lot of money that is passing into politician' hands these days, and just like power, few people actively seek to become poorer.
The biggest problem with the Republican Party is that since the Clinton administration it has taken a hard right turn, and after th ecountry had the nerve to elect a president "that doesn't look like us!" they have gone off the rails, culminating in our present situation.
As my boy Barry said - "I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them."
That would seem to argue against my premise, but here's the kickers that got him into trouble
The big thing is to make this country... quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay.... They're American citizens.
You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
A woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.
Finally the ideologial core of the 2000's version of the Republican party.
"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them."
This is your problem, As a Republican, you want some life or death power over citizens, and you will brook no compromise.
I don't agree with everything My boy Barry said, but I respect him. And there sure as hell aren't many Republicans like him any more, after Gingrich started demanding they walk in locks
Yes both sides are guilty of massive use of situational ethics, finding value in a principle if it supports a predetermined political position, and abhoring it if it does not.
See also the swap between sides on the protracted use of a special prosecutor. Republicans now find it a waste, instead of dragging it on and on, as they did under Clinton. And the reverse, where Democrats decried the waste of $50 million (in a budget of trillions) but now have no problem with it.
Here, some now want states to be able to override the golden child of power growth, interstate trade regulation. Guess who is on opposite sides now?
I've long noted that the historical blowjob impeachment would eventually come back to haunt the party of the high moral ground. The big issue being the difference between Ken Stars's throwing shit against the wall to see what sticks, and an actual criminal investigation that has already brought convictions
In my view of the US constitution... This is EXACTLY how it should work....
As I recall the 10th amendment is pretty clear about this. States need to take back their power and tell the Fed where to get off with all their locally applied regulations....
The problem is that the people in power right now, will scream bloody murder about state's rights when it suits them. This of course is because they have managed to figure out a way to get elevted by the voters, while actually working for their corporate overorlds who pay the baksheesh to do their bidding. But now they are all about the power of the Federal Government.
At present, they are getting hoist by their own petard. This current situation, Where Montana, New York, Vermont, Colorado, and California, have flipped a big middle finger to the Powers that be is actually pretty fascinating. And more will join.
It's not a purchasing choice. And quit using such fancy terminology to purvey your bullshit. Your fucking proprietary Apple shit is an abomination. It's the MOST proprietary, and in fact that's it's main distinction from any other hardware/software.
Meanwhile, I seem to be able to program on the Mac or iPhone without a hitch. Just install Xcode and away I go. I've never bought a hard drive or RAM from Apple, or replacement or upgrade parts. Even when I had to get something right from Apple, like a Magic Mouse that went belly up on warrantee, a call to Cupertino at 5 pm Eastern had a replacement the next day at noon. I'm trying to figure out what these limitations are that you speak of. I have my Macs because there is software I need that is not on any other platform. I have my PC for the same reason.Software I need. I have my iPhone because it integrates nicely with my iMac and gives me features I like. I have my linux machines because I like playing computer, and with MacOS being Unix, it's an easy switch between the two.
You're a condescending dick, dude.
Well, my wife prefers to call me an irritating asshole. But I'm cute, so I have that going for me, which is nice.
Chillaxe Bro, you're carrying around way too much anger for anything I've written.
Thanks for poisoning yet another discussion with partisan shit because surely there can be no other factors at work. Nope, the US plummeted straight off a cliff and we'll be living in caves this time next year. Fuckwit.
What do you mean partisan? Do solar panels and cells have a political affiliation? They are a modern sort of technology, and they have been slapped with a 30 percent tariff Does this tariff suggest an inclination towards technology attitudes? . Stop me where I'm wrong.
And since when is the term "winning" indicative of a political position? I know that there are some who consider that stepping backwards in technology is winning, but if I use the word, and you interpret it as a slap in the face, that's on you muchacho.
I merely note that there is a strong anti-technology attitude by many in the US. If you find tht as a insult, that likewise is on you. I could be talking about liberal anti-vaxxers using crystals to bring themselves int harmony with the universe, but if you take that as an indictment, well...you know.
I'm not a climate scientist, but it doesn't make a lot of sense that the climate would "try to catch up" in this case.
The sulfur aerosols act to counteract the energy retention effects of CO2 and methane. But it iis a short lived effect, as the aerosols are flushed out of the atmosphere as sulfuric acid rain. At that point, more aerosols need to be pumped into the atmosphere. It is a very short lived effect, and once you stop the effect ends. The bounceback would be strong, which I suppose is their point. Well duh.
Now if we were to sensibly do this, it would be a tapering of aerosol injection over a few thousand years or so to allow a gradual re-heating. Even then, it's a stupid idea. Sulfuric acid smog for one thing.
In fact, TFA seems to say that sulfur aerosols work pretty well, and it is only stopping them that is bad.
Tomorrow morning, I am going to dump my bitcoins and invest in sulfur futures.
Somewhere along the lne, they kinda missed the business of what happens to those sulfur aerosols. Nothing like a little sulfuric acid rain to brighten up your metal stuff.
But yeah, attempts to modify the weather via chemical injection, like sulfur aerosols or seeding the oceans with iron, are just full of unintended consequences.
The damage has already been done, so we just need to sit back and enjoy the roller coaster ride. Besides, most of the deniers I know actually like the warmer weather, and to hell with everyone else.
No, it's not a Ford vs. Chevy argument. Not at all. We just hate Apple a lot more than we do Microsoft.
Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. I have all manner of computing devices. Apple. Android, Linus, and Microsoft OS run. They all work. I like some better than others. Note the difference in styles, I note they are different, and have an opinion, and you go on a rant about how "We Hate" It's exactly a Ford versus Chevy argument, you are simply incapable of seeing it.
And people who constantly argue about Fords and Chevies claim thay aren't having Ford versus Chevy arguments as well, The Cognitive dissonance is strong in you Bing. Stay thirsty my friend. And buy only that which makes you happy, and if you need hate in your life, hate away. It tends to eat you alive, but some like that as well.
The Plan is working. This is what winning looks like. Coupled with the 30 percent tarriff on solar, we're going to innovate ourselves down to the bottom.
If my mind is on violence several hours per day, sure whatever I think about a lot is going to tend effect what I'm more likely to do.
Cool story Bro. I'm a very non-violent person. I also play Diablo 3 several times a week. Blood and gore and dismemberment and killing and body parts flying all over the place. A dark murderous place.
But not for a minute have I ever thought of emulating that in real life. Not once. Never crossed my mind. I'd probably kill myself before performing violence on another being.
If seeing something like a violent game make you violent, you were already violent before you saw the game.
I'm on Creative Suite 3. What I usually do is an every other update. But it was working well, so I planned on updating to 6. Then they went subscription before i did. I tried Creative Cloud trial and it was good but even at my academic discount, it wasn't worth going from a functioning product that is paid for to a rental only solution. It is great software and no doubt, but I can do 99 percent of what it does on CS3
I'll keep using CS3 until they pull some stunt on an update that disables it. Even then, I have a nice Core 2 duo 27 inch iMac that I installed other purposefully deprecated programs like Final Cut Pro Studio and it's suite. As a non updateble computer, they can't touch it. Then CS3 will continue to serve me after I install it there.
It's a common trap because the people living there see that some other people are making even more money, and think that if they can just hang on long enough to get to that level they can be super rich. In reality they just create a feedback loop that pushes up prices with little improvement in the odds of them "making it".
Very true. Very few people have a real grasp of personal finances. A big salary in a place that gobbles it all up is useless other than for bragging rights. Some people try to cheat the system by living far enough away that the COL is lower, but they have nightmarish commutes, and seem to spend a lot on travel.
I was saying if you are property owner, to get a representation of the plight the renter suffer in the bay area, IMAGINE that your house cost (property tax, reparation cost etc...) went from 600$ to 4000$... Are you getting it now ? It would make it unlivable and you would have to sell. And no buying a new one would not help if it has the SAME 4000$ price tag. You would be out priced for housing and pushed outward... which is what is happening for a lot of folk. And quite a lot of people on slashdot are hard at grasping at that.
The part I'm having trouble grasping is why someone forced you or anyone to live and work there. If housing is ridiculously overpriced in my area, I'll sell my house move to another area and pocket the profit. As I noted before, I could have worked in places like DC or Cali, but some simple math told me I was better off living and working in a less crowded market. I was making roughly 80 percent of what I could get there, and living costs were roughly half.
But hey, if you signed a contract that requires you to work there and live there, I guess that stinks, because there's a rest of a country, many places with lot better prospects.
And then where do you live? There's no place cheap to move to.
This reminds me of the coal miner's dilemma only in the opposite direction. They don't want to move, but there are no jobs. The Silicon Valley worker can hardly afford their housing, but they don't want to move either.
But both the coal miner and Silicon Valley worker are suffering from inertia. San Francisco or the Allegheies might be charming, but it is a big country, with many places to work and live.
? Well that is what is happening to some people, and those with the weakest salaries are pushed further and further away meaning their cost increase both in time cost (travel time) and in transportation cost, or go in worst neighborhood if you can.
Basically I forsee a wall coming to SF bay area, something will have to break.
But someone is apparently paying those prices. Me? Unless I was making enough money to afford to live near my work, I'd not be employed there. A friend's daughter works in SF, makes 6 figures, and has to have a roommate to make ends meet. But she does it. I suspect for bragging rights.
I could have lived and worked in DC or Cali, But some simple math told me that although I'd be paid more, my overall financial condition would be worse.
tl;dr version - As long as people are willing to pay the price, there is no reason for prices to come down.
You don't seem to realise that abandonment of the 3.5mm analog jack and plug pretty much guarantees abandonment of the 6.5mm connectors as well, to be replaced with a mess of different digital connectors.
I realize a lot of things. One of them is that there is a thing called time, and standards don't last forever. And some of them aren't very good. I'm just fine to have whatever works best.
If used with care 3.5 mm plugs and jacks are OK.
Well now there is a problem there. People don't use things with care. I'm always amazed at just how big a mess many people's phones are. Cracked bezels Scratched up and dented cases. Broken headphone jacks. People don't take very good care of their phones.
Regardless, why whine and moan and pull your hair out on Slashdot. Simply buy a phone that has the most important thing ever put on a phone, which is the headphone jack. they still make them, so buy one and be happy, whjich you are displaying now - that you are exceptionally upset by the disappearance of the silly little thing. Life is too short to be upset by such trivial shit.
Which is my major point in all of this. Most people simply do not care. If most Apple users are cool to use the adapter, or to use Bluetooth - you've made your decision, let them. If your critical component is as critical as you say, Apple will come crashing down as a result of their foolishness. Why should you and a few other people who (probably) hate Apple to begin with, dictate how they make their phones. But whatever phone has that important feature you demand.
Buy it, enjoy it, and have the life of happiness you deserve.
"Pre-amp"... seriously, mate? Has it got pre-pre amp too? Cause you know... music is *unbearable* without it, and you can *really* tell the difference! I swear on my $400 extra-warmness wooden volume knob!
Audio snobs are the worst. By far.
Even worse (and more clueless and religious) than Whyhshkhyh-drinking Apple fans.
Go ahead, and open your $50k speakers. You will find top materials like cardboard and tiny copper strands in there, that will make your huge outside cables look as over the top as a wrestler in an 80s Seat Ibiza with a Bozozoko-style spoiler of 2m.
If you watch some videos on what ravens have leared to do, it wouldn't come as a surprise. I'm not saying it's true, but it isn't any more complex than things other birds do.
A hobby the wife and I have is birding. Aside from traveling to various sites, we have a lot of feeders in our back yard.
And some of the intelligence shown by these critters perplexes me. From Blue Jays throwing out seeds to other critters like doves or squirrels to feed them, or one particularly strange moment, after I rescued a baby Bluejay from our backyard pond. The little critter was pretty pathetic, and I put a hair dryer a couple feet from him to warm him up. After 15 minutes, the little one flies away. A couple hours later, I'm sitting at the table on the patio enjoying a beer, and an adult Blue Jay flies in lands a foot away from me and starts opening and closing his bill and making clacking noises. After 30 seconds or so it flies off. I'd never seen that behavior before.
Something interesting seems to be going on in those little heads. Couldn't say what for certain.
As for the Ravens and crows, I've seen interesting activity out of them. Picking up burning sticks to flush out prey by watching what happens when there is a fire and learning to invoke new fires would not surprise me at all.
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Weird because we have lots of Windows XP, Win7 and Win8 Apps that fail to run under Win10. Just sayin'
This! I've always wondered what world the backwards compatible people live in. Probably using XP and only think that everything they have is forwards compatible.
It's hard to get happy about, but Windows does the same thing as Apple. It even removes apps without asking. If they pray at the altar of backwards compatibility, they should just leave the programs like WMP alone.
This isn't to excuse Apple. The High Sierra update killed my Final Cut Studio suite's Apps.
So I installed them on a Core2Duo 27 inch iMac that doesn't get upgrades any more. Its a pain in the ass to re-buy perfectly functioning software
Good thing we've legislated physics out of the picture.
If your view is political power and controlling everything, then I can see someone thinking like you do.
The problem though is many republicans are not enamored with obtaining political power for the federal government and fully understand what that means to their ability to control everything.
Just who are these many Republicans? As a person who used to vote 75-80 percent Republican, I have not seen any of that for a long time. The Republican Party is the Party of Donald Trump, and do not deny it. Trump had a record number of votes for any Republican candidate ever. This is the person the Republican Party wanted and elected. He represents the views of the majority of Republicans.
When we preach "states rights" we mean it. If California wants to be a liberal wasteland of failed utopian policies and high taxes, so be it.
And you preach a balanced budget too. That's pretty amusing. And tell ya what - as a Goldwater conservative, I can tell you there are words and there are actions. And personally I would take a liberal wasteland over the party of pedophiles, russian collaborators, and payoffs to porn stars that Republicans actively support. I wouldn't like it, but the present party is running on deep abiding hatred. I mean I was apalled with Bill Clinton's behavior, but Republicans simply do not care thet their leader seems to have teh morals of an alley cat, has paid a pornstar for silence over an ongoing affair and still support the man they voted for and who represents their beliefs. A model of moral consistency you have ot admit.
Republicans recognize this, and are indeed pushing for a form of government that gives them less power. You should welcome this..
I would welcome actual work in that direction, but you seriously don't believe these folks do you? Never ever believe a person who wants a job that says he wants to have less power or that wants to get rid of the job.It just isn't in the nature of people who want to lead.
There is a lot of money that is passing into politician' hands these days, and just like power, few people actively seek to become poorer.
The biggest problem with the Republican Party is that since the Clinton administration it has taken a hard right turn, and after th ecountry had the nerve to elect a president "that doesn't look like us!" they have gone off the rails, culminating in our present situation.
As my boy Barry said - "I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them." That would seem to argue against my premise, but here's the kickers that got him into trouble
The big thing is to make this country... quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. ... They're American citizens.
You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
A woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.
Finally the ideologial core of the 2000's version of the Republican party.
"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them."
This is your problem, As a Republican, you want some life or death power over citizens, and you will brook no compromise.
I don't agree with everything My boy Barry said, but I respect him. And there sure as hell aren't many Republicans like him any more, after Gingrich started demanding they walk in locks
Yes both sides are guilty of massive use of situational ethics, finding value in a principle if it supports a predetermined political position, and abhoring it if it does not.
See also the swap between sides on the protracted use of a special prosecutor. Republicans now find it a waste, instead of dragging it on and on, as they did under Clinton. And the reverse, where Democrats decried the waste of $50 million (in a budget of trillions) but now have no problem with it.
Here, some now want states to be able to override the golden child of power growth, interstate trade regulation. Guess who is on opposite sides now?
I've long noted that the historical blowjob impeachment would eventually come back to haunt the party of the high moral ground. The big issue being the difference between Ken Stars's throwing shit against the wall to see what sticks, and an actual criminal investigation that has already brought convictions
In my view of the US constitution... This is EXACTLY how it should work....
As I recall the 10th amendment is pretty clear about this. States need to take back their power and tell the Fed where to get off with all their locally applied regulations....
The problem is that the people in power right now, will scream bloody murder about state's rights when it suits them. This of course is because they have managed to figure out a way to get elevted by the voters, while actually working for their corporate overorlds who pay the baksheesh to do their bidding. But now they are all about the power of the Federal Government.
At present, they are getting hoist by their own petard. This current situation, Where Montana, New York, Vermont, Colorado, and California, have flipped a big middle finger to the Powers that be is actually pretty fascinating. And more will join.
In this case, the "technicality" being leveraged is the U.S. Constitution.
Conservatives are all about States Rights and the Constitution.
Except when they are paid not to be all about State's Rights and the Constitution.
Personally, I think it's a big mistake, the Republicans messing with people's porn.
It's not a purchasing choice. And quit using such fancy terminology to purvey your bullshit. Your fucking proprietary Apple shit is an abomination. It's the MOST proprietary, and in fact that's it's main distinction from any other hardware/software.
Meanwhile, I seem to be able to program on the Mac or iPhone without a hitch. Just install Xcode and away I go. I've never bought a hard drive or RAM from Apple, or replacement or upgrade parts. Even when I had to get something right from Apple, like a Magic Mouse that went belly up on warrantee, a call to Cupertino at 5 pm Eastern had a replacement the next day at noon. I'm trying to figure out what these limitations are that you speak of. I have my Macs because there is software I need that is not on any other platform. I have my PC for the same reason.Software I need. I have my iPhone because it integrates nicely with my iMac and gives me features I like. I have my linux machines because I like playing computer, and with MacOS being Unix, it's an easy switch between the two.
You're a condescending dick, dude.
Well, my wife prefers to call me an irritating asshole. But I'm cute, so I have that going for me, which is nice.
Chillaxe Bro, you're carrying around way too much anger for anything I've written.
Thanks for poisoning yet another discussion with partisan shit because surely there can be no other factors at work. Nope, the US plummeted straight off a cliff and we'll be living in caves this time next year. Fuckwit.
What do you mean partisan? Do solar panels and cells have a political affiliation? They are a modern sort of technology, and they have been slapped with a 30 percent tariff Does this tariff suggest an inclination towards technology attitudes? . Stop me where I'm wrong.
And since when is the term "winning" indicative of a political position? I know that there are some who consider that stepping backwards in technology is winning, but if I use the word, and you interpret it as a slap in the face, that's on you muchacho.
I merely note that there is a strong anti-technology attitude by many in the US. If you find tht as a insult, that likewise is on you. I could be talking about liberal anti-vaxxers using crystals to bring themselves int harmony with the universe, but if you take that as an indictment, well...you know.
I'm not a climate scientist, but it doesn't make a lot of sense that the climate would "try to catch up" in this case.
The sulfur aerosols act to counteract the energy retention effects of CO2 and methane. But it iis a short lived effect, as the aerosols are flushed out of the atmosphere as sulfuric acid rain. At that point, more aerosols need to be pumped into the atmosphere. It is a very short lived effect, and once you stop the effect ends. The bounceback would be strong, which I suppose is their point. Well duh.
Now if we were to sensibly do this, it would be a tapering of aerosol injection over a few thousand years or so to allow a gradual re-heating. Even then, it's a stupid idea. Sulfuric acid smog for one thing.
In fact, TFA seems to say that sulfur aerosols work pretty well, and it is only stopping them that is bad.
Tomorrow morning, I am going to dump my bitcoins and invest in sulfur futures.
Somewhere along the lne, they kinda missed the business of what happens to those sulfur aerosols. Nothing like a little sulfuric acid rain to brighten up your metal stuff.
But yeah, attempts to modify the weather via chemical injection, like sulfur aerosols or seeding the oceans with iron, are just full of unintended consequences.
The damage has already been done, so we just need to sit back and enjoy the roller coaster ride. Besides, most of the deniers I know actually like the warmer weather, and to hell with everyone else.
No, it's not a Ford vs. Chevy argument. Not at all. We just hate Apple a lot more than we do Microsoft.
Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. I have all manner of computing devices. Apple. Android, Linus, and Microsoft OS run. They all work. I like some better than others. Note the difference in styles, I note they are different, and have an opinion, and you go on a rant about how "We Hate" It's exactly a Ford versus Chevy argument, you are simply incapable of seeing it.
And people who constantly argue about Fords and Chevies claim thay aren't having Ford versus Chevy arguments as well, The Cognitive dissonance is strong in you Bing. Stay thirsty my friend. And buy only that which makes you happy, and if you need hate in your life, hate away. It tends to eat you alive, but some like that as well.
And the crowd goes mild.
The Plan is working. This is what winning looks like. Coupled with the 30 percent tarriff on solar, we're going to innovate ourselves down to the bottom.
If my mind is on violence several hours per day, sure whatever I think about a lot is going to tend effect what I'm more likely to do.
Cool story Bro. I'm a very non-violent person. I also play Diablo 3 several times a week. Blood and gore and dismemberment and killing and body parts flying all over the place. A dark murderous place.
But not for a minute have I ever thought of emulating that in real life. Not once. Never crossed my mind. I'd probably kill myself before performing violence on another being.
If seeing something like a violent game make you violent, you were already violent before you saw the game.
Meanwhile, have some cheese.
I spend nearly a day every day using the internet. That's my job now.
I'll keep using CS3 until they pull some stunt on an update that disables it. Even then, I have a nice Core 2 duo 27 inch iMac that I installed other purposefully deprecated programs like Final Cut Pro Studio and it's suite. As a non updateble computer, they can't touch it. Then CS3 will continue to serve me after I install it there.
tl;dr version Screw subscription models.
It's a common trap because the people living there see that some other people are making even more money, and think that if they can just hang on long enough to get to that level they can be super rich. In reality they just create a feedback loop that pushes up prices with little improvement in the odds of them "making it".
Very true. Very few people have a real grasp of personal finances. A big salary in a place that gobbles it all up is useless other than for bragging rights. Some people try to cheat the system by living far enough away that the COL is lower, but they have nightmarish commutes, and seem to spend a lot on travel.
I was saying if you are property owner, to get a representation of the plight the renter suffer in the bay area, IMAGINE that your house cost (property tax, reparation cost etc...) went from 600$ to 4000$... Are you getting it now ? It would make it unlivable and you would have to sell. And no buying a new one would not help if it has the SAME 4000$ price tag. You would be out priced for housing and pushed outward... which is what is happening for a lot of folk. And quite a lot of people on slashdot are hard at grasping at that.
The part I'm having trouble grasping is why someone forced you or anyone to live and work there. If housing is ridiculously overpriced in my area, I'll sell my house move to another area and pocket the profit. As I noted before, I could have worked in places like DC or Cali, but some simple math told me I was better off living and working in a less crowded market. I was making roughly 80 percent of what I could get there, and living costs were roughly half.
But hey, if you signed a contract that requires you to work there and live there, I guess that stinks, because there's a rest of a country, many places with lot better prospects.
And then where do you live? There's no place cheap to move to.
This reminds me of the coal miner's dilemma only in the opposite direction. They don't want to move, but there are no jobs. The Silicon Valley worker can hardly afford their housing, but they don't want to move either.
But both the coal miner and Silicon Valley worker are suffering from inertia. San Francisco or the Allegheies might be charming, but it is a big country, with many places to work and live.
? Well that is what is happening to some people, and those with the weakest salaries are pushed further and further away meaning their cost increase both in time cost (travel time) and in transportation cost, or go in worst neighborhood if you can. Basically I forsee a wall coming to SF bay area, something will have to break.
But someone is apparently paying those prices. Me? Unless I was making enough money to afford to live near my work, I'd not be employed there. A friend's daughter works in SF, makes 6 figures, and has to have a roommate to make ends meet. But she does it. I suspect for bragging rights.
I could have lived and worked in DC or Cali, But some simple math told me that although I'd be paid more, my overall financial condition would be worse.
tl;dr version - As long as people are willing to pay the price, there is no reason for prices to come down.
Participation in the madness is voluntary.
You don't seem to realise that abandonment of the 3.5mm analog jack and plug pretty much guarantees abandonment of the 6.5mm connectors as well, to be replaced with a mess of different digital connectors.
I realize a lot of things. One of them is that there is a thing called time, and standards don't last forever. And some of them aren't very good. I'm just fine to have whatever works best.
If used with care 3.5 mm plugs and jacks are OK.
Well now there is a problem there. People don't use things with care. I'm always amazed at just how big a mess many people's phones are. Cracked bezels Scratched up and dented cases. Broken headphone jacks. People don't take very good care of their phones.
Regardless, why whine and moan and pull your hair out on Slashdot. Simply buy a phone that has the most important thing ever put on a phone, which is the headphone jack. they still make them, so buy one and be happy, whjich you are displaying now - that you are exceptionally upset by the disappearance of the silly little thing. Life is too short to be upset by such trivial shit.
Which is my major point in all of this. Most people simply do not care. If most Apple users are cool to use the adapter, or to use Bluetooth - you've made your decision, let them. If your critical component is as critical as you say, Apple will come crashing down as a result of their foolishness. Why should you and a few other people who (probably) hate Apple to begin with, dictate how they make their phones. But whatever phone has that important feature you demand.
Buy it, enjoy it, and have the life of happiness you deserve.
"Pre-amp" ... seriously, mate? Has it got pre-pre amp too? Cause you know ... music is *unbearable* without it, and you can *really* tell the difference! I swear on my $400 extra-warmness wooden volume knob!
Audio snobs are the worst. By far. Even worse (and more clueless and religious) than Whyhshkhyh-drinking Apple fans.
Go ahead, and open your $50k speakers. You will find top materials like cardboard and tiny copper strands in there, that will make your huge outside cables look as over the top as a wrestler in an 80s Seat Ibiza with a Bozozoko-style spoiler of 2m.
U mad Bro?
If you watch some videos on what ravens have leared to do, it wouldn't come as a surprise. I'm not saying it's true, but it isn't any more complex than things other birds do.
A hobby the wife and I have is birding. Aside from traveling to various sites, we have a lot of feeders in our back yard.
And some of the intelligence shown by these critters perplexes me. From Blue Jays throwing out seeds to other critters like doves or squirrels to feed them, or one particularly strange moment, after I rescued a baby Bluejay from our backyard pond. The little critter was pretty pathetic, and I put a hair dryer a couple feet from him to warm him up. After 15 minutes, the little one flies away. A couple hours later, I'm sitting at the table on the patio enjoying a beer, and an adult Blue Jay flies in lands a foot away from me and starts opening and closing his bill and making clacking noises. After 30 seconds or so it flies off. I'd never seen that behavior before.
Something interesting seems to be going on in those little heads. Couldn't say what for certain.
As for the Ravens and crows, I've seen interesting activity out of them. Picking up burning sticks to flush out prey by watching what happens when there is a fire and learning to invoke new fires would not surprise me at all.
"Birds are intelligent. They can learn from mistakes."
Yep, it is the ability to learn from mistakes that distinguishes them from humans. ... Well ... that ... and feathers.
Boom! Well played indeed.
T Even if he survives, he won't see much at 2000 feet that you can't see from a skyscraper (Burj Khalifa is more than 1/2 a mile tall).
Or a mountaintop.
Meanwhile, the US is continuing to make stupid people famous.