That's an app design issue though - some apps see "back" when they're at their home/root screen and decide that the only place back from there is outside the app.
That's not what's happening. Say I open my text messaging app, and it takes me to my last conversation. I push the back button to go to the home screen and select a different conversation. However, it takes me to the OS home screen instead. If I reopen the app, and press the back button I get the the test message home screen.
Maybe it is an issue with the way some apps are written, but you misunderstood the issue.
Since I was updated to Oreo, I noticed the back button doesn't work correctly anyway. Often times it functions as a home button instead. It's very frustrating when I'm trying to get to the home screen of an app, but it takes me to the home screen of the OS instead.
How do they define "processed" food? Cooking is a process. Cutting is a process. Harvesting is a process. Eating is a process! There needs to be more resolution into the types of processes in order to provide meaningful data.
Yes, people can get bored doing nothing. While some will continue to due nothing, most people want to feel useful, needed, and accomplish something meaningful to THEIR life.
I'll go a step further. If you prevent people from working, they become restless and aggravated. That's how revolutions start. Some people think it's the poor and hungry masses that overthrow governments. However, I don't see North Koreans overthrowing the government. Idled able-bodied workers are the ones who start trouble.
"Idle hands are the devils playground" and all that.
Another interesting scenario: Say someone takes a lein against their UBI (they use it as collateral for a loan). They take that money and blow it all on a big party. Now what do you do?
SO, no you have given this person money, they blow it and now have no money for food, shelter, etc.
Do you now give them MORE money or just let them starve on the street.
If you say the former...then, when does it stop?
These would not be isolated cases mind you.
Interesting scenario. I suppose you could have a judge declare them incompetent and name a power of attorney. This happens to senior citizens all of the time.
Who, exactly, thought this was a workable idea? Two inches into the asphalt and covered with tar? I can't imagine how one, let alone a group, of civil engineers and the city's own engineers could be okay with this idea. I have so many questions.
To their defense, I believe that is now they install traffic signals all of the time. The question is, why did they think they could do this on such a large scale.
Reading between the lines, the report says the group was not more likely to find a job than the control group. However, it does not say they were less likely to get a job than the control group. That's important information. It suggests that economic stress is not as big of a factor in finding work as most of us think.
As for another comment about forcing students to pay for copies of MS Word -- good unis have bulk licensing and students get the tools they need. Like Word, Matlab, etc...
What about grade school, middle school, and high school? Not everyone can get bulk licensing. I've been away from the education system for a while, but from what I hear, most of it is on Google Docs anyway.
LibreOffice is perfect for occasional home use, or a student writing a term paper. In a corporate environment, Microsoft Office is still a requirement.
The subscription model may be more profitable for Microsoft overall, but I have a hunch it will lose market share for cases that use the software casually. The same users that we hurt when Microsoft abandoned Works in 2009. Microsoft has opened up a nice niche for LibreOffice. Even though it's not as good as MS Office, it's much better than Works ever was.
Open source alternatives suck big time - from the interface to speed to everything else one can imagine.
In short, not worth a try for the majority of [ordinary] users.
Not in my experience. I've been swapping files back and forth between Office and LibreOffice for years now. In my experience LibreOffice is much faster than Office365 because it doesn't need to be in constant contact with Microsoft servers.
My mother-in-law was complaining about the Office365 subscription, so I installed LibreOffice. I've heard no complaints since.
due to all of the extra cruft and overhead involved with the Slack IPO. Most people say they are satisfied with traditional IPOs, but Slack says their IPO has new features that everyone will like.
Today I learnt 2 things, in America they use fire to keep tracks from freezing, and that there's a picture floating around of lightning striking all three towers in Chicago.
Not all tracks are set on fire to prevent freezing. There are a few spots in Chicago that are more prone to freezing than other locations.
Those tracks in Chicago are flaming like that through most winter storms. Somebody decided it was newsworthy because of the severe cold. However, it's nothing new.
It's like saying a storm is bad because lightning hit the Sears Tower.
Prime Video is included in the standard Prime subscription.
I agree with GP. If you want to pay extra money, Prime Video has an incredible selection. However, Netflix includes more with a basic subscription.
Amazon Music works similarly. Your Prime subscription gets you some content, but you have to upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited to get the rest of their catalog.
P.S. I'd like to thank the current Slashdot staff. Recently I've made some hasty submissions, and they have cleaned them up into something readable by the masses. Previously, the staff would post stories exactly as they were submitted. I don't write copy for a living. It's nice to have some professionals do it!
TFA annoyed me with the use of their word "chyron". Chyron Corporation makes on screen graphic software. I was unaware the trademark had been genericized, but the author thinks it can be used interchangeably with the word "graphic".
Diseases also don't care about borders. Or whether you're rich or poor when you get into contact with it.
That's not really true. If you are rich, you are much less likely to come in contact with many of these diseases in the first place. Part of the misunderstanding is what being rich means.
Do you sleep on a dirt floor that might harbor diseases?
Do you cook over an open wood fire that releases toxic gases?
Does your home lack proper doors and windows making it constantly infested with rodents and insects?
Is your water contaminated with human waste?
Do you come in contact with human waste on a regular basis?
If you said no to these questions, congratulations, you are rich! You have access to the basic things to keep yourself healthy. If you can afford to go to the doctor and purchase generic drugs, you are even better off!
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That's an app design issue though - some apps see "back" when they're at their home/root screen and decide that the only place back from there is outside the app.
That's not what's happening. Say I open my text messaging app, and it takes me to my last conversation. I push the back button to go to the home screen and select a different conversation. However, it takes me to the OS home screen instead. If I reopen the app, and press the back button I get the the test message home screen.
Maybe it is an issue with the way some apps are written, but you misunderstood the issue.
Since I was updated to Oreo, I noticed the back button doesn't work correctly anyway. Often times it functions as a home button instead. It's very frustrating when I'm trying to get to the home screen of an app, but it takes me to the home screen of the OS instead.
JP Morgan: Because if you're going to print money, why not leave it to the experts.
How do they define "processed" food? Cooking is a process. Cutting is a process. Harvesting is a process. Eating is a process! There needs to be more resolution into the types of processes in order to provide meaningful data.
Yes, people can get bored doing nothing. While some will continue to due nothing, most people want to feel useful, needed, and accomplish something meaningful to THEIR life.
I'll go a step further. If you prevent people from working, they become restless and aggravated. That's how revolutions start. Some people think it's the poor and hungry masses that overthrow governments. However, I don't see North Koreans overthrowing the government. Idled able-bodied workers are the ones who start trouble.
"Idle hands are the devils playground" and all that.
Another interesting scenario: Say someone takes a lein against their UBI (they use it as collateral for a loan). They take that money and blow it all on a big party. Now what do you do?
Do you make it illegal to use UBI as collateral?
Do they declare bankruptcy?
Do they starve?
SO, no you have given this person money, they blow it and now have no money for food, shelter, etc.
Do you now give them MORE money or just let them starve on the street.
If you say the former...then, when does it stop?
These would not be isolated cases mind you.
Interesting scenario. I suppose you could have a judge declare them incompetent and name a power of attorney. This happens to senior citizens all of the time.
Who, exactly, thought this was a workable idea? Two inches into the asphalt and covered with tar? I can't imagine how one, let alone a group, of civil engineers and the city's own engineers could be okay with this idea. I have so many questions.
To their defense, I believe that is now they install traffic signals all of the time. The question is, why did they think they could do this on such a large scale.
Reading between the lines, the report says the group was not more likely to find a job than the control group. However, it does not say they were less likely to get a job than the control group. That's important information. It suggests that economic stress is not as big of a factor in finding work as most of us think.
Submit in PDF?
Good answer! You only need compatibility for collaboration. You need readability for the final product. LibreOffice exports to PDF nicely!
As for another comment about forcing students to pay for copies of MS Word -- good unis have bulk licensing and students get the tools they need. Like Word, Matlab, etc...
What about grade school, middle school, and high school? Not everyone can get bulk licensing. I've been away from the education system for a while, but from what I hear, most of it is on Google Docs anyway.
LibreOffice is perfect for occasional home use, or a student writing a term paper. In a corporate environment, Microsoft Office is still a requirement.
The subscription model may be more profitable for Microsoft overall, but I have a hunch it will lose market share for cases that use the software casually. The same users that we hurt when Microsoft abandoned Works in 2009. Microsoft has opened up a nice niche for LibreOffice. Even though it's not as good as MS Office, it's much better than Works ever was.
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Open source alternatives suck big time - from the interface to speed to everything else one can imagine.
In short, not worth a try for the majority of [ordinary] users.
Not in my experience. I've been swapping files back and forth between Office and LibreOffice for years now. In my experience LibreOffice is much faster than Office365 because it doesn't need to be in constant contact with Microsoft servers.
My mother-in-law was complaining about the Office365 subscription, so I installed LibreOffice. I've heard no complaints since.
I stopped calling everyone faggot online. You're welcome.
For once, Anonymous Coward posting expletives is relevant to the discussion!
Thanks AC!
due to all of the extra cruft and overhead involved with the Slack IPO. Most people say they are satisfied with traditional IPOs, but Slack says their IPO has new features that everyone will like.
Today I learnt 2 things, in America they use fire to keep tracks from freezing, and that there's a picture floating around of lightning striking all three towers in Chicago.
Not all tracks are set on fire to prevent freezing. There are a few spots in Chicago that are more prone to freezing than other locations.
It's always nice to learn new things!
Those tracks in Chicago are flaming like that through most winter storms. Somebody decided it was newsworthy because of the severe cold. However, it's nothing new.
It's like saying a storm is bad because lightning hit the Sears Tower.
Complaining about Slashdot stories and not making submissions is like complaining about the government and not voting.
Prime Video is included in the standard Prime subscription.
I agree with GP. If you want to pay extra money, Prime Video has an incredible selection. However, Netflix includes more with a basic subscription.
Amazon Music works similarly. Your Prime subscription gets you some content, but you have to upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited to get the rest of their catalog.
P.S. I'd like to thank the current Slashdot staff. Recently I've made some hasty submissions, and they have cleaned them up into something readable by the masses. Previously, the staff would post stories exactly as they were submitted. I don't write copy for a living. It's nice to have some professionals do it!
Oh, how the articles on Slashdot keep getting less and less technical over time :-(
I noticed you haven't made any submissions since 2014.
Slashdot is a democratic system. If you don't like what you see, do something about it!
It follows the standards better in my experience, too. Still waiting for Chrome to catch up.
I've noticed Firefox has been regressing on Acid3 lately. I only see 97/100 and it doesn't look like the reference.
TFA annoyed me with the use of their word "chyron". Chyron Corporation makes on screen graphic software. I was unaware the trademark had been genericized, but the author thinks it can be used interchangeably with the word "graphic".
This might actually be a legitimate case for a national security tariff.
Diseases also don't care about borders. Or whether you're rich or poor when you get into contact with it.
That's not really true. If you are rich, you are much less likely to come in contact with many of these diseases in the first place. Part of the misunderstanding is what being rich means.
Do you sleep on a dirt floor that might harbor diseases?
Do you cook over an open wood fire that releases toxic gases?
Does your home lack proper doors and windows making it constantly infested with rodents and insects?
Is your water contaminated with human waste?
Do you come in contact with human waste on a regular basis?
If you said no to these questions, congratulations, you are rich! You have access to the basic things to keep yourself healthy. If you can afford to go to the doctor and purchase generic drugs, you are even better off!