A very well written comment. However, I have one objection.
free market fundamentalists who think inequality, no matter how severe, is the proper state of the world
Those that believe that don't understand free market economics. True free market economists believe the free market provides equality. They believe that people are paid fairly based on their contribution to society. i.e. Poor people don't contribute as much as rich people. However, in reality that is not the case, and rich people manipulate the system for their further financial gain.
The example of free market economics in action that I like to use is US trade with China. Allowing (more or less) free trade with China has allowed the poor of China to find gainful employment and move into the middle class. However, this was at the expense of the US middle class. Although, it can be argued that the US middle class was far wealthier than the Chinese poor to begin with. Unfortunately, the wealthy saw the greatest benefit from this transaction due the reason I mentioned above.
My point is, equality is a two way street. To make everyone equal, some "rich" people become poorer, and some poor people become richer. It doesn't matter how you go about it, socialism, or free market capitalism. The end result is the same.
I know right! They tell you to connect your phone or tablet to make it more usable, but as soon as you close the app it unpairs the device. The next time you open it you have the do the pairing process all over again. Stupid.
I made the mistake of buying a Samsung smart TV based on the recommendation from Consumer Reports. It works fine as a TV, but the SmartHub feature is terrible. Some of it's "features" are:
UI Lag
Daily updates that display a popup message in the middle of the screen while watching TV. "SmartHub has updated. Would you like to open SmartHub now?"
Some days, its WiFi driver crashes and it's a PITA to get it back up and running. (Hint: don't change the settings while the driver has crashed, this will only make the issue worse. Just unplug the TV and plug it in again.)
I use Adblock most of the time. But, for some reason, by brain is convinced that interest-based ads will be less likely to serve up malware. I'm not interested in downloading malware, so it won't show me ads that host it. Right?
I'm guessing Microsoft is doing this to get more people to use Skype. Obviously they have no idea why people don't like it. They need to stop adding features and rebranding and make the thing usable again. As it stands, it's just a cluster of various projects haphazardly bundled together. This will only make the problem worse.
Every meeting someone calls in from their phone, and their computer mic gets turned on. Everyone on the call gets treated to the lovely sound of feedback while we wait for the host to figure out how to mute the mic remotely. Then we spend 10 minutes waiting for the host to figure out how to present...
There are more buzzwords (with Capitalization!) than actual words in the summary. Can we get a non-press release summary?
I have to reply because I moderated this incorrectly. I totally agree. The summary is unreadable. I have no idea what they are talking about. It's just a pile of buzzwords.
Amazon Prime Music was included in my Prime subscription. Not only can I listen to "Stations", I can pick from thousands of songs and albums to listen to whenever I want.
The only drawback is the algorithm they use to recommend new music sucks. It's constantly recommending songs I hate. With that regard, Pandora is the king.
However, there are a lot of other things I don't like about Pandora. One of which is that the app's permissions are ridiculous. It doesn't need to access everything on my phone. I suppose Amazon already knows everything about me, but I don't need another company doing that too.
Would seem to me a pretty simple National Education Initiative to develop and keep up to date a set of core curriculum texts and videos.
While I agree, this would be an excellent use of U.S. Department of Education resources. I'm afraid such a program would only become highly politicized like the Common Core The U.S. congress is simply too dysfunctional to perform this simple task. Some politician will declare the text books invalid because they don't have a grasp on the concept, or they simply don't agree with it. The program would eventually get scrapped.
Can we honestly call the click bait articles on social media news?
You can follow reputable news organizations on social media. Associated Press, BBC, NPR, even Slashdot and Snopes! Instead of browsing social media and then browsing your favorite news sites, you now get it all in one location.
Sure, people still post false clickbait articles on social media, but I don't think this is what is happening. From my own experience, and from the news, people are using social media less for sharing personal information and more for aggregating news stories.
Basically Facebook is turning into a version of Slashdot.
...it will end up broken in a corner. Shoppers will be forced to go back to the old way of doing things because Walmart won't provide the resources necessary to keep such a sophisticated system functional.
This just sounds like yet another shitty reinvention of wheel idea with YOLO douchey distro dev backers that I'm going to see take over yet another great part of Linux distro's as we know it --- I thought enough was enough with systemd.
It's things like this that make me think Linux on the desktop peaked in 2010. Everything has been downhill since.
At least I can understand the systemd complaining, because most distros don't support sysvinit or upstart anymore. But I really don't get the GNOME 3 bitching. I hate it just as much as you do, but literally every single one of the big distros (so that's Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, CentOS, Arch and Gentoo) support alternatives.
Support is a vague term. I've used Debian with several desktop environments. XFCE and Cinnamon don't have near the polish that was put into GNOME 3. It's clear Cinnamon on Debian is an afterthought. Supported, and that's where it ends. The Debian team put most of their effort into GNOME
Conversely, Cinnamon on Mint is wonderful. It's clear the Mint team put a lot of time and effort towards making it a great experience.
When I first tried Linux, I didn't understand the repository system. I had been so used to the Windows.exe files I didn't understand downloading my programs from a single secure repository. One day, it clicked. The repository system is so much better. No more worrying about compatibility, or someone adding malicious software to my programs. It all comes from one secure repository and is known to be compatible with my system.
In fact, that model works so well, Apple and others now use the same model. They call it an "App Store". I've even heard rumors that Microsoft wants to switch to this model
So, why is Linux going back to the old, and inferior way of doing things?
Expect a first phase consisting of several supply rockets with prefabs, equipment and tools. Expect a degree of heavy duty robotics to help with fabrication. Expect a *lot* of solar panels, plus of course Tesla battery packs...
He's stated publicly that he wants to start a 26 month delivery cycle as soon as 2018.
“The basic game plan is that we’re going to send a mission to Mars with every Mars opportunity from 2018 onwards,” he said. Launch windows for Mars missions open every 26 months, with the next opening in the spring of 2018.
“We’re establishing cargo flights to Mars that people can count on,” he said. “I think if things go according to plan, we should be able to launch people probably in 2024, with arrival in 2025.”
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free market fundamentalists who think inequality, no matter how severe, is the proper state of the world
Those that believe that don't understand free market economics. True free market economists believe the free market provides equality. They believe that people are paid fairly based on their contribution to society. i.e. Poor people don't contribute as much as rich people. However, in reality that is not the case, and rich people manipulate the system for their further financial gain.
The example of free market economics in action that I like to use is US trade with China. Allowing (more or less) free trade with China has allowed the poor of China to find gainful employment and move into the middle class. However, this was at the expense of the US middle class. Although, it can be argued that the US middle class was far wealthier than the Chinese poor to begin with. Unfortunately, the wealthy saw the greatest benefit from this transaction due the reason I mentioned above.
My point is, equality is a two way street. To make everyone equal, some "rich" people become poorer, and some poor people become richer. It doesn't matter how you go about it, socialism, or free market capitalism. The end result is the same.
OMG Youtube blows
I know right! They tell you to connect your phone or tablet to make it more usable, but as soon as you close the app it unpairs the device. The next time you open it you have the do the pairing process all over again. Stupid.
The sad thing is that Skype is lightyears beyond the steaming pile of crap that is Skype for Business (Formerly Lync).
That's exactly my point. They are just rebranding and bundling software under the Skype umbrella. They need a well thought out set of products.
I use Adblock most of the time. But, for some reason, by brain is convinced that interest-based ads will be less likely to serve up malware. I'm not interested in downloading malware, so it won't show me ads that host it. Right?
I'm guessing Microsoft is doing this to get more people to use Skype. Obviously they have no idea why people don't like it. They need to stop adding features and rebranding and make the thing usable again. As it stands, it's just a cluster of various projects haphazardly bundled together. This will only make the problem worse.
So, this is the E-machine of smart phones?
...horrible for anyone trying to pay the mortgage/rent, maintain the family and so on.
It's great for people immigrating from third world countries trying to pay rent. So it's not really horrible for everyone.
The UI on Skype for Business sucks
So its not just me...
Every meeting someone calls in from their phone, and their computer mic gets turned on. Everyone on the call gets treated to the lovely sound of feedback while we wait for the host to figure out how to mute the mic remotely. Then we spend 10 minutes waiting for the host to figure out how to present...
Yes, I'm that paranoid.
To clarify, I'm not worried about a 3 letter agency using my webcam. I'm worried about a two letter department. IT. Here's why:
I put tape over the light sensor on my laptop. Just in case it's actually a camera.
Yes, I'm that paranoid.
From the tone of the article, I think Elon Musk might be involved behind the scenes, pulling the strings.
Only time with tell.
Seems that investors are quite concerned with this deal. Musk is the kind of person that plans is moves very far in advance. It's just not obvious why he is doing this.
Musk Industries.
There are more buzzwords (with Capitalization!) than actual words in the summary. Can we get a non-press release summary?
I have to reply because I moderated this incorrectly. I totally agree. The summary is unreadable. I have no idea what they are talking about. It's just a pile of buzzwords.
Amazon Prime Music was included in my Prime subscription. Not only can I listen to "Stations", I can pick from thousands of songs and albums to listen to whenever I want.
The only drawback is the algorithm they use to recommend new music sucks. It's constantly recommending songs I hate. With that regard, Pandora is the king.
However, there are a lot of other things I don't like about Pandora. One of which is that the app's permissions are ridiculous. It doesn't need to access everything on my phone. I suppose Amazon already knows everything about me, but I don't need another company doing that too.
Would seem to me a pretty simple National Education Initiative to develop and keep up to date a set of core curriculum texts and videos.
While I agree, this would be an excellent use of U.S. Department of Education resources. I'm afraid such a program would only become highly politicized like the Common Core The U.S. congress is simply too dysfunctional to perform this simple task. Some politician will declare the text books invalid because they don't have a grasp on the concept, or they simply don't agree with it. The program would eventually get scrapped.
Can we honestly call the click bait articles on social media news?
You can follow reputable news organizations on social media. Associated Press, BBC, NPR, even Slashdot and Snopes! Instead of browsing social media and then browsing your favorite news sites, you now get it all in one location.
Sure, people still post false clickbait articles on social media, but I don't think this is what is happening. From my own experience, and from the news, people are using social media less for sharing personal information and more for aggregating news stories.
Basically Facebook is turning into a version of Slashdot.
...it will end up broken in a corner. Shoppers will be forced to go back to the old way of doing things because Walmart won't provide the resources necessary to keep such a sophisticated system functional.
This just sounds like yet another shitty reinvention of wheel idea with YOLO douchey distro dev backers that I'm going to see take over yet another great part of Linux distro's as we know it --- I thought enough was enough with systemd.
It's things like this that make me think Linux on the desktop peaked in 2010. Everything has been downhill since.
At least I can understand the systemd complaining, because most distros don't support sysvinit or upstart anymore. But I really don't get the GNOME 3 bitching. I hate it just as much as you do, but literally every single one of the big distros (so that's Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, CentOS, Arch and Gentoo) support alternatives.
Support is a vague term. I've used Debian with several desktop environments. XFCE and Cinnamon don't have near the polish that was put into GNOME 3. It's clear Cinnamon on Debian is an afterthought. Supported, and that's where it ends. The Debian team put most of their effort into GNOME
Conversely, Cinnamon on Mint is wonderful. It's clear the Mint team put a lot of time and effort towards making it a great experience.
PPAs can solve this problem. However, I just live with old software.
Wait until there are no packages in the repositories. Then you will be forced to use Snap.
...because it has a niche role to play that you don't ever have to use if you don't want to.
Just like systemd!
When I first tried Linux, I didn't understand the repository system. I had been so used to the Windows .exe files I didn't understand downloading my programs from a single secure repository. One day, it clicked. The repository system is so much better. No more worrying about compatibility, or someone adding malicious software to my programs. It all comes from one secure repository and is known to be compatible with my system.
In fact, that model works so well, Apple and others now use the same model. They call it an "App Store". I've even heard rumors that Microsoft wants to switch to this model
So, why is Linux going back to the old, and inferior way of doing things?
Expect a first phase consisting of several supply rockets with prefabs, equipment and tools. Expect a degree of heavy duty robotics to help with fabrication. Expect a *lot* of solar panels, plus of course Tesla battery packs...
He's stated publicly that he wants to start a 26 month delivery cycle as soon as 2018.
“The basic game plan is that we’re going to send a mission to Mars with every Mars opportunity from 2018 onwards,” he said. Launch windows for Mars missions open every 26 months, with the next opening in the spring of 2018. “We’re establishing cargo flights to Mars that people can count on,” he said. “I think if things go according to plan, we should be able to launch people probably in 2024, with arrival in 2025.”