Well, the Obama admin did issue an official denial that one of his Secret Service detail was a reptoid - citing labor costs for foreign talent and the economic benefit of buying local.
Wow, good catch - it never occurred to me that this was Trump's fault.. I was thinking "is this global warming, fracking, or racism?", but I like your reasoning.
We know hurricanes are the fault of Dark Lord Karl Rove using the hurricane machine to kill black people (the real purpose of HAARP), but we shouldn't jump to conclusions about earthquakes. Still, probably Trump's fault.
(I tried to fit shape-shifting lizard people in there, but my imagination failed me.)
Any attempt at anonymity is useless "without all the hops". It's the only way to make traffic analysis non-trivial. IMO, Freenet was the right approach - turn everything into a big distributed hash table. No servers to take down, everything encrypted and p2p, assembling encrypted blobs of content into something coherent only happens at the client. Too bad it's so inherently slow it never took off, but "slow" may be the inevitable price if you want untraceable sources and no take-downs.
Freenet had its own security flaws, don't get me wrong, but the core idea is a good foundation for something modern.
The problem is, people will complete the training, then immediately switch to a different company. Parasitic companies, that do no training but pay a bit more for people trained by other companies, come out ahead. Yet, we don't want a system where people aren't free to change.
It's not obvious what the right answer is here, but it's worth noting that Germany does this better than we do, at least for young people entering the workforce. Training by a company, instead of college, is expected for many.
Duck Duck Go adds a bunch of functionality I like to the search bar, even if the search is itself is still mostly Bing. Plus it hides your search history in general.
Mostly, though DDG "bang codes" are handy. I frequently use "!wa" to send my search to Wolfram Online - best calculator ever.
I've heard good thinks about them and would consider purchasing if they're not stupidly priced, but they're not on GOG. Can they be had -- DRM-free -- anywhere else?
Sure, just take your OCD meds and play them on Steam. Obsession is seriously unhealthy.
No, don't. Seriously. It's a politics-rife, asshole-filled, scumbag-overflowing cesspool. Would be nice as a single-player with bots though, if that would exist.
A single-player (or better, co-op) Eve variant would be a heck of a fun game, IMO, especially if you could build fleets with friendly bots. There's a lot of interesting complexity to Eve gameplay, but it's almost as if player toxicity is the point of the game.
I don't believe there's another car with just a monitor in the middle - can you name one?
Yes, there are cars with one or the other of these bad design choices, but is Tesla unique in combining both? (Actually, I don't think an LCD dash in the normal place with good sun shading is necessarily a UI problem, though it may be a bad idea from a maintenance perspective.)
Unique to Tesla is the lack of any actual gauges or anything in this arrangement. There's just an LCD monitor slapped in the center of the dash. Hope the sun's not an an awkard angle.
Only slightly less bad than a command line is a UI where you have to read documentation.
He complains that you have to control the knobs with a mouse... as opposed to what, real knobs?
Knobs don't belong in UIs, full stop. Use sliders instead. They convey the same information, but are natural to use with the mouse.
UIs should look like what other UIs on the same OS look like. Clarity and high contrast beats wood paneling.
Now if you are a live performance musician or soundboard operator, you want everything you normally tweak to be in a known location so your muscle memory can get you there.
Muscle memory won't carry over from a physical panel to a mouse. That's just not what muscle memory is. Awkward controls won't make things better.
Putting the controls in about the same place on the screen as they are on the physical panel? Sure, that part makes sense. But knobs on a screen is just exasperating in its stupidity.
Replacing physical controls with touch screens in cars is just downright evil.
You'll just love the Tesla Model 3. All the dashboard gauges are gone too - no speedometer even. There's just a touchscreen panel in the center, quite a long visual distance from the road compared to the usual dashboard.
Well, at least there's a physical steering wheel.... for now.
There are other uses beside long-haul. I'd expect Tesla would go first for local routes with smaller tractors and lighter trailers: supermarket and chain restaurant deliveries and the like. A fixed route would be the easiest first market for an electric tractor - assuming it's actually cheaper to operate long-term.
Tesla could still have a nice business even if it's only suitable for 5% of semi trucks sold - but I'd be surprised if they would actually be cheaper long-term (i.e., across multiple battery pack replacements, given how long commercial trucks tend to stay in service).
So if I can't buy Vizio anymore and now Samsung is out then WTF do I buy if I want a quality TV?
I switched to LG when my Samsung bricked itself. Never gave it a network connection, and have no complaints. Can't speak for those who connect it to the overmind.
That being said, this looks like a flight suit and doesn't look very realistic as a space suit. Where are the hose connections? How do you scratch your nose? Hydration? Visor for sunlight? I suspect the actual suit is much less "sleek" when ready for a spacewalk (also, if the shoulders really are that small, I'd love to know how he manages constant volume).
This isn't the internet - change takes time. There's a dire shortage of skilled tradesmen, and that will take years to correct, but all the incentives are there. America sucks at filling non-college jobs though; we have a serious cultural weakness there compared to Europe (especially Germany - they nail this).
It's always possible that there's enough housing, just some tied up by speculators who aren't renting them out - the other kind of "malinvestment" that characterizes bubbles (the notmal kind is overbuilding). That sucks, but bubbles never last.
It's one of the biggest priorities. Just not the way you'd like it. Every product is carefully engineered to break after some time.
I think my TV broke within a week of being out of warranty, so you may be on to something. In Japan there's a word that translates as "sonytimer" that describes this effect for Sony devices.
Samsung really seems to have followed the "Sony quality arc", just must faster.
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Well, the Obama admin did issue an official denial that one of his Secret Service detail was a reptoid - citing labor costs for foreign talent and the economic benefit of buying local.
Wow, good catch - it never occurred to me that this was Trump's fault.. I was thinking "is this global warming, fracking, or racism?", but I like your reasoning.
We know hurricanes are the fault of Dark Lord Karl Rove using the hurricane machine to kill black people (the real purpose of HAARP), but we shouldn't jump to conclusions about earthquakes. Still, probably Trump's fault.
(I tried to fit shape-shifting lizard people in there, but my imagination failed me.)
Estonia has pissed it's opportunity away by proposing something
Not likely. I';m sure they were well paid for proposing this nonsense, which is all any politician wants.
They have been used to stop government spying,
If you're ever in the market for a bridge, I have a great one to sell you!
Here's a revolutionary idea: perhaps moral blame is not heritable? Maybe, just maybe, the grandson is not to blame for the sins of the grandfather.
Any attempt at anonymity is useless "without all the hops". It's the only way to make traffic analysis non-trivial. IMO, Freenet was the right approach - turn everything into a big distributed hash table. No servers to take down, everything encrypted and p2p, assembling encrypted blobs of content into something coherent only happens at the client. Too bad it's so inherently slow it never took off, but "slow" may be the inevitable price if you want untraceable sources and no take-downs.
Freenet had its own security flaws, don't get me wrong, but the core idea is a good foundation for something modern.
The problem is, people will complete the training, then immediately switch to a different company. Parasitic companies, that do no training but pay a bit more for people trained by other companies, come out ahead. Yet, we don't want a system where people aren't free to change.
It's not obvious what the right answer is here, but it's worth noting that Germany does this better than we do, at least for young people entering the workforce. Training by a company, instead of college, is expected for many.
Duck Duck Go adds a bunch of functionality I like to the search bar, even if the search is itself is still mostly Bing. Plus it hides your search history in general.
Mostly, though DDG "bang codes" are handy. I frequently use "!wa" to send my search to Wolfram Online - best calculator ever.
It has always been "Don't, be evil".
Yes, Samsung used to be good. Just like Sony back in the day. Don't replace it with another Samsung when it finally goes - that's my heartfelt advice.
Ah, good point - I don't think of those as cars, so I had totally forgotten.
I am not 23 anymore so I gave up on FPS. You can try but the young kids today will 0wn you as they have 200% faster reflexes
Twitch FPS games are maybe 5% of gaming. The other 95% is full of great stuff. Heck, twitch FPS isn't even the majority of competitive gaming.
I've heard good thinks about them and would consider purchasing if they're not stupidly priced, but they're not on GOG. Can they be had -- DRM-free -- anywhere else?
Sure, just take your OCD meds and play them on Steam. Obsession is seriously unhealthy.
No, don't. Seriously.
It's a politics-rife, asshole-filled, scumbag-overflowing cesspool.
Would be nice as a single-player with bots though, if that would exist.
A single-player (or better, co-op) Eve variant would be a heck of a fun game, IMO, especially if you could build fleets with friendly bots. There's a lot of interesting complexity to Eve gameplay, but it's almost as if player toxicity is the point of the game.
I don't believe there's another car with just a monitor in the middle - can you name one?
Yes, there are cars with one or the other of these bad design choices, but is Tesla unique in combining both? (Actually, I don't think an LCD dash in the normal place with good sun shading is necessarily a UI problem, though it may be a bad idea from a maintenance perspective.)
Unique to Tesla is the lack of any actual gauges or anything in this arrangement. There's just an LCD monitor slapped in the center of the dash. Hope the sun's not an an awkard angle.
The latter is a matter of documentation, not UX
Only slightly less bad than a command line is a UI where you have to read documentation.
He complains that you have to control the knobs with a mouse... as opposed to what, real knobs?
Knobs don't belong in UIs, full stop. Use sliders instead. They convey the same information, but are natural to use with the mouse.
UIs should look like what other UIs on the same OS look like. Clarity and high contrast beats wood paneling.
Now if you are a live performance musician or soundboard operator, you want everything you normally tweak to be in a known location so your muscle memory can get you there.
Muscle memory won't carry over from a physical panel to a mouse. That's just not what muscle memory is. Awkward controls won't make things better.
Putting the controls in about the same place on the screen as they are on the physical panel? Sure, that part makes sense. But knobs on a screen is just exasperating in its stupidity.
Replacing physical controls with touch screens in cars is just downright evil.
You'll just love the Tesla Model 3. All the dashboard gauges are gone too - no speedometer even. There's just a touchscreen panel in the center, quite a long visual distance from the road compared to the usual dashboard.
Well, at least there's a physical steering wheel .... for now.
If your response to a usability complaint involves a command line in any way, you are part of the problem.
There are other uses beside long-haul. I'd expect Tesla would go first for local routes with smaller tractors and lighter trailers: supermarket and chain restaurant deliveries and the like. A fixed route would be the easiest first market for an electric tractor - assuming it's actually cheaper to operate long-term.
Tesla could still have a nice business even if it's only suitable for 5% of semi trucks sold - but I'd be surprised if they would actually be cheaper long-term (i.e., across multiple battery pack replacements, given how long commercial trucks tend to stay in service).
Reduce clutter? Reduce cables? Reduce power? Hand in your geek card right now!
"Live TV"? Really? I mean, sure, the 90s were cool and all, but it's time to move on.
So if I can't buy Vizio anymore and now Samsung is out then WTF do I buy if I want a quality TV?
I switched to LG when my Samsung bricked itself. Never gave it a network connection, and have no complaints. Can't speak for those who connect it to the overmind.
That being said, this looks like a flight suit and doesn't look very realistic as a space suit. Where are the hose connections? How do you scratch your nose? Hydration? Visor for sunlight? I suspect the actual suit is much less "sleek" when ready for a spacewalk (also, if the shoulders really are that small, I'd love to know how he manages constant volume).
This isn't the internet - change takes time. There's a dire shortage of skilled tradesmen, and that will take years to correct, but all the incentives are there. America sucks at filling non-college jobs though; we have a serious cultural weakness there compared to Europe (especially Germany - they nail this).
It's always possible that there's enough housing, just some tied up by speculators who aren't renting them out - the other kind of "malinvestment" that characterizes bubbles (the notmal kind is overbuilding). That sucks, but bubbles never last.
It's one of the biggest priorities. Just not the way you'd like it. Every product is carefully engineered to break after some time.
I think my TV broke within a week of being out of warranty, so you may be on to something. In Japan there's a word that translates as "sonytimer" that describes this effect for Sony devices.
Samsung really seems to have followed the "Sony quality arc", just must faster.