I still use RSS, and don't follow sites when they don't provide a feed. Why should I have to work for it?
After a long search when Google Reader died, I decided on Inoreader: https://www.inoreader.com/
And I actually pay for it, which shocks both of us.
You can't use the Feedback Hub app to reports issues unless you fully enable 'diagnostic reporting'. So unless you let MS take whatever they want from your computer, they don't really care about any issues you might have.
I think the wording on the WSJ article is unclear and the more likely scenario is that the iPhone will continue to have a Lightning port but that the power adapter will have a USB-C port, i.e., a USB-C to Lightning cable will replace the USB-A to Lightning cable.
I hope not. The Lightning port is excessively prone to corruption. You can replace a cable when it goes bad, but I've had to replace two nanos because of port corruption.
If you eliminate plugins, you eliminate the possibility of third-party stealth plugins.
Do I have to call the person I'm replying to a name to get modded up? OK. "You fuckwit."
The whole point of Uber was supposed to be matching supply and demand. When the pay isn't high enough, drivers stay home until it is. So if drivers don't make enough, yet they come out anyhow,who fault is that?
Minimal telemetry is OK enough because if you're running a system that needs to be secure, you're running it on a network that doesn't connect to the public Intertubes. Might be inefficient, but isn't insecure.
Lord knows no one but me cares, but FreeDOS is not always a good substitute for DOS. I had to work around a BIOS upgrader that insisted on a good battery in a laptop, even when the laptop was plugged in. The workaround involved running the installer from a DOS boot drive, and FreeDOS didn't work. I had to scrape up a Win98/DOS boot drive, but at least I could boot from USB, so I didn't have to go back all the to cave drawings (or floppies).
"Relatively supportive" is an incredibly low bar in this case, where the Republican platform comes close to calling for gays to be stoned by the righteous.
As an older guy with hundreds of records and CDs who wants to keep building my own library of digital music but doesn't have to pay for songs I don't like to get the ones I want (figure it out), I'd be interested in a service where I pay a minor subscription fee ($10-25/year) for the right to stream an album or two at a time, so I can check out new music that interests me. Then pay maybe 99 cents per song for a decent DRM-free MP3 download for the songs I like and want to keep. A FLAC download for the snobs could cost a bit more per song.
I don't want to pay the larger monthly fees for today's streaming services because most of the time I listen to the thousands of songs I already have. I just want to be able to evaluate new music in a convenient and affordable fashion, and pay a reasonable price for what I want to keep.
Why stream albums instead of mixes like what we have now from Spotify and the like? Because that's how I evaluate music. Again, older guy. No reason the service couldn't do both, but I want the chance to hear everything from artists I'm interested in, not just the hit(s).
This makes sense for those of us who already have a music library, who were conditioned to the idea by the need to buy stuff if you didn't want to be at the mercy of local radio programmers. We've always been a minority, but we're the minority that invests time and money into the industry, so we would seem to be worth catering to. Does it make sense for the potential market of younger collectors with different habits shaped by torrents and streaming services instead of radio and record stores? I think so, but doubt the industry will ever get it together enough to let us find out.
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I still use RSS, and don't follow sites when they don't provide a feed. Why should I have to work for it? After a long search when Google Reader died, I decided on Inoreader: https://www.inoreader.com/ And I actually pay for it, which shocks both of us.
You can't use the Feedback Hub app to reports issues unless you fully enable 'diagnostic reporting'. So unless you let MS take whatever they want from your computer, they don't really care about any issues you might have.
The Ringworld movie is one of my favorite adaptations of a novel into a movie. Since it hasn't been made yet, it hasn't ruined the book yet.
The Kodi domain (https://kodi.tv/) has been given the Official Government Piracy Seal of Disapproval. Old news, perhaps, but I don't follow this.
The root cause isn't auto-updating. The real problem is the shitty drivers. Disabling auto-update is just an inelegant hack.
This post is certainly bringing out the racists on Slashdot. Sad!
I think the wording on the WSJ article is unclear and the more likely scenario is that the iPhone will continue to have a Lightning port but that the power adapter will have a USB-C port, i.e., a USB-C to Lightning cable will replace the USB-A to Lightning cable.
I hope not. The Lightning port is excessively prone to corruption. You can replace a cable when it goes bad, but I've had to replace two nanos because of port corruption.
Where is Delos D. Harriman when you need him?
...listen to customers?
Melted ice makes cold water.
If you eliminate plugins, you eliminate the possibility of third-party stealth plugins. Do I have to call the person I'm replying to a name to get modded up? OK. "You fuckwit."
Funny how the web site loads without scroll bars in Chrome. Seems like they want to force people to use another browser...
I'm over 50. I'm living in the world I read about in SF when I was a kid. Warning: it's a scary place.
And cheap too: have fewer people.
I already answered this: https://slashdot.org/comments.... I'd type more, but my ancient iPad makes it difficult.
I had the problem. Resetting in CMD didn't work, but when I tried resetting in PowerShell, I was able to reconnect. http://www.speedguide.net/faq/...
The whole point of Uber was supposed to be matching supply and demand. When the pay isn't high enough, drivers stay home until it is. So if drivers don't make enough, yet they come out anyhow,who fault is that?
RAH already did that with "I Will Fear No Evil", adding in 'rich bastards get whatever they want', too.
How will the NFL blame this on the Patriots?
If your router were to somehow develop a problem ;-), Verizon would replace it with one of the newer routers for free. Problem solved.
Minimal telemetry is OK enough because if you're running a system that needs to be secure, you're running it on a network that doesn't connect to the public Intertubes. Might be inefficient, but isn't insecure.
Lord knows no one but me cares, but FreeDOS is not always a good substitute for DOS. I had to work around a BIOS upgrader that insisted on a good battery in a laptop, even when the laptop was plugged in. The workaround involved running the installer from a DOS boot drive, and FreeDOS didn't work. I had to scrape up a Win98/DOS boot drive, but at least I could boot from USB, so I didn't have to go back all the to cave drawings (or floppies).
"Relatively supportive" is an incredibly low bar in this case, where the Republican platform comes close to calling for gays to be stoned by the righteous.
As an older guy with hundreds of records and CDs who wants to keep building my own library of digital music but doesn't have to pay for songs I don't like to get the ones I want (figure it out), I'd be interested in a service where I pay a minor subscription fee ($10-25/year) for the right to stream an album or two at a time, so I can check out new music that interests me. Then pay maybe 99 cents per song for a decent DRM-free MP3 download for the songs I like and want to keep. A FLAC download for the snobs could cost a bit more per song.
I don't want to pay the larger monthly fees for today's streaming services because most of the time I listen to the thousands of songs I already have. I just want to be able to evaluate new music in a convenient and affordable fashion, and pay a reasonable price for what I want to keep.
Why stream albums instead of mixes like what we have now from Spotify and the like? Because that's how I evaluate music. Again, older guy. No reason the service couldn't do both, but I want the chance to hear everything from artists I'm interested in, not just the hit(s).
This makes sense for those of us who already have a music library, who were conditioned to the idea by the need to buy stuff if you didn't want to be at the mercy of local radio programmers. We've always been a minority, but we're the minority that invests time and money into the industry, so we would seem to be worth catering to. Does it make sense for the potential market of younger collectors with different habits shaped by torrents and streaming services instead of radio and record stores? I think so, but doubt the industry will ever get it together enough to let us find out.
I'll never use a tablet for ebooks until it can match the month-long battery life of my e-ink device.