Real developers are proud to work crunch time to get a game out on time. They know it makes for a better product.
Long work weeks make developers exhausted. Exhausted workers make mistakes. Mistakes cause bugs down the line, i.e. more work, causing an ever increasing need for longer work weeks. The death march takes its toll, and the end result may very well be worse for it. I have seen it happen, and the solution is rarely to increase hours, but for management to show actual leadership and reduce the scope to something manageable.
We usually have three weeks of snow cover each year. Denmark is typically a bit colder than Belgium/Netherlands, but not as cold as Cleveland. We do get some periods where it gets really cold. Some years back we had a longer period with -10C, but on an average winter it rarely drops below -5C for more than a few days at a time. And the temperature is usually around 0C in winter.
Yeah, usually. And I bring a fresh T-Shirt. But if there were no showers at work, I could just change the T-Shirt and apply some deodorant. It depends on distance, how fast you are cycling, the weather and how well your clothes are adjusted to the weather.
This summer we had two months of 30C+ IIRC, which was the warmest and most sunny summer on record. And if you can do it for a week straight, you can do it for seven months.
In Copenhagen, Denmark, I have commuted (on bicycle) with temperatures ranging from -10C through 32C without problems. Just gotta adjust your clothing and pace. I don't use specialized bicycle gear, just regular clothes.
I was under the impression that banning words like 'fuck' in the US comes from Christian Conservative Political Correctness? Or is that what 'SJW' means to you?
If Greece, Italy, and Spain still had their own currencies, these would have been falling in value compared to the currency of Germany. This would make their goods more competitive, and would quite likely have reduced the impact of the crisis in 2008 on those three countries and made it easier for them to get over the crisis. The Euro bars them from reducing the value of their currency, which has made German industry a lot of money as it is highly competitive.
Thanks a bunch! I had totally missed the update waiting for me.
Like you I am pretty satisfied with the Moto G5 Plus. The main hardware feature I'm missing would be a better low-light camera, but I suspect that is a problem most (all?) phone cameras are missing.
On my computer, VLC uses 0-0.1 % CPU and 12.8 MB of RAM when playing a single mp3 file. Treating my entire music library as a playlist and rolling it out does increase the memory usage, but with more than 7000 music files taking up 29 GB, that is not surprising.
The recycling process itself is expensive (and the materials recovered limited) and adding a person making even minimum wage to the mix makes it prohibitively so.
It is somewhat surprising that it is cheaper to dig deep into the ground, retrieve ore and extract minerals from said ore than it is to extract the minerals from a finished product. Worse, the price of recycling is placed on all of us through general taxation rather than requiring the producer to recycle the materials going into their products. That would add to the price of the product, making the consumer of the product being the one paying for it.
The law does nothing to address that people who aren't responsible enough to recycle their gadgets in the first place aren't going to be responsible enough to pull the battery before they ditch them or that they won't throw out batteries themselves when they age but the device is otherwise fine.
No, but it does mean that the people working at recycling centers can pull out the batteries for specialized handling.
Compared to HBO the interface is actually quite workable. One would think it would be possible for a big business to make a decent interface, but apparently not.
Regarding new stuff, I ended up bookmarking Recently Added (which, sadly, is not where the link on the front page points)... which is now mostly out of date compared to the Just Added... sigh...
Adding to your list, it would also be really neat if each TV show would include a synopsis of each season, so that when the next season comes along, you can get a refresh. You know, just in case you don't want to rewatch the whole thing.
As a paying customer looking to relax, I don't want to be interrupted by someone trying to sell me something. First time I experience it, I will write a complaint to their customer service (which I did when HBO tried similar shenanigans). If they keep at it for a month, I will cancel my subscription.
Yes, but how do you measure performance? A common option would be to go with with some metric, e.g. stock price, market share and similar, usually paid out in the very short term. However, all of these can be gamed, that is, they can be maximized to provide optimal bonus on the short term. This gaming can time cause significant long term damage to the company. Given that many CEOs tend to leave their jobs for new jobs quite quickly it also means that they pass the effect of their destructive behavior to the next CEO (not to mention the people doing actual work at the company).
The lack of paper trail and the fact that the system can be hacked is bad in itself. But it also introduces another fundamental problem: Voting stops being a private affair. Someone could look over your shoulder and try to strong arm you into voting what ever they want.
Managers and those responsible for profit can be rewarded
Huh? Are you saying that the people who make the webshop and who actually handle the goods that I order -- the people doing the actual work -- are not responsible for making the profit? If so, why doesn't Amazon fire everyone who are not managers and above, because they are the only ones producing an income?
What does 'SJW' have to do with this? If people all over the UK voted to exit the EU, a lot of these are also likely to be 'SJW's... or is ACs claim that 'SJW' is actually just a bucket for 'people you don't like' (because you look to be a pro-Brexiter) actually an astute observation?
Disclaimer: I'm not a UK citizen, nor do I live there. So it is not up to me to decide on Brexit. I am, however, baffled at the incompetence of leading Tory politicians, regardless of their stance on Brexit.
Since when do people receive packages at the post office? You receive them at your house.
I live in an apartment, and I have a job, so I'm rarely home when the delivery guy comes around, and there is no convenient place to put a package. Most post offices have been closed down where I live, but we do have package depots, which works quite well.
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Real developers are proud to work crunch time to get a game out on time. They know it makes for a better product.
Long work weeks make developers exhausted. Exhausted workers make mistakes. Mistakes cause bugs down the line, i.e. more work, causing an ever increasing need for longer work weeks. The death march takes its toll, and the end result may very well be worse for it. I have seen it happen, and the solution is rarely to increase hours, but for management to show actual leadership and reduce the scope to something manageable.
We usually have three weeks of snow cover each year. Denmark is typically a bit colder than Belgium/Netherlands, but not as cold as Cleveland. We do get some periods where it gets really cold. Some years back we had a longer period with -10C, but on an average winter it rarely drops below -5C for more than a few days at a time. And the temperature is usually around 0C in winter.
Yeah, usually. And I bring a fresh T-Shirt. But if there were no showers at work, I could just change the T-Shirt and apply some deodorant. It depends on distance, how fast you are cycling, the weather and how well your clothes are adjusted to the weather.
This summer we had two months of 30C+ IIRC, which was the warmest and most sunny summer on record. And if you can do it for a week straight, you can do it for seven months.
In Copenhagen, Denmark, I have commuted (on bicycle) with temperatures ranging from -10C through 32C without problems. Just gotta adjust your clothing and pace. I don't use specialized bicycle gear, just regular clothes.
... so McCarthy was one of the loudest and most influential SJWs?
I was under the impression that banning words like 'fuck' in the US comes from Christian Conservative Political Correctness? Or is that what 'SJW' means to you?
If Greece, Italy, and Spain still had their own currencies, these would have been falling in value compared to the currency of Germany. This would make their goods more competitive, and would quite likely have reduced the impact of the crisis in 2008 on those three countries and made it easier for them to get over the crisis. The Euro bars them from reducing the value of their currency, which has made German industry a lot of money as it is highly competitive.
problem -> feature
Sorry about the language goof.
and now it just upgraded itself to Android 8.1
Thanks a bunch! I had totally missed the update waiting for me.
Like you I am pretty satisfied with the Moto G5 Plus. The main hardware feature I'm missing would be a better low-light camera, but I suspect that is a problem most (all?) phone cameras are missing.
That ... is a seriously long term endeavor!
Many countries and regions use comma for the decimal point.
Wikipedia has a nice overview. But this is an English writing site and English uses a dot as decimal separator.
On my computer, VLC uses 0-0.1 % CPU and 12.8 MB of RAM when playing a single mp3 file. Treating my entire music library as a playlist and rolling it out does increase the memory usage, but with more than 7000 music files taking up 29 GB, that is not surprising.
The recycling process itself is expensive (and the materials recovered limited) and adding a person making even minimum wage to the mix makes it prohibitively so.
It is somewhat surprising that it is cheaper to dig deep into the ground, retrieve ore and extract minerals from said ore than it is to extract the minerals from a finished product. Worse, the price of recycling is placed on all of us through general taxation rather than requiring the producer to recycle the materials going into their products. That would add to the price of the product, making the consumer of the product being the one paying for it.
The law does nothing to address that people who aren't responsible enough to recycle their gadgets in the first place aren't going to be responsible enough to pull the battery before they ditch them or that they won't throw out batteries themselves when they age but the device is otherwise fine.
No, but it does mean that the people working at recycling centers can pull out the batteries for specialized handling.
When you write "recycle plastic" do you mean wash it and reuse it or do you mean melt it down and cast it?
Compared to HBO the interface is actually quite workable. One would think it would be possible for a big business to make a decent interface, but apparently not.
Regarding new stuff, I ended up bookmarking Recently Added (which, sadly, is not where the link on the front page points) ... which is now mostly out of date compared to the Just Added ... sigh ...
Adding to your list, it would also be really neat if each TV show would include a synopsis of each season, so that when the next season comes along, you can get a refresh. You know, just in case you don't want to rewatch the whole thing.
If actually skippable, I guess I am OK with it
I'm not.
As a paying customer looking to relax, I don't want to be interrupted by someone trying to sell me something. First time I experience it, I will write a complaint to their customer service (which I did when HBO tried similar shenanigans). If they keep at it for a month, I will cancel my subscription.
Yes, but how do you measure performance? A common option would be to go with with some metric, e.g. stock price, market share and similar, usually paid out in the very short term. However, all of these can be gamed, that is, they can be maximized to provide optimal bonus on the short term. This gaming can time cause significant long term damage to the company. Given that many CEOs tend to leave their jobs for new jobs quite quickly it also means that they pass the effect of their destructive behavior to the next CEO (not to mention the people doing actual work at the company).
That ... just boggles my mind! Thanks for the reply.
Just to be sure: Did you buy information on who they voted for or which party they registered for as voters?
The lack of paper trail and the fact that the system can be hacked is bad in itself. But it also introduces another fundamental problem: Voting stops being a private affair. Someone could look over your shoulder and try to strong arm you into voting what ever they want.
Managers and those responsible for profit can be rewarded
Huh? Are you saying that the people who make the webshop and who actually handle the goods that I order -- the people doing the actual work -- are not responsible for making the profit? If so, why doesn't Amazon fire everyone who are not managers and above, because they are the only ones producing an income?
What does 'SJW' have to do with this? If people all over the UK voted to exit the EU, a lot of these are also likely to be 'SJW's ... or is ACs claim that 'SJW' is actually just a bucket for 'people you don't like' (because you look to be a pro-Brexiter) actually an astute observation?
Disclaimer: I'm not a UK citizen, nor do I live there. So it is not up to me to decide on Brexit. I am, however, baffled at the incompetence of leading Tory politicians, regardless of their stance on Brexit.
Since when do people receive packages at the post office? You receive them at your house.
I live in an apartment, and I have a job, so I'm rarely home when the delivery guy comes around, and there is no convenient place to put a package. Most post offices have been closed down where I live, but we do have package depots, which works quite well.