Slashdot Mirror


User: ArtemaOne

ArtemaOne's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
841
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 841

  1. Re:Third world keeps on third worldin' on Are Governments Denying Internet Access To Their Political Opponents? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Look in virtually any third world country in the world. You will find people with plumbing, electricity, internet, cars, etc. These people statistically are not the standard indigenous people of the land.

  2. Common sense, but nice to see proof on Are Governments Denying Internet Access To Their Political Opponents? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    I always appreciate when a good study establishes something that you assumed is the case. This also means that people who disagree with the idea of disenfranchisement now have evidence that it is a very real force in the world.

  3. Re:Honest opinion on Ubuntu-Based Elementary OS 0.4 'Loki' Achieves Stable Release (elementary.io) · · Score: 2

    I'm pretty sure Elementary is what I put on my 2006 Mac Mini (that I purchased on eBay last year). I agree, it is nice and runs well on antiquated hardware. I'm looking forward to updating to the latest version when I get back to the states. This looks nice.

  4. Re:Management increasingly higher up on spectrum on Microsoft Hopes To Hire More Coders With Autism (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    That's not a terrible idea really. My thoughts are not in English (or a "verbal" language at all), but I have a complicated system of echolalia scripting to where I come off as really well spoken. I don't know any other autistic people besides my daughter, but I could probably relate well to someone lower on the spectrum, with say, Asperger's, then them down to someone a little lower, etc.

  5. Re:The stereotype comes true! on Why Sys-Admins Are Disabling The Lights on WiFi Access Points (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    agreed

  6. Re:Delicate balance on Can Humankind Establish a Supply Chain in Space? (arxiv.org) · · Score: 1

    Of course there are reasons. Imagine your population is growing, so you need to do a new O2 facility. You need more plastics and metal to build it, because you just had to build a storage facility and a hydroponic lab. You lose a water facility to micro meteors, which takes out an existing O2 facility. Now you already needed more O2, and you have about 3 hours to produce a facility and components expected to take 18 hours, while short on resources. This means everyone dies.

  7. Re:Autistic people are methodical and detail-orien on Microsoft Hopes To Hire More Coders With Autism (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    I think the difference is that the autistic person who has become successful in overcoming his failings has tended to be methodical and observant. It isn't a guarantee, and it takes us often into 20s or far more to reach that point. It is the most common means to success for a person who is not neuro-typical to develop that way, not a natural trait.

  8. Delicate balance on Can Humankind Establish a Supply Chain in Space? (arxiv.org) · · Score: 1

    While not exactly the best research, the combination of two games has shown me how delicate the balance to achieve anything has to be. EVE Online has shown me the commerce and piracy side, however that required infinite lives in order to be made possible. Planetbase showed me how the building of a single structure out of a delicate balance, or not cultivating humanity in the proper training balance could cause a rapid collapse of the entire system. You have no natural air, water, food to fall back on. Anything goes wrong, any resource required to continue falls short, and the entire population dies in a rapid fashion.

  9. Problem solvers on Microsoft Hopes To Hire More Coders With Autism (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    I did not realize that Pervasive Developmental Disorder had been added to the spectrum (2012) until last summer, but it explains a lot. While I was in the civilian business sector and self-employed I called myself a solutions developer. I could go into any technical situation (software, hardware, network) that I had never encountered before, and figure out a solution and correct the problem often in under an hour. These were problems that their internal IT hadn't been able to fix sometimes for weeks before they went to contracting out. The high functioning autistic mind thinks in different ways than the neuro-typical mind. It faces a lot of challenges, but the level of technical creativity *can* far surpass the neuro-typical learned ways. Before I knew that my daughter and I were autistic, a good friend of mine and I were talking about it and he described it as the neuro-typical mind running windows, where the autistic mind runs Linux. Same hardware, and you can still run Firefox, get to your email, do most of the same things, but there is an underlying fundamental difference in the way it all happens. FYI, if you're curious as to the social and verbal issues they face, look up echolalia scripting. High functioning people are able to adapt to language, but the scripting becomes far too difficult for some, leaving them mute or not wanting to interact.

  10. Yeah, the AirPods are 5 hours, but then 15 minutes in their case (a battery) and they run for another 3 hours. It's a pretty crappy setup if you're stuck on an overseas plane ride, but for most situations I can imagine it seems to suit me. I don't want the iPhone 7 mind you, but I haven't seen Bluetooth pods with a nice charging case before, and kind of want them.

  11. Undiscovered? on New Research Reveals Hundreds of Undiscovered Black Holes (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Would this not instead suggest, previously undiscovered? If they have been discovered, they are not undiscovered.

  12. And sales of the iPhone 7 spike on CPSC: Stop Using The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    I can hardly wait to dongle the dongle.

  13. News that matters for Facebook and Apple fans on Facebook Features 9/11 Conspiracy Theory as 'Trending' (slashdot.org) · · Score: 0

    nt

  14. Re:Can't buy popular support on Facebook Co-Founder Commits $20 Million To Help Defeat Trump (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Sometimes a cigar is a cigar, and someone can correct a stoopid grammer misteak without expressing any opinion on the topic. I saw them say nothing about the subject matter, so how are they loosing?

  15. Re:Could this be the way out? on AAPS Doctors Run Survey On Hillary Clinton's Health (prnewswire.com) · · Score: 1

    More than likely the nomination would just go to the person who would have gotten it if it were not for Hillary's DNC manipulation. Don't forget her conservative potential vice president placed Schultz in that position to do the manipulation.

  16. Re:Amazon's support policy on Amazon Launches Updated Fire HD 8 Tablet Now With Alexa Voice Services (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    probably about 7

  17. Re:Still believe DS9 to be the best on Today Marks The 50th Anniversary of 'Star Trek' (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately Ars is blocked and work and I can get to slashdot. Quite the downgrade, but that's just the way things are for now.

  18. Still believe DS9 to be the best on Today Marks The 50th Anniversary of 'Star Trek' (ew.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Next Generation was amazing, DS9 is still my favorite, but the original series broke so much ground it is mind boggling. One of my favorite stories is of Ohura and Kirk kissing. The producers didn't want to do it, so Shatner convinced them to film both scenes, the kissing first. He then proceeded to screw up every take without the kiss until they were running low on film, which was quite expensive. The producers were forced to take that step forward in history.

  19. Re:Come on your face on Airbnb Unveils Changes To Address Racial Discrimination (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Hey, it wasn't all Apple, there was also some anti-Samsung articles.

  20. Doesn't think oppose the Wi-Fi concept? on Linking Without Permission Violates Copyright, Rules EU Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Didn't they also say that unprotected Wi-Fi invites connections? You need to add authentication/encryption to connections for security. Should the linking ruling not then say that you need authentication for all content that you do not want linked? If there is no protection, you then invite said linking?

  21. Ah, so it fits in with the security theater.

  22. Re:Ancient single use port on Apple Cites 'Courage' As Reason To Remove 3.5mm Headphone Jack (arstechnica.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    I seriously doubt you have one, so you're good to go.

  23. Re:Ancient single use port on Apple Cites 'Courage' As Reason To Remove 3.5mm Headphone Jack (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Power connector that does audio, data, charging, etc. Single use, like the A-10 and its 6+ mission type capability!

  24. New headphones backward compatible? on Apple To Unveil 'AirPods' That Use Custom Bluetooth Chip (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    I was considering getting the new earbuds that came with the iPhone 7 for my iPhone SE (6 innards). Does the fact that this is only Bluetooth-like mean that it will not function on older Apple devices? I guess I'll look into the 3rd party Bluetooth stuff if not.

  25. Re:Oh good. on Apple To Unveil 'AirPods' That Use Custom Bluetooth Chip (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Just short of two years ago. Changing the battery damaged connectors and the home or power button became non-functional.