Google is the most schizophrenic company in the history of incorporation. They're like a petulant child who gets a new shiny toy, then gets bored with it, throws it away, then wants a new one the next day.
Nope, that's HP. See how fast they've ditched Palm stuff after the $1b acquisition of it. (hint: less than 2 years)
Android's "Do not disturb" mode seems to allow selective real-time notifications, but I'm not sure whether the rest are lost or can still be viewed on-demand.
Android's "Do not disturb" mode (v6+) is shit.
Old DND mode allowed me to silence my phone ie. for the business meetings, and make sure that it can only vibrate if anyone calls me. The new DND mode does not allow the phone to be turned to vibrate-only mode easily, instead it can be totally silent, or allow calls (and sounds) from specific contacts. So if my wife/mom/dad calls me during a business meeting, my phone will still ring loud. If I want my phone to be silent when I'm putting my kid to sleep during the day, the new DND mode will make me hear nor feel no calls at all (once I missed a pizza delivery because of that).
Then why the fuck did he buy it? Maybe his company could have done less of a dick move by just selling the Sun properties that they were not interested in, like Solaris, so they could be given an actual, proper chance. Fuck Oracle.
To sue Google for Java patent infringement in Android. But that plan has failed.
"the US has spent more time, energy, and money trying to rebuild Afghanistan than it has spent killing the Taliban"
Rebuilding? Really?
1) Attack an oil-rich country disguising your invasion as "War on Terror".
2) Destroy nearly all of their infrastructure and industry.
3) Give American companies some lucrative contracts to provide services for the US Army and to rebuild the previously destroyed infrastructure, and take over the oil fields.
4) Leave Afghan industry still in ruins.
5) Profit.
Ah, America. A true selfless sheriff of the world.
How would the army verify that you are not transgender?
This is the very question that people who object to trans-cross-bathroom use ask, but they are called bigots when they do. How do you verify that the biological man who is standing naked in the girls locker room shower is pre-op trans and not just a perv looking for naked girls to ogle?
That Trump's ban on transgendered people in the military is a blessing for pacifists! They will only need to declare being transgendered (most possibly, pre-op) to avoid draft. How would the army verify that you are not transgender?
That Trump's ban on transgendered people in the military is a blessing for pacifists!
They will only need to declare being transgendered (most possibly, pre-op) to avoid draft.
How would the army verify that you are not transgender?
Buying new seeds with a patent license every season instead of having them from your crops is a solution? Only for Monsanto's revenue growth.
Ordinary crops can be grown without having to sign any license.
That's a paranoid, pessimistic view.
If the future evil owners of all robotic factories would fire all their low-skilled employees, who would buy all the goods produced by these robot-staffed factories?
The rich 1% won't need to buy so much FMCG, or electronic gadgets.
With every robot that automates someone's job will come a new job to create, program, and service this robot.
Jobs will switch, change, and evolve, but they won't disappear completely.
How many blacksmiths do you see now? It used to be the most popular profession before the industrial era (notice how many people have the surname Smith/Schmidt/), and now it's not. But that doesn't mean that people that used be blacksmiths (or whose fathers were blacksmiths) have suddenly died of starvation, because there was no other job possible to do to survive.
It's a traded good, not a traded currency.
You could trade web domain names in the same way, but you couldn't expect everyone to accept them as payment for your shopping, even though you could probably find some shops that would do it.
No, it is not the same as USD and other government-backed fiat currencies. USD is backed by lots of guns and nuclear weapons.
Yup. Every currency backed by a government-sponsored army has a higher chance of survival.
Have you ever heard of Liberty Dollars? Or any other independent currencies?
World Of Warcraft gold could be also called currency using this definition (it circulates), but it is not a legal tender.
You can't expect anyone to accept it as a payment for your gas, apples, or coffee. No one enforces it.
In case of fiat currencies, it's the governments of the countries that emit their currencies.
The same situation is with Bitcoin.
The iMac does away with floppy, serial and ADB ports! How will I use all of my old keyboards, mice, printers, modems, and old software? USB is a fad. These stupid colorful computers will never catch on. Steve Jobs is a hack and Apple is doomed.
That comparison would be good if they had put 2 microusb/USB-C slots instead of one. The PCs/laptops/Macs always had enough USB ports to fill the needs served by the ports they have obsoleted.
Yeah, me too.
I got used to it, and it feels good to work with. Less screen estate wasted.
Its only downside is a lack of an application menu for those users which don't know how their apps are named/don't know how to search for them.
I hope they'll be able to customise Gnome3 so it retains at least some of Unity's look and feel.
Also, it's possible for others to fork/continue the project, since its open source.
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Its just water vapor man, there is nothing in it!
There's much more than water vapour in the e-cigarettes' output: glycerine, propylene glycol. Bon appetit.
Google is the most schizophrenic company in the history of incorporation. They're like a petulant child who gets a new shiny toy, then gets bored with it, throws it away, then wants a new one the next day.
Nope, that's HP. See how fast they've ditched Palm stuff after the $1b acquisition of it. (hint: less than 2 years)
Android's "Do not disturb" mode seems to allow selective real-time notifications, but I'm not sure whether the rest are lost or can still be viewed on-demand.
Android's "Do not disturb" mode (v6+) is shit.
Old DND mode allowed me to silence my phone ie. for the business meetings, and make sure that it can only vibrate if anyone calls me. The new DND mode does not allow the phone to be turned to vibrate-only mode easily, instead it can be totally silent, or allow calls (and sounds) from specific contacts. So if my wife/mom/dad calls me during a business meeting, my phone will still ring loud. If I want my phone to be silent when I'm putting my kid to sleep during the day, the new DND mode will make me hear nor feel no calls at all (once I missed a pizza delivery because of that).
Then why the fuck did he buy it? Maybe his company could have done less of a dick move by just selling the Sun properties that they were not interested in, like Solaris, so they could be given an actual, proper chance. Fuck Oracle.
To sue Google for Java patent infringement in Android. But that plan has failed.
"the US has spent more time, energy, and money trying to rebuild Afghanistan than it has spent killing the Taliban" Rebuilding? Really? 1) Attack an oil-rich country disguising your invasion as "War on Terror". 2) Destroy nearly all of their infrastructure and industry. 3) Give American companies some lucrative contracts to provide services for the US Army and to rebuild the previously destroyed infrastructure, and take over the oil fields. 4) Leave Afghan industry still in ruins. 5) Profit. Ah, America. A true selfless sheriff of the world.
Obligatory SMBC comic about gene editing
You are mistaking transgender people with hermaphrodites. A newborn would not show any possible signs of being a transgender person.
How would the army verify that you are not transgender?
This is the very question that people who object to trans-cross-bathroom use ask, but they are called bigots when they do. How do you verify that the biological man who is standing naked in the girls locker room shower is pre-op trans and not just a perv looking for naked girls to ogle?
That's easy - check if he's got an erection.
That Trump's ban on transgendered people in the military is a blessing for pacifists! They will only need to declare being transgendered (most possibly, pre-op) to avoid draft. How would the army verify that you are not transgender?
That Trump's ban on transgendered people in the military is a blessing for pacifists! They will only need to declare being transgendered (most possibly, pre-op) to avoid draft. How would the army verify that you are not transgender?
Some Blackberry models were made in Hungary and Mexico.
Obligatory SMBC reference: SMBC about gene editing
Buying new seeds with a patent license every season instead of having them from your crops is a solution? Only for Monsanto's revenue growth. Ordinary crops can be grown without having to sign any license.
This is why Bill Gates suggested we tax robot workers.
How do you tax a robot that usually earns no money for its job? :->
That's a paranoid, pessimistic view. If the future evil owners of all robotic factories would fire all their low-skilled employees, who would buy all the goods produced by these robot-staffed factories? The rich 1% won't need to buy so much FMCG, or electronic gadgets. With every robot that automates someone's job will come a new job to create, program, and service this robot. Jobs will switch, change, and evolve, but they won't disappear completely. How many blacksmiths do you see now? It used to be the most popular profession before the industrial era (notice how many people have the surname Smith/Schmidt/), and now it's not. But that doesn't mean that people that used be blacksmiths (or whose fathers were blacksmiths) have suddenly died of starvation, because there was no other job possible to do to survive.
Yeah, we've seen such AI-controlled ships... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It's a traded good, not a traded currency. You could trade web domain names in the same way, but you couldn't expect everyone to accept them as payment for your shopping, even though you could probably find some shops that would do it.
No, it is not the same as USD and other government-backed fiat currencies. USD is backed by lots of guns and nuclear weapons.
Yup. Every currency backed by a government-sponsored army has a higher chance of survival. Have you ever heard of Liberty Dollars? Or any other independent currencies?
World Of Warcraft gold could be also called currency using this definition (it circulates), but it is not a legal tender. You can't expect anyone to accept it as a payment for your gas, apples, or coffee. No one enforces it. In case of fiat currencies, it's the governments of the countries that emit their currencies. The same situation is with Bitcoin.
Microsoft Announces 'Windows 10 China Government Backdoor Edition'
The iMac does away with floppy, serial and ADB ports! How will I use all of my old keyboards, mice, printers, modems, and old software? USB is a fad. These stupid colorful computers will never catch on. Steve Jobs is a hack and Apple is doomed.
That comparison would be good if they had put 2 microusb/USB-C slots instead of one. The PCs/laptops/Macs always had enough USB ports to fill the needs served by the ports they have obsoleted.
Sony also keeps them in the latest models.
And don't forget the "Gouranga!" bonus!
And then, it will do a drive-by shooting of a competing gang,
I really like Unity!
Yeah, me too. I got used to it, and it feels good to work with. Less screen estate wasted. Its only downside is a lack of an application menu for those users which don't know how their apps are named/don't know how to search for them. I hope they'll be able to customise Gnome3 so it retains at least some of Unity's look and feel. Also, it's possible for others to fork/continue the project, since its open source.