I've become bored and annoyed with an ecosystem that relies on hack upon hack just to keep your phone useful after a year.
Then buy something super-common and well supported. It doesn't have to be a nexus device, but that's a good choice. Because the only way you get stuck using hacks to keep your phone current is to buy a phone so obscure that NO ONE will port the latest stable cyanogenmod. I mean, honestly? My 2 year old "free with contract" android phone had an update to 4.0 before I sold it a few months back. It has had cyanogenmod support since I bought it.
I just made sure I didn't buy the most obscure, unknown phone out there. It's called "making a smart buying decision". Maybe you think the WP8 phone will fix that problem for you... but android is the only phone that gets frequent updates on unsupported phones. Don't look at apple, they don't do it. And the other phone options... Blackberry? Or Symbian? Or WebOS? PalmOS?... really.
When I'm at the workplace this is different. I am motivated and disciplined. I'm at the place where it is expected to work, and that's what I do. Also there's a clear border, when I'm home my workday is over and I don't have to worry about it.
Really? You suffer from motivation problems? You don't want to work when you don't have to?
Listen, I'm not against accommodations. But what you describe is the EXACT SAME THING everyone else deals with on a day-to-day basis. If you get special accommodations because you find it hard to work, I want them too. Why is your situation different from mine? Because of an internal mental state that can't be directly observed? So I'm denied support because I'm trying harder to keep my sh*t together?
Mental illness is a serious issue. Please treat it seriously. IF you don't want to work, don't blame circumstances outside of your control.
I hate being in bright sunlight so that isn't an issue for me.
You're right, the outdoors is too bright. Wouldn't want to do anything outside I don't have to - like fishing. Better to stay inside with the bright lights there that give the exact same glare.
You never know what their motives are and they can put you in jail.
Right. And in America, you shouldn't talk to anyone. They could be carrying a gun, and you never know what their motives are - they could shoot you. Oh, and don't drive on the roads, you don't know what the motives of the other drivers are - they could hit you. And don't have sexy-time with your wife, you never know what her motives are - she could give you aids. And don't talk to your parents, you never know what their motives are, they could touch you in a bad place.
Seriously, your argument is flawed on so many levels. Come back to the discussion after you've graduated primary school.
Good point. If my manager and their manager are not in the Exit interview, then odds are they are not taking the process seriously. Take it as a chance to do some origami, or basket weaving, or planning a holiday to somewhere nice. When the HR officer asks you questions, reply with "Who reads this?" "If nothing is going to happen, then let's use this as a chance to grab a coffee."
Odds are your peculiar behavior will get you locked out of the building. Think of it as free vacation time.
Hold on. Just because your boss and manager aren't in the meeting, doesn't mean your feedback doesn't help HR get your terrible boss sh!t-canned. Not everyone is out to get you, and not everyone agrees with the way your terrible boss is treating you.
also, fix your sig. spell check it or something. Spelling mistake in a post? Fine. Spelling mistake in a signature on EVERY post?... that's incompetence.
I can't answer every problem you bring to me, but I can at least hear you out and make suggestions or see what I can do on your behalf.
Telling me I'm the greatest person you ever worked for is the worst thing to say if it's not true - it makes me think I'm doing a good job when I'm not. I realize not all managers are like me, but I have to imagine that many of us want feedback, be it good or bad.
Dear Sir,
You are an exception to the rule
You may be that one gem out of the one gazillion rocks that genuinely want to hear the truth
But my original advice still stands - for the rest of the 99.999999% of the bosses do not want to know the truth, and I ain't gonna want anyone to get hurt just because they thought truth is more important then their own future
I disagree. I think that most people are happy to act on rational, substantiated and objective criticisms. I am, you are, and so is the OP. If you're the sort of person that thinks that everyone else is an ignorant idiot, maybe the problem isn't with everyone else.
Then you have to consider that they thought that was the cheaper option, and you should be thinking: cheaper than what?
Usually, it's because a termination "contract" includes explicit instructions about things that should be implicit. Like sharing company secrets. Soliciting clients. It isn't because they owe you more money - it's because they want you to be extremely clear on their expectations, and the expectations placed upon you by common law. Rather than argue it out (and eventually win) in a lengthy court battle, the company pays you an extra 4 weeks of pay, and never has to worry about 6 months of lawyers fees (for a case they'll win anyways, and they'll get stuck paying the lawyers since you won't be able to pay).
So, you expect me to lie? After spending countless hours at night and during weekends in the computer room with that wonderful boss that treated me so well and always complained about everything and always made it difficult to obtain a pay increase or get holidays? The one that was so concerned about my health that wanted to see me when I was sick (Wanted to see me working in the office the bastard)
You're right. They were so mean to you, offering you a job. I mean, they even FORCED you to work for them! You weren't even allowed to leave!
01. Keep a diary of your managers and co-workers actions in all their asserholery. Secretly tape meetings and keep copies of all emails. Also email back a confirmation of any mutually contradictory directive any one of your line manager(s) may give you.
02. Say nothing but good things -
03. Tell the boss how good they are even tho they are the worst type of asshole in the universe
04. Thanks the co-workers for their generous help and guidance even tho they are clumsy back-stabbers
05. Give great praises the company even tho they are giving you the pink slip
06. That will make them happy, and happy people (often) do not find time to do more harm to you, leaving you plenty of peaceful time to look for new jobs
07. When you've found a new job post evidence derived from 01 to their competitors and online...
You forgot 08. Complain loudly that everyone ELSE is a dirty backstabber, that secretly tape meetings and keep copies of all YOUR emails.
If you're in an exit interview and you're asked for your opinion on how your boss treated you while you worked there (regardless of whether it's your own boss asking the questions or not), you can't just say nothing... uncomfortable silence is uncomfortable.
stand in front of a mirror and practice this:
"I'm sorry, but I have nothing to say about that issue."
sieze your own power. do not give it away! its their right to ask anything they want; and its your right to not answer anything you don't want to.
restated: because someone asks a question is no reason to obligate you to respond to it.
its hard. but its a skill we all should try to master (better).
... right. Because helping HR improve their company, after they gave you a job and paid you to work there (at a salary you agreed to, no less!), would be a bad thing. You might think you were underpaid - but you weren't forced to work there.
Only an american would claim that they've got the right to say whatever they want (or nothing at all) AND ignore the social responsibilities of participating in a free and open society.
Admitting that I saw so-and-so drink the other night means that I am at least admitting to being where so-and-so was drinking, which can be used against me. If I say nothing, it can't.
That might be true in your back-woods, but up here in civilized country (canada), you're not "protected" when "protecting others". It's called aiding and abetting, if I remember correctly, and several of our laws (not just our criminal code) require that you co-operate when being questioned. Not just cops, either - in some provinces, it includes helping people investigating workplace health/safety or harassment/violence issues.
That cop is not your friend, no matter which side of the law you are on.
This (you!) is what's wrong with our country. The police are doing their job to enforce the law. You don't like laws being enforced? Then maybe you should move to africa. I hear they've got no police, and it's going great over there.
I've had it both ways. Sealed letters in academia can be ruthlessly honest "Do not take this person as a graduate student", but business references, ya they have to worry about defamation, where they seem like a bunch of MBA illiterate waffle.
Even then, there are ways to say bad things without saying bad things./. lets people post anonymously because people value their privacy (cough they're cowards and have something to hide cough) sort of thing. If you put someones name down as a reference you need to be absolutely sure they're not going to say something you don't like, because sometimes they can and will.
Sealed letters in academia are notoriously easy to freeze, open, read, heat and re-seal. If you're at a level of academia where they do sealed letters (grad and above), you should be smart enough to know this...
The best way for an employer to legally "not-recommend" you in a reference check is to leave a long, uncomfortable silence when the person asks about you.
This sort of keyboard is change for the sake of change. Any improvements in keyboard technology... for me, anyways... must improve, not merely change.
chorded keyboard that allow sight-free touchscreen typing? That's an improvement. Changing the keyboard layout to something better? That's called Dvorak.
I've been ranting about this for months, it's difficult to put into words my thoughts on this without sounding like a raving lunatic or a badly broken record.
I am _sick_ of companies making stupid decisions with their user interfaces.
Why on EARTH would we want a nice, consistent location for a button to now become a random location on the screen? and what makes them think three odd little dots represents 'settings' or 'menu' clearly? WHAT?
I do not exaggerate when I say one of the PRIMARY reasons I switched from Apple to Android was the complete and utter logic of having nice, consistent buttons for routine functions. Back, menu, home seem logical to me. I also NEVER, EVER use the multi-task button, why would I? The OS handles it all perfectly for me, when I hit home it minimises the application (so to speak) and when I re-open the application, it's where I wanted it. Furthermore, holding down the home key (Samsung) seems logical to multi-tasking to me, not a dedicated button.
I am extremely, extremely baffled and pissed off at this completely and utterly idiotic move and it's also one of the primary reasons I got the Galaxy S3, possibly one of the last Android phones with a logical button scheme.
Sadly, I'm only one person whining about this but by god does the Google engineering group who decided on this change need a mighty fucking slap with the logic bat.
... or install CyanogenMod and customize your settings yourself, and stop whining.
Thanks! That's good to know. I haven't actually experimented much with Cyanogen yet because i've never felt to need to install it on my Nexus One. (I'm trying to hold out until the rumored five new Nexus phones this fall.) But i'm definitely going to be looking into it once i get my Nexus 7.
You're missing out. Using vanilla android is THAT much better than most skinned versions, and using Cyanogen is THAT much better than vanilla. It's essentially ALL the options and customization you didn't realize you needed, but once you've got it, you'll never go back to vanilla.
The experimental solutions contained 50-90 mL of O2 per deciliter - to sustain an adult human, you need about 300 mL O2 per minute. At least 300 mL of IV fluid and as much as 600 mL per minute is going to have to go through one hell of an IV. I doubt you could achieve such infusion rates without specialized equipment (e.g., 8.5 French rapid infusion catheter + Level One pump) or multiple intraosseous needles.
Furthermore, this is temporizing just like any other O2 delivery method. Oxygen is essential for life, but eventually you have to clear the CO2, or it's pointless. As a bridge to a secure airway or crash on to cardiopulmonary bypass? Sure, it's not a bad idea, except that the only thing that matters in that kind of life-or-death situation is how long it takes to get it in the room. By the time you get this stuff out of the refrigerator in pharmacy and run it to the OR, ER, or ICU, you could have gotten a surgeon there to do the cricothyrotomy or even a proper tracheostomy.
That's all technically true. I think the question you AREN'T asking is the most important one - what if you're not trying to sustain a human, but simply lengthen the amount of time before cell death? If I recall my first aid training (and I do), even an extra 10 minutes can be the difference between brain damage and 100% recovery.
Yes, but this is the first time they've applied the "tick-tock" strategy without actually shipping the product.
I don't know. I can't cite a single example, but I doubt this is the case. It's probably more like that it's the first time they've applied the "tick-tock" strategy without shipping the product after making a big deal about the un-shipped product.
I'm not sure what the "news" is here - it's larrabee with a die shrink. Doesn't intel do this with their tick-tock strategy on ALL their architectures?
Slashdot Mirror
I've become bored and annoyed with an ecosystem that relies on hack upon hack just to keep your phone useful after a year.
Then buy something super-common and well supported. It doesn't have to be a nexus device, but that's a good choice. Because the only way you get stuck using hacks to keep your phone current is to buy a phone so obscure that NO ONE will port the latest stable cyanogenmod. I mean, honestly? My 2 year old "free with contract" android phone had an update to 4.0 before I sold it a few months back. It has had cyanogenmod support since I bought it.
... Blackberry? Or Symbian? Or WebOS? PalmOS? ... really.
I just made sure I didn't buy the most obscure, unknown phone out there. It's called "making a smart buying decision". Maybe you think the WP8 phone will fix that problem for you... but android is the only phone that gets frequent updates on unsupported phones. Don't look at apple, they don't do it. And the other phone options
When I'm at the workplace this is different. I am motivated and disciplined. I'm at the place where it is expected to work, and that's what I do. Also there's a clear border, when I'm home my workday is over and I don't have to worry about it.
Really? You suffer from motivation problems? You don't want to work when you don't have to?
Listen, I'm not against accommodations. But what you describe is the EXACT SAME THING everyone else deals with on a day-to-day basis. If you get special accommodations because you find it hard to work, I want them too. Why is your situation different from mine? Because of an internal mental state that can't be directly observed? So I'm denied support because I'm trying harder to keep my sh*t together?
Mental illness is a serious issue. Please treat it seriously. IF you don't want to work, don't blame circumstances outside of your control.
OR ... show them the final part of the final episode of freaks and geeks. Where they educate james franco on the details of D&D.
I hate being in bright sunlight so that isn't an issue for me.
You're right, the outdoors is too bright. Wouldn't want to do anything outside I don't have to - like fishing. Better to stay inside with the bright lights there that give the exact same glare.
You never know what their motives are and they can put you in jail.
Right. And in America, you shouldn't talk to anyone. They could be carrying a gun, and you never know what their motives are - they could shoot you. Oh, and don't drive on the roads, you don't know what the motives of the other drivers are - they could hit you. And don't have sexy-time with your wife, you never know what her motives are - she could give you aids. And don't talk to your parents, you never know what their motives are, they could touch you in a bad place.
Seriously, your argument is flawed on so many levels. Come back to the discussion after you've graduated primary school.
A good company might later be willing to hire you back, especially with all the nice things you said about them overall.
A good company might also use your exit interview to help get rid of the terrible manager.
Good point. If my manager and their manager are not in the Exit interview, then odds are they are not taking the process seriously. Take it as a chance to do some origami, or basket weaving, or planning a holiday to somewhere nice. When the HR officer asks you questions, reply with "Who reads this?" "If nothing is going to happen, then let's use this as a chance to grab a coffee."
Odds are your peculiar behavior will get you locked out of the building. Think of it as free vacation time.
Hold on. Just because your boss and manager aren't in the meeting, doesn't mean your feedback doesn't help HR get your terrible boss sh!t-canned. Not everyone is out to get you, and not everyone agrees with the way your terrible boss is treating you.
... that's incompetence.
also, fix your sig. spell check it or something. Spelling mistake in a post? Fine. Spelling mistake in a signature on EVERY post?
I can't answer every problem you bring to me, but I can at least hear you out and make suggestions or see what I can do on your behalf.
Telling me I'm the greatest person you ever worked for is the worst thing to say if it's not true - it makes me think I'm doing a good job when I'm not. I realize not all managers are like me, but I have to imagine that many of us want feedback, be it good or bad.
Dear Sir, You are an exception to the rule You may be that one gem out of the one gazillion rocks that genuinely want to hear the truth But my original advice still stands - for the rest of the 99.999999% of the bosses do not want to know the truth, and I ain't gonna want anyone to get hurt just because they thought truth is more important then their own future
I disagree. I think that most people are happy to act on rational, substantiated and objective criticisms. I am, you are, and so is the OP. If you're the sort of person that thinks that everyone else is an ignorant idiot, maybe the problem isn't with everyone else.
Then you have to consider that they thought that was the cheaper option, and you should be thinking: cheaper than what?
Usually, it's because a termination "contract" includes explicit instructions about things that should be implicit. Like sharing company secrets. Soliciting clients. It isn't because they owe you more money - it's because they want you to be extremely clear on their expectations, and the expectations placed upon you by common law. Rather than argue it out (and eventually win) in a lengthy court battle, the company pays you an extra 4 weeks of pay, and never has to worry about 6 months of lawyers fees (for a case they'll win anyways, and they'll get stuck paying the lawyers since you won't be able to pay).
So, you expect me to lie? After spending countless hours at night and during weekends in the computer room with that wonderful boss that treated me so well and always complained about everything and always made it difficult to obtain a pay increase or get holidays? The one that was so concerned about my health that wanted to see me when I was sick (Wanted to see me working in the office the bastard)
You're right. They were so mean to you, offering you a job. I mean, they even FORCED you to work for them! You weren't even allowed to leave!
01. Keep a diary of your managers and co-workers actions in all their asserholery. Secretly tape meetings and keep copies of all emails. Also email back a confirmation of any mutually contradictory directive any one of your line manager(s) may give you. ...
02. Say nothing but good things -
03. Tell the boss how good they are even tho they are the worst type of asshole in the universe
04. Thanks the co-workers for their generous help and guidance even tho they are clumsy back-stabbers
05. Give great praises the company even tho they are giving you the pink slip
06. That will make them happy, and happy people (often) do not find time to do more harm to you, leaving you plenty of peaceful time to look for new jobs
07. When you've found a new job post evidence derived from 01 to their competitors and online
You forgot 08. Complain loudly that everyone ELSE is a dirty backstabber, that secretly tape meetings and keep copies of all YOUR emails.
If you're in an exit interview and you're asked for your opinion on how your boss treated you while you worked there (regardless of whether it's your own boss asking the questions or not), you can't just say nothing... uncomfortable silence is uncomfortable.
stand in front of a mirror and practice this:
"I'm sorry, but I have nothing to say about that issue."
sieze your own power. do not give it away! its their right to ask anything they want; and its your right to not answer anything you don't want to.
restated: because someone asks a question is no reason to obligate you to respond to it.
its hard. but its a skill we all should try to master (better).
... right. Because helping HR improve their company, after they gave you a job and paid you to work there (at a salary you agreed to, no less!), would be a bad thing. You might think you were underpaid - but you weren't forced to work there.
Only an american would claim that they've got the right to say whatever they want (or nothing at all) AND ignore the social responsibilities of participating in a free and open society.
P.S. Slashdot blocks me, after a true comment they didn't like.
When did that happen?!!
After listening to their "story", it sounds like it happened on the second tuesday of last week.
Admitting that I saw so-and-so drink the other night means that I am at least admitting to being where so-and-so was drinking, which can be used against me. If I say nothing, it can't.
That might be true in your back-woods, but up here in civilized country (canada), you're not "protected" when "protecting others". It's called aiding and abetting, if I remember correctly, and several of our laws (not just our criminal code) require that you co-operate when being questioned. Not just cops, either - in some provinces, it includes helping people investigating workplace health/safety or harassment/violence issues.
That cop is not your friend, no matter which side of the law you are on.
This (you!) is what's wrong with our country. The police are doing their job to enforce the law. You don't like laws being enforced? Then maybe you should move to africa. I hear they've got no police, and it's going great over there.
I've had it both ways. Sealed letters in academia can be ruthlessly honest "Do not take this person as a graduate student", but business references, ya they have to worry about defamation, where they seem like a bunch of MBA illiterate waffle.
Even then, there are ways to say bad things without saying bad things. /. lets people post anonymously because people value their privacy (cough they're cowards and have something to hide cough) sort of thing. If you put someones name down as a reference you need to be absolutely sure they're not going to say something you don't like, because sometimes they can and will.
Sealed letters in academia are notoriously easy to freeze, open, read, heat and re-seal. If you're at a level of academia where they do sealed letters (grad and above), you should be smart enough to know this...
The best way for an employer to legally "not-recommend" you in a reference check is to leave a long, uncomfortable silence when the person asks about you.
... wow. This new keyboard is so much faster than typing with swype. NOT.
You and me, fat fingered folk ... need to push for chorded keyboards.
This sort of keyboard is change for the sake of change. Any improvements in keyboard technology ... for me, anyways ... must improve, not merely change.
chorded keyboard that allow sight-free touchscreen typing? That's an improvement. Changing the keyboard layout to something better? That's called Dvorak.
MOD THIS GUY TO THE 'N TOP. TO.THE.TOP!
I've been ranting about this for months, it's difficult to put into words my thoughts on this without sounding like a raving lunatic or a badly broken record. I am _sick_ of companies making stupid decisions with their user interfaces.
Why on EARTH would we want a nice, consistent location for a button to now become a random location on the screen? and what makes them think three odd little dots represents 'settings' or 'menu' clearly? WHAT?
I do not exaggerate when I say one of the PRIMARY reasons I switched from Apple to Android was the complete and utter logic of having nice, consistent buttons for routine functions. Back, menu, home seem logical to me. I also NEVER, EVER use the multi-task button, why would I? The OS handles it all perfectly for me, when I hit home it minimises the application (so to speak) and when I re-open the application, it's where I wanted it. Furthermore, holding down the home key (Samsung) seems logical to multi-tasking to me, not a dedicated button.
I am extremely, extremely baffled and pissed off at this completely and utterly idiotic move and it's also one of the primary reasons I got the Galaxy S3, possibly one of the last Android phones with a logical button scheme. Sadly, I'm only one person whining about this but by god does the Google engineering group who decided on this change need a mighty fucking slap with the logic bat.
... or install CyanogenMod and customize your settings yourself, and stop whining.
Thanks! That's good to know. I haven't actually experimented much with Cyanogen yet because i've never felt to need to install it on my Nexus One. (I'm trying to hold out until the rumored five new Nexus phones this fall.) But i'm definitely going to be looking into it once i get my Nexus 7.
You're missing out. Using vanilla android is THAT much better than most skinned versions, and using Cyanogen is THAT much better than vanilla. It's essentially ALL the options and customization you didn't realize you needed, but once you've got it, you'll never go back to vanilla.
I don't think they -forgot- that, I think they just focused on one step at a time.
Gee Karl, did you forget to remove the CO2 from my kid's pet rabbit? It went all floppy after I gave it back to him.
Sorry Stan, It must have slipped my mind. Good for science, though!
You're right Karl, look at me still talking when there's science to be done.
The experimental solutions contained 50-90 mL of O2 per deciliter - to sustain an adult human, you need about 300 mL O2 per minute. At least 300 mL of IV fluid and as much as 600 mL per minute is going to have to go through one hell of an IV. I doubt you could achieve such infusion rates without specialized equipment (e.g., 8.5 French rapid infusion catheter + Level One pump) or multiple intraosseous needles. Furthermore, this is temporizing just like any other O2 delivery method. Oxygen is essential for life, but eventually you have to clear the CO2, or it's pointless. As a bridge to a secure airway or crash on to cardiopulmonary bypass? Sure, it's not a bad idea, except that the only thing that matters in that kind of life-or-death situation is how long it takes to get it in the room. By the time you get this stuff out of the refrigerator in pharmacy and run it to the OR, ER, or ICU, you could have gotten a surgeon there to do the cricothyrotomy or even a proper tracheostomy.
That's all technically true. I think the question you AREN'T asking is the most important one - what if you're not trying to sustain a human, but simply lengthen the amount of time before cell death? If I recall my first aid training (and I do), even an extra 10 minutes can be the difference between brain damage and 100% recovery.
Yes, but this is the first time they've applied the "tick-tock" strategy without actually shipping the product.
I don't know. I can't cite a single example, but I doubt this is the case. It's probably more like that it's the first time they've applied the "tick-tock" strategy without shipping the product after making a big deal about the un-shipped product.
I'm not sure what the "news" is here - it's larrabee with a die shrink. Doesn't intel do this with their tick-tock strategy on ALL their architectures?