If all you do is email, web browsing, word processing and spreadsheets, linux is fine For CAD, CAM, electronic design, PCB layout, image editing, video editing, music production, and other specialized stuff, you NEED windows Please don't tell me that there are alternatives for all of these on linux. Yeah, they exist. but they are not even in the parking lot of the ballpark of the same quality If you need Cubase, Altium, Solidworks, etc... there is no choice
..with lots of unintended consequences So called "smart" devices are often really, really stupid Can a device like this work perfectly every time? What about edge cases, like escaping from a forest fire, earthquake of volcano? What about all of the complex failure modes I, or the programmers who create it, am not clever enough to anticipate? What if you are hauling cargo that gives off an aroma that triggers the unit? What if there is some scent in the air that triggers it, like a train derailment or pipeline leak? I would argue that it's impossible to make it work perfectly, and I strongly oppose the idea And no, I don't drive drunk or advocate drunk driving
If I love a piece of music enough that want to preserve it in my library, I want a CD for backup, even if most times I listen to it as bits on a device I trust my backup abilities way more than I trust the cloud or streaming services
As much as they claim to be futurists, they are still constrained by the past The quality of the post is irrelevant. All that matters is that there is a reference to other work, which is often of poor quality
Some of the mathematical sections are written at a graduate level. I wish they also provided a bit of help for those of us who are mathematically literate at a lower level
Their guidelines for acceptable posts are outdated
Yes, I know that lots of cranks want to get their "original research" on wikipedia. I agree that they should be banned But, there is a lot of really useful information that gets removed because it doesn't meet their strict guidelines
They claim to be an encyclopedia of the future, yet they continue to use rules from the past
I also like ASUS I would avoid Lenovo and HP I despise Apple I have a Chromebox. It works great for youtube videos, but there may come a time when she will need to run Windows only programs Whichever one you buy, you will probably need to spend hours removing crapware
Audio reproduction started out shitty and steadily improved Each advance was a real technological advancement that made music sound better Then, everything changed People started to value convenience over quality. MP3s on shitty earbuds became the standard Others were seduced by nostalgia for old, crappy sounding media Hopefully, people of the future will continue the quest for audio quality
The University of YouTube is a great place to learn things I watch graduate level physics lectures from top professors I also watch glassblowing, welding, knifemaking, woodworking, surgery, engineering and business analysis Even some of the "commercials" are educational. I learned a lit about mining by watching Caterpillar promotional videos Of course, I sometimes goof off and watch mindless stuff like dead malls
My smart[hone sits unused on my desk most of the time I use my desktop computer for all computing and my wired telephone for voice I only use the smartphone when on road trips I rarely take road trips
I prefer learning stuff over watching yet another cop drama or soap opera I can attend graduate-level physics lectures by top professors, with great graphics and sound I can learn glassblowing, welding, knifemaking, machining, woodworking, and more Currently, I'm watching card magic tutorials Even some promotional materials are educational. By watching an ad, I learned about longwall coal mining And then, for fun, there's dead malls and Uncle Bumblefuck (AvE)
They offered an alternative to IBM that many considered to be a good choice at the time Today, it's just expensive and old, while the competition got better.. much better Times change
The University of YouTube still delivers excellent education on a wide variety of subjects I'm currently watching card magic tutorials, but in the past I've watched..
Graduate-level physics Welding Knifemaking Glassblowing Gunsmithing And many more
A currency, free of government control, supported by solid crypto, sounds ideal But, a real currency needs to be used frequently and commonly in legitimate, business Unfortunately, the main uses of bitcoin seem to be speculation, fraud and the purchase of black market stuff
I would immediately tell the boss what I had done as soon as it was working Then, I would ask for another problem to solve, preferably a harder one I would go bonkers if I was forced to sit at my desk all day, doing nothing
It may be the hardest thing the human mind has ever done What we need are clever, powerful, rigorously proven correct tools to manage complexity and improve quality What we have instead is layer after layer of bloated, buggy, inefficient crap, designed to allow inexperienced, inexpensive, barely competent worker bees to rapidly churn out vast quantities of bloated, buggy, inefficient crap to serve the fashion industry
It appears to have great possibilities to solve some problems
Unfortunately, today's crypto currencies seem to only be used for speculation, or to buy drugs or other black market stuff
One of my good friends is a glassworker. He's trying to create an alternative currency based on tokens that are collectable, handmade pieces of art http://www.astarshipineverygar...
As a semi-retired engineer, I use technology whenever I find it useful "Smart Speakers" and "Smart Appliances" seem like silly fads to me. I can't imagine where they would be useful Even worse, they raise troublesome privacy issues
The www. nonsense is a leftover from an ancient time and should be eliminated Until it is eliminated, it should be displayed Browsers should display full and accurate URLs The same thing goes for file browsers. Hiding extensions is wrong, and increases confusion
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If all you do is email, web browsing, word processing and spreadsheets, linux is fine
For CAD, CAM, electronic design, PCB layout, image editing, video editing, music production, and other specialized stuff, you NEED windows
Please don't tell me that there are alternatives for all of these on linux. Yeah, they exist. but they are not even in the parking lot of the ballpark of the same quality
If you need Cubase, Altium, Solidworks, etc... there is no choice
..with lots of unintended consequences
So called "smart" devices are often really, really stupid
Can a device like this work perfectly every time?
What about edge cases, like escaping from a forest fire, earthquake of volcano?
What about all of the complex failure modes I, or the programmers who create it, am not clever enough to anticipate?
What if you are hauling cargo that gives off an aroma that triggers the unit?
What if there is some scent in the air that triggers it, like a train derailment or pipeline leak?
I would argue that it's impossible to make it work perfectly, and I strongly oppose the idea
And no, I don't drive drunk or advocate drunk driving
If I love a piece of music enough that want to preserve it in my library, I want a CD for backup, even if most times I listen to it as bits on a device
I trust my backup abilities way more than I trust the cloud or streaming services
As much as they claim to be futurists, they are still constrained by the past
The quality of the post is irrelevant. All that matters is that there is a reference to other work, which is often of poor quality
I love wikipedia!
Some of the mathematical sections are written at a graduate level. I wish they also provided a bit of help for those of us who are mathematically literate at a lower level
Their guidelines for acceptable posts are outdated
Yes, I know that lots of cranks want to get their "original research" on wikipedia. I agree that they should be banned
But, there is a lot of really useful information that gets removed because it doesn't meet their strict guidelines
They claim to be an encyclopedia of the future, yet they continue to use rules from the past
I don't want any trendy, pop culture stuff .. reliably
I don't want to follow fashion
I want a reliable operating system that does what I need
I also like ASUS
I would avoid Lenovo and HP
I despise Apple
I have a Chromebox. It works great for youtube videos, but there may come a time when she will need to run Windows only programs
Whichever one you buy, you will probably need to spend hours removing crapware
Audio reproduction started out shitty and steadily improved
Each advance was a real technological advancement that made music sound better
Then, everything changed
People started to value convenience over quality. MP3s on shitty earbuds became the standard
Others were seduced by nostalgia for old, crappy sounding media
Hopefully, people of the future will continue the quest for audio quality
I live my digital life on my desktop computer with a 30" screen
My smartphone sits unused on the desk unless I'm on the road
I'm rarely on the road
The University of YouTube is a great place to learn things
I watch graduate level physics lectures from top professors
I also watch glassblowing, welding, knifemaking, woodworking, surgery, engineering and business analysis
Even some of the "commercials" are educational. I learned a lit about mining by watching Caterpillar promotional videos
Of course, I sometimes goof off and watch mindless stuff like dead malls
My smart[hone sits unused on my desk most of the time
I use my desktop computer for all computing and my wired telephone for voice
I only use the smartphone when on road trips
I rarely take road trips
I prefer learning stuff over watching yet another cop drama or soap opera
I can attend graduate-level physics lectures by top professors, with great graphics and sound
I can learn glassblowing, welding, knifemaking, machining, woodworking, and more
Currently, I'm watching card magic tutorials
Even some promotional materials are educational. By watching an ad, I learned about longwall coal mining
And then, for fun, there's dead malls and Uncle Bumblefuck (AvE)
They offered an alternative to IBM that many considered to be a good choice at the time .. much better
Today, it's just expensive and old, while the competition got better
Times change
de-liver a liver?
The University of YouTube still delivers excellent education on a wide variety of subjects ..
I'm currently watching card magic tutorials, but in the past I've watched
Graduate-level physics
Welding
Knifemaking
Glassblowing
Gunsmithing
And many more
I prefer learning over most "entertainment"
A currency, free of government control, supported by solid crypto, sounds ideal
But, a real currency needs to be used frequently and commonly in legitimate, business
Unfortunately, the main uses of bitcoin seem to be speculation, fraud and the purchase of black market stuff
The University of You Tube
With YouTube, I can pause, watch again, skip the parts I found easy, repeatedly watch the challenging parts
Real time learning is non-optimal
.. for an expert to analyze and understand the chip in question
I haven't read a detailed technical analysis yet
I would immediately tell the boss what I had done as soon as it was working
Then, I would ask for another problem to solve, preferably a harder one
I would go bonkers if I was forced to sit at my desk all day, doing nothing
It may be the hardest thing the human mind has ever done
What we need are clever, powerful, rigorously proven correct tools to manage complexity and improve quality
What we have instead is layer after layer of bloated, buggy, inefficient crap, designed to allow inexperienced, inexpensive, barely competent worker bees to rapidly churn out vast quantities of bloated, buggy, inefficient crap to serve the fashion industry
My wife makes me watch it. I have no idea why
It appears to have great possibilities to solve some problems
Unfortunately, today's crypto currencies seem to only be used for speculation, or to buy drugs or other black market stuff
One of my good friends is a glassworker. He's trying to create an alternative currency based on tokens that are collectable, handmade pieces of art http://www.astarshipineverygar...
In theory, I like alternative currencies
In practice, I'm well aware of the difficulties
As a semi-retired engineer, I use technology whenever I find it useful
"Smart Speakers" and "Smart Appliances" seem like silly fads to me. I can't imagine where they would be useful
Even worse, they raise troublesome privacy issues
The www. nonsense is a leftover from an ancient time and should be eliminated
Until it is eliminated, it should be displayed
Browsers should display full and accurate URLs
The same thing goes for file browsers. Hiding extensions is wrong, and increases confusion
Given perfect weather and the absence of traffic, animals or pedestrians, lane tracking software is still hard. Not all roads are well marked
I'm a futurist and a big fan of the idea of autonomous vehicles
I'm also a programmer who has been writing code since the 70s
The current tech seems to be 90+% percent working. The last few percentage points and edge cases are where the deeper problem lies