I don't really care about any agenda, I don't play Battlefield for realism (there are plenty of games for that - ArmA, Insurgency, Squad, Project Reality, Post Scriptum in particular for realistic WW2 combat).
The game is just... not great. It's just not very fun. The maps don't feel balanced, honestly the maps just aren't that fun, and the guns don't feel satisfying. The gameplay loop just isn't there.
Sure, outrage over some of the game design decisions (women, minorities, omg) probably steered some people away, but coming from a group of people who play games together and really don't care about any of that - we've all practically stopped playing just because we aren't having fun.
My bill has started creeping back up to just a cable subscription again... I'm not proud of it, but I've set up a Plex server and it's *fantastic*. Better interface than any of the big players, works on every device I own, and I can be running 3 streams in the house simultaneously @ 1080p without having any internet slowdowns. I still pay for shows I enjoy and want to support (provided they're available to purchase as a season on some place like Amazon) but I keep copies on my Plex server for easier consumption.
While not a sophisticated attack, a mocked up login portal is much more targeted than the bots that scrape the internet to look for open ports.
This is something in between what the article implies (some sort of high-tech conspiracy hacking attack) and what you're saying (dumb vulnerability scanners in the wild).
I worked as the System Administrator/Software Developer for a smaller company (~35 employees). I architected and built out a multi-channel eCommerce solution that synced their ancient database (inventory, pricing, etc) to a modern SQL database that could be tied into Amazon, eBay, their own webstore (which I also built). Automatic repricing to stay competitive based on our inventory costs, custom pricing for custom sizes, bin packing problems, plenty of complex stuff.
Very very negative environment. Frequent company wide meetings where we were referred to as replaceable and disposable. Cost of living raises once every 24 months if we were lucky. Any time money came up, the company owner would go into a rant about how much each employee costs to employee.
Pay wasn't keeping up nearly enough with my increased responsibilities (even though my software was responsible for several million per year *profit*).
They haven't replaced me (have tried a few times, have a few friends who work there) and none of them worked out. Amazingly my software is still running after a couple years. The first major API change to any of the eCommerce channels will break it pretty bad.
Now I'm a Software Architect (with a heavy dose of DevOps) for a multi-billion dollar company making nearly 300% of what I did there.
tl;dr - Worked well beyond my job responsibilities, made the company a lot of money, they wouldn't pay me, so I left for a company that would pay me.
They should look into saving money (and being more environmentally friendly) by shipping more than 300 gallons per day. What if Tesla developed something that could hold gasoline that was not yet in use for an extended period of time? Sort of like their Powerpack, but for fossil fuels.
And if you were one of those idealists who would only vote for Bernie, remember that idealism is an extremism as dangerous as any other, because it ends in letting the world burn because you won't settle for second best.
I'm one of those "idealists". But I don't view Hillary as "second best".
In my opinion, this loss should send a clear message to the DNC that we're fed up with anti-middle/working class corporatists running the country. Not that we want Trump, but that we don't want to be forced to choose between "complete shit, featuring some alignment with with my social views" and "complete shit, featuring less alignment with my social views".
So with any luck, and I'm still not incredibly hopeful, we'll get a Democratic candidate in 2020 who actually gives a shit about more than just pandering to a few specific demographics because they feel they have all of us "educated white folk" in the bag already. And preferably one that doesn't come in feeling like they deserve the position just because it's their turn.
I'm very unhappy with a Trump presidency. I'm also happy that the DNC failed in pushing Hillary down our throats. It sucks all around.
The J5 was released back in April, if it was having the same issue as the Note 7 (August), I'm pretty sure there would have been a lot more news on this.
Usually it's something like "Install our App to get X% off!". Legit sites do that all the time, if you purchase through their mobile app they'll give a discount.
League of Legends has been adding new champions consistently from 40 in 2009 to 133 today. That's a LOT of changes, and they've been quite successful.
I don't play LoL anymore, but the games are still "okay" to watch. I wouldn't go out of my way. Same with CS:GO. Overwatch I'm actively playing, Diamond ranked, and I can't stand watching games. It's *too* chaotic, there's too much to watch and a caster can never get the full picture.
And we trust Facebook even more than Origin and UPlay!
Only thing I'm worried about - does Facebook have enough clout to get real 'exclusives'? The only reason Origin has traction is because of exclusives (Mass Effect, Battlefield games, etc) and UPlay used to force install with games bought on Steam (I think I had to have it installed to play Driver).
EA/Origin also produce the games themselves, so they have a lot more clout in restricting them to certain delivery platforms.
Yeah, it's fine. There's no advantage to it though, other than a slightly different interface to learn. And the drawback of invasive anti-privacy options - which are fairly easily disabled. Most average end users don't really give a shit about their privacy anyway.
You need a third party program just to get a normal start button back. The one that is default (I don't know if it came with 10, or that upgrade to 10 they released a while back that added the "Linux shell") is CLOSE and much better than the Windows 8 bullshit, but the search (Win+R and type program name, how I open most of my programs) is ridiculously slow. The third party option - Classic Shell - is way better, but it's still a third party app that I doubt most businesses are going to roll out for their employees.
That said, Windows 10 is pretty much "fine" for the average user who doesn't care about privacy. Facebook works. Youtube works. Office works.
That's the problem though, there is no discernable advantage *at all* to the average user. Shit, I'm a power user, and the nicest thing about it is the "Linux shell", but I'd rather just run VMs anyway. I'd go back to Windows 7 happily but I just don't care enough.
I haven't been on Slashdot in a long time, but that used to be a joke around here whenever there was an optimistic news story about Linux on the desktop.
I love (prefer) Linux on the desktop. Software requirements holding me back from fully embracing it.
The only thing holding me back from a Linux desktop at home is gaming. Too many games just don't run well enough - even with a beast of a system, can't get 144hz reliably without any glitches.:(
I run it in a VM 24/7 though, and do all of my internet browsing and most of my work in it. But Windows has to be on the hardware for me.
Used to get those fake google business calls to my cell, and finally decided to do this. The guy had no foreign accent (sounded western US), and it didn't even change when he got angry.
After ~5 minutes of bullshit, he asked me my company name. I asked him his. He asked me mine. Back and forth. Finally, he got a little pissed while asking, so I said "My company name is fuck you."
He said "Thanks for wasting my time, expect a lot more calls!" and then he hung up. I didn't get any more calls.
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The game is just... not great. It's just not very fun. The maps don't feel balanced, honestly the maps just aren't that fun, and the guns don't feel satisfying. The gameplay loop just isn't there.
Sure, outrage over some of the game design decisions (women, minorities, omg) probably steered some people away, but coming from a group of people who play games together and really don't care about any of that - we've all practically stopped playing just because we aren't having fun.
My bill has started creeping back up to just a cable subscription again... I'm not proud of it, but I've set up a Plex server and it's *fantastic*. Better interface than any of the big players, works on every device I own, and I can be running 3 streams in the house simultaneously @ 1080p without having any internet slowdowns. I still pay for shows I enjoy and want to support (provided they're available to purchase as a season on some place like Amazon) but I keep copies on my Plex server for easier consumption.
While not a sophisticated attack, a mocked up login portal is much more targeted than the bots that scrape the internet to look for open ports.
This is something in between what the article implies (some sort of high-tech conspiracy hacking attack) and what you're saying (dumb vulnerability scanners in the wild).
I worked as the System Administrator/Software Developer for a smaller company (~35 employees). I architected and built out a multi-channel eCommerce solution that synced their ancient database (inventory, pricing, etc) to a modern SQL database that could be tied into Amazon, eBay, their own webstore (which I also built). Automatic repricing to stay competitive based on our inventory costs, custom pricing for custom sizes, bin packing problems, plenty of complex stuff.
Very very negative environment. Frequent company wide meetings where we were referred to as replaceable and disposable. Cost of living raises once every 24 months if we were lucky. Any time money came up, the company owner would go into a rant about how much each employee costs to employee.
Pay wasn't keeping up nearly enough with my increased responsibilities (even though my software was responsible for several million per year *profit*).
They haven't replaced me (have tried a few times, have a few friends who work there) and none of them worked out. Amazingly my software is still running after a couple years. The first major API change to any of the eCommerce channels will break it pretty bad.
Now I'm a Software Architect (with a heavy dose of DevOps) for a multi-billion dollar company making nearly 300% of what I did there.
tl;dr - Worked well beyond my job responsibilities, made the company a lot of money, they wouldn't pay me, so I left for a company that would pay me.
You mean local MILFs in my area that want to talk to me?
They should look into saving money (and being more environmentally friendly) by shipping more than 300 gallons per day. What if Tesla developed something that could hold gasoline that was not yet in use for an extended period of time? Sort of like their Powerpack, but for fossil fuels.
If you don't have one already, invest in a good mechanical keyboard. It's absolutely wonderful.
Usually they have a 'fall back' (and often slower) download that isn't peer-to-peer.
And if you were one of those idealists who would only vote for Bernie, remember that idealism is an extremism as dangerous as any other, because it ends in letting the world burn because you won't settle for second best.
I'm one of those "idealists". But I don't view Hillary as "second best".
In my opinion, this loss should send a clear message to the DNC that we're fed up with anti-middle/working class corporatists running the country. Not that we want Trump, but that we don't want to be forced to choose between "complete shit, featuring some alignment with with my social views" and "complete shit, featuring less alignment with my social views".
So with any luck, and I'm still not incredibly hopeful, we'll get a Democratic candidate in 2020 who actually gives a shit about more than just pandering to a few specific demographics because they feel they have all of us "educated white folk" in the bag already. And preferably one that doesn't come in feeling like they deserve the position just because it's their turn.
I'm very unhappy with a Trump presidency. I'm also happy that the DNC failed in pushing Hillary down our throats. It sucks all around.
The J5 was released back in April, if it was having the same issue as the Note 7 (August), I'm pretty sure there would have been a lot more news on this.
Usually it's something like "Install our App to get X% off!". Legit sites do that all the time, if you purchase through their mobile app they'll give a discount.
Yeah, I played with a guy in FFXIV who played on console. He set up his laptop next to his TV so he could join Teamspeak with us.
League of Legends has been adding new champions consistently from 40 in 2009 to 133 today. That's a LOT of changes, and they've been quite successful. I don't play LoL anymore, but the games are still "okay" to watch. I wouldn't go out of my way. Same with CS:GO. Overwatch I'm actively playing, Diamond ranked, and I can't stand watching games. It's *too* chaotic, there's too much to watch and a caster can never get the full picture.
Hmmm, this Banana Bread recipe calls for dinitrotoluene... not sure what that is, but it sounds delicious!
Monarch? How dare you insult the future God-king!
And we trust Facebook even more than Origin and UPlay! Only thing I'm worried about - does Facebook have enough clout to get real 'exclusives'? The only reason Origin has traction is because of exclusives (Mass Effect, Battlefield games, etc) and UPlay used to force install with games bought on Steam (I think I had to have it installed to play Driver). EA/Origin also produce the games themselves, so they have a lot more clout in restricting them to certain delivery platforms.
Yeah, it's fine. There's no advantage to it though, other than a slightly different interface to learn. And the drawback of invasive anti-privacy options - which are fairly easily disabled. Most average end users don't really give a shit about their privacy anyway.
You need a third party program just to get a normal start button back. The one that is default (I don't know if it came with 10, or that upgrade to 10 they released a while back that added the "Linux shell") is CLOSE and much better than the Windows 8 bullshit, but the search (Win+R and type program name, how I open most of my programs) is ridiculously slow. The third party option - Classic Shell - is way better, but it's still a third party app that I doubt most businesses are going to roll out for their employees.
That said, Windows 10 is pretty much "fine" for the average user who doesn't care about privacy. Facebook works. Youtube works. Office works.
That's the problem though, there is no discernable advantage *at all* to the average user. Shit, I'm a power user, and the nicest thing about it is the "Linux shell", but I'd rather just run VMs anyway. I'd go back to Windows 7 happily but I just don't care enough.
His doctor gave it to him, he found it during his most recent prostate exam.
I haven't been on Slashdot in a long time, but that used to be a joke around here whenever there was an optimistic news story about Linux on the desktop. I love (prefer) Linux on the desktop. Software requirements holding me back from fully embracing it.
The only thing holding me back from a Linux desktop at home is gaming. Too many games just don't run well enough - even with a beast of a system, can't get 144hz reliably without any glitches. :(
I run it in a VM 24/7 though, and do all of my internet browsing and most of my work in it. But Windows has to be on the hardware for me.
Or will it be 2017?
Used to get those fake google business calls to my cell, and finally decided to do this. The guy had no foreign accent (sounded western US), and it didn't even change when he got angry. After ~5 minutes of bullshit, he asked me my company name. I asked him his. He asked me mine. Back and forth. Finally, he got a little pissed while asking, so I said "My company name is fuck you." He said "Thanks for wasting my time, expect a lot more calls!" and then he hung up. I didn't get any more calls.
I'll only eat grass-fed natural American or Northern European . It costs a little more, sure, but peace of mind is priceless.
Oh dang, I was hoping for Harrier jet pickups...