People just have to complain. It's their nature. And they use the "Smoking kills you!" "That is not true because my granfather smoked like a chimney and he died at 92" argument where N=1.
I agree with you on everything except the 2-3 year battery life. If you treat it well a battery can easily live a useful life of 7 years. But having said that, because of everything else you mentioned I'm quite sure that my 8 year old MacBook Pro (still on its first battery) will be replaced by a sturdy Lenovo, HP or Dell when it dies. Running Linux of course. Windows is only usable for games.
Indeed, that was what I came up with first too. I was a scientist for a long time, and of course sometimes nature surprises you, but to get funding you need to use every superlative in your tool set, and 'suprising' seems to work well even with stuff you didn't find that surprising. And ince you have funding the money givers will want to hear great stories, so there we go again.
It's not what it used to be when Commander Taco was still in place. Back then the tech world was more exciting, with new technologies constantly emerging, and MS the evil villain of the computer scene whom everybody loved to hate. Facebook is an amateur compared to the shenanigans MS pulled back then, and came away with. The articles just were more interesting back then. The/. crowd has changed too. Back then we had really intelligent discussions by smart people in the comments. Nowadays I sometimes think I got lost on a Trump loving, climate chenge denying site paid by the fossil fuel industry. Or there's just a bunch of selfrighteous wankers telling each other how stupid they are. No fun.
I'm much more on Ars than/. now because Ars has the better articles, more interesting comments and/. often is just a copy of the Ars website with a different layout an less in-depth conversations.
What's the problem? Burning for power IS recycling.
Plastic is made from oil. Oil is a fossil fuel. Burning fossil fuels increases the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, which causes climate change. Hence burning plastic is not a good idea. That is the problem.
Where I live we collect plastic separately. We (the inhabitants of my city) were told that the plastic would be recycled. Now it turns out that it is 'burned in an environmentally friendly way' in a separate oven. Yay! The only incentive to keep separating it now is the fact that we don't have to pay for the removal of the plastic.
It's not about that. Merkel shut down all nuclear power stations in Germany, throwing the country back to the 19th century if you measure the amount of coal that is burned there now, because of the Fukushima 'nuclear disaster.' The disaster was the tsunami, not the power plant melting down. So Merkel's decision was based on gut feelings, not facts, and one of the stupidest things she did.
Indeed. And some websites stubbornly and consistently show only the mobile version on mobile devices, even on the iPad (looking at you, FaceBook). Very annoying.
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People just have to complain. It's their nature. And they use the "Smoking kills you!" "That is not true because my granfather smoked like a chimney and he died at 92" argument where N=1.
...and people STILL complain.
I agree with you on everything except the 2-3 year battery life. If you treat it well a battery can easily live a useful life of 7 years. But having said that, because of everything else you mentioned I'm quite sure that my 8 year old MacBook Pro (still on its first battery) will be replaced by a sturdy Lenovo, HP or Dell when it dies. Running Linux of course. Windows is only usable for games.
What an absurd load of bullshit.
Yes, but if you conduct an experiment to see if one of two possibilities happens either outcome is not surprising.
Indeed, that was what I came up with first too. I was a scientist for a long time, and of course sometimes nature surprises you, but to get funding you need to use every superlative in your tool set, and 'suprising' seems to work well even with stuff you didn't find that surprising. And ince you have funding the money givers will want to hear great stories, so there we go again.
It's not what it used to be when Commander Taco was still in place. Back then the tech world was more exciting, with new technologies constantly emerging, and MS the evil villain of the computer scene whom everybody loved to hate. Facebook is an amateur compared to the shenanigans MS pulled back then, and came away with. The articles just were more interesting back then. The /. crowd has changed too. Back then we had really intelligent discussions by smart people in the comments. Nowadays I sometimes think I got lost on a Trump loving, climate chenge denying site paid by the fossil fuel industry. Or there's just a bunch of selfrighteous wankers telling each other how stupid they are. No fun.
I'm much more on Ars than /. now because Ars has the better articles, more interesting comments and /. often is just a copy of the Ars website with a different layout an less in-depth conversations.
Why not take a creative hobby, or go out walking or read a but or get a pet instead of watching TV so much?
Android is Google so you can be sure it harvests the hell out of your watching habits.
Oh stop it. That 'joke' is so old it isn't even remotely funny anymore.
It would be even better if it said: "I'm too lazy."
What's the problem? Burning for power IS recycling.
Plastic is made from oil. Oil is a fossil fuel. Burning fossil fuels increases the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, which causes climate change. Hence burning plastic is not a good idea. That is the problem.
At least he's trying. I see nobody else try something like what he does.
Where I live we collect plastic separately. We (the inhabitants of my city) were told that the plastic would be recycled. Now it turns out that it is 'burned in an environmentally friendly way' in a separate oven. Yay! The only incentive to keep separating it now is the fact that we don't have to pay for the removal of the plastic.
If you think that caring for people is Nazism then I don't need to talk to you.
We’ve been doing that for decades here in the Netherlands.
The efficiency of your average car is about 25% so yes, it does waste three times as much as heat.
I wonder if you could power your Kindle in this way with room temperature.
It's not about that. Merkel shut down all nuclear power stations in Germany, throwing the country back to the 19th century if you measure the amount of coal that is burned there now, because of the Fukushima 'nuclear disaster.' The disaster was the tsunami, not the power plant melting down. So Merkel's decision was based on gut feelings, not facts, and one of the stupidest things she did.
Yeah yeah yeah. You’re so smart.
Facebook is also not the world’s greatest data gatherer. Not by a long shot. Google is much much bigger.
Indeed. And some websites stubbornly and consistently show only the mobile version on mobile devices, even on the iPad (looking at you, FaceBook). Very annoying.
Don't forget the stealing.
Like what?
An explicable reason may be that the illegal immigrants are necessary to keep the US running.