I absolutely hate the experience of going to most movie theaters these days, so I don't even consider a movie as existing until its available outside the theaters.
But I may amend this -- it also doesn't exist if it costs $30-50 to see it.
But not for me. I don't care one bit about the camera, but the lack of a headphone jack is a fairly major problem. I don't think the battery is changeable, and that's a point in the minus column.
The real problem for me, though, is the memory. 128Gb is unacceptably small for a device that you can't slip an SD card into. That's a showstopper right there.
So you live in Texas, Florida or remember when California had good grapefruits.
Actually, none of the above. But I do live within an hour's drive of farms and there are always plenty of farmer's markets in the city that sell whatever is currently in season in my area.
Except that, in theory, this guy isn't a naive computer user. He's a developer. He should be familiar enough with how computers work in the real world to know that you absolutely have to back your stuff up, and you can't trust them unconditionally.
Just because the user could have navigated the confusing user interface doesn't mean it's his fault.
True. It's his fault for not having backups. I backup my work several times each day -- you never know when your dev machine is going to get hit by a meteorite or randomly burst into flames.
Yes, Microsoft's UI should not have allowed this mistake to happen so easily. So, bad on them for that.
However, not having backups? And especially trying out new software on your production code without making a copy of it first? That's just insanely stupid, and yes, entirely his fault.
At least, you have to admit that Clinton would have nominated a very different kind of justice.
Yes, of course. I think you missed my point: appointing the SC justice can't be considered a "victory" for Trump, because no matter who was President, they were going to appoint a justice. So it's not so much a "victory" as it is a "gift".
The problem with the graphical overlays, though, was that even when there was a show that I was so interested in that I was willing to put up with the commercials to see it, the overlays would completely ruin it. So there was no point in even trying.
I guess it would be more accurate to call them the straw that broke the camel's back for me.
That's very strange. One of the pleasant surprises I had when I start using DDG was that the search results I got tended to be much better than what I was getting out of Google.
The quality of Google's search results has fallen fairly dramatically over the past few years, to the point where it's no longer superior to engines like Bing.
Google News recently made changes that has eliminated its usefulness for a lot of people. Bing News has become a better alternative for many of those people.
against what would otherwise be called a "shoe in" candidate.
Clinton was never a "shoo-in" candidate. That her campaign thought she was is irrelevant. She shares with Trump the honor of being among the least popular major party candidates in history.
The economy, kinda, but more concrete would be supreme court appointment and reduced immigration.
None of those are Trump victories.
The economy has simply continued the trend line that started well before Trump got in office.
The supreme court appointment was engineered by Congress and no matter who was President, they were going to make an appointment.
Immigration reduction was also a trend that started well before Trump got in office (although you could argue that he increased the rate of reduction).
Yes, but being asked to resign is actually being fired. The contradictory reporting seems to hint that this is what happened here, but it is genuinely possible that Bannon actually quit without being asked to.
Its also less than 30 seconds so fair use could apply.
In the US, "fair use" does not come into play solely based on the duration of the clip used. It's possible for a 5 second clip to violate copyright, and it's also possible for a 50 minute clip to fall under fair use.
The determination of whether or not a use is "fair" is based on the total circumstances of the use.
He also gets the permission of the copyright holders of the songs he parodies, although he himself says he does this purely out of courtesy and doing so is not legally required.
Generally speaking, copyright infringement in software does not necessarily require that the code itself is actually copied. The graphical design of user interfaces, for instance, can themselves be copyrighted. Copying those designs would be copyright infringement even if code wasn't involved at all.
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I absolutely hate the experience of going to most movie theaters these days, so I don't even consider a movie as existing until its available outside the theaters.
But I may amend this -- it also doesn't exist if it costs $30-50 to see it.
But not for me. I don't care one bit about the camera, but the lack of a headphone jack is a fairly major problem. I don't think the battery is changeable, and that's a point in the minus column.
The real problem for me, though, is the memory. 128Gb is unacceptably small for a device that you can't slip an SD card into. That's a showstopper right there.
So you live in Texas, Florida or remember when California had good grapefruits.
Actually, none of the above. But I do live within an hour's drive of farms and there are always plenty of farmer's markets in the city that sell whatever is currently in season in my area.
Yes, it is partly Microsoft's fault.
I agree. Microsoft clearly violated a fundamental rule of UI (that is getting more and more ignored as the years go by):
Every action a user can take should be undo-able.
Except that, in theory, this guy isn't a naive computer user. He's a developer. He should be familiar enough with how computers work in the real world to know that you absolutely have to back your stuff up, and you can't trust them unconditionally.
Just because the user could have navigated the confusing user interface doesn't mean it's his fault.
True. It's his fault for not having backups. I backup my work several times each day -- you never know when your dev machine is going to get hit by a meteorite or randomly burst into flames.
Yes, Microsoft's UI should not have allowed this mistake to happen so easily. So, bad on them for that.
However, not having backups? And especially trying out new software on your production code without making a copy of it first? That's just insanely stupid, and yes, entirely his fault.
This, precisely. There's nothing wrong with git, but nobody should be keeping the repository on the same machine they're developing on.
At a bare minimum, if you keep it elsewhere (even on a small machine in the corner of the same room), then you always have two copies of your work.
"Developer pulls a boneheaded maneuver, loses three months of work"
Come on, man. No version control? Or, at a bare minimum, not copying your work somewhere else just in case?
What do you mean "no such thing"? My pantry disagrees.
At least, you have to admit that Clinton would have nominated a very different kind of justice.
Yes, of course. I think you missed my point: appointing the SC justice can't be considered a "victory" for Trump, because no matter who was President, they were going to appoint a justice. So it's not so much a "victory" as it is a "gift".
I don't really care which farm grew my morning grapefruit either.
I don't know about that. Locally grown and in season produce is vastly superior.
They were big factors too, of course.
The problem with the graphical overlays, though, was that even when there was a show that I was so interested in that I was willing to put up with the commercials to see it, the overlays would completely ruin it. So there was no point in even trying.
I guess it would be more accurate to call them the straw that broke the camel's back for me.
That's very strange. One of the pleasant surprises I had when I start using DDG was that the search results I got tended to be much better than what I was getting out of Google.
Neither are perfect, of course.
As is Microsoft.
What's so horrible about google?
The quality of Google's search results has fallen fairly dramatically over the past few years, to the point where it's no longer superior to engines like Bing.
Google News recently made changes that has eliminated its usefulness for a lot of people. Bing News has become a better alternative for many of those people.
DDG uses Bing as one of its primary search engines. Just an interesting factoid.
I doesn't sound like a virus to me -- a virus has to be self-replicating. This sounds more like an implant.
against what would otherwise be called a "shoe in" candidate.
Clinton was never a "shoo-in" candidate. That her campaign thought she was is irrelevant. She shares with Trump the honor of being among the least popular major party candidates in history.
The economy, kinda, but more concrete would be supreme court appointment and reduced immigration.
None of those are Trump victories.
The economy has simply continued the trend line that started well before Trump got in office.
The supreme court appointment was engineered by Congress and no matter who was President, they were going to make an appointment.
Immigration reduction was also a trend that started well before Trump got in office (although you could argue that he increased the rate of reduction).
"I think we're all Bozos on this bus. And the President is driving us."
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Yes, but being asked to resign is actually being fired. The contradictory reporting seems to hint that this is what happened here, but it is genuinely possible that Bannon actually quit without being asked to.
This is true -- the courts have ruled both ways on these issues, depending on the specifics of the case at hand.
The CNBC article says both that Bannon resigned and that Trump fired him.
Its also less than 30 seconds so fair use could apply.
In the US, "fair use" does not come into play solely based on the duration of the clip used. It's possible for a 5 second clip to violate copyright, and it's also possible for a 50 minute clip to fall under fair use.
The determination of whether or not a use is "fair" is based on the total circumstances of the use.
Weird Al still does.
He also gets the permission of the copyright holders of the songs he parodies, although he himself says he does this purely out of courtesy and doing so is not legally required.
Ummm...
Generally speaking, copyright infringement in software does not necessarily require that the code itself is actually copied. The graphical design of user interfaces, for instance, can themselves be copyrighted. Copying those designs would be copyright infringement even if code wasn't involved at all.