Well at least the rent here would be affordable...
Though I'm still unclear as to what companies you're referring to. Minimum wage often means service industry here, so what...is every McDonald's going to leave the city?
I was always partial to F-Zero X (and PlayStation's Crash Team Racing was IMHO more better than Mario Kart).
That said, I think part of the appeal is that, although practice certainly helps in Mario Kart, there is a certain amount of luck (and negative feedback/realtime handicapping) that makes it fun to play with experts and n00bs alike. There are a lot of games which, unless you're really an expert, are just no fun playing in groups, as you're gonna get dead last every time.
I could be very wrong here, but there may be a reason for having an electric parking brake: a standard (manual) transmission is very effective at stopping your car when in 1st or R, and an automatic transmission is very good when in P. But their electric drivetrain might be very lousy at stopping the car from rolling when switched off, making the parking brake *absolutely essential* when the car is parked. Total speculation of course, but the characteristics of an ICE drivetrain and an electric drivetrain are pretty different.
For those occasional times when I want to watch TV (sports, etc.), it's nice to be able to flip on the TV and get a nice 720 or 1080 picture w/surround sound, zero streaming issues common to "questionable" sources, and pay $0 for it (my "antenna" is a length of speaker wire).
Yes, for all of my actual content it's Netflix, locally stored media, etc.
Even if it was destroyed/burned entirely on purpose, would that be contempt-able? From other posts it sounds like that would no longer fall under contempt (though perhaps it's another crime...?).
They say '12PB' of durability for the 375GB part but refuse to tell us how much overprovisioning they do. They say '30 drive writes per day' without tellling us what the warrenty will be.
Those numbers (12.3PB) work out to be very nearly 3 years, for what it's worth -- perhaps (???) there's a 3-year warranty or something (or expected lifetime).
I don't see how reducing this to thumbs up/down is going to help that in any way.
More engagement -- "thumbs got 200% more ratings than the traditional star-rating feature." Anecdotally, I often finish a show and don't rate it, as I find myself wondering if I "just" liked (disliked) it, or if I REALLY liked (disliked) it -- but a binary choice is often pretty obvious for me.
That said, I think it's often best to use some third-party tools/blog posts/friends/etc. for determining what to watch.
Joking aside, it looks like this is the reason Google was singled out:
Investigators ran an image search of the account holder's name on Google and found the photo used on the forged passport. Other search engines did not turn up the photo.
According to the warrant application, Lindman said he had reason to believe the suspect used Google to find a picture of the person they believed to be the account holder.
Ok, I know this is all in jest anyway, but I have to stick up for my baby, an ST-70 tube amp (I think mine is from the 60s -- got it for free a while back, just needed new filter caps).
I absolutely agree that with good designs, a SS amplifier can outperform a tube-based one -- but it really has to be a good design! My old tube amp can be competitive with modern gear (+/- 0.5dB vs. +0/-1dB over the audible for this modern guy). And the distortion (IMD, not the usual THD) is not unreasonable either (similar to the THD of this guy, although the exact test setup is unclear).
And the noise floor is good (rated at better than 90dB below rated power) -- though this is all anecdotal, when I plug in my desktop's internal audio directly to the amp, I get a very slight hum, but this completely goes away when I go through a nice DAC (which is obviously SS!). But yes, if I actually have to pay for the thing, I'll go SS every time:)
Except the US has a *lot* of land, a hefty chunk of which gets a lot of sun and has little development, yet is still relatively close to major metropolitan areas (namely Los Angeles, but add in Las Vegas, Phoenix, etc. for good measure). Additionally, solar (and to an extent wind) can be deployed on very small scales, making decentralized power generation feasible in certain areas (currently not legal with nuclear, though an RTG might do well in Alaska...).
I'm all for nuclear as a source of clean energy, but having multiple sources of clean/renewable energy is a Good Thing.
One of the primary differences, though, is that you choose to get into a car, or to put on/not put on sunscreen/etc.
Second-hand smoke, air pollution, etc., are unavoidable in some areas (and "move to the middle of an uninhabited swath of land" isn't really a viable option for some people). It's the difference between getting bit by your own dog and getting bit by someone else's.
Tangentially related, it's rather infuriating that (at least on a Chromecast) going back 30 seconds requires re-buffering. Perhaps, as you say, this is due to content protection reasons.
In any event, it makes missing a bit of dialog a frustrating experience -- I'd love a "skip back ten seconds and turn on subtitles temporarily" button, with all the content already buffered...
The questions appear to be pretty straight-forward fact retrieval, at least on this example (translated via Google):
Breulykken in 1986 occurred at
Briksdalbreen, Nigardsbreen, Folgefonna
OQLT means
Origo Query Language Toolkit, Oscar Question Language Tool, Origo Question Lookup Tool
National Library Assessment Report states
Stored and archived, Norwegian Historical recordings, In living memory
That said, exhausting all possible responses is pretty easy (and it appears that these are the only questions after F5'ing a few times), so this should be easy to brute force, but hopefully it'll weed out those who haven't R'd TFA.
Asked today about EFF's criticisms of the patent, an IBM spokesperson said that "IBM has decided to dedicate the patent to the public."
So, while I absolutely think this is a stupid patent, a) I'd rather this outcome than a true patent troll get it, and b) the problem (as I see it...) is really with the patent system, NOT with IBM.
I don't think the "20 minutes" bit is the offending part, it's the "solve these interview questions" that's offensive. Had the dialog been focused on explicit work details -- as you have been subject to -- then sure, this would be a non-story.
There is a huge difference between being grilled on what you *actually do on a day-to-day basis* and what *people with similar job titles have to answer in interviews*. See other posts from software engineers (presumably gainfully employed) who haven't had to deal with this sort of thing in a very long time (binary trees not common in their work, language doesn't support abstract classes, etc.).
Except isn't this about iOS/App Store? I guess that just means "balls" -> "courage"...?
That said, from TFA:
“There’s absolutely no reason for Uber to track my location AFTER the ride is over,” a reviewer wrote on Feb. 22. “It’s a completely sketchy move that does not benefit the user is any way.” Another user titled their Feb. 20 review, “Invasion of privacy!!!” “You are now required to give Uber your location 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, whether or not the app is open,” reviewer “Christian425” wrote. “It’s just ridiculous. I can’t support such terrible business practices.”
...
“The new version makes it more and more difficult to see the prices,” one reviewer wrote on Feb. 22. In a review on Feb. 21 titled “Hidden surge pricing is out of control,” another said rides from their Bay Area apartment to San Francisco International Airport that historically cost $18 to $20 are now routinely priced at $48 to $50.
Granted they're cherry-picked, but those seem to be based on the service/functionality, not a "social justice" conspiracy...
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Well at least the rent here would be affordable...
Though I'm still unclear as to what companies you're referring to. Minimum wage often means service industry here, so what...is every McDonald's going to leave the city?
I was always partial to F-Zero X (and PlayStation's Crash Team Racing was IMHO more better than Mario Kart).
That said, I think part of the appeal is that, although practice certainly helps in Mario Kart, there is a certain amount of luck (and negative feedback/realtime handicapping) that makes it fun to play with experts and n00bs alike. There are a lot of games which, unless you're really an expert, are just no fun playing in groups, as you're gonna get dead last every time.
...but I got hit by a blue shell.
I think it's safe to say OP exhibited a humorous and very intentional disconnect from reality...
I could be very wrong here, but there may be a reason for having an electric parking brake: a standard (manual) transmission is very effective at stopping your car when in 1st or R, and an automatic transmission is very good when in P. But their electric drivetrain might be very lousy at stopping the car from rolling when switched off, making the parking brake *absolutely essential* when the car is parked. Total speculation of course, but the characteristics of an ICE drivetrain and an electric drivetrain are pretty different.
For those occasional times when I want to watch TV (sports, etc.), it's nice to be able to flip on the TV and get a nice 720 or 1080 picture w/surround sound, zero streaming issues common to "questionable" sources, and pay $0 for it (my "antenna" is a length of speaker wire).
Yes, for all of my actual content it's Netflix, locally stored media, etc.
Of course you could probably also show that uptight tea-teetotalers are generally joyless curmudgeons...
Well, to be fair, they're not all curmudgeons... ;)
Even if it was destroyed/burned entirely on purpose, would that be contempt-able? From other posts it sounds like that would no longer fall under contempt (though perhaps it's another crime...?).
They say '12PB' of durability for the 375GB part but refuse to tell us how much overprovisioning they do. They say '30 drive writes per day' without tellling us what the warrenty will be.
Those numbers (12.3PB) work out to be very nearly 3 years, for what it's worth -- perhaps (???) there's a 3-year warranty or something (or expected lifetime).
I don't see how reducing this to thumbs up/down is going to help that in any way.
More engagement -- "thumbs got 200% more ratings than the traditional star-rating feature." Anecdotally, I often finish a show and don't rate it, as I find myself wondering if I "just" liked (disliked) it, or if I REALLY liked (disliked) it -- but a binary choice is often pretty obvious for me.
That said, I think it's often best to use some third-party tools/blog posts/friends/etc. for determining what to watch.
Investigators ran an image search of the account holder's name on Google and found the photo used on the forged passport. Other search engines did not turn up the photo.
According to the warrant application, Lindman said he had reason to believe the suspect used Google to find a picture of the person they believed to be the account holder.
I only use Bing!
Ok, I know this is all in jest anyway, but I have to stick up for my baby, an ST-70 tube amp (I think mine is from the 60s -- got it for free a while back, just needed new filter caps).
:)
I absolutely agree that with good designs, a SS amplifier can outperform a tube-based one -- but it really has to be a good design! My old tube amp can be competitive with modern gear (+/- 0.5dB vs. +0/-1dB over the audible for this modern guy). And the distortion (IMD, not the usual THD) is not unreasonable either (similar to the THD of this guy, although the exact test setup is unclear).
And the noise floor is good (rated at better than 90dB below rated power) -- though this is all anecdotal, when I plug in my desktop's internal audio directly to the amp, I get a very slight hum, but this completely goes away when I go through a nice DAC (which is obviously SS!). But yes, if I actually have to pay for the thing, I'll go SS every time
Except the US has a *lot* of land, a hefty chunk of which gets a lot of sun and has little development, yet is still relatively close to major metropolitan areas (namely Los Angeles, but add in Las Vegas, Phoenix, etc. for good measure). Additionally, solar (and to an extent wind) can be deployed on very small scales, making decentralized power generation feasible in certain areas (currently not legal with nuclear, though an RTG might do well in Alaska...).
I'm all for nuclear as a source of clean energy, but having multiple sources of clean/renewable energy is a Good Thing.
It's nice that they've added a column to their matrices about "Security", but for me, a dot in that column is meaningless.
...but perhaps no dot in that column is cause for huge concern/outright dismissal for even considering the product.
One of the primary differences, though, is that you choose to get into a car, or to put on/not put on sunscreen/etc.
Second-hand smoke, air pollution, etc., are unavoidable in some areas (and "move to the middle of an uninhabited swath of land" isn't really a viable option for some people). It's the difference between getting bit by your own dog and getting bit by someone else's.
Tangentially related, it's rather infuriating that (at least on a Chromecast) going back 30 seconds requires re-buffering. Perhaps, as you say, this is due to content protection reasons.
In any event, it makes missing a bit of dialog a frustrating experience -- I'd love a "skip back ten seconds and turn on subtitles temporarily" button, with all the content already buffered...
Breulykken in 1986 occurred at
Briksdalbreen, Nigardsbreen, Folgefonna
OQLT means
Origo Query Language Toolkit, Oscar Question Language Tool, Origo Question Lookup Tool
National Library Assessment Report states
Stored and archived, Norwegian Historical recordings, In living memory
That said, exhausting all possible responses is pretty easy (and it appears that these are the only questions after F5'ing a few times), so this should be easy to brute force, but hopefully it'll weed out those who haven't R'd TFA.
Asked today about EFF's criticisms of the patent, an IBM spokesperson said that "IBM has decided to dedicate the patent to the public."
So, while I absolutely think this is a stupid patent, a) I'd rather this outcome than a true patent troll get it, and b) the problem (as I see it...) is really with the patent system, NOT with IBM.
I don't think the "20 minutes" bit is the offending part, it's the "solve these interview questions" that's offensive. Had the dialog been focused on explicit work details -- as you have been subject to -- then sure, this would be a non-story.
There is a huge difference between being grilled on what you *actually do on a day-to-day basis* and what *people with similar job titles have to answer in interviews*. See other posts from software engineers (presumably gainfully employed) who haven't had to deal with this sort of thing in a very long time (binary trees not common in their work, language doesn't support abstract classes, etc.).
If Google had the balls like Yelp does...
Except isn't this about iOS/App Store? I guess that just means "balls" -> "courage"...?
That said, from TFA:
“There’s absolutely no reason for Uber to track my location AFTER the ride is over,” a reviewer wrote on Feb. 22. “It’s a completely sketchy move that does not benefit the user is any way.” Another user titled their Feb. 20 review, “Invasion of privacy!!!” “You are now required to give Uber your location 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, whether or not the app is open,” reviewer “Christian425” wrote. “It’s just ridiculous. I can’t support such terrible business practices.”
“The new version makes it more and more difficult to see the prices,” one reviewer wrote on Feb. 22. In a review on Feb. 21 titled “Hidden surge pricing is out of control,” another said rides from their Bay Area apartment to San Francisco International Airport that historically cost $18 to $20 are now routinely priced at $48 to $50.
Granted they're cherry-picked, but those seem to be based on the service/functionality, not a "social justice" conspiracy...
"Cable" is not "capable".
That's exactly what Google wants you to think!
Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not... :)
I suspect it's just "more intuitive" to compare 16:9 to 18:9 than to 2:1.
Likely just to make the comparison between the standard 16:9 easier. Comparing 16:9 and 2:1 is "less intuitive" than 16:9 and 18:9.