Heh...does anyone on Slashdot seriously run without at least at least script blocking in place?
Define script blocking. Running ublock Origin which also blocks a set of tracking scripts? Definitely. Running the equivalent of Noscript and having to finely whitelist every script on every website? Fuck no, my time is more valuable than that.
That has been the case for 7 years now. The only thing that has changed is the text of the warning and the requirement that the site actually offers some meaningful choice rather than accept all and middle finger.
5 seconds is how long I'll wait for a page to load before I close the tab.
TFA is missing the point. Users don't consider the web slow because they don't sit around waiting for the scripts to finish doing their stuff. It may take CNN 30 seconds to load in the USA (I'm in the EU, the slowest I could get it was 6 seconds with adblockers turned off), but that doesn't change the fact that the content has finished loading and I'm able to browse the page after the 1st second.
An adblocker and NoScript change CNN from a 30 second load to about 5 seconds.
Does it actually take that long? I read stories about GDPR causing websites to be served with less shitty scripts in Europe. I get CNN page load times of 4 seconds with adblock on (no noscript), and 6 seconds with adblock off.
Thanks to GDPR a low of websites are serving up the same content to Euopeans without all the bullshit attached. https://linustechtips.com/main...
I can't confirm if the CNN actually serves up pages that take 30 seconds to load, but I just clicked on the top most story about the wildfires and got a load time of 4 seconds with adblocking, and 6 seconds without adblocking.
Hurry up and Brexit, and don't use the word Europe to describe a single country's shitty policies.
Much of the plastic in Europe doesn't leave Europe. Many European countries have excellent plastic recycling systems in place and actively import plastic from neighbours.
I've had my iPhone X almost year now and I've not used the dongle yet.
Cool story. I don't have an iPhone but if I did I would use the dongle daily, like I do on my Galaxy.
I've tried your fancy airpods. Combining something without a cord with something that falls out of ears, and sound like garbage isn't a decent alternative. Plus I guarantee they will be either lost, broken, or have a dead battery while you still have your Etymotics (the things I plug in my Galaxy daily).
Who is "ourselves"? Humans? Or the Americans who were simply returning raw materials to China for manufacturing of new Chinese shit that is bought by Americans?
It doesn't have to end up like malware on Windows. OSX and Linux don't have the same problem, despite being open platforms.
OSX and Linux do have the same problems. They are just slightly insulated in:
a) not being a profitable target so malware is significantly reduced. b) not having as many stupid users.
But to further your point, OSX and Linux have had considerable malware over the past 2 years, in the case of Linux you were even able to get it from behind the walled garden of apt or npm thanks to server side breaches. But if you want to be pedantic, given the number of malware infested Android phones out there I would almost wager that "Linux" has more of a problem these days than Windows does.
The average smartphone user isn't prepared to use external sources
The average smartphone user does what they need to to get the product they want. On Android this means an additional click when it asks you for a one-off enable services button. They average smartphone user not only will manage this, but will do it happily without question and without ever bothering to understand the implications.
I would rather have that money go to Google (who provides a large mobile platform and ecosystem) than Epic (who abandoned the PC platform for consoles, and now has abandoned the concept of buying a game in favour of a Gaming as a Service model).
In 60 years we have pretty much destroyed our natural sleep habits.
That is a load of crap. If anything history has shown that humans didn't have natural sleeping habits, at least not since the invention of fire to keep light on after sunset. We have plenty of documentation from figures of the past that some many of them had wildy strange sleeping habits. If anything we can conclude only that what may be "natural" for you is not "natural" for me.
Microsoft now a hardware company with a range of PCs which come in very restricted hardware flavours actually have the ability to test their software against a control group. So why is it that every other patch tuesday we hear stories about Surface models bluescreening, melting down, batteries not working, type covers not working, to say nothing of the graphics driver issues they have experienced with software MS has released specifically for these devices and not the general population.
It should not be up to any admin to test patches, but that's the frigging sad reality we are stuck with.
Don't conflate these issues. They say users and IT pros when talking about Windows in general. Windows in general and windows in an organisation sitting behind a controlled WSUS Server managed by a group policy set are two different things.
MS will always offer a flavour of Windows with control over the update process. Just not to commoners.
It is worth remembering what Google Maps is and isn't. If you're actually interested in cloud cover rather than the geographical features you wouldn't be on Google Maps in the first place.
And no, looking out the window won't achieve what you're after, a trip to NOAA's website will though.
Right. That totally makes sense. Because of course when you zoom *out*, you expect to see *less* detail.
No you expect to see *relevant* detail. E.g. you don't expect to see the country name while you're looking at a street. Likewise it doesn't make a lot of sense to show the global cloud cover while zoomed in at a level where you're probably interested in some detail of the map.
Plus we're talking global realtime data here. Just how high resolution do you expect it to be?
Sounds like a study whose entire effects were determined by the self-selection of healthy people.
And? It's not like that in any way invalidates the results. Healthy people are healthy because they do healthy things, be like healthy people. Start doing healthy things.
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Yes. :-P
Heh...does anyone on Slashdot seriously run without at least at least script blocking in place?
Define script blocking. Running ublock Origin which also blocks a set of tracking scripts? Definitely. Running the equivalent of Noscript and having to finely whitelist every script on every website? Fuck no, my time is more valuable than that.
Keep in mind that Trump is not promoting tariffs and trade wars--he is simply reacting to tariffs in other countries.
LOL.
That has been the case for 7 years now. The only thing that has changed is the text of the warning and the requirement that the site actually offers some meaningful choice rather than accept all and middle finger.
5 seconds is how long I'll wait for a page to load before I close the tab.
TFA is missing the point. Users don't consider the web slow because they don't sit around waiting for the scripts to finish doing their stuff. It may take CNN 30 seconds to load in the USA (I'm in the EU, the slowest I could get it was 6 seconds with adblockers turned off), but that doesn't change the fact that the content has finished loading and I'm able to browse the page after the 1st second.
An adblocker and NoScript change CNN from a 30 second load to about 5 seconds.
Does it actually take that long? I read stories about GDPR causing websites to be served with less shitty scripts in Europe. I get CNN page load times of 4 seconds with adblock on (no noscript), and 6 seconds with adblock off.
Thanks to GDPR a low of websites are serving up the same content to Euopeans without all the bullshit attached. https://linustechtips.com/main...
I can't confirm if the CNN actually serves up pages that take 30 seconds to load, but I just clicked on the top most story about the wildfires and got a load time of 4 seconds with adblocking, and 6 seconds without adblocking.
Indeed, but that is an entirely different point than the one being made.
Hurry up and Brexit, and don't use the word Europe to describe a single country's shitty policies.
Much of the plastic in Europe doesn't leave Europe. Many European countries have excellent plastic recycling systems in place and actively import plastic from neighbours.
No problem, just unlock the FM functionality. No one said you had to actually be able to tune in a station with it.
I've had my iPhone X almost year now and I've not used the dongle yet.
Cool story. I don't have an iPhone but if I did I would use the dongle daily, like I do on my Galaxy.
I've tried your fancy airpods. Combining something without a cord with something that falls out of ears, and sound like garbage isn't a decent alternative. Plus I guarantee they will be either lost, broken, or have a dead battery while you still have your Etymotics (the things I plug in my Galaxy daily).
If we're not reusing the materials ourselves
Who is "ourselves"? Humans? Or the Americans who were simply returning raw materials to China for manufacturing of new Chinese shit that is bought by Americans?
It doesn't have to end up like malware on Windows. OSX and Linux don't have the same problem, despite being open platforms.
OSX and Linux do have the same problems. They are just slightly insulated in:
a) not being a profitable target so malware is significantly reduced.
b) not having as many stupid users.
But to further your point, OSX and Linux have had considerable malware over the past 2 years, in the case of Linux you were even able to get it from behind the walled garden of apt or npm thanks to server side breaches. But if you want to be pedantic, given the number of malware infested Android phones out there I would almost wager that "Linux" has more of a problem these days than Windows does.
The average smartphone user isn't prepared to use external sources
The average smartphone user does what they need to to get the product they want. On Android this means an additional click when it asks you for a one-off enable services button. They average smartphone user not only will manage this, but will do it happily without question and without ever bothering to understand the implications.
I would rather have that money go to Google (who provides a large mobile platform and ecosystem) than Epic (who abandoned the PC platform for consoles, and now has abandoned the concept of buying a game in favour of a Gaming as a Service model).
In 60 years we have pretty much destroyed our natural sleep habits.
That is a load of crap. If anything history has shown that humans didn't have natural sleeping habits, at least not since the invention of fire to keep light on after sunset. We have plenty of documentation from figures of the past that some many of them had wildy strange sleeping habits. If anything we can conclude only that what may be "natural" for you is not "natural" for me.
2minutes? Skip the foreplay and you're done in half the time.
Microsoft now a hardware company with a range of PCs which come in very restricted hardware flavours actually have the ability to test their software against a control group. So why is it that every other patch tuesday we hear stories about Surface models bluescreening, melting down, batteries not working, type covers not working, to say nothing of the graphics driver issues they have experienced with software MS has released specifically for these devices and not the general population.
It should not be up to any admin to test patches, but that's the frigging sad reality we are stuck with.
Don't conflate these issues. They say users and IT pros when talking about Windows in general. Windows in general and windows in an organisation sitting behind a controlled WSUS Server managed by a group policy set are two different things.
MS will always offer a flavour of Windows with control over the update process. Just not to commoners.
I might want to see local cloud cover though.
As for the resolution, does it really matter?
You just answered your own question.
It is worth remembering what Google Maps is and isn't. If you're actually interested in cloud cover rather than the geographical features you wouldn't be on Google Maps in the first place.
And no, looking out the window won't achieve what you're after, a trip to NOAA's website will though.
Right. That totally makes sense. Because of course when you zoom *out*, you expect to see *less* detail.
No you expect to see *relevant* detail. E.g. you don't expect to see the country name while you're looking at a street. Likewise it doesn't make a lot of sense to show the global cloud cover while zoomed in at a level where you're probably interested in some detail of the map.
Plus we're talking global realtime data here. Just how high resolution do you expect it to be?
Seriously you shat in the bed, clean it up yourself Disney. Stop trying to screw everyone. I hope your $4bn investment burns.
And if you zoom all the way out you get realtime sunlight coverage.
Zoom out further. It only happens in the top 3 zoom levels. The top zoom level also gives you realtime daylight cover.
Sounds like a study whose entire effects were determined by the self-selection of healthy people.
And? It's not like that in any way invalidates the results. Healthy people are healthy because they do healthy things, be like healthy people. Start doing healthy things.