Works for me is not a fallacy, it's an anecdote. It's also an important piece of information for those people who think everything is someone else's fault. Perhaps he doesn't have a computer from the last century. Perhaps he knows how to setup his computer in a way that didn't break it.
Because they go to school much longer than US students.
While that is true you've taking a ludicrously over simplified view of education. German education is far more hands on. Internships are just the norm for engineers while they are still studying. The education system doesn't teach to the test, it teaches concepts. They aren't afraid to leave a poor little snowflake behind. In China you see some similar different approaches too. Whereas we pluck dumb kids out and put them into a special school to not drag down everyone, and focus all our attention to making sure they meet the mediocrity we are aiming for, they pluck the smartest kids out there and put them into a special school to ensure they are given opportunities to shine. Many systems in Europe also have very tiered levels of secondary education, also catering to the smarter kids, often teaching them core materials in a variety of languages.
You don't need more crap schooling, you need proper schooling.
What are end users supposed to do about it? Apple can warn all they like but if there's no replacement app from the developer and no way to migrate data to a different app then there's nothing that can be done but sit and wait for the clock of doom to strike down the apps.
Rest on their laurels and lose all their data because they don't think ahead or don't think about support. That's what end users should do.
Or... if anyone is affected by this they should already have plans in place to save them from what is inevitable loss of data from an unsupported app.
I've been told in no uncertain terms that the lack of replaceable batteries means that iPhones cease being perfectly functional after even 2 years. I wish Slashdot would make up it's mind.
Why would you have a grille opening in a car that doesn't need an air intake?
Looks like a front spoiler to me. Personally I like the styling, and that's just it. It's a personal thing. Otherwise there wouldn't be different styling options on the market from different companies.
Argued like a real pro from a sample size of what, may I ask? One?
Not argued, just being slightly facetious. You summarised it quite well, there's workers councils across the spectrum. I just happen to deal with the class warfare political side in our German plants, but it's likely due to the class of people (protection of the working class) and the history (chequered ownership with joint ventures from foreign companies).
Unless you just came out of a week in a cave, or off an international flight without data connection the time to get a GPS fix is in the order of 1 second thanks to A-GPS data provided from the carrier. Mind you we're talking about carrier triangulation here. In a dense urban environment they know your location far more accurately than any other thanks to high density of towers.
It's not good enough to narrow down where you collapsed in the time taken to get you aid, but it most definitely can aid law enforcement finding a prankster. Mind you this doesn't work via VHF which is what we're talking about...
...what's to stop said prankster from playing audio of a boat in the background?
People who play dumb pranks with other's lives typically don't think about it in any great way. The kind of pranks that are well thought out and meticulously planned are typically those between family members or best friends.
And when you get your statistics degree and become a data analyst at Paysa, it's about being able to study something to come to a conclusion that everyone already knew.
where you have a workers council, getting their agreement
Ahhh I see what you did there. No man I'm not playing your silly game. I'd rather dedicate my time to something with a higher success rate, like finding the last surviving unicorn.
Well, you just mentioned somebody named Rick Astley without explaining who that is either.
There's a difference between not providing context for understanding when understanding is the primary goal, and not providing context for the comical result of people Googling, when the comical result is the primary goal.
But don't worry man, we at Slashdot won't give you up or let you down, and we definitely won't run and hide or desert you.
Screens are something for a mammoth music collection. The iPod shuffle originally came with 512MB of RAM, barely enough to fit 2-3 albums. You didn't need a screen to select a song.
It also had a pretty niche purpose. I owned one despite generally hating Apple devices (mainly to do with iTunes) and already having an MP3 player. It was DAAAAAMN light, and it was just a little clip. I don't think there was a more perfect device for jogging. I'm still not sure there is.
Not only does the summary not mention what Slack is, but 83 comments in and none of the comments do either. Though a lot of them seem to agree it's a resource hog. Is that really all it does? I mean you could achieve the same thing by opening Rick Astley videos on youtube, hitting play, and repeating for 30 tabs.
What's a swipe machine? There are now teenagers who would have never seen someone swipe a card in their life.
For that matter, what's a Pay Service? I mean I certainly don't rely on a third party service to pay for something using my phone's NFC and my bank. But more middle men = more better right?
Outcome might have been differently if company A would only have monitored suspected employees instead of all of them.
Not in Germany no. Frankly this won't be the end of it. Expect to hear about huge fines dished out to the company for this. The Germans have workplace privacy dialled up to 11. It is hard enough to capture working metrics on equipment that involves a person operating it if it is possible to link it to a person. e.g. "Alarm at 10:31am, Operator acknowledged alarm at 10:32am" if you have a record of who the operator of the equipment was you damn well better not be capturing the alarm information.
The guys running this company must be really stupid.... Or not German + clueless.
There's something a bit different about wearing a very discrete hidden and socially acceptable piece of hearing protection vs a frigging gas mask.
Also I wouldn't go to a smoky jazz club to smoke. I'd go there for jazz, whereas I don't typically go to a concert for the overpriced drinks.
No, they have to change their operations to suit you, even if it means closing down.
Strawman. They didn't change for me, they changed for everyone. They changed for the benefit of the health of their own staff. And as the many examples from around the world in countries where they have banned smoking indoors in public places have shown, it doesn't cause anything to close down. Oh except maybe smoking clubs.
Very few have the business chops turn their idea/prototype into a commercial product.
You're describing the vast majority of the world. Ideas are dime a dozen and businesses fail at a rate for over 90% in the first year. Kickstarter is just very public so it's easy to attack.
Any operation that puts 5 before 3 & 4 must be considered suspect.
You only think that because you missed step 1.1: Sell idea for product to investors. If businesses followed your steps as you wrote them then none of them would ever get off the ground due to lack of money.
That's pretty jerkish to all the victims who lost money to those thieves.
I was with you right up to this point. Part of investing in anything is figuring out if what you are investing in is a good idea. Part of investing is the risk that you won't know everything, or the risk that despite knowing everything it will fail anyway. Never shed a tear for an investor. They should cut their losses and move on. If they make a habit of it, maybe they should stop trying to invest in ideas.
Now as for those people who believe Kickstarting is like buying a product, don't shed a tear for them either. Humans learn by doing. Putting them in a plastic bubble and feeling sorry for their poor decisions is not the answer. Instead educate them, and applaud them for learning lessons.
Pat them on the head too. Ideas end in failure just as much as investments do. I certainly don't shed a tear about people who lose a lot of money in investments, even when I counted myself among them.
Investing is like starting a business. Sometimes it doesn't work. Cut-losses, and move on, but don't sit and mope about it.
Loud music is also proven to cause hearing loss. People know this, and choose to go to clubs and concerts - or to not go.
Stupid comeback. I go to concerts with hearing plugs, and no, noise restrictions on many clubs prevent you from getting hearing loss unless you decide the best place for you is to stand right in front of the speakers.
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Ah, the "works for me" fallacy.
Works for me is not a fallacy, it's an anecdote. It's also an important piece of information for those people who think everything is someone else's fault. Perhaps he doesn't have a computer from the last century. Perhaps he knows how to setup his computer in a way that didn't break it.
What do you folks recommend to people who are not as tech-savvy?
Same thing as I would recommend to folks who are. NO!
I don't understand the tone of the summary. It implies there is a situation where it is a good idea to install multiple. There's not. Don't do it.
Because they go to school much longer than US students.
While that is true you've taking a ludicrously over simplified view of education. German education is far more hands on. Internships are just the norm for engineers while they are still studying. The education system doesn't teach to the test, it teaches concepts. They aren't afraid to leave a poor little snowflake behind. In China you see some similar different approaches too. Whereas we pluck dumb kids out and put them into a special school to not drag down everyone, and focus all our attention to making sure they meet the mediocrity we are aiming for, they pluck the smartest kids out there and put them into a special school to ensure they are given opportunities to shine. Many systems in Europe also have very tiered levels of secondary education, also catering to the smarter kids, often teaching them core materials in a variety of languages.
You don't need more crap schooling, you need proper schooling.
What are end users supposed to do about it? Apple can warn all they like but if there's no replacement app from the developer and no way to migrate data to a different app then there's nothing that can be done but sit and wait for the clock of doom to strike down the apps.
Rest on their laurels and lose all their data because they don't think ahead or don't think about support. That's what end users should do.
Or ... if anyone is affected by this they should already have plans in place to save them from what is inevitable loss of data from an unsupported app.
perfectly functional devices
I've been told in no uncertain terms that the lack of replaceable batteries means that iPhones cease being perfectly functional after even 2 years. I wish Slashdot would make up it's mind.
Why would you have a grille opening in a car that doesn't need an air intake?
Looks like a front spoiler to me. Personally I like the styling, and that's just it. It's a personal thing. Otherwise there wouldn't be different styling options on the market from different companies.
Does anyone else find it ironic that the most popular car on Slashdot is also the most difficult to hot rod?
Not at all. Many people even engineers and tinkered sometimes just prefer something well made that does not need to be touched or modified.
Mind you there are plenty of people hacking at Telsas. It's just a different skill set.
Argued like a real pro from a sample size of what, may I ask? One?
Not argued, just being slightly facetious. You summarised it quite well, there's workers councils across the spectrum. I just happen to deal with the class warfare political side in our German plants, but it's likely due to the class of people (protection of the working class) and the history (chequered ownership with joint ventures from foreign companies).
GPS can take time to get a fix
Unless you just came out of a week in a cave, or off an international flight without data connection the time to get a GPS fix is in the order of 1 second thanks to A-GPS data provided from the carrier. Mind you we're talking about carrier triangulation here. In a dense urban environment they know your location far more accurately than any other thanks to high density of towers.
It's not good enough to narrow down where you collapsed in the time taken to get you aid, but it most definitely can aid law enforcement finding a prankster. Mind you this doesn't work via VHF which is what we're talking about...
This only looks at silly voice calls. If you were in the shit then fire up your EPIRB. It's a far better system than a mayday call anyway.
...what's to stop said prankster from playing audio of a boat in the background?
People who play dumb pranks with other's lives typically don't think about it in any great way. The kind of pranks that are well thought out and meticulously planned are typically those between family members or best friends.
And when you get your statistics degree and become a data analyst at Paysa, it's about being able to study something to come to a conclusion that everyone already knew.
where you have a workers council, getting their agreement
Ahhh I see what you did there. No man I'm not playing your silly game. I'd rather dedicate my time to something with a higher success rate, like finding the last surviving unicorn.
Well, you just mentioned somebody named Rick Astley without explaining who that is either.
There's a difference between not providing context for understanding when understanding is the primary goal, and not providing context for the comical result of people Googling, when the comical result is the primary goal.
But don't worry man, we at Slashdot won't give you up or let you down, and we definitely won't run and hide or desert you.
Screens are something for a mammoth music collection. The iPod shuffle originally came with 512MB of RAM, barely enough to fit 2-3 albums. You didn't need a screen to select a song.
It also had a pretty niche purpose. I owned one despite generally hating Apple devices (mainly to do with iTunes) and already having an MP3 player. It was DAAAAAMN light, and it was just a little clip. I don't think there was a more perfect device for jogging. I'm still not sure there is.
Not only does the summary not mention what Slack is, but 83 comments in and none of the comments do either. Though a lot of them seem to agree it's a resource hog. Is that really all it does? I mean you could achieve the same thing by opening Rick Astley videos on youtube, hitting play, and repeating for 30 tabs.
What's a swipe machine? There are now teenagers who would have never seen someone swipe a card in their life.
For that matter, what's a Pay Service? I mean I certainly don't rely on a third party service to pay for something using my phone's NFC and my bank. But more middle men = more better right?
Outcome might have been differently if company A would only have monitored suspected employees instead of all of them.
Not in Germany no. Frankly this won't be the end of it. Expect to hear about huge fines dished out to the company for this. The Germans have workplace privacy dialled up to 11. It is hard enough to capture working metrics on equipment that involves a person operating it if it is possible to link it to a person. e.g. "Alarm at 10:31am, Operator acknowledged alarm at 10:32am" if you have a record of who the operator of the equipment was you damn well better not be capturing the alarm information.
The guys running this company must be really stupid. ... Or not German + clueless.
There's something a bit different about wearing a very discrete hidden and socially acceptable piece of hearing protection vs a frigging gas mask.
Also I wouldn't go to a smoky jazz club to smoke. I'd go there for jazz, whereas I don't typically go to a concert for the overpriced drinks.
No, they have to change their operations to suit you, even if it means closing down.
Strawman. They didn't change for me, they changed for everyone. They changed for the benefit of the health of their own staff. And as the many examples from around the world in countries where they have banned smoking indoors in public places have shown, it doesn't cause anything to close down. Oh except maybe smoking clubs.
Very few have the business chops turn their idea/prototype into a commercial product.
You're describing the vast majority of the world. Ideas are dime a dozen and businesses fail at a rate for over 90% in the first year. Kickstarter is just very public so it's easy to attack.
Any operation that puts 5 before 3 & 4 must be considered suspect.
You only think that because you missed step 1.1: Sell idea for product to investors. If businesses followed your steps as you wrote them then none of them would ever get off the ground due to lack of money.
That's pretty jerkish to all the victims who lost money to those thieves.
I was with you right up to this point. Part of investing in anything is figuring out if what you are investing in is a good idea. Part of investing is the risk that you won't know everything, or the risk that despite knowing everything it will fail anyway. Never shed a tear for an investor. They should cut their losses and move on. If they make a habit of it, maybe they should stop trying to invest in ideas.
Now as for those people who believe Kickstarting is like buying a product, don't shed a tear for them either. Humans learn by doing. Putting them in a plastic bubble and feeling sorry for their poor decisions is not the answer. Instead educate them, and applaud them for learning lessons.
So this company was funded purely on a 'story'
So like every company in history then.
Who cares about the people who lost millions..
Pat them on the head too. Ideas end in failure just as much as investments do. I certainly don't shed a tear about people who lose a lot of money in investments, even when I counted myself among them.
Investing is like starting a business. Sometimes it doesn't work. Cut-losses, and move on, but don't sit and mope about it.
Loud music is also proven to cause hearing loss. People know this, and choose to go to clubs and concerts - or to not go.
Stupid comeback. I go to concerts with hearing plugs, and no, noise restrictions on many clubs prevent you from getting hearing loss unless you decide the best place for you is to stand right in front of the speakers.