We now have a man under Russian influence appointing people everywhere he can who are dismantling our system of government, government agencies, constitutional rights, and basically anything under the "common good" from arts funding to health care access.
We're being dragged back to the "good old days" of robber barons and into a bold new era of corrupt foreign influence thanks to an alliance of racists, dominionists, terrified old people, nihilistic young people, and those who are so bitter and ignorant they would sacrifice anything at all to "piss off the left".
It's only going to get worse, especially as Trump continues to attack the foundations of everything that let's us fight back.
In the meantime for those of us using cell phones as our primary phone, there are a wealth of apps that block unwanted calls. I use "Hiya" and it's blocked carpet cleaners, credit monitors, and all manner of robocall scams I used to get.
Removing the headphone jack and the home button would be the last shitty straws. Unreliable phones, bloatware, nagware, and lagging Android releases = a bad experience. Not to mention a battery you can't remove - they are copying Apple's worst decisions. My next phone will not be a Samsung. Which is a shame.
The new macbook 13 models have slower cpus than the last gen. The RAM maxes out at 16gb. The keyboard has been hobbled for a poorly thought out "touch" experience no one asked for. When I bought my macbook a couple of years ago it was a decent price for the specs, and performed well. Now that it's dead, I still want to wait a year to upgrade to see if Apple will actually respect their pro community of users, or if I need to bit the bullet and switch back to a windows/linux machine.
Having as much data as you want changes usage patterns. I stream music and movies on my PC, and never would dream of it on my phone with Verizon. The *second* another carrier has the same coverage - Verizon is going to bleed customers who decide "actually I do want to use my phone to stream media". Since Verizon markets streaming media apps - they are feeding the very hunger that will take away customers who want to see those promises delivered on.
Between how they treat their workers (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/4yqjvt/samsung_witholding_what_chemicals_are_the_cause/) and their customers (look up the issue with their camera glass on the S7 and how they have responded), Samsung isn't worth trusting. I have an S3 now, no way in hell I'm buying another one of their phones.
It isn't the number of products, it's the quality. For instance, look at how Samsung responded to the camera glass issue with their S7. So all these new versions coming out, and if you happen to have purchased one that works, why spend money on a gamble?
Programmers like myself like to believe we are exempt from being made as replaceable as possible. We're not. Whether it's Outsourcing, H2B, or crappy projects like this... Greed finds a way. The programmers of today will be the mill workers of tomorrow. I hope society figures out a better economic model by then, because *everything* we've tried up until now seems to fail significant amounts of people.
Here let me cite a comedy show as evidence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq2_wSsDwkQ). But there is evidence - the news industry is reeling and money for local news, covering local politics, and investigative journalism is shrinking. So yes, there are less people doing serious reporting.
Mod parent up. I clicked over, saw it was a video, and came here to see if anyone had the actual content if a format I could skim in 10 seconds. The only saving grace is it isn't autoplay (looking at you CNN).
Short term housing and long term housing are indeed in competition for housing units; but based on what do you prefer one to the other? Why is it better to arbitrarily force property owners to allocate more resources to long term housing and fewer to short term housing?
Because otherwise you make having a home impossible for a larger segment of society. How would you feel about making 6 figures and having to move from a nice 2 bedroom into a crappy studio to keep living where you do? The problem with too many armchair politicians is they don't consider the real world impact of policies like this. It means families needing to move and trying to find a job in a new city because they can't afford to live in their homes anymore. It means people getting out of college, and if they are lucky enough to find a job STILL not being able to find housing.
So airbnb demand is going up, and it lets property owners charge far more than long term renters pay, and you somehow think it isn't responsible at all for the housing prices and shortage problem? Not even a bit? That's totally unconvincing. Zoning laws and rent control are part of it, but clearly they need to be updated to state where airbnb locations can happen. Or better yet, let's allow for reasonable airbnb use. Going out of town for a month and want to rent? Using airbnb to meet new people and rent out a spare room? That's all fine. Want to buy 10 properties and treat them like a hotel? No. Use your money elsewhere, or BUY A HOTEL. Zoning laws won't cover this distinction. And I want to be able to keep airbnb and shut down the people abusing the system.
I am a software dev of many years too. "Deadlines don't apply". The problem is - over and over - business assumes code is instant. So requirements slip through the cracks. And deadlines remain in place. Would you rather ship a broken product on time, or delay so the developers have what they need? Don't call it agile if you don't want to - but to ignore the reality of software development is bone headed.
It's not so cut and dry. When friends and family use the site to organize events, and post photos of you, saying "I just won't use it" isn't practical. If "no one makes you use it" was a sufficient argument or approach to corporate misbehavior we would live in a much nicer world. The reality is when corporations abuse their power - we move to regulate them or as we are able boycott them. (And if a boycott is not realistic, then at the moment turning to public outrage or legal recourse through the courts or the legislature is our best option).
GoogleBot: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Dumb questions on fire off the main page of Quora. I've watched search queries glitter in the dark near the TOR gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears.. in... rain."
Some of it looks really cool, python + sh is a great idea. Though some of it looks ugly (http://xon.sh/bash_to_xsh.html), the alternative to '$?' for example.
It depends on how intrusive or useful this is. Featured ads when I am searching generally (for food for instance) that are appealing would be fine, and fit in with what you see on other search pages (amazon, yelp, other companies do this). If it shows up in a way that it makes my search longer however - less welcome. If I'm searching for an address and have to dismiss an ad to get to it, google maps on my phone will have for many situations become unusable. It already takes ages to load.
You see this when you go in for a job interview and they want to know, on top of your full time job, if you contribute to open source, or go to meetups, or otherwise pour your whole life into programming. Don't get me wrong, I love programming. And when I'm not doing 50 hours a week (the new 40) I like to do some for fun. But this culture of exploitation has to stop. It's what leads to 80 hour work weeks, not taking vacation, and burn out. It's exploitation pure and simple. And it doesn't work. People who are overworked underperform. And until the MBA's running the show understand that, they will have high turnover and poorer code quality than the companies that do understand it.
Why is this marked insightful? Companies need to communicate, including about their IP. OF COURSE they put IP on the internet. Also who has the time and money to create convincing yet fake IP? As if IP is just a text file with secret words in it. IP can include anything from diagrams to formulas, videos, spreadsheets, etc. Not all IP can be convincingly faked, or perhaps even faked at all.
Also who would spend millions building a factory without having checked out what was stolen first?
This is the kind of armchair opinion that when exposed to an ounce of scrutiny immediately turns to dust.
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"I don't want to cast doubt on her claims" -> yes. Yes you clearly do, AC.
We now have a man under Russian influence appointing people everywhere he can who are dismantling our system of government, government agencies, constitutional rights, and basically anything under the "common good" from arts funding to health care access.
We're being dragged back to the "good old days" of robber barons and into a bold new era of corrupt foreign influence thanks to an alliance of racists, dominionists, terrified old people, nihilistic young people, and those who are so bitter and ignorant they would sacrifice anything at all to "piss off the left".
It's only going to get worse, especially as Trump continues to attack the foundations of everything that let's us fight back.
In the meantime for those of us using cell phones as our primary phone, there are a wealth of apps that block unwanted calls. I use "Hiya" and it's blocked carpet cleaners, credit monitors, and all manner of robocall scams I used to get.
What an awful argument. Yes we can have it both ways. We can respect our rights and still defend against foreign attackers.
Removing the headphone jack and the home button would be the last shitty straws. Unreliable phones, bloatware, nagware, and lagging Android releases = a bad experience. Not to mention a battery you can't remove - they are copying Apple's worst decisions. My next phone will not be a Samsung. Which is a shame.
The new macbook 13 models have slower cpus than the last gen. The RAM maxes out at 16gb. The keyboard has been hobbled for a poorly thought out "touch" experience no one asked for. When I bought my macbook a couple of years ago it was a decent price for the specs, and performed well. Now that it's dead, I still want to wait a year to upgrade to see if Apple will actually respect their pro community of users, or if I need to bit the bullet and switch back to a windows/linux machine.
Why the fuck is this modded insightful. Trump has incited his followers to violence, appeals to neonazis and white supremacists, and has caused holocaust survivors to say "he seems familiar".
Trump and his supporters are a poison in this country, and suggesting Hillary Clinton even comes close to being as evil is delusional.
Having as much data as you want changes usage patterns. I stream music and movies on my PC, and never would dream of it on my phone with Verizon. The *second* another carrier has the same coverage - Verizon is going to bleed customers who decide "actually I do want to use my phone to stream media". Since Verizon markets streaming media apps - they are feeding the very hunger that will take away customers who want to see those promises delivered on.
Thanks for sharing. That's a great idea. Old phones not up to date? Penalize the manufacturers in their budget.
Between how they treat their workers (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/4yqjvt/samsung_witholding_what_chemicals_are_the_cause/) and their customers (look up the issue with their camera glass on the S7 and how they have responded), Samsung isn't worth trusting. I have an S3 now, no way in hell I'm buying another one of their phones.
It isn't the number of products, it's the quality. For instance, look at how Samsung responded to the camera glass issue with their S7. So all these new versions coming out, and if you happen to have purchased one that works, why spend money on a gamble?
Programmers like myself like to believe we are exempt from being made as replaceable as possible. We're not. Whether it's Outsourcing, H2B, or crappy projects like this... Greed finds a way. The programmers of today will be the mill workers of tomorrow. I hope society figures out a better economic model by then, because *everything* we've tried up until now seems to fail significant amounts of people.
Here let me cite a comedy show as evidence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq2_wSsDwkQ). But there is evidence - the news industry is reeling and money for local news, covering local politics, and investigative journalism is shrinking. So yes, there are less people doing serious reporting.
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
Mod parent up. I clicked over, saw it was a video, and came here to see if anyone had the actual content if a format I could skim in 10 seconds. The only saving grace is it isn't autoplay (looking at you CNN).
Funny, I thought Conservatives in the US might say "I want someone to force my version of Christianity on this country".
Because otherwise you make having a home impossible for a larger segment of society. How would you feel about making 6 figures and having to move from a nice 2 bedroom into a crappy studio to keep living where you do? The problem with too many armchair politicians is they don't consider the real world impact of policies like this. It means families needing to move and trying to find a job in a new city because they can't afford to live in their homes anymore. It means people getting out of college, and if they are lucky enough to find a job STILL not being able to find housing.
So airbnb demand is going up, and it lets property owners charge far more than long term renters pay, and you somehow think it isn't responsible at all for the housing prices and shortage problem? Not even a bit? That's totally unconvincing. Zoning laws and rent control are part of it, but clearly they need to be updated to state where airbnb locations can happen. Or better yet, let's allow for reasonable airbnb use. Going out of town for a month and want to rent? Using airbnb to meet new people and rent out a spare room? That's all fine. Want to buy 10 properties and treat them like a hotel? No. Use your money elsewhere, or BUY A HOTEL. Zoning laws won't cover this distinction. And I want to be able to keep airbnb and shut down the people abusing the system.
I am a software dev of many years too. "Deadlines don't apply". The problem is - over and over - business assumes code is instant. So requirements slip through the cracks. And deadlines remain in place. Would you rather ship a broken product on time, or delay so the developers have what they need? Don't call it agile if you don't want to - but to ignore the reality of software development is bone headed.
It's not so cut and dry. When friends and family use the site to organize events, and post photos of you, saying "I just won't use it" isn't practical. If "no one makes you use it" was a sufficient argument or approach to corporate misbehavior we would live in a much nicer world. The reality is when corporations abuse their power - we move to regulate them or as we are able boycott them. (And if a boycott is not realistic, then at the moment turning to public outrage or legal recourse through the courts or the legislature is our best option).
GoogleBot: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Dumb questions on fire off the main page of Quora. I've watched search queries glitter in the dark near the TOR gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears.. in... rain."
More info here: http://xon.sh/
Some of it looks really cool, python + sh is a great idea. Though some of it looks ugly (http://xon.sh/bash_to_xsh.html), the alternative to '$?' for example.
It depends on how intrusive or useful this is. Featured ads when I am searching generally (for food for instance) that are appealing would be fine, and fit in with what you see on other search pages (amazon, yelp, other companies do this). If it shows up in a way that it makes my search longer however - less welcome. If I'm searching for an address and have to dismiss an ad to get to it, google maps on my phone will have for many situations become unusable. It already takes ages to load.
So what other apps are out there worth using? Android Central - Alternatives (Click "view all").
You see this when you go in for a job interview and they want to know, on top of your full time job, if you contribute to open source, or go to meetups, or otherwise pour your whole life into programming. Don't get me wrong, I love programming. And when I'm not doing 50 hours a week (the new 40) I like to do some for fun. But this culture of exploitation has to stop. It's what leads to 80 hour work weeks, not taking vacation, and burn out. It's exploitation pure and simple. And it doesn't work. People who are overworked underperform. And until the MBA's running the show understand that, they will have high turnover and poorer code quality than the companies that do understand it.
Why is this marked insightful? Companies need to communicate, including about their IP. OF COURSE they put IP on the internet. Also who has the time and money to create convincing yet fake IP? As if IP is just a text file with secret words in it. IP can include anything from diagrams to formulas, videos, spreadsheets, etc. Not all IP can be convincingly faked, or perhaps even faked at all.
Also who would spend millions building a factory without having checked out what was stolen first?
This is the kind of armchair opinion that when exposed to an ounce of scrutiny immediately turns to dust.