I just decommissioned my Athlon XP 2200+ 2 years ago. It had been in operation for 13 years with the original Motherboard and processor. Rock solid stability on Linux, 3 months between BSOD's on Windows XP. Used a Vantec heatsink--nothing exotic. Oh, and I beat the hell out of that thing--I used to game on all through college, and then used it for a home server.
Decommissioned because the motherboard died. Capacitors finally wore out and burst after 13 years... Processor still works, but once the caps went, the system became very unstable. One of the best processors I've ever bought.
That's the problem with building a bad reputation. It takes a long time to fix.
I'm not anti-MS, per se. I use MS Windows every day and it works well. I like SQL Server. Skype is great. Outlook is buggy, Office 365 is awful, and Skype for business is terrible (but getting better). MS, like any large company, has good and bad products.
Give me a few examples where MS has super majority marketshare and is taking action to embrace the community, and I'll reconsider my opinion.
I've had AHS for 5 years and I've always had a great experience. I've never had long hold times, been denied for service, or any other problems. I've had some expensive failures (Refrigerator had to have an evap coil replaced, furnace control board failed, and hot water heater failed), and they've always paid for the repairs, done so in a timely manner, and held up their end of the contract.
I'm not sure what the Wells Fargo contract covers (possibly not much?), but they've always provided good service for me. When my hot water heater's original heater burner failed (and I had flames literally shooting up around the hot water heater), they elected to replace the entire heater because the unit was old and was about to fail. That involved some significant plumbing changes to bring my house up to code--and ALL of it was covered by them.
Wells Fargo is scum, but I've had nothing but good experiences with AHS. Posting non-AC so you can tell that I'm not an industry shill.
I've been trying to use firefox again due to privacy concerns with Chrome. I've been really frustrated by the poor performance, despite the new multi-process.
I just realized, now that there's a GUI (performance panel) that I multi-process wasn't enabled because I had a single legacy addon. I disabled that addon and now FireFox is MUCH faster.
I know everyone hates that the legacy addons are going away--and I do think FireFox needs to do something about this--support them longer, fund development of the most popular addons, something... but MultiProcess FF is amazingly faster than before. I would never want to go back...
As someone who grew up in the CRT era (and remember bringing massively heavy 21" CRT displays to LAN parties), I say "good riddance".
I remember being able to see the flicker when the monitor ran at 60HZ, and getting headaches unless it was a higher refresh rate. I used to run my monitor at a lower than max resolution so I could get 80+HZ, just to avoid the headaches.
I still have that CRT in my garage, just because I haven't gotten around to giving it to the hazardous waste disposal yet. I don't miss CRT at all. The only downside I have with LCD is the input lag.
It can be a HUGE problem if you're in a marriage or committed relationship with someone else who doesn't match your desire level.
I suspect it's also a problem for people who feel they need to conform with some "normal" standard of society, and that they're somehow "abnormal". As a guy who grew up mainly wanting to associate with girls and play with "girl" toys or do "girl" activities (including a pink lunchbox in 1st grade), I realized that I am who I am, and unless my behavior is morally wrong, I'm not going to let societal "norms" influence how I behave. Deciding I wanted that lunchbox, and ignoring the teasing (which was massive, but only lasted 1 day) was a major formative experience of my childhood.
But it takes a ton of confidence to get there, and so I suspect many people end up insecure about the fact that they're different than the hypersexualized US culture says they should be. I believe that unless your personality is holding you back from your life goals or interacting with society, embrace who you are and stop trying to be different.
But don't marry a very sexual person if you're asexual or low desire. It won't end well.
I did not mean to throw everything that isn't on the right into a single basket. I do agree that it's not "sole domain of the left". I should have reworded my first sentence in my previous post, as my reply stated that I believed it was. Nor was I intending to only attack "half the political spectrum". I view anyone who refuses to discuss issues on their merit as a problem, regardless of left/right.
I see both sides using identity tactics instead of debating issues on their merits. My friends on both sides (who are generally intellectual) are very frustrated by this. That said, I've personally experienced far more left-leaning people using ad-hominem attacks than right-leaning people. And I've seen a rapid leftward shift in culture in the last decade which has been primarily fueled by a demand for conformity or uniform opinion--dissent is heavily discouraged and persecuted.
I believe the left-leaning identity tactics were a primary trigger for Trump's popular support. IMO, the most scary thing is a lot of the left-leaning people don't appear to realize how bad silencing dissent is--they generally believe that demonizing others is somehow a good thing, because they're "racists", "bigots", and "the enemy". You know what you do with enemies? You fight them. I have a problem starting fights with my own countrymen. It ends badly. Let's talk instead?
I will check out the article you linked. Thanks for that!
Since when? Since refusal to speak a certain way which supports a particular political ideology makes you a "homophobic", "racist", and "bigoted". Since challenging the validity of proposed laws makes you not "worthy of even having a public debate" (from the UofT debate). https://youtu.be/68NHUV5me7Q?t=44m10s
Since a florist who didn't want to participate in gay weddings is automatically "homophobic" and a "bigot", despite having both gay employees and patrons. http://www.npr.org/2013/04/11/...
The left has been using identity politics for the last few years quite heavily. Instead of attacking the viewpoint, they've attacked the person. Now the right has learned to play that game. This is bad for ALL of us.
Identity politics silences dissent. The end result of silencing dissent is tyranny and oppression. Read Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago. We don't want to go there.
Regardless of how you stand on these issues, get out and talk to those who disagree with you--and listen to what they have to say. Be open to other opinions. Debate those who disagree with you--those whose opinions you know are wrong.
I think the grandparent's comment was about the openness of the platform. Siri and "OK Google" are both available on the lock screen. The key thing here is a 3rd party company's ability to put their own helper on the lock screen, not voice activation from the lockscreen.
And I do applaud Google for building a product where 3rd parties can do such a thing, but I'm also concerned about their moves to lock down Android by incorporating everything into gapps, blocking competing products like Amazon Underground, etc. We'll have to wait and see if Google tries to block Microsoft from putting Cortana on the lock screen...
And yes, slashdotters are usually for open platforms and against tracking. Therefore, they often rail on Apple for their closed platform and Windows 10 telemetry for its tracking. It seems like an open platform against tracking would please most slashdotters... I think you'll find many of them like LineageOS, whether they use it or not...
Does that make Prey https://www.preyproject.com/ illegal? It has the ability to take pictures with the camera, upload files, take screenshots, and geolocate. Wireshark, similarly, can be used for significant malicious intent. As can lock picks.
Mere possession of tools should not constitute illegality. Intent to use such tools, at a minimum, should be required. Most countries agree with regards to lock picking laws--computer programs should be no different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Liability should be placed on those who installed his software without permission on a computer they didn't own. The author should not be liable, unless the author himself installed the software without permission on a computer he did not own (or wrote an algorithm that performed such actions).
If there's a toxic (but not illegal) problem in the workplace, and you're a halfway decent coder, you generally hold the power. You'll be able to find another job--there's massive opportunities in the market. Unless there's a significant reason you need THIS job, get the issue fixed or go somewhere you won't be miserable.
To address the issue, be an adult. Document a few of your concerns, and politely tell your manager. If necessary, escalate. If that doesn't work, find a new job. If they fire you for raising your concerns... get that new job. Why would you want to work there anyway!?
Don't worry about "justice". Why in the world would you want to hire a lawyer, go through years of hell for 50% of some relatively small payout, and make a name for yourself that might make future employment harder? Is that lawsuit really the legacy you want to leave? If the environment is that toxic, they're going to have trouble retaining people, and that will make business very hard for them. It's called Karma.
I don't think a law should force a business to operate in a way that it doesn't want to. I don't think we should have a law forcing Twitter to keep up posts they don't want to keep up, any more than I think private companies should be forced to provide and/or pay for services they don't believe in. I think monopolies and public services are an exception to this.
So are we talking a law, or what a company should do? Because the bakery and Hobby Lobby were compelled by force of law, whereas, so far, opponents have mostly objected to Twitter's actions--not called for a law. I think everyone has a right to object to a company's actions and/or stance, but bringing the power of law is a whole different level.
I think it's wrong for Twitter to silence most speech, and I will condemn them for doing so. However, I do NOT support any law which would compel them to remove or leave speech up on their site.
Also, the definition of hate speech provided is pure rubbish: "speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or other traits."
If you think my religion is rubbish, you have every right to tell me so, whether it offends me or not. It doesn't mean you hate me--it means you think my religion is rubbish. My being offended should not be a barrier on YOUR right to speak your mind. This redefinition of hate and "hate speech" in modern society is very harmful; it has the potential to destroy our society. And Canada just passed a bill (C-16) putting basically this definition of "hate speech" into law.
Yes, Prof. Peterson's got some seriously flawed views on gender. He's also got some great knowledge on social psychology, fascism, the role of speech and violence in society, and the harm of excessive compassion. He's got some great thoughts on how the current social policies towards gender actually can exacerbate the problems facing LBGTQ people and send society into authoritarianism, fascism, and violence.
Prof. Peterson says that the point of free speech is to get the boneheaded ideas and opinions out in the open so they can be corrected through dialogue and conversation. But his opponents boycott debate and play noise during a rally about free speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
When this attitude is taken towards a large group of people, most go into the closet. Their views simmer and become anger. And then, they go out and vote--and everyone wonders where the "crazy Trump supporters" came from.
By being so sure that we're right and harassing those who disagree with us (see: Brendan Eich), you activate authoritarianism: http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11...
You don't want authoritarian leaders. It can get very ugly very fast. Stop persecuting those who disagree with you, even if you know they're wrong. Engage them in conversation and show them how they're wrong. Don't silence them. Don't harass them. Haven't we learned anything from Martin Luther King Jr.?
Personally, I agree with the parent. The definition of bigot is "a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions." When I watch the rallies between Prof. Peterson (trying to engage in conversation) and those who oppose him (silencing him and working to get him fired)... it's pretty clear who is intolerant.
It doesn't work in some genres, especially for PvP.
Let's take Overwatch, for example. PS4 and XBOX gamers, using a game controller, are at a significant disadvantage as compared to mouse/keyboard. For instance, Torbjiorn got a nerf on consoles, but not on PC, because people can track and aim more quickly on PC, negating his advantage there. So you may not want to matchmaker those people together, as the PC gamers will, on average, own the console gamers.
But for Windows Store and Steam not getting matched together? Yeah, that's insanity.
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Very helpful information, but yes I already knew this. I was just being funny. :)
Do I get free credit reporting for this? Is it from Equifax?
Also calling BS.
I just decommissioned my Athlon XP 2200+ 2 years ago. It had been in operation for 13 years with the original Motherboard and processor. Rock solid stability on Linux, 3 months between BSOD's on Windows XP. Used a Vantec heatsink--nothing exotic. Oh, and I beat the hell out of that thing--I used to game on all through college, and then used it for a home server.
Decommissioned because the motherboard died. Capacitors finally wore out and burst after 13 years... Processor still works, but once the caps went, the system became very unstable. One of the best processors I've ever bought.
I meant the open source community.
That's the problem with building a bad reputation. It takes a long time to fix.
I'm not anti-MS, per se. I use MS Windows every day and it works well. I like SQL Server. Skype is great. Outlook is buggy, Office 365 is awful, and Skype for business is terrible (but getting better). MS, like any large company, has good and bad products.
Give me a few examples where MS has super majority marketshare and is taking action to embrace the community, and I'll reconsider my opinion.
This would be the embrace phase...
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/...
You know once they're at 75%+ marketshare, they'll change their tune...
I've had AHS for 5 years and I've always had a great experience. I've never had long hold times, been denied for service, or any other problems. I've had some expensive failures (Refrigerator had to have an evap coil replaced, furnace control board failed, and hot water heater failed), and they've always paid for the repairs, done so in a timely manner, and held up their end of the contract.
I'm not sure what the Wells Fargo contract covers (possibly not much?), but they've always provided good service for me. When my hot water heater's original heater burner failed (and I had flames literally shooting up around the hot water heater), they elected to replace the entire heater because the unit was old and was about to fail. That involved some significant plumbing changes to bring my house up to code--and ALL of it was covered by them.
Wells Fargo is scum, but I've had nothing but good experiences with AHS. Posting non-AC so you can tell that I'm not an industry shill.
I wonder if it had any similarities to The Thing, a Soviet listening device that required no power...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I've been trying to use firefox again due to privacy concerns with Chrome. I've been really frustrated by the poor performance, despite the new multi-process.
I just realized, now that there's a GUI (performance panel) that I multi-process wasn't enabled because I had a single legacy addon. I disabled that addon and now FireFox is MUCH faster.
I know everyone hates that the legacy addons are going away--and I do think FireFox needs to do something about this--support them longer, fund development of the most popular addons, something... but MultiProcess FF is amazingly faster than before. I would never want to go back...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
(Note: What this guy is doing is probably illegal, although I wouldn't convict him in court)
People are not robots. They make mistakes and wrong choices. Punishment should be aimed at rehabilitation not ejecting them from society.
Clearly, you don't live in the USA.
That is what a confident, prosperous and mature society would do.
Touché
As someone who grew up in the CRT era (and remember bringing massively heavy 21" CRT displays to LAN parties), I say "good riddance".
I remember being able to see the flicker when the monitor ran at 60HZ, and getting headaches unless it was a higher refresh rate. I used to run my monitor at a lower than max resolution so I could get 80+HZ, just to avoid the headaches.
I still have that CRT in my garage, just because I haven't gotten around to giving it to the hazardous waste disposal yet. I don't miss CRT at all. The only downside I have with LCD is the input lag.
It can be a HUGE problem if you're in a marriage or committed relationship with someone else who doesn't match your desire level.
I suspect it's also a problem for people who feel they need to conform with some "normal" standard of society, and that they're somehow "abnormal". As a guy who grew up mainly wanting to associate with girls and play with "girl" toys or do "girl" activities (including a pink lunchbox in 1st grade), I realized that I am who I am, and unless my behavior is morally wrong, I'm not going to let societal "norms" influence how I behave. Deciding I wanted that lunchbox, and ignoring the teasing (which was massive, but only lasted 1 day) was a major formative experience of my childhood.
But it takes a ton of confidence to get there, and so I suspect many people end up insecure about the fact that they're different than the hypersexualized US culture says they should be. I believe that unless your personality is holding you back from your life goals or interacting with society, embrace who you are and stop trying to be different.
But don't marry a very sexual person if you're asexual or low desire. It won't end well.
Read the first part of the article... I do like it quite a bit, although I strongly disagree with a number of the points. Will read the rest later.
Also friended you.
I did not mean to throw everything that isn't on the right into a single basket. I do agree that it's not "sole domain of the left". I should have reworded my first sentence in my previous post, as my reply stated that I believed it was. Nor was I intending to only attack "half the political spectrum". I view anyone who refuses to discuss issues on their merit as a problem, regardless of left/right.
I see both sides using identity tactics instead of debating issues on their merits. My friends on both sides (who are generally intellectual) are very frustrated by this. That said, I've personally experienced far more left-leaning people using ad-hominem attacks than right-leaning people. And I've seen a rapid leftward shift in culture in the last decade which has been primarily fueled by a demand for conformity or uniform opinion--dissent is heavily discouraged and persecuted.
I believe the left-leaning identity tactics were a primary trigger for Trump's popular support. IMO, the most scary thing is a lot of the left-leaning people don't appear to realize how bad silencing dissent is--they generally believe that demonizing others is somehow a good thing, because they're "racists", "bigots", and "the enemy". You know what you do with enemies? You fight them. I have a problem starting fights with my own countrymen. It ends badly. Let's talk instead?
I will check out the article you linked. Thanks for that!
Gasoline is made of Explodium too.
https://youtu.be/3f4lPzxSm5A?t...
Since when? Since refusal to speak a certain way which supports a particular political ideology makes you a "homophobic", "racist", and "bigoted". Since challenging the validity of proposed laws makes you not "worthy of even having a public debate" (from the UofT debate).
https://youtu.be/68NHUV5me7Q?t=44m10s
Since a florist who didn't want to participate in gay weddings is automatically "homophobic" and a "bigot", despite having both gay employees and patrons.
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/11/...
The left has been using identity politics for the last few years quite heavily. Instead of attacking the viewpoint, they've attacked the person. Now the right has learned to play that game. This is bad for ALL of us.
Identity politics silences dissent. The end result of silencing dissent is tyranny and oppression. Read Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago. We don't want to go there.
Regardless of how you stand on these issues, get out and talk to those who disagree with you--and listen to what they have to say. Be open to other opinions. Debate those who disagree with you--those whose opinions you know are wrong.
I think the grandparent's comment was about the openness of the platform. Siri and "OK Google" are both available on the lock screen. The key thing here is a 3rd party company's ability to put their own helper on the lock screen, not voice activation from the lockscreen.
And I do applaud Google for building a product where 3rd parties can do such a thing, but I'm also concerned about their moves to lock down Android by incorporating everything into gapps, blocking competing products like Amazon Underground, etc. We'll have to wait and see if Google tries to block Microsoft from putting Cortana on the lock screen...
And yes, slashdotters are usually for open platforms and against tracking. Therefore, they often rail on Apple for their closed platform and Windows 10 telemetry for its tracking. It seems like an open platform against tracking would please most slashdotters... I think you'll find many of them like LineageOS, whether they use it or not...
Does that make Prey https://www.preyproject.com/ illegal? It has the ability to take pictures with the camera, upload files, take screenshots, and geolocate. Wireshark, similarly, can be used for significant malicious intent. As can lock picks.
Mere possession of tools should not constitute illegality. Intent to use such tools, at a minimum, should be required. Most countries agree with regards to lock picking laws--computer programs should be no different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Liability should be placed on those who installed his software without permission on a computer they didn't own. The author should not be liable, unless the author himself installed the software without permission on a computer he did not own (or wrote an algorithm that performed such actions).
Why is the answer always "sue"?
If there's a toxic (but not illegal) problem in the workplace, and you're a halfway decent coder, you generally hold the power. You'll be able to find another job--there's massive opportunities in the market. Unless there's a significant reason you need THIS job, get the issue fixed or go somewhere you won't be miserable.
To address the issue, be an adult. Document a few of your concerns, and politely tell your manager. If necessary, escalate. If that doesn't work, find a new job. If they fire you for raising your concerns... get that new job. Why would you want to work there anyway!?
Don't worry about "justice". Why in the world would you want to hire a lawyer, go through years of hell for 50% of some relatively small payout, and make a name for yourself that might make future employment harder? Is that lawsuit really the legacy you want to leave? If the environment is that toxic, they're going to have trouble retaining people, and that will make business very hard for them. It's called Karma.
I think the Amish have it right. Luke 6:29-30.
I don't think a law should force a business to operate in a way that it doesn't want to. I don't think we should have a law forcing Twitter to keep up posts they don't want to keep up, any more than I think private companies should be forced to provide and/or pay for services they don't believe in. I think monopolies and public services are an exception to this.
So are we talking a law, or what a company should do? Because the bakery and Hobby Lobby were compelled by force of law, whereas, so far, opponents have mostly objected to Twitter's actions--not called for a law. I think everyone has a right to object to a company's actions and/or stance, but bringing the power of law is a whole different level.
I think it's wrong for Twitter to silence most speech, and I will condemn them for doing so. However, I do NOT support any law which would compel them to remove or leave speech up on their site.
Also, the definition of hate speech provided is pure rubbish: "speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or other traits."
If you think my religion is rubbish, you have every right to tell me so, whether it offends me or not. It doesn't mean you hate me--it means you think my religion is rubbish. My being offended should not be a barrier on YOUR right to speak your mind. This redefinition of hate and "hate speech" in modern society is very harmful; it has the potential to destroy our society. And Canada just passed a bill (C-16) putting basically this definition of "hate speech" into law.
Sad ones.
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P.S. Love your name, Cow Ward
Hell, it's not even "safe" to defend the freedom of speech anymore.
https://youtu.be/68NHUV5me7Q?t...
Yes, Prof. Peterson's got some seriously flawed views on gender. He's also got some great knowledge on social psychology, fascism, the role of speech and violence in society, and the harm of excessive compassion. He's got some great thoughts on how the current social policies towards gender actually can exacerbate the problems facing LBGTQ people and send society into authoritarianism, fascism, and violence.
Prof. Peterson says that the point of free speech is to get the boneheaded ideas and opinions out in the open so they can be corrected through dialogue and conversation. But his opponents boycott debate and play noise during a rally about free speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
When this attitude is taken towards a large group of people, most go into the closet. Their views simmer and become anger. And then, they go out and vote--and everyone wonders where the "crazy Trump supporters" came from.
By being so sure that we're right and harassing those who disagree with us (see: Brendan Eich), you activate authoritarianism:
http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11...
You don't want authoritarian leaders. It can get very ugly very fast. Stop persecuting those who disagree with you, even if you know they're wrong. Engage them in conversation and show them how they're wrong. Don't silence them. Don't harass them. Haven't we learned anything from Martin Luther King Jr.?
Personally, I agree with the parent. The definition of bigot is "a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions." When I watch the rallies between Prof. Peterson (trying to engage in conversation) and those who oppose him (silencing him and working to get him fired)... it's pretty clear who is intolerant.
Other sources:
https://www.youtube.com/user/J...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
It doesn't work in some genres, especially for PvP.
Let's take Overwatch, for example. PS4 and XBOX gamers, using a game controller, are at a significant disadvantage as compared to mouse/keyboard. For instance, Torbjiorn got a nerf on consoles, but not on PC, because people can track and aim more quickly on PC, negating his advantage there. So you may not want to matchmaker those people together, as the PC gamers will, on average, own the console gamers.
But for Windows Store and Steam not getting matched together? Yeah, that's insanity.
I've got a burning desire to have one...