I would say it also depends on your situation. If you have a wife and three kids, you probably need more than if you are single or just have a spouse.
And money certainly doesn't guarantee happiness. I try to focus on relationships with my family, those are much more likely to return on the investment.
I really need to know all of the other things I shouldn't do if I want to become rich.
Gates started out ahead of most people (not his fault) and was very successful. His "success" continued through shady (at best) business practices. There are lots of other rich people out there who have done similar things. He's super-rich, to the point that a million dollars is like $10 to you and me.
I really would like to have enough money to not have to worry about it - but I am not about to resort to what it would take to maybe get it. Whether it is working 80 hour weeks, taking huge financial risks, foregoing seeing my kids grow up, being ruthlessly greedy, or being unethical. Sure, some people get rich without doing those things, but the only other one I have seen is what has been mentioned - being in the right place at the right time. I used to work for a guy who sold his internet company during the dot-com boom, and he made about $54MM. He started the company that I worked for, and he was a total ass. It eventually failed, but he is still doing just fine. He had so much cushion that the success or failure didn't really matter to him. His family was also extremely wealthy. I've also known people who struggled with startups and failed. The only difference between them was maybe timing and having a huge safety net to fall back on. So even if he hadn't sold his startup at the right time, he would be fine.
I don't chase money. Instead, I focus on trying to be happy. Money might make me happier, but I don't need to be rich. All of the people I've known who were wealthy, or wanted to be wealthy, were pretty much assholes.
Kubuntu has been my only desktop for several years, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. That said:
KDE has bad memory leaks.
The only really bad memory/CPU leak I have seen in KDE is plasmashell. I have to kill and restart it several times a day because of memory and CPU usage problems.
Wow. You read what you wrote, right? Kill and restart several times a days?! See, this takes me back. I used to use KDE on Redhat, then on Mandrake, then Kubuntu. This was all over a period of about 10 years, so I don't recall the versions of KDE, but it got progressively worse. I leave my machine on all the time, and I was working from home for about 8 years. My CPUs would randomly just peg at 100% and never come back. Hard boot required. Sometimes during work, sometimes in the middle of the night. I struggled with it for about 6 months, and even after an upgrade to a new release it continued. I had to give up on it, and switched to XFCE and have never looked back. I've tried KDE again, and even Cinnamon and Mate. Nothing has made me want to give up XFCE yet.
For me, KDE was great and filled the need I had at the time... but now I need simple things that work.
And I was stating why those were incorrect reasons. I am a believer, in science. No science backs up the claims that saturated fats cause heart disease. It's that simple. You can believe it does, but that doesn't make it so.
Saturated fat was NEVER linked to heart disease. Again, that was the theory they were pursuing, and through selection bias decided a (weak) correlation implied causation. Here's another fun fact: high cholesterol levels are not an indicator of heart disease either. 1/2 of all people who have heart attacks have what are considered "normal" cholesterol levels.
Ask everyone you know if they should eat a low-fat diet or a high-fat diet. They will all say low-fat. There has never been a single study that showed that a low-fat diet was good for you. There were studies done, and the results were that the amount of fat in the diet had no bearing on weight gain/loss or general health.
But the government went ahead and said "you should eat a low-fat diet" anyway, because that is what "made sense" to them despite the evidence to the contrary.
I do have to wonder if in The Force Awakens, Rey had been male instead of female if everyone's panties would be all bunched up about becoming a Jedi so quickly
Most the arguments seem to be that no male either has ever become a Jedi so fast either But maybe the rules changed after the Empire collapsed.
I get it... I thought the same thing when watching it. But it's certainly not out of the realm of possibility. I could imagine explanations for it - which hopefully will come to light in the next movie. Everyone seems to have the opinion that fighting with a light saber is something that only a Jedi can use. It's just another weapon! She didn't easily beat Ren... and what do we know of his training? He was definitely full of anger.. she was able to be calm and focus. If we're going to nerd out on it... he was emotionally unstable. Vader was cool and collected at all times, Ren was an angry young man (played so much better than the young Vader in prior movies).
Nerds gonna nerd out I guess. It wasn't that bad, but I'm not going to get emotionally invested in it... it's just a Disney movie after all.
Because I don't recall any girl becoming a Jedi master in Rogue One.
I do have to wonder if in The Force Awakens, Rey had been male instead of female if everyone's panties would be all bunched up about becoming a Jedi so quickly.
I actually didn't mind TFA that much. It was somewhat of a reboot, but it kind of needed that after all the other garbage Star Wars movies. (and by that, I mean everything since Empire Strikes Back)
sheesh... you could have gotten your answer in the time it took you to post. Unless complaining just to be heard in order to inflate your own ego was your objective all along.
Before that it was copying 3.5" floppies. People had stacks of them, boxes. I remember carrying around a billfold like thing full of floppies. Many of them copies of compilers/programs/games. Special hole punchers for making double-sided discs from single sided ones.
For music it was dubbed cassettes. Cassettes cost $20 to buy, blank ones were cheaper (but still not cheap) Movies were VCR tapes that were shitty copies, even some video stores rented them. Recorded in EP of course, so you could put more than one movie on a tape. Why not just rent the real thing and keep it? If you didn't return a video tape you were charged for the full purchase price, which was $70-80.
The only way they will kill piracy in the masses is to offer things so affordable that people won't bother with it.
at the theater was Logan. It was worth it, but I still got it again on netflix when it came out on DVD. Nothing has made me need to go to the movies in a long time. Sorry, it's just that... the "experience" is dead. I used to buy CDs when they first came out too, and I can pinpoint when that stopped - Metallica's Load. I listened to it once, and threw it away. I have since found new music elsewhere, and have bought CDs directly from the band (e.g. Clutch) or direct download (e.g. Ben Prestage). I am not losing anything. Netflix fills my need for movies I want to see (DVD) or series through streaming.
The movie industry is behind, and they don't get it. Just like the music industry didn't get it in the late 90s.
I don't feel bad for them - why should I? They produce a product, and if I don't like it - much to their chagrin - I am not compelled to buy it. They are still making money through nefarious practices, they just haven't made as much as in the past. They just need to evolve or die.
Prior to my current processor (Intel Q8400 quad core) I was an AMD fan as well. Obviously, I haven't built a new system in a while, and although 8GB of RAM is still plenty for me (Mint 18.2 XFCE, thank you very much), I do tax the processor from time to time. So an upgrade - scratch that, new system build - may be in order. I am looking forward to seeing where this all goes.
I get what you are saying. When I was a kid, my job didn't EXIST, so I still find it fascinating that I am doing it. I tell my kids that too, that the job they do for a living might not exist yet. (although, they are convinced that "being a youtuber" is the best job ever)
I would kind of like to see the future with robot workers be a place where people don't HAVE to work so damn hard. Hey, I am American and grew up on a farm - I have been working most of my life. I don't mind having a strong work ethic. I like to work on the things I like to work on. But I don't think hard work is ideal. It's kind of difficult to relax sometimes, and when I do I feel guilty about it. I think it would be really interesting to see how things would go if people didn't have to work so much to survive.
Maybe somehow robots will help with that. In this story, a robot replaces workers who were using machines to do what people used to do by hand. That seems like evolution to me. Maybe those people toiling in the shirt factories can find something better to do with their time. Some days I really wish I could.
In Taubes' "The Case Against Sugar" he reveals quite a bit about the Sugar Industry. There are even ties with the tobacco industry, they aren't that dissimilar. They've had some of the same marketing people over the years, convincing people that their product isn't harmful (and in fact, promoting it as healthy)
I have been Paleo + some dairy for 5 years now. It is NOT impossible, but it does take effort. It is absolutely worth it though.
1. Educate yourself. I know that many people don't even really know what a carb is, because when it comes up that I eat a low-carb diet, they assume I mean high-protein. They say things like "but you don't even eat bread?". Read "Good Calories Bad Calories, The Primal Blueprint, The Case Against Sugar, and Grain Brain. Listen to Dr Peter Attia. There are lots of resources out there. Learn WHY carbs are bad, why grains and grain-based products are bad for you. Don't just look for a quick-fix pre-packaged diet plan.
2. Learn about food. Buy ingredients, not pre-made things.
3. Learn to cook and make your own food.
4. Make smart choices. You should be able to order in about any restaurant and get a decent low-carb meal. Get a burger without the bun. Veggies instead of fries. Just eat the toppings off the pizza. Lots of ways to avoid the carbs. Maybe not 100%, but once you largely eliminate them from your diet, a few on occasion won't kill you.
You don't get top-of-the-line specs or features, but you have to ask yourself - does it really matter? If that's the kind of person you are, and you have to have the latest and hopefully greatest, then you've pretty much made your own decision and you're willing to be parted with your money for techno-cred.
Personally, I like control over my phone went with an unlocked BLU Life One X for $150. It has been pretty darn good, and they even did an update to the OS earlier this year which was shocking! Maybe I got lucky in that there hasn't been any spyware that I've found so far, but it's not a carrier phone which in my experience hasn't ever been good.
But, I am that way with lots of things, I just don't see the benefit of being on the bleeding edge of things.
When I got my CS degree I sat in some of the same classes as my roommate who was an EE. That was in the late 80s/early 90s, so I understand things have most likely changed since then.
Is that title diluted, as you say, and over-used? Sure. Are there actual software engineers out there? Absolutely. This kid isn't one of them.
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I would say it also depends on your situation. If you have a wife and three kids, you probably need more than if you are single or just have a spouse.
And money certainly doesn't guarantee happiness. I try to focus on relationships with my family, those are much more likely to return on the investment.
I really need to know all of the other things I shouldn't do if I want to become rich.
Gates started out ahead of most people (not his fault) and was very successful. His "success" continued through shady (at best) business practices. There are lots of other rich people out there who have done similar things. He's super-rich, to the point that a million dollars is like $10 to you and me.
I really would like to have enough money to not have to worry about it - but I am not about to resort to what it would take to maybe get it. Whether it is working 80 hour weeks, taking huge financial risks, foregoing seeing my kids grow up, being ruthlessly greedy, or being unethical. Sure, some people get rich without doing those things, but the only other one I have seen is what has been mentioned - being in the right place at the right time. I used to work for a guy who sold his internet company during the dot-com boom, and he made about $54MM. He started the company that I worked for, and he was a total ass. It eventually failed, but he is still doing just fine. He had so much cushion that the success or failure didn't really matter to him. His family was also extremely wealthy. I've also known people who struggled with startups and failed. The only difference between them was maybe timing and having a huge safety net to fall back on. So even if he hadn't sold his startup at the right time, he would be fine.
I don't chase money. Instead, I focus on trying to be happy. Money might make me happier, but I don't need to be rich. All of the people I've known who were wealthy, or wanted to be wealthy, were pretty much assholes.
never ask for forgiveness.
Yes, there is a very good one here: Video to summarize Ubunutu Desktop Applications Survey for the Illiterate
I was able to see them fine after making them full-screen. (jump to slide 12 and start there)
Kubuntu has been my only desktop for several years, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. That said:
KDE has bad memory leaks.
The only really bad memory/CPU leak I have seen in KDE is plasmashell. I have to kill and restart it several times a day because of memory and CPU usage problems.
Wow. You read what you wrote, right? Kill and restart several times a days?! See, this takes me back. I used to use KDE on Redhat, then on Mandrake, then Kubuntu. This was all over a period of about 10 years, so I don't recall the versions of KDE, but it got progressively worse. I leave my machine on all the time, and I was working from home for about 8 years. My CPUs would randomly just peg at 100% and never come back. Hard boot required. Sometimes during work, sometimes in the middle of the night. I struggled with it for about 6 months, and even after an upgrade to a new release it continued. I had to give up on it, and switched to XFCE and have never looked back. I've tried KDE again, and even Cinnamon and Mate. Nothing has made me want to give up XFCE yet.
For me, KDE was great and filled the need I had at the time... but now I need simple things that work.
And I was stating why those were incorrect reasons. I am a believer, in science. No science backs up the claims that saturated fats cause heart disease. It's that simple. You can believe it does, but that doesn't make it so.
Saturated fat was NEVER linked to heart disease. Again, that was the theory they were pursuing, and through selection bias decided a (weak) correlation implied causation. Here's another fun fact: high cholesterol levels are not an indicator of heart disease either. 1/2 of all people who have heart attacks have what are considered "normal" cholesterol levels.
Yep.
Ask everyone you know if they should eat a low-fat diet or a high-fat diet. They will all say low-fat.
There has never been a single study that showed that a low-fat diet was good for you. There were studies done, and the results were that the amount of fat in the diet had no bearing on weight gain/loss or general health.
But the government went ahead and said "you should eat a low-fat diet" anyway, because that is what "made sense" to them despite the evidence to the contrary.
I don't think you can single out one person, it seems as if there would be plenty of people to blame for not changing it.
It's really quite interesting, and if you're a food nerd (or really anyone) it's hard to read it and not feel like we've been lied to our whole lives.
I do have to wonder if in The Force Awakens, Rey had been male instead of female if everyone's panties would be all bunched up about becoming a Jedi so quickly
Most the arguments seem to be that no male either has ever become a Jedi so fast either
But maybe the rules changed after the Empire collapsed.
I get it... I thought the same thing when watching it. But it's certainly not out of the realm of possibility. I could imagine explanations for it - which hopefully will come to light in the next movie. Everyone seems to have the opinion that fighting with a light saber is something that only a Jedi can use. It's just another weapon! She didn't easily beat Ren... and what do we know of his training? He was definitely full of anger.. she was able to be calm and focus. If we're going to nerd out on it... he was emotionally unstable. Vader was cool and collected at all times, Ren was an angry young man (played so much better than the young Vader in prior movies).
Nerds gonna nerd out I guess. It wasn't that bad, but I'm not going to get emotionally invested in it... it's just a Disney movie after all.
Because I don't recall any girl becoming a Jedi master in Rogue One.
I do have to wonder if in The Force Awakens, Rey had been male instead of female if everyone's panties would be all bunched up about becoming a Jedi so quickly.
I actually didn't mind TFA that much. It was somewhat of a reboot, but it kind of needed that after all the other garbage Star Wars movies. (and by that, I mean everything since Empire Strikes Back)
sheesh... you could have gotten your answer in the time it took you to post.
Unless complaining just to be heard in order to inflate your own ego was your objective all along.
It's ok, you could be president one day!
It's been about a year, and Firefox hasn't given me a single reason to come back.
Before that it was copying 3.5" floppies.
People had stacks of them, boxes. I remember carrying around a billfold like thing full of floppies. Many of them copies of compilers/programs/games.
Special hole punchers for making double-sided discs from single sided ones.
For music it was dubbed cassettes. Cassettes cost $20 to buy, blank ones were cheaper (but still not cheap)
Movies were VCR tapes that were shitty copies, even some video stores rented them. Recorded in EP of course, so you could put more than one movie on a tape. Why not just rent the real thing and keep it? If you didn't return a video tape you were charged for the full purchase price, which was $70-80.
The only way they will kill piracy in the masses is to offer things so affordable that people won't bother with it.
at the theater was Logan. It was worth it, but I still got it again on netflix when it came out on DVD. ... the "experience" is dead. I used to buy CDs when they first came out too, and I can pinpoint when that stopped - Metallica's Load. I listened to it once, and threw it away. I have since found new music elsewhere, and have bought CDs directly from the band (e.g. Clutch) or direct download (e.g. Ben Prestage). I am not losing anything. Netflix fills my need for movies I want to see (DVD) or series through streaming.
Nothing has made me need to go to the movies in a long time.
Sorry, it's just that
The movie industry is behind, and they don't get it. Just like the music industry didn't get it in the late 90s.
I don't feel bad for them - why should I? They produce a product, and if I don't like it - much to their chagrin - I am not compelled to buy it.
They are still making money through nefarious practices, they just haven't made as much as in the past. They just need to evolve or die.
the rest of the world is stupid.
Prior to my current processor (Intel Q8400 quad core) I was an AMD fan as well. Obviously, I haven't built a new system in a while, and although 8GB of RAM is still plenty for me (Mint 18.2 XFCE, thank you very much), I do tax the processor from time to time. So an upgrade - scratch that, new system build - may be in order. I am looking forward to seeing where this all goes.
I get what you are saying. When I was a kid, my job didn't EXIST, so I still find it fascinating that I am doing it. I tell my kids that too, that the job they do for a living might not exist yet. (although, they are convinced that "being a youtuber" is the best job ever)
I would kind of like to see the future with robot workers be a place where people don't HAVE to work so damn hard. Hey, I am American and grew up on a farm - I have been working most of my life. I don't mind having a strong work ethic. I like to work on the things I like to work on. But I don't think hard work is ideal. It's kind of difficult to relax sometimes, and when I do I feel guilty about it. I think it would be really interesting to see how things would go if people didn't have to work so much to survive.
Maybe somehow robots will help with that. In this story, a robot replaces workers who were using machines to do what people used to do by hand. That seems like evolution to me. Maybe those people toiling in the shirt factories can find something better to do with their time. Some days I really wish I could.
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In Taubes' "The Case Against Sugar" he reveals quite a bit about the Sugar Industry.
There are even ties with the tobacco industry, they aren't that dissimilar. They've had some of the same marketing people over the years, convincing people that their product isn't harmful (and in fact, promoting it as healthy)
Here's a short article to consider...
I have been Paleo + some dairy for 5 years now. It is NOT impossible, but it does take effort. It is absolutely worth it though.
1. Educate yourself. I know that many people don't even really know what a carb is, because when it comes up that I eat a low-carb diet, they assume I mean high-protein. They say things like "but you don't even eat bread?". Read "Good Calories Bad Calories, The Primal Blueprint, The Case Against Sugar, and Grain Brain. Listen to Dr Peter Attia. There are lots of resources out there. Learn WHY carbs are bad, why grains and grain-based products are bad for you. Don't just look for a quick-fix pre-packaged diet plan.
2. Learn about food. Buy ingredients, not pre-made things.
3. Learn to cook and make your own food.
4. Make smart choices. You should be able to order in about any restaurant and get a decent low-carb meal. Get a burger without the bun. Veggies instead of fries. Just eat the toppings off the pizza. Lots of ways to avoid the carbs. Maybe not 100%, but once you largely eliminate them from your diet, a few on occasion won't kill you.
You don't get top-of-the-line specs or features, but you have to ask yourself - does it really matter?
If that's the kind of person you are, and you have to have the latest and hopefully greatest, then you've pretty much made your own decision and you're willing to be parted with your money for techno-cred.
Personally, I like control over my phone went with an unlocked BLU Life One X for $150. It has been pretty darn good, and they even did an update to the OS earlier this year which was shocking! Maybe I got lucky in that there hasn't been any spyware that I've found so far, but it's not a carrier phone which in my experience hasn't ever been good.
But, I am that way with lots of things, I just don't see the benefit of being on the bleeding edge of things.
When I got my CS degree I sat in some of the same classes as my roommate who was an EE. That was in the late 80s/early 90s, so I understand things have most likely changed since then.
Is that title diluted, as you say, and over-used? Sure. Are there actual software engineers out there? Absolutely. This kid isn't one of them.