Plasma isn't much heavier than Xfce actually, and is far more modern. I alternate between them both, and as of 5.10 noticed I was spending more time in Plasma than anything else. When.13 hits the Void repos, with its support for global menu from all kinds of applications, I may switch to it permanently. There's a few small things that still bug me about it, but KDE has finally gotten close to where it was in the 3.5.10 days again.
I was a longtime user of KDE, but switched to XFCE about 7 years ago and haven't looked back. I find it hard to believe that KDE is somehow now not "much heavier" than XFCE, but would like to hear specs about why you say that is so. A quick search found the system requirements, which are heavier for KDE, but I'd like to know what you're referring to with your statement.
Not looking for a holy war, just curious. I really doubt I would go back to KDE because I've tried others (MATE, Cinnamon) and really just prefer XFCE.
When I am manually un-archiving files, I *always* list out the contents first before actually un-archiving. (tar -tzvf, unzip -l, etc.) And I scan the output for anything that doesn't look right. The main reason I do this is because I have been burned before by assuming the archiver put all the files in a directory instead of just dumping them wherever the archive is located.... then I had to spend time to delete those files by hand to clean things up. But also because I just want to see it before just dumping things onto my machine.
Comparing Microsoft to Google is embarrassing. Google makes much of its revenue from ads, Microsoft is extremely well rounded tech company selling a OS, Azure, Xbox, Office Suite, Cloud services, and hardware. Now comparing Apple to Microsoft would be a much more equal comparison.
Google has an OS, Cloud offerings (which you mention twice for Microsoft), Google Docs (as well as other cloud offerings), and hardware. They also do things MS does not, like sell phones. And create services that people really want and use. It could be argued that they jam them down your throat via the Android platform - which is most assuredly true - but they are true innovators. They rule search (you forgot to mention Bing). They gave us Maps maps with traffic and streetview. So many more things that while I don't find valuable I know others do. Here is a link in case you need it... https://www.google.com/about/products/.
So yes, it is embarrassing to compare the two companies... one has been innovating and producing for a long time, the other has always been about maintaining a grip on a monopoly. That monopoly that has slowly slipped away. I think that the only reason Azure is taking off is because that monopoly was so strong for so long. And to be clear, I am not really a big user of google because I value my privacy. I don't turn on my location on my phone. I used maps to check traffic. I disable as many of their services on my phone that I can. I just don't quite trust them. But I can't deny their innovations, investment, and ability to drive technology.
One thing that is imperative however is to keep backwards compatibility. So that the same options continue to work and that they provide the same content and format. Possibly Unix / Linux only remaining advantage over Windows for sysadmins is its scripting. If that was lost, there would be little point keeping it around.
*starts molding the tinfoil* That surely couldn't be intentional now, could it?
I liked your review, and I get it. There is a wide "fan base" though for these movies. I really really liked the first two movies, because I was a kid at the time. And even though I was 13 when ROTJ came out, I thought is had some very lame parts in it. But as a trilogy, it was great overall.
Then the prequels came. ROTJ fit in better with those movies that the original two. I watched Ep1 in the theater and thought it was vile by all counts. Ep2 I waited and rented, thankfully. I fast-forwarded through a lot of it. As I did with Ep3. I was glad when they were over. Time passed, and Rogue One came out. I was hopeful as I got it via Netflix DVD long after it came out, but was largely disappointed. The Force Awakens I liked, despite some of the things you mentioned. I think because it didn't fit in that universe that was already completely tainted for me. So as a movie, it was good. The Last Jedi I just watched on an international flight a few weeks ago. It was fine. I gave up on hoping it would all tie up neatly in that universe. And I was never a hardcore fan who followed it beyond the movies. But honestly, those prequels are what made it so I never really cared.
I know this was modded Funny, but the only people who know that job going in are people who have done it and are seeking re-election. Hilary may have had a pretty good idea, but I would expect that it's not the same as when you are in that office.
For everyone else, it has to be quite a wake-up call to learn the things you learn once you are in that position.
And they laugh at your puny scooter "problem". It was quite fascinating to see a sea of scooters weaving in and out of traffic, with seemingly no rules. Yet I only saw one get bumped, and one near-accident. There was no road rage, they all just coexisted. It was like one of those schools of fish in the ocean: somehow they didn't run into each other.
Now, not that the scooter problem in Venice isn't a problem, it may be very annoying. This was an op-ed piece meant for the local population... how it made a tech "news" site like/. is beyond me. Well, actually not not that surprising at all. News, we hardly knew ye.
Just curious, why do you need Thunderbird? I use Alpine on the desktop and K-9 on my phone. I can use a webmail client for gmail or my hosted domain mail, but don't even remember when I last needed to do that.
I don't get the point of "inbox zero". I archive by month (e.g. 2017-02 for Feb 2017) Right now I have March, April, and May in my inbox and I have about 300 emails. I can launch alpine and it opens in less than a second. And with fetchmail I can aggregate several emails into one account. I have tried other clients, but none of them have come close to being as useful as alpine for me.
This is where a police officer can shoot and kill an unarmed person and not get charged with a crime, fired, or let alone lose any pay or be reprimanded. Lawyers always win. They write the laws, and the laws on top of those laws, to ensure that they will always be employed. No matter what the charge, or the crime, you can be assured that lawyers will always come out on top. Funny how that works.
Completely off topic trivia: From the summit of Mt Diablo (Devil's Peak) in Concord CA, you can see more of the earth's surface than anyplace else on earth with the sole exception of the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. Like Kilimanjaro, Mt Diablo is an isolated peak, surrounded by vast flat surfaces (California's Central Valley to the East, and San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean to the West). You can see roughly 80,000 sq miles on a clear day.
Why don't you see 80,000 sq miles of ROUNDED surfaces?! Explain that one round-earther!
I've worked for a couple of very large financial institutions, and they disabled USB drives 5+ years ago. It not only curtails the threat of pilfering information, but shuts down a hole in security. "hey, I found this thumb drive in the parking lot, I'll just plug it in and see what's on it"
It was a pain at first, but you quickly learn that for MOST work, it's not necessary. If it is, you can usually get an exemption.
I remember all of this VERY clearly. In 2003 my wife and I were planning a trip to Paris. So in the run up to the war, we were very interested as to whether or not we would have to cancel our trip. We already had tickets booked and everything planned, so I listened to NPR every day on the way to work, and kept a close eye on things. When it was clear that inspectors had not found any evidence of WMDs, I was relieved. I remember EXACTLY where I was when I heard that we were invading anyway, despite the lack of any evidence whatsoever. I didn't want to believe what my country was doing, so I too thought that there had to be something there that they weren't telling us. After 9/11 I remember feeling that "American Pride" as we stood together, and the world stood behind us... and I even thought to myself that Bush's response to it all was surprisingly appropriate. Right up until we set our sights on Iraq, and that sick feeling set in that there was much more to it all. And it was all a boondoggle.
Our trip to Paris went ahead, 4 days after we invaded Iraq. I saw protests in Paris against the US action. Even though we were worried about backlash against us, we got none. It was an interesting dynamic because here in the US we marginalize the people of a country instead of the leadership. What we saw were protests against the actions of the US government, not against the people of the US. It was quite an eye opening time, for many reasons.
I gave up on convincing people of things. I will simply state something repeatedly... like "csv files are not Excel files. They are text files with comma separated values." Just because nearly EVERYONE uses Excel to view them, sometimes with terrible results because then they SAVE them in Excel which can change the data, doesn't make them Excel files.
It's kind scary how things like that just become the de-facto standard. Then you get someone - a developer - trying to open and edit a 2MM row csv with Excel. While the developer was waiting minutes for the file to open in Excel... I opened it in vim, made the edits, zipped it up, and emailed it back to him. And people still think I am backwards for using the command line.
To hell with that. I use alpine and fetchmail, and for good reason. It's one extra measure of control for me. And it's just as fast as it's always been.
They couldn't come up with a better name for it this codec? I know AVI is a container, while this is a codec, but AVI and AV1 just look so similar and could be nearly identical depending on the font. Might as well make it AllI1 (that's A el el EYE one)
I understand your points (and understood them before you clarified them). And I know you are just talking about what is legal and not what you or I would do.
Someone coming into your house? Sure, you have no idea of their intent, so you are justified in assuming the worst. (presumption here is they were breaking in, and didn't just open your front door and say "hello?")
Someone stealing your car? Is that really self-defense? Yes, it's obviously a crime to steal someone's car but is this crime punishable by death? That seems a bit much for me. You also said if someone was "intending" to commit a crime? Again, punishable by death? Are you prepared to make that call?
I am all for gun rights, and am a gun owner myself. Where I live I can conceal carry without a permit - yet I don't. Because I live in a decent neighborhood, and aside from situations that are very very unlikely to happen, I don't NEED to carry. For me it's not as much about gun control but the mental attitude that one person is JUSTIFIED in killing another person for a petty crime.
You agree to it when you work for them. They may or may not be doing it all the time, but if they do you have nothing to complain about.
And before you think "I'm not doing anything really wrong" consider this... At a very large bank, I worked with a guy who was a development manager and he had a large staff. He was very friendly with a woman on his team, and he promoted her to a management position. It was pretty clear what was going on, because she was about 10th in line for that position and was terrible at it. After several complaints, HR investigated it and found clear evidence of the affair (they were both married too). Both of them were fired.
But wait - guess what else HR found during the investigation? A lot of people unrelated to this case had engaged in NCAA pools, NFL pools, and played fantasy sports while at work. All of those people involved, about 30 in all, were written up by HR. So while your employer may not be actively watching you, it's all logged.
I hope this gives rise to decent radio stations again. I've tried over the years to listen to radio, but it's just a couple of songs in between commercials. Maybe we'll see a radio revival where you can hear something other than corporate prescribed music.
On Amazon.com... yes, definitely. It takes logistics to do that though. To be able to pull off 2-day shipping and really make it work, and have people pay for it through Prime, is quite an accomplishment. But there are cracks in the armor. Notice how you get some of those shipments? Uber-like delivery people, using their own cars and they look quite run down, as if they are just delivering their hearts out. There is a price to those logistics, and I wonder how long it will last.
We will see how it goes with other things. Think of the Amazon streaming service. I have it and Netflix, and Amazon is nowhere near as good in pretty much all respects. But the funny thing is, Netflix runs on AWS. So no matter what, Amazon wins.
I always get a little cautious when I have a single go-to place. It used to be newegg for electronics, but they've slipped in recent years. Amazon has taken a piece of that for sure, but it can be a little overwhelming navigating all the products. And the review system is more than questionable wheras I thought neweggs was great. I have almost pulled the trigger on something on Amazon before, only to check the item's company website to find it available for cheaper. I still try to support websites when I can, and when I am not in a rush and their 1-2 week turnaround is acceptable. I have definitely found places that have a much nicer customer experience than Amazon. Amazon just makes it easy.
I don't really have an opinion on Haspel, I am just very encouraged that Trump appointed someone who seems qualified for the position. Given his track record, I honestly wouldn't have been surprised if he appointed the VP of marketing for Kraft foods the CIA director.
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Plasma isn't much heavier than Xfce actually, and is far more modern. I alternate between them both, and as of 5.10 noticed I was spending more time in Plasma than anything else. When .13 hits the Void repos, with its support for global menu from all kinds of applications, I may switch to it permanently. There's a few small things that still bug me about it, but KDE has finally gotten close to where it was in the 3.5.10 days again.
I was a longtime user of KDE, but switched to XFCE about 7 years ago and haven't looked back. I find it hard to believe that KDE is somehow now not "much heavier" than XFCE, but would like to hear specs about why you say that is so. A quick search found the system requirements, which are heavier for KDE, but I'd like to know what you're referring to with your statement.
Not looking for a holy war, just curious. I really doubt I would go back to KDE because I've tried others (MATE, Cinnamon) and really just prefer XFCE.
it states it is running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7.4. System User Guide - Overview - OS
This is the reason why everything is moving to a paid service.
When I am manually un-archiving files, I *always* list out the contents first before actually un-archiving. (tar -tzvf, unzip -l, etc.) And I scan the output for anything that doesn't look right. The main reason I do this is because I have been burned before by assuming the archiver put all the files in a directory instead of just dumping them wherever the archive is located.... then I had to spend time to delete those files by hand to clean things up. But also because I just want to see it before just dumping things onto my machine.
Comparing Microsoft to Google is embarrassing. Google makes much of its revenue from ads, Microsoft is extremely well rounded tech company selling a OS, Azure, Xbox, Office Suite, Cloud services, and hardware. Now comparing Apple to Microsoft would be a much more equal comparison.
Google has an OS, Cloud offerings (which you mention twice for Microsoft), Google Docs (as well as other cloud offerings), and hardware. They also do things MS does not, like sell phones. And create services that people really want and use. It could be argued that they jam them down your throat via the Android platform - which is most assuredly true - but they are true innovators. They rule search (you forgot to mention Bing). They gave us Maps maps with traffic and streetview. So many more things that while I don't find valuable I know others do. Here is a link in case you need it... https://www.google.com/about/products/.
So yes, it is embarrassing to compare the two companies... one has been innovating and producing for a long time, the other has always been about maintaining a grip on a monopoly. That monopoly that has slowly slipped away. I think that the only reason Azure is taking off is because that monopoly was so strong for so long. And to be clear, I am not really a big user of google because I value my privacy. I don't turn on my location on my phone. I used maps to check traffic. I disable as many of their services on my phone that I can. I just don't quite trust them. But I can't deny their innovations, investment, and ability to drive technology.
One thing that is imperative however is to keep backwards compatibility. So that the same options continue to work and that they provide the same content and format. Possibly Unix / Linux only remaining advantage over Windows for sysadmins is its scripting. If that was lost, there would be little point keeping it around.
*starts molding the tinfoil*
That surely couldn't be intentional now, could it?
I liked your review, and I get it. There is a wide "fan base" though for these movies.
I really really liked the first two movies, because I was a kid at the time. And even though I was 13 when ROTJ came out, I thought is had some very lame parts in it. But as a trilogy, it was great overall.
Then the prequels came. ROTJ fit in better with those movies that the original two. I watched Ep1 in the theater and thought it was vile by all counts. Ep2 I waited and rented, thankfully. I fast-forwarded through a lot of it. As I did with Ep3. I was glad when they were over. Time passed, and Rogue One came out. I was hopeful as I got it via Netflix DVD long after it came out, but was largely disappointed. The Force Awakens I liked, despite some of the things you mentioned. I think because it didn't fit in that universe that was already completely tainted for me. So as a movie, it was good. The Last Jedi I just watched on an international flight a few weeks ago. It was fine. I gave up on hoping it would all tie up neatly in that universe. And I was never a hardcore fan who followed it beyond the movies. But honestly, those prequels are what made it so I never really cared.
>he knew what the job was going in
I'm not so sure.
I know this was modded Funny, but the only people who know that job going in are people who have done it and are seeking re-election. Hilary may have had a pretty good idea, but I would expect that it's not the same as when you are in that office.
For everyone else, it has to be quite a wake-up call to learn the things you learn once you are in that position.
And they laugh at your puny scooter "problem".
It was quite fascinating to see a sea of scooters weaving in and out of traffic, with seemingly no rules. Yet I only saw one get bumped, and one near-accident. There was no road rage, they all just coexisted. It was like one of those schools of fish in the ocean: somehow they didn't run into each other.
Now, not that the scooter problem in Venice isn't a problem, it may be very annoying. This was an op-ed piece meant for the local population... how it made a tech "news" site like /. is beyond me. Well, actually not not that surprising at all. News, we hardly knew ye.
Just curious, why do you need Thunderbird?
I use Alpine on the desktop and K-9 on my phone.
I can use a webmail client for gmail or my hosted domain mail, but don't even remember when I last needed to do that.
I don't get the point of "inbox zero". I archive by month (e.g. 2017-02 for Feb 2017) Right now I have March, April, and May in my inbox and I have about 300 emails. I can launch alpine and it opens in less than a second. And with fetchmail I can aggregate several emails into one account.
I have tried other clients, but none of them have come close to being as useful as alpine for me.
This is where a police officer can shoot and kill an unarmed person and not get charged with a crime, fired, or let alone lose any pay or be reprimanded.
Lawyers always win. They write the laws, and the laws on top of those laws, to ensure that they will always be employed. No matter what the charge, or the crime, you can be assured that lawyers will always come out on top. Funny how that works.
"Mount Diablo Unified School District"
He was clearly going through hell.
Completely off topic trivia: From the summit of Mt Diablo (Devil's Peak) in Concord CA, you can see more of the earth's surface than anyplace else on earth with the sole exception of the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. Like Kilimanjaro, Mt Diablo is an isolated peak, surrounded by vast flat surfaces (California's Central Valley to the East, and San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean to the West). You can see roughly 80,000 sq miles on a clear day.
Why don't you see 80,000 sq miles of ROUNDED surfaces?! Explain that one round-earther!
I've worked for a couple of very large financial institutions, and they disabled USB drives 5+ years ago. It not only curtails the threat of pilfering information, but shuts down a hole in security. "hey, I found this thumb drive in the parking lot, I'll just plug it in and see what's on it"
It was a pain at first, but you quickly learn that for MOST work, it's not necessary. If it is, you can usually get an exemption.
I am surprised this made the "news" though.
It's been working very well for me.
If for some reason it went away, I would reluctantly go back to FF.
I remember all of this VERY clearly. In 2003 my wife and I were planning a trip to Paris. So in the run up to the war, we were very interested as to whether or not we would have to cancel our trip. We already had tickets booked and everything planned, so I listened to NPR every day on the way to work, and kept a close eye on things. When it was clear that inspectors had not found any evidence of WMDs, I was relieved. I remember EXACTLY where I was when I heard that we were invading anyway, despite the lack of any evidence whatsoever. I didn't want to believe what my country was doing, so I too thought that there had to be something there that they weren't telling us. After 9/11 I remember feeling that "American Pride" as we stood together, and the world stood behind us... and I even thought to myself that Bush's response to it all was surprisingly appropriate. Right up until we set our sights on Iraq, and that sick feeling set in that there was much more to it all. And it was all a boondoggle.
Our trip to Paris went ahead, 4 days after we invaded Iraq. I saw protests in Paris against the US action. Even though we were worried about backlash against us, we got none. It was an interesting dynamic because here in the US we marginalize the people of a country instead of the leadership. What we saw were protests against the actions of the US government, not against the people of the US. It was quite an eye opening time, for many reasons.
I gave up on convincing people of things.
I will simply state something repeatedly... like "csv files are not Excel files. They are text files with comma separated values." Just because nearly EVERYONE uses Excel to view them, sometimes with terrible results because then they SAVE them in Excel which can change the data, doesn't make them Excel files.
It's kind scary how things like that just become the de-facto standard. Then you get someone - a developer - trying to open and edit a 2MM row csv with Excel. While the developer was waiting minutes for the file to open in Excel... I opened it in vim, made the edits, zipped it up, and emailed it back to him. And people still think I am backwards for using the command line.
To hell with that. I use alpine and fetchmail, and for good reason. It's one extra measure of control for me. And it's just as fast as it's always been.
They couldn't come up with a better name for it this codec? I know AVI is a container, while this is a codec, but AVI and AV1 just look so similar and could be nearly identical depending on the font. Might as well make it AllI1 (that's A el el EYE one)
The lawyers. Lawyers always win, because they have defined and refined and piled onto a system where they are necessary.
No matter what the outcome, lawyers win.
I understand your points (and understood them before you clarified them). And I know you are just talking about what is legal and not what you or I would do.
Someone coming into your house? Sure, you have no idea of their intent, so you are justified in assuming the worst. (presumption here is they were breaking in, and didn't just open your front door and say "hello?")
Someone stealing your car? Is that really self-defense? Yes, it's obviously a crime to steal someone's car but is this crime punishable by death? That seems a bit much for me. You also said if someone was "intending" to commit a crime? Again, punishable by death? Are you prepared to make that call?
I am all for gun rights, and am a gun owner myself. Where I live I can conceal carry without a permit - yet I don't. Because I live in a decent neighborhood, and aside from situations that are very very unlikely to happen, I don't NEED to carry. For me it's not as much about gun control but the mental attitude that one person is JUSTIFIED in killing another person for a petty crime.
You agree to it when you work for them. They may or may not be doing it all the time, but if they do you have nothing to complain about.
And before you think "I'm not doing anything really wrong" consider this...
At a very large bank, I worked with a guy who was a development manager and he had a large staff. He was very friendly with a woman on his team, and he promoted her to a management position. It was pretty clear what was going on, because she was about 10th in line for that position and was terrible at it. After several complaints, HR investigated it and found clear evidence of the affair (they were both married too). Both of them were fired.
But wait - guess what else HR found during the investigation? A lot of people unrelated to this case had engaged in NCAA pools, NFL pools, and played fantasy sports while at work. All of those people involved, about 30 in all, were written up by HR. So while your employer may not be actively watching you, it's all logged.
I hope this gives rise to decent radio stations again. I've tried over the years to listen to radio, but it's just a couple of songs in between commercials. Maybe we'll see a radio revival where you can hear something other than corporate prescribed music.
On Amazon.com... yes, definitely. It takes logistics to do that though. To be able to pull off 2-day shipping and really make it work, and have people pay for it through Prime, is quite an accomplishment. But there are cracks in the armor. Notice how you get some of those shipments? Uber-like delivery people, using their own cars and they look quite run down, as if they are just delivering their hearts out. There is a price to those logistics, and I wonder how long it will last.
We will see how it goes with other things. Think of the Amazon streaming service. I have it and Netflix, and Amazon is nowhere near as good in pretty much all respects. But the funny thing is, Netflix runs on AWS. So no matter what, Amazon wins.
I always get a little cautious when I have a single go-to place. It used to be newegg for electronics, but they've slipped in recent years. Amazon has taken a piece of that for sure, but it can be a little overwhelming navigating all the products. And the review system is more than questionable wheras I thought neweggs was great. I have almost pulled the trigger on something on Amazon before, only to check the item's company website to find it available for cheaper. I still try to support websites when I can, and when I am not in a rush and their 1-2 week turnaround is acceptable. I have definitely found places that have a much nicer customer experience than Amazon. Amazon just makes it easy.
Among all of his accomplishments, he wasn't so serious... here is just one of his appearances on The Simpsons... YouTube . Hilarious!
A great man indeed. I am going to dust off my copy of A Brief History of Time now.
I don't really have an opinion on Haspel, I am just very encouraged that Trump appointed someone who seems qualified for the position.
Given his track record, I honestly wouldn't have been surprised if he appointed the VP of marketing for Kraft foods the CIA director.
Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?