Tons of companies will ask for your e-mail password so they can "connect you to people in your contacts list". I can't imagine being so stupid as to give your e-mail password to anyone, but I would imagine a lot of people, perhaps even most, will do so.
There was a VP that used to work for my company that bragged at an all-hands that Amazon pushed 9-13 releases a second. (The correct figure is a release even 9-13 seconds, which is still a huge number), and that we should imitate their process, so my big catch-phrase for the next couple months was "A MILLION RELEASES A DAY!"
No one else seemed as amused as I was at that bit of innumeracy, but if you pay attention, you see this kind of nonsense all the time.
You're missing the point. It's not about the material. Plastic bags have handles. I can hook the handles from 5 or 6 plastic bags on a single hand. You can't do that with the old-fashioned brown paper bags.
I will say one thing about plastic bags: you can carry far more groceries in plastic bags than in paper bags. That means fewer trips from the car into the house and saves me time and effort. I could live without plastic bags, but they are darned convenient.
I loved Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books because of the Nac Mac Feegle, but when Stephen Briggs did the audiobooks, it was even better because he has all the accents down pat. Nigel Planer always did lots of great accents, too, including Scottish, when he did the earlier audiobooks.
The way I see it, in 160 years we won't need to write software any more. Either the computers will be writing software for us, or we won't have computers at all.
I would agree with "bubblehead". It's like they elected a college sophomore who took one poli-sci class and thinks she knows everything. Yes, I'm aware of her alleged degrees.
The sad thing is not that the Samsung phones come with preinstalled apps, but that the preinstalled apps are almost always awful. I recently upgraded a Samsung Galaxy 4 Mini, and that phone when I bought it, from AT&T, was packed to the gills with a bunch of AT&T apps that were all completely useless compared to what's available on the Google Store. But you can't delete them.
I'm sure companies like Samsung and Facebook and AT&T are counting on the fact that a large number of users will just use the apps that come with the phone and don't realize there are other options, or don't bother to check them out.
Yeah,but the same thing happens on Android devices unless you install your own version. The plus side is that is seems there are fewer apps that require the latest version of the OS. The OEM is only going to upgrade the OS for about two years, tops.
> They have a 3.5mm (god I hate calling it that... it is 1/8"...)
I was asking for an 1/8" headphone extension cord at Microcenter a few weeks back. I had no idea at first why the sales person didn't realize what I was talking about.
Same here. My experience with Amazon's shipping in Northern Virginia is fine. I needed to get a last-minute present and Amazon Prime was promising to get it to me by December 24. When it didn't show up in the regular mail, I thought I was finally experiencing what people have been complaining about, but on a whim I checked my front porch later, and there it was.
I certainly believe the stories people are telling, but I haven't experienced the problems myself.
And yet, if the compensation really balanced out the cost of living, the article we are responding to wouldn't be necessary.
Not everyone working at these company (not even most) are making that kind of salary. and it's a real hardship for them. Even a reasonable rent with a horrendous commute is a real hardship. There are things that need to change for this situation to get better, and it's not all on the companies. The municipal governments have earned a lot of the blame.
That said, you couldn't pay me to move to California. I'm know there are tons of good places to live in the state, but since I'm a software developer, I would end up in the same situation where the cost of living is twice or more what I'm used to... and I live in the D.C. 'burbs, which is pretty expensive itself.
Physical proximity is becoming less and less important these days. I'm not necessarily talking about people working remotely, although, that's a consideration, but the companies themselves don't all need to be packed Hong-Kong style into a few square miles when we live in one of the biggest countries in the world.
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Tons of companies will ask for your e-mail password so they can "connect you to people in your contacts list". I can't imagine being so stupid as to give your e-mail password to anyone, but I would imagine a lot of people, perhaps even most, will do so.
Once any company gets large it becomes a race to the bottom between incompetence and evil.
There was a VP that used to work for my company that bragged at an all-hands that Amazon pushed 9-13 releases a second. (The correct figure is a release even 9-13 seconds, which is still a huge number), and that we should imitate their process, so my big catch-phrase for the next couple months was "A MILLION RELEASES A DAY!"
No one else seemed as amused as I was at that bit of innumeracy, but if you pay attention, you see this kind of nonsense all the time.
You're missing the point. It's not about the material. Plastic bags have handles. I can hook the handles from 5 or 6 plastic bags on a single hand. You can't do that with the old-fashioned brown paper bags.
I will say one thing about plastic bags: you can carry far more groceries in plastic bags than in paper bags. That means fewer trips from the car into the house and saves me time and effort. I could live without plastic bags, but they are darned convenient.
I'm not jealous, I'm happy. This just means fewer potheads I have to deal with.
I'm not tired of my wife either. After 26 years of marriage, she still fascinates me.
Sure there is, and under that they found a Constitutional right to abortion. You're silly if you're only looking at words to see what your rights are.
I know this is a joke, but I'm thinking more like MUMPS, PL/1 and COBOL.
I loved Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books because of the Nac Mac Feegle, but when Stephen Briggs did the audiobooks, it was even better because he has all the accents down pat. Nigel Planer always did lots of great accents, too, including Scottish, when he did the earlier audiobooks.
I got a ticket for that once. Then I had to register as a sextant offender. All the sailing ship captains are now shunning me.
The way I see it, in 160 years we won't need to write software any more. Either the computers will be writing software for us, or we won't have computers at all.
Oracle has all the evil of Microsoft, but none of the smarts.
Or it's just a joke.
Is the code you used to generate this open source? 'Cause I'd really like a copy.
I would agree with "bubblehead". It's like they elected a college sophomore who took one poli-sci class and thinks she knows everything. Yes, I'm aware of her alleged degrees.
The sad thing is not that the Samsung phones come with preinstalled apps, but that the preinstalled apps are almost always awful. I recently upgraded a Samsung Galaxy 4 Mini, and that phone when I bought it, from AT&T, was packed to the gills with a bunch of AT&T apps that were all completely useless compared to what's available on the Google Store. But you can't delete them.
I'm sure companies like Samsung and Facebook and AT&T are counting on the fact that a large number of users will just use the apps that come with the phone and don't realize there are other options, or don't bother to check them out.
In capitalist America, you are the product and the vendor is the user.
That said, I still think we're better off.
Yeah,but the same thing happens on Android devices unless you install your own version. The plus side is that is seems there are fewer apps that require the latest version of the OS. The OEM is only going to upgrade the OS for about two years, tops.
They started out with 12 Eagles, but lost about 27 of them over the course of the show.
Am I the only one who immediately thought of Tangerine Dream's "Ultima Thule"?
Wait... there's editing?
> They have a 3.5mm (god I hate calling it that... it is 1/8"...)
I was asking for an 1/8" headphone extension cord at Microcenter a few weeks back. I had no idea at first why the sales person didn't realize what I was talking about.
Now I know what terminology to use.
Same here. My experience with Amazon's shipping in Northern Virginia is fine. I needed to get a last-minute present and Amazon Prime was promising to get it to me by December 24. When it didn't show up in the regular mail, I thought I was finally experiencing what people have been complaining about, but on a whim I checked my front porch later, and there it was.
I certainly believe the stories people are telling, but I haven't experienced the problems myself.
And yet, if the compensation really balanced out the cost of living, the article we are responding to wouldn't be necessary.
Not everyone working at these company (not even most) are making that kind of salary. and it's a real hardship for them. Even a reasonable rent with a horrendous commute is a real hardship. There are things that need to change for this situation to get better, and it's not all on the companies. The municipal governments have earned a lot of the blame.
That said, you couldn't pay me to move to California. I'm know there are tons of good places to live in the state, but since I'm a software developer, I would end up in the same situation where the cost of living is twice or more what I'm used to... and I live in the D.C. 'burbs, which is pretty expensive itself.
Physical proximity is becoming less and less important these days. I'm not necessarily talking about people working remotely, although, that's a consideration, but the companies themselves don't all need to be packed Hong-Kong style into a few square miles when we live in one of the biggest countries in the world.
Agreed. Many of life's problems go away if you are not an idiot.