Yes it is OK. Carriers carry data. They shouldn't even know if the data is coming from the phone itself or via tethering. Doing so is a violation of net neutrality, and is a bad thing. I'm glad some people go around that arbitrary discrimination of packets.
Let's focus on fragmentation instead of quality since that is the original topic. Of course stopping making Android phones would reduce fragmentation. The problem is that all these manufacturers can't switch to iOS even if they wanted to. Saying that the iPhone is a lot less fragmented is irrelevant. Of course it is. Every single Android phone is also a lot less fragmented. It's when you take them all together that you get a fragmented result. Adding a phone with a different OS add a lot more fragmentation to the pool.
Then explain to me how having more completely different OS reduce the fragmentation from a developer's perspective. Isn't it easier to make sure an application is compatible between two Android phones than an Android phone and an iPhone?
There we go again. You missed my whole point. Having many different non-fragmented platforms brings a lot more fragmentation than having a single, fragmented platform. Each individual Android phone (hardware+software) isn't fragmented at all.
Of course quality would be lost. Choice brings quality. But choice brings fragmentation. With only Android, we would have less fragmentation but less choice. I prefer choice. But I don't complain about the so-called fragmentation either.
I always find it funny when people complain about the so-called fragmentation. Imagine if every phone maker and their own OS. And a limited number of phone models. In short, they would all be like Apple. There would be no fragmentation, right? Developers would instead need to develop for 10-20 completely different OS, in different languages. Because you know, every manufacturer would claim that they are the only one using the one true best language.
I think it's much better to have a single OS to develop for, even if it means testing on many different devices, with occasional compatibility problems. I would even say that Android is less fragmented then having an OS for each manufacturer, and that the smartphone world as a whole would be even less fragmented if Apple switched to Android too. There would be less choice, but it would be less fragmented.
So either stop complaining about fragmentation, or support the idea that every manufacturer not using the dominant OS switch.
BTRFS is more ready than ZFS is. It is already pretty stable, in the kernel, and distros are talking about using it as a default FS. The main problem to its adoption is that most people don't need the extra features over ext4 and don't really care.
The problem is that this data is invalid. They simply asked those people if they earned or inheritted. Even if they say they earned it, it doesn't mean they didn't come from a wealthy familiy, with a lot of support, paid private schools, no student debt, etc. It can make a huge difference. How many of Forbes billionaires are born in a slum in Congo? There is a lot more to inheritance than money transfered when someone dies.
Except... we don't use a "French" (Azerty) keyboard either. We use a french Canada keyboard, and Apple doesn't sell that layout at all. It's the only PC maker with the stupid canadian multilingual keyboard.
It is a router. It can route/nat from the WAN interface to the LAN port and every WiFi connected client. You can also connect a a switch on the LAN port and it will work just fine.
Real stand-alone access point have only 1 LAN port and perform no routing/NAT.
When you run a single application or game, 8 GB is enough. You need 16 GB (or even more) for running many applications at once. Also, RAM is not cheap these days. 16 GB is more expensive now than it was 3 years ago when I bought my desktop. 57% more in Canada.
And the US has a lot of colonies and friends arround the world with military bases too (Persian gulf countries, pacific islands, etc.). Even more so than France or the UK.
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Yes it is OK.
Carriers carry data. They shouldn't even know if the data is coming from the phone itself or via tethering. Doing so is a violation of net neutrality, and is a bad thing. I'm glad some people go around that arbitrary discrimination of packets.
Let's focus on fragmentation instead of quality since that is the original topic.
Of course stopping making Android phones would reduce fragmentation. The problem is that all these manufacturers can't switch to iOS even if they wanted to.
Saying that the iPhone is a lot less fragmented is irrelevant. Of course it is. Every single Android phone is also a lot less fragmented. It's when you take them all together that you get a fragmented result. Adding a phone with a different OS add a lot more fragmentation to the pool.
Then explain to me how having more completely different OS reduce the fragmentation from a developer's perspective.
Isn't it easier to make sure an application is compatible between two Android phones than an Android phone and an iPhone?
There we go again. You missed my whole point.
Having many different non-fragmented platforms brings a lot more fragmentation than having a single, fragmented platform.
Each individual Android phone (hardware+software) isn't fragmented at all.
Then Apple should stop making phones at all. It would reduce both fragmentation and choice. Win/win, isn't it?
Of course quality would be lost. Choice brings quality. But choice brings fragmentation. With only Android, we would have less fragmentation but less choice.
I prefer choice. But I don't complain about the so-called fragmentation either.
I always find it funny when people complain about the so-called fragmentation.
Imagine if every phone maker and their own OS. And a limited number of phone models. In short, they would all be like Apple.
There would be no fragmentation, right? Developers would instead need to develop for 10-20 completely different OS, in different languages. Because you know, every manufacturer would claim that they are the only one using the one true best language.
I think it's much better to have a single OS to develop for, even if it means testing on many different devices, with occasional compatibility problems. I would even say that Android is less fragmented then having an OS for each manufacturer, and that the smartphone world as a whole would be even less fragmented if Apple switched to Android too. There would be less choice, but it would be less fragmented.
So either stop complaining about fragmentation, or support the idea that every manufacturer not using the dominant OS switch.
ZFS for linux is nowhere nears production ready. It isn't even in the kernel (and never will, because of license)
NO WAY is btrfs even in the same class of reliability and robustness as ZFS.
We are talking about ZFS for Linux. Not ZFS in general.
BTRFS is more ready than ZFS is. It is already pretty stable, in the kernel, and distros are talking about using it as a default FS.
The main problem to its adoption is that most people don't need the extra features over ext4 and don't really care.
License, maybe? And then performance, as said in TFS.
The problem is that this data is invalid. They simply asked those people if they earned or inheritted.
Even if they say they earned it, it doesn't mean they didn't come from a wealthy familiy, with a lot of support, paid private schools, no student debt, etc. It can make a huge difference. How many of Forbes billionaires are born in a slum in Congo? There is a lot more to inheritance than money transfered when someone dies.
Nope, it doesn't. Believe it or not some people are not 100% selfish.
Except... we don't use a "French" (Azerty) keyboard either. We use a french Canada keyboard, and Apple doesn't sell that layout at all. It's the only PC maker with the stupid canadian multilingual keyboard.
Apple obviously.
If the article was "Could Windows be the best OS for an Apple laptop" then it could be paid by Microsoft.
Certainly not for the fr-CA locale, where Apple uses a keyboard layout that nobody else uses.
Yeah, what a convenient way to configure my router. I'll just stick to my $50 router with OpenWRT that can be accessed over SSH and HTTP.
It is a router. It can route/nat from the WAN interface to the LAN port and every WiFi connected client.
You can also connect a a switch on the LAN port and it will work just fine.
Real stand-alone access point have only 1 LAN port and perform no routing/NAT.
Hard drives are also very expensive these days.
windows only?
How are you supposed to configure it from a PC? And only 1 LAN port? Really? On a $200 router?
When you run a single application or game, 8 GB is enough. You need 16 GB (or even more) for running many applications at once.
Also, RAM is not cheap these days. 16 GB is more expensive now than it was 3 years ago when I bought my desktop. 57% more in Canada.
Again, you don't "need" that. You choose to have it or not.
And the US has a lot of colonies and friends arround the world with military bases too (Persian gulf countries, pacific islands, etc.). Even more so than France or the UK.
What you call a "need" is actually a choice. A very expensive one for the average US tax-payer.