I'm loving all you whiners comparing paying for civilization to all kinds of gruesome murder and rape.
Not entirely sure I'd call dropping tens of thousands of bombs per year, bailing out megacorporations, and imprisoning non-violent drug offenders "civilization."
If we're going to start prattling off "races" based on minor genetic variations, we're going to have to start inventing the "ginger race" (sunburn easily), the "albino race" (predisposed to a bunch of specific diseases), the "blonde race" (yuh know, tend to be wild in bed or something), the "race of people with webbed toes" (tend to be better swimmers),...
Seriously. Your response is utter contrived horseshit.
Religion is a choice, of course, and we should all be held to account for the choices and affiliations we make.
However, I do take issue with your statement, because it implies that there are multiple human "races" when there aren't. There is only one race capable of reading this message: the human race. Skin pigment, country of origin, sex, hair/eye colour, etc., are not determinants. If we can breed, then we're the same race.
Things like SElinux, SafetyNet, and (factory-only) locked bootloaders are pointless complexity.
These devices are complicated and security is a process - constant vigilence. It's not a firewall, or a set of complicated access controls. It's education, updates, and constant testing.
Simple rules are easy to understand, and 40 years of experience has shown that it's the best way to make secure code.
You can avoid this by travelling to some other country.
That goes without saying.
However, it is a shame that it's necessary. America has a lot to offer the world - beautiful geography, interesting history and people, and some of the most exciting cities.
It seems to me that treating foreigners equally and respectfully should be a priority.
Still rockin' my W520, 6 years running. Before that, a T60 for the same amount of time. X20 before that, and a 760C before that.
After all these years, I keep coming back because of the trackpoint. I've tried every laptop under the sun (actually, including a Sun:p) and while some have had nicer screens, faster video boards and longer battery life, none have been as robust, stable (with Debian), or pleasant to use day in and day out.
Your brain tells you 'Hey, I got this from three different sources,'" Starbird says. "But you don't realize it all traces back to the same place, and might have even reached you via bots posing as real people. If we think of this as a virus, I wouldn't know how to vaccinate for it." The report goes on to say that "Starbird says she's concluded, provocatively, that we may be headed toward 'the menace of unreality -- which is that nobody believes anything anymore.
Over the past 20 years I've felt this as well. It's scary, because for those of us used to seeking out signal in the noise, it just encourages apathy. We look around and feel like we're surrounded by idiots, when it may only in fact be just a bunch of bots propagating a single crazy person's mindless steam of consciousness.
Rational, fact/observation-based debate becomes just exhausting, and we say "whatever." That's not good.
If Google was smart, they'd put a stop to this immediately. This shit does horrendous damage to the Android "brand" and there's no reason for them to tolerate it.
Want access to the Play Store, GCM/GMS, etc? Thou shalt not install garbage on customers' devices.
Given that they're continuing the practice of gluing batteries into phones despite the Note 7 debacle, almost nothing would make me happier than to see the same thing happen again. And again, and again, until they stop gluing batteries into flagship devices.
Same here, but with the Note 3. Running CM13 @ 2.7ghz, with battery #3. No need to upgrade.
However, if any manufacturer does release a device with significantly better hardware, a replaceable battery, SD slot, and unlocked bootloader, I've got upwards of $1500 with their name on it.
Doubt it'll be Samsung.:(
I remember my brother and I playing that game for so many nights, we got to the point where we'd race to a given objective. The most fun was building the automatic annihilator cannon (can't remember what it was called).
We finished within 4 seconds of each other, and must destruction was wrought.
The Earth doesn't have a population limit. 8 billion is no closer than 1 billion.
We can all live comfortable, luxurious lives.
The problems we're facing have nothing to do with resource exhaustion (aside from petroleum), but inefficiency and pollution.
We can absolutely produce goods without air pollution. We have sources of essentially limitless energy. We can absolutely use nuclear reactors to ship goods - no need for bunker oil.
It's a question of economics and political engagement. Increasing efficiency means some people are going to lose their jobs,
and some companies are going to go out of business. That is the main hurdle we all face, not population growth.
The top four comments as I write this are replies to those looking at the bright side, claiming disinterest, or arguing against the observation or its significance.
This is on slashdot. This isn't some dopey AM radio comment forum.
Don't let that experience sour you on PV solar. What you're seeing has nothing to do with the technology itself; solar works extremely well, even at high latitudes, when installed correctly. Ask any sailor, NASA engineer, or grid energy systems expert.
If you're seeing 45W during the day on a $10k+ array, sue the installer because it's malfunctioning.
BTW - You don't want vertical panels except at the poles (or temporarily when mounted on a heliostat).
A correctly installed 10kW solar array at that latitude should peak at around 7kW. If you're seeing less than one, then someone fucked up the wiring, or most of the panels are defective. Fire whoever's responsible, and sue the company until they fix it.
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I'm loving all you whiners comparing paying for civilization to all kinds of gruesome murder and rape.
Not entirely sure I'd call dropping tens of thousands of bombs per year, bailing out megacorporations, and imprisoning non-violent drug offenders "civilization."
There are lots of ways to broadcast your ignorance, but not too many as effective as "I am against community broadband."
Like, seriously. :)
What the honest fuck are you even talking about?
If we're going to start prattling off "races" based on minor genetic variations, we're going to have to start inventing the "ginger race" (sunburn easily), the "albino race" (predisposed to a bunch of specific diseases), the "blonde race" (yuh know, tend to be wild in bed or something), the "race of people with webbed toes" (tend to be better swimmers), ...
Seriously. Your response is utter contrived horseshit.
Muslim is not a race.
Religion is a choice, of course, and we should all be held to account for the choices and affiliations we make.
However, I do take issue with your statement, because it implies that there are multiple human "races" when there aren't. There is only one race capable of reading this message: the human race. Skin pigment, country of origin, sex, hair/eye colour, etc., are not determinants. If we can breed, then we're the same race.
Things like SElinux, SafetyNet, and (factory-only) locked bootloaders are pointless complexity.
These devices are complicated and security is a process - constant vigilence. It's not a firewall, or a set of complicated access controls. It's education, updates, and constant testing.
Simple rules are easy to understand, and 40 years of experience has shown that it's the best way to make secure code.
Someone tell me why this is impossible due to such and such or something or other they read on the Internet!
KDE is measurably superior to both Unity and Gnome3 - features & functionality, stability, customizability, usability ...
Why dump Unity for something only marginally better?
Woooooosh.
^^ The sound of the point I made flying right over your head.
Ah, well.
With an attitude like that you wonder why we don't want you here. Just stay home. We don't care.
Your choice of words betrays your belief that the US is still the center of the universe. It is less and less so, and that's a shame.
You can avoid this by travelling to some other country.
That goes without saying.
However, it is a shame that it's necessary. America has a lot to offer the world - beautiful geography, interesting history and people, and some of the most exciting cities.
It seems to me that treating foreigners equally and respectfully should be a priority.
Still rockin' my W520, 6 years running. Before that, a T60 for the same amount of time. X20 before that, and a 760C before that.
After all these years, I keep coming back because of the trackpoint. I've tried every laptop under the sun (actually, including a Sun :p) and while some have had nicer screens, faster video boards and longer battery life, none have been as robust, stable (with Debian), or pleasant to use day in and day out.
I suspect we're a dying breed though. :/
People want to pay a reasonable fee to access region-neutral content in a convenient fashion?
Who knew?
Hey, film industry......
Your brain tells you 'Hey, I got this from three different sources,'" Starbird says. "But you don't realize it all traces back to the same place, and might have even reached you via bots posing as real people. If we think of this as a virus, I wouldn't know how to vaccinate for it." The report goes on to say that "Starbird says she's concluded, provocatively, that we may be headed toward 'the menace of unreality -- which is that nobody believes anything anymore.
Over the past 20 years I've felt this as well. It's scary, because for those of us used to seeking out signal in the noise, it just encourages apathy. We look around and feel like we're surrounded by idiots, when it may only in fact be just a bunch of bots propagating a single crazy person's mindless steam of consciousness.
Rational, fact/observation-based debate becomes just exhausting, and we say "whatever." That's not good.
If Google was smart, they'd put a stop to this immediately. This shit does horrendous damage to the Android "brand" and there's no reason for them to tolerate it.
Want access to the Play Store, GCM/GMS, etc? Thou shalt not install garbage on customers' devices.
Given that they're continuing the practice of gluing batteries into phones despite the Note 7 debacle, almost nothing would make me happier than to see the same thing happen again. And again, and again, until they stop gluing batteries into flagship devices.
Seriously, this.
The one singular takeaway from the Note 7 debacle, for any rational, knowledgeable, thinking person should be what you wrote.
If Samsung management continue to glue batteries into their phones after that epic fail .... as a shareholder I would run, and run fast.
Ironically, if the fix they implemented was installing a new removable battery door, I'd buy a Note 7 in a heartbeat.
I'm guessing, however, that they have not learned from their mistakes, and are just gluing different batteries in.
Same here, but with the Note 3. Running CM13 @ 2.7ghz, with battery #3. No need to upgrade.
However, if any manufacturer does release a device with significantly better hardware, a replaceable battery, SD slot, and unlocked bootloader, I've got upwards of $1500 with their name on it. Doubt it'll be Samsung. :(
Ah, TA.
I remember my brother and I playing that game for so many nights, we got to the point where we'd race to a given objective. The most fun was building the automatic annihilator cannon (can't remember what it was called).
We finished within 4 seconds of each other, and must destruction was wrought.
Good times.
Can someone please warn me that alcohol leads to fun, and fun is bad, or something?
Or how if we never smoke, drank, partied, climbed dangerous rocks, adventured, or sought adrenaline that we would literally live forever?
Man, you're completely wrong.
The Earth doesn't have a population limit. 8 billion is no closer than 1 billion.
We can all live comfortable, luxurious lives.
The problems we're facing have nothing to do with resource exhaustion (aside from petroleum), but inefficiency and pollution.
We can absolutely produce goods without air pollution. We have sources of essentially limitless energy. We can absolutely use nuclear reactors to ship goods - no need for bunker oil.
It's a question of economics and political engagement. Increasing efficiency means some people are going to lose their jobs, and some companies are going to go out of business. That is the main hurdle we all face, not population growth.
The top four comments as I write this are replies to those looking at the bright side, claiming disinterest, or arguing against the observation or its significance.
This is on slashdot. This isn't some dopey AM radio comment forum.
That's .. concerning. :(
Hey .. $90k is still "tens of thousands" and would just about do it.. :)
Don't let that experience sour you on PV solar. What you're seeing has nothing to do with the technology itself; solar works extremely well, even at high latitudes, when installed correctly. Ask any sailor, NASA engineer, or grid energy systems expert.
If you're seeing 45W during the day on a $10k+ array, sue the installer because it's malfunctioning.
BTW - You don't want vertical panels except at the poles (or temporarily when mounted on a heliostat).
Someone fucked up.
A correctly installed 10kW solar array at that latitude should peak at around 7kW. If you're seeing less than one, then someone fucked up the wiring, or most of the panels are defective. Fire whoever's responsible, and sue the company until they fix it.