Actually, M$-office was their best product in MO - now suffering from bloat and trying too hard to make hard things to easy.
A couple of years ago OpenOrfice sort of sucked - today libreoffice is quite usable and getting better. (The fork really helped things ).
So - is it time to short M$ stock? Not sure - they get a huge amount of money from government contracts - seem to have bought the right congressmen etc..
The business model for today's large companies has changed as we drifted into being a 'cartel Socialist' country - don't compete in the market place - compete in buying influence..
I'm 61 - took me about an hour to change over to systemd syntax. I didn't ask for it - thought it was a bother, but in the end I see it fixed some things and it is working fine - the hate-flame-bait-carp was uncalled for.
I have come to realize that it is only the really old guys over 70 or so that no longer can learn new things or see other points of view. Growing old and losing metal agility must really suck. I put up a page with notes for these guys that can't adjust on their own:
I'm 61 - took me about an hour to figure out systemd - not that I asked for the change - but it wasn't a big deal. In the end I realized it fixed a few issues and all the hate-flame-bait crap was uncalled for.
I've come to realize it is must be only a minority of really old farts that complain about systemd - I get it - as people age they can't learn new things - can't see why the changes are happening - growing old sucks.
I suppose it is really the old guys over 70 just can't adapt to these changes - so I have some notes for them:
Norway has^H^H^H had oil revenues to support their experiment. The USA does not.
And this quote is false: "It's not the amount of spending, it's the services provided for citizens"
Services do not define socialism. Instead it is the loss of free enterprise and the amount of government spending as a part of GDP in that it reflects the lost choices of the public. When a government elite bureaucrat chooses what to buy - you don't get to. ( The money I spend goes at least 2x farther anyway ). The government is not smarter than the public - or the free market - this has been proven every time these little experiments have been tried.
I don't want the government choosing what type of health insurance I get - I don't want the government choosing what type of dishwasher, washing machine I get. I don't want the government telling me what to eat.. it is this old fashioned idea of freedom.
I meant to say Cartel Socialism -- under real capitalism (which we left a long time ago) the government does not pick the winners and losers - the market does. (Remember to big to fail? Tarp? Congress voting on secret trade bills they can't read?). Calling something 'that it is not', does not change what it is. Even huge companies go broke (and need to - should!) under free-enterprise.
One can measure the degree of socialism by the percentage of GDP that is government spending ( in fact THE definition back when words meant something).
The USA (41.6%) is now at a level similar to Norway (43.9%) - way past Russia (35.8%) and China (23.9% vaild?). And this does not include the amount of private spending mandated by government regulation. To say that the USA is not a socialist country reminds me of 1984(the book). As a result, the USA is in decline while Russia and China's economies are expanding.. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The US government spending continues to increase - and as it does the appearance of Cartels - companies whose existence and freedom from competition depends on government interventions - increases. And the middle class disappears.
One very good measure of corruption is the size of the middle class. (It is shrinking rapidly). The DemoPulicans have all been bought. They do not support the interests of the people - but only the interests of who is bribing them - from inside and outside of the country.
"...billed as a "science educator,"" Lets correct that - a science entertainer.
Nye's politics trump his science:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/cl...... For the record - I don't know how much of the warming trend is due to CO2 vs natural variation - don't think it is knowable at this time. Most people can't stand not knowing and have taken one side or the other...
Because it was written by a journalist. (One of those 'worthless' degrees).
Without knowing the energy-density of the battery (both volumetric and gravimetric) and the cost, it doesn't mean much - probably venture vultures looking for low-hanging cash.
Most Lithium batteries can be short cycled to greatly increase their cycle life. But with this paper it might be a capacitor?
A key battery specification is the cost/ (cycle-life x capacity). This tells you the cost of the power while assuming you can charge it for free. Battery power is expensive power - makes sense for cellphones and cordless drills.. but..
Yeah - but the public has started to realize that the DemoPulicans have set up a 'Cartel Socialism' form of government that is really starting to screw the little people.
Really sucks, but most of the public is more concerned with FB, sportsball, or Hollywood perverts -- not likely to change until after the currency crisis - and then the change that comes is not guaranteed to be good.
I think they created them for M$ - and the new WinBuntu mess. (Likely an attempt to start milking software patents - government involvement? - they are a cartel. )
The big point is using them will reduce the polish rate of software. When every package uses the different lib versions - software that depends on lib bugs don't get fixed. And the libs don't get updated - resulting in less secure systems etc.
We don't really want bugs that depend on other bugs -- snap will reduce the long term quality of code.
When doing development - there are times to use a newer lib for testing - there are already ways of doing this in the Debian world.
And the bugs never get fixed - and the bugs that depend on bugs never get fixed.
There is a place for custom libs - vitalized container - There are other methods as well. But using this for a distribution will reduce the long term quality of the code.
"Cartel" is the right word - The USA form of government is best called "Cartel Socialism" where the government picks the winners and losers based on the amount of money harvested. The system has bi-partisan support - as the public has started noticing they are getting screwed - they are looking for outside candidates.
M$ and Google get large amounts of direct money from the government to compromise your devices.. They are not a lone - just some on the list of the fortune 100 Cartel members..
For some reason, I don't have problems with that on Debian. (Of course sticking with the repository fixes MANY problems).
The times I want to run a bit of development code, yes - but realize there are broken bits and most packages should not use this for day-to-day stuff. That is the point. You don't want to break the backbone infrastructure all the time. Bleeding edge is bleeding edge..
Anyway - there is a better way - seeing as you are running something that might be buggy - a virtualized container makes sense - but don't screw up the whole packaging system.
The problem is producing hard vacuum is - well really hard. Lots of people have fooled themselves here.
Bring one up on the shuttle - fire it up - will work until it is full de-gassed..
You will notice that there is no link to a paper - where one might be able to see their methods and figure if they know how to make a really hard vacuum..
Weird - same phone I use - bought a few on ebay for spares..
Not interested in a droid, Iphone, or Winphone - I want a platform that belongs to me and doesn't spy. There is a concerted effort to prevent an opensource (the whole phone) platform by people in 3-letter places and the usual 'cartel socialism' companies.
So still using a treo for now - probably more secure than the new crap - and less of a time waster..
/. used to be a tech site - I get too much news already - just too many of these stories - political clickbate that at this point is just more noise to deal with.
I really wish we could moderate the stories themselves...
I use MySQL on Debian - have zero problems with systemd -- could it be your chair?
It took me about a day to get used to systemd - I didn't ask for the change - but it seems to be somewhat helpful in the long run. Mostly invisible on the servers I run - just don't notice the difference. Worst feature of systemd? This command is too long to type when I'm sleepy:
# systemctl list-unit-files --type=service
Needs an alias.
For the old farts that can't adopt ( I'm 61 - so you must really be old ) - there is help:
Snap is a really bad idea - instead of a common version of a lib - there are many - so code depending on a bug never gets fixed. Think of Windoze bloat..
The beauty of the apt system is it polishes code over time.
There is a way to install custom libs for development etc. - snap is mostly aimed at making microsoft happy and moving people away from other Debian based distributions.
Full disclosure - I don't trust Canonical the for profit company behind Ubuntu - and the name stinks too.
That being said - snappy is an extremely bad idea.
When every bit of software uses a different version of a lib - it prevents the lib for getting polished. Reduces quality of software ( consider Windoze..)
With a normal Debian release, packages all end up using a small sub-set of libs - this forces all of the code that depends on the existence of a bug to get fixed. There are of course ways around that in Debian.
No problem using PPA - common practice in Debian.
One other problem - I don't trust Ubuntu - they are not bound to concepts of freedom as is Debian - perhaps - free-beer only - and they have a history of snooping on users now..
They have profit centers based on getting paid by the government to compromise your equipment - this is obviously just PR - behind the scenes nothing is changing - you do not own your phone or computer.
The old BIOSs did not have a way to write to your hard-drive or connect to the internet(all one needs to compromise your computer). UEFI is a proprietary mini operating system with code no one can see. You can not get the information needed to install coreboot - (by design - at the request of three letter agencies) - no computer younger than 5 years appears to be secure-able.
Of course there is also the problem with the firmware on hard-drives. Or even processor microcode - closed source means not secure..
The worst of it is that the three letter folks think they are so smart that no one will find their back-doors ( or that no one will be so compromised as to provide it). Bad people - in our government - or other governments will leak information - could bring down the whole financial system - could take weeks to restore.
The Chinese have been caught putting backdoors in equipment exported to the USA - the US does the same stuff.
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Actually, M$-office was their best product in MO - now suffering from bloat and trying too hard to make hard things to easy.
A couple of years ago OpenOrfice sort of sucked - today libreoffice is quite usable and getting better. (The fork really helped things ).
So - is it time to short M$ stock? Not sure - they get a huge amount of money from government contracts - seem to have bought the right congressmen etc..
The business model for today's large companies has changed as we drifted into being a 'cartel Socialist' country - don't compete in the market place - compete in buying influence..
I'm 61 - took me about an hour to change over to systemd syntax. I didn't ask for it - thought it was a bother, but in the end I see it fixed some things and it is working fine - the hate-flame-bait-carp was uncalled for.
I have come to realize that it is only the really old guys over 70 or so that no longer can learn new things or see other points of view. Growing old and losing metal agility must really suck. I put up a page with notes for these guys that can't adjust on their own:
https://wiki.xtronics.com/inde...
I am really glad the Debian did not fold to the pressure of the geriatric community to become set-in-their-ways.
I'm 61 - took me about an hour to figure out systemd - not that I asked for the change - but it wasn't a big deal. In the end I realized it fixed a few issues and all the hate-flame-bait crap was uncalled for.
I've come to realize it is must be only a minority of really old farts that complain about systemd - I get it - as people age they can't learn new things - can't see why the changes are happening - growing old sucks.
I suppose it is really the old guys over 70 just can't adapt to these changes - so I have some notes for them:
https://wiki.xtronics.com/inde...
I would always rather have more battery capacity and a real USB jack than thinness.. Just don't get the attraction.
Supersonic it is not - just dishonest.
Full disclosure - I have used shop-air (oil-less and dried) to dry my hair - works fast - tends to tangle - no heat. Still not supersonic.
It is called a cartel.
No one else is supposed to play if they are not in the club.
And they will buy the political elite to do it.
Cartel socialism.
Norway has^H^H^H had oil revenues to support their experiment. The USA does not.
And this quote is false: "It's not the amount of spending, it's the services provided for citizens"
Services do not define socialism. Instead it is the loss of free enterprise and the amount of government spending as a part of GDP in that it reflects the lost choices of the public. When a government elite bureaucrat chooses what to buy - you don't get to. ( The money I spend goes at least 2x farther anyway ). The government is not smarter than the public - or the free market - this has been proven every time these little experiments have been tried.
I don't want the government choosing what type of health insurance I get - I don't want the government choosing what type of dishwasher, washing machine I get. I don't want the government telling me what to eat.. it is this old fashioned idea of freedom.
I meant to say Cartel Socialism -- under real capitalism (which we left a long time ago) the government does not pick the winners and losers - the market does. (Remember to big to fail? Tarp? Congress voting on secret trade bills they can't read?). Calling something 'that it is not', does not change what it is. Even huge companies go broke (and need to - should!) under free-enterprise.
One can measure the degree of socialism by the percentage of GDP that is government spending ( in fact THE definition back when words meant something).
The USA (41.6%) is now at a level similar to Norway (43.9%) - way past Russia (35.8%) and China (23.9% vaild?). And this does not include the amount of private spending mandated by government regulation. To say that the USA is not a socialist country reminds me of 1984(the book). As a result, the USA is in decline while Russia and China's economies are expanding.. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The US government spending continues to increase - and as it does the appearance of Cartels - companies whose existence and freedom from competition depends on government interventions - increases. And the middle class disappears.
One very good measure of corruption is the size of the middle class. (It is shrinking rapidly). The DemoPulicans have all been bought. They do not support the interests of the people - but only the interests of who is bribing them - from inside and outside of the country.
"...billed as a "science educator,"" Lets correct that - a science entertainer.
Nye's politics trump his science:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/cl... ... For the record - I don't know how much of the warming trend is due to CO2 vs natural variation - don't think it is knowable at this time. Most people can't stand not knowing and have taken one side or the other...
In our system of Cartel Capitalism - there really isn't a difference between the government and the large companies that buy influence.
Because it was written by a journalist. (One of those 'worthless' degrees).
Without knowing the energy-density of the battery (both volumetric and gravimetric) and the cost, it doesn't mean much - probably venture vultures looking for low-hanging cash.
Most Lithium batteries can be short cycled to greatly increase their cycle life. But with this paper it might be a capacitor?
A key battery specification is the cost/ (cycle-life x capacity). This tells you the cost of the power while assuming you can charge it for free. Battery power is expensive power - makes sense for cellphones and cordless drills.. but ..
Yeah - but the public has started to realize that the DemoPulicans have set up a 'Cartel Socialism' form of government that is really starting to screw the little people.
Really sucks, but most of the public is more concerned with FB, sportsball, or Hollywood perverts -- not likely to change until after the currency crisis - and then the change that comes is not guaranteed to be good.
I think they created them for M$ - and the new WinBuntu mess. (Likely an attempt to start milking software patents - government involvement? - they are a cartel. )
The big point is using them will reduce the polish rate of software. When every package uses the different lib versions - software that depends on lib bugs don't get fixed. And the libs don't get updated - resulting in less secure systems etc.
We don't really want bugs that depend on other bugs -- snap will reduce the long term quality of code.
When doing development - there are times to use a newer lib for testing - there are already ways of doing this in the Debian world.
Tab complete works for me sometimes? Looks like that is a known bug:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bi...
Already fixed upstream..
I actually didn't mind the old system - I do understand the 'whys' of changing - in the long run I think we will have a better system.
But really, I've been through much more troubling changes - just isn't a big deal for those that are still capable of change.
And the bugs never get fixed - and the bugs that depend on bugs never get fixed.
There is a place for custom libs - vitalized container - There are other methods as well. But using this for a distribution will reduce the long term quality of the code.
"Cartel" is the right word - The USA form of government is best called "Cartel Socialism" where the government picks the winners and losers based on the amount of money harvested. The system has bi-partisan support - as the public has started noticing they are getting screwed - they are looking for outside candidates.
M$ and Google get large amounts of direct money from the government to compromise your devices.. They are not a lone - just some on the list of the fortune 100 Cartel members..
For some reason, I don't have problems with that on Debian. (Of course sticking with the repository fixes MANY problems).
The times I want to run a bit of development code, yes - but realize there are broken bits and most packages should not use this for day-to-day stuff. That is the point. You don't want to break the backbone infrastructure all the time. Bleeding edge is bleeding edge..
Anyway - there is a better way - seeing as you are running something that might be buggy - a virtualized container makes sense - but don't screw up the whole packaging system.
My hunch - Same effect as you see in Crookes radiometer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The problem is producing hard vacuum is - well really hard. Lots of people have fooled themselves here.
Bring one up on the shuttle - fire it up - will work until it is full de-gassed..
You will notice that there is no link to a paper - where one might be able to see their methods and figure if they know how to make a really hard vacuum..
Weird - same phone I use - bought a few on ebay for spares..
Not interested in a droid, Iphone, or Winphone - I want a platform that belongs to me and doesn't spy. There is a concerted effort to prevent an opensource (the whole phone) platform by people in 3-letter places and the usual 'cartel socialism' companies.
So still using a treo for now - probably more secure than the new crap - and less of a time waster..
/. used to be a tech site - I get too much news already - just too many of these stories - political clickbate that at this point is just more noise to deal with.
I really wish we could moderate the stories themselves...
I use MySQL on Debian - have zero problems with systemd -- could it be your chair?
It took me about a day to get used to systemd - I didn't ask for the change - but it seems to be somewhat helpful in the long run. Mostly invisible on the servers I run - just don't notice the difference. Worst feature of systemd? This command is too long to type when I'm sleepy:
# systemctl list-unit-files --type=service
Needs an alias.
For the old farts that can't adopt ( I'm 61 - so you must really be old ) - there is help:
https://wiki.xtronics.com/inde...
Snap is a really bad idea - instead of a common version of a lib - there are many - so code depending on a bug never gets fixed. Think of Windoze bloat..
The beauty of the apt system is it polishes code over time.
There is a way to install custom libs for development etc. - snap is mostly aimed at making microsoft happy and moving people away from other Debian based distributions.
Full disclosure - I don't trust Canonical the for profit company behind Ubuntu - and the name stinks too.
I think he is actually talking about snappy.
That being said - snappy is an extremely bad idea.
When every bit of software uses a different version of a lib - it prevents the lib for getting polished. Reduces quality of software ( consider Windoze..)
With a normal Debian release, packages all end up using a small sub-set of libs - this forces all of the code that depends on the existence of a bug to get fixed.
There are of course ways around that in Debian.
No problem using PPA - common practice in Debian.
One other problem - I don't trust Ubuntu - they are not bound to concepts of freedom as is Debian - perhaps - free-beer only - and they have a history of snooping on users now..
They have profit centers based on getting paid by the government to compromise your equipment - this is obviously just PR - behind the scenes nothing is changing - you do not own your phone or computer.
The old BIOSs did not have a way to write to your hard-drive or connect to the internet(all one needs to compromise your computer). UEFI is a proprietary mini operating system with code no one can see. You can not get the information needed to install coreboot - (by design - at the request of three letter agencies) - no computer younger than 5 years appears to be secure-able.
Of course there is also the problem with the firmware on hard-drives. Or even processor microcode - closed source means not secure..
The worst of it is that the three letter folks think they are so smart that no one will find their back-doors ( or that no one will be so compromised as to provide it). Bad people - in our government - or other governments will leak information - could bring down the whole financial system - could take weeks to restore.
The Chinese have been caught putting backdoors in equipment exported to the USA - the US does the same stuff.