Sounds like the middle of the spectrum woes. Sometimes it feels like we're the least liked, what with our independent thought and non-subscriptions to political ideologies. Our minds are wiling to consider evidence, and make adjustments as necessary. Makes it really hard to put us in a box, and that my friend, is what really irks the ideologues.
Just saw the headline and panicked, checking my Linux systems (all running ubuntu 16.04 LTS) and did a quick check:
myke@mimeticsL01:~$ uname -a
Linux mimeticsL01 4.4.0-108-generic #131-Ubuntu SMP Sun Jan 7 14:34:49 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
myke@mimeticsL01:~$
I've never had a problem with Ubuntu updates (although I RFTA, it sounds like all Ubuntu users have an issue at one time or another). I suspect that the kernel update was tested before it was released so this updates affects some subset of the systems out there.
Like many other people, I was very concerned when i saw the headline saying the updated was "bricking" systems - whoever wrote the headline needs to have the term "bricking" explained to them (ideally with an actual brick).
In the future, msmash, you might want to be a bit less sensational in the headlines and make sure you understand if the terms used in it are correct.
Asking Ms. Mash to not be sensational is like asking Mike Tyson to pronounce words correctly. Not gonna happen. As Ms. Mash never seems to get the headlines or blurb right, it makes sense that said person's name is a homonym for "mismatch". Got a story about how a guy with cancer went into remission then got a female wiener dog? You'll end up with a headline like "Wiener Dogs Successfully Used to Fight Cancer and Sexism".
At least the Indians can't blame their security on the incompetence of IT outsourced to a foreign country with a reputation for substandard software...
So... there's absolutely no way this'll become political, right? I look forward to the calm and rational discussion that'll we'll be having here on Slashdot...
Daylight Saving Time is a great idea. Ditching it in the winter is the problem. Just keep it year round and eliminate the stupid changing.
Why do you think it matters if we call a certain time of day "8 A.M." or "9 A.M."?
I mean, I'm all for not changing times, and I don't really care what arbitrary point you set to be your "noon", but I can't see that it makes any difference. It's not like your body cares about how we define what hour it is.
People used to think like you. Then trains came along. Then more trains. Then came the eventual collisions, deaths, and other big bummers. Collisions were stopped by more accurately syncing up times across ever wider areas. Unfathomable numbers of people's lives were saved.
With more and more accurate and more closely synced clocks in the world, there many other cascading benefits. Like some dude named Albert thought up some pretty weird shit on the now safe trains. Super duper uber accurate clocks also gave us some snazzy things like the internets and GPS navigation.
If we wanna just go all postmodernist and be like, "what is time, reeeeally...?" then you overdosed on glaucoma medication. Being punctilious* with regards to time is a very important thing. Making it a free-for-all with regards to time in the EU is the exact opposite of progress. Our modern society relies on it. Making things more predictable by removing biannual, unnecessary edge cases can only help us in the long term.
*punctilious sounds like a way to describe oral sex with punctuation. Learning this word recently has made my life glorious.
Seriously? It's not like someone is going to get high on contact lenses and go commit crimes.
I agree with you.... however the unnecessary requirement can be helpful. If it wasn't for the requirement that I go in once a year for a checkup, I'd have never known I had developed glaucoma at 30 years of age. I'd have not started treatment that will hopefully save what's left of my eyesight until my greybeard can fully grow in.
So yeah, it's still bullshit that a prescription is required. However there is that unintended side effect of catching pernicious degenerative eye diseases before they completely blind people. That more than makes up for the annoyance.
I'm glad some judges aren't idiots and won't drink the Kool Aid. Guessing he's heard of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik... and realized he needed proof, not feels.
Herbert Schildt is my favorite author. I told him as much in an email. He even responded. Aaaah... the memories of curling up with his books some 20 years ago as child...
If you don't like how much you're paid, and if you feel that the only way to get what you feel deserve is a lawsuit, then you've proven to me that you never deserved the money in the first place. No one is forcing you to work at a place where you feel undervalued. It's more likely that you've overestimated your own worth.
Not everyone is capable doing technology work. Of those who wish to that work, many choose not to, shrinking the pool of available workers even lower. I wish the powers that be would understand that. But tech is cool now, and everyone's trying to get a piece.
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Hahaha. Well done
You are evil. This is part of the reason we have so much shitty software in the world.
The "...don't let the name scare you" part sounds kinky. Wonder if "denialism" is its safe word?
Sounds like the middle of the spectrum woes. Sometimes it feels like we're the least liked, what with our independent thought and non-subscriptions to political ideologies. Our minds are wiling to consider evidence, and make adjustments as necessary. Makes it really hard to put us in a box, and that my friend, is what really irks the ideologues.
If they're not willing to unequivocally say that they're not doing it, they're dong it. Moving along...
... since some black dudes were tagged as "gorillas", does that mean that some gorillas will be now detected as "black men"?
Because if not, I'll need to hurry up and find something else to be outraged about.
Just saw the headline and panicked, checking my Linux systems (all running ubuntu 16.04 LTS) and did a quick check:
myke@mimeticsL01:~$ uname -a Linux mimeticsL01 4.4.0-108-generic #131-Ubuntu SMP Sun Jan 7 14:34:49 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux myke@mimeticsL01:~$
I've never had a problem with Ubuntu updates (although I RFTA, it sounds like all Ubuntu users have an issue at one time or another). I suspect that the kernel update was tested before it was released so this updates affects some subset of the systems out there.
Like many other people, I was very concerned when i saw the headline saying the updated was "bricking" systems - whoever wrote the headline needs to have the term "bricking" explained to them (ideally with an actual brick).
In the future, msmash, you might want to be a bit less sensational in the headlines and make sure you understand if the terms used in it are correct.
Asking Ms. Mash to not be sensational is like asking Mike Tyson to pronounce words correctly. Not gonna happen. As Ms. Mash never seems to get the headlines or blurb right, it makes sense that said person's name is a homonym for "mismatch". Got a story about how a guy with cancer went into remission then got a female wiener dog? You'll end up with a headline like "Wiener Dogs Successfully Used to Fight Cancer and Sexism".
A woman acting submissive (or domineering) in exchange for money sounds like prostitution to me... Do not want.
At least the Indians can't blame their security on the incompetence of IT outsourced to a foreign country with a reputation for substandard software...
So... there's absolutely no way this'll become political, right? I look forward to the calm and rational discussion that'll we'll be having here on Slashdot...
Daylight Saving Time is a great idea. Ditching it in the winter is the problem. Just keep it year round and eliminate the stupid changing.
Why do you think it matters if we call a certain time of day "8 A.M." or "9 A.M."?
I mean, I'm all for not changing times, and I don't really care what arbitrary point you set to be your "noon", but I can't see that it makes any difference. It's not like your body cares about how we define what hour it is.
People used to think like you. Then trains came along. Then more trains. Then came the eventual collisions, deaths, and other big bummers. Collisions were stopped by more accurately syncing up times across ever wider areas. Unfathomable numbers of people's lives were saved.
With more and more accurate and more closely synced clocks in the world, there many other cascading benefits. Like some dude named Albert thought up some pretty weird shit on the now safe trains. Super duper uber accurate clocks also gave us some snazzy things like the internets and GPS navigation.
If we wanna just go all postmodernist and be like, "what is time, reeeeally...?" then you overdosed on glaucoma medication. Being punctilious* with regards to time is a very important thing. Making it a free-for-all with regards to time in the EU is the exact opposite of progress. Our modern society relies on it. Making things more predictable by removing biannual, unnecessary edge cases can only help us in the long term.
*punctilious sounds like a way to describe oral sex with punctuation. Learning this word recently has made my life glorious.
Seems your child is spoiled and a lesson in disappointment is due if he/she can't wait another day or two.
There are no data limits in our parents basements. MAKE BASEMENTS GREAT AGAIN!
Watched a good documentary on rural Canadian life called "Letterkenny" the other day...
Seriously? It's not like someone is going to get high on contact lenses and go commit crimes.
I agree with you.... however the unnecessary requirement can be helpful. If it wasn't for the requirement that I go in once a year for a checkup, I'd have never known I had developed glaucoma at 30 years of age. I'd have not started treatment that will hopefully save what's left of my eyesight until my greybeard can fully grow in.
So yeah, it's still bullshit that a prescription is required. However there is that unintended side effect of catching pernicious degenerative eye diseases before they completely blind people. That more than makes up for the annoyance.
Sign out the words as you read them. Would likely give the same memory reinforcing benefits.
I'm glad some judges aren't idiots and won't drink the Kool Aid. Guessing he's heard of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik... and realized he needed proof, not feels.
Seems that Slashdot is trolling us. Instead of realizing this is non-news, they're trying to race bait us.
Bounds checking and validation on every single operation on all variables? Gee... that couldn't have negative performance implications.
Herbert Schildt is my favorite author. I told him as much in an email. He even responded. Aaaah... the memories of curling up with his books some 20 years ago as child...
If you don't like how much you're paid, and if you feel that the only way to get what you feel deserve is a lawsuit, then you've proven to me that you never deserved the money in the first place. No one is forcing you to work at a place where you feel undervalued. It's more likely that you've overestimated your own worth.
You're the sort of person who complains when a menu doesn't include color photos of all the entrees. I'm sorry we can't all be as good as McDonald's.
The population may be smart, but that doesn't mean the people at the top are competent. Citation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
True Scotsmen use lyseric acid diethylamide instead.
Not everyone is capable doing technology work. Of those who wish to that work, many choose not to, shrinking the pool of available workers even lower. I wish the powers that be would understand that. But tech is cool now, and everyone's trying to get a piece.
... suspended Grupe for 12 days for yelling and using inadequate language with his boss.
So, he wasn't rude enough?
He was rude enough, but didn't sufficiently back up his hypothesis that his boss was a myopic, micromanaging, misanthropic asshole.