This has never saved me. I monitor how long it takes from putting on the headphones to be interrupted.
Far too often, it's less than 60 seconds. The virtually unbeatable record stands at zero seconds.
Every now and then I can work without being interrupted, but having my headphones on doesn't seem to stop anyone.
I wish they would use the internal IM system! Much less distracting.
I created a backup / warm spare system based on read-only rsync pull to a remote server that keeps several de-duplicated copies, and makes each backup bootable as a VM. I called it Clonebox.
Do you have a HOWTO or similar? I want to set up something like this with a new server (best practices from the start, so I hope)
I would just question the underlying assumption that improvements in communities will always makes our lives better. That's traditionally been that case in the past, but it doesn't necessarily follow that it will always be the case in the future. We could be reaching a point of either diminishing returns or even a point when communities actually could have a detrimental effect on our lives.
The city is a good example. It's improved our lives in many ways, but it's also created a whole new class of problems, headaches, and population overload. Are we really quantifiably happier today than we were 100 years ago? Well, we certainly have much easier access to many more jobs and benefit from its conveniences. But has it made our overall lives that much BETTER?
What? There is no law against modifying binaries on software you own. The quality of comments on this site continues to decline at a rapid pace...
True, the quality of comments does decline. See the quoted comment for exhibit A.
Generally, unless you wrote the software, you don't own the binary; you merely LICENSE it. There are civil laws against violating the licensing agreement by modifying or reverse engineering. Not that this process would necessarily be considered reverse-engineering, but let a lawyer get a hold of the idea and watch out!
Had I jumped to the Nexus 6 at the same time, however, that may not have been an issue.
As a recent Nexus 6 owner, I can confirm that encryption is enabled by default. I have not noticed any performance lag and the battery life has been really good.
I will admit, I'm coming from an 'ancient' phone, so maybe that's why I think it's fast enough; way faster than my old phone.
This is a good example of why Social Security and Medicare are failing. They aren't means tested. You can have a fat pension and $2m in assets and still get the same maximum social security check as someone who was a skilled construction worker and entered old age with little more than a home and a small savings account to hopefully pass onto the kids. Should they both be entitled to these programs? Absolutely not.
This is off-topic, but you do realize that in the US, if you work you are paying into both of these systems? Why shouldn't I have at least a chance of getting (some of) my money back out? That's why it is not means tested... I should get paid because it's my money to begin with!
Alas the reality may be that by the time I am eligible, the system could be bankrupt and I won't see a penny of it anyway. That is a different discussion.
I can't find any data on MSRP now, but back in the day it seems to me that there were storage choices that were not so cost-prohibitive for consumers.
Not so cost-prohibitive? "Back in the day", I remember a particular consumer 20MB (not a typo) HDD went for about $1500. A tape backup system was similarly priced (from memory).
I shudder to think what an educational institution paid for the massive *5MB* networked drive hooked up to the old Apple IIs. Ya know, back in the day.
There's a huge difference between seeing the doctor (psychiatrist) and therapy (with a psychologist or LISW). The doctor does the drug prescribing thing, the therapist helps work through other issues by helping develop 'coping skills' and the like, perhaps suggesting exercises to reinforce the process.
It used to be that the doctors also did talk therapy, but that hasn't really been true for some time. Some good doctors will take the time to talk, but they still won't try to address 'therapy issues'.
For example, I've got issues and stress (who doesn't?). Doctor says, if you didn't have the stress, would you still have mood swings? If yes, that's where the the medication (tries to) come in. As for dealing with the issues and stressors, doctor doesn't care, talk to the therapist.
Now, don't get me started on the meds......
I do agree that a large part of therapy is what you do OUTSIDE the office.
Now if (Open|Libre)Office would just do a decent job of not mangling Lotus 1-2-3 worksheets!
I have some stuff I've been maintaining for over 20 years in Lotus 1-2-3 (starting back in the DOS days, but eventually moving to '97). I'd love to convert/upgrade it, but there are some things in there that just don't seem to be supported in Excel or *Office.
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...not to mention off-topic.
I find a discussion on the use of the English language surprisingly on-topic in comments discussing an author ;-)
whoosh!
This is WOM
I think you are talking about OTP memory
I'm no "Lord of the Manor"; but, I believe my speech to be well annunciated and clear.
Are you the town crier? Are your annunciations well enunciated?
Do you affect people such that it has a positive effect on them?
(I'm sure I'll pay the price for being a silly pendant; where's that preview button? ;-) )
I use the pay version of this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tbig.playerprotrial&hl=en
I was surprisingly difficult to find a music player that didn't seem shady.
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This has never saved me. I monitor how long it takes from putting on the headphones to be interrupted. Far too often, it's less than 60 seconds. The virtually unbeatable record stands at zero seconds. Every now and then I can work without being interrupted, but having my headphones on doesn't seem to stop anyone. I wish they would use the internal IM system! Much less distracting.
I created a backup / warm spare system based on read-only rsync pull to a remote server that keeps several de-duplicated copies, and makes each backup bootable as a VM. I called it Clonebox.
Do you have a HOWTO or similar? I want to set up something like this with a new server (best practices from the start, so I hope)
I would just question the underlying assumption that improvements in communities will always makes our lives better. That's traditionally been that case in the past, but it doesn't necessarily follow that it will always be the case in the future. We could be reaching a point of either diminishing returns or even a point when communities actually could have a detrimental effect on our lives.
The city is a good example. It's improved our lives in many ways, but it's also created a whole new class of problems, headaches, and population overload. Are we really quantifiably happier today than we were 100 years ago? Well, we certainly have much easier access to many more jobs and benefit from its conveniences. But has it made our overall lives that much BETTER?
Now, get off of my lawn :-)
The worst part is you couldn't program C++ on the C65.
No, but you could program in Forth :-)
May all of your employees find new jobs, [...]
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Well, except for the ones that are responsible for this, be they technical, legal or managerial.
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What? There is no law against modifying binaries on software you own. The quality of comments on this site continues to decline at a rapid pace...
True, the quality of comments does decline. See the quoted comment for exhibit A.
Generally, unless you wrote the software, you don't own the binary; you merely LICENSE it. There are civil laws against violating the licensing agreement by modifying or reverse engineering. Not that this process would necessarily be considered reverse-engineering, but let a lawyer get a hold of the idea and watch out!
I know a place where they can get one.
The School of Hard Knocks?
Had I jumped to the Nexus 6 at the same time, however, that may not have been an issue.
As a recent Nexus 6 owner, I can confirm that encryption is enabled by default. I have not noticed any performance lag and the battery life has been really good. I will admit, I'm coming from an 'ancient' phone, so maybe that's why I think it's fast enough; way faster than my old phone.
printf() and malloc() are not part of the C language. They FUNCTIONS that are part of the standard library (stdlib) which is OPTIONAL
and yes, I've worked on projects were the standard library was not used...
This is a good example of why Social Security and Medicare are failing. They aren't means tested. You can have a fat pension and $2m in assets and still get the same maximum social security check as someone who was a skilled construction worker and entered old age with little more than a home and a small savings account to hopefully pass onto the kids. Should they both be entitled to these programs? Absolutely not.
This is off-topic, but you do realize that in the US, if you work you are paying into both of these systems? Why shouldn't I have at least a chance of getting (some of) my money back out? That's why it is not means tested... I should get paid because it's my money to begin with!
Alas the reality may be that by the time I am eligible, the system could be bankrupt and I won't see a penny of it anyway. That is a different discussion.
The simple fact is that the real world, and ALL circuits built in the real world, are, when you come right down to it, fundamentally analog.
This. I've done embedded designs for over 20 years and this is a rule I live by. Even digital circuits are analog!
"Virtual Instrument Software Architecture" ?
Potassium is used as a di-electric material in newer processes
What about a boat?
I can't find any data on MSRP now, but back in the day it seems to me that there were storage choices that were not so cost-prohibitive for consumers.
Not so cost-prohibitive? "Back in the day", I remember a particular consumer 20MB (not a typo) HDD went for about $1500. A tape backup system was similarly priced (from memory).
I shudder to think what an educational institution paid for the massive *5MB* networked drive hooked up to the old Apple IIs. Ya know, back in the day.
Now get off of my lawn! :-)
There's a huge difference between seeing the doctor (psychiatrist) and therapy (with a psychologist or LISW). The doctor does the drug prescribing thing, the therapist helps work through other issues by helping develop 'coping skills' and the like, perhaps suggesting exercises to reinforce the process. It used to be that the doctors also did talk therapy, but that hasn't really been true for some time. Some good doctors will take the time to talk, but they still won't try to address 'therapy issues'. For example, I've got issues and stress (who doesn't?). Doctor says, if you didn't have the stress, would you still have mood swings? If yes, that's where the the medication (tries to) come in. As for dealing with the issues and stressors, doctor doesn't care, talk to the therapist. Now, don't get me started on the meds...... I do agree that a large part of therapy is what you do OUTSIDE the office.
Now if (Open|Libre)Office would just do a decent job of not mangling Lotus 1-2-3 worksheets! I have some stuff I've been maintaining for over 20 years in Lotus 1-2-3 (starting back in the DOS days, but eventually moving to '97). I'd love to convert/upgrade it, but there are some things in there that just don't seem to be supported in Excel or *Office.