I don't know about a desk piece (maybe a pull knob?), but I can think of plenty of vintage car trim pieces, like headlight trim, window knobs, etc, that I'd absolutely love to have an online database to be able to download, print, and install, especially on 60s/70s Japanese cars that were never in great supply in the US to begin with. (almost bought a Kei Van, it had mismatched headlight trim that looked a little odd.. Imagine being able to pull the right one, 3D scan, mirror, and then print something that actually fits! Sand and paint, install, done!)
Mandated updates overnight, killing stuff I was doing. Phone home - I think I've killed everything, but one can never be sure with MS. What the hell happened to calc? It doesn't even run anymore and the error messages are fucking insane. Why do I need a microsoft store account for something that used to come with the OS? Shit, I've resorted to using sbcl for my quick calcs.
Things I like: It's basically windows, the metro screen that vexed me so in 8 is basically gone. It's a nice Win7 like OS.
Seriously, MS, you give me a headache. Visual Studio and the.NET dev environment is amazing. But your business practices with Windows, the pervasive data collection, etc etc make me not want to develop for your platform because I don't want to *use* your platform, but I am kinda stuck because I don't want to switch to Apple hardware. Sigh.
The "problem" is that some of the truly excellent coders/developers/etc are: 1) prima donna assholes - I have no desire to work with someone with whom I want to kick in the teeth every time they fucking open their goddamned mouth. Do your job. If you spent more time coding and less time telling everyone how amazing you were, we'd think you were actually amazing because you get shit done. 2) not as excellent as they think they are. I'm no rockstar coder. And yet I've been handed codebases where management were absolutely gushing about how smart and awesome and whatever the previous dev was and once I get the code open, it's full of stack overflow paste jobs, half-assed code and I think "Wow, they paid this dude how much???" It's like thinking you're going to get a Sam Maloof and come home with an Ikea and everyone thinks it's amazing. On the other hand, if that's the standard, why, I guess when in Rome.. 3) "always looking for a challenge": this can be taken a couple ways: first, because of #2 above, they don't want to be around when someone finally busts them out on it, which would break their fragile little egos (not really. those checks are long cashed and spent. Can't really blame them). and Second, they're going to jump ship every 8-12 months looking for "something new".
And frankly, #3 is probably where it hurts the most. But, with our new system of "zero loyalty between either party", from a corporate perspective, if I have to train and bring up to speed a new dev every time I need to change something, I might as well do it for 1000rs a day vs $500+/day.
Don't worry. You go out and someone tries to mug you, they'll see your greasy, cheetos stained shirt and realize it's more work to clean whatever the fuck you might be carrying to bother with.
"We noticed you send a lot of random girls dick pics. We noticed that this girl seems to like receiving random dick pics. Why don't you two be friends?"
I do, it's my writing machine for when I wake up from a particularly vivid dream and want to record it for later.
Writing writing, however, is done on my desktop with a mechanical keyboard because the keyboards on just about every chromebook I've tried are horrible.
Ideally, in a "pro" configuration, they'd give us, I dunno, a thinkpad (x201 and older era) keyboard).
I came to see the band, not your fucking cell phone that you insist and holding over your head, blocking my goddamned view.
Saw one of my favorite bands recently. The girl behind us actually had the temerity to ask us to "keep it down" because she was recording the band on her cell phone. At a rock concert.
Why yes, we must. Because CEOs are our betters in every way, they must hold some divine wisdom that we should be so lucky to be the recipients of should they so deign./* You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the effort of men who are better than you. If this be arrogance, as some of your critics observed, it is still the truth that had to said in the age of the Welfare State. - Ludwig von Mises */
Because Invoca's call tracking metrics software is exactly what I owe for living life to its fullest, sir.
There are actually some really good books in the lists that are now "tainted" by these shenanigans. Hell, I like Jim Butcher and I know he's got some right-of-center politics, but best novel? No way. And Seveneves? Good book for about 3/4, then falls a bit, also not a good pick for any cause.
Sure, if that makes you feel better. Most of us think CCTVs are an overstep, but that's not the point. I was merely pointing out that the Laws, in and of themselves, don't necessarily prevent crime; they only provide an avenue to pursue justice. Again, we can debate the merits of CCTV surveillance (and I fall firmly in the camp of "jesus fucking christ, this shit is obnoxious"), but your hyperbole is rather tiring.
Actually, it's more like laws in general. The law itself cannot prevent a crime. The law just provides an avenue to pursue justice after the crime has been committed. There is a deterrent effect, as well, but that's truly not the primary purpose. Same with CCTVs. They don't prevent crime, but they do provide an avenue to pursue justice by providing evidence of the crime and the perpetrators. We may debate whether or not CCTVs are an overstep of government authority in the name of security, like guns, they are merely a tool.
Hell, my favorite laptop body is a thinkpad x200ish (no trackpad.. god I hate trackpads). I'd love to see someone bring this back. Great keyboard, great form factor, utilitarian, easy to access bits.. Give me an x200 with modern components (i7, dual lipstick sata drives in the drive bay, 16-32gb ram, minimum 1080p screen) and fill the rest with battery and I'd be a happy happy boy.
Are a bunch of disaffected youths, wearing disheveled 2nd hand clothes, razor hair cuts, smoking their hacked e-cigs, putting safety pins in their leather jacket lapels.. standing around.. looking like a bunch of punks.. a bunch of STEAM punks.
I've long switched to debian-based distributions, but I remember buying boxed distros in the 90s to help support the commercialization of Linux. I'm still waiting for LOTD*, but a win's a win.
Slashdot Mirror
company... removes headphone jack.
Seems legit.
is one of the last bastions of old-school journalism.
John Oliver's latest segment on journalism is pretty spot on. You'll never guess what reason #5 is!
I don't know about a desk piece (maybe a pull knob?), but I can think of plenty of vintage car trim pieces, like headlight trim, window knobs, etc, that I'd absolutely love to have an online database to be able to download, print, and install, especially on 60s/70s Japanese cars that were never in great supply in the US to begin with. (almost bought a Kei Van, it had mismatched headlight trim that looked a little odd.. Imagine being able to pull the right one, 3D scan, mirror, and then print something that actually fits! Sand and paint, install, done!)
Things I don't like:
Mandated updates overnight, killing stuff I was doing.
Phone home - I think I've killed everything, but one can never be sure with MS.
What the hell happened to calc? It doesn't even run anymore and the error messages are fucking insane. Why do I need a microsoft store account for something that used to come with the OS? Shit, I've resorted to using sbcl for my quick calcs.
Things I like:
It's basically windows, the metro screen that vexed me so in 8 is basically gone. It's a nice Win7 like OS.
Seriously, MS, you give me a headache. Visual Studio and the .NET dev environment is amazing. But your business practices with Windows, the pervasive data collection, etc etc make me not want to develop for your platform because I don't want to *use* your platform, but I am kinda stuck because I don't want to switch to Apple hardware. Sigh.
The "problem" is that some of the truly excellent coders/developers/etc are:
1) prima donna assholes - I have no desire to work with someone with whom I want to kick in the teeth every time they fucking open their goddamned mouth. Do your job. If you spent more time coding and less time telling everyone how amazing you were, we'd think you were actually amazing because you get shit done.
2) not as excellent as they think they are. I'm no rockstar coder. And yet I've been handed codebases where management were absolutely gushing about how smart and awesome and whatever the previous dev was and once I get the code open, it's full of stack overflow paste jobs, half-assed code and I think "Wow, they paid this dude how much???" It's like thinking you're going to get a Sam Maloof and come home with an Ikea and everyone thinks it's amazing. On the other hand, if that's the standard, why, I guess when in Rome..
3) "always looking for a challenge": this can be taken a couple ways: first, because of #2 above, they don't want to be around when someone finally busts them out on it, which would break their fragile little egos (not really. those checks are long cashed and spent. Can't really blame them). and Second, they're going to jump ship every 8-12 months looking for "something new".
And frankly, #3 is probably where it hurts the most. But, with our new system of "zero loyalty between either party", from a corporate perspective, if I have to train and bring up to speed a new dev every time I need to change something, I might as well do it for 1000rs a day vs $500+/day.
Don't worry. You go out and someone tries to mug you, they'll see your greasy, cheetos stained shirt and realize it's more work to clean whatever the fuck you might be carrying to bother with.
Then only outlaws will have labs?
Miss Heisenberg, perhaps...
"We noticed you send a lot of random girls dick pics. We noticed that this girl seems to like receiving random dick pics. Why don't you two be friends?"
I do, it's my writing machine for when I wake up from a particularly vivid dream and want to record it for later.
Writing writing, however, is done on my desktop with a mechanical keyboard because the keyboards on just about every chromebook I've tried are horrible.
Ideally, in a "pro" configuration, they'd give us, I dunno, a thinkpad (x201 and older era) keyboard).
Shut the fuck up.
I came to see the band, not your fucking cell phone that you insist and holding over your head, blocking my goddamned view.
Saw one of my favorite bands recently. The girl behind us actually had the temerity to ask us to "keep it down" because she was recording the band on her cell phone. At a rock concert.
How cute.
So much for women's intuition.
Why yes, we must. Because CEOs are our betters in every way, they must hold some divine wisdom that we should be so lucky to be the recipients of should they so deign. /* You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the effort of men who are better than you. If this be arrogance, as some of your critics observed, it is still the truth that had to said in the age of the Welfare State. - Ludwig von Mises */
Because Invoca's call tracking metrics software is exactly what I owe for living life to its fullest, sir.
There are actually some really good books in the lists that are now "tainted" by these shenanigans. Hell, I like Jim Butcher and I know he's got some right-of-center politics, but best novel? No way. And Seveneves? Good book for about 3/4, then falls a bit, also not a good pick for any cause.
Sure, if that makes you feel better. Most of us think CCTVs are an overstep, but that's not the point. I was merely pointing out that the Laws, in and of themselves, don't necessarily prevent crime; they only provide an avenue to pursue justice. Again, we can debate the merits of CCTV surveillance (and I fall firmly in the camp of "jesus fucking christ, this shit is obnoxious"), but your hyperbole is rather tiring.
Actually, it's more like laws in general. The law itself cannot prevent a crime. The law just provides an avenue to pursue justice after the crime has been committed. There is a deterrent effect, as well, but that's truly not the primary purpose. Same with CCTVs. They don't prevent crime, but they do provide an avenue to pursue justice by providing evidence of the crime and the perpetrators. We may debate whether or not CCTVs are an overstep of government authority in the name of security, like guns, they are merely a tool.
Right now, the industry is being subsidized heavily by VC money.
and your code smells of elderberries.
You know that's *all* the data, right?
Because this is how we end up with Ultramarines.
Hell, my favorite laptop body is a thinkpad x200ish (no trackpad.. god I hate trackpads). I'd love to see someone bring this back. Great keyboard, great form factor, utilitarian, easy to access bits.. Give me an x200 with modern components (i7, dual lipstick sata drives in the drive bay, 16-32gb ram, minimum 1080p screen) and fill the rest with battery and I'd be a happy happy boy.
Are a bunch of disaffected youths, wearing disheveled 2nd hand clothes, razor hair cuts, smoking their hacked e-cigs, putting safety pins in their leather jacket lapels.. standing around.. looking like a bunch of punks.. a bunch of STEAM punks.
I've long switched to debian-based distributions, but I remember buying boxed distros in the 90s to help support the commercialization of Linux. I'm still waiting for LOTD*, but a win's a win.
Some of us walk.