The article looks about right to me. The many deprecations and resulting breakage was annoying. I was losing interest in most of my projects by then, but GTK 3 and the effort needed to move to it spelled the end for me.
Don't operate said machinery if you are not equipped to deal with the possible consequences. 'You are responsible for all actions and non-actions (gravity taking over) of your drone'. Tee-Hee.
I think it is related to wireless. Wireless WILL get interference from time to time disrupting communications. If it 'failed safe' there would be so many false alarms it would be either a) useless and/or b) non-profitable constantly responding to false alarms. They chose the marketable and profitable route.
This! A laptop that won't successfully suspend AND resume every time is a useless laptop.
Now i don't expect miracles for my desktop, but it stays on 24/7 simply because suspend never worked. Newer kernels actually suspend and resume but do not re-initialize the graphics card. So it's still a broken suspend.
They mention numbers like 8000, but nowhere do they directly say how many were infected. Only that such number had the default (no) password. Damn fine journalism if you ask me!
Don't forget replacing the drywall, in an older home this may be plaster. If using pex, your plastic pipes also require special tools to attach fittings, experience REALLY helps here as you don't want to close the walls back up on plumbing done by someone that essentially learned on the job.
While this is chlorinated (?) city water in the article, if you have well water you want copper pipes for their natural anti-bacterial properties. At least I do.
Many fruits don't grow in all regions of the world. It's not so much what the consumer wants, but what the sellers are willing to import. They don't want their inventory rotting before it gets put out to be sold.
That's why I consider the design faulty. Either require all usb cables to support max current or don't use the same physical connector. Different physical connectors can still fit in the same jack, just make the new jack detect an extra pin or protrusion. Trying to make an old 500ma cable forwards compatible with a 5000ma cable using the same exact jack is folly, but they managed to sort of do it.
BTW resistor detection is now deprecated in the USB spec. gee i wonder why?
Seems to me that it would be a faulty design that requires a 'cable' to need any electronics at all.
Just like anything with a jack, you can't really trust anything that may get plugged into it.
Wires, wrapping, and shielding, sure. Electronics (caps, resistors, etc.) should be in the devices themselves, and devices when encountering bad cables should always fail 'safe'.
In my experience being without power is more noisy than with power. At least until the generators run out of gas, chainsaws run out of fallen trees to cut, etc.
+ public speaking and creative writing were part of English class + music class was a yearly requirement until 9th grade (high school) +political science was a required class -HTML coding for websites was not included, but it was the 80s:)
Learning basic science, among other 'required' subjects, gives every child the chance to decide if they want to persue that field of study. Why is he trying to restrict future children from having this opportunity?
When I went to school early grade science classes were more geared to developing a child's ability to focus and solve problems, not just the science.
If you are in a good school, such things as public speaking will be an elective when they reach high school.
kook time now, but I still think most ADHD diagnosis are a red herring. I think it's a learned behavior. I think It's caused by the modern day environment. Notice the rise of cell phones and other constant distractions about the time mass-ADHD arose. Cell phones too late to the party for you ? Then look at the tv remote...
The quickest way to find the problem is to use an ohm meter.
Connect one lead of the meter to BOTH of the string plug's prongs. Please be sure it's not plugged in for safety:)
Starting with a light near the middle, remove it and use the other lead of the meter to test both contacts within the socket. The contact that does not conduct electricity will indicate which side of the string has the break. You have just eliminated half of the lights as the potential problem.
Place the bulb back into the socket, and do the same thing with another light about midway on the 'broken' side of the string, Continue this to narrow down the problem area.
If a dozen are burned out in a single string there's a good chance nearly all will be.
As each burnt out bulb's shunt takes over to carry the current,, the voltage to each remaining working light is slightly increased. This reduces the life of the other bulbs. At some point the bulbs will start failing quicker and quicker until quite quickly the whole strng is burnt out or nearly-so and the built-in fuse blows.
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The article looks about right to me. The many deprecations and resulting breakage was annoying. I was losing interest in most of my projects by then, but GTK 3 and the effort needed to move to it spelled the end for me.
Don't operate said machinery if you are not equipped to deal with the possible consequences. 'You are responsible for all actions and non-actions (gravity taking over) of your drone'. Tee-Hee.
I think it is related to wireless. Wireless WILL get interference from time to time disrupting communications. If it 'failed safe' there would be so many false alarms it would be either a) useless and/or b) non-profitable constantly responding to false alarms. They chose the marketable and profitable route.
This! A laptop that won't successfully suspend AND resume every time is a useless laptop.
Now i don't expect miracles for my desktop, but it stays on 24/7 simply because suspend never worked. Newer kernels actually suspend and resume but do not re-initialize the graphics card. So it's still a broken suspend.
They mention numbers like 8000, but nowhere do they directly say how many were infected. Only that such number had the default (no) password. Damn fine journalism if you ask me!
In theory. That's just creepy.
Don't forget replacing the drywall, in an older home this may be plaster. If using pex, your plastic pipes also require special tools to attach fittings, experience REALLY helps here as you don't want to close the walls back up on plumbing done by someone that essentially learned on the job.
While this is chlorinated (?) city water in the article, if you have well water you want copper pipes for their natural anti-bacterial properties. At least I do.
Many fruits don't grow in all regions of the world. It's not so much what the consumer wants, but what the sellers are willing to import. They don't want their inventory rotting before it gets put out to be sold.
That's why I consider the design faulty. Either require all usb cables to support max current or don't use the same physical connector. Different physical connectors can still fit in the same jack, just make the new jack detect an extra pin or protrusion. Trying to make an old 500ma cable forwards compatible with a 5000ma cable using the same exact jack is folly, but they managed to sort of do it.
BTW resistor detection is now deprecated in the USB spec. gee i wonder why?
Seems to me that it would be a faulty design that requires a 'cable' to need any electronics at all.
Just like anything with a jack, you can't really trust anything that may get plugged into it.
Wires, wrapping, and shielding, sure. Electronics (caps, resistors, etc.) should be in the devices themselves, and devices when encountering bad cables should always fail 'safe'.
They didn't buy just the coded product, Activision gets a user base and all their delicious data and in-app purchases. Is that sweet or sour ?
Of course not. However some lucky states still have no sales tax, or at least a reasonable rate.
So in essence you didn't throw anything out except those parts that YOU ordered in error.
Make your own star, or one you can access, blink.
Standard blueprints can already be e-mailed.
I would say the majority of existing homeowners did not use a single power tool to build their house either.
Will this meet building codes.
I see dimensional lumber in some of those photos.
Surely every potential homeowner / builder will have a cnc machine.
My mail client does not have the receive plywood feature. Can i upgrade?
"young people" are already entrenched in debt, whats a little bit more ?
Does it have the 'Any' key ?
Brings new meaning to the term 'hunt and peck'.
Sorry I can't stop. Where's the stop key ?
It was clearly steered at us, this is proof!
Someone should tell that to the lawyers!
It's called "looking for investors"
So keep the non-public facing government infrastructure off the damn internet and you won't have this problem...
"enjoy the quiet"
That's a laugh.
In my experience being without power is more noisy than with power. At least until the generators run out of gas, chainsaws run out of fallen trees to cut, etc.
+ public speaking and creative writing were part of English class :)
+ music class was a yearly requirement until 9th grade (high school)
+political science was a required class
-HTML coding for websites was not included, but it was the 80s
Learning basic science, among other 'required' subjects, gives every child the chance to decide if they want to persue that field of study. Why is he trying to restrict future children from having this opportunity?
When I went to school early grade science classes were more geared to developing a child's ability to focus and solve problems, not just the science.
If you are in a good school, such things as public speaking will be an elective when they reach high school.
kook time now, but I still think most ADHD diagnosis are a red herring. I think it's a learned behavior. I think It's caused by the modern day environment. Notice the rise of cell phones and other constant distractions about the time mass-ADHD arose. Cell phones too late to the party for you ? Then look at the tv remote...
The quickest way to find the problem is to use an ohm meter.
Connect one lead of the meter to BOTH of the string plug's prongs. Please be sure it's not plugged in for safety :)
Starting with a light near the middle, remove it and use the other lead of the meter to test both contacts within the socket. The contact that does not conduct electricity will indicate which side of the string has the break. You have just eliminated half of the lights as the potential problem.
Place the bulb back into the socket, and do the same thing with another light about midway on the 'broken' side of the string, Continue this to narrow down the problem area.
If a dozen are burned out in a single string there's a good chance nearly all will be.
As each burnt out bulb's shunt takes over to carry the current,, the voltage to each remaining working light is slightly increased. This reduces the life of the other bulbs. At some point the bulbs will start failing quicker and quicker until quite quickly the whole strng is burnt out or nearly-so and the built-in fuse blows.
Uh, my cars over 30 years old and has the antenna built into the windshield you insensitive clod.
Instead it is pale yellow (original paint), making it almost impossible to lose, barring the occasional SUV invasion.