I have two in use right now, at home and at work, and a couple of spares, all made between 1988 and 1991. No other keyboard feels quite like this, and I plan to keep using them as long as I am typing.
I work as IT staff at a university, and it's always fun to see students come into my office and notice my keyboard. "Why are you using such an ancient keyboard?" they usually ask. And I just say that they don't make them how they used to. Occasionally another fan of Model Ms comes in and I get a fist-bump or a "Sweet! Model M!" from them.
Then I think and realize that these college students are all significantly younger than the keyboard. I'm getting old!
I have friends who respond so reliably that if they were to not respond for a couple hours I might actually genuinely worry they got into a car accident or were otherwise not okay. I'd probably not call-spam them into oblivion, though.
I remember, back in the 90s when I first started getting online, and well into the 00s, EVERY SINGLE PUBLICATION about getting online stressed how important it was not to reveal your real identity on the Internet. This ESPECIALLY applied to anyone who was under age. It was in every single "Tips for Internet Safety" list, right next to not telling anyone you don't know and trust your name, location, and even phone number.
Then Facebook came along, and started pushing the real name thing. They started as a site for college students, so it made sense to use your real name to find other people on campus, but then it expanded into a general social media site, and they kept the mandatory real name policy going.
This shifted the culture to the point that these days, people think there's something wrong with you if you DON'T use your real name online. Luckily, several sites like Slashdot, Reddit, and Twitter are still big on letting you not use your real name, but for how long? The right to be anonymous online is something that has been around since the very early days. It should remain with us.
They want to take away the ONE THING I love about flying? Seeing the world from above the clouds is beautiful and helps make the hellish experience of commercial airline travel bearable.
It's gotten to the point that I don't really care what mode my receiver is in when I'm watching something as long as it sounds decent.
Hell, in the other room I have a projector setup and the sound comes out of a single speaker off to the side. It sounds good enough.
It's a total contrast to back in the 90s and early 00s when I was obsessed with surround and having a ton of speakers and a subwoofer. I think over the years I realized that it wasn't adding that much enjoyment to my experience. What mattered most in the end is clear, crisp audio and capable bass, not how many speakers are delivering it.
This is absurd. We shouldn't be penalizing people for looking at devices when they are STOPPED at a light. This will only encourage people to play with the devices when their vehicles are in motion and police are less likely to see them doing it.
> it can be extremely difficult or near impossible to get ports unblocked so you can host your own services.
Not anymore, really. ISPs don't give a flying flock of sparrows if you run a web server on your connection. All the big ISPs don't block port 80 or 443.
The bigger problem these days is dealing with changing IP addresses, and the fact that a single web server running on a home connection can't scale up if something on it becomes even slightly popular.
Does it count if you have the TV on while doing other things?
I'll often turn on the TV to fill the silence while I do housework or getting some food. I'm not giving it my full attention, and am doing other things, but it's on. I suspect many others do this too, and thus TV watching numbers might be inflated.
Ubuntu/Linux (or Debian/Linux) RedHat/Linux Slackware/Linux (the few, the proud)...etc...
The name of the distro is far more informative to tell you about the nature of the system than just "GNU". Lots of distros include non-GNU software these days.
If you're already engaging in an illegal transaction, money laundering, etc... why would you let the fact that paying over $10K in cash is illegal stop you?
I purposefully didn't mention it because I didn't want this to turn into a political argument. But it's true; had they been white nothing likely would have happened.
Either way, apps like these will just allow for more such casual racism to happen. I don't see it being a good thing in the near-to-medium term.
Are there any well-known ways to bypass this system? That will actually get your resume onto someone's desk and not get it tossed because "they didn't follow protocol" or what-not?
Some women checking out of an AirBNB in California ended up getting a huge police response and detained for a few hours because a neighbor saw them loading their luggage into a car and assumed they were robbing the place.
This shit already happens without a "Neighbors app" and is bound to get worse with one.
Here in Miami after Hurricane Irma I saw a LOT of trees being cut down that only had minor damage (maybe a branch or two down) from the hurricane. People would rather get rid of the whole tree rather than trim it back so it can recover after the storm.
It was extremely depressing as my part of the city is already lacking in tree cover and this hacking and slashing just made it worse. So many people just don't care. One house in particular used to be almost completely shaded in the afternoons but is now in the sun the entire day. I bet their cooling bills will be far higher this summer!
Even if the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons go public domain, they still have a TRADEMARK on the character Mickey Mouse, and that doesn't expire.
You can't create a new Mickey Mouse cartoon without Disney's permission, regardless of copyright on the old films.
Are the oldest cartoons making Disney much money these days? They're amusing, but I doubt they're selling a boatload of copies. Disney should let this go.
I know somebody looking for a retail job. She would walk into stores and ask if they're hiring, only to be directed to a website where you have to fill out some massive 100 question test and hope that your name is picked by some algorithm for the manager to call and arrange an interview.
She must not fit the computerized profile that the tests are looking for, because she rarely got called back. It's been a frustrating and dehumanizing experience.
My mother said that when she was looking for retail jobs in the 60s and 70s, it was easy as hell. See a "Help Wanted" sign, walk inside, talk to the manager, have a quick interview, and if they liked you, you were hired. You didn't even need a freaking resume. It was a much more sensible experience.
I work in IT and I think computers are neat and have changed the world in many ways for the better. But holy shit have they totally fucked up other things.
Any attempt to merge the two would hurt both platforms.
Making iOS more like MacOS would result in an overly bloated mobile operating system. iOS needs to be simple, mostly stateless, and perform well on mobile hardware.
Making MacOS more like iOS would be crippling the operating system. MacOS is VASTLY more capable in every way than iOS and works great for beginners and power users alike. Taking away features or putting it in a walled garden to make it more like iOS would be a HUGE disservice to its users.
Pretty much the ONLY thing I could agree with that would be a good idea to make MacOS more like iOS would be to add touch screen capability to Macs. It would be a useful and OPTIONAL feature that many would appreciate. But that's about it.
> Panasonic marketing keeps trying to kill the Eneloop brand
Do you know why they'd do this?
For people who have had a good experience with Eneloops, we associate the brand with quality. I've been singing the praises of Eneloops for years; Panasonic isn't even paying me, they've just been THAT good in my experience. Seems "Eneloop" would have quite a bit of brand recognition among rechargeable battery users by now.
I've been using NIMH batteries for decades and have never had a problem with a device not working properly due to under-voltage.
Most modern electronics are designed with NIMHs in mind. Some devices actually work better because despite the lower voltage, NIMHs have lower internal resistance too.
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I have two in use right now, at home and at work, and a couple of spares, all made between 1988 and 1991. No other keyboard feels quite like this, and I plan to keep using them as long as I am typing.
I work as IT staff at a university, and it's always fun to see students come into my office and notice my keyboard. "Why are you using such an ancient keyboard?" they usually ask. And I just say that they don't make them how they used to. Occasionally another fan of Model Ms comes in and I get a fist-bump or a "Sweet! Model M!" from them.
Then I think and realize that these college students are all significantly younger than the keyboard. I'm getting old!
He might have genuinely been worried.
I have friends who respond so reliably that if they were to not respond for a couple hours I might actually genuinely worry they got into a car accident or were otherwise not okay. I'd probably not call-spam them into oblivion, though.
I remember, back in the 90s when I first started getting online, and well into the 00s, EVERY SINGLE PUBLICATION about getting online stressed how important it was not to reveal your real identity on the Internet. This ESPECIALLY applied to anyone who was under age. It was in every single "Tips for Internet Safety" list, right next to not telling anyone you don't know and trust your name, location, and even phone number.
Then Facebook came along, and started pushing the real name thing. They started as a site for college students, so it made sense to use your real name to find other people on campus, but then it expanded into a general social media site, and they kept the mandatory real name policy going.
This shifted the culture to the point that these days, people think there's something wrong with you if you DON'T use your real name online. Luckily, several sites like Slashdot, Reddit, and Twitter are still big on letting you not use your real name, but for how long? The right to be anonymous online is something that has been around since the very early days. It should remain with us.
>It is unfortunate that conceptually, people are simply opposed to a technology that would overall improve their experience and the speed of arrival.
We like to be able to look outside with our own eyes. No technology will ever replace that.
Probably the worst idea I could possibly imagine.
Hell, I wish my place had MORE and larger windows.
Also my cats would hate it too. They spend more time at the windows than I do.
They want to take away the ONE THING I love about flying? Seeing the world from above the clouds is beautiful and helps make the hellish experience of commercial airline travel bearable.
What the hell is wrong with these airlines?
It's gotten to the point that I don't really care what mode my receiver is in when I'm watching something as long as it sounds decent.
Hell, in the other room I have a projector setup and the sound comes out of a single speaker off to the side. It sounds good enough.
It's a total contrast to back in the 90s and early 00s when I was obsessed with surround and having a ton of speakers and a subwoofer. I think over the years I realized that it wasn't adding that much enjoyment to my experience. What mattered most in the end is clear, crisp audio and capable bass, not how many speakers are delivering it.
This is absurd. We shouldn't be penalizing people for looking at devices when they are STOPPED at a light. This will only encourage people to play with the devices when their vehicles are in motion and police are less likely to see them doing it.
When the hell did common sense go out the window?
> it can be extremely difficult or near impossible to get ports unblocked so you can host your own services.
Not anymore, really. ISPs don't give a flying flock of sparrows if you run a web server on your connection. All the big ISPs don't block port 80 or 443.
The bigger problem these days is dealing with changing IP addresses, and the fact that a single web server running on a home connection can't scale up if something on it becomes even slightly popular.
Does it count if you have the TV on while doing other things?
I'll often turn on the TV to fill the silence while I do housework or getting some food. I'm not giving it my full attention, and am doing other things, but it's on. I suspect many others do this too, and thus TV watching numbers might be inflated.
With the rate that crypto-currency mining is wasting energy, breaking blockchain might be a very good thing for our future.
How much money does Disney even make from that cartoon anymore? I doubt it's much, so I wonder why they work so hard to protect it.
Ubuntu/Linux (or Debian/Linux) ...etc...
RedHat/Linux
Slackware/Linux (the few, the proud)
The name of the distro is far more informative to tell you about the nature of the system than just "GNU". Lots of distros include non-GNU software these days.
If you're already engaging in an illegal transaction, money laundering, etc... why would you let the fact that paying over $10K in cash is illegal stop you?
I purposefully didn't mention it because I didn't want this to turn into a political argument. But it's true; had they been white nothing likely would have happened.
Either way, apps like these will just allow for more such casual racism to happen. I don't see it being a good thing in the near-to-medium term.
Are there any well-known ways to bypass this system? That will actually get your resume onto someone's desk and not get it tossed because "they didn't follow protocol" or what-not?
Some women checking out of an AirBNB in California ended up getting a huge police response and detained for a few hours because a neighbor saw them loading their luggage into a car and assumed they were robbing the place.
This shit already happens without a "Neighbors app" and is bound to get worse with one.
I was about to ask, but you sorta got there first... How is this different than developer mode which gives you full access to the system?
I haven't used Chromebooks in a while; did they take that out?
Here in Miami after Hurricane Irma I saw a LOT of trees being cut down that only had minor damage (maybe a branch or two down) from the hurricane. People would rather get rid of the whole tree rather than trim it back so it can recover after the storm.
It was extremely depressing as my part of the city is already lacking in tree cover and this hacking and slashing just made it worse. So many people just don't care. One house in particular used to be almost completely shaded in the afternoons but is now in the sun the entire day. I bet their cooling bills will be far higher this summer!
I wonder why Disney feels the need to.
Even if the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons go public domain, they still have a TRADEMARK on the character Mickey Mouse, and that doesn't expire.
You can't create a new Mickey Mouse cartoon without Disney's permission, regardless of copyright on the old films.
Are the oldest cartoons making Disney much money these days? They're amusing, but I doubt they're selling a boatload of copies. Disney should let this go.
I know somebody looking for a retail job. She would walk into stores and ask if they're hiring, only to be directed to a website where you have to fill out some massive 100 question test and hope that your name is picked by some algorithm for the manager to call and arrange an interview.
She must not fit the computerized profile that the tests are looking for, because she rarely got called back. It's been a frustrating and dehumanizing experience.
My mother said that when she was looking for retail jobs in the 60s and 70s, it was easy as hell. See a "Help Wanted" sign, walk inside, talk to the manager, have a quick interview, and if they liked you, you were hired. You didn't even need a freaking resume. It was a much more sensible experience.
I work in IT and I think computers are neat and have changed the world in many ways for the better. But holy shit have they totally fucked up other things.
Any attempt to merge the two would hurt both platforms.
Making iOS more like MacOS would result in an overly bloated mobile operating system. iOS needs to be simple, mostly stateless, and perform well on mobile hardware.
Making MacOS more like iOS would be crippling the operating system. MacOS is VASTLY more capable in every way than iOS and works great for beginners and power users alike. Taking away features or putting it in a walled garden to make it more like iOS would be a HUGE disservice to its users.
Pretty much the ONLY thing I could agree with that would be a good idea to make MacOS more like iOS would be to add touch screen capability to Macs. It would be a useful and OPTIONAL feature that many would appreciate. But that's about it.
I often wonder if these government institutions actually live in the real world.
The common sense thing to do if their payment system is broken would be to postpone the due date for payments!
> Panasonic marketing keeps trying to kill the Eneloop brand
Do you know why they'd do this?
For people who have had a good experience with Eneloops, we associate the brand with quality. I've been singing the praises of Eneloops for years; Panasonic isn't even paying me, they've just been THAT good in my experience. Seems "Eneloop" would have quite a bit of brand recognition among rechargeable battery users by now.
I've been using NIMH batteries for decades and have never had a problem with a device not working properly due to under-voltage.
Most modern electronics are designed with NIMHs in mind. Some devices actually work better because despite the lower voltage, NIMHs have lower internal resistance too.