Personally, knowing I drove about 5K mi/yr, I spent $4000 on 10 year old (at the time) Ford Escort that had 45K miles on it with the knowledge that it should last me 10-20 more years. Your ideal option may vary.
I can't quite put my finger on why, but - I really like this guy.
We already knew that, in the US, a person can be compelled to unlock his/her phone if it can be done with a fingerprint or by showing their face.
If you're really paranoid you need to turn all that off, require a complex passcode to be entered on any of your electronic devices, and be willing to put up with a little inconvenience on a regular basis.
Personally, I'm not that paranoid - I'm aware that I'm simply not that important of a person.
Yeah, I was gonna say how it’s funny RMS thinks this would lead people to think the device manufacturers are the problem - when in reality all it would do is make most people think Linux is the problem and is an inferior platform.
“It works on Windows, it works on Mac - shouldn’t it just work on Linux?”
Maybe I’m unusual (okay that’s a given, stop snickering), but - I have a fair bit of my own stuff at my work office, even if you exclude all the little work-related mementos I’ve accumulated over time. I don’t think it would be physically possible to clear it out and “return company assets” in anything close to 30 minutes.
Heck, most of the time I take transit to and from work. I couldn’t carry all my stuff on transit, at least without some time to plan ahead.
The video clearly shows that the Tesla was in the Ravenna section of Seattle, which is reasonably nice. It was simply trying to avoid heading further south into the lower-class area known as the University District.
That may be true, but I heard the site had more than 4,000 members, 97 of whom paid a $44.95 monthly fee to access extra features, such as the ability to replay certain live streams.
BareBones doesn’t distribute BBEdit through the App Store for somewhat similar reasons - certain functionality isn’t allowed for App Store apps. I think with BBEdit it has to do with command line tools and possibly having the ability to edit files which need admin permissions to access.
Of course BBEdit was already well entrenched before the App Store even existed, so not being in the App Store is unlikely to impact their bottom line (note: they did have an App Store presence for a while). It might not be as easy for newer companies. To be honest, though, I don’t know what percentage of software on the average Mac comes from the App Store versus other more traditional sources. I don’t use the Store much, but then I’ve been doing this for quite a while.
Well, a less cynical statement (and one I've heard from folks in similar positions) is that what specific materials are economical to recycle varies over time, and it's not practical to ask the general population to continually change what they do (or do not) put in the recycle bin. It makes more sense to have all recyclable materials collected into a separate stream, even if some percentage of them end up in the landfill.
It's the old story where the first world takes advantage of the third world while claiming to be doing the right thing.
We were, for all practical intents and purposes, taking advantage of China and sending them what amounted to be mostly garbage. At the time, their companies could pay people a pittance to sort through it - and, If it wasn't recyclable, they ended up tossing it into their own garbage dumps. Eventually as China has developed, they got to the point where they didn't want everyone else's trash.
Now, the real dilemma is that while many people may want to recycle in theory, they don't want to pay the true cost of recycling. There is significant processing to be done if we want it to actually work, but we seem to think it should be no more expensive than just tossing stuff into the landfill - but turns out there's no such thing as a free lunch.
I am lobbying for our workplace to pay for Trello; but until/unless that happens - I have found it useful enough that I'm paying for my own "gold" subscription at $45/year.
Since I'm paying for it, though, I am using it strictly to meet my own needs and am not letting most of my higher-ups have access. If they need to look at my Trello boards and cards, they can pay for it.
Well, it depends how you're using it. For me, 10 boards is more than I'll ever need because each of my separate projects is actually just a card (I use Trello as mainly an overview of what I need to do). But the Trello folks themselves seem to go for a one-board-per-project model, where even minute project details are tracked - in that case, I could see the need for more than 10 boards (depending on team size).
Although, in the latter case, if you're that dependent on Trello you should probably be a paying customer.
Somebody is offering animated gifs as “proof” that Adobe’s Creative Suite is “too powerful”?
Adobe is able to ignore the competition because it’s been able to purchase and absorb every meaningful competitor out there. The corporation itself may very well be too powerful, but it’s got little to do with its CC suite - that’s the end result, not the cause. A number of those applications weren’t created by Adobe anyway.
”Kaziukenas (note: founder and owner of Marketplace Pulse) is scheduled to present his findings Monday at the Prosper Show, an annual meeting of 1,500 Amazon vendors, merchants and consultants in Las Vegas.”
Hmm... I’d like to know more regarding who suggested and/or paid for this study. There’s quite a “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” vibe to it.
Years ago, Fabian was a teen heartthrob back during my mother’s youth... and now, here in his twilight years, he’s helping ransomware victims recover their data? That’s seriously impressive.
Normally I am strongly against the overzealous and unfair misuse of copyright that is regularly practiced by the major labels. But I’m also of the opinion that these gawd-awfully-stupid “react” videos - and their creators - need to die in a fire.
That’s not how I read his comments at the December tunnel demo - and others have also mentioned how he didn’t talk about pods at all. He talked about 4-5 passenger vehicles using the tunnel... modified Teslas, basically.
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Personally, knowing I drove about 5K mi/yr, I spent $4000 on 10 year old (at the time) Ford Escort that had 45K miles on it with the knowledge that it should last me 10-20 more years. Your ideal option may vary.
I can't quite put my finger on why, but - I really like this guy.
We already knew that, in the US, a person can be compelled to unlock his/her phone if it can be done with a fingerprint or by showing their face.
If you're really paranoid you need to turn all that off, require a complex passcode to be entered on any of your electronic devices, and be willing to put up with a little inconvenience on a regular basis.
Personally, I'm not that paranoid - I'm aware that I'm simply not that important of a person.
Yeah, I was gonna say how it’s funny RMS thinks this would lead people to think the device manufacturers are the problem - when in reality all it would do is make most people think Linux is the problem and is an inferior platform.
“It works on Windows, it works on Mac - shouldn’t it just work on Linux?”
If watching old silent movie clips has taught me anything, it’s that airplanes have a predisposition to crash into barns.
Maybe I’m unusual (okay that’s a given, stop snickering), but - I have a fair bit of my own stuff at my work office, even if you exclude all the little work-related mementos I’ve accumulated over time. I don’t think it would be physically possible to clear it out and “return company assets” in anything close to 30 minutes.
Heck, most of the time I take transit to and from work. I couldn’t carry all my stuff on transit, at least without some time to plan ahead.
If you know that, you'll also understand why I had to use Ravenna for the joke.
It would only work with Northgate if the Tesla had steered AWAY from the exit...
The video clearly shows that the Tesla was in the Ravenna section of Seattle, which is reasonably nice. It was simply trying to avoid heading further south into the lower-class area known as the University District.
”Microsoft Revived and Killed Clippy in a Single Day”
Don’t be selfish - there are a lot of us who’d LOVE to share in the pleasure of killing the bastard!
That may be true, but I heard the site had more than 4,000 members, 97 of whom paid a $44.95 monthly fee to access extra features, such as the ability to replay certain live streams.
BareBones doesn’t distribute BBEdit through the App Store for somewhat similar reasons - certain functionality isn’t allowed for App Store apps. I think with BBEdit it has to do with command line tools and possibly having the ability to edit files which need admin permissions to access.
Of course BBEdit was already well entrenched before the App Store even existed, so not being in the App Store is unlikely to impact their bottom line (note: they did have an App Store presence for a while). It might not be as easy for newer companies. To be honest, though, I don’t know what percentage of software on the average Mac comes from the App Store versus other more traditional sources. I don’t use the Store much, but then I’ve been doing this for quite a while.
Well, a less cynical statement (and one I've heard from folks in similar positions) is that what specific materials are economical to recycle varies over time, and it's not practical to ask the general population to continually change what they do (or do not) put in the recycle bin. It makes more sense to have all recyclable materials collected into a separate stream, even if some percentage of them end up in the landfill.
That'll show 'em!
Well, they actually have asked me to give them access - cuz some of them use the free version of Trello.
Now that's just crazy talk.
It's the old story where the first world takes advantage of the third world while claiming to be doing the right thing.
We were, for all practical intents and purposes, taking advantage of China and sending them what amounted to be mostly garbage. At the time, their companies could pay people a pittance to sort through it - and, If it wasn't recyclable, they ended up tossing it into their own garbage dumps. Eventually as China has developed, they got to the point where they didn't want everyone else's trash.
Now, the real dilemma is that while many people may want to recycle in theory, they don't want to pay the true cost of recycling. There is significant processing to be done if we want it to actually work, but we seem to think it should be no more expensive than just tossing stuff into the landfill - but turns out there's no such thing as a free lunch.
I am lobbying for our workplace to pay for Trello; but until/unless that happens - I have found it useful enough that I'm paying for my own "gold" subscription at $45/year.
Since I'm paying for it, though, I am using it strictly to meet my own needs and am not letting most of my higher-ups have access. If they need to look at my Trello boards and cards, they can pay for it.
Well, it depends how you're using it. For me, 10 boards is more than I'll ever need because each of my separate projects is actually just a card (I use Trello as mainly an overview of what I need to do). But the Trello folks themselves seem to go for a one-board-per-project model, where even minute project details are tracked - in that case, I could see the need for more than 10 boards (depending on team size).
Although, in the latter case, if you're that dependent on Trello you should probably be a paying customer.
Somebody is offering animated gifs as “proof” that Adobe’s Creative Suite is “too powerful”?
Adobe is able to ignore the competition because it’s been able to purchase and absorb every meaningful competitor out there. The corporation itself may very well be too powerful, but it’s got little to do with its CC suite - that’s the end result, not the cause. A number of those applications weren’t created by Adobe anyway.
From TFA:
”Kaziukenas (note: founder and owner of Marketplace Pulse) is scheduled to present his findings Monday at the Prosper Show, an annual meeting of 1,500 Amazon vendors, merchants and consultants in Las Vegas.”
Hmm... I’d like to know more regarding who suggested and/or paid for this study. There’s quite a “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” vibe to it.
Yeah, the timing of this study’s release is remarkably convenient... for a certain retailer.
Heck, IRC had this years ago.
Years ago, Fabian was a teen heartthrob back during my mother’s youth... and now, here in his twilight years, he’s helping ransomware victims recover their data? That’s seriously impressive.
Even Linus couldn’t really warm up to Google+...
Normally I am strongly against the overzealous and unfair misuse of copyright that is regularly practiced by the major labels. But I’m also of the opinion that these gawd-awfully-stupid “react” videos - and their creators - need to die in a fire.
Is there any way both groups can die in a fire?
Much better than “Simple error leads to neighborhood being inadvertently mislabeled on some maps”.
Rand and McNally must be rolling in their graves..
That’s not how I read his comments at the December tunnel demo - and others have also mentioned how he didn’t talk about pods at all. He talked about 4-5 passenger vehicles using the tunnel... modified Teslas, basically.
https://la.curbed.com/2018/12/...