There was a point in time when you could use Foxmarks but keep all the information required for synching on a machine under your own control. When that feature was taken away (quite a long time ago, obviously), I stopped using it.
It's too bad they haven't chosen to release the source code on this - it seems like something a community would be willing to keep going. But I imagine at this point there'd be so much crap in the code - mostly centered around failed monetization attempts - it would be quite a chore to get it back into a decent state. Plus they probably don't want their remaining customers to see what all they've been doing with people's data.
I run across a story that makes me glad I’m an old guy... and this is one of them. I don’t know how you young’uns navigate these waters. I had a hard enough time just asking my now-wife out, way back in the day - and that was before all these peripheral complications existed.
The story is about melatonin, the sleep-related hormone, not about melanin, the skin pigment.
That makes more sense. I mean, the summary mentioned prostate and breast cancer and I was wondering... what the HECK are people doing with their phones where melanin level would affect prostate cancer?
You seem to be drawing a distinction without a difference. The point of both devices is to financially benefit their creators by getting you to purchase things. I really don't see how Google doing it is "good" while Amazon doing it is "bad".
People are really over-reacting to this - on both sides. It's certainly better news than if the two presidents had walked away from the table shouting "LOCK AND LOAD!" - but, right now, it's just words, and there have been plenty of words before.
Moon isn't an idiot - he's well aware he's got 25 million of his people living in and around a city that's only 35 miles from North Korea. He hasn't committed to much of anything... nor has Kim. "Ending" a war which has effectively been over for 70 years is a symbolic gesture, but little more than that.
Your browsing history plus email didn't tell us exactly what you were doing at all times, so we made an app for you to report it to us. -love google
There is that (humor is best when it contains a grain of plausibility).
However I think there's another important consideration here. At this point in time, Google has a well-established track record of killing projects once they've lost interest - I'm sure there are actual internal reasons stated, but from the outside it can seem like these decisions are made by some ADHD-afflicted teenager. So, at this point, why would anyone migrate to a new Google project like this one - let's face it, the people who are open to using a "Tasks app" are probably already doing so - when there's a decent chance you're going to have to migrate back away from it in the not-so-distant future?
My 2015 MacBook Pro, that is. It's not perfect - heck, it's been in the shop twice when the trackpad + keyboard ribbon cable failed. Which is, not coincidentally, when I've had an extended chance to use the newer iteration of the model.
The first time the ribbon cable on my 2015 MBP failed, for some reason the Apple Store had trouble getting a replacement to them (perhaps this is a common problem) - so I was without that computer for about 2.5 weeks. During this time, I was using a loaner 2016 MacBook Pro - so I had plenty of time to adjust. But, at the end of the 2.5 weeks, if possible I hated the keyboard even more than I had at the beginning. And, on top of that, having to tote around a USB-C adapter everywhere was fecal icing on a crap cake.
I've said this here before, but - if Apple doesn't make significant changes in the overall design of their "pro" laptop, I won't be buying another Apple laptop.
not looking forward to removing old TV, I think I am now too old to lift it, lol
Oh, man, bad memories.
Going backwards, our TV purchases have been
2012, 47” LG 1080p flatscreen 2005, 32” Sony 720p flatscreen ~1990, 27” Zenith “picture tube” (not 100% sure of the brand)
When we got the Sony, the Zenith went out to the spare room. When we got the LG, the Sony went to the spare room and the Zenith got shifted to a neglected corner. That beast weighed something like 80-90 pounds, and its shape was awkward as all get out! I kept it for a long while simply because I didn’t want to carry it more than a few feet.
Finally, I loaded up on Advil and hauled the beast away to the electronics recycler.
I don't use Gmail for my personal mail anymore - haven't for quite a few years.
My work email is on Gmail (Google Apps for Education, or whatever they call it now). But, as a state employee, my email is all public record anyway - so anyone, including Google, could get at it if they really cared.
It used to be true that people would purchase a television and keep it until it broke down 10, 15, 20 years later - then they'd buy another one.
Now these companies are trying to get us to buy new TVs as often as we buy new phones.
I've got a 1080P LG television we bought 2012-ish. I don't care if the new TVs are somehow "better" than the one I've got - mine works fine and the display looks good. I'm likely keeping it for as long as it continues to function.
I was not able to see the option when using Firefox but I was able to when using Chrome.
That seems to be another Google “feature” they’ve been rolling out over the past bit - different UIs depending on which web browser you use.
I ran across this with YouTube several weeks ago - the path I need to take to get to the “Live Control Room” for one of our events was different depending on whether I was in Safari, Firefox, or Chrome. It’s bloody annoying.
I find this buyout mildly amusing since, way back when I was first considering a paid online photo service, I kept vacillating between SmugMug and Flickr - and eventually went with Flickr. What goes around, comes around - Flickr customers are now SmugMug customers.
I really hope it works out for both. I am glad Flickr’s back in the hands of people who care about photography.
Looks more like a web forum discussion. I have to admit, I was initially expecting another “internal”memo - Tesla’s PR wing has been working overtime to change the tone of the overall public discussion lately.
In any case, it’s not really news that the batteries of pretty much *all* EVs and Hybrids have lasted longer than was initially estimated, even before Tesla was a thing. So I’m not sure why this is particularly noteworthy. However it’s good news for Tesla owners, for sure.
Really? The 2015 MacBook Pro I got for work in Spring 2016 can still go 8+ hours - I’ve recently taken it through a full work day on battery as a test of the estimates it provided (until I upgraded from El Capitan - High Sierra doesn’t provide those estimates).
I admit I rarely fully discharge it though; usually the furthest I take it is to 50-60%. But over the years I’ve had consistently good battery experiences with Mac laptops... excepting perhaps the second-generation Air whose battery eventually started swelling. I can’t speak to the 2016 and 2017 generation of laptops, however.
Flickr is really nice for following people who like to take more considered and composed photos than just random bits of this or that.
The problem is, the number of photographers who like to take “more considered and composed photos” is not growing particularly fast (or maybe at all), while the selfie-shooters keep inundating us with ever-accelerating piles of crap photos - what Instagram is good for.
Yes, I am old - and I really don’t get the insistence that every image of a place needs to have the person taking the photo as the focus. When you’re at the Eiffel Tower, that should be the focus!
I had a paid Flickr account for quite a number of years, but I eventually stopped. It didn’t seem like they were adding much which appealed to actual photographers - instead, they focused on trying to draw the phone-photo crowd.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually, the fact that he posted that particular diatribe under the wrong story is pretty hilarious.
They promise the cameras won’t be used for anything else.
There was a point in time when you could use Foxmarks but keep all the information required for synching on a machine under your own control. When that feature was taken away (quite a long time ago, obviously), I stopped using it.
It's too bad they haven't chosen to release the source code on this - it seems like something a community would be willing to keep going. But I imagine at this point there'd be so much crap in the code - mostly centered around failed monetization attempts - it would be quite a chore to get it back into a decent state. Plus they probably don't want their remaining customers to see what all they've been doing with people's data.
Rimmer, is that you?
Well, I'm an older guy too, and totally agree with you (for once).
If we (all) were in agreement on everything all the time, it would be pretty boring - even though the disagreements can sometimes be maddening.
But I’m glad to hear we found something we agree on!
I run across a story that makes me glad I’m an old guy... and this is one of them. I don’t know how you young’uns navigate these waters. I had a hard enough time just asking my now-wife out, way back in the day - and that was before all these peripheral complications existed.
Oh Brave New World, that has such people in it!
The story is about melatonin, the sleep-related hormone, not about melanin, the skin pigment.
That makes more sense. I mean, the summary mentioned prostate and breast cancer and I was wondering... what the HECK are people doing with their phones where melanin level would affect prostate cancer?
Are you Leo Laporte in disguise?
You seem to be drawing a distinction without a difference. The point of both devices is to financially benefit their creators by getting you to purchase things. I really don't see how Google doing it is "good" while Amazon doing it is "bad".
People are really over-reacting to this - on both sides. It's certainly better news than if the two presidents had walked away from the table shouting "LOCK AND LOAD!" - but, right now, it's just words, and there have been plenty of words before.
Moon isn't an idiot - he's well aware he's got 25 million of his people living in and around a city that's only 35 miles from North Korea. He hasn't committed to much of anything... nor has Kim. "Ending" a war which has effectively been over for 70 years is a symbolic gesture, but little more than that.
Your browsing history plus email didn't tell us exactly what you were doing at all times, so we made an app for you to report it to us. -love google
There is that (humor is best when it contains a grain of plausibility).
However I think there's another important consideration here. At this point in time, Google has a well-established track record of killing projects once they've lost interest - I'm sure there are actual internal reasons stated, but from the outside it can seem like these decisions are made by some ADHD-afflicted teenager. So, at this point, why would anyone migrate to a new Google project like this one - let's face it, the people who are open to using a "Tasks app" are probably already doing so - when there's a decent chance you're going to have to migrate back away from it in the not-so-distant future?
Is there a gene that makes some people get angry about mismatched fonts, and not other people? It just seems really weird to me.
I think you've effectively quashed the rumors that were going around saying you were, in fact, Marissa Mayer.
How distant was the 'distant relative' that they got the original DNA hit from I wonder?
It was Lucy.
My 2015 MacBook Pro, that is. It's not perfect - heck, it's been in the shop twice when the trackpad + keyboard ribbon cable failed. Which is, not coincidentally, when I've had an extended chance to use the newer iteration of the model.
The first time the ribbon cable on my 2015 MBP failed, for some reason the Apple Store had trouble getting a replacement to them (perhaps this is a common problem) - so I was without that computer for about 2.5 weeks. During this time, I was using a loaner 2016 MacBook Pro - so I had plenty of time to adjust. But, at the end of the 2.5 weeks, if possible I hated the keyboard even more than I had at the beginning. And, on top of that, having to tote around a USB-C adapter everywhere was fecal icing on a crap cake.
I've said this here before, but - if Apple doesn't make significant changes in the overall design of their "pro" laptop, I won't be buying another Apple laptop.
not looking forward to removing old TV, I think I am now too old to lift it, lol
Oh, man, bad memories.
Going backwards, our TV purchases have been
2012, 47” LG 1080p flatscreen
2005, 32” Sony 720p flatscreen
~1990, 27” Zenith “picture tube” (not 100% sure of the brand)
When we got the Sony, the Zenith went out to the spare room. When we got the LG, the Sony went to the spare room and the Zenith got shifted to a neglected corner. That beast weighed something like 80-90 pounds, and its shape was awkward as all get out! I kept it for a long while simply because I didn’t want to carry it more than a few feet.
Finally, I loaded up on Advil and hauled the beast away to the electronics recycler.
I don't use Gmail for my personal mail anymore - haven't for quite a few years.
My work email is on Gmail (Google Apps for Education, or whatever they call it now). But, as a state employee, my email is all public record anyway - so anyone, including Google, could get at it if they really cared.
No hacking possible. It was the only way to have this nifty toy and be safe.
I just left mine sitting on a shelf in an Amazon warehouse, unordered. I think that's the safest option.
It used to be true that people would purchase a television and keep it until it broke down 10, 15, 20 years later - then they'd buy another one.
Now these companies are trying to get us to buy new TVs as often as we buy new phones.
I've got a 1080P LG television we bought 2012-ish. I don't care if the new TVs are somehow "better" than the one I've got - mine works fine and the display looks good. I'm likely keeping it for as long as it continues to function.
Now, kindly remove yourself from my lawn.
I was not able to see the option when using Firefox but I was able to when using Chrome.
That seems to be another Google “feature” they’ve been rolling out over the past bit - different UIs depending on which web browser you use.
I ran across this with YouTube several weeks ago - the path I need to take to get to the “Live Control Room” for one of our events was different depending on whether I was in Safari, Firefox, or Chrome. It’s bloody annoying.
Some grad student figured out a way to get a PhD for watching pornography all the time!
I find this buyout mildly amusing since, way back when I was first considering a paid online photo service, I kept vacillating between SmugMug and Flickr - and eventually went with Flickr. What goes around, comes around - Flickr customers are now SmugMug customers.
I really hope it works out for both. I am glad Flickr’s back in the hands of people who care about photography.
Looks more like a web forum discussion. I have to admit, I was initially expecting another “internal”memo - Tesla’s PR wing has been working overtime to change the tone of the overall public discussion lately.
In any case, it’s not really news that the batteries of pretty much *all* EVs and Hybrids have lasted longer than was initially estimated, even before Tesla was a thing. So I’m not sure why this is particularly noteworthy. However it’s good news for Tesla owners, for sure.
Really? The 2015 MacBook Pro I got for work in Spring 2016 can still go 8+ hours - I’ve recently taken it through a full work day on battery as a test of the estimates it provided (until I upgraded from El Capitan - High Sierra doesn’t provide those estimates).
I admit I rarely fully discharge it though; usually the furthest I take it is to 50-60%. But over the years I’ve had consistently good battery experiences with Mac laptops... excepting perhaps the second-generation Air whose battery eventually started swelling. I can’t speak to the 2016 and 2017 generation of laptops, however.
Flickr is really nice for following people who like to take more considered and composed photos than just random bits of this or that.
The problem is, the number of photographers who like to take “more considered and composed photos” is not growing particularly fast (or maybe at all), while the selfie-shooters keep inundating us with ever-accelerating piles of crap photos - what Instagram is good for.
Yes, I am old - and I really don’t get the insistence that every image of a place needs to have the person taking the photo as the focus. When you’re at the Eiffel Tower, that should be the focus!
I had a paid Flickr account for quite a number of years, but I eventually stopped. It didn’t seem like they were adding much which appealed to actual photographers - instead, they focused on trying to draw the phone-photo crowd.
The time period seems quite in line with Trump’s thinking on most things.
Apparently it was “go get it”, not “fetch”.
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