"with abrupt, disruptive policy changes that are being held without consultation, and, unusually, with absolutely no room for negotiation"
Just like the tech company's terms of use then?
Altered Carbon was an epic series and The Expanse filled a Firefly-shaped hole in the schedules.
Better Call Saul continued to feature great acting and story telling, with some of the best cinematography outside of an actual cinema.
The Man in the High Castle finished strongly.
Killing Eve was great until the end of the last episode.
Detectorists was a whimsical delight, quite unlike anything else on TV.
Weird isn't it? I migrated myself to linux nearly 20 years ago. Since then:
1) No overpaid consultant has tried to persuade me that there is something I need to do that I can't do in linux.
2) Said overpaid consultants, having invested in MS certification, also haven't tried to persuade me that it is more expensive to support myself using linux.
3) MS has completely failed to lobby me over expensive lunches that I've made the wrong decision.
4) MS hasn't promised to set up a facility in my back garden employing thousands, provided I switch back to windows.
5) MS hasn't offered me a massive discount to switch back to windows.
The experience of big companies and governments may be different to mine.
So the quickest lawyer billed for 1 hour, and the slowest for 3.
IANAL but I review all NDAs and other contracts for my company, and a typical NDA takes me 10-15 minutes, but then I don't get paid more for taking longer. Despite my lack of formal legal training, my company hasn't been f**ked over by a bad NDA in the 20+ years I've been doing it.
Any lawyer billing 3 hours to review an NDA is ripping off their client.
Not everyone wants Google on their phone. If you offer people the choice of Google play and services, or AOSP with a more limited app store but double the battery life, then you might be surprised at how many takers there are.
I have a gapps-free lineage on my Oppo Find 7, and get everything I need from f-droid or via yalp. And I have better battery life than when the phone was brand new several years ago.
If we are admiring clever malware then surely the most sophisticated are the ones even older than stuxnet that even been discovered yet.
You know, the ones on the computers used by Trump/Putin/Assad/Netanyahu/Kim/Macron/Merkel/May/Trudeau/...........
The fastest would be something minimal like puppy linux, but I don't think you really want something that ugly on your beloved macbook. Linux Mint Mate Edition will work fine, with a reasonably attractive and conventional UI.
Or google the Etymotic Bean. It's definitely not a hearing aid (cos that would need approval). It just fits in your ear and helps you hear better.
I assume we are only a year or two away from discrete in-ear devices that you tune with an app on your phone via bluetooth. Then maybe the ridiculous hearing aid price gouging will stop.
Home secretary Amber Rudd said: âoeI want to make sure those who view despicable terrorist content online, including jihadi websites, far-right propaganda and bomb-making instructions, face the full force of the law.â
By far-right propaganda I assumes she is referring to the Daily Mail, Sun, Express newspapers etc.
If we install all this shit, you are putting Amazon in control of your home. All you do is send your requests to Amazon and hope they carry them out correctly. Whilst not getting cracked.......
Seriously, I don't care any more.
I have been using Linux as my only desktop (KDE) for years and it works for me. I don't have the problems with graphics/wireless/bluetooth or whatever that others will inevitably post - it works for me.
I have to use Windows 7 at work, but I much prefer KDE. I have hardly any experience of Windows 8 or 10, but what little I have, I hated.
The last 15+ years have been the Year of Linux on the Desktop for me. I don't care what you use.
Many years ago when I was at school, the Chemistry Head ran an after school chemistry club. Virtually everyone who went was there to make explosives. Of course, we had to pretend to be doing some sort of worthy science experiment, but as soon as the teacher's back was turned we "liberated" all the interesting chemicals. He must have known, since he would have been re-ordering the ones in high demand, but he probably took the view that any chemistry is better than none. Unfortunately there was a crackdown after there was a small explosion caused by someone making nitroglycerine, and they got nitric acid in their eyes. These days we would probably all get arrested under "anti-terror" laws.
Honestly, junk food tastes great, and people who eat lots of it and die in their 50s or 60s from heart disease or diabetes are doing society a great favour.
It's those who insist on lingering on into their 90s and beyond, in care homes or with dementia, that are a real economic drain.
Better still, smoke and drink. Die young having contributed plenty in taxes. They are the real heroes.
"I have a "smart TV" that came with logos for Facebook and YouTube on the box. Both apps have since been retired. I imagine there will be a day when my so-called smart TV is nothing more than a CRT screen"
Sounds good to me - where can I buy one?
You're posting as AC so who know's where you're from, but "Governments promoting sodomy"? Really?
Here in the UK I have yet to see our Government run ads recommending that I insert my cock into another person's anus. My Doctor is also quiet on the subject, and I'm fairly sure it's not on the curriculum in schools (even the new-fangled "free" ones).
Seriously, what's so clever about ditching GPS? Anyone over the age of 40 has done this without considering it a big deal (or worthy of posting on/.). People traversed continents for centuries without GPS.
For those who post about how dangerous it is to look at maps while driving - don't. Whenever I took a long road trip in the days before GPS I consulted the map beforehand and made simple notes - what junction to take, which direction etc. Hardly rocket science.....
Slashdot Mirror
No, they use Instagram and WhatsApp.
"with abrupt, disruptive policy changes that are being held without consultation, and, unusually, with absolutely no room for negotiation" Just like the tech company's terms of use then?
Altered Carbon was an epic series and The Expanse filled a Firefly-shaped hole in the schedules. Better Call Saul continued to feature great acting and story telling, with some of the best cinematography outside of an actual cinema. The Man in the High Castle finished strongly. Killing Eve was great until the end of the last episode. Detectorists was a whimsical delight, quite unlike anything else on TV.
Weird isn't it? I migrated myself to linux nearly 20 years ago. Since then: 1) No overpaid consultant has tried to persuade me that there is something I need to do that I can't do in linux. 2) Said overpaid consultants, having invested in MS certification, also haven't tried to persuade me that it is more expensive to support myself using linux. 3) MS has completely failed to lobby me over expensive lunches that I've made the wrong decision. 4) MS hasn't promised to set up a facility in my back garden employing thousands, provided I switch back to windows. 5) MS hasn't offered me a massive discount to switch back to windows. The experience of big companies and governments may be different to mine.
So the quickest lawyer billed for 1 hour, and the slowest for 3. IANAL but I review all NDAs and other contracts for my company, and a typical NDA takes me 10-15 minutes, but then I don't get paid more for taking longer. Despite my lack of formal legal training, my company hasn't been f**ked over by a bad NDA in the 20+ years I've been doing it. Any lawyer billing 3 hours to review an NDA is ripping off their client.
Not everyone wants Google on their phone. If you offer people the choice of Google play and services, or AOSP with a more limited app store but double the battery life, then you might be surprised at how many takers there are. I have a gapps-free lineage on my Oppo Find 7, and get everything I need from f-droid or via yalp. And I have better battery life than when the phone was brand new several years ago.
As a European, and with GDPR in force, can I demand that Equifax delete all the data they hold on me?
"One can dream of a scenario where Hillary, Trump and Zuckerberg all share a cell together" Which one still be the bitch?
If we are admiring clever malware then surely the most sophisticated are the ones even older than stuxnet that even been discovered yet. You know, the ones on the computers used by Trump/Putin/Assad/Netanyahu/Kim/Macron/Merkel/May/Trudeau/...........
The fastest would be something minimal like puppy linux, but I don't think you really want something that ugly on your beloved macbook. Linux Mint Mate Edition will work fine, with a reasonably attractive and conventional UI.
Or google the Etymotic Bean. It's definitely not a hearing aid (cos that would need approval). It just fits in your ear and helps you hear better. I assume we are only a year or two away from discrete in-ear devices that you tune with an app on your phone via bluetooth. Then maybe the ridiculous hearing aid price gouging will stop.
Kaspersky anti-virus or Intel AMT?
Cos I really struggle to buy computers without Microsoft software on them.
Home secretary Amber Rudd said: âoeI want to make sure those who view despicable terrorist content online, including jihadi websites, far-right propaganda and bomb-making instructions, face the full force of the law.â By far-right propaganda I assumes she is referring to the Daily Mail, Sun, Express newspapers etc.
If we install all this shit, you are putting Amazon in control of your home. All you do is send your requests to Amazon and hope they carry them out correctly. Whilst not getting cracked.......
Seriously, I don't care any more. I have been using Linux as my only desktop (KDE) for years and it works for me. I don't have the problems with graphics/wireless/bluetooth or whatever that others will inevitably post - it works for me. I have to use Windows 7 at work, but I much prefer KDE. I have hardly any experience of Windows 8 or 10, but what little I have, I hated. The last 15+ years have been the Year of Linux on the Desktop for me. I don't care what you use.
Or even relaxed!
This wasn't a US High School, and it was ~35 years ago. I think the rules were maybe more relexed then.
Many years ago when I was at school, the Chemistry Head ran an after school chemistry club. Virtually everyone who went was there to make explosives. Of course, we had to pretend to be doing some sort of worthy science experiment, but as soon as the teacher's back was turned we "liberated" all the interesting chemicals. He must have known, since he would have been re-ordering the ones in high demand, but he probably took the view that any chemistry is better than none. Unfortunately there was a crackdown after there was a small explosion caused by someone making nitroglycerine, and they got nitric acid in their eyes. These days we would probably all get arrested under "anti-terror" laws.
Honestly, junk food tastes great, and people who eat lots of it and die in their 50s or 60s from heart disease or diabetes are doing society a great favour. It's those who insist on lingering on into their 90s and beyond, in care homes or with dementia, that are a real economic drain. Better still, smoke and drink. Die young having contributed plenty in taxes. They are the real heroes.
"I have a "smart TV" that came with logos for Facebook and YouTube on the box. Both apps have since been retired. I imagine there will be a day when my so-called smart TV is nothing more than a CRT screen" Sounds good to me - where can I buy one?
Spideroak supports linux and allows multiple computers (and de-dupes for you). And it's fully encrypted.
You're posting as AC so who know's where you're from, but "Governments promoting sodomy"? Really? Here in the UK I have yet to see our Government run ads recommending that I insert my cock into another person's anus. My Doctor is also quiet on the subject, and I'm fairly sure it's not on the curriculum in schools (even the new-fangled "free" ones).
Seriously, what's so clever about ditching GPS? Anyone over the age of 40 has done this without considering it a big deal (or worthy of posting on /.). People traversed continents for centuries without GPS.
For those who post about how dangerous it is to look at maps while driving - don't. Whenever I took a long road trip in the days before GPS I consulted the map beforehand and made simple notes - what junction to take, which direction etc. Hardly rocket science.....
Don't give Theresa May and Amber Rudd ideas.