Your comment is not helpful though and is actually counter-productive. On face value, your comment is propagating the issue, making people feel sure that they are wiping* their device and they are fine.
Bullshit. Stop being such a pedant. My comment is not responsible for anyone doing or not doing anything.
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**Cited further action is not even valid when discussing selling a device.
It is if they're buying a box full of fractured metal and plastic debris that used to be a hard drive.
Seriously, stop being such a fucking numpty. No one except the most quibbling of anal-retentive nitpickers could or would misunderstand my comment or take issue with it the way you have.
The sidewalks are too narrow. Seriously, I just moved to Boston from Seattle and it's amazing how much more room there is to walk
Well, welcome to the PNW.:)
There's a lot to dislike here, but also a lot to like. The winters are generally very mild, maybe once every 5 years we get some real snow (> 1 foot). The summers are also usually mild with a week or two of hot weather in July or August. And it rains almost non-stop from November to December most years with a lot of overcast days. Invest in some waterproof rain gear and expect to buy new windshield wipers twice a year.
Hipsters abound in the U District and downtown, lots of tech stuff all over, and the traffic is miserable if you have to go anywhere, ever. But you can go from rain forest to mountains to desert all in an hour or two if you want. If you're into outdoor stuff this is a great place to be.
I've been here since 1981 and overall I like it a lot. I traveled extensively in the 80's and it was always nice to get back home to Seattle. The culture here is pretty liberal, generally easygoing, but the women won't smile at you anywhere- not on the street, not in the malls, nowhere. If you can get past that it's a pretty good place to live.
Dating? I've literally had visitors ask me "how do guys ever get laid here?" and frankly, I couldn't tell them. I've no idea what the dating scene is like as I've been married for the last 7 years or so. My guess is that it's dreadful but not as bad as LA or New York. Women here are uptight, no question about it.
How does shooting "about 20 rounds of 5.56 ammo" relate to your comment about wiping a device? You are referring to physical destruction of media, whereas wiping is typically associated with the function literally using the word "wipe" in a mobile device recovery or OS, such as "wipe data" or "wipe cache". (Wipe-by-shooting-with-ammo is not an option.)
Thanks, Mr Pedant!
Look, you wipe your way, I'll wipe my way. And frankly, no one can dispute that when I'm done doing it my way, the data is indeed, "wiped out".:)
;) Born and raised in Ballard. Then moved to Lynnwood. Then moved to Edmonds. Now down to Ventura, CA - I like the sun and the warmth...:)
Born and raised in DC. Then moved to Renton. Then moved to Bothell. In a few years we're emigrating to Phnom Penh. If you like sun and the warmth, there's plenty of it there, lol.:)
FYI, we went with Ambetter, $151 a month for my wife and I and it covers quite a lot. You might want to see if it's suitable for you.
I had a heart procedure in April and the bill was $85,000...I ended up having to pay about $4K of that and medications (after a $400 cap) are at no cost, no limit. I blew through $400 of meds in about 2 or 3 months so overall I'm happy with it.
Could it be better? Hell yes; I'd have preferred single payer, but after not being insured for ~10 years due to the cost, I really can't complain too much.
The ACA literally saved my life, and I do mean literally. Without Obamacare I'd be dead right now.
You seemed to believe among other things that using slashdot's features was something I intended to make myself happy but had failed at it. That's pretty specific.
If that counts as "analyzing" to you then maybe you need to consult a dictionary. Even though your replies would seem to indicate that's the case. Why else would you do it if not to improve your overall happiness? It's why most of us do almost anything, in the end.
3. Stop using dynamic layouts that load the entire page and then make changes to it that alter it to it's final layout.
Yes, yes, and YES. I hate pages that resize themselves 3 or 4 times before stabilizing. And some of them continue to resize in a jittery fashion as you scroll or as more remote content (mostly ads) get loaded.
Their are sites I no longer visit because of this behavior and I suspect the owners and developers have no clue as to why people shun their pages.
Too many ads, too much dynamic bullshit, too much load-while-scrolling, too much crap. The web is now a festering pile of ads, with a little content thrown in as an afterthought.
Yes, this is just trying to serve the existing ads and tracking crap faster. Ad/Tracking Blocking really is the only way forward.
Yep. I just installed an ad-blocker on my wife's ipad, and *boom* everything is so much faster. It's like night and day, and we're never gonna run without one again.
You hear me, ad companies? WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BROWSE WITHOUT AN AD-BLOCKER AGAIN.
You forced us into this, so screw you, we'll have the last laugh.
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I generally agree with what you post, but this time I think you've confused cause and effect.
Yes, it's like saying that "wet streets cause rain".
If ads hadn't been found to be a problem, no one have bothered to write an ad-blocker. AmiMoJo doesn't seem to get that.
That is the same attitude that lead to the horrendous ads you want to block.
This is the "wet streets cause rain" theory, and it's horsecrap. I'd tell you to shove your idea up your ass, but your head is in the way.
As someone commented below, ad-blockers were created because of obnoxious and malware-laden ads, not the other way around.
If ads had remained reasonable and SAFE, no one have bothered to write an ad-blocker.
Your comment is not helpful though and is actually counter-productive. On face value, your comment is propagating the issue, making people feel sure that they are wiping* their device and they are fine.
Bullshit. Stop being such a pedant. My comment is not responsible for anyone doing or not doing anything.
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**Cited further action is not even valid when discussing selling a device.
It is if they're buying a box full of fractured metal and plastic debris that used to be a hard drive.
Seriously, stop being such a fucking numpty. No one except the most quibbling of anal-retentive nitpickers could or would misunderstand my comment or take issue with it the way you have.
The sidewalks are too narrow. Seriously, I just moved to Boston from Seattle and it's amazing how much more room there is to walk
Well, welcome to the PNW. :)
There's a lot to dislike here, but also a lot to like. The winters are generally very mild, maybe once every 5 years we get some real snow (> 1 foot). The summers are also usually mild with a week or two of hot weather in July or August. And it rains almost non-stop from November to December most years with a lot of overcast days. Invest in some waterproof rain gear and expect to buy new windshield wipers twice a year.
Hipsters abound in the U District and downtown, lots of tech stuff all over, and the traffic is miserable if you have to go anywhere, ever. But you can go from rain forest to mountains to desert all in an hour or two if you want. If you're into outdoor stuff this is a great place to be.
I've been here since 1981 and overall I like it a lot. I traveled extensively in the 80's and it was always nice to get back home to Seattle. The culture here is pretty liberal, generally easygoing, but the women won't smile at you anywhere- not on the street, not in the malls, nowhere. If you can get past that it's a pretty good place to live.
Dating? I've literally had visitors ask me "how do guys ever get laid here?" and frankly, I couldn't tell them. I've no idea what the dating scene is like as I've been married for the last 7 years or so. My guess is that it's dreadful but not as bad as LA or New York. Women here are uptight, no question about it.
Here's my "guideline": I'll block whatever the hell I want, whenever the hell I want, for as long as I want.
"Guidelines? We don't have no guidelines...I don't need any stinkin' guidelines!"
How does shooting "about 20 rounds of 5.56 ammo" relate to your comment about wiping a device? You are referring to physical destruction of media, whereas wiping is typically associated with the function literally using the word "wipe" in a mobile device recovery or OS, such as "wipe data" or "wipe cache". (Wipe-by-shooting-with-ammo is not an option.)
Thanks, Mr Pedant!
Look, you wipe your way, I'll wipe my way. And frankly, no one can dispute that when I'm done doing it my way, the data is indeed, "wiped out". :)
Sadly the place has become jam packed...total pedestrian overload, 24-hour traffic even on Sundays, just way too crowded.
I never go downtown anymore unless I have absolutely no choice.
I love Vietnam and Thailand - SE Asia in general! The humidity, not so much... :)
Yeah the humidity is brutal, no question, and Cambodia has basically the same weather. Hot and hotter, with periods of really hot. :)
But overall I can take it, plus there's always air conditioning and cold drinks...lots and lots of cold drinks. :)
Congress? Oh no, that would assume they have brains, lol.
Honestly, I think a Beowulf cluster of synthetic rat brains would be more productive than the whack jobs we have in Congress right now.
;) Born and raised in Ballard. Then moved to Lynnwood. Then moved to Edmonds. Now down to Ventura, CA - I like the sun and the warmth... :)
Born and raised in DC. Then moved to Renton. Then moved to Bothell. In a few years we're emigrating to Phnom Penh. If you like sun and the warmth, there's plenty of it there, lol. :)
Cheers
I for one welcome our Simulated Rat-Brain Overlords.
(1st pest?)
FYI, we went with Ambetter, $151 a month for my wife and I and it covers quite a lot. You might want to see if it's suitable for you.
I had a heart procedure in April and the bill was $85,000...I ended up having to pay about $4K of that and medications (after a $400 cap) are at no cost, no limit. I blew through $400 of meds in about 2 or 3 months so overall I'm happy with it.
Could it be better? Hell yes; I'd have preferred single payer, but after not being insured for ~10 years due to the cost, I really can't complain too much.
The ACA literally saved my life, and I do mean literally. Without Obamacare I'd be dead right now.
> LynnwoodRooster
Howdy, neighbor!
After living in Seattle for 40+ years, I can tell you that this place lost its "soul" a long time ago.
There are still remnants here and there but they're being cleaned up as quickly as possible.
And as bad as it is in many ways, it's still one of the better places to live on the west coast.
You seemed to believe among other things that using slashdot's features was something I intended to make myself happy but had failed at it. That's pretty specific.
If that counts as "analyzing" to you then maybe you need to consult a dictionary. Even though your replies would seem to indicate that's the case. Why else would you do it if not to improve your overall happiness? It's why most of us do almost anything, in the end.
No, but the general sentiment is a lot less weird than the more detailed analysis of feelings.
I don't think I've been analyzing your feelings but if you want to take it that, that's fine. I've simply been wishing you well.
yay?
Indeed, I hope for you to have a good life and be happy. Is that such a bad thing?
Science makes faith detectors? Sounds like you have more faith in science than I do ...
All-time low = 0%.
Faith? Never had it, never will. Faith is for suckers. It's believing in something without any proof, and homie don' play dat way!
I already said that includes you though, blessedly, you have given up for now at any rate.
Never fear, serviscope, I still hope for your happiness and wish you well.
A goal of the Accelerated Mobile Pages Project is to ensure effective ad monetization on the mobile web while embracing a user-centric approach.
TRANSLATION: "Forget content and usability, the IMPORTANT thing is to be able to cram the page full of ads."
"embracing a user-centric approach"
FFS, just kill me now.
3. Stop using dynamic layouts that load the entire page and then make changes to it that alter it to it's final layout.
Yes, yes, and YES. I hate pages that resize themselves 3 or 4 times before stabilizing. And some of them continue to resize in a jittery fashion as you scroll or as more remote content (mostly ads) get loaded.
Their are sites I no longer visit because of this behavior and I suspect the owners and developers have no clue as to why people shun their pages.
Too many ads, too much dynamic bullshit, too much load-while-scrolling, too much crap. The web is now a festering pile of ads, with a little content thrown in as an afterthought.
Yes, this is just trying to serve the existing ads and tracking crap faster.
Ad/Tracking Blocking really is the only way forward.
Yep. I just installed an ad-blocker on my wife's ipad, and *boom* everything is so much faster. It's like night and day, and we're never gonna run without one again.
You hear me, ad companies? WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BROWSE WITHOUT AN AD-BLOCKER AGAIN.
You forced us into this, so screw you, we'll have the last laugh.
You want a faster web? Stop loading every page with 5 to 10 MB of ads and trackers.
A typical page now has 50 ~ 75K of text (content) and 9.5 MB of ads and other horseshit like auto-play video, trackers, remote metrics, etc etc etc.
Seriously, cut that shit out.
You love me now?
No, I meant the love of all those other people on slashdot you claim are talking persistently about your feelings or whatever.
But that would probably be unhelpful.
That would be correct.