No other site (that I am aware of) comes close to their market share. If you want to get your old junk in front of as many eyes as possible, then you're stuck with eBay's fees.
I fell of Ubuntu when they moved the X, + and - buttons over to the wrong (left hand) side of the windows.
One of the best things about Linux is also one of its downfalls: choices. If you don't like something about Linux, just change it. Select (or install) a different one, no matter what "it" is that bothers you, or you don't like the options, or you don't like the UI, or whatever. Those choices are also its downfall because new users don't know which they need, or why they would want one vs. another.
In your specific example, those buttons are controlled by an app called the Window Manager. It lets you easily change which ones appear, their location, and their color/graphic theme.
I can't think of a single Microsoft product with a good name. Not one.
The problem is that what constitutes a "good name" to most users is completely different than what constitutes a "good name" to tech-savvy users like the/. crowd. Normal users are much more willing to put up with crapware than tech-savvy users are.
IMO, the best M$ product is the combination of Excel and VBA. Although both are buggy and can be a PITA to work with, nothing else can replace them (yet). Sure, LibreOffice and WPS try, but anything that can only replace Office functionality 80% of the time is just not good enough.
This is yet another reason to perform all searches first in DuckDuckGo (DDG). Only when DDG doesn't find what I need do I then use DDG's !g shortcut to perform the same search in Google.
Even then, I wouldn't dream of searching either DDG or Google without a domain-filtering tool like Google Hit Hider by Domain (https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/1682-google-hit-hider-by-domain-search-filter-block-sites)
Or when they PAVE a nice bike route right BESIDE the main road, only for cyclists to use the main road anyways...
As a cyclist who commutes to work on my bicycle, I can assure you that the cyclist is not doing that just to piss you off.
You see, when that paved bike lane is right next to the main road, it acts like a gutter, and collects all kinds of debris. Because of that, it is often too dangerous for a bike to ride in a bike lane.
It's a shame more people don't realize this, as evidenced by the multiple posts on here suggesting that people need to relocate. I've lived all over the country, but I've spent the majority of my life here in Louisiana and I'd like to stay here.
That's your choice. Why should the rest of society subsidize your poor choices?
They were born here; to suggest that they just pack up and move is pretty short-sighted and somewhat insulting.
No, to suggest that they just pack up and move is common sense. The U.S. is a mighty big country. Just pick another location, and move. To continue living anywhere that continues to get battered by Mother Nature is just plain ignorant. Just because they think it's "home" is not a valid reason. Just because they were born there is not a valid reason. At some point in your life, you have to take responsibility for your actions. And that includes where you choose to live.
Mark Twain wasn't the first to say it, but he made it popular: There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
All statistics are bogus because they depend on what data you do or do not include, and/or who you do or do not include in the survey that generates the statistic.
Check out the net profit margins on many of the big Pharma companies. They're not obscenely high for the most part. Apple for example has had a profit margin of around 20% for the past few years.
Average profit margin in the last 5 years:
GSK=12%
Merck=9%
Abbot Labs=15%
Astrozenica 12%
Eli Lilly 13%
They're good for the most part, but not unbelievably amazing.
Don't forget, that's after throwing away 20-40% on advertising.
Who's the superstar here? Are you really going to base that on a degree? My experience is that being a "superstar" has to do with passion and not education. Granted, you can't really get a serious feel for that in an interviewing process that is still sane and legal but in the end who's going to do what it takes shouldn't be based with too much weight on formal education. I know a lot of dopes with and without degrees.
As an adjunct professor at a local college, I can confirm that there are a lot of idiots in college. I have had several students who were close to getting their degrees that I would be embarrassed to say they received their "education" from my school. They barely passed my classes with a C or a C-, but that's good enough to count towards their degree.
However, it's only for programmers who don't have a bachelor's degree. They all do...most are doctors. Everyone cheats in school over there.
How is that different from the U.S., where every college application is admitted merely because they will be paying tuition? K-12 schools can't fail Johnny because his feelings will get hurt! Although that has produced an entire generation of idiots, colleges don't care because even the idiots have to pay tuition, and colleges only care about the $$$.
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What's a better alternative (as a buyer)?
What's a better alternative (as a seller)?
No other site (that I am aware of) comes close to their market share. If you want to get your old junk in front of as many eyes as possible, then you're stuck with eBay's fees.
I fell of Ubuntu when they moved the X, + and - buttons over to the wrong (left hand) side of the windows.
One of the best things about Linux is also one of its downfalls: choices. If you don't like something about Linux, just change it. Select (or install) a different one, no matter what "it" is that bothers you, or you don't like the options, or you don't like the UI, or whatever. Those choices are also its downfall because new users don't know which they need, or why they would want one vs. another.
In your specific example, those buttons are controlled by an app called the Window Manager. It lets you easily change which ones appear, their location, and their color/graphic theme.
How about using free software to begin with, the manpower argument is nil because you're spending more on keeping this old crap running.
Unfortunately, most members of management are too ignorant, naive, and/or arrogant to recognize that, even when it is pointed out to them.
They buy into the marketing hype of M$, Oracle, and SAP, and then expect their IT departments to implement the crapware that they just bought.
I can't think of a single Microsoft product with a good name. Not one.
The problem is that what constitutes a "good name" to most users is completely different than what constitutes a "good name" to tech-savvy users like the /. crowd. Normal users are much more willing to put up with crapware than tech-savvy users are.
IMO, the best M$ product is the combination of Excel and VBA. Although both are buggy and can be a PITA to work with, nothing else can replace them (yet). Sure, LibreOffice and WPS try, but anything that can only replace Office functionality 80% of the time is just not good enough.
Unless you live in an apartment complex that has an exclusivity agreement with them, Meaning that they won't let any other provider into the complex.
If choice is important to you, then choose to live in a different apartment complex.
I guess I'll add Lowe's to the growing list of companies that won't get any of my business because they've fscked over their IT departments:
Toys-R-Us
Disney
Carnival Cruise Lines
And now Lowe's
This is yet another reason to perform all searches first in DuckDuckGo (DDG). Only when DDG doesn't find what I need do I then use DDG's !g shortcut to perform the same search in Google.
Even then, I wouldn't dream of searching either DDG or Google without a domain-filtering tool like Google Hit Hider by Domain (https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/1682-google-hit-hider-by-domain-search-filter-block-sites)
Or when they PAVE a nice bike route right BESIDE the main road, only for cyclists to use the main road anyways...
As a cyclist who commutes to work on my bicycle, I can assure you that the cyclist is not doing that just to piss you off.
You see, when that paved bike lane is right next to the main road, it acts like a gutter, and collects all kinds of debris. Because of that, it is often too dangerous for a bike to ride in a bike lane.
Given the company director does the same thing, I am quite secure in my job.
Do you really think HR gives a damn about what the company director does when they fire you for not following procedures?
Because my employer will not allow me to. So instead, we all use easy to remember (and compromise) passwords.
I thought only my employer was dumb enough to not allow password managers.
/.? Hmmm.
Wait, are you the guy down the hall from me who doesn't get any work done because he's always on
Just what the hackers wanted ... easy access to all of my accounts.
Let's help the hackers! All they need to do is hack a single account, and they get access to all of the linked accounts! Isn't technology great!
Any institution that participates in such idiocy would not get any of my business, that's for damn sure.
"Would you like to pay higher taxes so that some of it will be given to others even if they do not work?"
But we give it to others who steal, lie, and kill though.
What do politicians have to do with this issue?
an anti-trust investigator wokeup.
Maybe, but he just went back to sleep after looking at his "commission" that he gets from M$ for keeping his mouth shut.
With modern programming languages -- I'll use Python as an example -- we use functions, objects, modules, and libraries
Who writes this shit?
Obviously, not a programmer.
It's a shame more people don't realize this, as evidenced by the multiple posts on here suggesting that people need to relocate. I've lived all over the country, but I've spent the majority of my life here in Louisiana and I'd like to stay here.
That's your choice. Why should the rest of society subsidize your poor choices?
They were born here; to suggest that they just pack up and move is pretty short-sighted and somewhat insulting.
No, to suggest that they just pack up and move is common sense. The U.S. is a mighty big country. Just pick another location, and move. To continue living anywhere that continues to get battered by Mother Nature is just plain ignorant. Just because they think it's "home" is not a valid reason. Just because they were born there is not a valid reason. At some point in your life, you have to take responsibility for your actions. And that includes where you choose to live.
https://www.xkcd.com/678/
They may have IP, but do they have TCP or UDP yet?
Damn, you beat me to it - I came here to ask the same thing.
On a similar note, of course they are an Internet Protocol Powerhouse - they have billions and billions of users!
Mark Twain wasn't the first to say it, but he made it popular: There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
All statistics are bogus because they depend on what data you do or do not include, and/or who you do or do not include in the survey that generates the statistic.
Never mind, since I'm not the target audience, anyway.
Check out the net profit margins on many of the big Pharma companies. They're not obscenely high for the most part. Apple for example has had a profit margin of around 20% for the past few years.
Average profit margin in the last 5 years:
GSK=12%
Merck=9%
Abbot Labs=15%
Astrozenica 12%
Eli Lilly 13%
They're good for the most part, but not unbelievably amazing.
Don't forget, that's after throwing away 20-40% on advertising.
So, yes, they are unbelievably amazing.
Who's the superstar here? Are you really going to base that on a degree? My experience is that being a "superstar" has to do with passion and not education. Granted, you can't really get a serious feel for that in an interviewing process that is still sane and legal but in the end who's going to do what it takes shouldn't be based with too much weight on formal education. I know a lot of dopes with and without degrees.
As an adjunct professor at a local college, I can confirm that there are a lot of idiots in college. I have had several students who were close to getting their degrees that I would be embarrassed to say they received their "education" from my school. They barely passed my classes with a C or a C-, but that's good enough to count towards their degree.
I will still install Linux for family members who need a new laptop, or are just stuck with broken M$ Windows/Winblows/Windoze installations.
Innisfil will subsidize Uber trips so citizens pay between CA$3 and CA$5 themselves, depending on the destination, the town said.
Isn't CA$3 to CA$5 per ride more expensive than bus rides?
Uber may be better for the city, but it doesn't sound like it will be better for the consumer.
If there's no loopholes in this, sure.
However, it's only for programmers who don't have a bachelor's degree. They all do...most are doctors. Everyone cheats in school over there.
How is that different from the U.S., where every college application is admitted merely because they will be paying tuition? K-12 schools can't fail Johnny because his feelings will get hurt! Although that has produced an entire generation of idiots, colleges don't care because even the idiots have to pay tuition, and colleges only care about the $$$.
... is hopefully an April fools. I've been around for ~20 years, but if this is the site's new face then my eyes just can't take it.
Most 20-somethings have better eyesight than that.