>> "We scroll through our Twitter feeds, not seeking anything specific, just monitoring them so we don't miss out on anything important," says Shyam Sundar, a communications researcher
Seems like multiple levels of fail are in play here.
It's WAY past time to break up the "single license for the entire fricking league" licensing that's in place today.
Madden's ultra-realistic take is one way to do it, but it turns off more casual gamers like me. (The only Madden I've bought in the last ten years was...a single copy of one of my favorite NFL years...used at a garage sale.) I'd rather have a choice of games - like in the good old days of baseball games for the NES - and let the best one rise to the top.
Mod parent up. (You're right - prepaid cards are the only way I play with cryptocurrencies; like hell am I going to allow an "exchange" to have my real/personal bank account numbers.)
I still haven't tied a credit card to any of my mobile phones or accounts (mainly because there hasn't been a mobile app released yet that's worth paying for), but I get that there's a market out there, especially among the less tech-savvy out there.
But this class of gizmos really confuses me: which consumers are really tying their credit cards to a microphone that can start buying random items based on the words that fall out of people's mouths (or the TV/radio shows they listen to loudly)? And what confuses me more is that they aren't free - people actually part with their money to buy them - why?
I'd recommend switching everything over to dev null as soon as possible. Any of your Linux friends should be able to set this up for you in under an hour. I hear your backups to dev null have great throughput and won't impact your other network activity at all.
>> looking for a cord replacement, not abandoning live television altogether, you're going to need a service that bundles together a handful of channels
What you're looking for is free, digital over-the-air broadcasts, which are available using inexpensive, one-time-purchase antennas. Way back when I was a TV newbie like the author of the article, I got started on this because the local cable channel actually wanted extra money to send me HD signals.
If you want specific shows, movies or sporting events, I'd suggest pirate streams through proxies. Otherwise, there's Netflix which has fair-to-good versions of the various TV programs you'd normally have on in the background in your lonely little life.
I think this is at least the third "secret posting" I've heard about recently. I'm also thinking about the: - "Searches for Python leads to Google job application" thing (https://thehustle.co/the-secret-google-interview-that-landed-me-a-job) - "IT job postings for Hillary Clinton's campaign in campaign site source code" thing (http://cybertical.com/assets/docs/Hack_All_The_Candidates_Thotcon_2016_Jonathan_Lampe_InfoSec_Institute.pdf)
I worry that these kind of "secret postings" might violate some "equal opportunity" regulations, but they do seem like a clever idea.
Get better articles then. The was posted at least 24 hours ago. Here's an LA times story from yesterday afternoon: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-chicago-voter-data-20170817-story.html...and an earlier one from Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/us-voting-machine-supplier-leaks-1-8-million-chicago-vo-1797947510
>> lets you track changes by saving multiple versions of a document with different names
I thought "multiple versions of a document with different names" was one of the problems SOLVED by Google Docs. (No more trying to reconcile 4 people's personally edited documents into one master document.)
Here's the Google diversity training Damore seems to have been reacting to. "Google's Bias Busting @ Work | Facilitator Guide" https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yNBCAro6b-S1KifD6PnZWrlyBZ_kEFGWPtUkIpvFljk/edit
Not sure I have a "visit theatre" habit anymore. I thought about going to see a couple of movies this summer but the cost/hassle/commute wasn't worth it, so I'd have to say the last time I set foot in the theatre was for Star Wars commando movie, and even then it was the full 3D experience (because otherwise why bother).
I think he/she knows SOMETHING about atomic clocks. The OP probably knows that caesium is a key ingredient in many atomic clocks, but have just confused the 133-weight stable isotope used in clocks with the 137-weight radioactive isotope, or the like.
>> Why does starting (browser) become slower and slower
Taking a break from crapping on Firefox to actually answer a question.
Sometimes your local AV will hold things up until it scans the browser cache (and other temporary file spaces). Try trimming that and seeing if it has an impact on startup times.
I was one of the folks that got a "free" credit card and another checking account as part of a mortgage I did with them upteen years ago. I learned about the credit card when I pulled my credit report for my next mortgage but learned about the checking account a lot sooner, because Wells Fargo tried to start dinging me for $6 "zero balance" fees after a few months. I told them to go stuff themselves, which took some time, but since they couldn't come up with the paperwork where I requested the checking account, they eventually dropped the issue.
But I would have almost forgotten to tell everyone I know to never bank with Wells Fargo if I didn't get my class action settlement check in the mail: "yessiree, that $0.21 of satisfaction over a decade after the hassle was ample compensation."
With all the crap they've pulled, it's a miracle that the "Wells Fargo" brand is worth anything in consumer banking anymore. Any normal company would have rebranded/recolored itself long ago.
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>> "We scroll through our Twitter feeds, not seeking anything specific, just monitoring them so we don't miss out on anything important," says Shyam Sundar, a communications researcher
Seems like multiple levels of fail are in play here.
It's WAY past time to break up the "single license for the entire fricking league" licensing that's in place today.
Madden's ultra-realistic take is one way to do it, but it turns off more casual gamers like me. (The only Madden I've bought in the last ten years was...a single copy of one of my favorite NFL years...used at a garage sale.) I'd rather have a choice of games - like in the good old days of baseball games for the NES - and let the best one rise to the top.
Mod parent up. (You're right - prepaid cards are the only way I play with cryptocurrencies; like hell am I going to allow an "exchange" to have my real/personal bank account numbers.)
I still haven't tied a credit card to any of my mobile phones or accounts (mainly because there hasn't been a mobile app released yet that's worth paying for), but I get that there's a market out there, especially among the less tech-savvy out there.
But this class of gizmos really confuses me: which consumers are really tying their credit cards to a microphone that can start buying random items based on the words that fall out of people's mouths (or the TV/radio shows they listen to loudly)? And what confuses me more is that they aren't free - people actually part with their money to buy them - why?
I'd recommend switching everything over to dev null as soon as possible. Any of your Linux friends should be able to set this up for you in under an hour. I hear your backups to dev null have great throughput and won't impact your other network activity at all.
Because they did with KitKat:
https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/03/google-strikes-bizarre-licensing-deal-with-nestle-to-name-next-android-kit-kat/
>> looking for a cord replacement, not abandoning live television altogether, you're going to need a service that bundles together a handful of channels
What you're looking for is free, digital over-the-air broadcasts, which are available using inexpensive, one-time-purchase antennas. Way back when I was a TV newbie like the author of the article, I got started on this because the local cable channel actually wanted extra money to send me HD signals.
If you want specific shows, movies or sporting events, I'd suggest pirate streams through proxies. Otherwise, there's Netflix which has fair-to-good versions of the various TV programs you'd normally have on in the background in your lonely little life.
I think this is at least the third "secret posting" I've heard about recently. I'm also thinking about the:
- "Searches for Python leads to Google job application" thing (https://thehustle.co/the-secret-google-interview-that-landed-me-a-job)
- "IT job postings for Hillary Clinton's campaign in campaign site source code" thing (http://cybertical.com/assets/docs/Hack_All_The_Candidates_Thotcon_2016_Jonathan_Lampe_InfoSec_Institute.pdf)
I worry that these kind of "secret postings" might violate some "equal opportunity" regulations, but they do seem like a clever idea.
Is Microsoft still trying to push some kind of app store on Windows users? Has anyone really been there yet?
>> TFA was published today.
...and an earlier one from Gizmodo:
Get better articles then. The was posted at least 24 hours ago. Here's an LA times story from yesterday afternoon:
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-chicago-voter-data-20170817-story.html
http://gizmodo.com/us-voting-machine-supplier-leaks-1-8-million-chicago-vo-1797947510
First. To the isolated spot in the wilderness.
>> Hey, that place you posted on your account, we're here too, and we brought our phones and some kids.
F**k
>> Saturday
Nice job on the prompt reporting, Slashdot.
CSRF FTW
>> ...competitors...sizing up their global rivals in the efficient use of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
Is this a joke? Or just another sign that we're really on the road to Idoicracy?
>> lets you track changes by saving multiple versions of a document with different names
I thought "multiple versions of a document with different names" was one of the problems SOLVED by Google Docs. (No more trying to reconcile 4 people's personally edited documents into one master document.)
What, exactly, are they introducing and why?
Here's the Google diversity training Damore seems to have been reacting to.
"Google's Bias Busting @ Work | Facilitator Guide"
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yNBCAro6b-S1KifD6PnZWrlyBZ_kEFGWPtUkIpvFljk/edit
"I don't want to throw cold water on your plans..."
Feeling Bad About Feeling Bad About Feeling Bad Can Make You Feel Worse
>> subsidize our film habit
Not sure I have a "visit theatre" habit anymore. I thought about going to see a couple of movies this summer but the cost/hassle/commute wasn't worth it, so I'd have to say the last time I set foot in the theatre was for Star Wars commando movie, and even then it was the full 3D experience (because otherwise why bother).
It's the Mozilla motto: "Leading the market 100% of the time, 10% of the time."
>> Let's incarcerate them for the rest of their lives or put a few of them to death.
Found the consultant working in Dubai.
I think he/she knows SOMETHING about atomic clocks. The OP probably knows that caesium is a key ingredient in many atomic clocks, but have just confused the 133-weight stable isotope used in clocks with the 137-weight radioactive isotope, or the like.
>> Why does starting (browser) become slower and slower
Taking a break from crapping on Firefox to actually answer a question.
Sometimes your local AV will hold things up until it scans the browser cache (and other temporary file spaces). Try trimming that and seeing if it has an impact on startup times.
I was one of the folks that got a "free" credit card and another checking account as part of a mortgage I did with them upteen years ago. I learned about the credit card when I pulled my credit report for my next mortgage but learned about the checking account a lot sooner, because Wells Fargo tried to start dinging me for $6 "zero balance" fees after a few months. I told them to go stuff themselves, which took some time, but since they couldn't come up with the paperwork where I requested the checking account, they eventually dropped the issue.
But I would have almost forgotten to tell everyone I know to never bank with Wells Fargo if I didn't get my class action settlement check in the mail: "yessiree, that $0.21 of satisfaction over a decade after the hassle was ample compensation."
With all the crap they've pulled, it's a miracle that the "Wells Fargo" brand is worth anything in consumer banking anymore. Any normal company would have rebranded/recolored itself long ago.