Here's my analysis on the root cause of why very few people still use this. From TFA (or at least the summary):
>> new features have been developed by...: 72% of commits are from...companies...like Collabora, Red Hat and CIB...individual volunteers taking care of...user interface design and user experience
When you have your JV team on the part consumers care most about (i.e., can I actually use this thing; is it easy enough to use that I'd install it on my mom's/grandma's/kid's computer), and you're developing a consumer product, you are really just shooting yourself in the foot. Because:
>> major improvement for Base, only available in experimental mode: the old HSQLDB database engine has been deprecated
but I'm happy to see that someone did a little work to the old boy. However, did we really need a cut/paste of the unordered change notes? (Your top feature is "a delete button now allows the removal of a recipient" - really?)
>> I've known people in the military, and believe me, they didn't get some great job out of it.
Four exceptions for you: IT work (seen a lot of security folks come from the military lately), medical work, pilots/ground crew and anyone who uses the "free college" programs to pick up their bachelors and/or masters. I also had a relative who picked up their law degree for free prosecuting or defending base hellraisers. Maybe we run in different crowds...or maybe your friends self-select for potato-peeling (KP).
Good managers are rewarded for retaining and motivating people without paying them anything else. (Early in my career I was told by managers that I was "hard to read" or that "they weren't sure what fired me up"; that made the "f u pay me" conversation easier.)
The Mayo Clinic is also surrounded by Minnesotians, many of whom are essentially land-locked Vikings who have been repressed by petty factions of Lutheranism for centuries. Their only remaining outlets are eating salted canned fish and sitting in saunas. Ergo, those who don't unleash at least a little of their inner Dane with other men in a steaming hot room are condemned to a sad life with polite but homely women, and early demise (as demonstrated by this study).
Dunno about you, but my corporate gym doesn't have a sauna. Nor do the public schools, the storefront gyms or other facilities the proles commonly use. Are you sure these findings aren't just looking at wealthy white guys somewhat interested in health vs. the great unwashed cheetoh-eating masses?
Depends again on how they salted. If they used one salt for all passwords (as I've seen before) and it was captured too, then game over. However, if each entry had its own salt then yep, you're correct. (And thanks for reading the TFA - I always seem to lose interest before I get there.)
I can't quite tell if you're trolling so I'll bite. Yes a non-trivial number of those Reddit users will have their password hashes rainbow tabled, and then their email/password combos will be used to access their accounts on other sites. Even 11 years later. In fact, my place of employment will probably be adding the Reddit list to the list of credential combos we run against our own systems to make sure bad guys can't try the same trick here. (We tend to mysteriously force a silent password change on affected users.)
>> World War I and the discovery of cheap oil derailed Shuman's dream of replicating his "sun power plant" on a grand scale
Also, ya know, physics. Not everyone has access to abundant sunshine, cheap natives and water within arm's reach.
>> Shuman's plant used parabolic troughs to power a 60-70 horsepower engine
Cool, so he was also a pioneer in "clean energy" frying birds as they flew. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-solar-bird-deaths-20160831-snap-story.html
>> they're on the go and can't stop to type a message.
No one uses voice mail anymore. My work phone has been blinking since I started my job years ago and I have no clue/interest in listening to whatever's stored up for me there.
What we want is "text to speech" so we can send a moderately-involved message to someone when we're driving. And we already have it.
So...who wants this feature again? If it's real, LinkedIn, please also make a feature to block these for people like me. My voice message on my phone already states "text or email me if you want me to get your message (because my voice mails go to/dev/null)" - make sure this feature has the same thing.
>> When Jesus comes back do we need to reset the year back to zero?
Serious answer: No, because the current calendar is based on the BIRTH of Christ.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
If Jesus comes back "in glory" it's unlikely that he'll be back as an infant (unless your a Stewie fan), so your timekeeping based on the birth of a highly religious infant should remain intact. Whether or not He will need clocks in the eternal world to come remains up for debate.
The more efficient thing to do would be to take the groceries to the people. The fact that they are bringing people to the store instead suggests this is a classic loss-leader strategy: get the marks into the store so they impulse-buy beyond their list.
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Here's my analysis on the root cause of why very few people still use this. From TFA (or at least the summary):
...individual volunteers taking care of ...user interface design and user experience
>> new features have been developed by...: 72% of commits are from...companies...like Collabora, Red Hat and CIB
When you have your JV team on the part consumers care most about (i.e., can I actually use this thing; is it easy enough to use that I'd install it on my mom's/grandma's/kid's computer), and you're developing a consumer product, you are really just shooting yourself in the foot. Because:
>> major improvement for Base, only available in experimental mode: the old HSQLDB database engine has been deprecated
No one cares. Really.
I pretty much quit using Thunderbird (and switched relatives/friends away) when it looked like Mozilla was pulling the rug out from under it:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/04/25/1949239/mozilla-seeks-new-home-for-email-client-thunderbird
but I'm happy to see that someone did a little work to the old boy. However, did we really need a cut/paste of the unordered change notes? (Your top feature is "a delete button now allows the removal of a recipient" - really?)
>> I've known people in the military, and believe me, they didn't get some great job out of it.
Four exceptions for you: IT work (seen a lot of security folks come from the military lately), medical work, pilots/ground crew and anyone who uses the "free college" programs to pick up their bachelors and/or masters. I also had a relative who picked up their law degree for free prosecuting or defending base hellraisers. Maybe we run in different crowds...or maybe your friends self-select for potato-peeling (KP).
>> propagandizing and idealizing military valor
Dunno about you, but I prefer the USA to the UK. And non-Nazi EU to the Third Reich. And a non-fascist Japan. Etc.
Military valor and results are often OK, snowflakes.
Good managers are rewarded for retaining and motivating people without paying them anything else. (Early in my career I was told by managers that I was "hard to read" or that "they weren't sure what fired me up"; that made the "f u pay me" conversation easier.)
^^^ this is well known. There's even an old song called "Bitcoin Baron" that covers this procedure.
>> 100k lines of doc, full stack means you need to know what you're doing, wah wah wah
Tldr: coding is hard and I'm a moron.
There are plenty of jobs in real estate at the moment - why don't you apply for one of those and leave those of us who make the world work alone.
Just wait another month or two - we'll get back down to it.
>> under contract to provide a taxi-like service to the International Space Station
So...they charge by the mile? Dodge municipal "rocket for hire" laws? Attach a stupid moustache to the front?
In other words, how exactly is this a "taxi-like"?
The Mayo Clinic is also surrounded by Minnesotians, many of whom are essentially land-locked Vikings who have been repressed by petty factions of Lutheranism for centuries. Their only remaining outlets are eating salted canned fish and sitting in saunas. Ergo, those who don't unleash at least a little of their inner Dane with other men in a steaming hot room are condemned to a sad life with polite but homely women, and early demise (as demonstrated by this study).
Dunno about you, but my corporate gym doesn't have a sauna. Nor do the public schools, the storefront gyms or other facilities the proles commonly use. Are you sure these findings aren't just looking at wealthy white guys somewhat interested in health vs. the great unwashed cheetoh-eating masses?
>> Rainbow tabled??? If the hashes were salted,
Depends again on how they salted. If they used one salt for all passwords (as I've seen before) and it was captured too, then game over. However, if each entry had its own salt then yep, you're correct. (And thanks for reading the TFA - I always seem to lose interest before I get there.)
From the TFA of TFA of TFA:
"one less source this year, as the Dice job site shut down its API"
(https://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-the-top-programming-languages-2018)
I can't quite tell if you're trolling so I'll bite. Yes a non-trivial number of those Reddit users will have their password hashes rainbow tabled, and then their email/password combos will be used to access their accounts on other sites. Even 11 years later. In fact, my place of employment will probably be adding the Reddit list to the list of credential combos we run against our own systems to make sure bad guys can't try the same trick here. (We tend to mysteriously force a silent password change on affected users.)
>> none of your currently manufactured printers work with linux
They don't work that great with Windows either, natch.
>> Jeff Maysh of The Daily Beast tells the inside story in 8,800 words.
Um...the summary repeated this 17-year-old news in a lot fewer words than that. In other words, you suck, Jeff Maysh.
>> In August 22, 2001
Still, this is Slashdot, so you can't expect fully literate editors.
This. Let's say this mission is real. You have eight years until 2026. Only in government is that a "short time".
>> World War I and the discovery of cheap oil derailed Shuman's dream of replicating his "sun power plant" on a grand scale
Also, ya know, physics. Not everyone has access to abundant sunshine, cheap natives and water within arm's reach.
>> Shuman's plant used parabolic troughs to power a 60-70 horsepower engine
Cool, so he was also a pioneer in "clean energy" frying birds as they flew. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-solar-bird-deaths-20160831-snap-story.html
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>> they're on the go and can't stop to type a message.
/dev/null)" - make sure this feature has the same thing.
No one uses voice mail anymore. My work phone has been blinking since I started my job years ago and I have no clue/interest in listening to whatever's stored up for me there.
What we want is "text to speech" so we can send a moderately-involved message to someone when we're driving. And we already have it.
So...who wants this feature again? If it's real, LinkedIn, please also make a feature to block these for people like me. My voice message on my phone already states "text or email me if you want me to get your message (because my voice mails go to
>> When Jesus comes back do we need to reset the year back to zero?
Serious answer: No, because the current calendar is based on the BIRTH of Christ.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
If Jesus comes back "in glory" it's unlikely that he'll be back as an infant (unless your a Stewie fan), so your timekeeping based on the birth of a highly religious infant should remain intact. Whether or not He will need clocks in the eternal world to come remains up for debate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Coming
Bank Gauntlet 2: Bait and Switch
Mavis Beacon Teaches Inspector Bribes
Construction and Weather Roulette
The more efficient thing to do would be to take the groceries to the people. The fact that they are bringing people to the store instead suggests this is a classic loss-leader strategy: get the marks into the store so they impulse-buy beyond their list.
>> The study suggests ancient "foraging" behaviour has now switched online
In between we discovered, you know, agriculture and retailing. Spoiler alert!
>> Evidence Detected of Lake Beneath the Surface of Mars (cnn.com)
The sound of Jetskis was unmistakable and annoying, even from several million miles away.