You posted several links from people saying that Europe getting 33% of it's gas (not total energy, just gas) from Russia was a bad idea.
Trump said that Germany "will be getting 60 to 70 percent of their energy from Russia" and that as a result Germany "is captive to Russia".
One of those things is an opinion, which might or might not be correct, based on actual facts, and the other is an overreaction based on either a lie or a gross error.
As usual i don't really know whether Trump is just stupid or intentionally spreading lies in order to promote an agenda, but just because it vaguely rhymes with something someone else said does not validate it.
Imagine if two people saw someone littering, and one of those people said "hey, littering is bad, you shouldn't do that!", and the other said "you are single-handedly destroying this city and this planet!" and then shot them.
The first person objecting to littering is not an endorsement or justification for the second person shooting them, but the second person's overreaction does not somehow negate the idea that littering is bad either.
TL;DR: Trump was very incorrect (or lied, take your pick) about the amount of energy Germany gets from Russia. Germany does get _some_ of their energy from Russia, but it's not the majority of their energy, and despite that Germany has been far more willing to stand up to Russia and impose sanctions against than Trump is.
Congratulations! Your English is great! Better than the headline in fact!
It looks like they copied the headline from the source article but bizarrely omitted one word and a piece of punctuation making the whole thing unintelligible. The actual title should be:
"China Finds Zen: Begins Production Of x86 Processors Based On AMD's IP"
Which is kind of a dumb pun based on the fact that they're copying AMD's Zen microarchitecture.
"Just make sure it uses "facts" from sources you "agree with". Instantly done, bias achieved."
You don't even need to explicitly filter the sources, just asking the question will implicitly filter the sources because it's only going to use sources that support the position it has been assigned. So for example if you pick a debate topic "was the moon landing a hoax" and you assign the AI the position of "yes it was", it's going to be picking from a _very_ biased set of sources.
I'm currently using Google Music to manage my podcasts. So should i stick with the old Google app that will be unceremoniously terminated by Google at some point in the future, or switch to the new Google app that will be unceremoniously terminated by Google at some point in the future?
So #1, Google Play Music is different from the Music section of Google Play, right? Meaning that I'll still have access to music I've purchased through the Google Play store? (I always download the music as soon as I've purchased so it wouldn't be a disaster for me if it suddenly disappeared from the store, but other people might not be as prepared.)
#2, will YouTube Music include a podcast section the way Google Play Music currently does? It's certainly not the only way to get podcasts, but it's the easiest alternative to iTunes that i know of to track multiple podcasts at once. (Alternative suggestions welcome?)
No, they don't. At least not to me and presumably to at least some others as well.
This seems like a physical manifestation of Flat/Material design, an attempt to eliminate as much differentiation and contextual elements as possible. Some of us like differentiation and context! I like boxes and grids in my UI keeping different areas visually distinct from each other, and i like to have at least a small bezel on my phone, both for aesthetic reasons and because it helps avoid accidental touches registering on the edges of the screen. And having extra room at the top and bottom for speakers, cameras, notification LEDs, and what have you is perfectly acceptable.
My current phone has about 1 cm of space both above and below the screen and it's not an issue. If i wanted more screen i would just buy a larger phone, and i really appreciate having dual forward-facing speakers.
Everyone should know that the proper order of things is that cats come before dogs! I would accept an argument that they want to test the process out on dogs first since they're more expendable, but i will not abide them skipping over cats entirely!
I guess i'm part of the problem. I kind of gave up on synchronizing bookmarks across the three different devices that i primarily use, so if something isn't immediately available in the URL history i'll just google it. I figure Google is a lot more likely to notice if i accidentally type "redddit" or "redit" than i am.
As an old timer gamer myself, i like this business model. You _can_ just buy the game and call it a day. If you don't want to pay for aesthetic add-ons it won't affect your gameplay at all. It's at the opposite end of the spectrum from the "gatcha" style games where you have to pay real money in order to gamble on prizes that have a significant impact on the gameplay.
As for the price itself *shrug* they're charging what the market will bear (or at least what they think the market will bear) just like any other commodity. Do you think the actual physics clothes you buy cost as much to make as what you paid for them?
I asked about disabling some of the changes on the Google Product Forums, and the "official" members told me there was no way to change them and to "Please use the in-app 'Send feedback' link to submit your request/issue directly to Google. You will not receive a response from Google."
("You will not receive a response from Google" seems like it ought to be their new motto.)
However a heroic stranger happened along and developed a number of CSS hacks usable via Stylish that cleans up almost all the most annoying elements of the new UI! So i now share my good fortune with you!
Of course when i posted to the Google Product Forums about these issues the response from the moderators was more or less "there's nothing you can do about it".
However _then_ a true hero came along and developed a bunch of CSS mods to use with Stylish (or presumably any other similar add-on) to fix every issue i had and then some!
Whelp, i've had the chance to try it now. I haven't had any issues with the contrast so far, but there are a lot of other things i find problematic.
First, on a positive note, i do like that there are still lines between items in the inbox. Way too many Flat/Material designs seem intent on getting rid of all delineation between items. (I personally like lines and boxes and containers to keep different parts of the UI distinct from each other.)
I don't like the size of the text. I might get used to that eventually, but it's kind of hurting my eyes right now. I'll definitely look to see if there's a way to reduce the font size.
I don't like that all the icons are just a single shade of grey, but gmail's been like that for awhile, so it's not like that's an actual change for the worse. (Just a steady-state for the worse?)
But i _hate_ the stupid icons on the right side of the email headers in the inbox that pop-up when you mouse over the email. Hover-over text and highlighting are fine, but i hate hate _hate_ UIs that physically change just because you're moving the mouse across the screen.
I'm also not too fond of the auto-suggestions for responses when i open up emails. They've been in the mobile client for awhile, but hate to see them spreading to the desktop UI.
If anyone knows a way to disable either the pop-up hover icons or the auto-suggested responses I'd love to hear about it!
You're right, i was being unnecessarily specific. Any UI scheme where the background and the interface elements are the same color scheme would be equally bad.
Hmmm, how about plaid on plaid? Would it be better or worse if the rotation of the plaid was slightly different for the interface elements?
Can someone please come up with some alternative to Flat/Material design that can become the hot new trend? Unless it involves just a pure white screen where you have to have previously memorized an invisible design layout it can't help but be better than what the industry is moving towards now.
"caused by a gas-based fire alarm system that are typically deployed in data centers because of their ability to put out fires without destroying non-burnt equipment. [...] With non-calibrated systems, this sound can get very loud [and destroy-non burnt-equipment]"
You had one job! (Directed at both the system itself and whoever was supposed to be in charge of calibrating it.)
Everyone lives in a bubble that distorts reality through the filter of their own experiences. The 1% just have very high distortion bubbles because 1: By definition most of their experiences aren't shared by 99% of the rest of the people (and vice versa,) 2: they're often surrounded by sycophants who will agree with whatever drivel they spout forth, and 3: their wealth and fame gives them a louder voice if they choose to exercise it publicly, which amplifies their view of their own importance even more.
So Google convinced most (all?) of the manufacturers to switch from hardware buttons that were off the screen to software buttons that are on the screen for reasons that i'm still not really convinced by. And now that they've succeeded at that they're intent on getting rid of the buttons, presumably because they're taking up screen space.
I wish this mad "we must cover the entire front of the phone with screen" rush would take a flying leep and they would just go back to having separate buttons at the bottom of the phone beneath the screen. My Xperia X Compact has almost enough room at the bottom already as it is, and i'm pretty happy with the size of both the phone and the screen already as they are.
Pulling out of the TPP was the one thing that i actually agreed with Trump on and that i was happy he followed through on.
However my concern was about the IP chapter of the provisions, which the EFF (among others) took a firm stance against.
However since the US pulled out of the TPP the remaining countries had to negotiate a new treaty, the "Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership", or CPTPP.
At first glance it seems like most of the offensive portions on IP law were removed from the CPTPP. (Which isn't that surprising, since most of those items were favored by the large media conglomerates located in the US, and with the US out of the deal they probably no longer had a strong champion.)
_If_ that is indeed true, and _if_ the negotiations necessary for the US to join wouldn't involve reinstating those terms, i would tentatively be in favor of this, but it wouldn't break my heart if Trump flip-flops on the issue again or the other signatories no longer have any interest in letting the US in.
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You posted several links from people saying that Europe getting 33% of it's gas (not total energy, just gas) from Russia was a bad idea.
Trump said that Germany "will be getting 60 to 70 percent of their energy from Russia" and that as a result Germany "is captive to Russia".
One of those things is an opinion, which might or might not be correct, based on actual facts, and the other is an overreaction based on either a lie or a gross error.
As usual i don't really know whether Trump is just stupid or intentionally spreading lies in order to promote an agenda, but just because it vaguely rhymes with something someone else said does not validate it.
Imagine if two people saw someone littering, and one of those people said "hey, littering is bad, you shouldn't do that!", and the other said "you are single-handedly destroying this city and this planet!" and then shot them.
The first person objecting to littering is not an endorsement or justification for the second person shooting them, but the second person's overreaction does not somehow negate the idea that littering is bad either.
"Are you denying that Germany is dependent on Russian energy?"
In general, yes.
Fact Check - Germany Imports Gas From Russia. But Is It a 'Captive'?
TL;DR: Trump was very incorrect (or lied, take your pick) about the amount of energy Germany gets from Russia. Germany does get _some_ of their energy from Russia, but it's not the majority of their energy, and despite that Germany has been far more willing to stand up to Russia and impose sanctions against than Trump is.
"Guido van Rossum, has decided he would like to remove myself entirely from the decision process"
Definitely sounds like a dictator! Or a poor editor! Or both!
Congratulations! Your English is great! Better than the headline in fact!
It looks like they copied the headline from the source article but bizarrely omitted one word and a piece of punctuation making the whole thing unintelligible. The actual title should be:
"China Finds Zen: Begins Production Of x86 Processors Based On AMD's IP"
Which is kind of a dumb pun based on the fact that they're copying AMD's Zen microarchitecture.
You might want to refer to what they did as lying, but it's such a blatant lie in this case that they're really just Trumping the truth.
"Just make sure it uses "facts" from sources you "agree with". Instantly done, bias achieved."
You don't even need to explicitly filter the sources, just asking the question will implicitly filter the sources because it's only going to use sources that support the position it has been assigned. So for example if you pick a debate topic "was the moon landing a hoax" and you assign the AI the position of "yes it was", it's going to be picking from a _very_ biased set of sources.
I'm currently using Google Music to manage my podcasts. So should i stick with the old Google app that will be unceremoniously terminated by Google at some point in the future, or switch to the new Google app that will be unceremoniously terminated by Google at some point in the future?
So #1, Google Play Music is different from the Music section of Google Play, right? Meaning that I'll still have access to music I've purchased through the Google Play store? (I always download the music as soon as I've purchased so it wouldn't be a disaster for me if it suddenly disappeared from the store, but other people might not be as prepared.)
#2, will YouTube Music include a podcast section the way Google Play Music currently does? It's certainly not the only way to get podcasts, but it's the easiest alternative to iTunes that i know of to track multiple podcasts at once. (Alternative suggestions welcome?)
"All-screen phones look cool"
No, they don't. At least not to me and presumably to at least some others as well.
This seems like a physical manifestation of Flat/Material design, an attempt to eliminate as much differentiation and contextual elements as possible. Some of us like differentiation and context! I like boxes and grids in my UI keeping different areas visually distinct from each other, and i like to have at least a small bezel on my phone, both for aesthetic reasons and because it helps avoid accidental touches registering on the edges of the screen. And having extra room at the top and bottom for speakers, cameras, notification LEDs, and what have you is perfectly acceptable.
My current phone has about 1 cm of space both above and below the screen and it's not an issue. If i wanted more screen i would just buy a larger phone, and i really appreciate having dual forward-facing speakers.
Everyone should know that the proper order of things is that cats come before dogs! I would accept an argument that they want to test the process out on dogs first since they're more expendable, but i will not abide them skipping over cats entirely!
How can they have missed out on the opportunity to call it "Nintendo Entertainment Online"?
I guess i'm part of the problem. I kind of gave up on synchronizing bookmarks across the three different devices that i primarily use, so if something isn't immediately available in the URL history i'll just google it. I figure Google is a lot more likely to notice if i accidentally type "redddit" or "redit" than i am.
As an old timer gamer myself, i like this business model. You _can_ just buy the game and call it a day. If you don't want to pay for aesthetic add-ons it won't affect your gameplay at all. It's at the opposite end of the spectrum from the "gatcha" style games where you have to pay real money in order to gamble on prizes that have a significant impact on the gameplay.
As for the price itself *shrug* they're charging what the market will bear (or at least what they think the market will bear) just like any other commodity. Do you think the actual physics clothes you buy cost as much to make as what you paid for them?
What is E-Verify and what does it have to do with this? There's no mention of it either in the blurb or in the article.
Also Uber claims that they vet all their drivers. Such vetting would clearly weed out any "illegals", and Uber definitely wouldn't lie to us!
And I'll form the head to the Arctic!
I asked about disabling some of the changes on the Google Product Forums, and the "official" members told me there was no way to change them and to "Please use the in-app 'Send feedback' link to submit your request/issue directly to Google. You will not receive a response from Google."
("You will not receive a response from Google" seems like it ought to be their new motto.)
However a heroic stranger happened along and developed a number of CSS hacks usable via Stylish that cleans up almost all the most annoying elements of the new UI! So i now share my good fortune with you!
CSS Fixes for new Google UI
Of course when i posted to the Google Product Forums about these issues the response from the moderators was more or less "there's nothing you can do about it".
However _then_ a true hero came along and developed a bunch of CSS mods to use with Stylish (or presumably any other similar add-on) to fix every issue i had and then some!
For anyone else who wants to modify the UI of the new design in similar ways: https://productforums.google.c...
Whelp, i've had the chance to try it now. I haven't had any issues with the contrast so far, but there are a lot of other things i find problematic.
First, on a positive note, i do like that there are still lines between items in the inbox. Way too many Flat/Material designs seem intent on getting rid of all delineation between items. (I personally like lines and boxes and containers to keep different parts of the UI distinct from each other.)
I don't like the size of the text. I might get used to that eventually, but it's kind of hurting my eyes right now. I'll definitely look to see if there's a way to reduce the font size.
I don't like that all the icons are just a single shade of grey, but gmail's been like that for awhile, so it's not like that's an actual change for the worse. (Just a steady-state for the worse?)
But i _hate_ the stupid icons on the right side of the email headers in the inbox that pop-up when you mouse over the email. Hover-over text and highlighting are fine, but i hate hate _hate_ UIs that physically change just because you're moving the mouse across the screen.
I'm also not too fond of the auto-suggestions for responses when i open up emails. They've been in the mobile client for awhile, but hate to see them spreading to the desktop UI.
If anyone knows a way to disable either the pop-up hover icons or the auto-suggested responses I'd love to hear about it!
You're right, i was being unnecessarily specific. Any UI scheme where the background and the interface elements are the same color scheme would be equally bad.
Hmmm, how about plaid on plaid? Would it be better or worse if the rotation of the plaid was slightly different for the interface elements?
Can someone please come up with some alternative to Flat/Material design that can become the hot new trend? Unless it involves just a pure white screen where you have to have previously memorized an invisible design layout it can't help but be better than what the industry is moving towards now.
"caused by a gas-based fire alarm system that are typically deployed in data centers because of their ability to put out fires without destroying non-burnt equipment. [...] With non-calibrated systems, this sound can get very loud [and destroy-non burnt-equipment]"
...actually, that person may have zero job now.
You had one job! (Directed at both the system itself and whoever was supposed to be in charge of calibrating it.)
Sorry, i'm not as wealthy as you think i am. In terms of world population i'm in the 42%.
Source: "The Unprecedented Expansion Of The Global Middle Class"
Everyone lives in a bubble that distorts reality through the filter of their own experiences. The 1% just have very high distortion bubbles because 1: By definition most of their experiences aren't shared by 99% of the rest of the people (and vice versa,) 2: they're often surrounded by sycophants who will agree with whatever drivel they spout forth, and 3: their wealth and fame gives them a louder voice if they choose to exercise it publicly, which amplifies their view of their own importance even more.
So Google convinced most (all?) of the manufacturers to switch from hardware buttons that were off the screen to software buttons that are on the screen for reasons that i'm still not really convinced by. And now that they've succeeded at that they're intent on getting rid of the buttons, presumably because they're taking up screen space.
I wish this mad "we must cover the entire front of the phone with screen" rush would take a flying leep and they would just go back to having separate buttons at the bottom of the phone beneath the screen. My Xperia X Compact has almost enough room at the bottom already as it is, and i'm pretty happy with the size of both the phone and the screen already as they are.
Pulling out of the TPP was the one thing that i actually agreed with Trump on and that i was happy he followed through on.
However my concern was about the IP chapter of the provisions, which the EFF (among others) took a firm stance against.
However since the US pulled out of the TPP the remaining countries had to negotiate a new treaty, the "Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership", or CPTPP.
At first glance it seems like most of the offensive portions on IP law were removed from the CPTPP. (Which isn't that surprising, since most of those items were favored by the large media conglomerates located in the US, and with the US out of the deal they probably no longer had a strong champion.)
_If_ that is indeed true, and _if_ the negotiations necessary for the US to join wouldn't involve reinstating those terms, i would tentatively be in favor of this, but it wouldn't break my heart if Trump flip-flops on the issue again or the other signatories no longer have any interest in letting the US in.