Slashdot's moderation system is broken. Maybe troll and flamebait should only count for -0.5 or something, to reduce abuse.
Seems to work perfectly to me. Your post was 50% insightful and 50% trolling.
The article was flamebait, whatever the tone it triggers both sides of the argument. The GP noticed one half, you the other, and both you trolled eachother.
Depends on the time period. Twenty years ago all bank-accounts had interest above inflation.
What has changed is that since the economic crisis in the early 2000 (after the dot-com crash). The official interest rates in most countries have been close to 0% to encourage growth. It hasn't worked but just caused more issues, and because we continue to have economic issues, and economists believe those can be slowed by low interest rates, we have been stuck with 0% interest for over a decade (which also means banks can loan below inflation).
[*]: I say "modern", because the giro system for payer-initiated transfers between different banks is from the 1960s, but the abolition of "float" where each bank would hold on to the money for a business day (night time batch processing) went away in the 80s and 90s.
Try transfering money internationally across banks on different electronic systems. The float still exists.
"...Chromium is an open-source browser project..."
Which is why I weighted my words and went with Chrome which is mainly a branded binary from the Chromium project. Where "Chromium" can be either the application or the project.
They are not just Syrian refugees. Plenty of them go back and forth to be trained by ISIS. In that sense a large portion of them are invaders. There is no way to make peace with Muslims unless you are willing to accept Sharia "law" for all.
What a load of nonsense. The refugees are not the ones travelling to Syria to fight, they are the ones travelling out of Syria.
The main problem in Belgian are second generation immigrants, the children of immigrants that moved there 30+ years ago. Kids who feel marginalized and have a romantized idea of their home from their parents, so they travel back to fight for ISIS, until they realise it sucks ass and comes back. A few come back really nutters though and commit terrorism.
He is dodging inheritance taxes by transferring money
That is still only an example of following the rules as they currently exist. And it is still not hypocritical to advocate different rules while following those in place.
Wrong. It is absolutely hypocritical to act against one's publicly professed ideals and goals. He says one thing, does something else, its hypocritical. That it is legal or common changes nothing.
So you want to change a rule somewhere, you are saying you should never argue for changing the rule, but instead break it, otherwise you are a hypocrite?
That's a terrible characterization of things. He thinks he should pay more in taxes. He has the option to pay taxes or to avoid taxes, he chooses to avoid taxes. His actions do not match his professed belief. That's hypocritical.
Nope, he follows the rules but is arguing the rules could be better. There is nothing hypocritical about that. You are just angry because you disagree with the proposed rule change.
Your comment makes no sense. What are these fees you are talking about? I have several cards and pay no fees. What I do know is that I don't want automatic payments set up to pull from my bank because that takes real money immediately. The credit card transactions spend virtual money that converts into real money once a month as a bill which I pay in full.
Both the bank and the stores/institutions pays fees on your credit card transactions, so usually they try to discourage you from doing that. I know I would have to a pay an extra fee if I paid rent from a credit card, because they will just pass the 2.5% right back to me.
He is dodging inheritance taxes by transferring money
That is still only an example of following the rules as they currently exist. And it is still not hypocritical to advocate different rules while following those in place.
Wrong. It is absolutely hypocritical to act against one's publicly professed ideals and goals. He says one thing, does something else, its hypocritical. That it is legal or common changes nothing.
So you want to change a rule somewhere, you are saying you should never argue for changing the rule, but instead break it, otherwise you are a hypocrite?
Why would you reterminate anything? Leave it the way it is, just change ports on laptops. No need to change anything but the port and plug in one end of ethernet cables.
Fascism has a rather muddled definition, but at it's core it is a strong leader ideology with aggressive nationalist overtones, usually associated with hankering back to a stronger purer age and blame shifting to traitorous/poisonous out-groups.
No, at its core, fascism is an ideology that places the needs of "society" above the needs and liberties of individuals.
No, it isn't. It is a right-wing ideology. It places the needs of *some* individuals over the liberties of others. It specifically is at odds with socialist ideologies.
You don't need to replace existing infrastructure, just keep the cables you already have! Though I would make the new port fit into a small converted to the old port. That way new cables could come with plugs to be compatible with the old ports, that you could take off to be compatible with the new.
It is easy to understand once you see the price they demand. The problem is specifically that use proprietary connectors and then demand absolutely insane prices for the docks.
I've never understood why docking stations aren't absolutely everywhere. They are one of the biggest reasons I keep buying Dell latitude laptops. Docking stations is permanently plugged in with all my peripherals and a power supply and I just sit down to start work.
It is easy to understand once you see the price they demand. The problem is specifically that use proprietary connectors and then demand absolutely insane prices for the docks. If the docks were standard they would be cheaper and everywhere, but they are not going to open up that market voluntarily.
What if it is the exact same wire and almost the exact same connector, just one third of the height?
That could still work and be easy to deal with, though I would prefer to also replace the locking mechanism with something that lets go instead of breaking.
Let's hope this rumour is right. One less shitty vendor with shitty WLAN chips. Then Apple and Dell have to look elswhere to fsck over their customers with crappy hardware without working (Linux) drivers.
Be careful what you wish for. Broadcom is not the worst offender anymore.
So what you are really saying is that the self-driving car should just get a driving licence and then we're golden.
Sure, if it can navigate the bureacracy of becoming a US citizen and then getting a drivers license, especially as a non-human, it surely would be able to navigate our streets as well.
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Have you tried using one of them as a urinal while they were blowing?
Worst urinal EVER!!
No, they only had the keys for the consumer parts, which is the same problem all messaging services that doesn't allow you to run your own server has.
In theory you could secure BlackBerries but it always required an enterprise license and running your own servers with your own keys.
The number of zero-day exploits should be trending down, not up.
Let me rephrase the article headline for you: "You need X! Says seller of X"
50% insightful
50% troll
Slashdot's moderation system is broken. Maybe troll and flamebait should only count for -0.5 or something, to reduce abuse.
Seems to work perfectly to me. Your post was 50% insightful and 50% trolling.
The article was flamebait, whatever the tone it triggers both sides of the argument. The GP noticed one half, you the other, and both you trolled eachother.
MS had SFU/Interix, which they dropped.
Could this be a port of Ubuntu to that, much as Debian ported their OS to FreeBSD and the HURD?
Sounds like the most likely.
Debian GNU/Windows ?
Depends on the time period. Twenty years ago all bank-accounts had interest above inflation.
What has changed is that since the economic crisis in the early 2000 (after the dot-com crash). The official interest rates in most countries have been close to 0% to encourage growth. It hasn't worked but just caused more issues, and because we continue to have economic issues, and economists believe those can be slowed by low interest rates, we have been stuck with 0% interest for over a decade (which also means banks can loan below inflation).
[*]: I say "modern", because the giro system for payer-initiated transfers between different banks is from the 1960s, but the abolition of "float" where each bank would hold on to the money for a business day (night time batch processing) went away in the 80s and 90s.
Try transfering money internationally across banks on different electronic systems. The float still exists.
Chrome is not an application.
https://www.chromium.org/Home
.
"...Chromium is an open-source browser project ..."
Which is why I weighted my words and went with Chrome which is mainly a branded binary from the Chromium project. Where "Chromium" can be either the application or the project.
Chrome is not an application. It is an entire operating system, that just happens to include a browser. Think of it as ChromeOS VM.
...The coworker sitting next to me us using a 5.5 year old macbook pro and defending it as "still as good as anything new."
What a barbarian.
Would make sense if it was a Mac Pro, a 5 year old Mac Pro is literally better than anything currently available from Apple.
They are not just Syrian refugees. Plenty of them go back and forth to be trained by ISIS. In that sense a large portion of them are invaders. There is no way to make peace with Muslims unless you are willing to accept Sharia "law" for all.
What a load of nonsense. The refugees are not the ones travelling to Syria to fight, they are the ones travelling out of Syria.
The main problem in Belgian are second generation immigrants, the children of immigrants that moved there 30+ years ago. Kids who feel marginalized and have a romantized idea of their home from their parents, so they travel back to fight for ISIS, until they realise it sucks ass and comes back. A few come back really nutters though and commit terrorism.
He is dodging inheritance taxes by transferring money
That is still only an example of following the rules as they currently exist. And it is still not hypocritical to advocate different rules while following those in place.
Wrong. It is absolutely hypocritical to act against one's publicly professed ideals and goals. He says one thing, does something else, its hypocritical. That it is legal or common changes nothing.
So you want to change a rule somewhere, you are saying you should never argue for changing the rule, but instead break it, otherwise you are a hypocrite?
That's a terrible characterization of things. He thinks he should pay more in taxes. He has the option to pay taxes or to avoid taxes, he chooses to avoid taxes. His actions do not match his professed belief. That's hypocritical.
Nope, he follows the rules but is arguing the rules could be better. There is nothing hypocritical about that. You are just angry because you disagree with the proposed rule change.
Your comment makes no sense. What are these fees you are talking about? I have several cards and pay no fees. What I do know is that I don't want automatic payments set up to pull from my bank because that takes real money immediately. The credit card transactions spend virtual money that converts into real money once a month as a bill which I pay in full.
Both the bank and the stores/institutions pays fees on your credit card transactions, so usually they try to discourage you from doing that. I know I would have to a pay an extra fee if I paid rent from a credit card, because they will just pass the 2.5% right back to me.
He is dodging inheritance taxes by transferring money
That is still only an example of following the rules as they currently exist. And it is still not hypocritical to advocate different rules while following those in place.
Wrong. It is absolutely hypocritical to act against one's publicly professed ideals and goals. He says one thing, does something else, its hypocritical. That it is legal or common changes nothing.
So you want to change a rule somewhere, you are saying you should never argue for changing the rule, but instead break it, otherwise you are a hypocrite?
Right....
Well, you either pay for the first $50 or pay higher fees.
Then you don't have use of the credit card for a couple of days.
Then once you have the new one, any automated payments on it need to be redone.
Why would anyone do automatic payments from their credit card instead of directly from their bank-account and void the credit card fees?
Nazis in the 21st century?
Also you don't forcefeed anyone rectally. Digestion literally doesn't work that way.
Why would you reterminate anything? Leave it the way it is, just change ports on laptops. No need to change anything but the port and plug in one end of ethernet cables.
No, at its core, fascism is an ideology that places the needs of "society" above the needs and liberties of individuals.
No, it isn't. It is a right-wing ideology. It places the needs of *some* individuals over the liberties of others. It specifically is at odds with socialist ideologies.
You don't need to replace existing infrastructure, just keep the cables you already have! Though I would make the new port fit into a small converted to the old port. That way new cables could come with plugs to be compatible with the old ports, that you could take off to be compatible with the new.
It is easy to understand once you see the price they demand. The problem is specifically that use proprietary connectors and then demand absolutely insane prices for the docks.
New ones for $172 CAD: http://accessories.us.dell.com...,
I wouldn't call that insane pricing.
I would. They are port extenders. Anything above 100$ is crazy, 172$ is insane. 50$ from new would make more sense for what they are.
I've never understood why docking stations aren't absolutely everywhere. They are one of the biggest reasons I keep buying Dell latitude laptops. Docking stations is permanently plugged in with all my peripherals and a power supply and I just sit down to start work.
It is easy to understand once you see the price they demand. The problem is specifically that use proprietary connectors and then demand absolutely insane prices for the docks. If the docks were standard they would be cheaper and everywhere, but they are not going to open up that market voluntarily.
What if it is the exact same wire and almost the exact same connector, just one third of the height?
That could still work and be easy to deal with, though I would prefer to also replace the locking mechanism with something that lets go instead of breaking.
Let's hope this rumour is right. One less shitty vendor with shitty WLAN chips. Then Apple and Dell have to look elswhere to fsck over their customers with crappy hardware without working (Linux) drivers.
Be careful what you wish for. Broadcom is not the worst offender anymore.
So what you are really saying is that the self-driving car should just get a driving licence and then we're golden.
Sure, if it can navigate the bureacracy of becoming a US citizen and then getting a drivers license, especially as a non-human, it surely would be able to navigate our streets as well.
Any ordinary car driven by a raging retarded monkey would pass the safety tests as well.
BECAUSE THE SAFETY TESTS ON CARS DOESN'T TEST DRIVING OR COGNITIVE SKILLS!!!!