I find it ironic that the generation that started pushing cheap, unmaintainable gadgets to the consumer 'to save costs' now complain that we do not fix our own stuff anymore.
Modern wet shaving is rubbish. Overpriced cartridge systems, harsh chemicals to soften up the beard and mediocre results. I prefer a good DE razor with a traditional soap. Easier on the skin and I get better shaves.
^This! Sony has the nasty habit of using their own proprietary 'standards'. My wife still has an old Vaio lying around with a MMC reader, which is Sony only.
I for one am unsure why in the first place the original article was written. So the guy played a character with a vaguely-but-not-quite similar technology some 20-odd years ago, so now his opinion counts? What's next, Arnold Schwarzenegger on Roombas because he used to play the Terminator?
Which country are you from, AC? I know many many baby boomers who were able to retire early, because they could speculate on the value of their houses. Nowadays, younger generations are barely able to earn enough money to pay for their houses.
Please note that in the Netherlands, it rarely snows more than a few centimeters. Most of that snow is tackled by road salt. Furthermore, what does happen, is rain or sleet freezing up the roads, resulting in black ice which is almost invisible in the dark. Normally, I shun warning labels instead of prudent driving, but this idea is IMHO pretty nifty.
Now here's something that irks me, although not by fault of the owners/companions. I have had several budgies. One vet told me that standard issue parakeet food is like Big Macs for parakeets, i.e. very fatty, unhealthy and hardly nutritious. So actually, while I thought that I was feeding my parakeets properly, I actually wasn't.
I never felt guilty for keeping parakeets. When properly trained, they are very social and intelligent and they appear quite happy for your companionship. However, in the end it appeared that I have been consistently poisoning them, even while making sure they would not overeat. That made me decide not to buy a new parakeet.
Long story short, even if pets get a proper home with food and protection, it may not be beneficial by definition, regardless of the owner's intentions.
Coding is not hard. Being the one to do the grunt work is. You'll always be on the bottom of the corporate ladder and in the middle of the shit storm, regardless of skill and experience. You can either stop caring or switch careers. At 36, I am still in doubt which one it will be.
Another thing making it hard to be a (non-freelance) coder, is that most of the time is spent on either trivial stuff or uninteresting problems. I know several coders who would love to work in innovative projects, but are forced to do something spirit crushingly boring like generating excel sheets from a software package from 1997 or something.
If you want to maintain your relationship, do not force feed her Star Trek. There are many SciFi series out there that appeal to a wider (and more female) audience.
I'd agree, but please note that the battery life on a first generation EEEPC is horrible. If the battery is still good (which it probably isn't), you get three hours of battery life. Also: the SSD is way too small for a decent-sized distro, and the Celeron 900 (!) tends to run hot over time. Perhaps I'd buy a slightly newer model, and swap the HDD for a SSD.
That being said, my EEE900 is still going strong and very portable. I even carry it in my tank bag on my motorcycle.
Here's another non-piracy explanation: nowadays, people increasingly buy their stuff from the artists themselves, cutting out layer upon layer of middle men. Hopefully, now they actually earn something from their music sales.
I am a programmer. I used to love my job. Now, I feel that I have hit a dead end. Our company is sinking slowly, our customers are parasitic ungrateful bastards, the project is mindbogglingly boring, and every time our CEO tries to do a 'pep talk', the programmers angrily leave the meeting. The productive hours of programming are at 25% of what they used to be. Not that I am slacking off 75% of the time, but I do not have the energy anymore to concentrate on programming for more that a few hours a day. I leave my office as a burnt-out husk.
At least I know that I am in the wrong place and I am actively looking for another job.
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I find it ironic that the generation that started pushing cheap, unmaintainable gadgets to the consumer 'to save costs' now complain that we do not fix our own stuff anymore.
Fuck you, babyboomers.
Modern wet shaving is rubbish. Overpriced cartridge systems, harsh chemicals to soften up the beard and mediocre results. I prefer a good DE razor with a traditional soap. Easier on the skin and I get better shaves.
Sounds great for Steam games!
(ok, ok, misted water != steam)
^This! Sony has the nasty habit of using their own proprietary 'standards'. My wife still has an old Vaio lying around with a MMC reader, which is Sony only.
Don't forget Phil Collins!
I agree with all of the above. Furthermore, many servers require as much uptime as possible, making reboots on patch tuesdays less than practical.
Never heard of this guy.
Good troll.
I for one am unsure why in the first place the original article was written. So the guy played a character with a vaguely-but-not-quite similar technology some 20-odd years ago, so now his opinion counts? What's next, Arnold Schwarzenegger on Roombas because he used to play the Terminator?
Second, how did this end up on the /. frontpage?
Which country are you from, AC? I know many many baby boomers who were able to retire early, because they could speculate on the value of their houses. Nowadays, younger generations are barely able to earn enough money to pay for their houses.
So use a LESS compiler then: edit LESS-file, compile to CSS, test CSS locally, upload to server. Rinse and repeat.
Pinky?
Please note that in the Netherlands, it rarely snows more than a few centimeters. Most of that snow is tackled by road salt. Furthermore, what does happen, is rain or sleet freezing up the roads, resulting in black ice which is almost invisible in the dark. Normally, I shun warning labels instead of prudent driving, but this idea is IMHO pretty nifty.
...with abundant food...
Now here's something that irks me, although not by fault of the owners/companions. I have had several budgies. One vet told me that standard issue parakeet food is like Big Macs for parakeets, i.e. very fatty, unhealthy and hardly nutritious. So actually, while I thought that I was feeding my parakeets properly, I actually wasn't.
I never felt guilty for keeping parakeets. When properly trained, they are very social and intelligent and they appear quite happy for your companionship. However, in the end it appeared that I have been consistently poisoning them, even while making sure they would not overeat. That made me decide not to buy a new parakeet.
Long story short, even if pets get a proper home with food and protection, it may not be beneficial by definition, regardless of the owner's intentions.
I wouldn't say coding is hard.
Coding is not hard. Being the one to do the grunt work is. You'll always be on the bottom of the corporate ladder and in the middle of the shit storm, regardless of skill and experience. You can either stop caring or switch careers. At 36, I am still in doubt which one it will be.
Another thing making it hard to be a (non-freelance) coder, is that most of the time is spent on either trivial stuff or uninteresting problems. I know several coders who would love to work in innovative projects, but are forced to do something spirit crushingly boring like generating excel sheets from a software package from 1997 or something.
If you want to maintain your relationship, do not force feed her Star Trek. There are many SciFi series out there that appeal to a wider (and more female) audience.
I'd agree, but please note that the battery life on a first generation EEEPC is horrible. If the battery is still good (which it probably isn't), you get three hours of battery life. Also: the SSD is way too small for a decent-sized distro, and the Celeron 900 (!) tends to run hot over time. Perhaps I'd buy a slightly newer model, and swap the HDD for a SSD.
That being said, my EEE900 is still going strong and very portable. I even carry it in my tank bag on my motorcycle.
...our national sport...
What sport would that be? Binge drinking?
Here's another non-piracy explanation: nowadays, people increasingly buy their stuff from the artists themselves, cutting out layer upon layer of middle men. Hopefully, now they actually earn something from their music sales.
So it's a bit like Windows Mobile 6 then.
If they had been on a quest against evil, they would have resigned.
Word of advice: you probably just have to clean the potmeter. It accumulates dust and dirt over time. Clean it out and you're good again.
Oh dear! How sad! Never mind!
Hair is for women!
I didn't understand half the nouns in that article.
Heh. Me neither. That's why I read the article in the first place. :-)
The only reason I'm thinking of replacing it is that the battery life is now pretty shocking (about a day on standby, two if you're very lucky).
You can always just replace the battery. A new battery for my Nokia phone would cost me about €15 or less.
Please mod insightful.
I am a programmer. I used to love my job. Now, I feel that I have hit a dead end. Our company is sinking slowly, our customers are parasitic ungrateful bastards, the project is mindbogglingly boring, and every time our CEO tries to do a 'pep talk', the programmers angrily leave the meeting. The productive hours of programming are at 25% of what they used to be. Not that I am slacking off 75% of the time, but I do not have the energy anymore to concentrate on programming for more that a few hours a day. I leave my office as a burnt-out husk.
At least I know that I am in the wrong place and I am actively looking for another job.