The more engineers working on nonsense like that, the more opportunities there are for the rest of us.
Nonsense? How many people want to live in the Star Trek universe? Doors that just open for you, but not just anyone. Lights, music, TV and food just by asking aloud. They can not do the doors and food yet, but lights TV and Music work!
Unless you actually look at it. I sniffed the wire on Alexa. Once a day there is a small packet exchange. Occasionally that small packet exchange will result in a moderately large download. I am assuming checking for updates and occasionally updating. Other then that, it NEVER initiates traffic without the alert keyword (Alexa by default), and every time it does, it is accompanied by the devices saying something, and what it "heard" is saved in the app for you to look at. I can not say it will always be this way, as it self updates, nor can I say that "deleting" the recordings actually deletes anything other then your list...
But from my personal testing, it seems to be playing very fair right now.
I use Gnome Flashback with Metacity, and it is quite good. Almost the same as Gnome 2. (Just a few regressions, and many taskbar applets are gone) However, the Gnome project is a dumpster fire far too often... But the other DEs are worse for my workflow.
As time progresses these systems trend toward getting more reliable. I am sure a lot of you don't remember the good old days, where we needed the PC power button to be directly tied to the system power supply, early systems which had the power going threw the mother board to request a clean shutdown, often had problems where the OS was so locked up that such button was useless, and you had to unplug the system to get it to work.
I still miss the days when the power switch was a fucking SWITCH! There are times when press and hold still does not work!
Please tell me when Gnome3 will die. Even Microsoft fairly quickly backpedaled with Metro, while Gnome junk is still being switched to rather than from.
You mean like Gnome Panel/Flashback? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... If more people use this over Cinnamon / Mate, the Gnome Project will see it and respond. Or at least better support it, which is all I care about. As long as my shit works, I am OK.
Studies have shown that minimal design and flat design are worse for productivity and ease of use. But it was trendy and cool. Thank God "Trendy" does not last long. I am starting to see flat design and single page websites fade away... Minimal design will not be far behind. Eventually, we will get to where we were 5 years ago!
I think the drop is people over-thinking it. With no local exchanged, that just means people in China have more incentive to keep transactions on bitcoin, and not pull out to local currency. I suspect it will result in more demand and therefore higher prices.
I also suspect that with the volatility, there will be a bitcoin futures market at some point.
But when was the last time the price of car went up 30% (Over about the last 10 years) while incomes remained stagnant? The big problem with cars is that they have become way to expensive!
The top three vehicles sold in the US are full sized pickup trucks. Then 2 suvs. You have to get to number 5 before you get the first car, a Camry. And Truck have less impact on CAFE then cars, so the do bend the rules. And hence, the $70k pickups! http://online.wsj.com/mdc/publ...
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All the new business class HP desktop have speakers built in, and some of them have microphones.
Hard drives do not like to sit powered off. In 3 to 5 years the fail rate is significant. Tape is fine for that. I have restored 40 year old tapes.
The more engineers working on nonsense like that, the more opportunities there are for the rest of us.
Nonsense? How many people want to live in the Star Trek universe? Doors that just open for you, but not just anyone. Lights, music, TV and food just by asking aloud. They can not do the doors and food yet, but lights TV and Music work!
I don't seem to have this problem with Alexa. Google Maps on Android can be frustrating, but Alexa gets it right almost all the time.
Unless you actually look at it. I sniffed the wire on Alexa. Once a day there is a small packet exchange. Occasionally that small packet exchange will result in a moderately large download. I am assuming checking for updates and occasionally updating. Other then that, it NEVER initiates traffic without the alert keyword (Alexa by default), and every time it does, it is accompanied by the devices saying something, and what it "heard" is saved in the app for you to look at. I can not say it will always be this way, as it self updates, nor can I say that "deleting" the recordings actually deletes anything other then your list...
But from my personal testing, it seems to be playing very fair right now.
PCs? Only a few of them.
Not anymore. Any All in One will have them, and many major brands have basic speaker and mic built in.
You just described almost every laptop in existence.
And all the phones and tablets. And the All In One PCs. Frankly, just about anything but a whitebox PC that you do not have a microphone on...
I use Gnome Flashback with Metacity, and it is quite good. Almost the same as Gnome 2. (Just a few regressions, and many taskbar applets are gone) However, the Gnome project is a dumpster fire far too often... But the other DEs are worse for my workflow.
But it was trendy and cool.
Trendy, yes -- but "trendy" rarely means "good". And it was never cool.
It was cool to some... Yes, they were hipster art students in web design, but still... :)
And I am glad it is going away! Slowly...
As time progresses these systems trend toward getting more reliable. I am sure a lot of you don't remember the good old days, where we needed the PC power button to be directly tied to the system power supply, early systems which had the power going threw the mother board to request a clean shutdown, often had problems where the OS was so locked up that such button was useless, and you had to unplug the system to get it to work.
I still miss the days when the power switch was a fucking SWITCH! There are times when press and hold still does not work!
They keep turning high powered multi-monitor computers into phones. I hate that my tablet keeps redirecting to the mobile site... On a 10 inch screen!
Please tell me when Gnome3 will die. Even Microsoft fairly quickly backpedaled with Metro, while Gnome junk is still being switched to rather than from.
You mean like Gnome Panel/Flashback? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... If more people use this over Cinnamon / Mate, the Gnome Project will see it and respond. Or at least better support it, which is all I care about. As long as my shit works, I am OK.
Studies have shown that minimal design and flat design are worse for productivity and ease of use. But it was trendy and cool. Thank God "Trendy" does not last long. I am starting to see flat design and single page websites fade away... Minimal design will not be far behind. Eventually, we will get to where we were 5 years ago!
- PayPal can only perform a heist once, then their reputation is destroyed.
Yet they seem to have done it a lot. There are even websites. www.paypalsucks.com And they are NOT new...
- The net worth of Paypal is more than it would be worth destroying their own brand
Apparently not, since their brand is already destroyed, and it doesn't seem to be a problem.
- The number of people required to collude in a heist of Paypal and their lack of assurance of a payout makes a heist very difficult
Not really. Lots of people scam paypal, and paypal scams lots of other people.
I think the drop is people over-thinking it. With no local exchanged, that just means people in China have more incentive to keep transactions on bitcoin, and not pull out to local currency. I suspect it will result in more demand and therefore higher prices.
I also suspect that with the volatility, there will be a bitcoin futures market at some point.
Though I suppose you should probably be leaving the driving to someone else if you're paying $2,400/year for insurance.
I can tell you do not live in one of the big 5 cities. That is not too unusual for full coverage there.
And when it dies, will you buy a new on or ride share? That is the overarching question here.
If it makes sense. Compare $800 to Uber (20$ each way 5 days a week) to $600 car payment, $200 insurance, and gas and maintenance... It's just math.
But when was the last time the price of car went up 30% (Over about the last 10 years) while incomes remained stagnant? The big problem with cars is that they have become way to expensive!
You obviously have no idea what IRIX was used for. Go back to your 3D games and stop pretending to have a clue.
Actually being around the people switching the Irix workstations with PCs and Open GL cards back in the day, I might have a bit of a clue there...
The top three vehicles sold in the US are full sized pickup trucks. Then 2 suvs. You have to get to number 5 before you get the first car, a Camry. And Truck have less impact on CAFE then cars, so the do bend the rules. And hence, the $70k pickups! http://online.wsj.com/mdc/publ...
Hubba hubba! ;)
Because that would cost him a shit ton more money then if his taxes went up.
Which was my point. The rich guy needs more of my money to make his plan work. No.
Yep... It went form Reagan to Bush, to Bush, to Trump with no one else in that office...
Some of the best movies have no good guy. Payback... Last Man Standing... Trump vs Tech Mahindra... :)