Each TV at home has a small computer running OpenELEC or similar XBMC/Kodi distributions. The bigger computers are nettops like the Acer AspireRevo series. The smaller one is a Raspberry Pi 2B.
They all connect to a NAS share that contains all my videos. I rip DVDs and BluRays that I own (several hundred) and more recently rent (via Red Box).
Remote controls are Logitech Harmony One remotes for a couple of the boxes and an old iPad running an XBMC/Kodi remote control app on one of them.
About a decade ago I got my dad an Apple desktop because I was tired of reconfiguring his Windows PC every few weeks. (They live ~80 miles from me and I would have to go a couple times a month at least. Difficult to do and keep harmony with the wife and kids with their weekend schedules.)
Now he manages his own photo library, emails, watches videos his friends send him, and my support calls are down to (at most) once a year.
If anything, my mom complains that now that the computer works all the time, my dad is on the computer a lot more and she sees me a lot less.
Apple hardware may be a bit overpriced, but it's well worth it for my parents.
My machine came with 16GB. A year ago one of the 4GB DIMMs died on me. I pulled it out and chucked it. I was planning on replacing it, but never got around to it.
I occasionally look at my memory usage. with 12GB ram and a 5GB swap, I almost never use more than 4GB of the ram and 3% of swap space.
tl;dr : Memory might be cheap, but we need less than we think we do.
"Claiming to âoeprotect your phone from malware and theftâ, this malicious app runs in the background of victimsâ(TM) devices once downloaded and collects their data and location."
If I was that crapware maker, I would feel quite comfortable marketing my app as a "Windows 10 security doubler". After all, if Windows 10 logs your data and sends it to a site on the internet, it must be doubly secure to send the data to a second site.
But I know several guys who want to get rid of their wallets. So they get phone cases which have an extra compartment. They keep their driver's license, a credit card, and a $20 bill in the compartment and everything else is digital.
It's interesting and none of them mention being hacked (yet). But I certainly don't have enough trust in a phone manufacturer to do this.
"That's stealing. It's no different than ripping music. It's no different than pirating movies."
How the heck is decreasing your bandwith by selectively not downloading ads the same as transcoding a music CD you own or copyright infringing a movie from https://kat.cr/ ?
This is complicated by the fact that some human drivers do not even know themselves, what they intend to do. So how should a computer control system be able to anticipate what a human driver intends to do, when the human drivers don't even know themselves?
This is Google we're talking about. If anyone can do it, it's them.
First thought: use facial recognition against their Google Street View database to positively identify the individual. Then pull up all their online activities and generate a psychological profile of how aggressive a driver they are. Then compare that profile to others in the past as well as that individual in the past to predict what they are going to do next.
If I wanted to hold that much in Bitcoins, what is the recommended way? Not in a central bank, because I need to control my wallet.
But on my computer? How do I prove that a virus in a flash add on a website doesn't break in and start reading local data looking for a bitcoin wallet?
Offline, burnt on a CD/DVD? Do I need to worry about bitrot? How do I prevent that?
And when Windows 7 is no longer getting security updates? What then?
Might as well slowly start looking into other options.
I was a MS Windows fan since win386 days. I chose Ubuntu in 2005. When Ubuntu messed up their desktop UI, I switched to Linux Mint (and OS X on a Apple laptop).
Maybe staying with one desktop OS for your entire life limits you a bit?
P.S. So much easier to be on non-Microsoft OSs now than it was a decade ago. So many things are either web-based or cross-platform. I haven't used wine or virtualbox in well over a year.
I think the concern is that if your computer gets taken over, the criminal can just automatically scan the password logs for all your browsers and you're toast.
Sorry to hear about your experience regarding your mom.
That's the problem with oncologists. They peddle in hope, rather than reality.
It's a double-edged sword, really. If they say there's nothing to do and it's best to just keep her comfortable, some patients and families will think they're giving up. On the other hand, if they go all-in and keep doing round after round of therapies, some families will feel they are milking the situation.
Better to ask the patient's primary care physician their opinion. If they are board certified in Internal Medicine, they should have a general idea of cure rates for most standard cancers. They're also a disinterested third party.
You're not the only fan. I love the clean interface, the fact that videos don't automatically play, the ability to filter people into groups and ignore groups of your "friends".
The iPhone app works nicely and is easy to use as well.
I rear-ended someone once. The velocity was slow enough that it was barely a scratch on either of our bumpers, but it still shakes me years later when I think about it.
I was driving in an ice storm down a slight grade and saw the car ahead of me and hit the brakes. I then promptly slid for several car lengths before hitting him. (I was smart to just slam the breaks and let the car's anti-lock breaking system figure out what to do. You start second-thinking the ABS and pump the breaks and you end up sliding a lot more.)
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Each TV at home has a small computer running OpenELEC or similar XBMC/Kodi distributions. The bigger computers are nettops like the Acer AspireRevo series. The smaller one is a Raspberry Pi 2B.
They all connect to a NAS share that contains all my videos. I rip DVDs and BluRays that I own (several hundred) and more recently rent (via Red Box).
Remote controls are Logitech Harmony One remotes for a couple of the boxes and an old iPad running an XBMC/Kodi remote control app on one of them.
Agree 100%.
About a decade ago I got my dad an Apple desktop because I was tired of reconfiguring his Windows PC every few weeks. (They live ~80 miles from me and I would have to go a couple times a month at least. Difficult to do and keep harmony with the wife and kids with their weekend schedules.)
Now he manages his own photo library, emails, watches videos his friends send him, and my support calls are down to (at most) once a year.
If anything, my mom complains that now that the computer works all the time, my dad is on the computer a lot more and she sees me a lot less.
Apple hardware may be a bit overpriced, but it's well worth it for my parents.
My machine came with 16GB. A year ago one of the 4GB DIMMs died on me. I pulled it out and chucked it. I was planning on replacing it, but never got around to it.
I occasionally look at my memory usage. with 12GB ram and a 5GB swap, I almost never use more than 4GB of the ram and 3% of swap space.
tl;dr : Memory might be cheap, but we need less than we think we do.
"Claiming to âoeprotect your phone from malware and theftâ, this malicious app runs in the background of victimsâ(TM) devices once downloaded and collects their data and location."
If I was that crapware maker, I would feel quite comfortable marketing my app as a "Windows 10 security doubler". After all, if Windows 10 logs your data and sends it to a site on the internet, it must be doubly secure to send the data to a second site.
It needs to have an iPad app that is simple enough for a three-year-old to use with help and for a five-year-old to use without help;
Ask the state to help. After all, if you're leaving a three year old with a five year old, the state will get involved at some point soon.
Or, if I misinterpreted and there's some sort of adult supervision, have the adult press the damn icon on your iPad.
Agree about handing over a phone to the officer.
But 'battery is dead' doesn't happen much. About the same as 'wallet at home'. I just keep a USB charger in the car, home, and work.
I don't see it, either.
But I know several guys who want to get rid of their wallets. So they get phone cases which have an extra compartment. They keep their driver's license, a credit card, and a $20 bill in the compartment and everything else is digital.
It's interesting and none of them mention being hacked (yet). But I certainly don't have enough trust in a phone manufacturer to do this.
When he went back, it was to save him. It's just the cliffhanger from the season premiere which made it look like he went back to kill him.
Then there's the bit from Freakonomics: When and where abortions are illegal, 20 years later violent crime rates increase.
"That's stealing. It's no different than ripping music. It's no different than pirating movies."
How the heck is decreasing your bandwith by selectively not downloading ads the same as transcoding a music CD you own or copyright infringing a movie from https://kat.cr/ ?
This is complicated by the fact that some human drivers do not even know themselves, what they intend to do. So how should a computer control system be able to anticipate what a human driver intends to do, when the human drivers don't even know themselves?
This is Google we're talking about. If anyone can do it, it's them.
First thought: use facial recognition against their Google Street View database to positively identify the individual. Then pull up all their online activities and generate a psychological profile of how aggressive a driver they are. Then compare that profile to others in the past as well as that individual in the past to predict what they are going to do next.
I have some US dollars. Let's say $100,000.
If I wanted to hold that much in Bitcoins, what is the recommended way? Not in a central bank, because I need to control my wallet.
But on my computer? How do I prove that a virus in a flash add on a website doesn't break in and start reading local data looking for a bitcoin wallet?
Offline, burnt on a CD/DVD? Do I need to worry about bitrot? How do I prevent that?
Frankly I thought they were making a statement about the game itself by only releasing it on the Microsoft Store.
It's only universal if they're rendered the same way in every font.
I don't think that's how unicode works.
I like the old UI. It works well for those of us who are working on desktops and laptops.
Hope they have the old UI or something similar as the default when it realises you don't have a touch screen.
If you're not printing much, why did you need to replace the cartridge?
My guess: The way the cartridge prevents dry ink from blocking the head is by printing occasionally to keep the ink moving.
And when Windows 7 is no longer getting security updates? What then?
Might as well slowly start looking into other options.
I was a MS Windows fan since win386 days. I chose Ubuntu in 2005. When Ubuntu messed up their desktop UI, I switched to Linux Mint (and OS X on a Apple laptop).
Maybe staying with one desktop OS for your entire life limits you a bit?
P.S. So much easier to be on non-Microsoft OSs now than it was a decade ago. So many things are either web-based or cross-platform. I haven't used wine or virtualbox in well over a year.
I think the concern is that if your computer gets taken over, the criminal can just automatically scan the password logs for all your browsers and you're toast.
Sorry to hear about your experience regarding your mom.
That's the problem with oncologists. They peddle in hope, rather than reality.
It's a double-edged sword, really. If they say there's nothing to do and it's best to just keep her comfortable, some patients and families will think they're giving up. On the other hand, if they go all-in and keep doing round after round of therapies, some families will feel they are milking the situation.
Better to ask the patient's primary care physician their opinion. If they are board certified in Internal Medicine, they should have a general idea of cure rates for most standard cancers. They're also a disinterested third party.
You're not the only fan. I love the clean interface, the fact that videos don't automatically play, the ability to filter people into groups and ignore groups of your "friends".
The iPhone app works nicely and is easy to use as well.
No link to the real site? I'm not sure which is the original and which ones are just mirrors and malware.
http://kat.cr/
http://kickasstorrents.video/
Yes, but sometimes you get fooled.
I rear-ended someone once. The velocity was slow enough that it was barely a scratch on either of our bumpers, but it still shakes me years later when I think about it.
I was driving in an ice storm down a slight grade and saw the car ahead of me and hit the brakes. I then promptly slid for several car lengths before hitting him. (I was smart to just slam the breaks and let the car's anti-lock breaking system figure out what to do. You start second-thinking the ABS and pump the breaks and you end up sliding a lot more.)
What dealer would enthusiastically sell a car they don't need to service?
(Why do you think the Volt doesn't sell better?)
Apple should have higher priorities than force touch.
For instance, make a power-on button that works for more than a couple years.
Last three iPhones my wife and I bought had the power switch become less responsive (requiring heavy pressure to register) after about three years.
Or, of course, just expect everyone to throw away their phones in 2 years. That seems to be what everyone does, anyway.
What the hell is a "safe space"?
A place they can show potential buyers when they plan to sell Reddit.