If you read through this thread, the replies you received will likely be greatly disheartening.
It's truly a fact-free world where "truthiness" trumps reality.
Even here on Slashdot.
When stories of outrageous ISP pricing and behaviour, etc. ad nauseam, start appearing in the future, take some solace in that it's basically exactly what they've asked for and they deserve it, hard. H.L. Menken being paraphrased there.
Thanks for you many +5 Informative / Insightful posts over the years. I don't expect to personally be around to see any further ones you make. But I'd enjoy reading your comments on ArsTechnica where I linger silently.
It's one place where facts and reality triumph over emotions and beliefs.
(In case you hadn't noticed, a couple of the big-name services are currently engaged in purging "hateful" posters and suppressing display of articles ferom "fake news" sites. When you get down to the actual posters and sites suppressed, the actual definitions seem to actually be "conservative".)
Not necessary to include quotes around "fake news" -- they were by any measure fake news sites.
And if the actual definitions of "fake news" sites coincides strongly with conservative sources, that's a problem for conservatives - why the dependence on fake news?
First we need to "take care of" those that use "drug" as a past tense for drag:
I drug the couch outside.
Drug is already a verb, dammit -- to administer drugs to, usually without consent.
And we've been switching from irregular verbs (learnt, burnt, dreamt,...) to regular ones - I cannot for the life of me figure out why dragged is being replaced with drug - drives me nuts.
Think it through, the best a buried person could do is send an email saying they're under rubble. We already know that. Wifi is more of a distraction than anything useful in this situation.
We do not already know that. It might be known that there's a pile of rubble, but not that someone was inside, and not that they're alive.
If they can say "I'm alive under the rubble at 123 Main Street", it can be hugely beneficial to their survival. Can then focus on which multi-tonne pile of rubble to start digging through.
Or a group message via WhatsApp or something saying, "We've found 10 people in the basement of 321 Main Street - help us get them out ASAP" sent to rescuers.
It may not be a high likelihood of happening, but a better chance than someone downloading child porn during the recovery effort, or rescuers standing around taking selfies because they're really only there to pump up their social media profiles.
I'm saying the people will get more rescuing done if checking their email and posting selfies is not an option.
Perhaps, for you, having WiFi means taking & posting selfies.
For others it might be a way for a trapped person to ask for help and give their location, or a method for rescuers to be notified to rush to a certain location for an emergency beyond what they're currently working on (maybe a collapsed school or hospital) (maybe even leading to more rescues).
There are many, many possibilities in an earthquake devastated area in which an internet connection can be handy - life-saving even.
Well, plants need water just like they need CO2, but obviously too much water will not promote growth.
Same with CO2 - not necessarily a 100% positive thing.
3. Too high a concentration of CO2 causes a reduction of photosynthesis in certain of plants. There is also evidence from the past of major damage to a wide variety of plants species from a sudden rise in CO2 (See illustrations below). Higher concentrations of CO2 also reduce the nutritional quality of some staples, such as wheat.
4. As is confirmed by long-term experiments, plants with exhorbitant supplies of CO2 run up against limited availability of other nutrients. These long term projects show that while some plants exhibit a brief and promising burst of growth upon initial exposure to C02, effects such as the "nitrogen plateau" soon truncate this benefit
6. Likely the worst problem is that increasing CO2 will increase temperatures throughout the Earth. This will make deserts and other types of dry land grow. While deserts increase in size, other eco-zones, whether tropical, forest or grassland will try to migrate towards the poles. Unfortunately it does not follow that soil conditions will necessarily favor their growth even at optimum temperatures.
We already have empirical data from previous periods with high greenhouse gas numbers, and we know what happened: plant life flourished, died, got buried, turned into coal, and served as a carbon sink. Anyone arguing that this won't happen again is making an extraordinary claim that demands extraordinary proof.
It's not entirely clear that coal can be replenished at anywhere near the scale we've been using it.
Trees invented lignin -- the tough fibrous component in bark -- millions of years before bacteria and fungi invented ways to break down and digest lignin. (Even today, lignin takes a long time to break down and only a few organisms can digest it, but there are enough that it gets recycled eventually.) That meant for millions of years, trees that died didn't rot and get recycled as they do today; instead, they just piled up and eventually got buried and became coal.
Now a new genomic analysis suggests why Earth significantly slowed its coal-making processes roughly 300 million years ago—mushrooms evolved the ability to break down lignin.
Try taking a train trip across the United States, or Europe or Asia or anywhere in the world. Ninety-nine percent of the land is not used...
Sounds like nonsense; just because there aren't houses on it doesn't mean it's unused. There's a lot of farmland in, for example, central North America, or outside the larger European cities.
Also, forests, for example, might be called "unused" by some, but I'd argue that they are useful just as they are and if we raze them all for farmland and housing we'd be in a bad way.
For example, forests are repositories for all kinds of specialized DNA (refererring now to the 2nd quote in TFS), and to stretch the DNA-is-code analogy, it's rarely a good idea to discard forever any when storage is cheap.
I suspect some sort of central software repository would help alleviate the unintentional installation of malware.
Last time I had to install something on a Windows box, I had to go looking for whatever it was and was appalled at the shadiness of the sites that offered downloads.
Of course, any implementation in the Windows world would end up being an "app store" model which would be expected to generate revenue. i.e. Mostly Useless.
The downloaded file is a html file. This indicates a link to a website instead of the actual download. Would you like to open the site with a browser instead?
I resisted the upgrade to plasma 5 as long as possible because I didn't like the changes I saw (particularly the flat design, and the lack of discoverability: I want tabs clearly defined, I don't like a thin blue line under a menu item to show me it's selected, etc ad nauseam).
I just hope this newer version gets to a spot where I love it as much as I loved QT4 version - it was so close to perfect.
And honest question: does anyone, anywhere run KDE on a tablet or a kiosk? Great if so, but honestly, is it used anywhere?
It's cheaper to support ONE version of the operating system than it is three.
Of course that explanation doesn't involve the amount of tin foil that many like to introduce into the situation, but it makes the most sense to me.
It's true that supporting one version is easier than > 1 version, but unless they think there's a possibility of a 100% conversion, then they're still going to have to support > 1 version of Windows for quite a while still.
The best explanation I've seen for the feverish push to convert users to Windows 10 is that some bonus(es) are tied to conversion rates.
But how else will they demonstrate that they're not mad, really, they're actually laughing?
(yeah, they're mad)
That's another problem - it's now become punctuation, used when no humour was created, nor even intended.
I saw a YouTube comment yesterday (yeah, I know) that had 3 sentences, all of which started with "lol", none of which contained even a single molecule of humour.
(Maybe it was homeopathic in its humour?)
"LOL is the internet mating call of those too stupid to find their own arse with both hands and a mirror." -- Abraham Lincoln.
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Thanks for making my point, ya twatwaffle.
Hi Qbertino,
If you read through this thread, the replies you received will likely be greatly disheartening.
It's truly a fact-free world where "truthiness" trumps reality.
Even here on Slashdot.
When stories of outrageous ISP pricing and behaviour, etc. ad nauseam, start appearing in the future, take some solace in that it's basically exactly what they've asked for and they deserve it, hard. H.L. Menken being paraphrased there.
Thanks for you many +5 Informative / Insightful posts over the years. I don't expect to personally be around to see any further ones you make. But I'd enjoy reading your comments on ArsTechnica where I linger silently.
It's one place where facts and reality triumph over emotions and beliefs.
Whiny little AC bitch complains when reality rears its head; film at 11.
(In case you hadn't noticed, a couple of the big-name services are currently engaged in purging "hateful" posters and suppressing display of articles ferom "fake news" sites. When you get down to the actual posters and sites suppressed, the actual definitions seem to actually be "conservative".)
Not necessary to include quotes around "fake news" -- they were by any measure fake news sites.
And if the actual definitions of "fake news" sites coincides strongly with conservative sources, that's a problem for conservatives - why the dependence on fake news?
It was underwater. Or don't you remember the last storm. The one that flooded all the subways, cut off power to half the city, and destroyed Rockaway?
N00b.
Well, he points to Al Gore on the topic of climate change, so "N00b" is being pretty generous of you.
And I'd like a link to an IPCC report that predicted NYC would be under water by now. Eventually, without massive infrastructure to prevent it, sure.
Slashdot sucks donkey balls on political issues these days and, unfortunately, climate science has been politicized by the deniers.
The power button still exists (unless apple deems it is not necessary in the next iphone).
Well, gotta admit, that would he courageous.
Not if we keep shooting those people.
First we need to "take care of" those that use "drug" as a past tense for drag:
Drug is already a verb, dammit -- to administer drugs to, usually without consent.
And we've been switching from irregular verbs (learnt, burnt, dreamt, ...) to regular ones - I cannot for the life of me figure out why dragged is being replaced with drug - drives me nuts.
Keep thinking though. What are the chances of
* your battery being alive
Greater than zero.
* knowing your location
The last building I entered before the earthquake, duh.
Any wifi data is worthless and a distraction.
It appears the experts - the actual rescuers - disagree with you.
Still don't believe me? OK, As someone who has never responded to an emergency you seem to be an expert,
I never claimed expertise, just noting that the real experts on the scene are asking for this.
but you're really an armchair quarterback compared to me.
Hilarious. Now you're claiming expertise and in conflict with what those on the scene are saying.
Who should I believe? It's a tough choice but internet armchair rescuer loses by a hair's breadth on this one.
*plonk*
Think it through, the best a buried person could do is send an email saying they're under rubble. We already know that. Wifi is more of a distraction than anything useful in this situation.
We do not already know that. It might be known that there's a pile of rubble, but not that someone was inside, and not that they're alive.
If they can say "I'm alive under the rubble at 123 Main Street", it can be hugely beneficial to their survival. Can then focus on which multi-tonne pile of rubble to start digging through.
Or a group message via WhatsApp or something saying, "We've found 10 people in the basement of 321 Main Street - help us get them out ASAP" sent to rescuers.
It may not be a high likelihood of happening, but a better chance than someone downloading child porn during the recovery effort, or rescuers standing around taking selfies because they're really only there to pump up their social media profiles.
I'm saying the people will get more rescuing done if checking their email and posting selfies is not an option.
Perhaps, for you, having WiFi means taking & posting selfies.
For others it might be a way for a trapped person to ask for help and give their location, or a method for rescuers to be notified to rush to a certain location for an emergency beyond what they're currently working on (maybe a collapsed school or hospital) (maybe even leading to more rescues).
There are many, many possibilities in an earthquake devastated area in which an internet connection can be handy - life-saving even.
More CO2 is resulting in more foliage. Seems nature has it's own kind of "balancing market".
Well, plants need water just like they need CO2, but obviously too much water will not promote growth.
Same with CO2 - not necessarily a 100% positive thing.
We already have empirical data from previous periods with high greenhouse gas numbers, and we know what happened: plant life flourished, died, got buried, turned into coal, and served as a carbon sink. Anyone arguing that this won't happen again is making an extraordinary claim that demands extraordinary proof.
It's not entirely clear that coal can be replenished at anywhere near the scale we've been using it.
This interesting bit of info on coal's formation came to my attention not long ago:
Better source:
This seems circular:
Is this some privilege escalation scenario for the original "Windows applications" against its own system via Linux subsystem?
Isn't that a bigger problem with the subsystem implementation?
Sounds like nonsense; just because there aren't houses on it doesn't mean it's unused. There's a lot of farmland in, for example, central North America, or outside the larger European cities.
Also, forests, for example, might be called "unused" by some, but I'd argue that they are useful just as they are and if we raze them all for farmland and housing we'd be in a bad way.
For example, forests are repositories for all kinds of specialized DNA (refererring now to the 2nd quote in TFS), and to stretch the DNA-is-code analogy, it's rarely a good idea to discard forever any when storage is cheap.
... it keeps things interesting.
Besides, I hate Bob in QA and it gives him conniptions trying to read it.
Why can't we call these things what they are?
"Podcasts" are audio files of people talking about shit they don't know much about
Like how Slashdot posts are text files by people talking about shit they don't know much about?
I'm not sure what the solution is.
I suspect some sort of central software repository would help alleviate the unintentional installation of malware.
Last time I had to install something on a Windows box, I had to go looking for whatever it was and was appalled at the shadiness of the sites that offered downloads.
Of course, any implementation in the Windows world would end up being an "app store" model which would be expected to generate revenue. i.e. Mostly Useless.
And, my Desktop Effects are b0rked - no dodging of windows, no cube, ...
This kind of shit is why I'm not liking v5 - v4 worked nearly flawlessly on same hardware.
Also, v5 gets so damned slow after running for a few weeks.
You can still use Oxygen theme, or I don't know, download any other theme.
As another comment said, why are the defaults so poor?
Anyway, clicking on "Get New Themes..." on Desktop Theme in System Settings (which seems like it should / could be under "Look And Feel":
Fucking wonderful.
Okay, on 2nd or 3rd try it shows some options.
And that's not immediately satisfying:
Just feels unpolished.
I resisted the upgrade to plasma 5 as long as possible because I didn't like the changes I saw (particularly the flat design, and the lack of discoverability: I want tabs clearly defined, I don't like a thin blue line under a menu item to show me it's selected, etc ad nauseam).
I just hope this newer version gets to a spot where I love it as much as I loved QT4 version - it was so close to perfect.
And honest question: does anyone, anywhere run KDE on a tablet or a kiosk? Great if so, but honestly, is it used anywhere?
It's cheaper to support ONE version of the operating system than it is three.
Of course that explanation doesn't involve the amount of tin foil that many like to introduce into the situation, but it makes the most sense to me.
It's true that supporting one version is easier than > 1 version, but unless they think there's a possibility of a 100% conversion, then they're still going to have to support > 1 version of Windows for quite a while still.
The best explanation I've seen for the feverish push to convert users to Windows 10 is that some bonus(es) are tied to conversion rates.
where they [horseshoe crabs] now hold the record as the animal that has directly saved more human lives than any other.
Can you expand on that?
I had a look on Wikipedia for horseshoe crabs and saw they're a food source but can't reconcile that with your statement.
Thanks.
But how else will they demonstrate that they're not mad, really, they're actually laughing?
(yeah, they're mad)
That's another problem - it's now become punctuation, used when no humour was created, nor even intended.
I saw a YouTube comment yesterday (yeah, I know) that had 3 sentences, all of which started with "lol", none of which contained even a single molecule of humour.
(Maybe it was homeopathic in its humour?)
"LOL is the internet mating call of those too stupid to find their own arse with both hands and a mirror." -- Abraham Lincoln.
Another Leftist failure.
If you mean the EU when you talk about leftist, you don't have the slightest clue about what's going in dude
I agree. It always amuses me when right wingers randomly throw the word 'socialist' at things they do not like.
They're idiots. "I don't like X and I don't like socialism, so X is socialism!"
Overuse of the word 'socialist' in some form is the perfect litmus test to tell the stupid right wingers ones from the smart ones.
That and "LOL" are both give-aways for stupidity.
Those numbers look wrong somehow.
To compare, I have 8 days uptime and pulled these numbers:
# ps auxw | grep systemd
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 383 0.0 0.1 64132 29144 ? Ss Jun17 0:26
root 443 0.0 0.0 45820 5128 ? Ss Jun17 0:01
message+ 1143 0.0 0.0 44596 5648 ? Ss Jun17 7:33
root 1221 0.0 0.0 28596 3032 ? Ss Jun17 0:01
root 1256 0.0 0.0 29880 1596 ? Ss Jun17 0:00
maow 2435 0.0 0.0 45500 4952 ? Ss Jun17 0:00
I've shown my uptime and same command you ran (I did manually put column headers on there for clarity) and they're not even in the same ballpark.
I'm reminded of the old joke, "Windows is a bloated resource hog - look, System Idle Process is using up all my resources!"
Anyway, would be interesting to see what others post.
And now I add filler due to Filter error: Please use fewer 'junk' characters. message I get from Slashdot while trying to post this.
Oh Slashdot, I keep upping the regular text to copied / pasted text ratio and you keep giving me Filter error.
I removed the output line from "ps" so the grep command itself didn't show. Now can I preview this?
Now I've removed the uptime output, can I please preview this?
FOR FUCK SAKE. After removing & adding back lines of ps output, I had to drop one line.
And, after several previews & edits, I can now put the line back and /. doesn't complain. WTF?