This is more like working construction and suing because your muscles are sore at the end of the day. If you aren't physically, mentally, or emotionally capable of handling a job, don't take it! I'm sensitive and north of 50, neither content moderation nor construction are in my future career path. I can live with that.
If the scaffolding was defective, you have a case; if you fall off well-constructed scaffolding with all safety protocols in place, you HAVE screwed up. Yeah, workman's comp should cover it, but if it happens multiple times, you should look for another job. You're clearly not suited for construction work.
Can we please just keep making cars that have NO built-in screens? If and when I need a navigator, I'll mount my phone, but I generally don't need a bright glowing rectangle blowing out my night vision.
Which end user is truly concerned about the file system?
Me! I work in a lab with nearly every OS imaginable, either on instrumentation or user-facing systems. A robust multi-OS filesystem is very important. I'd settled on HFS because I almost never use Windows, find FAT too small/limited, and find NTFS support a bit tedious and not MacOS friendly
I wander back and forth between Mac OS and Linux depending on how much coffee our BSOFH had today, so it's hard to guess what kind of file system I'll need to use to resurrect the smoking ruin of my workspace (Eurocratic, Military, Third World, IT and Management).
Man, there was a lot of argument on this. Yes, wet-bulb and dry-bulb are different, which is why I referenced the relative humidity. NOAA has a handy calculator
The summary mentioned "dangerous" wet bulb temps above 31 and "deadly" above 35 (with no mention of 40). At my cited 45C (dry bulb) mark, that corresponds to relative humidities of ~38% and 52% respectively. The temperatures I observed were relatively dry, but I don't recall the exact humidity.
The guy who cites Texas temps of 107F and 77% humidity wins the prize. Y'all ought to be dead.
As an overweight middle-aged male of Northern European ancestry, I certainly wouldn't want to try living in these temps! It's 31C in my house at night right now, and that's plenty hot enough for me.
While I definitely agree climate change, especially in this region, is a major problem, I think their definition of "deadly" is a little off the mark. I spent several weeks in India in April, when the temperatures routinely topped 40C(104F) and occasionally reached 45C (113F). It was clear the locals found it hot, but it didn't seem to affect the frenetic pace of commerce in the cities I visited. Then again, that was pre-monsoon, so the humidity wasn't as high.
The iMac is really cool, sleek, pretty, minimal, yeah... but many pros I know already have monitors they like. How about a little love for their other desktops (mini and Pro)! I'd also wager that most "pros" aren't, in general, people with white offices and squeaky clean desks on which art-like computers sit.
And keep your confounded sticky fingers off my screen!
Otherwise, yeah, a long-time Mac user drifting away from the fold. Then again, there aren't many systems left that aren't larded with proprietary sh** that fubars something in Linux. And Windows is not to be abided.
... grumble, grumble, grumble, mutter, mutter, Millenium... Hand... Shrimp, I tol' 'em, I tol' 'em.
No, but it's nice to know the hardware is generally compatible out-of-box. Trying to correct graphics and audio issues is what drove me away from consumer Linux about 10 years ago. And my experiences configuring desktops at work have never lured me back.
And I live and work in Italy, and even they, with their history of Berlusconi and 70-odd governments since WWII, are laughing at us, when they're not shuddering in disbelief. I can, however, imagine that the Germans are moving on with their lives. There are reasons Germany works better than Italy.
Oddly, the USD has risen sharply against the Euro over the last few years. Unfortunately for me, one of those slacker Americans working in Europe and enjoying my 6 weeks of vacation a year.
Who pays any attention to the reviews anyhow? Unless they're extremely low, I get most of my info off sites (iTunes Store OR Google Pay), then just check to see the app hasn't been absolutely panned. And I routinely hit the cancel button when bothered for a review.
When nominally essential apps (e.g. Facebook, etc.) are hitting 3-4, but everyone has them, that should tell you something.
Actually, I think the demise of the USB-A ports is a bigger issue for me; I haven't just thrown out all my USB-A stuff, and suddenly I'm doubling up on adapters for every drive, DAC, dock, etc. that I currently own.
I guess as long as it's shiny and silver I'll still buy one...
It's just you, and everyone else who thinks that anything less than 1600 pixels with a readable font size of 12 is enough resolution in the vertical. Fits my screen with room to spare!:-) {Insert rant about useless netbooks and web pages with WAYY too much frippery here; mutter, mutter, mutter}
All the commenters above seem to think it's useless. The market is clearly saying that there are more people who have a use for it than there are Pi Zeros available. Raspberry may be guilty of poor market planning and the zero may not be useful to some people, but it darned sure seems to have surplus demand.
Me? I'm looking at the hacks that allow me to solder an old wifi dongle to it, or the one that lets me run it on Power-Over-Ethernet (yes, different applications, although wouldn't it be cool?!).
"The highway works as long as nobody drives on it?!"
More than 80% of their speed, more than 90% of the time. So, let's say that 10% of the time it was at or below 80%. Now let's say that a day has 24 hours. So only 2.4 (call it 2) hours of the day was the connection more than 20% below advertised, possibly much more. Now let's say that that occurs when EVERYONE IS USING IT. The system fails under peak load, i'e. when it's being used. So most users will experience failure.
Would you accept internet that is completely nonfunctional from 6-8PM every day? That satisfies your criterion above.
It's not like nobodies using the system when it's down. The system is down because it's being used. This is not an acceptable failure mode.
Not entirely accurate; they're big on the NEXT sale. OTOH, for better or worse, Apples are a real PITA to upgrade, and external attachments are generally eschewed as they ruin the shiny silver apple aesthetic. And I say all this as an owner of more Apple products than I care to admit.
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This is more like working construction and suing because your muscles are sore at the end of the day. If you aren't physically, mentally, or emotionally capable of handling a job, don't take it! I'm sensitive and north of 50, neither content moderation nor construction are in my future career path. I can live with that.
If the scaffolding was defective, you have a case; if you fall off well-constructed scaffolding with all safety protocols in place, you HAVE screwed up. Yeah, workman's comp should cover it, but if it happens multiple times, you should look for another job. You're clearly not suited for construction work.
Can we please just keep making cars that have NO built-in screens? If and when I need a navigator, I'll mount my phone, but I generally don't need a bright glowing rectangle blowing out my night vision.
Actually, in general, yes, they are.
Also a dropout... but remember, they could be training to be lawyers.
Which end user is truly concerned about the file system?
Me! I work in a lab with nearly every OS imaginable, either on instrumentation or user-facing systems. A robust multi-OS filesystem is very important. I'd settled on HFS because I almost never use Windows, find FAT too small/limited, and find NTFS support a bit tedious and not MacOS friendly
I wander back and forth between Mac OS and Linux depending on how much coffee our BSOFH had today, so it's hard to guess what kind of file system I'll need to use to resurrect the smoking ruin of my workspace (Eurocratic, Military, Third World, IT and Management).
Just sayin'
Man, there was a lot of argument on this. Yes, wet-bulb and dry-bulb are different, which is why I referenced the relative humidity. NOAA has a handy calculator
While I definitely agree climate change, especially in this region, is a major problem, I think their definition of "deadly" is a little off the mark. I spent several weeks in India in April, when the temperatures routinely topped 40C(104F) and occasionally reached 45C (113F). It was clear the locals found it hot, but it didn't seem to affect the frenetic pace of commerce in the cities I visited. Then again, that was pre-monsoon, so the humidity wasn't as high.
LMGTFY
(Wikipedia page entitled "List of countries by life expectancy")
The US is behind every country in Western Europe and neatly bracketed by Chile and Cuba.
The iMac is really cool, sleek, pretty, minimal, yeah... but many pros I know already have monitors they like. How about a little love for their other desktops (mini and Pro)! I'd also wager that most "pros" aren't, in general, people with white offices and squeaky clean desks on which art-like computers sit.
And keep your confounded sticky fingers off my screen!
Otherwise, yeah, a long-time Mac user drifting away from the fold. Then again, there aren't many systems left that aren't larded with proprietary sh** that fubars something in Linux. And Windows is not to be abided.
LM Google that FY.
No, but it's nice to know the hardware is generally compatible out-of-box. Trying to correct graphics and audio issues is what drove me away from consumer Linux about 10 years ago. And my experiences configuring desktops at work have never lured me back.
Ahh, there's the Slashdot of old that I miss so much.
Nobody rides BART anymore, it's too crowded.
And I live and work in Italy, and even they, with their history of Berlusconi and 70-odd governments since WWII, are laughing at us, when they're not shuddering in disbelief. I can, however, imagine that the Germans are moving on with their lives. There are reasons Germany works better than Italy.
Hey, who's your carrier?! I have a legacy TIM plan that's close to that, but yours sounds better.
Oddly, the USD has risen sharply against the Euro over the last few years. Unfortunately for me, one of those slacker Americans working in Europe and enjoying my 6 weeks of vacation a year.
Who pays any attention to the reviews anyhow? Unless they're extremely low, I get most of my info off sites (iTunes Store OR Google Pay), then just check to see the app hasn't been absolutely panned. And I routinely hit the cancel button when bothered for a review.
When nominally essential apps (e.g. Facebook, etc.) are hitting 3-4, but everyone has them, that should tell you something.
You've obviously never written a grant proposal.
Actually, I think the demise of the USB-A ports is a bigger issue for me; I haven't just thrown out all my USB-A stuff, and suddenly I'm doubling up on adapters for every drive, DAC, dock, etc. that I currently own.
I guess as long as it's shiny and silver I'll still buy one...
They sued and drove out of business everybody but Microsoft's GUI.
There's this thing called Linux. I'd recommend taking a look at it.
It's just you, and everyone else who thinks that anything less than 1600 pixels with a readable font size of 12 is enough resolution in the vertical. Fits my screen with room to spare! :-) {Insert rant about useless netbooks and web pages with WAYY too much frippery here; mutter, mutter, mutter}
All the commenters above seem to think it's useless. The market is clearly saying that there are more people who have a use for it than there are Pi Zeros available. Raspberry may be guilty of poor market planning and the zero may not be useful to some people, but it darned sure seems to have surplus demand.
Me? I'm looking at the hacks that allow me to solder an old wifi dongle to it, or the one that lets me run it on Power-Over-Ethernet (yes, different applications, although wouldn't it be cool?!).
"The highway works as long as nobody drives on it?!"
More than 80% of their speed, more than 90% of the time. So, let's say that 10% of the time it was at or below 80%. Now let's say that a day has 24 hours. So only 2.4 (call it 2) hours of the day was the connection more than 20% below advertised, possibly much more. Now let's say that that occurs when EVERYONE IS USING IT. The system fails under peak load, i'e. when it's being used. So most users will experience failure.
Would you accept internet that is completely nonfunctional from 6-8PM every day? That satisfies your criterion above.
It's not like nobodies using the system when it's down. The system is down because it's being used. This is not an acceptable failure mode.
Not entirely accurate; they're big on the NEXT sale. OTOH, for better or worse, Apples are a real PITA to upgrade, and external attachments are generally eschewed as they ruin the shiny silver apple aesthetic. And I say all this as an owner of more Apple products than I care to admit.
You're F***ing nuts if you try to drive in SF. Transit works. Not as well as some countries, but it does work.