Never took off? I thought it had hundreds of millions of users. In what world is that not taking off?
Where people actually *use* it. Sure, it has millions of users, precisely because google tied it to it's various services.
But do people actually post on it? Do people actually open it and use it to keep in touch with friends and family? No, and by your own admission, they couldn't because it gets "pretty heavy" when you keep it open.
Fanboy's aside, g+ isn't used and at least part of that blame has to be on the interface.
Some great reasons as to why G+ never took off, but something I haven't seen mentioned is that the interface was a pig.
Go ahead. Go open it up and time how long the damn thing takes to load up. I have a fairly quick computer and it took over 10 seconds for first load ( around 8 seconds for each subsequent load ). On top of that, it loads my hangouts list again; I already have it in my browser and my email tab.
I am constantly amazed how frequently big companies completely screw up the interface thinking it's not important.
I'll buy whatever fits my job requirements. Prior to this discovery, that certainly wouldn't have been Samsung. Now? They get to be considered along with all the other vendors.
I'm sorry, but web page generation language is "niche"?
I don't necessarily disagree with anything else you said, but I just found that an odd statement considering the ubiquitous of the web in modern times.
I'm not sure how they hope to contain such a yeast strain. Sure, they can lock it up *now*, but for how long will that last? It'll only take a single corrupt employee, or group of employees, being offered more money than they could ever hope to make in several lifetimes. Then it's out in the wild. Unless they plan on building in some kind of critical vulnerability in the strain, any home brewer can replicate the yeast with ease. Even if they do build in a critical vulnerability, it'll be an "addon" and thus, possible to disable.
I foresee another "War on Drugs" coming, where the objective in unobtainable. Fortunately after the first round of funding, the objective becomes irrelevant ( of course, the cynic in me is YELLING that the objective IS the funding..but I digress ).
You're still not going to fool me. Years ago when my old CRT TV failed, I upgraded to a largish screen LCD. Works perfectly fine, still, even close to 7 years later.
I didn't need a 3d tv, or a 4k later. I really don't want a "smart" tv, despite the deliciously ironic name. I'm not going to upgrade every couple years, no matter what you try.
...even though this isn't an election year, per se.
Sad that we can only hope for some semblance of our lawmakers actually doing their jobs for the barest fraction of time we pay attention to them doing it.
Fun story; prostitution is likely cheaper than marriage. When you factor in all the crap that comes along with marriage, paying a high end prostitute 4 times a month is usually a cheaper route to take.
A valid point as well; young women's ability is overvalued while young men's abilities are undervalued.
However, I suspect how society has been treating men for the past several decades plays into the VG and porn "addiction". We're told any sexual advances we ( men ) make are wrong, and they objectify women, but we're still expected to make them or we're "not men". Well, guess what? A lot of us are tired of the doublespeak and the games where we're always at a disadvantage ( one way or another, we're "wrong" ), so instead we choose to check out.
Why bother? Why waste all that time and energy for a potential reward? Video games and porn are a guaranteed rate of return and thus, a better value.
He's looking at the symptoms and declaring them to be the problem without any real understanding of the underlying causes.
Guys focusing on video games and porn are a natural result in a society which is heavily biased in favor of women. Hell, I'd rather avoid dealing with women romantically too, given all the risks involved. All it takes is the mere accusation of rape, and a man's life can be torn to shreds. But even beyond that, we see a legal system completely set against men; custody, domestic violence, divorce? All stacked against men.
So more men are choosing porn and forgoing women. Seems like a perfectly rational response to me.
I'm not even talking about asking questions. I LIKE questions from my trainees, shows they're paying attention and have a genuine interest in learning. I don't even mind the "that way is stupid, we should do it this way instead" comments as I learned they're much the same question as "why do we do it this way?", just wrapped differently.
No, I'm talking about solely the bitching and moaning. The "they don't pay for vision?!" or "Why won't they send me to training?", or my favorite ( I hear this a lot ), "We have to clock out for lunch?". It seems to always be a shock to them how the real world operates. I'd like to think I was better than that when I was there age, but I was probably every bit as bad.
It could very well be that they're right ( the old people ).
When I started training the new employees ( 18-25 ), I noticed how much bitching and moaning they did. It was shocking, really. Enough so that I stopped and thought about it, and realized that when I was first entering the work force I did much the same thing.
Maybe I'm old, and maybe you kids really should get the fuck off my lawn, but young adults DO whine incessantly.
More like they recognize a relatively large segment of the population who can easily be manipulated by cheap words and clever sayings. And really, what have they to lose? They get someone else to front money for their campaign, and even if they do poorly they can still get a book deal or three and retire off of the proceeds.
Unfortunately for the republicans, Fox has been vetting Hillary for going on 8 years. There is little new dirt they could dish up.
I appreciate how terrified Fox is of Hillary given how strong a candidate she is ( especially when viewed against potential runners like Fiorina/Bush/Christy/Huckabee ), but their constant attacks on Hillary will really only benefit the democrats in the long run.
The irony is delicious.
( note: I hate all candidates/parties. Equally though, and isn't that what we're going for afterall? Equality! )
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Never took off? I thought it had hundreds of millions of users. In what world is that not taking off?
Where people actually *use* it. Sure, it has millions of users, precisely because google tied it to it's various services.
But do people actually post on it? Do people actually open it and use it to keep in touch with friends and family? No, and by your own admission, they couldn't because it gets "pretty heavy" when you keep it open.
Fanboy's aside, g+ isn't used and at least part of that blame has to be on the interface.
To put 21 gigawatts in perspective, that's approximately 17 trips through time.
Some great reasons as to why G+ never took off, but something I haven't seen mentioned is that the interface was a pig.
Go ahead. Go open it up and time how long the damn thing takes to load up. I have a fairly quick computer and it took over 10 seconds for first load ( around 8 seconds for each subsequent load ). On top of that, it loads my hangouts list again; I already have it in my browser and my email tab.
I am constantly amazed how frequently big companies completely screw up the interface thinking it's not important.
More than that, the graphs aren't clearly labeled, or in some cases they aren't even unit-labeled!
That kind of amateur bullshit is like nails down the chalk board.
The reports of their data loss.
Same problem, only spun around.
I'll buy whatever fits my job requirements. Prior to this discovery, that certainly wouldn't have been Samsung. Now? They get to be considered along with all the other vendors.
Unless that's followed by her resignation, it's a whole lot of horse crap.
I'd love to see legitimate A.I. researchers condemn this kind of hucksterism.
I'd like to see legitimate A.I.s condemn this kind of hucksterism, myself.
This is amazing news. We have, apparently, eliminated low income families with boys!
Half the population down, the other half to go!
But I instantly got excited about Shark Donuts.
mmmm...donuts.
I'm sorry, but web page generation language is "niche"?
I don't necessarily disagree with anything else you said, but I just found that an odd statement considering the ubiquitous of the web in modern times.
Ya, this will end well.
Can't wait to see how these "synergies" torpedo thinkgeek.
Of course we'll act shocked that it ruins thinkgeek.
You can't tell people not to reproduce and you can't kill people to preserve resources and space.
Well, with that kind of negative-nancy thinking, of course nothing's going to get done.
I'm not sure how they hope to contain such a yeast strain. Sure, they can lock it up *now*, but for how long will that last? It'll only take a single corrupt employee, or group of employees, being offered more money than they could ever hope to make in several lifetimes. Then it's out in the wild. Unless they plan on building in some kind of critical vulnerability in the strain, any home brewer can replicate the yeast with ease. Even if they do build in a critical vulnerability, it'll be an "addon" and thus, possible to disable.
I foresee another "War on Drugs" coming, where the objective in unobtainable. Fortunately after the first round of funding, the objective becomes irrelevant ( of course, the cynic in me is YELLING that the objective IS the funding..but I digress ).
You're still not going to fool me. Years ago when my old CRT TV failed, I upgraded to a largish screen LCD. Works perfectly fine, still, even close to 7 years later.
I didn't need a 3d tv, or a 4k later. I really don't want a "smart" tv, despite the deliciously ironic name. I'm not going to upgrade every couple years, no matter what you try.
I half expect "smell-o-vision" next.
...even though this isn't an election year, per se.
Sad that we can only hope for some semblance of our lawmakers actually doing their jobs for the barest fraction of time we pay attention to them doing it.
Fun story; prostitution is likely cheaper than marriage. When you factor in all the crap that comes along with marriage, paying a high end prostitute 4 times a month is usually a cheaper route to take.
A valid point as well; young women's ability is overvalued while young men's abilities are undervalued.
However, I suspect how society has been treating men for the past several decades plays into the VG and porn "addiction". We're told any sexual advances we ( men ) make are wrong, and they objectify women, but we're still expected to make them or we're "not men". Well, guess what? A lot of us are tired of the doublespeak and the games where we're always at a disadvantage ( one way or another, we're "wrong" ), so instead we choose to check out.
Why bother? Why waste all that time and energy for a potential reward? Video games and porn are a guaranteed rate of return and thus, a better value.
He's looking at the symptoms and declaring them to be the problem without any real understanding of the underlying causes.
Guys focusing on video games and porn are a natural result in a society which is heavily biased in favor of women. Hell, I'd rather avoid dealing with women romantically too, given all the risks involved. All it takes is the mere accusation of rape, and a man's life can be torn to shreds. But even beyond that, we see a legal system completely set against men; custody, domestic violence, divorce? All stacked against men.
So more men are choosing porn and forgoing women. Seems like a perfectly rational response to me.
I'm not even talking about asking questions. I LIKE questions from my trainees, shows they're paying attention and have a genuine interest in learning. I don't even mind the "that way is stupid, we should do it this way instead" comments as I learned they're much the same question as "why do we do it this way?", just wrapped differently.
No, I'm talking about solely the bitching and moaning. The "they don't pay for vision?!" or "Why won't they send me to training?", or my favorite ( I hear this a lot ), "We have to clock out for lunch?". It seems to always be a shock to them how the real world operates. I'd like to think I was better than that when I was there age, but I was probably every bit as bad.
It could very well be that they're right ( the old people ).
When I started training the new employees ( 18-25 ), I noticed how much bitching and moaning they did. It was shocking, really. Enough so that I stopped and thought about it, and realized that when I was first entering the work force I did much the same thing.
Maybe I'm old, and maybe you kids really should get the fuck off my lawn, but young adults DO whine incessantly.
More like they recognize a relatively large segment of the population who can easily be manipulated by cheap words and clever sayings. And really, what have they to lose? They get someone else to front money for their campaign, and even if they do poorly they can still get a book deal or three and retire off of the proceeds.
Unfortunately for the republicans, Fox has been vetting Hillary for going on 8 years. There is little new dirt they could dish up.
I appreciate how terrified Fox is of Hillary given how strong a candidate she is ( especially when viewed against potential runners like Fiorina/Bush/Christy/Huckabee ), but their constant attacks on Hillary will really only benefit the democrats in the long run.
The irony is delicious.
( note: I hate all candidates/parties. Equally though, and isn't that what we're going for afterall? Equality! )
That's a literal "work around".
Heh.
I'll get my coat.