Quote from the summary: "For those who reach a point where hearing aids no longer help, this is the only solution"
Seriously, if it wasn't invasive surgery, I'd consider an implant.
My lovely wife's thinking process is somehow hardwired to her vocal chords. And my young daughter thinks talking is the most amazing discovery of mankind. Then there's my employer, who saves money by putting 30+ people in a giant open office.
I'd LOVE to be able to turn down the volume of the whole motherfucking world. No matter how much noise you create, I could always turn down the volume.
I love Linux and use it on my servers. Just so you know I'm not a rabid, metrosexual Apple fanboy. That said, on the desktop, I use macOS and on the couch, I've used a Chromebook. I've come to the conclusion that a lot of (but not all) problems can be avoided if the average consumer would just get a MacBook or a Chromebook.
Nothing wrong with Windows (I use it on my media PC) but you simply have to "keep driving on the regular highways". And that's just too much to ask from a regular consumer.
However, the sad truth is that it looks like there is no business case anymore
I'm not so sure. Yesterday, a female coworker showed me her Fairphone, then proceeded to completely disassemble it, right in front of my eyes. I couldn't contain my enthousiasm, but it was very remarkable. She told me she bought the phone then a couple of months in, dropped it and broke the screen. She ordered a new screen and replaced it herself.
The Fairphone is an Android phone which you can disassemble with your fingernails and a small Phillips. So maybe it's not strictly and completely open source, but it's incredibly easy to repair and replace parts of it. The components are free of rare earth metals that were dug out by horrible exploitive companies. The only exploitation here is done on your data, by Google.
Basically Intel is losing to ARM. But not just on mobile. They're also in trouble for tablets, and desktops are going to get real close. Bare Feats regularly does comparative synthetic benchmarks between Apple's tablets (ARM) and laptops (Intel). Last time was in June: http://barefeats.com/ipadpro20...
Below, Intel means 3.5GHz Dual-Core i7 processor + Iris Plus Graphics 650 GPU. And ARM means Apple's ARM-based 2.39GHz A10X processor. As you can see, these tablets are getting really close to laptop performance.
GFXBench Metal Manhattan (highest=fastest): Intel: 37 FPS ARM: 42 FPS
I for one, am really happy. Intel has needed some competition desperately. Now there's AMD, and there's ARM, and we as the consumers are getting more and better options.
Blah blah marketing... these two have been the same for the last year or so -- if you got one, you got the other. How about actually offering it? YouTube Red is available in five countries: United States, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand and South Korea.
"We have information leading us to believe that the IP address xx.xxx.xxx.xx was used
Really? That happens to be the IP address of my VPN provider.
Seriously, if you torrent anything, get a decent VPN provider. Makes things so much simpler. Be sure to pick one that offers a SOCKS proxy. If the VPN fails, then your bittorrent client is still covering your ass using the proxy.
Oh, and don't use Deluge. It ignored proxy settings for many, many years, exposing its users to law enforcement: http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/...
I can already picture the scene. We're getting some sort of hybrid human/cam cop. The body cam will give constant instructions.
Cop at side of road: *holds up his hand* You: *brake, roll down window* You: "Uh hi officer" Cop: "Hi, nothing to worry about, but I just wanted to tell you that your left brake lig" Body cam: "SUSPECT RECOGNIZED" Cop: *covers body cam* "Sorry, sometimes it malfunctions" Body cam in muffled voice: "SUSPECT NAME C. R. IMINAL, HIGHLY DANGEROUS SHOOT ON SIGHT, CERTAINTY INTERVAL AT LEAST 83 PERCENT" Cop: "Sir, please step out of the car" *unholsters* You: "I'm just on my way to pick up the kid from daycare" Body cam: "KILL KILL KILL"
There are many possible outcomes during and following a home invasion, and invasion experiences are rare. It matters whether his wife feels safe after, in their house or on the street, and nobody knows how they will behave until tested.
Correct there. If you would've asked me in advance how I'd react, I would not in a thousand years have guessed my reaction. But I got into this weird sleep-rage and it took an actual fight to finally snap out of it. It was like someone else was at the wheel, some primal lizard-brain reaction.
If intent were different or drugs were at play, most likely it would have a totally different outcome.
Yup. The burglars were two youngsters who were just as afraid as I was. I was very, very lucky indeed, and I very much agree with you on the other points.
So I was at the receiving end of a burglary last year. The wife woke me up because she heard something. And in some sort of half-sleep/half-awake state, I stormed down and charged at the two guys that were riffling through our possessions.
Thank god I live in Europe so burglars aren't armed or anything. They ran away to the front door and tried to escape. I ran after them and when they were opening the front door, attacked them. At some point during the pushing and shoving, I woke up and thought -- what the fuck do I actually care?
So I said "okay guys, let's stop here. I haven't actually seen your faces and I'm not looking" (I started staring at the floor) "and I don't really care, just take that stuff and go". They took off and I called the cops. They took fingerprints and stuff but never caught them.
They took an iPad, a MacBook and some money. I remote-locked the iPad, and realized I had Prey running on the MacBook. I switched the MacBook to "lost mode" but one year later, it appears they formatted the drive before connecting to the internet. The files on the MacBook weren't encrypted, the iPad was.
Lessons learned: - I got most of the value back through the insurance - Install Prey or some other remote locking software stuff - Don't go and fight burglars, it's not worth it
Well, if we're going to blame someone, I'd say it's that fucking asshole CowboyNeal, who's been ruining things since 1998. He should be quartered and flogged, or perhaps the other way around.
Original submitter here... I just came here to compliment the editor (EditorDavid). This is my first time submitting and thought my summary was pretty good. But EditorDavid just went above and beyond, extending it with stuff from Twitter, couple of sentences on Andy Hunt's work ethic cetera.
It's been tradition to hate at the editors here, but this time I have to hand it to them, compliments are in order.
I'm really looking forward to the launch of Micro.blog. I've supported the project, which will release a mobile client and a backend that simply build upon open stuff like RSS (which everyone and their mother supports).
Twitter doesn't have any attraction to me. It's just one big bucket of, well, of everyone. So as a consequence, it feels like I don't know anybody there.
I'm sure there are some problems but in general, the Switch is freaking awesome. I bought it with Zelda, and it's the first time in FIFTEEN years that I'm at work and then think to myself: "oh boy, in an hour or two I can go home and play Zelda!" It's that amazing.
I did have to sell it though. My RSI started acting up and I really really can't risk any problems since I'm self-employed. Damn shame.
> Google Maps Lets You Record Your Parking Location, Time Left At the Meter
Mountain View, CA. Although ignored by the general populace, it's a public secret that Google knows everything about your life, including where you parked your car. In a surprising move, Google has decided to let users view their own data. "In general, we have a policy that all your data belong to us", stated Eric Schmid, Executive Chairman of Alphabet, Inc. and after remaining silent at the microphone, finishing his sentence with "and you don't get to see it". He smirks and then explains: "however, in this case it's such a useful feature. I just don't know where I leave any of my cars. They aren't that expensive but our data scientists told me that my cars already occupy 33.85% of all parking spaces in the Greater Los Angeles Area." He adds: "So after using that feature for a couple of years, I suddenly thought, perhaps this is useful to other people. I figured it pretty much offsets all the evil that we've been doing for the last couple of years."
Members of the press start shouting questions and Mr. Schmidt points to one of them. "Andy Ihnathko of the Chicago Sun Times -- mr. Schmidt, when will this project be abandoned?"
Google's chairman narrows his eyes and replies: "How would you like my robot to color your sideburns red with the blood from your assh---" at which point the Alphabet head of PR hastily switches off Mr. Schmidt's microphone and declares the press conference finished.
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How about the alternative: stop rotting your brain and just reading a book?
Shocking, I know.
Quote from the summary: "For those who reach a point where hearing aids no longer help, this is the only solution"
Seriously, if it wasn't invasive surgery, I'd consider an implant.
My lovely wife's thinking process is somehow hardwired to her vocal chords. And my young daughter thinks talking is the most amazing discovery of mankind. Then there's my employer, who saves money by putting 30+ people in a giant open office.
I'd LOVE to be able to turn down the volume of the whole motherfucking world. No matter how much noise you create, I could always turn down the volume.
And they all have that option already: a vasectomy.
I got one, and I'm happy with it. However, there's a 2-5% chance of chronic pain after a vasectomy. It's not intense pain, but it is chronic.
I love Linux and use it on my servers. Just so you know I'm not a rabid, metrosexual Apple fanboy. That said, on the desktop, I use macOS and on the couch, I've used a Chromebook. I've come to the conclusion that a lot of (but not all) problems can be avoided if the average consumer would just get a MacBook or a Chromebook.
Nothing wrong with Windows (I use it on my media PC) but you simply have to "keep driving on the regular highways". And that's just too much to ask from a regular consumer.
However, the sad truth is that it looks like there is no business case anymore
I'm not so sure. Yesterday, a female coworker showed me her Fairphone, then proceeded to completely disassemble it, right in front of my eyes. I couldn't contain my enthousiasm, but it was very remarkable. She told me she bought the phone then a couple of months in, dropped it and broke the screen. She ordered a new screen and replaced it herself.
The Fairphone is an Android phone which you can disassemble with your fingernails and a small Phillips. So maybe it's not strictly and completely open source, but it's incredibly easy to repair and replace parts of it. The components are free of rare earth metals that were dug out by horrible exploitive companies. The only exploitation here is done on your data, by Google.
Yeah, they're completely synthetic benchmarks so that must be kept in mind. Plus an Intel CPU has the whole PCI express stuff.
Basically Intel is losing to ARM. But not just on mobile. They're also in trouble for tablets, and desktops are going to get real close. Bare Feats regularly does comparative synthetic benchmarks between Apple's tablets (ARM) and laptops (Intel). Last time was in June: http://barefeats.com/ipadpro20...
Below, Intel means 3.5GHz Dual-Core i7 processor + Iris Plus Graphics 650 GPU. And ARM means Apple's ARM-based 2.39GHz A10X processor. As you can see, these tablets are getting really close to laptop performance.
Single-Core (highest=fastest):
Intel: 4650
ARM: 3951
Multi-Core (highest=fastest):
Intel: 10261
ARM: 9332
GPU compute score (highest=fastest):
Intel: 26353
ARM: 27814
GFXBench Metal Manhattan (highest=fastest):
Intel: 37 FPS
ARM: 42 FPS
I for one, am really happy. Intel has needed some competition desperately. Now there's AMD, and there's ARM, and we as the consumers are getting more and better options.
Blah blah marketing... these two have been the same for the last year or so -- if you got one, you got the other. How about actually offering it? YouTube Red is available in five countries: United States, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand and South Korea.
There's actually a very recent XKCD post about reliability of WiFi versus cellular: https://xkcd.com/1865/
"We have information leading us to believe that the IP address xx.xxx.xxx.xx was used
Really? That happens to be the IP address of my VPN provider.
Seriously, if you torrent anything, get a decent VPN provider. Makes things so much simpler. Be sure to pick one that offers a SOCKS proxy. If the VPN fails, then your bittorrent client is still covering your ass using the proxy.
Oh, and don't use Deluge. It ignored proxy settings for many, many years, exposing its users to law enforcement:
http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/...
I can already picture the scene. We're getting some sort of hybrid human/cam cop. The body cam will give constant instructions.
Cop at side of road: *holds up his hand*
You: *brake, roll down window*
You: "Uh hi officer"
Cop: "Hi, nothing to worry about, but I just wanted to tell you that your left brake lig"
Body cam: "SUSPECT RECOGNIZED"
Cop: *covers body cam* "Sorry, sometimes it malfunctions"
Body cam in muffled voice: "SUSPECT NAME C. R. IMINAL, HIGHLY DANGEROUS SHOOT ON SIGHT, CERTAINTY INTERVAL AT LEAST 83 PERCENT"
Cop: "Sir, please step out of the car" *unholsters*
You: "I'm just on my way to pick up the kid from daycare"
Body cam: "KILL KILL KILL"
There were two things that I didn't know about, so I figured I'd share those links:
F2FS is a flash filesystem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
BFQ is a scheduler for I/O: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.p...
"If you don't feel rejuvenated and keen to face Monday after two work-free days, there might be a reason: You're doing your weekend wrong,"
That, or you have kids.
Instead, the weekend goal should be "eudaimonic" happiness
No, the goal should be to buy condoms and build a time machine.
Crap raises for the last ten years don't make up for increases in health insurance and cost of living, so I'm worse off financially now than I was
I find it hard to sympathize with this. Assuming you're in the tech industry like me, the salaries are amazing compared to the rest of the country.
There are many possible outcomes during and following a home invasion, and invasion experiences are rare. It matters whether his wife feels safe after, in their house or on the street, and nobody knows how they will behave until tested.
Correct there. If you would've asked me in advance how I'd react, I would not in a thousand years have guessed my reaction. But I got into this weird sleep-rage and it took an actual fight to finally snap out of it. It was like someone else was at the wheel, some primal lizard-brain reaction.
If intent were different or drugs were at play, most likely it would have a totally different outcome.
Yup. The burglars were two youngsters who were just as afraid as I was. I was very, very lucky indeed, and I very much agree with you on the other points.
So I was at the receiving end of a burglary last year. The wife woke me up because she heard something. And in some sort of half-sleep/half-awake state, I stormed down and charged at the two guys that were riffling through our possessions.
Thank god I live in Europe so burglars aren't armed or anything. They ran away to the front door and tried to escape. I ran after them and when they were opening the front door, attacked them. At some point during the pushing and shoving, I woke up and thought -- what the fuck do I actually care?
So I said "okay guys, let's stop here. I haven't actually seen your faces and I'm not looking" (I started staring at the floor) "and I don't really care, just take that stuff and go". They took off and I called the cops. They took fingerprints and stuff but never caught them.
They took an iPad, a MacBook and some money. I remote-locked the iPad, and realized I had Prey running on the MacBook. I switched the MacBook to "lost mode" but one year later, it appears they formatted the drive before connecting to the internet. The files on the MacBook weren't encrypted, the iPad was.
Lessons learned:
- I got most of the value back through the insurance
- Install Prey or some other remote locking software stuff
- Don't go and fight burglars, it's not worth it
Actually, it's called macOS :)
Look , were all scared we'd lose our job. That's the nature of [most] work these days.
No, it's the nature of most people's finances today.
When the AI headless robots come, count me in with the robot smashers.
I still blame the users for most failures.
Well, if we're going to blame someone, I'd say it's that fucking asshole CowboyNeal, who's been ruining things since 1998. He should be quartered and flogged, or perhaps the other way around.
Original submitter here... I just came here to compliment the editor (EditorDavid). This is my first time submitting and thought my summary was pretty good. But EditorDavid just went above and beyond, extending it with stuff from Twitter, couple of sentences on Andy Hunt's work ethic cetera.
It's been tradition to hate at the editors here, but this time I have to hand it to them, compliments are in order.
I'm really looking forward to the launch of Micro.blog. I've supported the project, which will release a mobile client and a backend that simply build upon open stuff like RSS (which everyone and their mother supports).
Twitter doesn't have any attraction to me. It's just one big bucket of, well, of everyone. So as a consequence, it feels like I don't know anybody there.
I'm sure there are some problems but in general, the Switch is freaking awesome. I bought it with Zelda, and it's the first time in FIFTEEN years that I'm at work and then think to myself: "oh boy, in an hour or two I can go home and play Zelda!" It's that amazing.
I did have to sell it though. My RSI started acting up and I really really can't risk any problems since I'm self-employed. Damn shame.
> Google Maps Lets You Record Your Parking Location, Time Left At the Meter
Mountain View, CA. Although ignored by the general populace, it's a public secret that Google knows everything about your life, including where you parked your car. In a surprising move, Google has decided to let users view their own data. "In general, we have a policy that all your data belong to us", stated Eric Schmid, Executive Chairman of Alphabet, Inc. and after remaining silent at the microphone, finishing his sentence with "and you don't get to see it". He smirks and then explains: "however, in this case it's such a useful feature. I just don't know where I leave any of my cars. They aren't that expensive but our data scientists told me that my cars already occupy 33.85% of all parking spaces in the Greater Los Angeles Area." He adds: "So after using that feature for a couple of years, I suddenly thought, perhaps this is useful to other people. I figured it pretty much offsets all the evil that we've been doing for the last couple of years."
Members of the press start shouting questions and Mr. Schmidt points to one of them. "Andy Ihnathko of the Chicago Sun Times -- mr. Schmidt, when will this project be abandoned?"
Google's chairman narrows his eyes and replies: "How would you like my robot to color your sideburns red with the blood from your assh---" at which point the Alphabet head of PR hastily switches off Mr. Schmidt's microphone and declares the press conference finished.