I'd say something about how I'm hearing impaired, you insensitive clod!, except, in this case, I guess I win. My cochlear implant has a 3.5mm port into which I often plug my music source while I'm driving. It'll work with a phone, too, if I want to carry on a conversation. From all appearances, you wouldn't know I was driving "distracted." So, sucks to be "normal," in this case, I guess. Sorry...
Around here, people pay 5 cents per container of soda - $0.30 per six-pack - and no one says anything about it. What will happen is that people will buy reusable bags in which to carry their groceries, or they'll just pay the 5 cents per bag. Maybe they'll mumble something about bringing a reusable bag next time - and then completely forget so they have to pay 5 cents again.
You're asking a lot of people who very often don't give two shits about anything outside their immediate sphere of influence, if even that. However, I notice far fewer soda cans lying hither and yon since the 5 cent deposit went into effect. Must be just a coincidence, right?
I know you're AC and all, and I shouldn't bite, but here in rural WNY, where the number of blacks is less than a percentage point, we have plenty of bags in trees. So, unless blacks make a pilgrimage to my area just to unload plastic bags that end up in trees, there must be more than a few careless whites around here.
Counter-point: In this case, were they wrong? The FAA and Boeing effed up and were initially reluctant to do the right thing. If left to themselves, would either the FAA or Boeing have taken corrective action? Regardless of their motives, China stepped in to save passenger lives.
Laziness and inconsideration are a part of human nature. I've seen where one shift learned that a particular testing machine misbehaves and produces incorrect results, but didn't pass that information on to the next shift, leading to incorrect test results and the same waste of time to run diagnostics. When asked, "Why didn't you pass that information along to the second shift?!", they responded, "shrug."
Why hasn't someone started a college where the course work is made up and the points don't count? The whole experience is just a badge of exclusivity. It seems that's what rich parents want, anyway. Maybe throw in a shitty football team so the kids can party and tail gate on the weekends. Make it so that no federal or state money is accepted so kids get in based exclusively on how much parents pledge. The top 100 pledges get in: SAT scores and aptitude be damned. If that's what rich parents want, someone should provide it. Market forces, right?
I'm guessing that's along the lines of "Point the nose downward," correct? I've always kinda wanted to be a pilot, but cost and physical disabilities (hearing) got in the way. But, just in case I'm ever on a commercial flight and both pilots conk out and I'm the last line of defense against a flaming fireball into the ground, I'd like to have at least an idea how to recover from a stall.
Not exactly true. Some of us *like* the desktop user experience we get with Mac OS. I could use Linux, but I like Macs better. I also understand that Linux can be mapped to look like Mac, but with an actual Mac, I don't need to bother. And kindly don't confuse "I prefer Macs" with "I am a rabid Mac fanboy." There are degrees of difference between the two.
As a runner and a cyclist of little repute, I understand the need for data: You can't really improve if you don't track your performance, and for that you need data. Cycling computers, Strava, and FitBits, among other devices - power measuring crank arms for bikes are pretty big, lately - are useful, but, yeah, firmware for your shoes is more than a little absurd. Do I need turn signals on my shoes? Can I not manually tie my shoes to my own satisfaction? Ugh...
Serious question: What software *can't* you get for Mac? About five years ago, I worked in an MS Office environment where no one knew I was using Pages, Numbers or, in a pinch, NeoOffice/LibreOffice. I used OmniGraffle for Visio needs. Nowadays, I do embedded development for Cortex chips using MCUXpresso natively on the Mac. When I was playing with the nvidia Jetson platform, it needed a Linux environment to perform the firmware updates, but I was able to run a Linux instance under VirtualBox for that. I use CrossOver to run some Windows app for programming Digi XBee chips. I understand The Gimp isn't exactly "soup" for replacing Photoshop, so that's a possibility.
I don't disagree with you, but you're overlooking the bigger picture. It's a simple two words: lock in. I'll bet some C-level exec declared that monthly rents weren't enough and demanded a solution to extract even more revenue from customers. Under the guise of "premium performance," too, I'd add.
I appreciate freedom of choice and all, but you could've been more magnanimous and gotten involved in your local "crap" public education system to make it better for all. It's really not hard. Every spring - assuming you're in the US - your local board of education has a seat or two open. In my district, 100 signatures on a petition got me on the ballot. Even if you don't win, you could attend public BOE sessions and offer constructive criticism. At most of our meetings, we had almost zero public participation. Everyone assumes "someone else" will do it. Why not you? You pay taxes for this service in any case; you might as well try to make it better.
So the "middle and South" do what they will to bring down environmental regulations to the point where they can manufacture and pollute as they like. What does the other half do about the environmental fallout created by their laissez faire approach?
At a large corp - sounds like Seemens - I did a code review for a "senior dev" who did something like that. It was the same block of 8-to-10 lines copied five times with just the name of the target file changed in each block. I couldn't believe a "senior" developer could do something that brain-dead. Since he was a senior guy and I was just a contractor - he had a say in whether I stayed or not - I had to look past the shitty code and sign off on it. It wasn't ideal, but it wasn't "wrong" either. Technically. Future upgrades would be stupid and problematic, but *shrug*.
It's largely common sense, and using the correct tool for the job. If I were carrying a full load of groceries, or some 2x4s from Home Depot, the conditions of the road and distance wouldn't matter: I'd still take a car. If I'm just dropping off a Netflix DVD at the post office, and the weather wasn't too bad and I had the time, I'd consider taking a bike.
We should get over the social stigma, already, and start processing the old and infirm as food for the next generation. This would solve the looming food crisis, and move older workers out of the system to create space for younger workers in the same fell swoop./s
I have a hand-me-down iPhone 5C - it was my grand-daughters - and kinda wanted an iPhone SE, based on speculation that it would be upgraded this year. It wasn't, so I'm sticking with the 5C until I can't. I don't get software upgrades, and it runs a bit slow, but it's adequate for the odd phone call and text. My wife has an iPhone 7-something, and I just think it's huge. No thanks.
Would scientists have created nuclear weapons just out curiosity? I doubt it. Many of the top scientists were opposed to building weapons: they understood the kind of hell it would unleash. Nuclear research - sure. Weapons manufacture? Not so much. But, if you recall, it wasn't just the scientists that were pushing that little project: It was the government, particularly the military. Feel free to read The First War of Physics: The Secret History of the Atom Bomb, 1939-1949, by Jim Baggott.
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I'd say something about how I'm hearing impaired, you insensitive clod!, except, in this case, I guess I win. My cochlear implant has a 3.5mm port into which I often plug my music source while I'm driving. It'll work with a phone, too, if I want to carry on a conversation. From all appearances, you wouldn't know I was driving "distracted." So, sucks to be "normal," in this case, I guess. Sorry...
Around here, people pay 5 cents per container of soda - $0.30 per six-pack - and no one says anything about it. What will happen is that people will buy reusable bags in which to carry their groceries, or they'll just pay the 5 cents per bag. Maybe they'll mumble something about bringing a reusable bag next time - and then completely forget so they have to pay 5 cents again.
You're asking a lot of people who very often don't give two shits about anything outside their immediate sphere of influence, if even that. However, I notice far fewer soda cans lying hither and yon since the 5 cent deposit went into effect. Must be just a coincidence, right?
I know you're AC and all, and I shouldn't bite, but here in rural WNY, where the number of blacks is less than a percentage point, we have plenty of bags in trees. So, unless blacks make a pilgrimage to my area just to unload plastic bags that end up in trees, there must be more than a few careless whites around here.
Counter-point: In this case, were they wrong? The FAA and Boeing effed up and were initially reluctant to do the right thing. If left to themselves, would either the FAA or Boeing have taken corrective action? Regardless of their motives, China stepped in to save passenger lives.
Laziness and inconsideration are a part of human nature. I've seen where one shift learned that a particular testing machine misbehaves and produces incorrect results, but didn't pass that information on to the next shift, leading to incorrect test results and the same waste of time to run diagnostics. When asked, "Why didn't you pass that information along to the second shift?!", they responded, "shrug."
Why hasn't someone started a college where the course work is made up and the points don't count? The whole experience is just a badge of exclusivity. It seems that's what rich parents want, anyway. Maybe throw in a shitty football team so the kids can party and tail gate on the weekends. Make it so that no federal or state money is accepted so kids get in based exclusively on how much parents pledge. The top 100 pledges get in: SAT scores and aptitude be damned. If that's what rich parents want, someone should provide it. Market forces, right?
When radios are outlawed, only outlaws will have radios. Or something like that.
The current Internet sucks tater toes.
Is it the "Internet," or the people that use it?
Recovery (at least in small craft) is easy
I'm guessing that's along the lines of "Point the nose downward," correct? I've always kinda wanted to be a pilot, but cost and physical disabilities (hearing) got in the way. But, just in case I'm ever on a commercial flight and both pilots conk out and I'm the last line of defense against a flaming fireball into the ground, I'd like to have at least an idea how to recover from a stall.
Not exactly true. Some of us *like* the desktop user experience we get with Mac OS. I could use Linux, but I like Macs better. I also understand that Linux can be mapped to look like Mac, but with an actual Mac, I don't need to bother. And kindly don't confuse "I prefer Macs" with "I am a rabid Mac fanboy." There are degrees of difference between the two.
Oh, hey, name checks out. How do ya like that?
Wouldn't that be, "Just reboot it!"?
As a runner and a cyclist of little repute, I understand the need for data: You can't really improve if you don't track your performance, and for that you need data. Cycling computers, Strava, and FitBits, among other devices - power measuring crank arms for bikes are pretty big, lately - are useful, but, yeah, firmware for your shoes is more than a little absurd. Do I need turn signals on my shoes? Can I not manually tie my shoes to my own satisfaction? Ugh...
Serious question: What software *can't* you get for Mac? About five years ago, I worked in an MS Office environment where no one knew I was using Pages, Numbers or, in a pinch, NeoOffice/LibreOffice. I used OmniGraffle for Visio needs. Nowadays, I do embedded development for Cortex chips using MCUXpresso natively on the Mac. When I was playing with the nvidia Jetson platform, it needed a Linux environment to perform the firmware updates, but I was able to run a Linux instance under VirtualBox for that. I use CrossOver to run some Windows app for programming Digi XBee chips. I understand The Gimp isn't exactly "soup" for replacing Photoshop, so that's a possibility.
So, again, what software can't you get for Mac?
I don't disagree with you, but you're overlooking the bigger picture. It's a simple two words: lock in. I'll bet some C-level exec declared that monthly rents weren't enough and demanded a solution to extract even more revenue from customers. Under the guise of "premium performance," too, I'd add.
I appreciate freedom of choice and all, but you could've been more magnanimous and gotten involved in your local "crap" public education system to make it better for all. It's really not hard. Every spring - assuming you're in the US - your local board of education has a seat or two open. In my district, 100 signatures on a petition got me on the ballot. Even if you don't win, you could attend public BOE sessions and offer constructive criticism. At most of our meetings, we had almost zero public participation. Everyone assumes "someone else" will do it. Why not you? You pay taxes for this service in any case; you might as well try to make it better.
So the "middle and South" do what they will to bring down environmental regulations to the point where they can manufacture and pollute as they like. What does the other half do about the environmental fallout created by their laissez faire approach?
I found an image online of the invite that said, "Mansion Party" with my address.
At a large corp - sounds like Seemens - I did a code review for a "senior dev" who did something like that. It was the same block of 8-to-10 lines copied five times with just the name of the target file changed in each block. I couldn't believe a "senior" developer could do something that brain-dead. Since he was a senior guy and I was just a contractor - he had a say in whether I stayed or not - I had to look past the shitty code and sign off on it. It wasn't ideal, but it wasn't "wrong" either. Technically. Future upgrades would be stupid and problematic, but *shrug*.
If you can find one. Works well, not too loud, and the -control- key is in the correct spot, next to the A.
It's largely common sense, and using the correct tool for the job. If I were carrying a full load of groceries, or some 2x4s from Home Depot, the conditions of the road and distance wouldn't matter: I'd still take a car. If I'm just dropping off a Netflix DVD at the post office, and the weather wasn't too bad and I had the time, I'd consider taking a bike.
We should get over the social stigma, already, and start processing the old and infirm as food for the next generation. This would solve the looming food crisis, and move older workers out of the system to create space for younger workers in the same fell swoop. /s
I have a hand-me-down iPhone 5C - it was my grand-daughters - and kinda wanted an iPhone SE, based on speculation that it would be upgraded this year. It wasn't, so I'm sticking with the 5C until I can't. I don't get software upgrades, and it runs a bit slow, but it's adequate for the odd phone call and text. My wife has an iPhone 7-something, and I just think it's huge. No thanks.
Would scientists have created nuclear weapons just out curiosity? I doubt it. Many of the top scientists were opposed to building weapons: they understood the kind of hell it would unleash. Nuclear research - sure. Weapons manufacture? Not so much. But, if you recall, it wasn't just the scientists that were pushing that little project: It was the government, particularly the military. Feel free to read The First War of Physics: The Secret History of the Atom Bomb, 1939-1949, by Jim Baggott.