mdsolar has a very anti-nuclear agenda and will post all kinds of non-issue stories with "the sky is falling" headlines. Slashdot, please do something and get rid of this one.
Just last week bought a 5TB drive for $130 (USD). Not long ago, a 1TB drive was the same price. I'm not sure what you are saying - it seems pretty cheap to me.
I'll chime in with a great example of moved cheese: The Prius. The "shifter" is nothing like any other, and yet it's intuitive. It had a separate button for park (as I recall - I got rid of it). It was very straightforward to use, yet completely different than a standard PRNDL shifter.
I did go to the link in an incognito window just to check. It is in fact StartsWithABang's blog. I guess if he thinks he removes his name from the post he'll have better luck. Lesson learned: If it goes to Forbes, it's likely StartsWithABang.
Well, I'm not so sure I agree with that. Here's my take. I've taken a recent interest in Rust and Go. I've done C programming on and off for about 20 years along with quite a few other languages. I think C++ is just a big screw-up, and I appreciate what Rust is trying to accomplish. But, I don't think Rust is ready for prime-time yet and the development process seems really slow. I like the ideas they are coming up with. I think the trouble with it is that it doesn't seem to have a strong enough backing and I'm afraid it'll just fall into abandonware. I hope that's not the case.
Go takes a different approach from Rust, but I also like the direction it has taken. What Go has going for it is that it has strong backing. Of course, Google has the habit of dropping things too, so there's that...
Both of these languages I think are an improvement over C/C++. Of course everybody has their own opinions, but I'm right;)
I noticed one feature that will be extremely useful for managing queues is the SKIP LOCKED feature. I'm very pleased this made it into the release. I'll be testing performance on this.
All of the recent mice that Apple makes have "right click". I didn't think I'd like the Magic Mouse when I first started with it, but after I got my muscle memory working, I love it.
It really just makes everything on the screen smaller.
Sorry, not quite true. My mac with Retina display shows things at the same size as a non-retina display (if I leave the system settings alone). However, the clarity of the display is nothing less than amazing and it's immediately apparent to me the difference between the two, even without my reading glasses. It does occasionally have issues with programs that don't know how to handle high DPI, but I find those issues are pretty rare, and it's still usable though sometimes it looks a bit funny.
While you might be technically correct, let me tell you from first-hand experience that most of the time the students spend is learning what to answer on the test. They don't learn to think for themselves or do anything fun. The teachers just "teach to the test" in order to get the best scores for the district. Do you remember that group of teachers that got indicted for altering test scores in Atlanta? It's that important. It's a disaster for the kids because they are just learning to regurgitate what is shoved down their throat and not learning any kind of critical thinking.
So, I find that there are generally two arguments:
--You can't take my guns
--Ban all the guns
My thoughts are that, the "Ban all the guns" group is wishful thinking. That ship has sailed, and if you try to ban guns, then only outlaws will have guns, and I don't think that's any good.
For those folks that want guns, I think that's all fine and well and good, but the owner of the gun must be held criminally responsible if the gun kills anybody. If your toddler picks up the gun and kills grandma, you are on the hook for murder. If a gun is available to a toddler (or anybody, really), you can count on the toddler to kill somebody. Period.
I don't have a gun in my house, but if I want one, I still want to be able to have one. But if my kid shoots somebody with it, I need to be put in jail because of it.
It boggles the mind, however, that somebody would be dumb enough to think a toddler wouldn't pick up a gun and explore their world - like the woman that was killed when her toddler pulled the gun out of her purse while shopping at Wal Mart. That's just stupid, and she paid the price.
You know what? Guys insult each other. It's how we communicate, it's how we bond.
Bullshit. In all my professional career (which has been decades now), I've never been the one to give, nor been on the receiving end of such communication. Some personal relationships have been more lax, but never in a professional setting. Maybe I've been lucky.
This isn't meant to be a troll. Last year I bought a laptop with Windows 8 from Staples as a [cheap-ish] backup computer for my Mac. The *very first* update after turning it on rendered it a brick. Of course it didn't come with a recovery disk, so I decided that I would try Linux Mint on it before taking it back to the store. That was one of the wisest things I've done recently. It works perfectly, and since I don't play games on it (just regular development) it does everything I want/need it to. There are no stability issues at all (though I do shutdown/startup when I close the lid, but I think every Linux has that problem).
And I don't have to deal with the abomination that is Windows
You can walk inside a Concorde at the Boeing museum in Seattle. I was surprised by how small it was - 2x2 seating, narrow isle. Not much in the way of stowage. I wouldn't want to spend much time in there.
My Jeep is from 1988. It can't be fitted with this, and that makes me happy. I specifically bought it for this very reason. It's a simple machine and easy to fix. Parts are easily found and cheap.
I'll go you one further - a lot of people just don't want change, period. My sister is one of those. I've tried to convince her to move to Mac because with what she does it would be an easier system to use. Yet, she "can't be bothered to learn something new". Even though she consistently is asking me why her computer doesn't work - because of some borked update or something. It's crazy. She's learned not to ask me any more:)
Bullshit. A pilot that doesn't use a checklist is going to be a dead pilot. And if he/she has passengers, they will die too. There's a reason for the checklist: So you don't kill yourself and others.
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It's waist-deep, not waste-deep. As in, "He was waist-deep in waste."
For example, can I "apt-get..." all the stuff from the repositories?
mdsolar has a very anti-nuclear agenda and will post all kinds of non-issue stories with "the sky is falling" headlines. Slashdot, please do something and get rid of this one.
... but does it work? Or is it more "10 years out" kind of a thing?
Just last week bought a 5TB drive for $130 (USD). Not long ago, a 1TB drive was the same price. I'm not sure what you are saying - it seems pretty cheap to me.
I'll chime in with a great example of moved cheese: The Prius. The "shifter" is nothing like any other, and yet it's intuitive. It had a separate button for park (as I recall - I got rid of it). It was very straightforward to use, yet completely different than a standard PRNDL shifter.
Since when is a large corporation customer-centric? It's stockholder-centric, silly!
I did go to the link in an incognito window just to check. It is in fact StartsWithABang's blog. I guess if he thinks he removes his name from the post he'll have better luck.
Lesson learned: If it goes to Forbes, it's likely StartsWithABang.
Well, I'm not so sure I agree with that. Here's my take. I've taken a recent interest in Rust and Go. I've done C programming on and off for about 20 years along with quite a few other languages. I think C++ is just a big screw-up, and I appreciate what Rust is trying to accomplish. But, I don't think Rust is ready for prime-time yet and the development process seems really slow. I like the ideas they are coming up with. I think the trouble with it is that it doesn't seem to have a strong enough backing and I'm afraid it'll just fall into abandonware. I hope that's not the case.
Go takes a different approach from Rust, but I also like the direction it has taken. What Go has going for it is that it has strong backing. Of course, Google has the habit of dropping things too, so there's that...
Both of these languages I think are an improvement over C/C++. Of course everybody has their own opinions, but I'm right ;)
I noticed one feature that will be extremely useful for managing queues is the SKIP LOCKED feature. I'm very pleased this made it into the release. I'll be testing performance on this.
All of the recent mice that Apple makes have "right click". I didn't think I'd like the Magic Mouse when I first started with it, but after I got my muscle memory working, I love it.
It really just makes everything on the screen smaller.
Sorry, not quite true. My mac with Retina display shows things at the same size as a non-retina display (if I leave the system settings alone). However, the clarity of the display is nothing less than amazing and it's immediately apparent to me the difference between the two, even without my reading glasses. It does occasionally have issues with programs that don't know how to handle high DPI, but I find those issues are pretty rare, and it's still usable though sometimes it looks a bit funny.
1.3% of their time is spent on test. So what?
While you might be technically correct, let me tell you from first-hand experience that most of the time the students spend is learning what to answer on the test. They don't learn to think for themselves or do anything fun. The teachers just "teach to the test" in order to get the best scores for the district. Do you remember that group of teachers that got indicted for altering test scores in Atlanta? It's that important. It's a disaster for the kids because they are just learning to regurgitate what is shoved down their throat and not learning any kind of critical thinking.
So, I find that there are generally two arguments:
--You can't take my guns
--Ban all the guns
My thoughts are that, the "Ban all the guns" group is wishful thinking. That ship has sailed, and if you try to ban guns, then only outlaws will have guns, and I don't think that's any good.
For those folks that want guns, I think that's all fine and well and good, but the owner of the gun must be held criminally responsible if the gun kills anybody. If your toddler picks up the gun and kills grandma, you are on the hook for murder. If a gun is available to a toddler (or anybody, really), you can count on the toddler to kill somebody. Period.
I don't have a gun in my house, but if I want one, I still want to be able to have one. But if my kid shoots somebody with it, I need to be put in jail because of it.
It boggles the mind, however, that somebody would be dumb enough to think a toddler wouldn't pick up a gun and explore their world - like the woman that was killed when her toddler pulled the gun out of her purse while shopping at Wal Mart. That's just stupid, and she paid the price.
You know what? Guys insult each other. It's how we communicate, it's how we bond.
Bullshit. In all my professional career (which has been decades now), I've never been the one to give, nor been on the receiving end of such communication. Some personal relationships have been more lax, but never in a professional setting. Maybe I've been lucky.
This isn't meant to be a troll. Last year I bought a laptop with Windows 8 from Staples as a [cheap-ish] backup computer for my Mac. The *very first* update after turning it on rendered it a brick. Of course it didn't come with a recovery disk, so I decided that I would try Linux Mint on it before taking it back to the store. That was one of the wisest things I've done recently. It works perfectly, and since I don't play games on it (just regular development) it does everything I want/need it to. There are no stability issues at all (though I do shutdown/startup when I close the lid, but I think every Linux has that problem).
And I don't have to deal with the abomination that is Windows
You can walk inside a Concorde at the Boeing museum in Seattle. I was surprised by how small it was - 2x2 seating, narrow isle. Not much in the way of stowage. I wouldn't want to spend much time in there.
I'll just leave this here
This is a fantastic font.
My Jeep is from 1988. It can't be fitted with this, and that makes me happy. I specifically bought it for this very reason. It's a simple machine and easy to fix. Parts are easily found and cheap.
I think I'm going to trademark "What the Fuck?"
I'll be rich!
I'll go you one further - a lot of people just don't want change, period. My sister is one of those. I've tried to convince her to move to Mac because with what she does it would be an easier system to use. Yet, she "can't be bothered to learn something new". Even though she consistently is asking me why her computer doesn't work - because of some borked update or something. It's crazy. She's learned not to ask me any more :)
Wasn't so much a question as a statement: "I'd like you to share yours [your opinion on the matter]"
Pilots don't want to use checklists either
Bullshit. A pilot that doesn't use a checklist is going to be a dead pilot. And if he/she has passengers, they will die too. There's a reason for the checklist: So you don't kill yourself and others.
Perhaps Slashdot should take a cue from this article and stop messing around with the UI!
Why the fuck are you fucking around with the /. UI? Do you have to change things for change's sake? If it works, stop changing it!