I see some good offers on certain keyboards -- thanks to Black Friday deals. Just this week, Razer launched what looks like a good mechanical keyboard for people who are looking for a budget gear.
Why does this still work?
1) I want to sell X and link it on slashdot.
2) post a thread "What is the best X?"
3) profit
There must have been 20 threads on keyboards alone by now.
This is exactly what systemd introduces into Linux: error prone complexity and instability. With systemd the main advantage to using Linux is obsolete.
I keep saying it: Poettering is being paid by Microsoft.
The best way to destroy an enemy is from within.
I usually send a standard reply along the lines of "please take me off your mailing list".
When that doesn't work, after 3-4 mails from recruiters from the same company I send a longer reply, this time cc'ing the CEO, CTO, etc. of the company, making sure to include the names of the recruiters.
To return to the old version:
1. Go to maps.google.com
2. Click on the ? icon in the lower right corner
3. Click "return to classic Google Maps"
But there doesn't seem to be a way to make it permanent.
There used to be a "remember this" option after that, which seems to be gone now.
If I was a Spectrum fanatic, I'd want something that was either a "true" reimplementation of the original Spectrum and/or something that looked and could be used like the original Spectrum- possibly with additional features or connectivity, but retaining the original features.
I don't care. If Sir Clive Sinclair is behind it, then I'm getting one:-)
If they're smart they'll diversify: Bad review on tripadvisor: 100 pounds. Badmouthing tweet to 1000 followers or more: 500 pounds. Negative letter to paper: 500 pounds and 20 lashes. Bad review in paper: you forfeit all your bank accounts.
All hotels should do this. The Great Hotel Vengeance of 2015. In fact all reviews of any book, film, hotel, ebay seller, etc. should be included. Ah well anybody who says anything bad about anything ever. 100 pounds please.
I used the http://filippo.io/Heartbleed page before and after patching my server, and it appears to work ok (reported "vulnerable" before, and "fixed" after).
I wrote a Calcudoku generator/solver a while ago (now in heavy use at http://www.calcudoku.org/ and spent a _lot_ of effort on the difficulty rating bits (and still know there is room for improvement).
One idea that isn't in there yet is to somehow incorporate the distance between the solving steps: if the next logical step is in a cell very near the previous one, you see it more quickly, hence the puzzle is easier.
I'm an older programmer (yes past 40, programming for about 30 years) and find no problems at all with finding work.
You'll bring more experience than the hipsters. Only issue with some companies is the higher rate/salary.
Ridiculous that once you're older you should be managing a group of 20-something programmers: do what you love, and if that's programming and not managing, stick with it.
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I see some good offers on certain keyboards -- thanks to Black Friday deals. Just this week, Razer launched what looks like a good mechanical keyboard for people who are looking for a budget gear.
Why does this still work?
1) I want to sell X and link it on slashdot.
2) post a thread "What is the best X?"
3) profit
There must have been 20 threads on keyboards alone by now.
Time to watch this again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
This is exactly what systemd introduces into Linux: error prone complexity and instability. With systemd the main advantage to using Linux is obsolete.
I keep saying it: Poettering is being paid by Microsoft. The best way to destroy an enemy is from within.
I miss the "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tag on this one
I initially read it as "Alt-tab-a" (= your reflex is to
press Alt-tab when you see anything Yahoo)
But it's Altaba, the bastard child of Altavista and Alibaba.
POTTERIX should just be a separate distro, his own little playground.
I'm still convinced Poettering is on Microsoft's payroll.
"Fight the enemy from within", they told him.
some more stats, since Jan 1st for my site (online puzzle site):
Chrome: 35%
Safari: 22%
Firefox: 19%
IE: 19%
Android Browser: 3%
Opera: 1%
OS:
Windows: 60%
iOS: 18%
Mac: 11%
Android: 8%
Linux: 3%
Windows versions:
7: 62%
8/8.1: 25%
XP: 8%
Vista: 5%
and even:
NT: 0.1% :-)
Server 2003: 0.1%
98: 0.005%
2000: 0.0005%
I usually send a standard reply along the lines of "please take me off your mailing list".
When that doesn't work, after 3-4 mails from recruiters from the same company I send a longer reply, this time cc'ing the CEO, CTO, etc. of the company, making sure to include the names of the recruiters.
Works like magic.
There used to be a "remember this" option after that, which seems to be gone now.
Another option is to bookmark the direct link:
https://maps.google.com/maps?o...
I'll be sad when that no longer works :-(
I second that. I moved all my domains to namesilo. Reliable, fast, and they support 2-factor authentication.
For .nl domains: transip.nl
Avoid like the plague: godaddy.
Of course we knew already for years that IE users are dumbest.
All of this has to be rewritten once Microsoft drops the IE brand...
I don't care. If Sir Clive Sinclair is behind it, then I'm getting one :-)
They must do it on purpose: set up a crap hotel, put the 100 pound fine in the small print: profit!
At http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/H... the place has 147 "terrible" ratings and 24 "poor" == 17100 pounds (about $26800) (!)
If they're smart they'll diversify: Bad review on tripadvisor: 100 pounds. Badmouthing tweet to 1000 followers or more: 500 pounds. Negative letter to paper: 500 pounds and 20 lashes. Bad review in paper: you forfeit all your bank accounts.
All hotels should do this. The Great Hotel Vengeance of 2015. In fact all reviews of any book, film, hotel, ebay seller, etc. should be included. Ah well anybody who says anything bad about anything ever. 100 pounds please.
A keyboard should be tough enough to beat a man to death with. And then use to write his obituary.
Wasn't the original quote something like:
"The only keyboard you can beat a user to death with, and then use it to delete his account?"
mod parent up to some score higher than 5 :-)
Can't we just start talking about Windows 10 already, and how it will fix the problems with Windows 9?
And will it have minecraft as the default user interface? (it should, get 'em while they're young)
I did the "ask slashdot" thing about this a few weeks ago:
a Slashdot/Hackaday type site for programming nuggets?
(that didn't get to the front page though)
Will this section only be for hardware hacks or are hobby software projects covered too?
It's a search engine named after a character in "Friends".
I used the http://filippo.io/Heartbleed page before and after patching my server, and it appears to work ok (reported "vulnerable" before, and "fixed" after).
Absolutely spot on.
I wrote a Calcudoku generator/solver a while ago (now in heavy use at http://www.calcudoku.org/ and spent a _lot_ of effort on the difficulty rating bits (and still know there is room for improvement).
One idea that isn't in there yet is to somehow incorporate the distance between the solving steps: if the next logical step is in a cell very near the previous one, you see it more quickly, hence the puzzle is easier.
I'm an older programmer (yes past 40, programming for about 30 years) and find no problems at all with finding work.
You'll bring more experience than the hipsters. Only issue with some companies is the higher rate/salary.
Ridiculous that once you're older you should be managing a group of 20-something programmers: do what you love, and if that's programming and not managing, stick with it.
Some of the lesser known high quality & useful software (so won't be listing emacs here):
The fact that there is a need for a book like this: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596517748.do
Needed, perhaps, but that is a good book, recommended for anyone who wants to delve a little deeper into Javascript.
some stats for a Calcudoku number puzzle site with about 65000 visits/month:
Smaller interesting ones:
Operating systems:
Up and coming (?) Firefox OS has 0.5%
Not so up and coming (?) Windows Phone comes in at 0.2%
Better still, look here: Map Compare
(side by side comparison of OSM, Google Maps, Bing Maps, etc.)