On average women are less capable, less inclined, and less willing to be engineers.
Really? On what do you base that opinion? If you're talking on average, maybe so, because more men tend towards the autistic spectrum and programming (don't kid yourself, most software engineers are "engineers" in self-delusional titles only) lends itself towards those with autistic tendencies.
Women on average are biologically and psychological different than men, as reflected across a broad range of cultures. Given that there are real differences, differences in outcomes are not prima facie evidence of discriminatory behavior.
Yes, there are differences, women are more prone to arthritis, osteoporosis and breast cancer, men more likely to have autism, hair loss, and heart disease. What does that have to do with allowing environments where someone is reviled merely because of a physical trait?
Except it doesn't apply to Threadripper, Epyc, or Ryzen Pro.
We don't even know if it's an AMD problem, it could be any one of a number of previously-unnoticed Linux issues that happen to show up on Ryzen (note that the text says "may also affect other Unix-like operating systems", not "exists under FreeBSD as well", so currently it's pure speculation that it extends past Linux). We'll have to wait and see what further investigation turns up...
That's more than a little interesting. Wonder if it affects NetBSD? If both FreeBSD and NetBSD are free of this error, I may have my next system.
All I am saying is at work it is irrelevent whether you agree or disagree. You do not have free speech in the office PERIOD and HR and legal have guidelines to protect company image and liability of possible lawsuits.
Of course you have the right to free speech. What people so often misunderstand is that having the freedom to speak does not mean you have freedom from consequences. The only entities that cannot legally go after you is the government: federal, state and local. It doesn't mean your church cannot toss you out for singing praises to the devil, or that a company can't fire you for calling your boss an idiot (rightfully or not). You're free to say those things, however.
Luck is a huge aspect of success, across the board. That doesn't mean hard work didn't go into it, but there's plenty of folks that are both smart and worked hard with very similar products where the lucky one won (Zuckerberg would be exhibit #1 there, Brin and Page #2)
And I would argue that getting into a major college and finishing at least 2 years successfully is more of an indicator of success than finishing high school, which is only an indicator that you will more likely wind up above the poverty level. And that certainly isn't an indication of success by any measure.
The underlying issues of men succeeding in certain fields over women where the field demands almost sole attention might be closer attributed to the hunter/gatherer single focus/multi-tasking differences that have been documented in the sexes. For clarification, men tend to excel in single focus tasks, women in multi-tasking professions. Couple that with people tending to be happier with things that reinforce their natural habits, and you get the splits you see today, more so than anything else. There were several studies on this gender based variance of the sexes, but I'm too lazy to look them up at the moment.
Now the above should not be taken to condone the misogynistic environments engendered by some male-dominated workplaces, or really hostile workplaces anywhere no matter what the makeup.
I'll note I'm not the conservative type you're asking to respond, however.
I'd say that's largely because the bulk of software "engineers" shouldn't be writing code in the first place. Once their tolerance for abuse dries up (long uncompensated work hours and lower pay) the desire is to hire someone cheaper. The quality will be about the same and the enthusiasm higher. The exception is for those that actually advance in their fields. This number is relatively small in comparison to the whole, but it's also why 100s of thousands of college athletes and 10s of thousands of minor league pros wind up in some other occupation before reaching age 30. At some point, there's a dropout.
Not at all, there's no one to attack, no one to take over, the only thing you can do is blow yourself up. The pods are relatively small, at least last time I looked, holding only 4 or 8 people. So mere explosives screening is sufficient, no need to worry about paperclips or pens.
Airports still have many problems, even with multiple runways. No airport in the world currently lands more than 4 planes a minute that I'm aware of, because of the issues surrounding vortexes. Larger planes only make them worse, and reduce the landing frequency, so once a certain size plane is being used, larger planes do not really help with the number of passengers being able to be serviced.
Yeah, the tick-tock was what kept you able to upgrade a CPU. Other than that, memory chip changes and things like new buses kept the upgrade path of a new motherboard every 3 years a reasonable practice. However, my 2010 motherboard/CPU is still working fine and comes in at about 75% of the performance of the best CPUs you could buy as of 3 months ago, excluding CPUs costing more than my car.
First, the first antenna I bought was $130. It didn't work super well but still gave reasonable reception. The clamps and attic mounting stuff was another $30. I then switched to a $80 ($40 on sale) outdoor antenna, but that thing was HUGE (about 7x9 ft square, and 3 ft in height. It still fit in my attic. It captured everything.
The next obvious question is: do you have clear line of sight (electromagnetically) between your antenna placement and your towers? No radiation shielding in your attic tiles, no power lines or other broadcasting antenna near enough to line of sight or the house itself to cause interference, no water towers, hills, tall buildings, bridges, etc? Because there's no reason a decent antenna shouldn't be able to pull an OTA broadcast signal from 80+ miles away given a clear line of sight.
And do you know why it used to be "ring the phone"?
because in the days before dials, you cranked a generator that created voltage that would "rang" the operator (ring a bell or light a light to indicate your line was live) so they could connect you to whomever you wanted to call.
Not that I was alive anywhere near that time period, but I know about them, and telegraphs, and other early modes of communication. It's something you should simply learn through your education system, if for no other reason than to know the progression of technology.
Let's look up TV options. Type in "TV Service" and Google suggest etc will usually reference something like "without cable" within the first 4 suggested search terms. Hopefully most people would read that far....
Get a decent antenna, trying half a dozen crappy antennas isn't going to help get a good signal. A decent long range antenna will cost you upwards of $100. Then put it high enough to have line of sight to your transmission towers and tune appropriately. I was receiving off-axis digital broadcasts from over 70 miles away at the last house, no problems. My current residence is closer, and the antenna is going up this weekend.
IOW, the digital broadcasts are fine, it's likely your antenna or cabling that's the culprit.
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Intel unveils their newest processor... and darkness falls across the land.
As AMD eclipses Intel's best. Again.
On average women are less capable, less inclined, and less willing to be engineers.
Really? On what do you base that opinion? If you're talking on average, maybe so, because more men tend towards the autistic spectrum and programming (don't kid yourself, most software engineers are "engineers" in self-delusional titles only) lends itself towards those with autistic tendencies.
Women on average are biologically and psychological different than men, as reflected across a broad range of cultures. Given that there are real differences, differences in outcomes are not prima facie evidence of discriminatory behavior.
Yes, there are differences, women are more prone to arthritis, osteoporosis and breast cancer, men more likely to have autism, hair loss, and heart disease. What does that have to do with allowing environments where someone is reviled merely because of a physical trait?
A 10 page manifesto is not a discussion.
Other noscript, adblock, and ghostery, what else are you running?
Double this. I absolutely abhor stories without text. They always get immediately skipped.
Last year, during a job interview, I actually had an interviewer pull up posts from the early 1990s I had in sci.crypt and alt.sex.cthulhu...
Which just goes to show that having real names in the early internet was the bad idea we all thought it was.
Except it doesn't apply to Threadripper, Epyc, or Ryzen Pro.
We don't even know if it's an AMD problem, it could be any one of a number of previously-unnoticed Linux issues that happen to show up on Ryzen (note that the text says "may also affect other Unix-like operating systems", not "exists under FreeBSD as well", so currently it's pure speculation that it extends past Linux). We'll have to wait and see what further investigation turns up...
That's more than a little interesting. Wonder if it affects NetBSD? If both FreeBSD and NetBSD are free of this error, I may have my next system.
All I am saying is at work it is irrelevent whether you agree or disagree. You do not have free speech in the office PERIOD and HR and legal have guidelines to protect company image and liability of possible lawsuits.
Of course you have the right to free speech. What people so often misunderstand is that having the freedom to speak does not mean you have freedom from consequences. The only entities that cannot legally go after you is the government: federal, state and local. It doesn't mean your church cannot toss you out for singing praises to the devil, or that a company can't fire you for calling your boss an idiot (rightfully or not). You're free to say those things, however.
but the demagogues message has to be a slogan, a simple "get rid of Trumpists and everything will be fine again".
FTFY.
Luck is a huge aspect of success, across the board. That doesn't mean hard work didn't go into it, but there's plenty of folks that are both smart and worked hard with very similar products where the lucky one won (Zuckerberg would be exhibit #1 there, Brin and Page #2)
And I would argue that getting into a major college and finishing at least 2 years successfully is more of an indicator of success than finishing high school, which is only an indicator that you will more likely wind up above the poverty level. And that certainly isn't an indication of success by any measure.
The underlying issues of men succeeding in certain fields over women where the field demands almost sole attention might be closer attributed to the hunter/gatherer single focus/multi-tasking differences that have been documented in the sexes. For clarification, men tend to excel in single focus tasks, women in multi-tasking professions. Couple that with people tending to be happier with things that reinforce their natural habits, and you get the splits you see today, more so than anything else. There were several studies on this gender based variance of the sexes, but I'm too lazy to look them up at the moment.
Now the above should not be taken to condone the misogynistic environments engendered by some male-dominated workplaces, or really hostile workplaces anywhere no matter what the makeup.
I'll note I'm not the conservative type you're asking to respond, however.
I'd say that's largely because the bulk of software "engineers" shouldn't be writing code in the first place. Once their tolerance for abuse dries up (long uncompensated work hours and lower pay) the desire is to hire someone cheaper. The quality will be about the same and the enthusiasm higher. The exception is for those that actually advance in their fields. This number is relatively small in comparison to the whole, but it's also why 100s of thousands of college athletes and 10s of thousands of minor league pros wind up in some other occupation before reaching age 30. At some point, there's a dropout.
Not true until truly quick recharges are available. If you drive 1000 miles in a day (like going on vacation) electric isn't going to cut it today.
Not at all, there's no one to attack, no one to take over, the only thing you can do is blow yourself up. The pods are relatively small, at least last time I looked, holding only 4 or 8 people. So mere explosives screening is sufficient, no need to worry about paperclips or pens.
Airports still have many problems, even with multiple runways. No airport in the world currently lands more than 4 planes a minute that I'm aware of, because of the issues surrounding vortexes. Larger planes only make them worse, and reduce the landing frequency, so once a certain size plane is being used, larger planes do not really help with the number of passengers being able to be serviced.
Except, it doesn't require nude photos and an intimate groping to board, nor has delays due to a toilet issue, weather, snow, turbulence, etc.
Don't get Looped, though.
Yeah, the tick-tock was what kept you able to upgrade a CPU. Other than that, memory chip changes and things like new buses kept the upgrade path of a new motherboard every 3 years a reasonable practice. However, my 2010 motherboard/CPU is still working fine and comes in at about 75% of the performance of the best CPUs you could buy as of 3 months ago, excluding CPUs costing more than my car.
Are you upset that a Ferrari costs 10x the price of a Honda?
Yes.
First, the first antenna I bought was $130. It didn't work super well but still gave reasonable reception. The clamps and attic mounting stuff was another $30. I then switched to a $80 ($40 on sale) outdoor antenna, but that thing was HUGE (about 7x9 ft square, and 3 ft in height. It still fit in my attic. It captured everything.
The next obvious question is: do you have clear line of sight (electromagnetically) between your antenna placement and your towers? No radiation shielding in your attic tiles, no power lines or other broadcasting antenna near enough to line of sight or the house itself to cause interference, no water towers, hills, tall buildings, bridges, etc? Because there's no reason a decent antenna shouldn't be able to pull an OTA broadcast signal from 80+ miles away given a clear line of sight.
And do you know why it used to be "ring the phone"?
because in the days before dials, you cranked a generator that created voltage that would "rang" the operator (ring a bell or light a light to indicate your line was live) so they could connect you to whomever you wanted to call.
Not that I was alive anywhere near that time period, but I know about them, and telegraphs, and other early modes of communication. It's something you should simply learn through your education system, if for no other reason than to know the progression of technology.
OTA DVRs? Nah, can't find those anywhere.
Let's look up TV options. Type in "TV Service" and Google suggest etc will usually reference something like "without cable" within the first 4 suggested search terms. Hopefully most people would read that far....
Get a decent antenna, trying half a dozen crappy antennas isn't going to help get a good signal. A decent long range antenna will cost you upwards of $100. Then put it high enough to have line of sight to your transmission towers and tune appropriately. I was receiving off-axis digital broadcasts from over 70 miles away at the last house, no problems. My current residence is closer, and the antenna is going up this weekend.
IOW, the digital broadcasts are fine, it's likely your antenna or cabling that's the culprit.
But then no one here would read it.