Using dd to erase a Windows partition and then reinstalling GNU/Linux is wise only if you know in advance that GNU/Linux supports all components of, and peripherals connected to, your computer. Not everybody can go back in time and have made smarter hardware buying decisions.
Or is home Internet service itself not a necessity to find and keep a job that pays a living wage in the United States?
No, Internet access is not a necessity.
Shelter and food are necessities. Would you agree? If so, how should a U.S. resident with no Internet access go about finding and keeping a job that is enough to pay for rent and food, in particular not a part-time, minimum-wage or near-minimum-wage job in the unskilled service industry?
Connect to your satellite modem using wireless instead of wired Ethernet, and Windows 10's settings will let you mark its SSID as metered. You can't change the cost model for wired Ethernet to metered to the GUI, but there's a registry hack to do that.
Bloat follows average storage space, and what was bloat 10 years ago fits into a tiny corner today.
SSDs make storage bloat slightly more relevant, as does imposition of monthly data transfer quotas on rural or mobile Internet connections. Or how much has the price per gigabyte for satellite or cellular data transfer allowance dropped over the past several years?
maybe they feel they are liable to lose what they really want... bums in the seats
I thought the Dodgers would want people willing to buy overpriced concessions more than "bums" (vagrants). Or are the Dodgers really failing to sell out all seats?
Satellite TV is a choice. But cable TV often isn't, as cable ISPs and fiber ISPs in the United States tend to tie it with their home Internet service, charging less per month for TV and Internet than for Internet alone. Or is home Internet service itself not a necessity to find and keep a job that pays a living wage in the United States?
How is it lock-in if it's free software? Or which substantial non-free components are included in what others describe as a middle ground between CentOS and Fedora?
I'm not aware of any particular makes and models of DSLR that offer built-in 802.11ac. But if your existing DSLRs make the files on the CF or SD card available through MTP or mass storage, search the web for pocket nas to find a device that connects to the camera's USB port for wireless file transfer. This one supports only 802.11n though.
DSLR = digital single lens reflex camera DSRL = Double Stuf Racing League
An onscreen controller, even with thumbstick works surprisingly well
It didn't work well for me. When I tried Pixeline and the Jungle Treasure for Android, I kept accidentally pressing outside the active area of the on-screen controller. With a Bluetooth keyboard, though, it was fine.
It's both, or more precisely the transition from one to the other: someone developing a free application to see whether he can use it as the minimum viable product for a new company.
So what's the standard practice to control a character in an exploration-oriented platformer (think the Metroidvania genre, not a one-button continuous runner like Rayman Jungle Run) using only a touch screen? At least Nintendo's handhelds still have a Control Pad and physical buttons. Even the widely panned Turbo Touch 360 was better than the flat sheet of glass that is a smartphone's pointing device for three reasons: A. physical buttons are unchanged from an ordinary turbo controller, B. the touchpad is recessed so that the thumb can feel its edges, and C. the touchpad has ridges along the eight cardinal and intercardinal directions so that the thumb can feel the direction.
Provided the device's operating system can even mount a flash drive in a manner that KeePass can see. PCs can, but a lot of "mobile" devices* cannot. The Android operating system on Nexus 7 devices, for example, can use many USB devices through an OTG cable but not a flash drive.
* Defined as devices running a smartphone-derived operating environment, namely stock Android and iOS.
The point is that with free software, anybody interested in evaluating a particular application can hire one of those 70,000 to perform and publish an audit.
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Slow down your production process so you have time to catch them?
That causes end users to choose a competitor's software with tolerable defects over your unfinished vaporware.
Do without the fancies so there are less vulnerability points?
That causes end users who rely on "the fancies" to choose a competitor's software that offers "the fancies".
Using dd to erase a Windows partition and then reinstalling GNU/Linux is wise only if you know in advance that GNU/Linux supports all components of, and peripherals connected to, your computer. Not everybody can go back in time and have made smarter hardware buying decisions.
Work (paid work) provides Internet access.
Good luck finding a job in the first place. They ask for your email address and/or post job opportunities solely on websites.
Or is home Internet service itself not a necessity to find and keep a job that pays a living wage in the United States?
No, Internet access is not a necessity.
Shelter and food are necessities. Would you agree? If so, how should a U.S. resident with no Internet access go about finding and keeping a job that is enough to pay for rent and food, in particular not a part-time, minimum-wage or near-minimum-wage job in the unskilled service industry?
The other option, as several Slashdot users have recommended, is to move to an area where DSL, cable, or fiber is offered:
Connect to your satellite modem using wireless instead of wired Ethernet, and Windows 10's settings will let you mark its SSID as metered. You can't change the cost model for wired Ethernet to metered to the GUI, but there's a registry hack to do that.
Bloat follows average storage space, and what was bloat 10 years ago fits into a tiny corner today.
SSDs make storage bloat slightly more relevant, as does imposition of monthly data transfer quotas on rural or mobile Internet connections. Or how much has the price per gigabyte for satellite or cellular data transfer allowance dropped over the past several years?
That's sort of hard to do when ISPs charge home Internet customers extra for not having TV.
maybe they feel they are liable to lose what they really want ... bums in the seats
I thought the Dodgers would want people willing to buy overpriced concessions more than "bums" (vagrants). Or are the Dodgers really failing to sell out all seats?
Be careful that you do not fall into the broken window fallacy.
Cable/satellite is a choice, it's not required.
Satellite TV is a choice. But cable TV often isn't, as cable ISPs and fiber ISPs in the United States tend to tie it with their home Internet service, charging less per month for TV and Internet than for Internet alone. Or is home Internet service itself not a necessity to find and keep a job that pays a living wage in the United States?
How is it lock-in if it's free software? Or which substantial non-free components are included in what others describe as a middle ground between CentOS and Fedora?
I'm not aware of any particular makes and models of DSLR that offer built-in 802.11ac. But if your existing DSLRs make the files on the CF or SD card available through MTP or mass storage, search the web for pocket nas to find a device that connects to the camera's USB port for wireless file transfer. This one supports only 802.11n though.
DSLR = digital single lens reflex camera
DSRL = Double Stuf Racing League
The idea is that the camera has an 802.11ac radio and can serve the files stored on the SD card through FTP, SMB, or another NAS protocol.
An onscreen controller, even with thumbstick works surprisingly well
It didn't work well for me. When I tried Pixeline and the Jungle Treasure for Android, I kept accidentally pressing outside the active area of the on-screen controller. With a Bluetooth keyboard, though, it was fine.
Software SIM (I think they've got a patent on this) - configure your SIM on the device itself
I don't see how such a patent could issue, given the prior art of Qualcomm's CDMA2000 system.
Who are you talking to? Do you really think Apple designers are reading Slashdot to see what old angry nerds are thinking?
Probably to people who participate both in Slashdot and in a forum closer to Apple's base.
I like the reader, I'd think that trying to transfer such large files via wireless would take too much time...?
High speed USB transfers 480 Mbps theoretical or 280 Mbps practical. That's faster than 802.11n, but 802.11ac beats it.
It's both, or more precisely the transition from one to the other: someone developing a free application to see whether he can use it as the minimum viable product for a new company.
How do you know you can trust your own eyes? You think that's air you're breathing now?
I have been boycotting every game from UbiSoft that contains DRM since StarForce.
In other words, since 1984. This means you missed Buck Bumble, which has the same DRM that all N64 games have.
Facebook owns Oculus. Is that not enough clout to get exclusives?
So what's the standard practice to control a character in an exploration-oriented platformer (think the Metroidvania genre, not a one-button continuous runner like Rayman Jungle Run) using only a touch screen? At least Nintendo's handhelds still have a Control Pad and physical buttons. Even the widely panned Turbo Touch 360 was better than the flat sheet of glass that is a smartphone's pointing device for three reasons: A. physical buttons are unchanged from an ordinary turbo controller, B. the touchpad is recessed so that the thumb can feel its edges, and C. the touchpad has ridges along the eight cardinal and intercardinal directions so that the thumb can feel the direction.
Provided the device's operating system can even mount a flash drive in a manner that KeePass can see. PCs can, but a lot of "mobile" devices* cannot. The Android operating system on Nexus 7 devices, for example, can use many USB devices through an OTG cable but not a flash drive.
* Defined as devices running a smartphone-derived operating environment, namely stock Android and iOS.
The point is that with free software, anybody interested in evaluating a particular application can hire one of those 70,000 to perform and publish an audit.