Quite funny, considering that Windows 10 is now quite possibly the best desktop Linux distro out there at this point thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
I've been programming computers for 20 years. The majority of my friends cared fuck all for what I was doing... here in 2017, I picked up Arduino and other micro controllers, and started playing with LEDs... Guess what? All of a sudden, one of my projects went viral within one of the communities I'm in. So now that's how I explain what I do. I make little LEDs blink n shit, and everyone loses their fucking minds. My ACTUAL day job is managing a full ecommerce platform, but that's boring and uninteresting, simply because it isn't as easily relatable. But 20 lines of code where someone can press a button and change the colors/patterns of some simple LEDs? Goddamn, everyone loses their minds!
To add to this, there is actually a way for wireless charging to be MORE efficient. The USB port on my Galaxy S5 is wearing out. The phone supports optional wireless charging. A buddy of mine gave me a charging pad for free, and all I needed was the accessory to sit inside the battery compartment of the phone. Now I can continue to use the phone without the worry or need to replace it just because the wired charging port is going bad on it.
Time to get my paper airplane collection all registered, as they're Model Airplanes!:-O That's going to get expensive as fuck really quick tho at $5/plane
We live in a global economy today. Does this mean all digital devices imported into the country need to have these same backdoors? Probably so. Are manufacturers lazy, and want to build one-size-fits-all devices? You damn right they are. Meaning if this passes, device models sold to Germany will ALSO have these same backdoors sold elsewhere in the world.
Up-to-date security and encryption features. Not so much device encryption, but things such as latest TLS with the latest supported key generation and encryption algorithms. This is especially important because the PCI-DSS has a very small strict list which they support, a list that is getter narrower all the time. Devices are literally being cut off this list after about two years due to lack of proper updates.
This could highly be store dependent, most specifically on what that particular store is equipped with. The one near my house is a fairly recent store (within the past year or two). My brother orders from them regularly online. The tracker has been quite accurate for us.
Another guess from being a developer who writes ecommerce software: you have to account for human error as well. It doesn't take much for someone to accidentally press the "Jill" instead of "Bob" button when selecting the driver for the order, than handing off to Bob because he's the one that's actually available. Same goes for prepping the pizza itself. It doesn't take much to accidentally click on one order and "prep" it vs another.
This shit happens. Your pizza still arrived within about five minutes of you expecting it. Is it really that big of a fucking deal!?
With the right devices, browsing on a TV is actually just fine. At my house, we have an AndroidTV box with an "airmouse" attacked. It acts as a gyroscopic mouse, similar to how a Wii Remote controls a cursor on the screen. On the back side, there is a full QWERTY keyboard. For a living room environment to load up the usuals on the TV, that being OTA TV, YouTube, or other streaming services, this is actually quite a good experience for navigation. If Amazon had a better remote, this would be a decent experience, probably.
The main issue that is never addressed in these "OH, c/c++ is going to die" sorts of arguments is interoperability. At any point in time, C++ code can fall back to C for any of its shortcomings. And at any point in time, both C++ and C can fall back to inline assembly for both of their shortcomings. So this is already three separate languages playing very nicely with one-another. And then on top of that, most other languages out there to be successful have some sort of either C or C++ compatible interface. Need a new PHP module? They're written in C. Need a new Lua module? The same, it falls back to C. Need dynamically loaded/unloaded code at run time? Shared objects and DLLs using the C calling convention, regardless of which language they're compiled from initially. This trio of languages is the foundation of everything else on the computer cooperating and working together in unison, whereas all other languages are trying to be walled gardens upon which they can only access themselves and nothing more.
The other issue to a lesser extent is that C and C++ are strictly languages, not libraries. The compilers provide standard libraries, but they're never included by default. This allows for some interesting things to happen, such as the community building replacements for various "built-in" libraries. This also allows for the "built-in" libraries to be maintained and updated separately from any one particular compiler. This level of flexibility is what truly gives C and C++ their powers.
Remember back when Google had Chrome to Phone!? You could simply send ANY web page from desktop to mobile with just a simple click. Also, it was great for phone numbers, too. You could just highlight a phone number, say "Chrome to Phone", and you phone would start calling it. Then Google axed that feature, like they always seem to do, and now it is an "exciting new and great feature in Firefox" all these years later.
"Huh, Facebook must be having issues today", as the user exclaims while having 200 tabs open, using 100% RAM and forcing HDD swapping. This is seriously the mindset of the average user. It is the website's fault for poor local performance from bad programming in local applications and/or poor local system management.
The same scare tactics appeared when the Nintendo DS with Pictochat was released. "stalkers" could chat with your child! But what is the wireless range of the devices? 30ft or so? So basically already within visual and verbal range to begin with. But now its exactly the same thing "BUT WITH A COMPUTER" (wait, isn't this the new Slashdot meme for patents, to just take normal every day activities and items, slap "with a computer" on it, and patent it all over again..?)
While I understand why not all software can follow this formula, I do personally appreciate what MariaDB does.
On the main page for each version, they have a small summary of major changes/features/fixes. And then they have a link which goes to a commit log of every single code change. Each of these items in the log lists the Git commit summary along with a Github link to show the exact changes made to the code base. This is additionally nice, as it shows WHO is contributing WHAT to the MariaDB code base.
Because Opera is 1) more stable, 2) has more features. Built in ad-block without any add-ons. Built in VPN without any add-ons. Built in communication tools without any add-ons.
Google shoves blind A/B tests to live end-user clients without any notification or sign-ups whatsoever. I've had this break countless times in a corporate environment and spent days debugging this shit. One time they changed the DNS resolver code on a hand full of "test" users to an implementation that took 60+ seconds to resolve DNS addresses. Luckily, I found a buried post on the Google Help forums which described this broken behavior and which setting to disable in the chrome://flags window. But even that window just lists things as "default", not "FORCED ENABLED FOR A/B TESTING". There is literally no way to tell if you're in a test or not. And more recently, they absolutely broke printer support for a month or two, killing all web based invoicing one of my clients was doing.
Opera? They wait for things to stabilize, then port them over to their browser. Its literally just been night and day in terms of stability switching off of Chrome and moving 100% full time over to Opera.
And Chrome is just Chromium. And Chromium is just Blink. And Blink is just Webkit. And Safari is just Webkit. And Webkit is just KHTML. And Konqueror is just KHTML. And KHTML is just KParts... PATHETIC!
Slashdot Mirror
Quite funny, considering that Windows 10 is now quite possibly the best desktop Linux distro out there at this point thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Linux.
I've been programming computers for 20 years. The majority of my friends cared fuck all for what I was doing... here in 2017, I picked up Arduino and other micro controllers, and started playing with LEDs... Guess what? All of a sudden, one of my projects went viral within one of the communities I'm in. So now that's how I explain what I do. I make little LEDs blink n shit, and everyone loses their fucking minds. My ACTUAL day job is managing a full ecommerce platform, but that's boring and uninteresting, simply because it isn't as easily relatable. But 20 lines of code where someone can press a button and change the colors/patterns of some simple LEDs? Goddamn, everyone loses their minds!
Wait... what the shit... Fiber connections now route via satellite!? Why the hell didn't anyone tell me this?
To add to this, there is actually a way for wireless charging to be MORE efficient. The USB port on my Galaxy S5 is wearing out. The phone supports optional wireless charging. A buddy of mine gave me a charging pad for free, and all I needed was the accessory to sit inside the battery compartment of the phone. Now I can continue to use the phone without the worry or need to replace it just because the wired charging port is going bad on it.
Time to get my paper airplane collection all registered, as they're Model Airplanes! :-O That's going to get expensive as fuck really quick tho at $5/plane
https://www.cvedetails.com/pro...
I vote for "Comic Sans Con"
We live in a global economy today. Does this mean all digital devices imported into the country need to have these same backdoors? Probably so. Are manufacturers lazy, and want to build one-size-fits-all devices? You damn right they are. Meaning if this passes, device models sold to Germany will ALSO have these same backdoors sold elsewhere in the world.
Up-to-date security and encryption features. Not so much device encryption, but things such as latest TLS with the latest supported key generation and encryption algorithms. This is especially important because the PCI-DSS has a very small strict list which they support, a list that is getter narrower all the time. Devices are literally being cut off this list after about two years due to lack of proper updates.
This could highly be store dependent, most specifically on what that particular store is equipped with. The one near my house is a fairly recent store (within the past year or two). My brother orders from them regularly online. The tracker has been quite accurate for us.
Another guess from being a developer who writes ecommerce software: you have to account for human error as well. It doesn't take much for someone to accidentally press the "Jill" instead of "Bob" button when selecting the driver for the order, than handing off to Bob because he's the one that's actually available. Same goes for prepping the pizza itself. It doesn't take much to accidentally click on one order and "prep" it vs another.
This shit happens. Your pizza still arrived within about five minutes of you expecting it. Is it really that big of a fucking deal!?
Maybe they were trying to name their network "Baby On Board", and the phone auto-corrected it?
This problem has long since been fixed: https://www.google.com/search?...
This must be in response to him no longer being able to see free puppies on Twitter anymore:
https://www.boredpanda.com/mes...
With the right devices, browsing on a TV is actually just fine. At my house, we have an AndroidTV box with an "airmouse" attacked. It acts as a gyroscopic mouse, similar to how a Wii Remote controls a cursor on the screen. On the back side, there is a full QWERTY keyboard. For a living room environment to load up the usuals on the TV, that being OTA TV, YouTube, or other streaming services, this is actually quite a good experience for navigation. If Amazon had a better remote, this would be a decent experience, probably.
The main issue that is never addressed in these "OH, c/c++ is going to die" sorts of arguments is interoperability. At any point in time, C++ code can fall back to C for any of its shortcomings. And at any point in time, both C++ and C can fall back to inline assembly for both of their shortcomings. So this is already three separate languages playing very nicely with one-another. And then on top of that, most other languages out there to be successful have some sort of either C or C++ compatible interface. Need a new PHP module? They're written in C. Need a new Lua module? The same, it falls back to C. Need dynamically loaded/unloaded code at run time? Shared objects and DLLs using the C calling convention, regardless of which language they're compiled from initially. This trio of languages is the foundation of everything else on the computer cooperating and working together in unison, whereas all other languages are trying to be walled gardens upon which they can only access themselves and nothing more.
The other issue to a lesser extent is that C and C++ are strictly languages, not libraries. The compilers provide standard libraries, but they're never included by default. This allows for some interesting things to happen, such as the community building replacements for various "built-in" libraries. This also allows for the "built-in" libraries to be maintained and updated separately from any one particular compiler. This level of flexibility is what truly gives C and C++ their powers.
Remember back when Google had Chrome to Phone!? You could simply send ANY web page from desktop to mobile with just a simple click. Also, it was great for phone numbers, too. You could just highlight a phone number, say "Chrome to Phone", and you phone would start calling it. Then Google axed that feature, like they always seem to do, and now it is an "exciting new and great feature in Firefox" all these years later.
Serious question: Just how much money do you think they need to increase their network capacity and reach new communities?
https://www.divisionofwealth.c...
Name some interpreted serialization formats that don't.
A better headline is actually a paragraph header half way through TFA:
"Firefox joins Chrome and Edge in blocking navigational data URIs"
So basically Firefox is simply implementing what is already standard practice otherwise on competing browsers.
"Huh, Facebook must be having issues today", as the user exclaims while having 200 tabs open, using 100% RAM and forcing HDD swapping. This is seriously the mindset of the average user. It is the website's fault for poor local performance from bad programming in local applications and/or poor local system management.
The same scare tactics appeared when the Nintendo DS with Pictochat was released. "stalkers" could chat with your child! But what is the wireless range of the devices? 30ft or so? So basically already within visual and verbal range to begin with. But now its exactly the same thing "BUT WITH A COMPUTER" (wait, isn't this the new Slashdot meme for patents, to just take normal every day activities and items, slap "with a computer" on it, and patent it all over again..?)
While I understand why not all software can follow this formula, I do personally appreciate what MariaDB does.
On the main page for each version, they have a small summary of major changes/features/fixes. And then they have a link which goes to a commit log of every single code change. Each of these items in the log lists the Git commit summary along with a Github link to show the exact changes made to the code base. This is additionally nice, as it shows WHO is contributing WHAT to the MariaDB code base.
+10 informative! Best comment on the entire thread.
Because Opera is 1) more stable, 2) has more features. Built in ad-block without any add-ons. Built in VPN without any add-ons. Built in communication tools without any add-ons.
Google shoves blind A/B tests to live end-user clients without any notification or sign-ups whatsoever. I've had this break countless times in a corporate environment and spent days debugging this shit. One time they changed the DNS resolver code on a hand full of "test" users to an implementation that took 60+ seconds to resolve DNS addresses. Luckily, I found a buried post on the Google Help forums which described this broken behavior and which setting to disable in the chrome://flags window. But even that window just lists things as "default", not "FORCED ENABLED FOR A/B TESTING". There is literally no way to tell if you're in a test or not. And more recently, they absolutely broke printer support for a month or two, killing all web based invoicing one of my clients was doing.
Opera? They wait for things to stabilize, then port them over to their browser. Its literally just been night and day in terms of stability switching off of Chrome and moving 100% full time over to Opera.
And Chrome is just Chromium. And Chromium is just Blink. And Blink is just Webkit. And Safari is just Webkit. And Webkit is just KHTML. And Konqueror is just KHTML. And KHTML is just KParts... PATHETIC!