I do the same thing. Since each of my new computers has had, typically, an order of magnitude more storage than the previous one, the entire recursive archive costs me less than 10% of the capacity of the new one. (I say typically because there was a discontinuity at the transition from spinning rust to SSD.)
give contract workers in the so-called gig economy access to health care and retirement planning accounts
How about you just give them the money and let them select and pay for their own benefits? While we're on the subject, let's do that for all the salaried workers too.
There's no need (from first principles) for my employer to be involved with my personal health or finances in any way apart from paying me. Just give me the money you would have spent on my behalf and allow me to secure those services myself.
Yes, I realize there is presently a discount for group insurance (or rather a penalty for individual policies), but that's only because it's expected that people will obtain their insurance through their company. If everybody arranged their personal health insurance personally, no such penalty/discount would exist.
The article is probably confusing the terms "exporter" and "producer" (the US produce more oil, but consumes even more - Norway exports almost everything we produce), and "middle east" with OPEC. Norway used to be #2 there, not sure if it still is.
If Norway really wants to change the world, why doesn't it stop extracting oil/gas from the ground?
It's reasonable to assume that every barrel of oil that's extracted is burned somewhere. If this is a global problem, then banning the burning of oil within the borders of Norway will have very little effect if the same amount of oil still gets burned elsewhere.
I understand the economic incentive to extract and sell the oil, but isn't that a bit hypocritical while they're claiming to place such a high priority on reducing their carbon footprint?
Will be for BMW headlights. They seem to like to fit blindingly bright headlights. Yes it's great if it helps the BMW driver see but not so good if the drivers coming the other way can't see anything.
When you're the blinded driver, just aim for the bright spot. At least you know it's somewhere on the road, and the BMW driver can see well enough to maneuver around you.
Agreed. The whole concept of networks is antiquated. I don't even know what channel (or in some cases, what day) my favorite shows are on. I just turn on the tv, check to see what my DVR has captured, and turn the tv back off if there's nothing new recorded. It works just like the "my subscriptions" feed on YouTube.
If you're the sort of person who sits down in front of the TV "because it's time" and has to find something to watch from among the choices in the current time slot, I can see some merit in the content being organized thematically (ie, History, Sports, etc.), but I'm becoming increasingly unimpressed with the mindset that we should watch whatever entertainment our handlers choose to feed us rather than choosing from among content that I've previously earmarked as genuinely interesting. (As an aside, all those annoying on-screen adds for whatever show is on next are wasted on me. By the time I see them, it's been two days since that next show aired, and I didn't record it.)
For me, the most compelling practical argument for switching to an on-demand model is that live events (be they sports, breaking news, or, worst of all, political speeches) would no longer preempt pre-recorded shows. With 300 channels worth of bandwidth available, why the hell do I have to come home to a recording of 20 minutes of post-game show and the first 10 minutes of The Simpsons just because some damn basketball game went into overtime. I pay for tv; I shouldn't have to go to bittorret to see the content I paid for (or worse yet, schedule my life around the release time of new episodes). Put variable-length content on its own channel and don't let it mess with the schedule of fixed-length content. (...and if I want to follow a breaking news story, I have the internet; why in the world would I want to listen to some talking head read the AP story off her teleprompter every 10 minutes when I can assimilate more and better data in less time online?!)
Agreed. The whole concept of networks is antiquated. I don't even know what channel (or in some cases, what day) my favorite shows are on. I just turn on the tv, check to see what my DVR has captured, and turn the tv back off if there's nothing new recorded. It works just like the "my subscriptions" feed on YouTube.
If you're the sort of person who sits down in front of the TV "because it's time" and has to find something to watch from among the choices in the current time slot, I can see some merit in the content being organized thematically (ie, History, Sports, etc.), but I'm becoming increasingly unimpressed with the mindset that we should watch whatever entertainment our handlers choose to feed us rather than choosing from among content that I've previously earmarked as genuinely interesting. (As an aside, all those annoying on-screen adds for whatever show is on next are wasted on me. By the time I see them, it's been two days since that next show aired, and I didn't record it.)
For me, the most compelling practical argument for switching to an on-demand model is that live events (be they sports, breaking news, or, worst of all, political speeches) would no longer preempt pre-recorded shows. With 300 channels worth of bandwidth available, why the hell do I have to come home to a recording of 20 minutes of post-game show and the first 10 minutes of The Simpsons just because some damn basketball game went into overtime. I pay for tv; I shouldn't have to go to bittorret to see the content I payed for (or worse yet, schedule my life around the release time of new episodes). Put variable-length content on its own channel and don't let it mess with the schedule of fixed-length content. (...and if I want to follow a breaking news story, I have the internet; why in the world would I want to listen to some talking head read the AP story off her teleprompter every 10 minutes when I can assimilate more and better data in less time online?!)
As I understand it, this sort of activity doesn't cause earthquakes per se. Rather it catalyzes the release of existing pent-up geological stress. Assuming that's the case, isn't this actually a good thing? The energy stored in the stressed tectonic plates is bound to be released eventually, and isn't a series of small earthquakes far less destructive than a single big quake?
The parent's link refers to issues stemming from data not being reliably overwritten on a wear-leveling device. Why wouldn't those same concerns apply to any device that transparently remaps bad sectors to a reserved area of the disk?
I understand that most writes to an SSD are wear-leveled, and I assume that transparent remapping of sectors on a magnetic HDD are relatively rare, but isn't information security supposed to be based on the worst-case scenario?
If the portable math-machine really were something that people felt they needed, you'd see iPhone apps that were actually useful: the hardware is far more capable than the piddling processors they're putting in the math-class toys, or you'd see the prices of dedicated hardware drop into the $10-$20 range that scientific calculators have been in for decades.
I can't comment about the availability of iPhone apps, but on both my old Palm Treo and my current Droid, I have a fully functional emulator of the legendary HP 48G/GX running a free ROM dump from the original calculator (with HP's permission, no less).
Apart from tests (where cell phone use is rightfully banned), I can't see much use for dedicated calculator hardware, but there's still a considerable need for portable math-machines.
To phrase that as a car analogy, 4 trucks driving at 60 mph is not the same as 1 truck driving at 240 mph, although there are some situations in which the output would be similar.
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I do the same thing. Since each of my new computers has had, typically, an order of magnitude more storage than the previous one, the entire recursive archive costs me less than 10% of the capacity of the new one. (I say typically because there was a discontinuity at the transition from spinning rust to SSD.)
Obligatory xkcd:
https://xkcd.com/1360/
The safety net has be come a hammock.
I'm so sick of seeing smartphone zombies everywhere. The addicts and the stupid will be addicted and stupid anywhere there's an Internet connection.
So, to paraphrase, other people are choosing to behave in a way I don't like, and I feel entitled to make them stop.
Where's the "-1 Don't give them any ideas" mod options?
give contract workers in the so-called gig economy access to health care and retirement planning accounts
How about you just give them the money and let them select and pay for their own benefits? While we're on the subject, let's do that for all the salaried workers too.
There's no need (from first principles) for my employer to be involved with my personal health or finances in any way apart from paying me. Just give me the money you would have spent on my behalf and allow me to secure those services myself.
Yes, I realize there is presently a discount for group insurance (or rather a penalty for individual policies), but that's only because it's expected that people will obtain their insurance through their company. If everybody arranged their personal health insurance personally, no such penalty/discount would exist.
The article is probably confusing the terms "exporter" and "producer" (the US produce more oil, but consumes even more - Norway exports almost everything we produce), and "middle east" with OPEC. Norway used to be #2 there, not sure if it still is.
If Norway really wants to change the world, why doesn't it stop extracting oil/gas from the ground?
It's reasonable to assume that every barrel of oil that's extracted is burned somewhere. If this is a global problem, then banning the burning of oil within the borders of Norway will have very little effect if the same amount of oil still gets burned elsewhere.
I understand the economic incentive to extract and sell the oil, but isn't that a bit hypocritical while they're claiming to place such a high priority on reducing their carbon footprint?
Will be for BMW headlights. They seem to like to fit blindingly bright headlights. Yes it's great if it helps the BMW driver see but not so good if the drivers coming the other way can't see anything.
When you're the blinded driver, just aim for the bright spot. At least you know it's somewhere on the road, and the BMW driver can see well enough to maneuver around you.
Now, I'm just disgusted with both parties
I believe the phrase for which you're searching is "two cheeks of the same ass."
Agreed. The whole concept of networks is antiquated. I don't even know what channel (or in some cases, what day) my favorite shows are on. I just turn on the tv, check to see what my DVR has captured, and turn the tv back off if there's nothing new recorded. It works just like the "my subscriptions" feed on YouTube.
If you're the sort of person who sits down in front of the TV "because it's time" and has to find something to watch from among the choices in the current time slot, I can see some merit in the content being organized thematically (ie, History, Sports, etc.), but I'm becoming increasingly unimpressed with the mindset that we should watch whatever entertainment our handlers choose to feed us rather than choosing from among content that I've previously earmarked as genuinely interesting. (As an aside, all those annoying on-screen adds for whatever show is on next are wasted on me. By the time I see them, it's been two days since that next show aired, and I didn't record it.)
For me, the most compelling practical argument for switching to an on-demand model is that live events (be they sports, breaking news, or, worst of all, political speeches) would no longer preempt pre-recorded shows. With 300 channels worth of bandwidth available, why the hell do I have to come home to a recording of 20 minutes of post-game show and the first 10 minutes of The Simpsons just because some damn basketball game went into overtime. I pay for tv; I shouldn't have to go to bittorret to see the content I paid for (or worse yet, schedule my life around the release time of new episodes). Put variable-length content on its own channel and don't let it mess with the schedule of fixed-length content. (...and if I want to follow a breaking news story, I have the internet; why in the world would I want to listen to some talking head read the AP story off her teleprompter every 10 minutes when I can assimilate more and better data in less time online?!)
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Agreed. The whole concept of networks is antiquated. I don't even know what channel (or in some cases, what day) my favorite shows are on. I just turn on the tv, check to see what my DVR has captured, and turn the tv back off if there's nothing new recorded. It works just like the "my subscriptions" feed on YouTube.
If you're the sort of person who sits down in front of the TV "because it's time" and has to find something to watch from among the choices in the current time slot, I can see some merit in the content being organized thematically (ie, History, Sports, etc.), but I'm becoming increasingly unimpressed with the mindset that we should watch whatever entertainment our handlers choose to feed us rather than choosing from among content that I've previously earmarked as genuinely interesting. (As an aside, all those annoying on-screen adds for whatever show is on next are wasted on me. By the time I see them, it's been two days since that next show aired, and I didn't record it.)
For me, the most compelling practical argument for switching to an on-demand model is that live events (be they sports, breaking news, or, worst of all, political speeches) would no longer preempt pre-recorded shows. With 300 channels worth of bandwidth available, why the hell do I have to come home to a recording of 20 minutes of post-game show and the first 10 minutes of The Simpsons just because some damn basketball game went into overtime. I pay for tv; I shouldn't have to go to bittorret to see the content I payed for (or worse yet, schedule my life around the release time of new episodes). Put variable-length content on its own channel and don't let it mess with the schedule of fixed-length content. (...and if I want to follow a breaking news story, I have the internet; why in the world would I want to listen to some talking head read the AP story off her teleprompter every 10 minutes when I can assimilate more and better data in less time online?!)
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I find this deeply troubling (no pun intended).
So if it's filled only with air it will sink, but if you put stuff inside it that's denser then air it will float?
Yes. The air in the container can escape through small leaks in the gaskets. Life vests cannot.
6 months to install Linux?
Maybe it's Gentoo.
As I understand it, this sort of activity doesn't cause earthquakes per se. Rather it catalyzes the release of existing pent-up geological stress. Assuming that's the case, isn't this actually a good thing? The energy stored in the stressed tectonic plates is bound to be released eventually, and isn't a series of small earthquakes far less destructive than a single big quake?
The parent's link refers to issues stemming from data not being reliably overwritten on a wear-leveling device. Why wouldn't those same concerns apply to any device that transparently remaps bad sectors to a reserved area of the disk? I understand that most writes to an SSD are wear-leveled, and I assume that transparent remapping of sectors on a magnetic HDD are relatively rare, but isn't information security supposed to be based on the worst-case scenario?
If the portable math-machine really were something that people felt they needed, you'd see iPhone apps that were actually useful: the hardware is far more capable than the piddling processors they're putting in the math-class toys, or you'd see the prices of dedicated hardware drop into the $10-$20 range that scientific calculators have been in for decades.
I can't comment about the availability of iPhone apps, but on both my old Palm Treo and my current Droid, I have a fully functional emulator of the legendary HP 48G/GX running a free ROM dump from the original calculator (with HP's permission, no less).
Apart from tests (where cell phone use is rightfully banned), I can't see much use for dedicated calculator hardware, but there's still a considerable need for portable math-machines.
To phrase that as a car analogy, 4 trucks driving at 60 mph is not the same as 1 truck driving at 240 mph, although there are some situations in which the output would be similar.
No, it simply rewards most those who are most nearly omniscient. This competition is an integral part of the free market.