User: antdude

Re:Death spiral cycle

On: Cord-Cutters Are Ditching Their Cable Packages At the Fastest Rate Ever (axios.com)

Cable companies should be happy to be able to have other services like Internet beside TV!

Re:Details, details.

On: President Trump's Budget Includes a $2 Trillion Math Error (time.com)

Barbie, is that you? :P

Re:The Politically Correct Business BS

On: LeEco Said To Lay Off Over 80 Percent of US Workforce (cnbc.com)

What about resignations and retirements?

It was fun to me...

On: 'Coding Is Not Fun, It's Technically and Ethically Complex' (qz.com)

... with BASIC, LOGO, HTML, etc. with basic coding but more advanced coding got too much and confusing to me. I prefer breaking things as a SQA tester. :)

Haven't seen any!

On: Resident Evil Getting Rebooted Into a Six-Film Franchise (variety.com)

Maybe that's a good thing? :P

Re:Wow

On: Linux 4.10 Kernel Reaches End of Life (softpedia.com)

Ditto. I am using Debian stable's Kernel v3.16.43-2 (2017-04-30) x86_64. I couldn't get v4 to work with my EVGA GeForce GT 8800 NVIDIA video card (512 MB of VRAM) for some reason so I just kept using the older version. It works fine.

Contractors...

On: Cisco To Cut 1,100 More Jobs Amid a Worse-Than-Expected Business Outlook (cnbc.com)

Also, he changed the contract's maximum time limit to 18 months/1.5 years. :(

Galaxy Quest

On: Star Trek Discovery's First Trailer Brings a New Ship, New Characters, and Old Conflicts (cbs.com)

Basically, it's Galaxy Quest movie for TV. Not sure if this Orville will be good. I didn't find its preview funny. Same for Young Sheldon as a TBBT fan.

Does this mean 2015 models are going away?

On: Apple To Refresh Entire MacBook Lineup Next Month, Air and Pro To Feature Kaby Lake (bloomberg.com)

Like MF839LL models? :(

Re:Other fixes?

On: Apple Releases macOS 10.12.5, iOS 10.3.2, watchOS 3.2.2, tvOS 10.2.1 (macworld.com)

Also, cellular data. Turn it on when needed.

Re:uh oh

On: Apple Releases macOS 10.12.5, iOS 10.3.2, watchOS 3.2.2, tvOS 10.2.1 (macworld.com)

How long had it been? I know upgrades can take up to ten minutes. :(

Re:WTF is the point of these things?

On: Researcher Hacks Nine Sleep-Tracking Devices To Test Their Accuracy (brown.edu)

50F degrees? That's too COLD!!!!!

Re:Microsoft has to accept it, as

On: Microsoft Is Surprisingly Comfortable With Its New Place In a Mobile, Apple, and Android World (fastcompany.com)

Steve Ballmer isn't even there to throw chairs!

Re:OR -

On: Buzz Aldrin To NASA: Retire the International Space Station ASAP To Reach Mars (space.com)

Send Congress to ISS to Mars. :P

Re:I use it daily.

On: Email Client Thunderbird To Stay With The Mozilla Foundation, Sort Of (mozilla.org)

Ditto with SeaMonkey that uses Thunderbird's mail and Gecko engine (same as Firefox's).

Re:How to get interruptions to stop!

On: Slashdot Asks: How Do You Handle Interruptions At Work?

Just go naked. ;)

Psychology?

On: How Psychology Today Sees Richard Stallman (psychologytoday.com)

What about psychiatry? :P

Still unemployed since mid December 2016.

On: April Jobs Report: 211,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment At 4.4 Percent (npr.org)

I know a lot of people getting laid off from my previous employers too. Some of us are still unemployed. I am almost on my fifth month. It's difficult/hard to find local and remote jobs with my disabilities and experiences. :(

Re:Fuck texts

On: Managers Should Start Texting Job Candidates, Says Study (fastcompany.com)

Ditto. I hate texting and yet everyone wants to use it. They hate e-mails, IMs, IRC, etc. :(

Re:What's wrong with email?

On: Managers Should Start Texting Job Candidates, Says Study (fastcompany.com)

Ditto. SMS is so informal and limited. :(

Re:There's no privacy in this world any longer

On: User Expresses Privacy Concerns After Software Update Replaces Default Phone App (martinruenz.de)

More like you need to be off the grid. No Internet, phones, snail mails, credit cards, etc.

Re:Oy, how to block this?

On: Over 200 Android Apps Are Currently Using Ultrasonic Beacons To Track Users (bleepingcomputer.com)

Void its warranty? What if we need the mic to talk to it like phone calls?

Re:10,000 new worker?

On: India's Infosys To Hire 10,000 American Workers After Trump Criticism (bloomberg.com)

Dang. I remember when my minimum wage was about $4.50 in L.A. area. :(

Re:10,000 new worker?

On: India's Infosys To Hire 10,000 American Workers After Trump Criticism (bloomberg.com)

Wow, in SJ? That's a really bad low pay! :(

Re:10,000 new worker?

On: India's Infosys To Hire 10,000 American Workers After Trump Criticism (bloomberg.com)

Which company was this so we can avoid it? :P