Maybe in a first world country? I live in Xalapa, Veracruz (Mexico) and the quality (and hence safety) between cars differ hugely. As for security, in some places security writes down the taxi number and the destination because of how dangerous taking a taxi has become. Or: maybe a taxi service in Saudi Arabia doesn't add that much (if at all).
"Additionally, 90,000 people's "encrypted" credit card details were accessed, but there is no word on what type of encryption was used"
Wouldn't surprise me if it was ROT-13, applied twice for twice the security:-(.
1) Most people are not most productive at home. In fact, most people are significantly less productive at home due to many more distractions around them.
You are in control of those. I literally work from a basement at the moment because it's extremely quiet and the temperature is exactly right most of the year. My wife and children know that I am working there and keep the distractions to a minimum. I know, there are people who go "since you are at home anyway (and sitting on your ass), can you...". Don't. Make clear to family and friends that during working hours you are at work and not at home goofing around.
2) Commuting (at least relatively short commutes) has been shown to be a good way of clearing your brain, and getting it into or out of work mode. It doesn't really hurt productivity unless you're doing it for hours.
I can go out for a short walk, or even a hike. I can take a shower or a nap. I can play with Lego with my son or daughter for a while. Or listen to their stories. Now and then I use my wife as a "rubber ducky", i.e., I explain her a problem I am trying to tackle and while doing so I often find the solution. Don't you think that's even more productive?
3) Skype does not make communication with coworkers a snap. It imparts a major cognitive overhead.
Agreed. I mostly communicate by email so I am in control and not interrupted when busy. I rarely use Skype but if I do I use text chat.
4) Communication does not just come down to a few meetings a week that could (with more effort) be done via Skype. By working at home you remove any chance of corridor conversations, which typically, are by far the most productive communication in an office.
You can have those conversations (or read them) on Reddit, Stackoverflow, Usenet (well, in the past, no idea how it's now). In my experience written communication is shorter and also leaves space to think. With verbal communication it's (to me) often like I have to have an answer right now. If I am able to explain a problem I am having to a colleague I am able to Google for it, or ask on line. Or talk to my wife;-) (see up).
Apple Music wanted to rob artists like Taylor Swift robs photographers
To not pay artists during Apple Music’s free three-month trial period is exploitive, the singer-songwriter suggested, not to mention “shocking” and “disappointing.”
So forgive music photographer Jason Sheldon if he is unable to Shake It Off and is bothered by the hypocrisy of her stance. Editorial photographers assigned to shoot her shows must sign away rights to their photos, preventing them from being paid while giving Swift unlimited use of the pictures for publicity and promotion.
Missing? Don't know about that. My Mac mini came with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. As did my iPad Air 2. With continuation and hand-off that's hard to beat (in my case). As for LibreOffice/OpenOffice I've always considered a major pain in the neck to use. But that might be very well just me. Most of the stuff I write I do on Emacs in org mode. Mac users who need LibreOffice know someone who can install it for them. Same story as for Windows.
When commenting there is most likely more stress which causes word salad to occur more often. Coding is actually being in a serene environment. At least in my experience.
UV can be used to make scorpions glow in the dark, e.g. http://johnbokma.com/pet/scorp... It also works with some opiliones (harvestmen) and millipedes.
BTW, don't built the one I made years ago. Nowadays one can buy a better UV source online, e.g. UltraFire WF-502B with UV LED.
You're sure it was an Acorn with an ARM processor? Because I can't recall it being that slow. Or maybe the PCs (XTs) I used back in those days where equally slow.
Oops, my bad, I originally wrote "The processor emulated was a 80188 (~8086)" But then noticed that in my first comment I mentioned 80186, not 80188 so I replaced the part between parenthesis, but left of the 8086. Thanks!
In RISC OS (operating system running on an ARM processor, several decades ago) applications where stored in an Apps folder... E.g. see: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi... RISC OS had also drag & drop installation and several other nifty ideas, some which still live on. One can run a modern version on the Pi.
Oops, Slashdot ate my emphasis. Also, I think it was clear that those figures came from Eltechs as the first sentence I quoted states "In August, Eltechs said";-).
This was in the late 80s when (slow) XTs where still very common. I recall running software like PSPICE and WordPerfect without much trouble.
The processor emulated was a 80188 (not 80186 as I mentioned earlier), which was used in the XT line of PCs. So comparing it with an AT PC is a bit unfair. I do think it was quite an achievement to emulate a processor at close to the same speed in software.
Of course I had bought the Acorn Archimedes for its ARM processor; I did program in assembly back in the day, and loved the very simple but powerful instruction set. Anyway, thanks for the link. I am quite sure I read the original back in the day.
The first ARM desktop computer, the Acorn Archimedes, got quite early on a PC emulator which, if I recall correctly, emulated a 80186. The ARM 2 processor, running at 8 MHz could emulate this processor at close to 5-6 MHz (again, if I recall correctly).
In August, Eltechs said ExaGear Desktop ran 4.5 times faster than the open source QEMU VM. With new performance improvements, the software is 5 to 10 percent faster, or about five times faster than QEMU, claims Gimpelson.
Apparently, iOS 8+ crashes slightly more often than Lollipop, having a 2.2% crash rate compared to Android 5’s 2.0% rate. iOS 8 also loses when compared to the previous release (iOS 7 had a 1.9% crash rate), while Lollipop beats bot KitKat and Ice Cream Sandwich, each having 2.6% crash rates.
and...
iOS 8+ is installed on 72% of existing iOS devices, with Lollipop only accounting for 1.6%
Or: the majority of devices running Android crash more often then the majority of devices running iOS.
I don't know about you but I doubt all the apps I bought add up to 50 USD. As for cables, etc. Apple hardware has a great second-hand value. I sold my iPad 4th gen some time ago and averaged over the 18 months I used I paid like 2 visits to Starbucks a month for each month of usage. Most apps I use are available for Android as well and it wouldn't bother me if I had to pay again for those, we're talking about a few bucks each.
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No, it isn't. I sincerely hope that even pop-psychologists are able to use the word "masturbate."
http://www-personal.umich.edu/... http://www-personal.umich.edu/... Yet there are still pop-psychologists who recommend hitting your pillow...
Maybe in a first world country? I live in Xalapa, Veracruz (Mexico) and the quality (and hence safety) between cars differ hugely. As for security, in some places security writes down the taxi number and the destination because of how dangerous taking a taxi has become. Or: maybe a taxi service in Saudi Arabia doesn't add that much (if at all).
"Additionally, 90,000 people's "encrypted" credit card details were accessed, but there is no word on what type of encryption was used" Wouldn't surprise me if it was ROT-13, applied twice for twice the security :-(.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Recommended reading: Getting Stoned With Savages; J. Maarten Troost.
Give it a few months...
Flash requirement on a "tech" website... Le Sigh
You are in control of those. I literally work from a basement at the moment because it's extremely quiet and the temperature is exactly right most of the year. My wife and children know that I am working there and keep the distractions to a minimum. I know, there are people who go "since you are at home anyway (and sitting on your ass), can you ...". Don't. Make clear to family and friends that during working hours you are at work and not at home goofing around.
I can go out for a short walk, or even a hike. I can take a shower or a nap. I can play with Lego with my son or daughter for a while. Or listen to their stories. Now and then I use my wife as a "rubber ducky", i.e., I explain her a problem I am trying to tackle and while doing so I often find the solution. Don't you think that's even more productive?
Agreed. I mostly communicate by email so I am in control and not interrupted when busy. I rarely use Skype but if I do I use text chat.
You can have those conversations (or read them) on Reddit, Stackoverflow, Usenet (well, in the past, no idea how it's now). In my experience written communication is shorter and also leaves space to think. With verbal communication it's (to me) often like I have to have an answer right now. If I am able to explain a problem I am having to a colleague I am able to Google for it, or ask on line. Or talk to my wife ;-) (see up).
No dinos in Cambrian, so no.
Source: http://www.cultofmac.com/32698...
Missing? Don't know about that. My Mac mini came with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. As did my iPad Air 2. With continuation and hand-off that's hard to beat (in my case). As for LibreOffice/OpenOffice I've always considered a major pain in the neck to use. But that might be very well just me. Most of the stuff I write I do on Emacs in org mode. Mac users who need LibreOffice know someone who can install it for them. Same story as for Windows.
When commenting there is most likely more stress which causes word salad to occur more often. Coding is actually being in a serene environment. At least in my experience.
UV can be used to make scorpions glow in the dark, e.g. http://johnbokma.com/pet/scorp... It also works with some opiliones (harvestmen) and millipedes.
BTW, don't built the one I made years ago. Nowadays one can buy a better UV source online, e.g. UltraFire WF-502B with UV LED.
You're sure it was an Acorn with an ARM processor? Because I can't recall it being that slow. Or maybe the PCs (XTs) I used back in those days where equally slow.
Oops, my bad, I originally wrote "The processor emulated was a 80188 (~8086)" But then noticed that in my first comment I mentioned 80186, not 80188 so I replaced the part between parenthesis, but left of the 8086. Thanks!
In RISC OS (operating system running on an ARM processor, several decades ago) applications where stored in an Apps folder ... E.g. see: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi... RISC OS had also drag & drop installation and several other nifty ideas, some which still live on. One can run a modern version on the Pi.
Oops, Slashdot ate my emphasis. Also, I think it was clear that those figures came from Eltechs as the first sentence I quoted states "In August, Eltechs said" ;-).
Of course I had bought the Acorn Archimedes for its ARM processor; I did program in assembly back in the day, and loved the very simple but powerful instruction set. Anyway, thanks for the link. I am quite sure I read the original back in the day.
The first ARM desktop computer, the Acorn Archimedes, got quite early on a PC emulator which, if I recall correctly, emulated a 80186. The ARM 2 processor, running at 8 MHz could emulate this processor at close to 5-6 MHz (again, if I recall correctly).
Emphasis added
perl -e 'print reverse("that") . "\n"'
What is a power user exactly? Someone who has to have root on his/her phone?
and ...
Or: the majority of devices running Android crash more often then the majority of devices running iOS.
I don't know about you but I doubt all the apps I bought add up to 50 USD. As for cables, etc. Apple hardware has a great second-hand value. I sold my iPad 4th gen some time ago and averaged over the 18 months I used I paid like 2 visits to Starbucks a month for each month of usage. Most apps I use are available for Android as well and it wouldn't bother me if I had to pay again for those, we're talking about a few bucks each.
Just saying...