No, not really. As long as it gets security updates and still works, why bother upgrading? I just replaced the battery in my iPhone and expect to get at least a couple more years out of it.
Exactly my thoughts/experience... there is no reason for me to upgrade my iPhone 4. It does everything I need it to do, and if it doesn't, I'll jailbreak it. The phone is still using the original battery; I fully cycled the battery anytime I got the chance to (which was pretty much every charge) and it still goes for days. Amazing, really.
I'm surprised they didn't retain those employees via do-not-compete clauses in their compensation contract. It sounds like most of them took off to do the same thing they were doing at Google... which would be a blatant violation of a DNC clause.
" Are there really that many people out there struggling with DSL or dial-up?
I simply had to leave Comcast and knew that DSL was the only other choice where I live. I'm happy to say that my speeds (ping, latency, etc.) are faster than Comcast. And I don't suffer from daily/evening cutoffs like I did with Comcast. I never thought I'd be saying, "My DSL is so awesome!"
**I'm not listing who is my provider simply because I don't want to sound like I'm endorsing them... I'm simply endorsing the fact that DSL definitely competes with coaxial. Oh yeah, I'm paying HALF of what Comcast was charging me!
Hardware, be damned... Apple, long ago, started abandoning their power users/creatives as every OS update included eye-candy, but reduced actual features within the OS... like copying files in the Finder...no longer do you see how fast files are being transferred or even the filename.
Yet you live in a mostly-Communist state. Two of the ten planks of the Communist Manifesto were installed in the 30s; specifically, the formation of a central bank (Federal Reserve) and a graduated income tax.
I'll not resort to name-calling, as it does nothing to further true discourse, yet I'll say you're misinformed, as many are, on the subject of socioeconomic control of a population.
I suggest you read "None Dare Call It Conspiracy" by Gary Allen
Yup, this is what happened to Boulder back in the late 90s... Families were replaced by DINKs.. Double Income-No Kids.
Personally, I ponder... why have children in this economy? The median-cost for raising a child has risen well-over the ~ $150K to $245K --personally, I don't agree at all with those numbers, but healthcare and rents are becoming outrageously expensive.
Why not adopt in a climate like this? Oh yeah, because it's insanely difficult to. All I can think about are the children that are going to receive a sub-standard education and, most likely, substandard nutritional input.
And, former treatments that cost next-to-nothing are, mainly, relegated to the pages of history... that very few read... like HCl (hydrochloric acid) therapy.
It blew my mind, the things that some people will think will work and end up performing better than they ever thought. Case histories, here:
I also saw that high-doses of vitamin C brought a man back from the brink of death --he was in a coma and it woke him almost immediately after the first dose was administered, IIRC. From 60 Minutes, New Zealand edition:
Many accounts of this non-toxic vitamin can be found regarding it curing almost any ailment or disease... it's amazing to think, now that I know from some research, that the US RDA for vitamin C is just enough to keep the average person at a pre-scurvy state of health.
Yet some flicker-rates can cause seizures to epileptics... Working on that premise, I do believe the MIC made a 'sick stick' by flickering lights at a certain frequency causing the viewer to vomit.
Good points... it's not like 'we' didn't see this coming... anime, anyone?? Ghost in the Shell... Matrix... etc.
With bots, it's a war of attrition and you want as many as you can make with as much variation of as you can make... because you know some other country will.
What anime was it where Japan entered a neo-isolationism period, making who-knows-what crazy-specialized robots? They even had a countrywide security shield that kept out foreign corporate spies...
What's to stop Russia from taking over Poland or Estonia as a beta test?
Better get yer killer bots... (in parting, I do want to say that I really really really really really don't want to live in a world like that.. that's some scary shit.)
It's the solar panels for homes that's really freaking cool, IMO... and that specific product that will translate to more homeowners owning a piece of Elon's Empire well-before they'd be able to own a Tesla. It also has the potential to kill electricity utilities when those panels are combined with the home battery system that Tesla created.
While Cory Doctorow wrote about an interesting social currency, I'd not like to be judged on how I judge... I also don't want an always-on internet feed inside my head.
I think we've all forgotten how to laugh, because so many of these fake news stories do not even pass the laugh test.
Not the issue! If you want to laugh, just read The Onion... or/. on April 1...
If I get an inadvertent laugh because of true news, then that's just icing on the bread (bread, since most news sucks and definitely isn't worthy of being called 'cake'.)
But journalists not confirming before they publish is just irresponsible... and could be dangerous.
"...was reported by Fox News, the New York Post,Variety and other news organizations..."
After seeing which news outlets jumped the gun for eyeballs over brains, it's understandable, however. Makes me wonder if solikearose works for Fox News -now that sounds like a (fake?) news story!
Yeah, it's nice to inflate the 'need' of some profession that makes doing things easier... but that's what we're supposed to do when faced with tasks that are tedious and repetitive!
I think we all depend on farmers more than coders when it comes down to it.
Slashdot Mirror
...from the news from five years ago?
Thus proving how poor peoples' memories are.
Maybe there's a memoryphobic gel coating the interior of their craniums...
No, not really. As long as it gets security updates and still works, why bother upgrading? I just replaced the battery in my iPhone and expect to get at least a couple more years out of it.
Exactly my thoughts/experience... there is no reason for me to upgrade my iPhone 4. It does everything I need it to do, and if it doesn't, I'll jailbreak it. The phone is still using the original battery; I fully cycled the battery anytime I got the chance to (which was pretty much every charge) and it still goes for days. Amazing, really.
Does that include WYSIWYG word processing software that put all those typesetters out of work? Bill, you owe some back taxes.
If that were the case, Gutenberg owes some backtaxes for all the scribes he put out of business.
I'm surprised they didn't retain those employees via do-not-compete clauses in their compensation contract. It sounds like most of them took off to do the same thing they were doing at Google... which would be a blatant violation of a DNC clause.
" Are there really that many people out there struggling with DSL or dial-up?
I simply had to leave Comcast and knew that DSL was the only other choice where I live. I'm happy to say that my speeds (ping, latency, etc.) are faster than Comcast. And I don't suffer from daily/evening cutoffs like I did with Comcast. I never thought I'd be saying, "My DSL is so awesome!"
**I'm not listing who is my provider simply because I don't want to sound like I'm endorsing them... I'm simply endorsing the fact that DSL definitely competes with coaxial. Oh yeah, I'm paying HALF of what Comcast was charging me!
you mean 8 years, of course... he's already planning his reelection.
https://nypost.com/2017/02/01/trump-has-already-raised-16m-toward-re-election/
Hardware, be damned... Apple, long ago, started abandoning their power users/creatives as every OS update included eye-candy, but reduced actual features within the OS... like copying files in the Finder...no longer do you see how fast files are being transferred or even the filename.
Yet you live in a mostly-Communist state. Two of the ten planks of the Communist Manifesto were installed in the 30s; specifically, the formation of a central bank (Federal Reserve) and a graduated income tax.
I'll not resort to name-calling, as it does nothing to further true discourse, yet I'll say you're misinformed, as many are, on the subject of socioeconomic control of a population.
I suggest you read "None Dare Call It Conspiracy" by Gary Allen
www.bibliotecapleyades.net/archivos_pdf/nonedarecallit_conspiracy.pdf
Yup, this is what happened to Boulder back in the late 90s... Families were replaced by DINKs.. Double Income-No Kids.
Personally, I ponder... why have children in this economy? The median-cost for raising a child has risen well-over the ~ $150K to $245K --personally, I don't agree at all with those numbers, but healthcare and rents are becoming outrageously expensive.
Why not adopt in a climate like this? Oh yeah, because it's insanely difficult to. All I can think about are the children that are going to receive a sub-standard education and, most likely, substandard nutritional input.
And, former treatments that cost next-to-nothing are, mainly, relegated to the pages of history... that very few read... like HCl (hydrochloric acid) therapy.
It blew my mind, the things that some people will think will work and end up performing better than they ever thought. Case histories, here:
http://www.townsendletter.com/...
I also saw that high-doses of vitamin C brought a man back from the brink of death --he was in a coma and it woke him almost immediately after the first dose was administered, IIRC. From 60 Minutes, New Zealand edition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Many accounts of this non-toxic vitamin can be found regarding it curing almost any ailment or disease... it's amazing to think, now that I know from some research, that the US RDA for vitamin C is just enough to keep the average person at a pre-scurvy state of health.
Yet some flicker-rates can cause seizures to epileptics... Working on that premise, I do believe the MIC made a 'sick stick' by flickering lights at a certain frequency causing the viewer to vomit.
https://www.technologyreview.c...
There are FIVE lights...
I figured this means IBM et al. are working with the Trumpster to fast-track US citizenship for qualified H1-B applicants.
Good points... it's not like 'we' didn't see this coming... anime, anyone?? Ghost in the Shell... Matrix... etc.
With bots, it's a war of attrition and you want as many as you can make with as much variation of as you can make... because you know some other country will.
What anime was it where Japan entered a neo-isolationism period, making who-knows-what crazy-specialized robots? They even had a countrywide security shield that kept out foreign corporate spies...
What's to stop Russia from taking over Poland or Estonia as a beta test?
Better get yer killer bots... (in parting, I do want to say that I really really really really really don't want to live in a world like that.. that's some scary shit.)
It's the solar panels for homes that's really freaking cool, IMO... and that specific product that will translate to more homeowners owning a piece of Elon's Empire well-before they'd be able to own a Tesla. It also has the potential to kill electricity utilities when those panels are combined with the home battery system that Tesla created.
Very cool!
USD is accepted everywhere.
No it's not. ...
... yes it is. While USD continues to be the official currency that petrol is traded in, it's accepted everywhere.
Cash is (still, and will remain,) king... USD, being the king of currencies, is also on a run...
And, just because the author used it in a story doesn't mean he liked the concept...
In 2016, Doctorow stated that Whuffie "would make a terrible currency."
Glad I searched first!
CMD/CTRL-F ROCKS, btw... such a time-saver.
Since the days of VNC, I don't see why any 'collaborative' tools are even being touted as a 'feature.'
While Cory Doctorow wrote about an interesting social currency, I'd not like to be judged on how I judge... I also don't want an always-on internet feed inside my head.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whuffie
Here's the actual URL to the Massachusetts General's study. Initially, I questioned whether this was true or a hit-piece/fake news against Aspartame.
http://www.massgeneral.org/abo...
http://www.massgeneral.org/about/pressrelease.aspx?id=2016
I think we've all forgotten how to laugh, because so many of these fake news stories do not even pass the laugh test.
Not the issue! If you want to laugh, just read The Onion... or /. on April 1...
If I get an inadvertent laugh because of true news, then that's just icing on the bread (bread, since most news sucks and definitely isn't worthy of being called 'cake'.)
But journalists not confirming before they publish is just irresponsible... and could be dangerous.
"...was reported by Fox News, the New York Post,Variety and other news organizations..."
After seeing which news outlets jumped the gun for eyeballs over brains, it's understandable, however. Makes me wonder if solikearose works for Fox News -now that sounds like a (fake?) news story!
Though with any luck within 20 years we'll make stupid a fuel source.
They already did... It's called Soylent Green!
Your sig even alludes to it.
That's silly. Should the assembly line workers that made the pinto be ashamed? Nobody sees them.
No, but the designers and engineers should be!
Yeah, it's nice to inflate the 'need' of some profession that makes doing things easier... but that's what we're supposed to do when faced with tasks that are tedious and repetitive!
I think we all depend on farmers more than coders when it comes down to it.
You can't eat your code.
What are you talking about?? he's the guy that won't leak the new Wu Tang album.. Pharmaboy puts the bum in album!