--Yahoo News is worth saving IMHO, but yahoo email got deprecated in my case pretty fast when they started doing Teh Stupid -- like getting rid of multi-tabbed email, datamining your private messages to serve ads, farting around with forced password changes, and now the latest - *blocking webmail entirely* for "a limited number of users" that use AD BLOCKERS. F'-d up Epic Stupidity there. It's like they're purposely trying to kill the experience.
--I'm unhappy cuz yahoo was a primary email account for me since ~1997. Gmail is just OK but there's no really good free alternatives out there that I've found except for maybe Inbox.
--It's arguably too late for Firefox. If you like what FF *used* to be, switch over to Palemoon. Pre-Australis interface, continued support for Plugins, even has a 64-bit Linux version. Never looked back after switching.
--I looked into that, downside is that it seems to be Windows-only. Would prefer a Linux-based solution because MS/Windows "as we know it" may not be around 5 years from now**. Piler software looks interesting.
/ **although don't get me started on Linux+ systemd, that's a whole other gripe
--David Weber went into some of the ramifications / effects of having a significant percentage of the public on "the Dole" in his Honor Harrington book series. Worth reading.
--Distilled down a bit (this is my impression, feel free to chime in), if you have a bunch of people receiving money for effectively little-to-no work, you get a bunch of apathetic and Entitled lazy mofos.
--Technical/artistic progress stagnates and nobody is really motivated to improve much because well, they get paid anyway. Remove the stick and give them the carrot anyway, and eventually they will fall behind and get conquered because of survival of the FITTEST. Someone hungrier than you and driven to succeed will end up eating your lunch, and your identity as a people will be lucky to survive - worst case scenario here is actually not dying, but becoming a slave to the conquerors and losing that comfortable life that you thought was assured.
--I have wished similar in the past for laptops; being able to use the builtin screen directly as a display for another device would be a nice feature. However, there is a workaround. As long as you know the IP address for the PI (or in my case, Cubieboard), you can directly connect to it with SSH using your phone/tablet and a standard USB charger cable, and use that for display - here is a helpful HOWTO:
> Tablets are very flexible devices. A constant internet connection is not required to get a great deal out of using one.
--I agree with you. And not to go BOING offtopic, but someone needs to get this concept hammered into Microsoft's Xbox division as well. They failed to implement this with the One due to massive public outcry, but their next-gen console is reportedly supposed to be going in the online-only direction again. WTF people, it's a GAMES CONSOLE. I shouldn't *need* an active Internet connection to play a freaking GAME!
--In fact, my 360 was still quite usable when I was having a cable Internet outage (several times) and helped pass the time. But if they make all games online-only instead of disc-based with a playable single-player mode, they deserve to get reamed - and they won't get my money.
--Amen to that. The only thing is, bringing about that sea change is going to take an awful lot of time/effort/money. I agree with your sentiment, but someone actually needs to start an initiative to get that off the ground...
/ at least we know it would have popular support here;-)
hollywoodbitchslap.com FTW. Comments are limited length and the site doesn't seem to be as active as it was a few years ago, but I still rely on it for reviews.
> I've since taken over payments for her room. feeding, etc... I'm thinking a stack of cash and a thank you note and a quick trip home might be the easiest way out.
--IDK why I'm getting involved here, but you seem pretty free with your personal life, so why not.:)
--If you're paying for her room, etc, you're creating a sense of obligation/gratitude. If she's in her 20's and you're retired, my advice is to simply befriend her (don't sleep with her!) because from what you say she's had more than enough trouble in her life so far as it is; why risk pregnancy on top of that? Do you really know her well enough that you know for *certain* that she wouldn't go after you for child support if it came down to it??
--I have the same instincts to help people, but don't get involved in her mess. Seek professional counseling if you have the resources, ask someone you trust from church or an old friend if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. I can only give advice from a distance since I haven't met either of you, but my advice is to BE CAREFUL, guard your heart, and don't put either one of you at risk. Stop paying for her room if you don't want some kind of trouble down the road. (I say these things as a friend who has also been in some avoidable predicaments/romantic entanglements.)
--This. If I were shipping Terabytes of valuable company data, I think it should rather be PHYSICALLY COURIERED to the destination by at least two people that are highly paid AND trustable (and maybe continuously filmed and stopping points logged, as well.)
--I absolutely do not understand why anyone would throw ~50TB of data in the back of a UPS or Fedex truck and trust blindly that things would somehow end up going well.
> I bought a half dozen of the RPi kits when they came out and I've only unboxed one. I played with it and did exactly nothing of value with it. I keep meaning to pick it up and learn more but I can't actually think of anything I'd want to do with it or with the rest of them.
--There are *lots* of things you can do with a PI that are pretty neat. If you already know Linux, you can just leave the board up and running 24/7 with minimal power expense.
--I chose to implement my Squid server on a Cubieboard instead, but you can do basically the same with a PI.
--Some links to get you started:
https://communities.vmware.com... ^^ This is a complete drop-in Squid Vmware appliance that I created. Once you get a Linux distribution installed on the PI, you can install the Squid package on it as well and copy the config files over.
--I recommend you designate a Saturday (or whatever day is $convenient) and resolve to do something with at least one Pi board. Feel free to email me with progress reports;-)
> I would like the ability to share (or NOT share) my driving history with my insurance company to get a lower premium > Many people install company specific devices in their cars to do just that
--See, that attitude right there? THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM. Benjamin Franklin had a quote or two for you.
" Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. "
--In this case, you are WILLING to give up a FREEDOM that you should have, just to save a little money. You should be able to drive where you want, when you want, without some insurance app SPYING on you! Being willing to be spied on EVEN MORE than we already are, is actively contributing to eroding the very concept of the USA being a "Free" country!
" I don't mind a camera in my phone... " " I don't mind my insurance company installing a data-collection device in my car... "
' I don't mind a camera in my bedroom... ' ' I don't mind a camera in my bathroom... ' ' I don't mind a camera in my always-on TV... ' ' We have always been at war with Eurasia... '
...That is where it will end up going. It's called "boiling the frog."
--As long as you haven't had an accident or ticket in $YEARS, the insurance company already knows you're a safe(r) driver. They don't *need* ever-more invasive looks into your private life to give you decent premium rates! Don't buy into the hype and marketing, and don't make it easier for them to take away your freedoms and liberty.
--Jesus, to think our forefathers died in the wars to protect our freedom, and now the sheeple are voluntarily willing to give it up for crumbs. Nobody learns...
--Truly, Sorry for the rant, I don't want you to feel like I'm going off on you... But my God I wish people would wake the hell up and realize that the East German regime would have KILLED for some of the stuff that people are **voluntarily willing to allow** into their lives these days, just by not being willing to protect what brave and heroic people already fought and died for. Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
--You can definitely add more disks if you are using mirrored drives in your pool, instead of RAIDZ. I created a Linux ZFS RAID0 (no redundancy) pool with 2 brand-new drives initially, then bought 2 more drives of the same brand and capacity a month later, and upgraded the pool in-place with no downtime to a zRAID10.
--If I want to expand the size of the pool, I can just add 2 more disks in a mirrored configuration.
--Note that this syntax is using Linux/dev/disk/by-id devices.
--There are some caveats and best-practices that one should read up on, for instance using ashift=12 with 4K sector drives; and using GPT partition tables on ZFS disks; but ZFS has by far been the most reliable and useful filesystem I've ever used.
Slashdot Mirror
--Yahoo News is worth saving IMHO, but yahoo email got deprecated in my case pretty fast when they started doing Teh Stupid -- like getting rid of multi-tabbed email, datamining your private messages to serve ads, farting around with forced password changes, and now the latest - *blocking webmail entirely* for "a limited number of users" that use AD BLOCKERS. F'-d up Epic Stupidity there. It's like they're purposely trying to kill the experience.
--I'm unhappy cuz yahoo was a primary email account for me since ~1997. Gmail is just OK but there's no really good free alternatives out there that I've found except for maybe Inbox.
--It's arguably too late for Firefox. If you like what FF *used* to be, switch over to Palemoon. Pre-Australis interface, continued support for Plugins, even has a 64-bit Linux version. Never looked back after switching.
--I agree. ;-)
âoeHas Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?â
--Eh? Whatchu say now?
/ get off mah lawn
--God, I wish I had mod points... You would be +6 Insightful!
--The nice thing is, he's still in business for Windows:
Look for "TCC/LE"
https://jpsoft.com/
--I started with Norton Utilities NDOS, found 4DOS, and now have TCC/LE installed everywhere ;-)
--I looked into that, downside is that it seems to be Windows-only. Would prefer a Linux-based solution because MS/Windows "as we know it" may not be around 5 years from now**. Piler software looks interesting.
/ **although don't get me started on Linux+ systemd, that's a whole other gripe
--David Weber went into some of the ramifications / effects of having a significant percentage of the public on "the Dole" in his Honor Harrington book series. Worth reading.
http://honorverse.wikia.com/wi...
http://honorverse.wikia.com/wi...
--Distilled down a bit (this is my impression, feel free to chime in), if you have a bunch of people receiving money for effectively little-to-no work, you get a bunch of apathetic and Entitled lazy mofos.
--Technical/artistic progress stagnates and nobody is really motivated to improve much because well, they get paid anyway. Remove the stick and give them the carrot anyway, and eventually they will fall behind and get conquered because of survival of the FITTEST. Someone hungrier than you and driven to succeed will end up eating your lunch, and your identity as a people will be lucky to survive - worst case scenario here is actually not dying, but becoming a slave to the conquerors and losing that comfortable life that you thought was assured.
--Humanity needs something to strive for.
--I'm just curious for a friend, but how do you apply for a job as a mystery shopper? TIA
--I have wished similar in the past for laptops; being able to use the builtin screen directly as a display for another device would be a nice feature. However, there is a workaround. As long as you know the IP address for the PI (or in my case, Cubieboard), you can directly connect to it with SSH using your phone/tablet and a standard USB charger cable, and use that for display - here is a helpful HOWTO:
http://www.cubieforums.com/ind...
HTH
> Tablets are very flexible devices. A constant internet connection is not required to get a great deal out of using one.
--I agree with you. And not to go BOING offtopic, but someone needs to get this concept hammered into Microsoft's Xbox division as well. They failed to implement this with the One due to massive public outcry, but their next-gen console is reportedly supposed to be going in the online-only direction again. WTF people, it's a GAMES CONSOLE. I shouldn't *need* an active Internet connection to play a freaking GAME!
--In fact, my 360 was still quite usable when I was having a cable Internet outage (several times) and helped pass the time. But if they make all games online-only instead of disc-based with a playable single-player mode, they deserve to get reamed - and they won't get my money.
--Amen to that. The only thing is, bringing about that sea change is going to take an awful lot of time/effort/money. I agree with your sentiment, but someone actually needs to start an initiative to get that off the ground...
/ at least we know it would have popular support here ;-)
--Check your maint schedule. If it's like the Eclipse, it will get expensive ~60,000 miles due to the timing belt needing to be changed. FYI
--I understood that reference.
/ that pool on the roof tho...
> Pointless without XTREE PRO GOLD
--FTFY.
/ get off ma lawn
hollywoodbitchslap.com FTW. Comments are limited length and the site doesn't seem to be as active as it was a few years ago, but I still rely on it for reviews.
> I've since taken over payments for her room. feeding, etc... I'm thinking a stack of cash and a thank you note and a quick trip home might be the easiest way out.
--IDK why I'm getting involved here, but you seem pretty free with your personal life, so why not. :)
--If you're paying for her room, etc, you're creating a sense of obligation/gratitude. If she's in her 20's and you're retired, my advice is to simply befriend her (don't sleep with her!) because from what you say she's had more than enough trouble in her life so far as it is; why risk pregnancy on top of that? Do you really know her well enough that you know for *certain* that she wouldn't go after you for child support if it came down to it??
--I have the same instincts to help people, but don't get involved in her mess. Seek professional counseling if you have the resources, ask someone you trust from church or an old friend if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. I can only give advice from a distance since I haven't met either of you, but my advice is to BE CAREFUL, guard your heart, and don't put either one of you at risk. Stop paying for her room if you don't want some kind of trouble down the road. (I say these things as a friend who has also been in some avoidable predicaments/romantic entanglements.)
--You misspelled "Neckbeard" ;-) but I'm with you 99%. I would invest in that company, maybe work for it when the time came :-D
// not even half joking, somebody DO THIS
--This. If I were shipping Terabytes of valuable company data, I think it should rather be PHYSICALLY COURIERED to the destination by at least two people that are highly paid AND trustable (and maybe continuously filmed and stopping points logged, as well.)
--I absolutely do not understand why anyone would throw ~50TB of data in the back of a UPS or Fedex truck and trust blindly that things would somehow end up going well.
--Good on ya. :-)
/ but be careful, le femme can wreck ya if not careful ;-) // still, wish you the best
> I bought a half dozen of the RPi kits when they came out and I've only unboxed one. I played with it and did exactly nothing of value with it. I keep meaning to pick it up and learn more but I can't actually think of anything I'd want to do with it or with the rest of them.
--There are *lots* of things you can do with a PI that are pretty neat. If you already know Linux, you can just leave the board up and running 24/7 with minimal power expense.
--I chose to implement my Squid server on a Cubieboard instead, but you can do basically the same with a PI.
--Some links to get you started:
https://communities.vmware.com...
^^ This is a complete drop-in Squid Vmware appliance that I created. Once you get a Linux distribution installed on the PI, you can install the Squid package on it as well and copy the config files over.
http://www.squid-cache.org/
http://www.instructables.com/i...
http://www.pcworld.com/article...
http://www.itpro.co.uk/mobile/...
http://www.digitaltrends.com/c...
--Your local LUG (Linux User Group) should be able to help you get started and maybe give you some ideas on what to do with the board(s). HTH
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
--I recommend you designate a Saturday (or whatever day is $convenient) and resolve to do something with at least one Pi board. Feel free to email me with progress reports ;-)
> I would like the ability to share (or NOT share) my driving history with my insurance company to get a lower premium
> Many people install company specific devices in their cars to do just that
--See, that attitude right there? THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM. Benjamin Franklin had a quote or two for you.
" Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. "
--In this case, you are WILLING to give up a FREEDOM that you should have, just to save a little money. You should be able to drive where you want, when you want, without some insurance app SPYING on you! Being willing to be spied on EVEN MORE than we already are, is actively contributing to eroding the very concept of the USA being a "Free" country!
" I don't mind a camera in my phone... "
" I don't mind my insurance company installing a data-collection device in my car... "
' I don't mind a camera in my bedroom... '
' I don't mind a camera in my bathroom... '
' I don't mind a camera in my always-on TV... '
' We have always been at war with Eurasia... '
" Big Brother is Watching You. "
https://www.goodreads.com/work...
--As long as you haven't had an accident or ticket in $YEARS, the insurance company already knows you're a safe(r) driver. They don't *need* ever-more invasive looks into your private life to give you decent premium rates! Don't buy into the hype and marketing, and don't make it easier for them to take away your freedoms and liberty.
--Jesus, to think our forefathers died in the wars to protect our freedom, and now the sheeple are voluntarily willing to give it up for crumbs. Nobody learns...
--Truly, Sorry for the rant, I don't want you to feel like I'm going off on you... But my God I wish people would wake the hell up and realize that the East German regime would have KILLED for some of the stuff that people are **voluntarily willing to allow** into their lives these days, just by not being willing to protect what brave and heroic people already fought and died for. Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
--Some audio systems auto-adjust volume settings to adjust for (say) wind noise, depending on vehicle speed. Simple.
--You can definitely add more disks if you are using mirrored drives in your pool, instead of RAIDZ. I created a Linux ZFS RAID0 (no redundancy) pool with 2 brand-new drives initially, then bought 2 more drives of the same brand and capacity a month later, and upgraded the pool in-place with no downtime to a zRAID10.
--If I want to expand the size of the pool, I can just add 2 more disks in a mirrored configuration.
# zpool add mirpool mirror ata-ST9500420AS_5VJDN5KL ata-ST9500420AS_5VJDN5KJ
--Note that this syntax is using Linux /dev/disk/by-id devices.
--There are some caveats and best-practices that one should read up on, for instance using ashift=12 with 4K sector drives; and using GPT partition tables on ZFS disks; but ZFS has by far been the most reliable and useful filesystem I've ever used.
REF:
https://blogs.oracle.com/partn...
http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html
http://jrs-s.net/2015/02/06/zf...
https://jsosic.wordpress.com/2...