Try a keyboard with mechanical switches. They're a bit noisier than the cheap ones, but I find them much faster and I make fewer typos. My fingers also get less tired. You might be able to scrape out another percent or so.
I'm curious about people moderating this as 'troll'. Do you think a locked ecosystem is a good thing? Do you think rewarding manufacturers who do it is going to result in you having more control over your hardware?
... assuming Microsoft 'approves' it. Buying into a locked ecosystem is a mistake. It's rewarding a company for taking the ownership of your hardware away.
Own... not really, but have access to as much as possible, absolutely. It's what they do. Once again, you don't need to install any of the Google software on Android, nor do you need to use their search engine. Ad tracking is a separate matter, and applies across browsers and OSes unless you block all cookies and javascript. That doesn't just apply to Google's ads either though.
I would guess that the underlying graphics support is not using hardware acceleration. It's certainly not optimized for the device and the KDE desktop in general is far more full featured than any of the tablet OSes. It's going to take both to be usable on that hardware.
There's nothing wrong with making money. Personally, I think you should rejoice when a company, big or small, gets screwed over after being anti-competitive, or anti-consumer. Of course, I don't think people should give these companies money either.
If the language supports it, I find: variable =value
+(other*another) ... but with the '=' and the '+' aligned vertically properly. In general, I find where you don't need a space, don't use one. If you need white space to make it more readable, use a new line or tabs instead. Personal preference of course, but I find all the spaces just spreads the content out, where what you really want is is organized better visually, not just spaced out more.
This is the sort of thing that should be in a coding standard. Good variable names, keep the logic simple. Try and make the code so simple it really doesn't need inline documentation. If people start getting too picking about whitespace, bracket styles, etc, have your IDE format to a set format on commit and into your style on read. Many allow you to do this. They format code in a way that can easily be bested for readability by a person, but it's consistent. Keeping things simple and readable, and testable(!!!!) is the hard part. Code reviews help a lot.
I find that many people have hard times with variable and method names, and these are on of the most important aspects for readability. One of my pet peeves is the habit some people have (from Microsoft, I think) of using an I prefix on interface names. If you're going to ugly up the name of a class, ugly-up the implementation names. The interface names are the ones that you see most of the time. Best of all, name the interface properly and name the implementation descriptively as well, just more specifically.
I think you'll find that they're going to take a very committed run at it. Everyone else is getting away with it now, so they have a bit more of a defence.
I'm looking at for a new laptop, and it will almost definitely be from System76. I've had enough of the Microsoft tax, and locking their 'Metro' interface to force all software through their store is beyond acceptable.
I think you'll find that over the next couple of versions, that the 'classic' interface disappears or has reduced functionality. Anyone think this is not gong to happen? Apple set the precedent, now Microsoft is going to try cashing in on the same lock-in. Buying or using Windows 8 is funding the loss of your ability to actually 'own' your own hardware, same as iOS.
Seconded here. Also make sure you don't accidentally install the tablet stuff. I'm a recent KDE convert after using Gnome and Gnome-shell for five years. It's extremely stable, especially compared to the last couple of Gnome-shell releases. The downside is that more configuration is required to get things just as you like... the upside is that it's actually possible. The developers don't have the "you'll do things our way and you'll like it" attitude.
Free software is a very large part of the reason these idiot trolls have the ability to annoy people. They should be thankful. the era of software freedom seems to coming to a close though. Open source has won the battle for the server, but is in a losing battle for the client, with walled gardens springing up all over.
Having it as something exclusive to funding "edgy" information sites is one thing, but if the money is pooled under the EFF it makes it look much more draconian if anything is done to it. It would be like shutting down the ACLU because you don't like them funding one particular group.
You don't. Nor do you know that the web site you browse to or JPG you view doesn't exploit a buffer overflow and break out of its VM sandbox. Same applies for an iPhone and your desktop. Having people able to review the source of the applications is a good start, but there is always some risk.
They can test all they want, but there will be bugs. The trick is to have support in place to patch quickly. Most open source software is very good this way, but most commercial stuff is way behind.
Looks like someone has a quick fix out. It's an app that sets the perms on the file properly, but it does cause problems with the camera on the S3. The app lets you toggle the permissions on and off so you can still use your camera is you wish. I haven't tried it as I don't have a phone with the hole, but teh XDA guys are pretty reputable: Here it is. Certainly can't complain about the open source community on something like this, although it would have been nice if he reported it to Samsung a little in advance of the release of the problem.
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Try a keyboard with mechanical switches. They're a bit noisier than the cheap ones, but I find them much faster and I make fewer typos. My fingers also get less tired. You might be able to scrape out another percent or so.
Someone trusted Steve Jobs? Obviously they didn't know him that well.
I did. Greed is a greater motivator than freedom for many.
I'm curious about people moderating this as 'troll'. Do you think a locked ecosystem is a good thing? Do you think rewarding manufacturers who do it is going to result in you having more control over your hardware?
I was under the impression that it wasn't allowed under the metro interface. Is that something easy for the average user?
... assuming Microsoft 'approves' it. Buying into a locked ecosystem is a mistake. It's rewarding a company for taking the ownership of your hardware away.
Own ... not really, but have access to as much as possible, absolutely. It's what they do. Once again, you don't need to install any of the Google software on Android, nor do you need to use their search engine. Ad tracking is a separate matter, and applies across browsers and OSes unless you block all cookies and javascript. That doesn't just apply to Google's ads either though.
I don't recall Israel saying they wanted to kill all Palestinians. The converse however is not true.
I'd put KDE in the same category. Maybe E17 does it better ... I don't know, I haven't tried it, but I will.
I would guess that the underlying graphics support is not using hardware acceleration. It's certainly not optimized for the device and the KDE desktop in general is far more full featured than any of the tablet OSes. It's going to take both to be usable on that hardware.
There's nothing wrong with making money. Personally, I think you should rejoice when a company, big or small, gets screwed over after being anti-competitive, or anti-consumer. Of course, I don't think people should give these companies money either.
If the language supports it, I find:
... but with the '=' and the '+' aligned vertically properly. In general, I find where you don't need a space, don't use one. If you need white space to make it more readable, use a new line or tabs instead. Personal preference of course, but I find all the spaces just spreads the content out, where what you really want is is organized better visually, not just spaced out more.
variable =value
+(other*another)
This is the sort of thing that should be in a coding standard. Good variable names, keep the logic simple. Try and make the code so simple it really doesn't need inline documentation. If people start getting too picking about whitespace, bracket styles, etc, have your IDE format to a set format on commit and into your style on read. Many allow you to do this. They format code in a way that can easily be bested for readability by a person, but it's consistent. Keeping things simple and readable, and testable(!!!!) is the hard part. Code reviews help a lot.
I find that many people have hard times with variable and method names, and these are on of the most important aspects for readability. One of my pet peeves is the habit some people have (from Microsoft, I think) of using an I prefix on interface names. If you're going to ugly up the name of a class, ugly-up the implementation names. The interface names are the ones that you see most of the time. Best of all, name the interface properly and name the implementation descriptively as well, just more specifically.
I think you'll find that they're going to take a very committed run at it. Everyone else is getting away with it now, so they have a bit more of a defence.
I'm looking at for a new laptop, and it will almost definitely be from System76. I've had enough of the Microsoft tax, and locking their 'Metro' interface to force all software through their store is beyond acceptable.
You should send some advice to the Unity developers.
I think you'll find that over the next couple of versions, that the 'classic' interface disappears or has reduced functionality. Anyone think this is not gong to happen? Apple set the precedent, now Microsoft is going to try cashing in on the same lock-in. Buying or using Windows 8 is funding the loss of your ability to actually 'own' your own hardware, same as iOS.
Yep. Unity is too slow, and flawed in design in a couple of fairly major ways.
Seconded here. Also make sure you don't accidentally install the tablet stuff. I'm a recent KDE convert after using Gnome and Gnome-shell for five years. It's extremely stable, especially compared to the last couple of Gnome-shell releases. The downside is that more configuration is required to get things just as you like ... the upside is that it's actually possible. The developers don't have the "you'll do things our way and you'll like it" attitude.
TekSavvy in Canada is a similar provider. Vote with your dollars folks.
Free software is a very large part of the reason these idiot trolls have the ability to annoy people. They should be thankful. the era of software freedom seems to coming to a close though. Open source has won the battle for the server, but is in a losing battle for the client, with walled gardens springing up all over.
Having it as something exclusive to funding "edgy" information sites is one thing, but if the money is pooled under the EFF it makes it look much more draconian if anything is done to it. It would be like shutting down the ACLU because you don't like them funding one particular group.
You don't. Nor do you know that the web site you browse to or JPG you view doesn't exploit a buffer overflow and break out of its VM sandbox. Same applies for an iPhone and your desktop. Having people able to review the source of the applications is a good start, but there is always some risk.
They can test all they want, but there will be bugs. The trick is to have support in place to patch quickly. Most open source software is very good this way, but most commercial stuff is way behind.
Looks like someone has a quick fix out. It's an app that sets the perms on the file properly, but it does cause problems with the camera on the S3. The app lets you toggle the permissions on and off so you can still use your camera is you wish. I haven't tried it as I don't have a phone with the hole, but teh XDA guys are pretty reputable: Here it is. Certainly can't complain about the open source community on something like this, although it would have been nice if he reported it to Samsung a little in advance of the release of the problem.