That's why I said 'anyone'. I was still modded 'troll' though, which is strange, as I really didn't think many would disagree that basing decisions on logic and reason was a good idea.
Putting weapons of mass destruction in the hands of anyone who thinks they get their orders from a 'invisible friend in the sky' is a bad idea, no matter who that person is. The closer they consider themselves to their invisible friend, the more dangerous they are. Someone who bases a decision on logic and reason is a far safer choice.
I've actually just started trying out KDE and have indexing running. It's slightly more active than Gnome, but *way* less than Windows. I have indexing turned off on my work Windows machine and it's still far more active than KDE as well.
The difference in drive access is amazing. In windows it's constant, where on a Linux machine running the same software it never even flickers. I'd swear the drive manufacturers pay them to reduce their life expectancy.
I've got about a dozen friends and cow-orkers using Linux now, and all have stated that they find it more usable than Windows). They've chosen a variety of desktops, mainly Gnome2 plus Docky, Gnome shell, or Xfce. Updates are automatic and centrailized, software repositories are built in, and you can generally tweak it to act as you wish, although less so in the last few releases of Ubuntu using Gnome-shell or Unity. A little love from the hardware manufacturers would be nice though. You still run into the occasional rough sport with some hardware, but it happens with Windows as well. I still think Google should put out a nicely packaged version of Debian for people to use.
They're fantastic. If you're in Canada (well, US too, I suppose), this is a much better price. If you're a serious woodworker or gardener, you may know about this place already. Ikea also has some nice cabling solutions.
The Cadillac still seems to be targeted at old people, and based on the way I see most driven, self driving Cadillacs will be a huge benefit to motorists everywhere. The last time I saw the interior of one, it looked like all navigation and controls had been made large enough to be operated by someone with extremely poor vision. I shuddered. Yes, I realize most of them have a lot of power, but it's exceedingly rare that one is driven like it has.
Isn't their whole "can't replicate existing functionality" think anti-competitive, especially when retroactively applied to apps that they added built-in apps for later?
Unions are especially broken for software development. It's not like something like driving a bus, where no matter how good you are at it, you're roughly at the same level of productivity. There have been studies that have shown that a good software developer can be twenty times as productive as a poor one. I'm currently working for an organization that has a union. Current project tracking shows be between 6 and 10 times the output of the next person, yet we get paid the same (and I also have several other responsibilities). With the union, we get paid the same. When it's time for a raise, we get the same. It batters your incentive a bit on occasion. You frequently run into people are so bad that they actually have negative productivity (also paid the same) and managers tolerate a lot because there's a lot of work to do to get rid of someone. The only real way out of it is to do the same thing you would do without a union... leave, and find something better. Ideally, you would negotiate your own salary and benefits.
That would be the *why* type of comments. Frequently a small paragraph rather than a simple one-liner as well. I think the failing memory (or sometimes it seems like it) can be a benefit; you know that in 6 months you *won't* remember, where in the the past, you *thought* you would.
I rarely write comments any longer, and only use them when I can't make the code any clearer (or to explain *why* I did something, rather than what I'm trying to do.). 'What' comments rarely get updated when the code changes, and can frequently do more harm than good. I feel a little sad when I feel I need to add a comment to explain what I'm doing. Computing power helps these days. Back in the old days when writing realtime code, the stack overhead from breaking things up into functions/methods would kill you.
... but the code your wrote; more maintainable now, or then? That's really the important part of software development in most cases. I used to aim for code that ran as fast as possible, and was frequently so complex I had trouble debugging it myself. Now I aim for "fast enough", generally error free, but maintainable by someone with far less skill. When you know a language well, you can write beautiful poetry.
With their new Apple-style 'marketplace' lock-in, they're finally in a position to handle multiple platforms without confusing people. Before, only open source was convenient for people across platforms. Now, if they want, they could support the same app a person buys for both, and this also gives people another bush towards 'Metro' vs native apps that they don't get a cut from.
They could have admitted this before they started bolting on stuff. It's needed a complete overhaul for a very long time. If people weren't forced to use it, most probably wouldn't.
I like the look of a gel pen better, but the space pen has too many advantages, for direction, temperature, durability, and good design (I have one of the 'bullet' ones that when capped is half size. You can run them through wash *and dry* cycles and they still work and don't ruin your clothes.
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Strange, I thought the US were supposed to be supporters of that whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing.
That's why I said 'anyone'. I was still modded 'troll' though, which is strange, as I really didn't think many would disagree that basing decisions on logic and reason was a good idea.
... that would be the appearance of safety. I don't think anything that has been done has actually added any significant safety.
Putting weapons of mass destruction in the hands of anyone who thinks they get their orders from a 'invisible friend in the sky' is a bad idea, no matter who that person is. The closer they consider themselves to their invisible friend, the more dangerous they are. Someone who bases a decision on logic and reason is a far safer choice.
They're more "wandering towards the walled garden" than "wandering away from x86".
I've actually just started trying out KDE and have indexing running. It's slightly more active than Gnome, but *way* less than Windows. I have indexing turned off on my work Windows machine and it's still far more active than KDE as well.
The difference in drive access is amazing. In windows it's constant, where on a Linux machine running the same software it never even flickers. I'd swear the drive manufacturers pay them to reduce their life expectancy.
I've got about a dozen friends and cow-orkers using Linux now, and all have stated that they find it more usable than Windows). They've chosen a variety of desktops, mainly Gnome2 plus Docky, Gnome shell, or Xfce. Updates are automatic and centrailized, software repositories are built in, and you can generally tweak it to act as you wish, although less so in the last few releases of Ubuntu using Gnome-shell or Unity. A little love from the hardware manufacturers would be nice though. You still run into the occasional rough sport with some hardware, but it happens with Windows as well. I still think Google should put out a nicely packaged version of Debian for people to use.
They're fantastic. If you're in Canada (well, US too, I suppose), this is a much better price. If you're a serious woodworker or gardener, you may know about this place already. Ikea also has some nice cabling solutions.
I thought their common enemy was Google (although Google does use lot of Linux in its business).
On Android, you can still manually download and install software. Blackberry too, I believe.
That would be especially awesome on a stock car track, with the left turn signal left on.
The Cadillac still seems to be targeted at old people, and based on the way I see most driven, self driving Cadillacs will be a huge benefit to motorists everywhere. The last time I saw the interior of one, it looked like all navigation and controls had been made large enough to be operated by someone with extremely poor vision. I shuddered. Yes, I realize most of them have a lot of power, but it's exceedingly rare that one is driven like it has.
Isn't their whole "can't replicate existing functionality" think anti-competitive, especially when retroactively applied to apps that they added built-in apps for later?
Unions are especially broken for software development. It's not like something like driving a bus, where no matter how good you are at it, you're roughly at the same level of productivity. There have been studies that have shown that a good software developer can be twenty times as productive as a poor one. I'm currently working for an organization that has a union. Current project tracking shows be between 6 and 10 times the output of the next person, yet we get paid the same (and I also have several other responsibilities). With the union, we get paid the same. When it's time for a raise, we get the same. It batters your incentive a bit on occasion. You frequently run into people are so bad that they actually have negative productivity (also paid the same) and managers tolerate a lot because there's a lot of work to do to get rid of someone. The only real way out of it is to do the same thing you would do without a union ... leave, and find something better. Ideally, you would negotiate your own salary and benefits.
That should count as income. I agree with the GP.
That would be the *why* type of comments. Frequently a small paragraph rather than a simple one-liner as well. I think the failing memory (or sometimes it seems like it) can be a benefit; you know that in 6 months you *won't* remember, where in the the past, you *thought* you would.
I rarely write comments any longer, and only use them when I can't make the code any clearer (or to explain *why* I did something, rather than what I'm trying to do.). 'What' comments rarely get updated when the code changes, and can frequently do more harm than good. I feel a little sad when I feel I need to add a comment to explain what I'm doing. Computing power helps these days. Back in the old days when writing realtime code, the stack overhead from breaking things up into functions/methods would kill you.
... but the code your wrote; more maintainable now, or then? That's really the important part of software development in most cases. I used to aim for code that ran as fast as possible, and was frequently so complex I had trouble debugging it myself. Now I aim for "fast enough", generally error free, but maintainable by someone with far less skill. When you know a language well, you can write beautiful poetry.
I'm talking about desktop use, not servers. People who run web servers won't usually buy and install them through the 'metro' interface.
With their new Apple-style 'marketplace' lock-in, they're finally in a position to handle multiple platforms without confusing people. Before, only open source was convenient for people across platforms. Now, if they want, they could support the same app a person buys for both, and this also gives people another bush towards 'Metro' vs native apps that they don't get a cut from.
They could have admitted this before they started bolting on stuff. It's needed a complete overhaul for a very long time. If people weren't forced to use it, most probably wouldn't.
Don't forget the userAgent detection settings to make sure it's only viewable on Apple devices.
The Nexus 7 can now run Ubuntu ... has anyone tried installing anything other than the default desktop?
I like the look of a gel pen better, but the space pen has too many advantages, for direction, temperature, durability, and good design (I have one of the 'bullet' ones that when capped is half size. You can run them through wash *and dry* cycles and they still work and don't ruin your clothes.