Remember when all the cord-cutters demanded ala carte? This is the result. Your prices are higher, but you get to pick and choose what you want to watch. As someone in the cable TV industry, I'd just like to offer up a hearty "We told you so."
Don't take a degree in your field of work. You'll always be disappointed. I tried the same thing a few years ago after working in graphic arts for several years. The beginning Illustrator course was so mind-numbingly basic, they had a whole unit on turning on the computer. When I finally went back for my bachelors, I moved from marketing & graphic design to finance so I wouldn't waste years sitting in classes "learning" things I already knew.
My teenager hinted he wants a new build for his birthday next week. I spent some time spec'ing a system last night, but I couldn't find a gpu that wasn't priced about the same as all the rest of the components compbined. Cards that should be around $100 are selling in the $500 range.
This is really a simple economics question. Task them with the functions they know and can do best. Make them own it. While someone else might be able to do those functions better or quicker, the better-trained people are freed up to focus on tasks where they are more productive than the old guys. It doesn't even matter how much people get paid. Productivity increases when you force specialization.
I did a college level research paper on technology use in the classroom a couple years ago. Every source I found concluded technology expenditures did not improve core subject learning. The only benefit was exposure to equipment students would later need in the workforce, but that often came at the expense of measured progress on standardized tests. The surprising conclusion I came to was this isn't just an American thing. According to the UN, underdeveloped nations don't see the expected gains by putting laptops in the hands of their students. Some even do worse because the computers become a distraction. Essentially, they quickly learn to look up cat videos on the internet.
I have the same issue with my iCloud account. I use a first intial "dot" last name and frequently get people to who try to buy items or register new accounts with my email. They've even tried password resets and nearly gotten into the account according to a tech at apple.
One time when someone ordered something on etsy, I just logged in to the newly created account and canceled the order.
First clue to spotting fake news: the source is a print newspaper. Nobody reads newspapers anymore. Real journalists work for websites like Breitbart, Infowars, and Perz Hilton.
You must not have a lot of social interaction. There's something about a shared experience. It's why the Superbowl draws such huge crowds, even when very few care for the outcome or the sport. While coworkers and I don't watch all the same movies or shows, the conversations we have about new episodes or films are a critical part of the bonding process that makes us an effective team. The same can be said of friendships. As a parent of several children, my opportunities to interact with other adults are limited. Lack of ability to participate in current social events can be even further isolating. The ability to view new releases in my home is very desirable for me.
I would love this. I have two young babies and a nice home theater system. I'd save money on a sitter, and be able to pause when I want to take a mid-movie pee break.
I was in the market for a smaller iPad. I've had my 16GB iPad 4 for several years, but it seems to choke on newer apps. I really wanted a new iPad Mini, but I'm not buying a model that's two years old at any price. Apple has billions in cash, but they can't seem to engineer regular updates into their product lineup since Jobs died.
Demand a static IP address from your ISP. I work for a small ISP who employed a reckless infrastructure manager. Internet time sync was set incorrectly on several servers. When we received infringement complaints, our IP assignment logs were useless. That didn't stop them from sending the notices to 90-year-olds, or other customers who were obviously not downloading infringing material.
... and a smallpox vaccine's effectiveness could vary greatly depending on the individual – at least according to the anti-vaxers.
I'm all for scientific study, but implying increased general physical activity might be harmful flys in the face of logic and generally agreed upon health standards.
I'm a returning student currently enrolled to earn my B.S. two decades after completing my A.S. My course plan for my degree has several electives that frankly don't matter to my field of study. Knowing that every science course I took had lab fees to cover the additional costs, I also wonder if some degrees should require more class time than others. The standard 120 credit hours seems like the real source of lower cost/lower paying fields subsidizing the STEM fields.
About two weeks out from Christmas and you can't find a 3DS in any retail store. I guess for research, I could pay 3x the retail price to a scalper on eBay.
I work for a very small ISP, and personally, I'd side with Charter on this one. We provide a modem to customers as part of the basic service and guarantee internet will work with the provider modem. If our modem goes bad, we supply a replacement no questions asked. Customers who are technically adept may use their own equipment, but we won't support it beyond providing normal configuration settings. If any Tom, Dick, or Harry can use whatever they want, then the ISP is on the hook for supporting possibly damaged or outdated equipment. I can't think of another industry that makes the original provider responsible for customer modifications.
Fitbits are highly dependent on close contact with the skin to take accurate heart rate measurements. During "intense" workouts, an improperly fitting monitor could loose contact with the skin at every hard step. I could see the study being thrown out because Fitbit will claim the researchers used the wrong size tracker and the company's instructions weren't followed. There's a big difference between a product could theoretically fail to perform in lab conditions and how it performs under normal use.
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I just got a glimpse of our dystopian future. When it first started having issues today, FB only showed me recent posts from my mother-in-law.
So, Chamberlain, the company that forced the removal of a third party Alexa Skill, is going to allow Amazon access to it's systems?
Remember when all the cord-cutters demanded ala carte? This is the result. Your prices are higher, but you get to pick and choose what you want to watch. As someone in the cable TV industry, I'd just like to offer up a hearty "We told you so."
Don't take a degree in your field of work. You'll always be disappointed. I tried the same thing a few years ago after working in graphic arts for several years. The beginning Illustrator course was so mind-numbingly basic, they had a whole unit on turning on the computer. When I finally went back for my bachelors, I moved from marketing & graphic design to finance so I wouldn't waste years sitting in classes "learning" things I already knew.
Isn't the point of being forgotten that Google doesn't have info on them?
My teenager hinted he wants a new build for his birthday next week. I spent some time spec'ing a system last night, but I couldn't find a gpu that wasn't priced about the same as all the rest of the components compbined. Cards that should be around $100 are selling in the $500 range.
Even God has deadlines. If He let his deliverables slip on days 1-5, you wouldn't be here.
This is really a simple economics question. Task them with the functions they know and can do best. Make them own it. While someone else might be able to do those functions better or quicker, the better-trained people are freed up to focus on tasks where they are more productive than the old guys. It doesn't even matter how much people get paid. Productivity increases when you force specialization.
I did a college level research paper on technology use in the classroom a couple years ago. Every source I found concluded technology expenditures did not improve core subject learning. The only benefit was exposure to equipment students would later need in the workforce, but that often came at the expense of measured progress on standardized tests. The surprising conclusion I came to was this isn't just an American thing. According to the UN, underdeveloped nations don't see the expected gains by putting laptops in the hands of their students. Some even do worse because the computers become a distraction. Essentially, they quickly learn to look up cat videos on the internet.
I just use Adblock and no one gets the ad revenue.
I have the same issue with my iCloud account. I use a first intial "dot" last name and frequently get people to who try to buy items or register new accounts with my email. They've even tried password resets and nearly gotten into the account according to a tech at apple. One time when someone ordered something on etsy, I just logged in to the newly created account and canceled the order.
Jr. Manger: What if we train them and they leave? CEO: What if we don't and they stay?
First clue to spotting fake news: the source is a print newspaper. Nobody reads newspapers anymore. Real journalists work for websites like Breitbart, Infowars, and Perz Hilton.
You must not have a lot of social interaction. There's something about a shared experience. It's why the Superbowl draws such huge crowds, even when very few care for the outcome or the sport. While coworkers and I don't watch all the same movies or shows, the conversations we have about new episodes or films are a critical part of the bonding process that makes us an effective team. The same can be said of friendships. As a parent of several children, my opportunities to interact with other adults are limited. Lack of ability to participate in current social events can be even further isolating. The ability to view new releases in my home is very desirable for me.
I would love this. I have two young babies and a nice home theater system. I'd save money on a sitter, and be able to pause when I want to take a mid-movie pee break.
I was in the market for a smaller iPad. I've had my 16GB iPad 4 for several years, but it seems to choke on newer apps. I really wanted a new iPad Mini, but I'm not buying a model that's two years old at any price. Apple has billions in cash, but they can't seem to engineer regular updates into their product lineup since Jobs died.
Demand a static IP address from your ISP. I work for a small ISP who employed a reckless infrastructure manager. Internet time sync was set incorrectly on several servers. When we received infringement complaints, our IP assignment logs were useless. That didn't stop them from sending the notices to 90-year-olds, or other customers who were obviously not downloading infringing material.
... and a smallpox vaccine's effectiveness could vary greatly depending on the individual – at least according to the anti-vaxers. I'm all for scientific study, but implying increased general physical activity might be harmful flys in the face of logic and generally agreed upon health standards.
I'm a returning student currently enrolled to earn my B.S. two decades after completing my A.S. My course plan for my degree has several electives that frankly don't matter to my field of study. Knowing that every science course I took had lab fees to cover the additional costs, I also wonder if some degrees should require more class time than others. The standard 120 credit hours seems like the real source of lower cost/lower paying fields subsidizing the STEM fields.
So does anyone have an Uncle Eddie that could deliver Sergey and Larry tied up with a bow?
About two weeks out from Christmas and you can't find a 3DS in any retail store. I guess for research, I could pay 3x the retail price to a scalper on eBay.
I work for a very small ISP, and personally, I'd side with Charter on this one. We provide a modem to customers as part of the basic service and guarantee internet will work with the provider modem. If our modem goes bad, we supply a replacement no questions asked. Customers who are technically adept may use their own equipment, but we won't support it beyond providing normal configuration settings. If any Tom, Dick, or Harry can use whatever they want, then the ISP is on the hook for supporting possibly damaged or outdated equipment. I can't think of another industry that makes the original provider responsible for customer modifications.
... cleaning up after themselves. If it had been a man, he'd have just fsk'd the drive and used it for a minecraft server.
It's nice to see our next President turning over a new leaf and following DOD standards for data destruction.
Fitbits are highly dependent on close contact with the skin to take accurate heart rate measurements. During "intense" workouts, an improperly fitting monitor could loose contact with the skin at every hard step. I could see the study being thrown out because Fitbit will claim the researchers used the wrong size tracker and the company's instructions weren't followed. There's a big difference between a product could theoretically fail to perform in lab conditions and how it performs under normal use.