Brad Wall really hasn't done anything good. Peoplr prop him up like he's the second coming of Jesus.
Our province has done "okay" for the past 6-8 years, I suppose. But this year it's all gone for shit because this government doesnt understand the idea of diversifying investments.
First Brad Wall propped up Potash as our cash cow. Invested virtually everything we had into and it was okay for a year or two. Then the market bottomed out and we lost everything we'd gained.
Then then the exact thing happened with oil, and he's cutting school, healthcare, and trying to privatize our Liquor sales to make aa quick buck to help pay back his fuck up.
I personally do not believe Brad Wall is a good leader. I feel he's doing the best he can, but has the mental capacity of a 10 year old.
Why can't there be a middle ground for politicians? Its either borderline hitler, or completely incompetent. I don't get it.
I am a developer also... except I use Linux and multiple workspaces. It's like having as many monitors as I like, but without the neck pain.
I typically have it configured for 8 Workspaces organized in a grid of 2 rows of 4.
XFCE allows for seamless switching by simply dragging my cursor into the next screen, or I can click on which screen I want to jump to by clicking on it in the pager.
I've mentioned many times here on Slashdot that I don't understand dual monitor setups... but I certainly can not do it on a tiny laptop monitor for any extended period of time.
I've bren using Funtoo/Gentoo Linux on my personal machines for years.
I'm now trying it out for virtualized servers (OpenVZ and KVM) to perhaps provide an upgrade path from CentOS 6 when it becomes obsolete.
The benefits are there for me, as I am familiar with the environment and how the package manager works. It makes it easy to use specific packages and security updates are there.
I realize it may not be as well tested as CentOS or RHEL, but it has a sane init system and very heavily customizable in the situations you need it to be.
In XFCE you just click and drag it with the mouse as the workspace switches. No hotkey required.
You can also just use the mouse to switch to workspaces. Just move the mouse to the edge of the current workspace and keep going, it will just switch. No hotkeys, no clicking. There is even an adjustable "resistance threshold" so you can make it more or less resistant to accidentally switching workspaces during normal use of the cursor. I keep mine pretty low because I like to move around freely... and because it drives Windows users crazy.
Not sure what you mean, exactly. Though you're posting as AC so probably a troll.
I never claimed to be successful at anything other than what I do now, which is web based application development.
The other things I did were just day jobs while I built my business up part time until I could do it full time. I've now been doing just that for over two years now.
I took Welding (Gas, Arc, and MIG), Drafting and CAD, Computer Science, Carpentry, and Electronics. My high school also offered Machining, Autobody, Small Engines, etc.
It was drilled into our heads that College/University was required to enter the real world, but many of my graduating class that took the "trade" courses went right out into the work field and learned more as they need it in the field.
I started my own business in high school doing web design. Out of high school I worked full time "regular" jobs in advertising, direct sales, retail, low voltage wiring (ethernet, coax, 18-2, 18-4), security system installation, and then locksmithing.
My business slowly grew as life progressed. While working for the locksmith I had an opportunity to focus on my business fall in my lap and I took it. Since then business has only picked up and grown year-over-year.
I am Canadian, living in Canada. The majority of my clients are in the US.:-)
I use AMD in my personal machines (Laptop, Desktop, HTPC) because they are cheaper and I get what I need out of them. I dont play video games, and don't really do anything CPU or GPU intensive. A browser, some terminal emulators, file manager, email client, etc. all run great.
The servers I own are all Intel Xeon E5's. You really can't beat them, and more per watt is definitely better in this space. I run dozens of virtualized servers on each machine and they just keep chugging along without issue.
I use Chromium as basically my HTPC with a simple custom web app (runs locally on the machine) to tie a bunch of services together in Fullscreen Kiosk Mode.
I use a Mele F10 Deluxe air mouse/keyboard, purchased on Amazon for $30US. You can bind certain keys to certain devices (it has both RF and IR transmitters). I only use IR to turn m TV on and Off, but you can program it to control volume as well.
Can't say I've ever really experienced that problem.
If you have a slow connection, or poor wireless connection I could see it dropping out. But even then Youtube will switch to lower resolution streams if it notices a poor/slow connection. Perhaps this switch is where your problem is occuring?
7-11 in the US and 7-11 in Canada are pretty different.
Here in Canada the stores are owned by 7-11 Canada. This helps with things like pensions, medical/dental/drug benefits. (Source: my wife works at the 7-11 across from my house).
In the US, all stores are independently owned.
And, to be honest, that story is more about Esso being a bunch of pricks and selling off their retail/convenience stores, not that 7-11 Canada purchased them.
You realize this article is about watching Netflix in a web browser... right?
I don't think many businesses allow their staff to sit back and watch video content all day.
People are free to choose whatever suits them best. Even at work in my opinion. My last two "jobs" I was allowed to install Linux on my workstation as I am more productive in an environment I am familiar with. I haven't used Windows since the early 2000's (XP). I've since moved on to running my own business, and I get along just fine still using Linux.
Why a browser? Because that's the only choice we have on Linux.
Chrome, Chromium, or Firefox with Pipelight. Those are my options. I chose Chromium, only because it doesn't require the headaches of Pipelight, and no spyware of Google.
I guess the TL;DR version is "because bu$ine$$" which is what I always assumed in the first place. I'm guessing very few (if any) managers or higher-ups even know that anything exists beyond Windows and OS X (or "PC" and "Mac" as they usually put it). I can see the uphill battle if a dev team tried to push for it.
Personally I don't actually play video games. I just don't see the appeal when I could be doing something more constructive with my time. I also have a wife and kids, so that restricts my personal time quite a bit as it is.
If the Game Engines are already abstracting this away, why/not/ provide builds for smaller OS's. I know there are extensions to Visual Studio to build binaries for Linux.
I think what a lot of game developers are missing is that gaming is the/only/ reason many users are keeping Windows. I'm 100% positive I know at least a dozen people personally (and I'm not a very social person) that would ditch Windows completely if they could game easier on Linux. Is that extra 1% effort not worth it to you to provide a choice to your users?
I understand that =<1% is minuscule in many developers minds, but if you remember there are roughly 5.6 Billion people in the developed world with access to a computer and the internet. That 1% equates to 56 Million people. Then you must keep in mind those using Linux are (typically) more technically minded and willing to exert more effort to play something natively in their Distro. There are various fans of specific software that literally make it their duty to build wrappers/packages for specific distributions (Package Maintainers) so things work easier for the distribution as a whole. If you provide an accurate dependency list (which would usually be included in the engine you're using), then the distro package maintainers can handle the rest for you.
If your game is well made, and becomes popular, linux users tend to promote companies that work with the open source community. That's free promotion for simply making an effort to appeal to approx 56,000,000 more users.
That's worth the effort in my books... But as you can probably tell, I'm a Linux user.
Interesting thought... though unfortunately, when it comes to games, the biggest issue is that they are (usually) tied to Direct X, which is Microsoft Only.
There are efforts to port Direct X to Linux (the WINE guys), its an uphill battle as it requires tonnes of reverse engineering and testing, plus MS likes to make massive changes in new versions.
If game developers were to move away from Direct X, and on to something cross-platform, then the bar is much lower to supporting Linux and friends.
I've been running my own business part time since 2006 while working a full time job during the day. In 2012 I finally decided to focus on my business full time.
Had our ups and downs, but I've never regret my decision.
I think I paid $30 for it over 3 years ago when my $120 Netgear router crapped out.
I chose this one specifically because I could install DD-WRT on it. While I would have prefered Tomato Firmware, I needed something cheap and fast at the time.
No issues with it since I installed DD-WRT on it. Someone maintains an up to date firmware for this specific device (I don't have the model number with me), with regular updates every 2-3 months.
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Brad Wall really hasn't done anything good. Peoplr prop him up like he's the second coming of Jesus.
Our province has done "okay" for the past 6-8 years, I suppose. But this year it's all gone for shit because this government doesnt understand the idea of diversifying investments.
First Brad Wall propped up Potash as our cash cow. Invested virtually everything we had into and it was okay for a year or two. Then the market bottomed out and we lost everything we'd gained.
Then then the exact thing happened with oil, and he's cutting school, healthcare, and trying to privatize our Liquor sales to make aa quick buck to help pay back his fuck up.
I personally do not believe Brad Wall is a good leader. I feel he's doing the best he can, but has the mental capacity of a 10 year old.
Why can't there be a middle ground for politicians? Its either borderline hitler, or completely incompetent. I don't get it.
I am a developer also... except I use Linux and multiple workspaces. It's like having as many monitors as I like, but without the neck pain.
I typically have it configured for 8 Workspaces organized in a grid of 2 rows of 4.
XFCE allows for seamless switching by simply dragging my cursor into the next screen, or I can click on which screen I want to jump to by clicking on it in the pager.
I don't need more than one physical screen.
I use a desktop with a 24 inch LCD (1920x1200).
I've mentioned many times here on Slashdot that I don't understand dual monitor setups... but I certainly can not do it on a tiny laptop monitor for any extended period of time.
Yikes. You are correct, I am from Saskatchewan.
I've bren using Funtoo/Gentoo Linux on my personal machines for years.
I'm now trying it out for virtualized servers (OpenVZ and KVM) to perhaps provide an upgrade path from CentOS 6 when it becomes obsolete.
The benefits are there for me, as I am familiar with the environment and how the package manager works. It makes it easy to use specific packages and security updates are there.
I realize it may not be as well tested as CentOS or RHEL, but it has a sane init system and very heavily customizable in the situations you need it to be.
In XFCE you just click and drag it with the mouse as the workspace switches. No hotkey required.
You can also just use the mouse to switch to workspaces. Just move the mouse to the edge of the current workspace and keep going, it will just switch. No hotkeys, no clicking. There is even an adjustable "resistance threshold" so you can make it more or less resistant to accidentally switching workspaces during normal use of the cursor. I keep mine pretty low because I like to move around freely... and because it drives Windows users crazy.
Not sure what you mean, exactly. Though you're posting as AC so probably a troll.
I never claimed to be successful at anything other than what I do now, which is web based application development.
The other things I did were just day jobs while I built my business up part time until I could do it full time. I've now been doing just that for over two years now.
The Locksmith job was fun though.
workspaces interfaces have *less* functionality than it did in 2008 when I could drag windows between workspaces
Glad I've never used Gnome, because this works as expected in XFCE.
I completed highschool 10 years ago (2006).
I took Welding (Gas, Arc, and MIG), Drafting and CAD, Computer Science, Carpentry, and Electronics. My high school also offered Machining, Autobody, Small Engines, etc.
It was drilled into our heads that College/University was required to enter the real world, but many of my graduating class that took the "trade" courses went right out into the work field and learned more as they need it in the field.
I started my own business in high school doing web design. Out of high school I worked full time "regular" jobs in advertising, direct sales, retail, low voltage wiring (ethernet, coax, 18-2, 18-4), security system installation, and then locksmithing.
My business slowly grew as life progressed. While working for the locksmith I had an opportunity to focus on my business fall in my lap and I took it. Since then business has only picked up and grown year-over-year.
I am Canadian, living in Canada. The majority of my clients are in the US. :-)
This is the unfortunate truth.
I use AMD in my personal machines (Laptop, Desktop, HTPC) because they are cheaper and I get what I need out of them. I dont play video games, and don't really do anything CPU or GPU intensive. A browser, some terminal emulators, file manager, email client, etc. all run great.
The servers I own are all Intel Xeon E5's. You really can't beat them, and more per watt is definitely better in this space. I run dozens of virtualized servers on each machine and they just keep chugging along without issue.
This is why I use Funtoo on my personal machines.
Building a new kernel with my configuration file is a single command, and one more command to install it into the bootloader.
I know you're joking, but I pay for Kernel Care to do something along those lines on a few servers I own.
I use Chromium as basically my HTPC with a simple custom web app (runs locally on the machine) to tie a bunch of services together in Fullscreen Kiosk Mode.
I use a Mele F10 Deluxe air mouse/keyboard, purchased on Amazon for $30US. You can bind certain keys to certain devices (it has both RF and IR transmitters). I only use IR to turn m TV on and Off, but you can program it to control volume as well.
In Chromium I use the following extensions to make the experience a little cleaner:
- No Scroll Bars Please!
- Smooth Key Scroll
- uBlock Origin (necessary for Youtube and Spotify)
Even without Lets Encrypt, you can find paid certs for ~$5 USD per year. That's half the price of a domain name.
If you can't afford that, what the hell are you doing?
You realize we have a population roughly 1/10th of the US, right? That's a fair number of people to datamine.
Can't say I've ever really experienced that problem.
If you have a slow connection, or poor wireless connection I could see it dropping out. But even then Youtube will switch to lower resolution streams if it notices a poor/slow connection. Perhaps this switch is where your problem is occuring?
7-11 in the US and 7-11 in Canada are pretty different.
Here in Canada the stores are owned by 7-11 Canada. This helps with things like pensions, medical/dental/drug benefits. (Source: my wife works at the 7-11 across from my house).
In the US, all stores are independently owned.
And, to be honest, that story is more about Esso being a bunch of pricks and selling off their retail/convenience stores, not that 7-11 Canada purchased them.
I'm on Gentoo. As long as I install the chrome-binary-plugins package, chromium can pick up the drm plugin and Netflix works as expected.
I'm not sure if this is a Gentoo specific thing... But it works and I'm happy.
You realize this article is about watching Netflix in a web browser... right?
I don't think many businesses allow their staff to sit back and watch video content all day.
People are free to choose whatever suits them best. Even at work in my opinion. My last two "jobs" I was allowed to install Linux on my workstation as I am more productive in an environment I am familiar with. I haven't used Windows since the early 2000's (XP). I've since moved on to running my own business, and I get along just fine still using Linux.
Why a browser? Because that's the only choice we have on Linux.
Chrome, Chromium, or Firefox with Pipelight. Those are my options. I chose Chromium, only because it doesn't require the headaches of Pipelight, and no spyware of Google.
Thank you for your further input.
I guess the TL;DR version is "because bu$ine$$" which is what I always assumed in the first place. I'm guessing very few (if any) managers or higher-ups even know that anything exists beyond Windows and OS X (or "PC" and "Mac" as they usually put it). I can see the uphill battle if a dev team tried to push for it.
Personally I don't actually play video games. I just don't see the appeal when I could be doing something more constructive with my time. I also have a wife and kids, so that restricts my personal time quite a bit as it is.
If the Game Engines are already abstracting this away, why /not/ provide builds for smaller OS's. I know there are extensions to Visual Studio to build binaries for Linux.
I think what a lot of game developers are missing is that gaming is the /only/ reason many users are keeping Windows. I'm 100% positive I know at least a dozen people personally (and I'm not a very social person) that would ditch Windows completely if they could game easier on Linux. Is that extra 1% effort not worth it to you to provide a choice to your users?
I understand that =<1% is minuscule in many developers minds, but if you remember there are roughly 5.6 Billion people in the developed world with access to a computer and the internet. That 1% equates to 56 Million people. Then you must keep in mind those using Linux are (typically) more technically minded and willing to exert more effort to play something natively in their Distro. There are various fans of specific software that literally make it their duty to build wrappers/packages for specific distributions (Package Maintainers) so things work easier for the distribution as a whole. If you provide an accurate dependency list (which would usually be included in the engine you're using), then the distro package maintainers can handle the rest for you.
If your game is well made, and becomes popular, linux users tend to promote companies that work with the open source community. That's free promotion for simply making an effort to appeal to approx 56,000,000 more users.
That's worth the effort in my books... But as you can probably tell, I'm a Linux user.
Interesting thought... though unfortunately, when it comes to games, the biggest issue is that they are (usually) tied to Direct X, which is Microsoft Only.
There are efforts to port Direct X to Linux (the WINE guys), its an uphill battle as it requires tonnes of reverse engineering and testing, plus MS likes to make massive changes in new versions.
If game developers were to move away from Direct X, and on to something cross-platform, then the bar is much lower to supporting Linux and friends.
I've been running my own business part time since 2006 while working a full time job during the day. In 2012 I finally decided to focus on my business full time.
Had our ups and downs, but I've never regret my decision.
I use one of their wireless routers.
I think I paid $30 for it over 3 years ago when my $120 Netgear router crapped out.
I chose this one specifically because I could install DD-WRT on it. While I would have prefered Tomato Firmware, I needed something cheap and fast at the time.
No issues with it since I installed DD-WRT on it. Someone maintains an up to date firmware for this specific device (I don't have the model number with me), with regular updates every 2-3 months.