It really does seem a hell of a lot faster than Firefox 56.
Cons:
As others have mentioned, the GUI changes are shit. Thanks to those who told how to remove the blank spaces before the URL bar and after the search bar, but the rest of the changes are horrible.
There's currently no viable replacement for the It's All Text plugin that lets you edit textareas in an external editor. That really cramps my style.
The rendered content seems a bit squashed compared to FF56.
Seriously. He's a mediocre software developer who got lucky. What on Earth does he know about education?
The public education system in the US sucks because there's no political will to make it not suck. No amount of fancy big data and technology will change that. When the Education Secretary in the US is an active opponent of the public school system, you've lost.
A PIN only has to provide defense over a small window. Once you realize the card is lost, you cancel it. I would want the protection a PIN would offer for those minutes or hours or even a couple of days.
After seeing Villeneuve's brilliant "Arrival" and having enjoyed the original Blade Runner, I had high hopes. They were dashed. Blade Runner 2049 is just too long. Hollywood, get over yourself. Very few stories are important enough to take 2h40m to tell. If your movie is longer than. 1h40m, you need to cut.
Blade Runner 2049 was tedious as hell with completely undeveloped one-dimensional characters and unrelenting darkness without even a bit of humourous relief.
Very disappointed.
I am the lead developer on a largish commercial spam-filtering product written mostly in Perl. The code is well-structured, readable, easy to modify and well-documented. So I do like Perl 5. As with any language, you have to be disciplined to write good software in it.
Having heard Larry Wall speak, I have to say he comes across as a slightly mad rambling scatterbrain. Hit talks are as much philosphy and theology as computer science, and that shit just bores the hell out of me.
From what I've seen of Perl 6 (admittedly this impression is a few years old) it's a complete mess. It's not only Larry's mad ramblings---it's the mad ramblings of hordes of Larry wannabees, resulting in a massively over-engineered too-clever-for-it's-own-good pile o' shite.
It's partly the fault of the devices. Facebook, Google et al employ psychologists whose single-minded goal is to make their sites more sticky and addictive. Just google "Facebook Addiction" to see many articles on this topic.
I found myself spending way too much time on Facebook, so I deleted my account for a while. Then I discovered a browser plugin called "F.B. Purify" that I configured to hide everything except status updates from those few friends I still followed. No shared videos, no "Jane liked this" or "Bob commented on that", no ads. It was a far less addictive experience and I spend maybe 15 minutes/day on Facebook, which is manageable.
Anyway, all of this is to say: Don't discount the addictive power of technology. It can stimulate your brain in similar ways to addictive drugs.
Fancy words, but you're wrong. The hypothesis Damore positing is "Biological differences account for some differences in job preferences or aptitude." He hasn't proven that.
I happen to think it's probably true, but that's a gut feeling and I have no way of proving it, nor do I know how much difference it actually makes compared to societal influences. Nobody can know that because it's simply impossible to control for one and vary the other.
Thanks for the businessinsider.com link. Everyone should read both Damore's original essay and the rebuttal and ignore all the breathless second-hand ranting about the issue.
OK, James, you've had your 15 minutes of fame. If you are instituting any sort of legal action against Google, though, it's time to shut up. Until the dust settles on legal action, stick to "No Comment".
Equality of opportunity does not necessarily imply equality of outcome, however. This is a well-known, completely non-controversial fact.
I am 100% in favor of equality of opportunity. Not so much in favor of rigging things to get perfect equality of outcome because that inevitably means inequality of opportunity.
That was an interesting essay. Based on some of the reported reactions, I was expecting an alt-right anti-women screed. But the essay was IMO thoughtful and fairly well-considered. I don't necessarily agree with parts of it or even most of it, but I do think the motivations of the author were not harmful.
I should clarify that my answer above refers to banks and credit card companies. Bitcoin and Paypal are relatively unregulated. I do make Paypal payments, but I do not have a Paypal account and I always enter my credit card details each time and don't agree to let Paypal store the details.
Answer #1: Unsafe as hell. SItes are hacked all the time. Banks lose astounding amounts to computer fraud and never report them.
Answer #2: Pretty safe. What's protecting you is not fancy technology, but a legal framework that limits your liability in the event of fraud. This legal framework is essential; without it, the entire system would collapse.
The analogy of feminism to Nazism is inherently offensive. You know better, or you should.
I consider myself a feminist, and I define feminism as the believe that all people deserve equality of opportunity and freedom from harrassment, regardless of their gender.
Nazism was a nationalistic belief in a master race and the belief that all other races must be eradicated.
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How does that law apply to the WLU situation again? Connect the dots for us...
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Seriously. He's a mediocre software developer who got lucky. What on Earth does he know about education?
The public education system in the US sucks because there's no political will to make it not suck. No amount of fancy big data and technology will change that. When the Education Secretary in the US is an active opponent of the public school system, you've lost.
A PIN only has to provide defense over a small window. Once you realize the card is lost, you cancel it. I would want the protection a PIN would offer for those minutes or hours or even a couple of days.
But Europe and Canada and other countries have had chip-and-PIN for years. I can't remember the last time I actually had to sign a credit card slip.
After seeing Villeneuve's brilliant "Arrival" and having enjoyed the original Blade Runner, I had high hopes. They were dashed. Blade Runner 2049 is just too long. Hollywood, get over yourself. Very few stories are important enough to take 2h40m to tell. If your movie is longer than. 1h40m, you need to cut. Blade Runner 2049 was tedious as hell with completely undeveloped one-dimensional characters and unrelenting darkness without even a bit of humourous relief. Very disappointed.
I am the lead developer on a largish commercial spam-filtering product written mostly in Perl. The code is well-structured, readable, easy to modify and well-documented. So I do like Perl 5. As with any language, you have to be disciplined to write good software in it.
Having heard Larry Wall speak, I have to say he comes across as a slightly mad rambling scatterbrain. Hit talks are as much philosphy and theology as computer science, and that shit just bores the hell out of me.
From what I've seen of Perl 6 (admittedly this impression is a few years old) it's a complete mess. It's not only Larry's mad ramblings---it's the mad ramblings of hordes of Larry wannabees, resulting in a massively over-engineered too-clever-for-it's-own-good pile o' shite.
You are splitting hairs. It's the same principle: what gets used isn't what was checked.
Nothing but a venerable TOCTOU.
... but your pot cannot.
It's partly the fault of the devices. Facebook, Google et al employ psychologists whose single-minded goal is to make their sites more sticky and addictive. Just google "Facebook Addiction" to see many articles on this topic.
I found myself spending way too much time on Facebook, so I deleted my account for a while. Then I discovered a browser plugin called "F.B. Purify" that I configured to hide everything except status updates from those few friends I still followed. No shared videos, no "Jane liked this" or "Bob commented on that", no ads. It was a far less addictive experience and I spend maybe 15 minutes/day on Facebook, which is manageable.
Anyway, all of this is to say: Don't discount the addictive power of technology. It can stimulate your brain in similar ways to addictive drugs.
We're running out of vulnerable people for Trump to attack. Pretty soon he's going to come after regular folk instead of undesirables.
Fancy words, but you're wrong. The hypothesis Damore positing is "Biological differences account for some differences in job preferences or aptitude." He hasn't proven that.
I happen to think it's probably true, but that's a gut feeling and I have no way of proving it, nor do I know how much difference it actually makes compared to societal influences. Nobody can know that because it's simply impossible to control for one and vary the other.
Thanks for the businessinsider.com link. Everyone should read both Damore's original essay and the rebuttal and ignore all the breathless second-hand ranting about the issue.
OK, James, you've had your 15 minutes of fame. If you are instituting any sort of legal action against Google, though, it's time to shut up. Until the dust settles on legal action, stick to "No Comment".
It was very clear he was calling women subhuman and calling for their rape.
I'm not sure if you're serious or are just trolling, but if you are serious, please quote the portion of the essay that says the above.
I don't think you read the actual essay.
Equality of opportunity does not necessarily imply equality of outcome, however. This is a well-known, completely non-controversial fact.
I am 100% in favor of equality of opportunity. Not so much in favor of rigging things to get perfect equality of outcome because that inevitably means inequality of opportunity.
That is no Google engineer. That guy is Howard Wolowitz!
No, you are paranoid. The so-called mainstream media mostly gets things right, which is why it's mainstream. It occasionally gets things wrong.
That was an interesting essay. Based on some of the reported reactions, I was expecting an alt-right anti-women screed. But the essay was IMO thoughtful and fairly well-considered. I don't necessarily agree with parts of it or even most of it, but I do think the motivations of the author were not harmful.
I should clarify that my answer above refers to banks and credit card companies. Bitcoin and Paypal are relatively unregulated. I do make Paypal payments, but I do not have a Paypal account and I always enter my credit card details each time and don't agree to let Paypal store the details.
Answer #1: Unsafe as hell. SItes are hacked all the time. Banks lose astounding amounts to computer fraud and never report them.
Answer #2: Pretty safe. What's protecting you is not fancy technology, but a legal framework that limits your liability in the event of fraud. This legal framework is essential; without it, the entire system would collapse.
ugh... s/believe/belief/
I wish /. would let you edit comments.
The analogy of feminism to Nazism is inherently offensive. You know better, or you should.
I consider myself a feminist, and I define feminism as the believe that all people deserve equality of opportunity and freedom from harrassment, regardless of their gender.
Nazism was a nationalistic belief in a master race and the belief that all other races must be eradicated.