Oh good grief. 15 years after the DotCon implosion, when industry leaders and Congress responded to the collapse in tech employment by ramping up H-1b guest worker visas, we're supposed to believe this is news?

> Would you buy those 15k's new today? What usage pattern would favor 15k's vs ssd's?

Anything that keeps the drive fairly busy writing. Our particular application is backups. Our backup servers write pretty much constantly. SSDs might last a couple of years, they might not.

DVRs for security cameras are another example application that writes pretty much constantly, so again HDDs are a better fit.

On the other hand, SSDs are a much better fit for most laptops, where you want fast boot and physical durability. Each is the right tool for certain applications.

We've been doing renewables and efficiency for almost 50 years. How much longer till we can reach that goal?

Yes, i said it. We are close to the limits of renewables and efficiency. Unless there is a major discovery, we will only see minor improvements that will likely be outpaced by population growth and lifestyle improvements with poorer people. I think progress will outpace the efforts.

I believe quotes require that exact phrase, in order. Traditionally, that is useful for multiple-word phrases. Since Google will by default include synonyms, quotes (exact phrase) can also be useful to avoid synonyms with even a single word quoted.

The plus sign appears to still require a specific word, as it always has. This is most useful when you want to search for what appears to be an unimportant word like "the" or you have many search terms and some terms are most important.

That usage is mentioned in the documentation:
https://support.google.com/web...

However, testing out a few queries, it seems to still work the same as it has for 20 years - requiring a term.

And Farage as a far right pratt

Not just internet companies but the postal service and telephone providers. Things get worse, plots have been discussed in renal houses, hotel rooms, and cafes. CAn you imagine all these people allowing a safe haven, not to mention the paper and pen manufacturers that allow themn to write messages, the food producers that nourish them and the highways agency allowing them to drive to destinations.

That idea kind of wrong, too. For maintenance tasks, more than once I've sat down and fixed code without ever having seen the language before, sometimes without bothering to check which language it is. A decent programmer isn't going to have to much trouble maintaining any reasonable language. For example, a fence post error is a fence post error in any language, and the fix is always the same - use the value one less.

Use a plus sign in front of the yerm you want to require. For example, search for "iteration +R"

> looks absolutely gorgeous, but it's inefficient and not remotely fit for purpose.

Exactly the criteria for winning a design award. You might enjoy The Design of Everyday Things, a great book.

Nut then so was google talk. It seems like a like-for-like replacement

I agree that there is no criminal case, but it should not be the end of story. I have a feeling that though no crime was committed the police should expect a higher standard from officers and I would hope an internal investigation followed by either disciplinary action or training as appropriate will now follow.

... introducing the Apple iCar.

OK, just for you, Here's What Your Cat Could Look Like In 2030.

They likely waited to both allow the police to set up and for the weather to degrade a bit hoping less protesters would suffer the elements.

Of course i'm wondering why this is even on slashdot.