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Comment Don't do it! (Score 2) 35

Fingerprints all over your screen? Gross!

Actually I have two PC laptops with touchscreens. I disabled them when I moved to Linux because they are not useful to me and it's too easy to bump them when closing the lid. (and on Linux there was a bug where the touch screen was still active when using an external display - sending your mouse cursor screaming all over the desktop)

Comment Re:Why have a career (Score 1) 78

If you don't have to split the house with siblings, people can and do live with their parents until their parents die. And then you end up in a situation that my family is in. The family house is being lived in by one member who can't afford to even pay the electric bill, let alone the taxes. And we end up trying to keep the house from being taken by paying her bills, without the a path to evict her.

As for people realizing college or vocation training is necessary for the standard of living they want to achieve. They are also too old to do it easily. And are disappointed that they will be starting at the bottom rung in their career at age 30 or 40.

We are going to let a lot of people make bad decisions in life that is going to indirectly impact our labor force decades from now. I'm not saying people should be forced to go to college or anything. But we should be making it the easiest decision of their life, and discouraging stupid behavior whenever possible.

Comment Why have a career (Score 1) 78

When you can invest in crypto or be an influence?

The new generation views corporate jobs as a dead end. There is no loyalty from the company. There is no stability in any industry. So why should they be expected to invest in a specialized education that is going to be worthless in 5 or 10 years?

Comment Re: It's going the way of RS232 (Score 1) 240

I'm aware of the HP ProDesk having them on some of their SFF systems that are also targeted to the POS industry. Recent models make it an optional ad-on but it's simply a DD9 connector and a mounting bracket, the rs232 is available on header on the motherboard.

I used to depend on RS232 for my embedded work, but we made an in-house debug board that has JTAG and two FTDI serial chips and a remote control and remote power-on. So now we can write a script that holds the VolUp button while resetting the board, which has made automated testing and development way easier.

Comment Quarterly reports serve small investors better (Score 4, Insightful) 109

But if you are a billionaire you don't really care about the regular reports of publicly traded companies. Because you can already get information outside of the quarterly cycle.

These sorts of changes will slam the middle class and drain away their 401K retirement. But that's always been part of his plan.

Comment It's going the way of RS232 (Score 1) 240

We still use RS232 in the real world, although typically on DD9 instead of the old DB25 connector. But you won't find a consumer desktop or laptop made in the last 20 years with the port built in. You can expect USB-C connectors to replace USB-A connectors in mainstream use and they will disappear from most product lines. We'll always have a few old devices kicking around with the old connectors, I have a lot of audio gear that has USB type B connectors, but these problems will be solved by selling us cables not by including them on your laptop.

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