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I've used Uber a lot recently as it's just arrived here. The cars are either the same or better than taxis, the drivers tend to be friendlier, and they don't have loud music at all. My several anecdotes trump your one
In seriousness, that is what the rating system is for, to give passengers an avenue to pressure drivers to not be dirty, creepy, and annoying.
Yeah, I use it a lot too. Plenty of communities with interesting discussions going on. I don't get the "I had a bad day, sympathise with me" posts that I got sick of on facebook. Also, a lot of friends of mine use it, posting photos of what they've been doing on their travels, etc.
Bah. The argument was that there are security flaws that will be used as attacks if the code is on view of the public. It's the classic (meaningless) anti-open source argument. If the code was good then it wouldn't matter if it is viewed or not.
It's not a real argument, but I bet that opening it would expose many vulnerabilities. The code has never seen the outside world before, it's not hardened from experience like other engines.
This said, it's probably the most tested by exploit writers, so maybe it cancels out.
The batteries typically last for 6+ months at a time.
For the other two points, if you can't use a mouse, you have bigger problems than wired or wireless.
The main pro is that there is no cable to catch on the other crap that's on my desk. Also, I use the mouse left-handed, but usually games are set up with a right-handed configuration by default, so I just pick up the mouse and move it for those cases, without having to sort out a cable.
In a pinch, they double as a wireless presentation clicker too.
If it's any consolation, my stats for Civ 5 count towards linux
You're changing your point.
> and you Linux guys are all about the free?
Demonstrably not true.
AIUI, the Monument Valley stats are incredibly badly done. For example, me buying it, installing it on my phone, tablet, upgrading my phone and installing it there, and so on would count as one purchase and multiple installs, and so a large inaccurate piracy rate.
I am aware that the Linux market is small, but it does have steadily accelerating support from vendors.
Personally, I won't buy it if it doesn't run on Linux (or android depending on the game), as it would be a waste of money. But I'm a fairly small demographic in that respect.
Humble Bundle per-platform stats would disagree. Linux users tend to pay the most, followed by OSX users, with Windows users in the rear.
No Linux support? What is this? 2014?
It has happened, there used to be a site called (something like) jailbreakme that would escape the safari sandbox and jailbreak your iphone. In this case, you had to press a button to confirm, but I think that was simply politeness. I'd bet there were malicious uses of it in the wild too.
I guess everyone forgets about the internet archive sometimes:
No.
Also, you seem to have squandered all of your time at the current company you're at by not engaging in continual professional development to better yourself while working. You've been milking the job you've been working at without taking a real interest in the work you're doing, and without thinking of ways to better yourself or your company; and it appears that you have gotten what you deserved.
Leave Information Systems and change your career, everyone will be better off for it, including you. Go back to watching football, hanging out with your friends, and eating wings on Tuesday nights; the rest of us are working.
That won't solve everything. What happens if it explodes on the launchpad, or shoots off in the wrong direction?
Firefox on Android has got really good in the past year or so, I use it exclusively now. The only issue, and this rarely comes up, is that really heavy javascript sites can get sluggish.
As will the people who it risks landing on if it doesn't escape orbit for some reason.
God made the integers; all else is the work of Man. -- Kronecker
