I wear the same clothes at home as I did at work.. Always very casual. Shorts and a t-shirt in the summer with running shoes.

I'm a regular developer and I miss the office. I liked having a clear division between home and work. I liked having a place where my kids aren't (I like my kids but they can be very disruptive, especially when everything outside of the home is closed). I liked physically seeing my co-workers and talking to them. And I also liked being able to go into a room together to whiteboard ideas -- I know we can do this virtually but it's really not the same.

I even miss the 20 minute commute to work where I could sort of tune out and get into / out of the work mentality before / after work.

So yea, I don't think everyone loves working from home. Ideally I'd work from home 1-2 days a week, which is exactly what I was doing before COVID-19... More than that is hard for me. I miss the office.

Stonks only go up, didn't you get the memo?

I believe it is being rolled out via Windows Update, so you should get it shortly if it isn't there already as per this site and Microsoft's news release last year.

I have SmartThings and use Z-Wave including a Z-Wave thermostat which control AC, window blinds, vents and whatever else I want (locks, lights etc.) smartly. It has a nice UI control mechanism on the phone, although you can go deeper with automation, even so far as programming against it if you really want.

So that is not a good argument, since the only thing you have added is the 'speech' portion, but ST supports that as well (I just don't use it).

Since the news and weather are already free without cable subscription (have you never been to any website?), I still don't see any benefit other than being able to ask what you want with your voice instead of typing it in (or using Google voice keyboard, Siri or Google Assistant if you are really determined to speak instead of type) except it being a speaker. But I'm guessing you could just get a regular speaker for much cheaper.

How is that just not a phone then? Why not just use your phone and use Siri or Google or whatever if you want to chat with your device?

Maybe I'm getting old, but I really don't understand the benefit of these devices. If I'm going to check the weather for example, I'd much rather see it in a graphical format that the web and app's provide which allows me to see exactly what the next 5 days will be in terms high / low, % chance of precip and amount etc.

If I'm going to check the news or search for something, I'd much rather visually see all the articles and scan them quickly then have it read out to me.

So what exactly is the benefit of these devices? Why are people using them? I am confused.

I don't think you read the article. Outlook is not showing these ads, it's their free 'Mail' app which uses IMAP to connect to a variety of mail providers.

If the user has an Office 365 subscription then they don't show the ads in 'Mail' either. I still disagree with them doing it, but at least get the facts straight.

The link to see it is the very first like in the summary, the 'announced' link: https://blog.documentfoundatio...

There are 4 screenshots of what MUFFIN is, and it appears to basically be 4 types of toolbars, one of which is essentially a ribbon. This isn't really anything revolutionary, they just made up a stupid word to describe maintaining 4 types of UIs for people.

Honest, this is why Linux can't have nice things. Yea I know many people hate the MS ribbon-style stuff, or the OSX menus, but at least it's consistent (for the apps made by the same developers following the rules) and easy to maintain. I can guarantee that this MUFFIN approach will just result in 4 quasi-usable scenarios, each with bugs, rather than 1 well tested scenario that 80% of people like.

I'm sort of curious how these videos do not violate the YouTube TOS. Isn't this hate speech?

As per the recent article: https://mobile.slashdot.org/st..., there is also a recall on the iPhone 6S due to a battery hardware failure which causes the phone to shut off anywhere between 5-40%. I just swapped the battery on mine through their recall program and it fixed it.

I own an iPhone 6S (among other phones), and this exact issue happened to me (and my phone is within the serial numbers posted above). What's really fucking irritating is that it started only 8 months after I got the phone. I immediately contacted Apple online support who ran a "diagnostic" through iTunes and said everything was perfect, followed by several trips to the "genius bar" where they said everything is fine and unless it shuts off above 80% (it was shutting off at 40%) there's nothing they can do.

This has been going on all of this year, and I continually tell them there must be a hardware issue since it's significantly worse in cold weather, however the latest word they gave to me was "Apple is aware that there is a small software glitch that will be fixed shortly for this issue."

Then, suddenly today, they admit this is a hardware defect and my serial number is included. Are you fucking kidding me? I cannot believe the disrespect this company has for their clients, and I can't wait to never buy any of their products again. I'll stick to my Nexus 6P.

Yea, I take issue that you seem to suggest that 99% of those requiring photoshop / illustrators are not professionals. In fact, I'd argue that the MAJORITY of those who require these tools ARE graphic artists. It's only the few hobby-ists with a DSLR that can get away using Gimp and Light studio or whatever.

The fact that you truly believe that "99%" of those requiring these tools don't need it is the very core of my issue: you're just making shit up in your mind to wrap reality to how you see it, to make Linux seem acceptable to the masses (99%). Anecdotally in your circle of Linux-friends I'm sure they can get away with Gimp; and I also bet not one of them is a professional graphic artist.