This might make me sound like an old fogey, but I wonder if this has to do with call quality and user experience.

I grew up with landlines. I remember cellphones coming into prominence and I remember how annoying it was to talk on them. The calls would get dropped, the audio quality was bad, and worst of all, the latency was terrible.

Over time networks seem to have become more reliable, and the audio quality has gotten better, but all cell calls still seem to have a latency issue. This makes them feel disjunct, unpleasant, and unnatural. That's why I prefer texting.

Since so few people use landlines nowadays, I wonder if most people don't consciously notice this latency anymore. It could be that although they don't notice the latency they still perceive the discomfort it creates.

It would be interesting to run an experiment to see if people, when forced to use landlines, actually preferred them.

I'm jet lagged and haven't had breakfast yet... so forgive me if the above post is complete gibberish.

Hear hear.

I've been alternating between working for 1-2 years and then taking a sabbatical for 1-2 years for a while now and it's great. I can afford this because I don't have any debt. I don't have any debt because I don't own a house, a car, or any other luxuries. I live very frugally. I've chosen this lifestyle because typically after about 18 months in the workplace my mental health suffers.

I'm not suggesting the entire world adopts this approach, I'm just saying this it what works for me.

Now, I'm a software engineer so when I work it pays well. This allows me to have a 50/50 work/sabbatical balance. But, I often wonder if other careers could swing this as well but with a different ratio. I believe the key is not living beyond your means.

I'm fortunate in that, where I live, I can get by without a car or a house. However, where I grew up (North America) this just isn't possible. In order to be part of the workforce you often need a very expensive minimum set of equipment. You can't get to work without a car. There is no affordable lodging near work.

So, in addition to changing the length of the typical workweek, I think we should also be changing how people access work.

This isn't the 50s anymore. Houses and cars aren't cheap anymore.

You have the charm and tact of a slashdot reader.

Look again?

VS has gone from painful to wonderful in the last 12 years. It's gotten so good that you can even get by without 3rd party productivity add-ons like Resharper.

I understand you might prefer an other IDE, but saying VS is a "horrible mess" is just false.

I bought one, and for about half the price of an iPhone.

Here's a question for you. Do you think Windows Mobile (the pre-WP7 stuff) would still be around today if MS hadn't killed it? Would it really have been able to compete?

If by "dickish" you mean "anti-consumer" then I agree.

But why the Windows Phone hate? As somebody not interested in the hyper-configurability of Android or even in apps, I loved WP! It was solid and convenient.

I've got the uncomfortable fact that nobody owes you anything and that you'll just have to deal with the reality of your situation.

Good ol' Darwinism.

lol, good luck.

That's got to be one of the most awkward tools for breaking a window.

You'd be better off resting the metal bars from the headrest against the glass and kicking it in.

Lemon. Party of 3.

This sounds like it'll only work if they also ban Cert Pinning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

I'd MOD UP if I had the points.

I came here to say exactly the same thing, but no need as you've already done a better job than I would have.

Cheers.

This post reads as:

"The thing I want doesn't do everything I want, but I can't be bothered to actually define what it is I actually want."

Well, put some effort into it. How are we supposed to know how to satisfy you if you don't even know what you want?

This shows such a lack of effort that I'm amazed you even managed to get your question posted on slashdot.

Actually, I got it wrong. The article wasn't talking about the "bare metal" storage mechanisms our brains use. Oh well.