Comment Re:I'm surprised they don't track you more (Score 1) 81
Same. I'm still going to use teams with the assumption that my boss can (but probably doesn't) read my messages.
Comment Work smarter not harder (Score 1) 99
Been maintaining the same code base for over 20 years. It's actually smaller now than when I started!
Comment Re:modern medicine fails again! (Score 1) 180
I have a deep down pain that never fully goes away. It's in my head I know but that doesn't make it less real. Most of the time it's just a distracting dull ache and I can live with it. Sometimes it flares up and consumes me and I have to work really really hard to hold my mask in place and struggle to be the person I know people expect to see. Sometimes I can't even do that and have to call in sick. Medication, therapy and loved ones help but only in a secondary way. They help me see that the world they occupy is the real world and the pain I feel isn't of their realm. It helps a lot if I'm being honest, but it's still only a distraction. In the end I know how far I will sink. I know where this pain lives. I don't know its name but it is the home I will someday fail to escape from.
Comment Re:An extremely difficult issue (Score 1) 752
I'm going exercise my freedom to be a dick for a moment... Youtube isn't a public square so you can just fuck right off with your stupid fucking opinions. Nobody has a right to have a Youtube channel. Crowder and the rest of his asshole friends are free to start their own streaming service or find one that is tolerant of their bigotry.
Comment Re:What is the most devices.... (Score 1) 113
Well, the one thing we know is it's NOT a phone.
Comment Re:Sad day (Score 1) 493
That was with beta software. The whole point of having people try your software early is to gather data on how it performs. Are you trying to spread FUD that they will insert code into projects or something?
Comment Re:What's the point? (Score 1) 168
WSL isn't virtualization.
Comment Re:I'm curious what the motivation is. (Score 1) 304
A lot of time it's just pictures or info on upcoming products though.
Comment I'm curious what the motivation is. (Score 1) 304
I don't understand why someone would risk leaking company secrets to the media. What do they have to gain?
Comment Dave Cuttler is getting up there (Score 1) 115
He started working with computers in 1965. Still doing OS development with the XBOX team. I'll hopefully have his longevity but I know I won't have the impact his career has had.
Don't Keep Cellphones Next To Your Body, California Health Department Warns (techcrunch.com) 344
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a warning against the hazards of cellphone radiation this week. They are asking people to decrease their use of these devices and suggest keeping your distance when possible. TechCrunch reports: The warning comes after findings were offered up this week from a 2009 department document, which was published after an order from the Sacramento Superior Court. A year ago, UC Berkeley professor Joel Moskowitz initiated a lawsuit to get the department to release the findings after he started looking into whether mobile phone use increased the risk of tumors. A draft of the document was released in March, but the final release is more extensive.
According to the Federal Communication Commission's website, there is no national standard developed for safety limits. However, the agency requires cell phone manufacturers to ensure all phones comply with "objective limits for safe exposure." The CDPH recommends not keeping your phone in your pocket, not putting it up to your ear for a prolonged amount of time, keeping use low if there are two bars or less, not sleeping near it at night and to be aware that if you are in a fast-moving car, bus or train, your phone will emit more RF energy to maintain the connection.
According to the Federal Communication Commission's website, there is no national standard developed for safety limits. However, the agency requires cell phone manufacturers to ensure all phones comply with "objective limits for safe exposure." The CDPH recommends not keeping your phone in your pocket, not putting it up to your ear for a prolonged amount of time, keeping use low if there are two bars or less, not sleeping near it at night and to be aware that if you are in a fast-moving car, bus or train, your phone will emit more RF energy to maintain the connection.
Comment Worth it! (Score 1) 68
I didn't buy *anything* for any of my deadbeat relatives. I just bought a bunch of stuff that will keep me amused for a few weeks. Money well spent imo.
Comment Thinkpad (Score 2) 300
Even as the trend to reduce key travel has continued the Thinkpad keyboards still feel great.
CBS To Reboot 'The Twilight Zone' (hollywoodreporter.com) 125
phalse phace writes: During CBS's Thursday evenings conference call for their 3rd quarter earnings, CEO Leslie Moonves revealed that CBS was planning to reboot the classic fantasy science-fiction television series "The Twilight Zone." According to the Hollywood Reporter, "the show hails from Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw banner, with Marco Ramirez set to pen the script and serve as showrunner." This wouldn't be the first time CBS has brought the show back. "The network revived the series in the 1980s that ran for three seasons and again in 2002 for a season on UPN with host Forest Whitaker. The franchise has also been licensed to a new stage play set to premiere in December at the Almeida Theatre in London and run through January. The original series won three Emmys during its 156-episode run and explored topics including humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices."
Comment Re:Shorts (Score 1) 101
I get your point but I stand by mine as well. The Surface is a successful niche that has spawned competitors in the market. It competes more with other laptops more so than iPads but it's still a tablet so it makes sense that it would have a full OS. They hopefully learned from WinRT that people don't want a stripped down windows.
Slashdot Top Deals
"Nuclear war would really set back cable." - Ted Turner
