warrenm

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1. 541.▲
   by warrenm 3y ago

   >Bug fixes are part of making the thing you bought closer to what was advertised, so it's part of the initial purchase Says who , exactly? Why should bug fixes be included? If they should, for how long should they?
2. 542.▲
   by warrenm 3y ago

   You already don't "own" software You own a license to use software
3. 543.▲
   by warrenm 3y ago

   >Outside of security updates, which should never be charged for Why shouldn't you be charged for for security updates?
4. 544.▲
   by warrenm 3y ago

   >I refuse to pay a subscription for an OS, that should be pay once and be done paying. Sure But don't expect to get any updates to what you paid for - after all, updates are no longer the same OS
5. 545.▲
   by warrenm 3y ago

   only if you're an SMB enterprise rigs normally come blank, and get imaged in-house from corporate standard image masters (and against corporate licensing)
6. 546.▲
   by warrenm 3y ago

   I used to have one of these (basically - albeit with the buttons in a different order) from Radio Shack when I was a kid in the 80s
7. 547.▲
   by warrenm 3y ago

   >The very point of a system being intelligent is that it will figure things out on its own which both means that you don't need to program it (provide a very detailed and strict set of instructions) and you won't be able to pro
8. 548.▲
   by warrenm 3y ago

   >"Constraints are continuously respected by the AI and can be used to synchronize state and behavior" That seems a rather ... grandiose claim, does it not?
9. 549.▲
   by warrenm 3y ago

   do you mean native resolution? Or supported resolution? They're not the same, after all :) but to the main thrust of the question ... why would I want to "code on a portable projector" ... when I have a great screen on my
10. 550.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    Always intrigued to learn of other cultures' mythologies
11. 551.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    if so, it makes perfect sense - pretty much all enterprise OSes arev "subscription-based" in some form
12. 552.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    I pace, too .. but not if I'm using a desktop - only when on the phone (and occasionally) with a laptop
13. 553.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    cool nice to know it still exists :)
14. 554.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    so ... what "needless features" do you see?
15. 555.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    >run the cable under your shirt; that should leave little-to-no exposed cable to snag on things ...except your shirt when you take your phone out of your pocket to change what's playing, answer a message, etc :|
16. 556.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    Holy color schemes, Batman!
17. 557.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    Define "needless features" One man's "needless feature" is another man's "can't-live-without-it functionality"
18. 558.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    And that is incredibly inefficient Qi charging for smartphones is not especially efficient (handy - and the inefficiencies don't much matter on such a small scale, but it's still not that great) Doing it for something rolling do
19. 559.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    I didn't realize btrfs was still around I haven't seen anything but ext4 or xfs in over a decade
20. 560.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    I hate cabled headphones on a portable device Physically tethering to something designed to be slipped into a pocket, put in case, set down on the table while I walk around, etc is stupid Physically tethering to a stationary object (that yo
21. 561.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    - If you have a hotspot, you don't need a "router" - you have it with said hotspot - most people don't want (or need) a manual transmission - automatics are just plain better (as much fun as driving a manual can be, fo
22. 562.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    >Vehicles should be fully autonomous. They should not need to drag their fuel around but rather have electricity supplied wirelessly. Wireless electricity? Been reading some of those nutty Tesla books again? He was brilliant .. but not
23. 563.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    Better question: should "every employee" be a "developer" (or, even more loosely, a "coder")? Why or why not?
24. 564.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    Not so much "about cars" - but how gov't regs effectively prevent smaller, more efficient vehicles from being made now
25. 565.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    and here I was expecting stunning photography of concrete before the walls go up
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    by warrenm 3y ago

    Here are a few of mine: Flatland by Edwin Abbott - if it doesn't break your brain thinking about seeing in shadows of reality, and never being able to all of anything at once, you need to read it again A Brief History of Time by St
27. 567.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    Trying to "suddenly" update something that's years out of date to a current[ish] version is always fraught with weirdly closeted skeletons At this point, I'd probably do - mysqldump of each site - mysql import them on
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    by warrenm 3y ago

    I recognize it's not sportsmanship - I'm merely relaying who I know that uses them and why ;) Hence suggesting it may work for you
29. 569.▲
    by warrenm 3y ago

    Might a bone-conduction headset work for you? Something like this, perhaps - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BVXT8TJ ? (That's merely one example - I know several folks that use similar headphones when biking or runni
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    Dragon's Teeth(en.wikipedia.org)

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