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okay ?

I'm not using Bluetooth on my Linux PCs, so I can't comment on this.

The last audio problems I had with Linux was more than 6 years ago when I was using Ubuntu - it configured my soundcard on the PC wrong, was easily fixed. I am using Arch Linux in the last years and didn't have a problem with sound card drivers at all. Recording 16 tracks at the same time, mixing and using the HDMI or the analog Output on my media pc.

Which audio cards do you mean exactly ?

I'm pretty happy with most of the newer USB audio interfaces, as they happen to be more and more class compliant, so you don't need a seperate driver for it. I'm using the Presonus AudioBox 1818. It works fine with Linux, but I can't use the internal mixing engine. Would be fine if that worked, but is not that important for me.

What I really like about Linux drivers is that if they work, they won't get obsolete so quickly. I've had more luck with old supported hardware on Linux than on newer Windows versions. I also don't miss all the crapware that comes with some Windows drivers. I am looking at you Nvidia - I just want my monitor to work, I don't need 10 tools for my third monitor.

LXDE has some really "interesting" window borders. Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder.

for me the biggest advantage is working in my own repository and then pushing the changes upstream. I can develop features independent of other features. If there is a bug I can fix it, merge it into the productive branch and carry on working on other features.

I know that many people don't like it, but I can fix up commits in my local repository and push the change upstream in one.

With SVN I wasn't able to do this, so it was a big pain if you had to fix a bug if you were in the middle of a big feature, or if you had an experimental feature you wanted to clean up and release a month later.

>we now have close to half a century of evidence that no human currently living can use C safely How many operating systems are written in C ? How many of the more mainstream operating systems are written in other languages ?

You're right that C is the wrong tool for a lot of applications. But if you need total control and speed and power it still works for many projects.

I really like modifying commits (as long as they are not pushed) - but I know that this is quite a controversial topic.

For one of our biggest projects branches in SVN didn't work at all.

We have multiple production, test and development branches and merge branches (features) from one branch to the other (development -> testing -> production). Sometimes we cherry pick a single commit to another branch.

In those days SVN wasn't so flexibel with branches as we wanted to (or we didn't understand it enough), so our workflow was much more rigid.

I've been using Subversion since 10 years or so and I've changed completely to Git, so I've got experience with it.

For me Git was really a much needed upgrade to subversion. Working with branches (testing and production, we even have some repositories with multiple testing and production branches) are working like they are supposed to do. Changing commits (oops - I forgot to add one file) before pushing them to the repository for the other users is another big advantage. Working on multiple features in parallel - I couldn't do that with Subversion.

We've nearly completely eliminated the "handcrafted" local copies with multiple half finished features since changing to Git.

And if you want to use Git as a Subversion alternative you can use it in this mode too - altough you are missing out on some good new features.

I don't want to change back to Subversion.

The only disadvantage is that SourceTree (the GUI tool we are using) is a pretty lame duck in Windows. But the command line is excellent.

What are the superior foes in your opinion ?

I don't know any of the other distributed version control systems. The only other version control system I have much (too much) experience with is Subversion and it can't hold a candle against Git.

In my opinion Git is the C language of version control systems. If you are careless it's not the tool for you. Otherwise you have a really great tool with lots of power.

swinging shouldn't be a problem if you are doing the russian swing (maximum shoulder height).

For the more advanced exercises military press, snatch and clean and jerk you need a room where you can stand up with your hands straight above your head.

I am training outside the whole year, but it doesn't get extremely cold here in winter -5° to -10° Celsius is pretty much the minimum. But I am under a roof and so it works for me (but I have to store the Kettlebells indoor so the handles are warm).

How about Kettlebell training ?

It can be done easily in your home (if you have some space) and you can do great full body workouts. I was pretty much out of shape when I've started it two years ago and now I feel great.

The people over at the Kettlebell subreddit are quite helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/kettlebell

The FAQs show some good starting points https://www.reddit.com/r/kettlebell/wiki/index

Maybe this is something for you. Altough some people around Pavel (and Strongfirst) can come off a little bit cult-ish, but I don't think that it is too bad.

I think its strange comparing languages and then saying that the point doesn't stand because code guidelines of companies don't support the more compact version.

I don't like the version without brackets, but I don't think it would make the code less compact if you'd add brackets.

Compared to what languages ?

I always thought of C# as the improved, less verbous Java. I wouldn't compare it with Python or other dynamic languages, but I prefer it to most compiled languages (especially at the times it was created)

Yes - this doesn't help at all.

Hopefully it's better than their own calendar app they install on their Android phones.

My sister was missing the "task" view in the calendar app. Found out that this is Huawei's abysmal own calender - it worked in the Google calendar.

A friend of mine (using a Huawei Android phone too) had problems to view multiple calendars at once. The solution was to install Google calendar on the phone.

So I'm not too thrilled with their Android apps.

>Teenage girls trying to get birth control are told they are irresponsible or are sluts

I'm not from the US nor am I a woman.. but if this happens you should really change your doctor. I don't think that this would be legal / acceptable anywhere in the world.

well you tactic doesn't work that well in Austria. The peer pressure for slow people is noticeable (especially during busy times).

But that's one of the things I like about that. You take a cart - put everything in the cart and pack it into your boxes / bags afterwards and don't waste everybodies time. But this may be a very German thing to do.

my mother still says they were much faster.

But I think Aldi had a smaller varierty of products back in those days too.

What would be your alternative ? You think that people look better in working casuals ? Suits ? From your comment I would suppose that you are living in the US.

I personally wear jeans pretty much exclusively and have no problem with it. I prefer and search for heavy jeans.

In my opinion people always look better in fitting clothes. If they are wearing unfitting jeans, they are going to look bad in it. If they are wearing unfitting suits, they gonna look bad in it. If they wear fitting clothes nearly everything works.

Many years back I've worked with an American company (I am from Europe) and they really didn't like us wearing jeans all the time (a totally normal thing to do in Europe where I am living). They said it didn't look professionel enough if you aren't wearing working casuals.

..and I will happily not use iTunes at all. A music player unable to play FLAC (a free codec) that was released 14 years ago.

A nice operating system with a bad media player.

Another vote for lollypop. I'm not keen on the last update (moving the great album view in a hover menu) but other than that it does nearly everything I need from a media player. The only thing missing for me would be an integrated tag editor.

I'd say not too good. This reminds me of the death of Cliff Burton (the first bassist of Metallica): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Burton#Death

Same here in Austria

Well you forgot the region code problem the DVD had. At least in the beginning it was really hard to get around this. It's definitely easier if you were in region 1 and only wanted to watch content for this. But in the beginning it was pretty hard to get around that if you were living somewhere else.

I've bought a region 1 DVD (beeing in a region 2 land) and had to reflash my DVD drive to play this DVD. And don't get me started on store bought DVDs which were in English and German, but if you wanted to watch the English version you had to watch it with subtitles.

Yeah this is really funny. Somewhere in this thread somebody said that he finds the 3s design superior to the Model S and that he really likes the Porsche Panamera. My taste in cars is completely the opposite.

But I don't care too much about asthetics in cars, I value practical considerations much higher.

different strokes for different folks.

Can't stand the front. Looks more like a Toyota than like a "premium car". But I don't like the Porsche Panamera too. I don't think we have the same taste in cars.

Austria - ORF(Austrian Broadcast Station) teletext: http://teletext.orf.at/

Here a link to the ORF(Austrian Broadcast Station) teletext: http://teletext.orf.at/

I don't like it, I prefer more thorough news. For me the problem with reading news is not that the writers are writing too long winded, but that they don't give you enough background information.

I leave you a link to the urban dictionary item for this term: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=giving+head

I guess having more comments is improving their perceived credibility. It is much easier to add fake reviews in this way too. So it is a win for Amazon and it is a win for their suppliers / producers, until it backfires.

My thoughts were exactly the opposite when reading these comments. It was more like "Amazon should really stop people commenting on articles they didn't buy". Those comments are getting old pretty quickly.