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That doesn't even bring up the fact that I cannot select a volume for some videos while watching from my PC. It's either muted or fully on. Not only should there be a volume - but the volume you previously selected should be automatically selected when you start the next video (reddit, youtube do this).
About three years ago, I switched to a developer role at my work, and then a lead developer not too long after that. I didn't land my dream job because my coding was so good. It was because of my underlying understanding of what we actually do and how the network stuff actually works, coupled with the minimal fact that I also know how to code that was ultimately responsible.
>>People back home have asked me for updates from 'ahead of the curve' in China so here is today's: China has added USA to the list of mandatory quarantines. My friend just arrived yesterday to Shanghai from the Bay Area and was taken from the airport to a testing facility and was then put under a 14-day quarantine at his apartment in Shanghai (even though he tested negative). Meanwhile, those of us out of quarantine are free to move around the city with our green cards. And many are indeed choosing to do so while still observing social distancing. Infection rates are way down all across China.
He goes on to say the following in two of his responses below...
In regards to how long
>>China was worst around early February. So I'd guess at least a month to get over the hump.
In regards to a 2nd outbreak coming
>>Have not heard that at all. I wouldn't say it's 'relaxed' more like 'beginning to relax a bit'
That's all I got from the ground.
He says they are not completely relaxed in public, but getting there. They still observe social distancing. But from his understanding, infection rates are way down all around China.
The difference between using an application that prompts "make this default?" and a specifically targeted ad showing up on your start menu is that the user used the application that threw the prompt...That might actually be helpful.
The fact is, if Microsoft wants me to switch to Edge, they need to tell me the benefits. A chart will do fine comparing it to other common options. I don't need a targeted ad that proves they know and keep track of what browser I'm actually using. That's literally ridiculous.
I feel like most people's browser of choice is chosen for reasons specific to their needs. For example: I think that Firefox gives me a bit of additional privacy. I think that Safari gives me that additional privacy as well. Some people may feel like Chrome just works. Some people just use what came with their OS.
When I do front end work, I tend to always test it in Chrome first. Their devtools make that part of my job (quickly finding issues with the frontend) a lot easier. Once it works in Chrome, I'm sure that the code is working, and any problems I encounter will just require browser-specific tweaks.
Anyway, long story short...I think that Microsoft really needs to pick something that Edge is best at if they want people to have a reason to use it (PS loading a highly browser-optimized page some number of milliseconds faster than the competition just doesn't do it for me, personally). Their niche has always just kind of been "well it's what comes with the OS" - and that's a fine way to get a userbase for sure. I'm not faulting them - but if that's their intended userbase, then I feel like they're putting a lot of effort into this whole browser game.
I guess at the end of the day, I don't trust IE or Edge or Chrome for my every day use. Whether that's poorly placed mistrust or not, I'm uncertain. But in either event, that's how I feel.
The trucks were equipped with some type of an emergency throw should that situation ever arise. We never had to use it in my time there.
We're talking about an industry that in 2014 included about 600 million units [0] - times maybe 4 USB ports per unit, and we're nearing 2.4 billion USB ports. That money adds up fast.
[0] - https://www.statista.com/statistics/272595/global-shipments-...
I won't go into details, but suffice to say, either we got her into the nursing home at the exact right time where she absolutely needed it, or they started over-medicating her right away. Once she stepped foot through those doors, she was never the same again.
Her admittance coincided with the hospitalization and subsequent death of my Grandpa, who was her primary caregiver at the age of 92 (WWII veteran and atomic engineer, btw - smartest guy I ever knew).
Long story short, we started off getting them a two-person room where they were supposed to reunite once my Grandpa was checked out (a room which my Grandpa never made it to). Within a month, we had to move her into a one-person room. She never put two and two together (they were married for 70 years). I was the only person she recognized.
But she was never the same again once she checked in. And it was immediate.
It took me quite a while to find a laptop I'm completely happy with. I ended up with a (late-2019) Razer Blade Stealth (with gtx1650). I do run the internal screen at 1080p (at 100%) and I couldn't imagine running it at 4k. My older 13" macbook has higher resolution, but you end up having to scale it anyway (In reality, I think it's actually doubled, then scaled back). On a 13", a good quality 1080p screen (to me) is the way to go - anything higher needs scaled.
A good example of this is: Reflection Workspace vs Putty
I know which one i'd choose (between the two, assuming cygwin wasn't an option). There absolutely is such a thing as too much. Although with Putty, I'd never complain about its simplicity -- it has just enough.
Just google the user docs for "Reflection Workspace" if you've never used it. Maybe there are more uses to it, but for the work place I mentioned above, it was 100% just a means of connecting with ssh.
Then dateutil calls the code in jeilyfish.
That line at the end made me smile.
Really nails my childhood and my life - and explains why I am where I am in life.
It was never enough for me to take something (anything) for granted - I had to know how it did what it did. Whether that be by taking something apart, reading a design sheet, rebuilding something, writing code, whatever, I had to figure it out. This applies to anything from a gas pedal in my vehicle to a mechanical pencil or power lines, a module in programming, etc...
I can pick out those who share this trait from people around me at work and in life - it all makes so much more sense now.
I think the headaches (for me) result from pressure (clamping force), not necessarily the noise-cancelling. The Sony's and the Bose were both light enough that there isn't much of a clamping force from left to right on my head. I do not get a headache from the Sony's and did not from the Bose either.
Shortly after, I returned them and got Sony WH-XB900N -- after reading many reviews on both headsets. They are also lightweight, do not give me a headache, and were easy to set up / pair. The bass in them is amazing. If I'm ever distracted, throw them on, turn on some dubstep and just feel the music. It's a totally different experience. I feel much more immersed in the sound with them.
I should say that prior to purchasing either of the above, I only used the stock earbuds that come with the iphones. They weren't so compatible with the shape of my ear canal though, and my ears would start to hurt around the 30 minute mark.
I do see your point. This is easier to envision on a smaller scale in production, however. In theory, if it works for a small vessel, it should also work for a larger one. Although I don't see large sea-bearing vessels changing any time soon.
Either way, innovation is cool...and it always starts somewhere.
At work, we use a paid certificate that is good for a longer period of time (normally a year). So that's one benefit to paying, I suppose.
As far as encryption technologies and security, the traffic encrypted by a lets encrypt cert is just as secure as the traffic secured by a paid-for CA signed cert.
I can certainly see valid use cases where a user would prefer one over the other. Not sure anyone would prefer all three to be turned on, however, which appears to be similar to what the author opted for.
Personally, I couldn't imagine getting notifications for everything.
I have my emails set up to just display a number on the icon. Some other semi-important apps similarly. But a text message is important - so that goes off. Wife could have a flat tire or need a quick answer (arguably a flat tire on the side of the road justifies a call, but who knows these days).
I guess my main thing is that if my phone goes off in my pocket, I want to make sure I'm pulling it out for, at least what could be, a justifiable reason - and not because someone replied to something that I said on Facebook earlier this morning.
https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/irules-concepts-tcl-the...
My commits are usually short and sweet - to the point. I document my code very well, however.
One of my strengths in a previous life as a Master Automobile Technician was the ability to document the entire process -- from duplication of a concern, to troubleshooting, to correction, to verification...it's literally how I got paid (which I never understood why so many automotive techs took short cuts while documenting, especially for warranty concerns where you deserve to be paid (by the manufacturer) for everything you did that was necessary to fix the concern the first time).
I could be mistaken (life-long coder, former network engineer / architect for nearly a decade, but I'm currently in my first-ever role as an actual backend developer). I think I was told to keep commits to one line unless absolutely necessary. I'll have to bring this up though. I like the idea of searching through the git logs for specifics, as opposed to having outlook search through the git commits for actual pieces of code changed, or error codes which might not actually be there.
In either event, at least more descriptive, yet still short, messages such as what strictfp suggested "Replace invalid ASCII char. Fixes rake error 'invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII" Although I really like having some reasoning and logic - or how/why in those easily-searchable logs as well.
I think some people remember everything and some people don't (although we're all probably roughly similar logically). I have a hard time remembering what I ate for lunch yesterday - that's why I count on good documentation to function as efficiently as possible in the future. I've worked with people who have an absolute uncanny ability to remember 'stuff'. That's impressive, but I do not have that ability myself.