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The thing about Windows is it doesn't get out of way and let you work. It constantly badgers you like some bad 90's shareware. And this doesn't surprise me. What does surprise me, is people accept it.
I guess it no different that eating crappy fast food everyday for lunch or dinner.
I don't even care at this point. I used to advocate for Firefox and Chrome on Windows platform but it just seems silly to try to force Microsoft's hand to make their platform neutral to competitors. It's like walking into a Ford Dealership wanting them to support Toyota Trucks. The better choice is to leave Windows. Mac, Chromebook and Linux a all very good options.
Steam is the best thing to happen to gaming. My library is always updated. I'm able to play most of my catalog of games on Windows, Linux and here soon on Chromebooks. Since I started to use Steam I have amassed a HUGE library that I periodically have dig into and find stuff. It's really is amazing.
Yep, I can't sell old games and yes there's a bunch of freemium games that are focused on addicts but who cares. Yep Rocket League you changed. I still play it but if I decide not to there's a ton of other games for my attention.
Windows IS shareware. You just haven't realized it yet.
I have a Raspberry Pi 400 and it does a pretty good job as a desktop. I also have a HP x360 laptop from 2017 with Windows 10 and it's HORRIBLY SLOW and constantly kicks on the fan. I'm convinced that cahoots with the hardware manufacturers.
Not commuting saves me about an hour each day. I feel less stressed from not fighting it out in traffic. It's also nice saving a bunch money from not paying for gas, parking and eating out.
I guess it depends on the job and position and person.
Just Linux doing what Linux does.
I'm guessing that this puts PCs ahead of unreleased PS5 and the new Xbox. I'll wait for the budget model to be released here in two years. Good stuff.
My Roku TV is the most blocked computer on my network with the pi-hole.
I'm convinced that this will happen one year before I retire.
Yup texting isn't helping. I don't think that's the whole story. I would guess that the automation of cars, even automatic transmission is making drivers less engaged in driving and less alert because they don't have to be. The extreme version of this is Tesla drivers sleeping in there cars while it drives. One thing I noticed about 5 years ago also was pedestrians not defensively walking across the roads, it's probably nothing new but I noticed there's a lot of people that see the green walk light and then just start walking.
Changes probably need to be made the to whole traffic system.
I can get 1Gbps where I'm at but since it's price capped at 1Tb, I don't see the point of upgrading to a faster speed. I want faster but if it's just going to lead to some fees then I guess i'm stuck at slower speeds.
no surprise here, but is my pi-hole blocking this crap?
Always amazed me when buying something of Amazon and it's shipped from China cheaper that if shipped domestically.
Sadly this isn't going to help. Have lived in Portland for the last 25 years, Portland was for a time, was the unpopular rainy big town. Now, Portland is known for all sort of things. I see tour buses downtown and big money has moved in. The rich are buying and building, the middle class is moving out and the poor are getting subsidized houses and rent.
It's a quality vs quantity issue. Netflix removed the ratings from their hosted content and I feel that I've TRIED to watch to many shows that were not worth my time. Eveytime I go to Netflix I can't find anything that seems good. I know there's good show and they claim so many thousands of shows but why I'am I seeing the same 100 shows everywhere I turn?
Ugh
We just recently moved from a city to the burbs. Our choice was multi-factored. It was price of a bigger house, better schools, less congestion and crime.
My old house was 900sf, perfect for 1 to 2 people, but it got cramped when my son was born. We looked into expanding but for the cost of adding a room with a bathroom ($100k) we decided that it wasn't worth it.
With schools we got lucky, the elementary school was just recently built and looked great. But there was an issue, the schools that my son would be going after grade school were rated very poor. This was a concern.
Traffic bad and seemingly only getting worse. Traffic projects have been in endless gridlock between car commuters and the bicycle community.
Not sure about other large cities, but mine (Portland, OR) has a pretty big homeless and crime issues as of lately. Gone are the days of how clean our city is and now it's just littered with trash and tent communities. It's not uncommon to see a heroine needle if walking in a city park. In the last year, we had somebody try to break into my shed and my wife and 4 years old Son were confronted in our driveway by a homeless individual, who said that he was considering suicide.
I still have a soft spot for PDX and I think it's a great place, but we decided get out.
ha ha sounds like I'm repeating the same story of earlier genereations, ha ha nothing new.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/our-city-has...
I'm pretty certain most would benefit from working less, but that's not what these programs offer.
I'm against live-in vehicles and this life-style choice. On paper it sounds fine but in reality horrible for many reasons. For the most part, people in this situation are in a challenging state and the least of their worries is the environment around them. Is a mother of 2 living in a small RV who relies on donations going to pay for disposal service?
I live in Portland, a city that used to known for being a clean city. In the last 8 years we have had a large increase of car live-in residents and homeless population. I would not call Portland a clean city anymore. In-fact it's far from it. Homeless make up about 3% of the population, but according to a recent article they make up half of the arrests. Personally I've had car camping people outside of my house and we've been afraid of retaliation for call them in and try not to make contact.
I understand that these people have nowhere to go, but cities should create a homeless car shelter of sorts or some other solution other than just hoping for the best of people living on the edge.
2011 article on how clean Portland is(was) - http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/308068
RV issue in Portland -https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-neighbors-fe...
Homeless issue -https://katu.com/news/local/neighbors-say-theyre-getting-now...
Half of the Police arrests are Homeless - https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2018/07/portland_mayor_t...
Somebody is overcharging you on this one. I installed it on my Raspberry Pi B from like 2012. I installed Raspbian, input a small one liner and it was installed.
There's nothing like gambling with your retirement in the stock market.