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Comment why? (Score 2) 28

why spend resources on this? just grab one or two well established desktop distros, and ensure your packages work as good as possible. leave the distro itself up to the distro teams.

for good or worse, this means ubuntu. i have used arch before and i really like it, but it's not meant to be for the average user (if there's such a thing with linux)

Comment Re:No way (Score 1) 32

i can't disable IPv6 on the google tv (huge android limitation). and i don't want to disable it on the router for every device, which means that the home screen can still easily get ads. switched to a different launcher and at least that's done. of course, can't get rid of freetime / prime / hulu ads

Comment Re:In decades ... tax rebates will not have matter (Score 1) 229

i have a hybrid. gets me around 450 miles. decent, although i should really be getting at least 500.

it was probably 15K more expensive compared to a equivalent gas only car, which is the thing i regret the most.

i will switch to electric once they increase the range to 500 miles and the company proves the cost of the electricity AND installing the charger is less than the gas cost.

Comment Re:Shareholders (Score 1) 112

depends on the job. i had a relative that worked on oil rigs. he was in charge of hiring. he said the indians were the best because even if they knew nothing at the beginning, they were willing to learn and do whatever to make their bosses happy. workers from other countries had lower motivation and thus lower performance.

anecdotal, maybe, but that's the point, it depends on the job and industry. same reason most construction workers in the area that i live are hispanic. they are the only ones willing to put with hard work. same can be said about most low level agriculture jobs. for a reason these workers could work even if not being legal during covid, because no one else would do the job

Comment implement actual backups and phone data transfer (Score 3, Interesting) 27

android doesn't support transferring application _data_ when doing a phone to phone transfer. that means that if i transfer an app via cable, not only will i have to login, but the app will open with no saved data at all.

  the only purpose of the file transfer seems to be to transfer your camera roll and some general settings

i wish google fixes this without requiring root and a third party app

Comment Re:Why would anybody want it to die? (Score 1) 163

i have been using computers for almost 4 decades, work in IT, have a degree in computer science, been using Excel (for very simple stuff) for over 20 years, and guess what... Never heard of TSV until I read your comment. Never seen anyone else mention it, and worse, never seen any single website use this format. Hence TSV is doomed if even someone like me hasn't heard of it :(

Comment Re:What is actually going on? (Score 1) 100

isn't it obvious?

the world found out that most people can do their jobs from home equally or most of the time even better, and saves them about 1-2 hours a day in dressing up, driving, getting ready and so on. also, saving money in car maintenance, gas, laundry, clothing and more.

management hates it, because means letting go of some control.

eventually, the market will decide who is right.

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