Comment Re: So who's lying (Score 1) 111
In the Netherlands here you're just out of luck if a free day falls in the weekend. In many countries it's like that actually. Sometimes the employers get lucky. Sometimes the employees.
Comment Re:What happens (Score 1) 349
To be fair. Self driving taxis are something i would look forward to. Uber at its best. Especially if they could be so cheap that you could take them to work every day. Especially in Europe with its cozy city's with small streets this might significantly reduce car ownership in the city and clean up the streets. Its also better for the environment in other ways. As more people could use the same car during a day. Instead of standing by idle in front of the house or the office. Lower taxi prices during non-rush hours would also give organisations incentives to allow their workers to work at variable hours. ( lower travel cost ) on top of being a further optimization to car usage. We all know this is the future. Its just a matter of time for the technology to catch up.
Comment This... (Score 1) 154
is going to fuck all kinds of software up.
Comment Your research... (Score 4, Insightful) 165
...should also take into account the office format. Today's open floor plan offices is a horrible environment for programmers to work in.
Comment Simply because... (Score 3, Insightful) 374
knowing how to program in C and how C works under the hood makes you a better programmer. Even if you don't program in C. That is reason enough.
Comment Good luck... (Score 1) 123
getting them past the crash testing in so short a period of time....
Comment Feh. (Score 1) 267
Look. A 4 year old HP has awesome battery life with an I5. Cook does not have a big picture view of the market or product demand, which is easily seen in all product design decisions seen after Jobs' death. Investing in ARM development is not a sound investment, but they can probably weather the loss.
Comment If I wasn't... (Score 1) 834
about to be losing perhaps half of my staff due to it, I'd be laughing at our companies full steam ahead push for offshoring.
Comment Simple explaination (Score 1) 353
People are getting tired of a company that sells shit that's worse and worse than what they sold a few years back.
Comment [obligatory subject] (Score 1) 81
Very likely an antifa sympathizer trying to make it harder for the police to capture their violent acts.
Server Runs Continuously For 24 Years (computerworld.com) 137
In 1993 a Stratus server was booted up by an IT application architect -- and it's still running.
An anonymous reader writes:
"It never shut down on its own because of a fault it couldn't handle," says Phil Hogan, who's maintained the server for 24 years. That's what happens when you include redundant components. "Over the years, disk drives, power supplies and some other components have been replaced but Hogan estimates that close to 80% of the system is original," according to Computerworld.
There's no service contract -- he maintains the server with third-party vendors rather than going back to the manufacturer, who says they "probably" still have the parts in stock. And while he believes the server's proprietary operating system hasn't been updated in 15 years, Hogan says "It's been extremely stable."
The server will finally be retired in April, and while the manufacturer says there's some more Stratus servers that have been running for at least 20 years -- this one seems to be the oldest.
There's no service contract -- he maintains the server with third-party vendors rather than going back to the manufacturer, who says they "probably" still have the parts in stock. And while he believes the server's proprietary operating system hasn't been updated in 15 years, Hogan says "It's been extremely stable."
The server will finally be retired in April, and while the manufacturer says there's some more Stratus servers that have been running for at least 20 years -- this one seems to be the oldest.
Comment Go outside... (Score 0, Flamebait) 300
get out of your damn distortion lens Apple. Everything you've made since Jobs died is second or third tier at best. You don't know what the hell you're doing. Your workstation makes no sense. The 2012 pro is superior to the trashcan in most ways that matter. The laptops are a waste of my time, sacrifice a ton of usability in ports and add a marginally useful touchbar? Seriously? You're supposed to actually do some research before replacing shit that people are still using, I have no desire to have a rats nest of cables to connect my shit together.
Comment Largest implies lower average quality. (Score 1) 133
You have to search through a ton of crap to find whats good.
Comment beware (Score 1) 339
Expect to be overworked at Tesla... :/
Comment What?! (Score 1) 98
Congress..... did something... right?
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