Unrelated: Apple appears to be cursed with the left ear. 2nd gen has an issue as well. The left ear bud will stop charging randomly. There are a lot of really dumb suggestions for fixing this, however the real issue is a bent pin in the case. I had 2 v2 pros, and fixed another 5 on top of my second one (first one died in the washer) by taking a pair of tweezers and bending the pin in the case upwards. Every single website I read suggested dirty contacts, performing a factory reset, etc. NOPE! Unbend the pin. Gently, mind you. Since I did that, both of my pairs of pros (one belongs to my wife, however she doesn't like earbuds) have worked flawlessly.
Why do people comment on HN? Different strokes for different folks.
But basically you get to see a bunch of destinations while all your travel is organized for you, you never have to switch rooms and constantly pack/unpack, and the actual travel part is infinitely more comfortable.
A room and sundeck and pool beats a plane seat or train seat any day.
I'm not into cruises myself, but the appeal seems pretty understandable in terms of convenience.
Downside is you don’t see that much - you get 4-6 hours each day in some city and are offered incredibly expensive day tours (kinda worth it because you have so little time).
People who are older or with limited mobility find it far easier to get see multiple destinations without having to unpack/pack, navigate difficult airports, etc. I have been on a few, and while I’m not the biggest fan, they’re not terrible if you are traveling with folks who have mobility issues. I would not go on a cruise after COVID, though.
They’re also far less expensive than many other vacations, especially if you have kids and are considering Disney stuff.
I doubt this is a legitimate question, but I'll bite: It is cheap.
Go price out hotels and food in any major destination for one week. Now go price out a cruise for one week which also includes entertainment and a travel component. Somehow, the cruise is CHEAPER and offers more.
Long hours and low pay - Some workers face shifts of more than 12 hours a day, seven days a week, often without overtime pay.
Wages can be very low, sometimes below $20 per day, though tips can supplement income.
Workers often live in small, shared cabins with limited personal space.
Ships often registered in countries with lax regulations.
No pay between workers contracts
There is a level of convenience that is hard to get elsewhere.
I went on a Disney cruise 2 summers ago. All restaurants were in walking distance. All of deck 5 was dedicated to child care. They took you straight to excursions. Family was close, but not too close.
There were some downsides, too, but let's not focus on those. I think the "king" reason we went is because the grandparents were paying and they wanted everyone to be "there" and not leaving. I think the main reason we aren't going again is cost.
This, and thanks to certain loopholes in the U.S., it is possible that JPMC may receive nothing at all. Depending on the jurisdiction, companies have been known to sell off all assets for near zero and eventually leave creditors and investors on the hook.
Do you have examples of this? I would like to learn more.
A quick Google search tells me:
> Generally, a U.S. company can sell assets below cost, as long as the transaction is transparent, conducted in good faith, and serves a legitimate business purpose.
For me, right now, CachyOS is "more". I do run KDE, however, and I don't use a ton of 3rd party themes/plugins/stuff (which will break any install).
I've used Arch on both servers and on desktop for a few years, and the only issue I ever had was pacman breaking due to both signing and file conflicts. I also had this on Debian and Ubuntu, (apt just simply stopped working, and nothing I did would make it work), so it isn't unique to Arch.
I'm not being defensive of Arch, I just think a lot of folks think rolling release = bugs. For the ones that do have stuff break, they typically modify their environment with huge customizations that would break anything, including Debian, Ubuntu, Windows, or any other OS.
I'll report back if my CachyOS install ever breaks, however, the only reason I stopped using Arch prior to this was that I was playing a few games that didn't work. Now, they do, and I don't really play new games or games with anti-cheat, and all my other software (I'm a retired/disabled dev) works fine.
That is actually done for a reason. If you are old enough you'll understand why.
A combination of terrible antivirus software combined with really dumb ideas on the internet created a situation where a whole bunch of folks were disabling antivirus and other security features, which was leading to huge security issues across billions of devices. That, and malicious software figured out how to disable security measures as well, so Microsoft went nuclear and they do everything possible to reset things to defaults.
Of course, other teams saw this and Microsoft sometimes resets settings to things it unrelated to security, which just pisses everyone off.
Overall, they are doing a horrible job. They actually pushed me back onto Linux (likely for good, since all my software now works without compromises), and I've seen quite an uptick of folks who've done the same. Valve has made this easier by all their hard work getting games to "just work".
I'm under no illusion that Linux will gain significant market share overnight, however, things are shifting.
So, I'd have to dig through some older notes I have, however, some of this information seems inaccurate based upon my own interpretation of the specs (and writing code...specifically, but not limited to, the PowerPC part). A suggestion from me is to provide sources, and also maybe an epub of this.
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