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Sumpin' for everybody ? [^]
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Yet all I keep hearing about Netflix is how they keep pulling material people actually want to see.
[Edit]
I was going to make the observation that they have more categories than I have movies, but came upon this:
Goofy Movies starring Bill Murray (2481)
Goofy Movies starring Eddie Murphy (2390)
Goofy Movies starring John Candy (19)
Goofy Movies starring John Candy (19)
Goofy Movies starring Will Ferrell (3816)
Ok, I don't know how they come up with these figures, but these four certainly haven't done a total of even 1000 movies, combined (and yes, John Candy being there twice is their mistake, not me incorrectly pasting this in).
Even if all of their movies were translated into every single last language that currently exists, I think they'd probably fall short. Even taking multiple editions into account.
Are they counting the same movies if they have them stored with multiple bitrates and multiple resolutions?
I'm starting to think Netflix has astonishingly overinflated numbers.
modified 7-May-18 20:07pm.
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If your wife wants to learn to drive, should you not stand in her way?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I wouldn't stand behind her either
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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Actually, I find that standing directly in front of the car the safest place to be...
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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I wouldn't bet on that. If you stand too far ahead, she might swerve twice.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Take a look at this old man who wants the car mechanic to help him out with a strange sound in his car: Crazy old man driving prank[^]. This is claimed to be a real prank - no acting from the mechanics' side.
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Wheel have to consider whether or not to to expect a brake.
I resisted using horn-y
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modified 7-May-18 11:43am.
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Since we're discussing female drivers I wanted to see if there is a real trend here or if it's just a weird trait with my wife, mom, step-daughter, and female colleague.
All mentioned would rather perform a tight three point turnaround beside the garage instead of just backing out of the driveway like a normal person. All mentioned have either backed into the house (no damage to the house, just the cars) or will just drive on the grass/sprinkler heads without a care.  btw, it's a very quiet street.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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My wife is odd too - she can't read a map without rotating it so it matches what she sees in front of her - and unless she knows where she is on a map she can't use it at all; she has no way to (for example) think "that sign says that A is about 10 miles that way, and B is 5 miles this way - so I must be about here, somewhere"
Fortunately, sat nav means she doesn't have to any more...
And a friend of mine - Irene - never mastered the concept of parallel parking. I've seen her stop the car and ask the stranger in the car behind to park it for her. I suspect she is still driving round Islington hoping that the "Parking Gene" will magically be bestowed upon her. 
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OriginalGriff wrote: she can't read a map without rotating it so it matches what she sees in front of her
 Me too.
/ravi
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I really hate these GPS units that insist on rotating the map all the time to make your direction of driving to be upwards. I have been orienteering and mountain hiking using paper maps for forty years, and I can get completely lost if north is not up on the map.
True enough, I haven't yet used a GPS unit where you couldn't turn off the rotating. But on some units it has taken me a while to find out how to do it.
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Create a grid and add the following items. You'll be yelling BINGO! in the first 5 minutes.
Block-chain
Cloud
AI
Social responsibility
Machine Learning
Big Data
Microsoft (middle square)
Fortune 500 Companies
EDIT
Oh, no I didn't include Surface because I thought everyone was ignoring it.
But it looks like it is going to be one too: Surface. 
EDIT 2
From pre-keynote we are going to get a lot of
Intelligent Edge
and probably :
IoT
modified 7-May-18 11:38am.
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You forgot "Developers! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!"
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Great addition. Keep building the list.
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raddevus wrote: Cloud
This is the one that is causing me the most concern lately:
0: My business partner is convinced that we absolutely must move our successful desktop software 'to the cloud'...and it should be web-based.  Why? Mostly because 'everyone else is doing it'...no concern whatsoever for the fact that this business model introduces more costs for us than it's worth. Currently, it costs me nothing for a new client to install software/setup databases and start using my software.
1: Just this morning I had a conversation with a bookkeeper for one of our customers. In the last 12 months, this customer has moved two major components (POS first, then Acct.) of their business software to cloud based systems. (not changing vendors) The guy had worked this weekend trying to get caught up and sounded exasperated and exhausted. Before the migration, when the systems/databases were hosted locally, data flowed between these (and other, including mine) systems. Specialized queries and reports had been created to fill the gaps.
Things are much different now...The biggest problem is that the cloud-based POS system was brand new and not ready for feeding data downstream. Their solution...here's a special .csv export to run on demand. Not eloquent, but whatever. Wait a minute, there seems to be some erroneous and missing data...9 months later and this guy is still working overtime to do manual entries for 60 sites because of inaccuracies....and that's just the interface to our system...he is also facing the same situation with the data interface into accounting, only much worse.  The lesson here...not hosting your own database(s) means that you are completely at the mercy of the vendor hosting your stuff...and they don't seem to care about your silly exports!...and they don't seem to be very keen on taking outside advice on how to provide the needed data. (such as an generating xml that could be consumed directly by a client)
2: OK, the cloud does make sense in some cases, and we have been using Azure website/sql databases for about 3 years now and it's been great. As part of a weekly routine, the databases are exported from Azure and imported locally for analysis. I found out Saturday that my weekly bacpac files wouldn't import anymore using SSMS 2016, forcing me to install SSMS 2017...for no other reason, than to be able to work with the new Azure export format! I only installed SSMS 2016 for that very same reason! I hate being forced to upgrade when the current product is working fine, and I've gotten quite used to it! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Running things locally client server...the good old days...the simple ways..
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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You've said so much that is so right.
I agree.
Basically the thing is that people are "jumping to the cloud" as a buzzword chase (quick print it on the brochure for our software).
And the thing is that you can't just turn a desktop app into a cloud app. It would take more design than that.
Totally agree with you.
Finally, this is a huge on for software users:
kmoorevs wrote: I hate being forced to upgrade when the current product is working fine, and I've gotten quite used to it!
When will companies understand that it is a total waste of time for users when users have the functionality that they want. I know it's a bit facetious but Windows 7 really had everything I wanted and a very nice interface. But Microsoft had to change everything (and yes I'm a Win10 user).
The Hammer Analogy
Imagine if carpenters had to upgrade their hammers because version 2.032 of nail came out.
The carpenter goes into the hardware store and says, "My hammer doesn't seem to be working."
h/w guy: which version of nail are you using?
carpenter: 2.032
h/w guy: oh you have to have version 3.87 or better of hammer then.
carpenter : @$%&@%^!@!! what advantages do the new nails have?
h/w guy: they're cheaper for the manufacturer to make.
carpenter : @$%&@%^!@!!
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I am creating a website. My website is based on WordPress. I want to make a website by html, php and css. Which procedure I will maintain first? WordPress base website is easy to make and hard to get rank. It is not fully secure that I think.
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Three of this kind of question in a row. My spidey sense has set off a troll alert.
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Rick York wrote: My spidey sense has set off a troll alert.
"Do not attribute to malice"...etc etc.
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Advice unasked for is worth exactly what one pays for it.
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Rick York said: My spidey sense has set off a troll alert
...close. I've just moderated some spam out the door!
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Advice is free but can end up being costly and time consuming.
If you need some lessons(clearly you do) we charge from $100 per hour. If you say "but Google says...", the charge goes up to $150 per hour.
If you think that hiring a professional is expensive wait till you hire an amateur...
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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