Posts by smot 99 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Mar 2012
"My bank is increasingly deprecating its online banking in favour of its mobile apps because it doesn't want to have to maintain a website as well as apps for two incompatible mobile platforms."
The simple answer is to scrap the apps and only maintain the web site. Banking apps will never be installed on my phone - they're a scammers paradise and so easily stolen.
Any bank that requires an app will never get my custom.
1) Because I like it.
Tried KDE and gave up - too cluttered and awkward to navigate. Cinnamon etc are (to me) basically Windows/Gnome2 environments.
Gnome in its current form does exactly what I want from a desktop.
I don't bang a drum for it, and it makes absolutely no difference to me if others prefer a different desktop. It's good that a choice exists.
I can live with Wayland and work around the issues that affect me (sharing a window rather than whole screen, and remote desktops in browser windows being 4 pixels out of alignment*)
So I stick with Ubuntu LTS versions. (I do find snaps irritating though.)
* Special case: AWS Appstream running RDP session in Firefox on a 175% scaled 28" monitor. Mouse clicks have to be 4-pixels right & down from the actual point on the screen)
Q: How can the hubble telescope be moved into a safer orbit at minimal cost?
A: "As an AI language model, I cannot predict the possibility of moving a telescope such as Hubble. But, here are some general ways to move a satellite or a telescope into a safer orbit:
Use the remaining fuel to perform a controlled deorbiting: The Hubble telescope is not designed for re-entry, so it's not feasible to bring it back to Earth. Instead, the remaining fuel can be used to slowly bring it down into a lower orbit until it will eventually burn up upon re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
Use gravitational forces: By using the gravitational forces of other celestial bodies such as the Moon, Earth, or even a spacecraft, the Hubble telescope can be safely moved into a new orbit without expending much fuel.
Use a space tug: A small spacecraft or robotic vehicle, known as a space tug, can be attached to the Hubble telescope to move it to a safer orbit. The space tug can also expel propellant to slow down or speed up the telescope.
Use aerodynamic drag: At the end of its lifetime, the Hubble telescope can be aimed at a lower altitude, the atmospheric drag, will cause the telescope to slow down and eventually burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
However, considering the importance and the sensitivity of the Hubble telescope, moving it into a safer orbit would require careful planning and execution to minimize any potential damage to the spacecraft and its instruments."
There you go.
So what shit can't you do in Win 10/11?
(Ok, I switched to Ubuntu when Vista arrived, but I still need to use WinX in VMs for Delphi dev.)
The start button moved. Wow, That REALLY stops me from doing shit. The right-click popup menu has cut 'n' paste piccies instead of text lines. Now I'm stumped as I'm unable to click little buttons and I seem to forget to use Ctl/C & V.
So many here complain of things like the Control Panel / Settings muddle, yet attempts to resolve this type of issue cause constant derision.
My only gripe with Win 7 -> 10 -> 11 is the corresponding increase in telemetry. I think I can handle all those tricky changes to the UI. In all other respects for me it Gets Shit Done.
I still use my minidisc occasionally at gigs. Sits neatly in a pocket along with a lapel mike. Beats taking in a full recording system and the quality is perfectly acceptable.
Sony crippled it for more professional use by preventing the digital output from recorded material. Only the standard audio line out was available. It was all part of their DRM strategy which took them away from the pro audio arena.
It works for me on Ubuntu 20.04, Dell xps13 with 2 extra monitors. Webcam (USB, not the buit-in nosecam) works well. Only problems are: Screen/window share doesn't work with Wayland - only X, and only 4 people on screen although many more people shown as simpl,e icons. No backgrounds.
1. No desktop clutter
2. Easy app launching (only one mouse click or one to two keyboard actions)
3. With Wayland, apps can run across mixed HiDPI and standard DPI devices scaled on the fly
4. Good useful set of Gnome-associated apps
5. No scrolling around endless menus.
That's a few off the top of my head. Petty issues, you may think, but they are key to my desire for a simple and mess-free environment.
I originally spent a long time originally pitching KDE against Gnome to make my decision and I found KDE to be a most frustrating experience.
My environment uses only three Gnome extensions although there are stacks available for the dedicated hacker, all that can be enabled directly from a web browser.
Cinnamon is OK, but like KDE, is based on the same type of experience as WIndows passim and Gnome 2.
I really don't think it helps for the constant DE bashing that seems to populate these pages - people simply can't accept that their choice is not necessarily the One True Choice.
I prefer Gnome - if someone else prefers something different, that's fine - I'm grateful that we can make a choice that works as we would like. Unlike poor Windows users who have to live with what they're given.
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