
Struggling to understand this
Why would I want a keyboard as bad as the one on a laptop?
Mines the one with the Cherry Brown switches.
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Our 2 cars are extreme opposites. Mine, a LR Defender (old model) can be driven wearing ski gloves and wellies. Everything is totally manual (3 pedals, 2 gear sticks etc).
Recenly bought an LR Discovery Sport as my wife's car. Total opposite, auto gears and everything touch screen. I was totally against the touch screen but very hard to avoid these day.
Despite my misgivings, the LR 'piviPro' is very well designed. All the major stuff is visible on the front screen including air-con and music. All you need to click further for is the stuff you'd never want while driving.
I'd still prefer dials for temperature and volume, but it's been done well by Land Rover.
Came here to say the same but less eloquently.
My last employer, nearly 20 years go, went bust. I was the only person who worked remotely. I jumped ship before they went bust and have since been self-employed. My office based colleagues all went to safe public sector jobs. Something I can't ever imagine doing.
For those that do need a numeric keypad (myself included), just use a RollerMouse Pro. Sits in front of the keyboard. Just takes a while to get used to using a rolling tube instead of a regular mouse.
Mines the Filco with Brown Cherry switches. Blue is too hardcore for me and red is for softies :)
Specsavers patient records are all electronic (still unusual in Optics). Vile system to work on.
When Mrs AMBxx, the Optician, did a day at Specsavers, she was told that many of their locums just walk out at lunch to never return. She managed the whole day but would rather earn nothing than return.
Although it is a partnership model, it is very centrally controlled. Much more like a franchise with all those lovely fees heading tax-free to the channel islands.
SQL to Postgres isn't for the faint hearted. Big differences in the SQL syntax and every SP would need to be rewritten from scratch. Then there's the case sensitivity...
I'd expect most to just carry on with their old database, others will just upgrade. Anyone who's that worried about DB version is likely to have some sort of licence deal.
I recently attended a hospital appointment where the consultant had to remote desktop to a PC. The PC was running Windows XP. He needed to use an old version of Internet Explorer so that the Java plugin was available.
Of course, he had no idea of the implications of any of this which is why it will continue for some time.
Is there a possibility that SAP are becoming a little more pragmatic? I'm only involved with the BI side (Business)bjects & Crystal stuff). This was all supposed to be having the final release about now. Instead, there's a release in stone for 2027 and another for probably 2029 (that one's in pencil as it may shift a year).
They do love all that maintenance revenue!
I've worked with hundreds of companies over the last 20+ years (more if you go back further). I've never seen anything other than MS Office running on a client PC. I do a lot of work with Open Source, so that's not the issue.
Maybe if I moved in with my parents and lived in their basement, I could have a pure life and use LibreOffice. Until then, I'll keep earning a living with the software I need to do my job.
Rural is what it's aimed at.
I get 20Mb broadband and very sketchy 4G. All our mobile calls have to go over WiFi.
5 years ago, 20Mb was great. Now, more and more websites are assuming you have more and are becoming slow. I also struggle with the dreadful 1Mb upload speed.
Broadband contract is up in 11 months. I'm seriously considering switching to a satelite service.
There's some interesting work being done with Alexa-like devices. Monitoring temperature and movement etc, useful for emergency alerts. Some even do chat stuff to give the illusion of not being alone. That's all great when it's done in addition to having a human carer. Never instead of.
The thing that concerns me is when this is done to replace human care rather than to augment. Bit like a personal visit to your elderly parents being replaced by a weekly phone call, then a weekly email/facebook post.
FWIW, I do a lot of work in analytics with home care providers. Not much with care homes, so different environment.