Once again the battle between tiny x86 minds and reality has happened. They continually claim an LTS is only 5 years when it needs to be a minimum of 15. It’s a result of AGILE hacking on the fly instead of planning and actual Software Engineering. Btw, our featured image was graciously provided by lemontreesites. I’ve written before about short term thinking at Qt. This “good for this quarter” mentality sadly isn’t unique to that … LTS == 15 Years Not 5Read more
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The Secret to Buying a 300K Mile Car
I’ve bought more than one vehicle from the Internet. Sometimes through car sales sites and other times on eBay auctions. People always ask me “How can you know you aren’t getting a pile of junk?” It is pretty easy. My real question to them is “Why aren’t you buying on-line?” You still pay the vehicle tax for your area when you register it so it isn’t like you are taking textbooks from children or cops … The Secret to Buying a 300K Mile CarRead more
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Labor Day and Minimum Wage
It should come as no surprise discussion about the minimum wage is heating up. Add in the fact an election is just around the corner and you find no shortage of politicians trying to talk out of both sides of their mouths to get your vote. There can be only one viewpoint when it comes to the massively widening gap between executive pay and the average employee. It’s an epidemic which dwarfs Ebola and most … Labor Day and Minimum WageRead more
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2016 – Year of the Water Electric Hybrid
The title is not a fluke. In truth, we will most likely see production vehicles much sooner. Most people who live in cities don’t understand why the country needs an Ag bill. Most people, like Mitt Romney and his baker, are Ag-stupid. The vast majority of kids these days think food comes from a store, it just magically appears there. You see, the Ag-stupid baker can get business interruption insurance from any number of companies. … 2016 – Year of the Water Electric HybridRead more