For this concept to work well, it would need screens with very good viewing angles and a good selection of ports on the front.
Apple selected OLED for the touch bar on 2016+ MacBook "Pro"s specifically because it was expected to be viewed from a 45 degree angle. This is no different.
In vertical "book" mode, you can't use ports on the bottom, and cables plugged into the top would be in the way and/or easily used to topple the device. The ports would have to be on the sides, and best would be near the bottom corners.
And of course, it would need a built-in kickstand. None of the images I have been able to find show that the backs are anything but flat. The concepts at Computex are on acrylic stands. It goes without saying that the touch keyboard is completely useless. But a keyboard aficionado (like me) would want to plug in his home-made mechanical keyboard anyway.
I have already said goodbye to Skype and Linked-In after they had been taken over. If this happens, I would say goodbye to Github too for sure.
The users of Github are not sheep. They are not like Microsoft's typical users that would accept lock-in and clunky interfaces because they don't know any better.
Windows 10 for ARM (64-bit) has an emulation layer for 32-bit x86 applications. It is supposed to be able to run old 32-bit programs, with their 32-bit DLLs transparently. Support for emulating x86-64 programs is not available, but is coming.
Why sue one individual oil company when the disaster is caused by an industry on a global scale? Wouldn't it be more suitable to sue an organisation such as OPEC?
Why not go after the car industry as well for having actively decommissioning public transport in favour of cars in some areas?
Huh? I noticed glitches in the temporal order in Youtube's subscription feed over a year ago. So, are they saying that it was supposed to be glitchy all along or that it is going to be even worse?
If the second, isn't the lack of randomness in the recommendations bad enough? Please don't add yet another glitchy algorithm where it isn't needed! Fix it the damn thing!
The ideal global population size depends on their ecological footprint, which is predicted to change both for the worse and for the better in different parts of the world.
It has often been said that: 1) There is not sustainable capacity for the current human population on Earth. We would need 3/4 earth more to keep going at the current rate of global consumption. 2) US citizens are some of the most wasteful with the world's resources. If everyone on Earth was as wasteful as an average person in the Western world then we would need 3.5 earths, or with the average American as baseline, more than four earths. 3) USA is one of the world's largest emitters of CO2 into the atmosphere per capita, and has been for a large time. The term "climate debt" is often used, in particular when discussing global treaties for limiting global carbon emissions. US' climate debt is the worst.
There is a whole lot out there on the web about the world's overconsumption, and ecological footprint per country. One site I found with just a little searching is https://www.overshootday.org/
And BTW, the Georgia Guidestones recommends a limit of human population of 500 million.:-P
Acrylamide has been known as a carcinogen for quite a long time, at least for high concentrations in contact with the skin. When you have swallowed it however, it gets submerged in stomach acid which should destroy it. All carbs that have been roasted contain acrylamide, the darker the roasting the higher the concentration. Another known source is bread crust that has been baked a dark brown.
But there is a lot more to cancer risk than ingesting one type of carcinogen. Coffee is also known to contain a high amount of antioxidants that are known to neutralise free radicals -- another group of carcinogens. So the net effect of drinking coffee may in fact be beneficial.
We ingest and inhale all sorts of other carcinogens all the time and cancer cells do form in the body quite often -- but are almost always quickly killed by the immune system! I believe that the best way to avoid getting cancer is to keep a strong immune system by keeping both the body and mind strong and healthy -- and that means most of all to avoid a stressful lifestyle.
BTW. Dark-roasted coffee is overrated anyway. I see no point in drinking something with a taste of tar and with most of the good coffee flavour having been destroyed in the roasting.
Where I live, scooters and bicycles go in the bicycle lane. And if there is no bicycle lane, they go on the street. Never the sidewalk.
Set that rule. Then make sure to enforce it, and that includes letting the riders know that you do enforce it. Then you would not get scooters where they don't belong and the most annoying, distracted scooter-riders won't like to ride in the most car-congested streets anyway. Problem solved... ?
I suspect that this will be yet another half-arsed compromise â" neither a good tablet nor a good laptop PC.
While much of Windows supports touch, even five years since Windows 8, many tasks in the operating system still require a precise pointing device such as a mouse, touch-pad or stylus. For instance, try selecting and copying more than one file at once! Sorry, can't do. Your fingers are too fat!
I also suspect that the mentioned USB-C port is going to be the only port on the device, like on most 8-inch and 10-inch Windows tablets today... so you can't connect that mouse without an adaptor. And as usual with Windows, you won't be able to use that port for file transfer to/from a real PC either as you would with a real tablet running Android or iOS.
The stated reason for this proposal is: [blockquote]"Many users want to continue consuming media while they interact with other content, sites, or applications on their device"[/blockquote]
How about, instead web designers design their sites to work well with windows open side by side?! I'm talking about you, Google! And especially about Youtube after the redesign. There is a reason why I still use the "classic mode" on Youtube.
If you are a developer then you should know very well about the libc library and the dynamic linker. Those are linked into practically every application program, a layer in-between the application code and the Linux kernel.
I would say that a GNU/Linux system is one that uses GNU's libc and GNU's linker by default for programs. Then there are the GNU binutils, GNU bash command-line shell etc. that include programs and libraries that you would not want to be without even if you may not use them very often yourself (but your system and your programs do).
Specifically, it is a holdover from the Teletype Corporation telegraphs. Previous Murray telegraphs had used a single "Line" code for a new line. The Teletype machines were electro-mechanical and while a character could be typed relatively quickly, the printer's carriage return operation was slow. The "Line" code was split into two codes to allow the printer to keep up!
Yes. That was some really stupid design. There were several third-party adaptors that snapped onto the mouse to make it longer so that you could tell which direction it was facing. The iCatch sat on the back. The Contour Unitrap encased the mouse. I think there was also a third one that replaced the coloured plastic side parts.
Still, it was not as bad as Digital Equipment's puck mouse that had two wheels on the bottom. That one was not just round but also difficult to move where you wanted.
In my area, it is much easier for a poorer person to get admitted to rent a home than to be approved a loan to buy a house or condominium. After that, the monthly cost (rent or mortgage payments + payment to the coop) is roughly the same although it varies by neighbourhood.
Wow. The screenshot tool is now an experience. So cool.... or not.
You know, that when Don Normal and his group at Apple back in the '80s coined then term User Experience, they defined it as:
Encompasses all aspects of the end-user's interaction with the company, its services, and its products.
It goes beyond the user interface of a piece of software to include also how the product is packaged, sold, bought, installs; how the user manual is written (remember user manuals?;-P ), how to get support and support is done, and then how dispose of install media and how to uninstall the software.
Please stop this nonsensical misuse of the term!
My next rant is going to be about: "Solution". Until then: Cheers!
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Testing is what the rolling releases are for. Their users are our testers. ;)
The parent listed subsidiary companies.
As to products to no longer buy, Bayer makes it easy. Thanks Bayer!
* Products from A to Z
* Consumer health brands
* Bayer Brands on Wikipedia.
So, I will start boycotting pharmaceuticals from Bayer then ...
Besides those brand containing "Bayer" in the name, they also own Adverio, AgraQuest, Agreva, AgrEvo, AlcaFleu, Athenix, Berlifarma, Berlimed, Berlipharm, Berlis, BGI, Biagro, Biogenetic Technologies, BlueRock Therapeutics, Casebia Therapeutics, Centrofarma, Chemdyes Pakistan, Chemion, Collaterial Therapeutics, Conceptus SAS, Cooksonia Opco, Cooper Land Company of New Jersey, Coppertone, CorporaciÃn Bonima, Covestro, CropScience NewCo, Currenta, Delinting and Seed Treating Company, (Kunmig) Dihon Pharmaceuticals, Dr Scholl, Farmaco, Flagship Ventures, GP Grenzach, Hild Samen, Hornbeck Seed Company, Imaxeon, Intendis, Intraserv, Jenapharm, KVP Pharma, Medipharm, Medrad, Menadier Heilmittel, MiraLAX, Myanmar Aventis CropScience, Nanjing Baijingyu Pharmaceutical Co, NippoNex, NOR-AM Agro, Numhems, Pallas Versicherung, Pandias, Productos QuÃmicos Naturales, Shering /Schering-Plough, Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk, STWB, TecArena+, Tectrion, TravelBoard.
Gah. That was a longer list than I thought it would be. (From Bayer's web page)
With "paperwork", you mean of course legal tender paperwork.
For this concept to work well, it would need screens with very good viewing angles and a good selection of ports on the front.
Apple selected OLED for the touch bar on 2016+ MacBook "Pro"s specifically because it was expected to be viewed from a 45 degree angle. This is no different.
In vertical "book" mode, you can't use ports on the bottom, and cables plugged into the top would be in the way and/or easily used to topple the device. The ports would have to be on the sides, and best would be near the bottom corners.
And of course, it would need a built-in kickstand. None of the images I have been able to find show that the backs are anything but flat. The concepts at Computex are on acrylic stands.
It goes without saying that the touch keyboard is completely useless. But a keyboard aficionado (like me) would want to plug in his home-made mechanical keyboard anyway.
I have already said goodbye to Skype and Linked-In after they had been taken over.
If this happens, I would say goodbye to Github too for sure.
The users of Github are not sheep. They are not like Microsoft's typical users that would accept lock-in and clunky interfaces because they don't know any better.
Windows 10 for ARM (64-bit) has an emulation layer for 32-bit x86 applications. It is supposed to be able to run old 32-bit programs, with their 32-bit DLLs transparently.
Support for emulating x86-64 programs is not available, but is coming.
Technical details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Why sue one individual oil company when the disaster is caused by an industry on a global scale? Wouldn't it be more suitable to sue an organisation such as OPEC?
Why not go after the car industry as well for having actively decommissioning public transport in favour of cars in some areas?
Huh? I noticed glitches in the temporal order in Youtube's subscription feed over a year ago.
So, are they saying that it was supposed to be glitchy all along or that it is going to be even worse?
If the second, isn't the lack of randomness in the recommendations bad enough? Please don't add yet another glitchy algorithm where it isn't needed! Fix it the damn thing!
Not a single Japanese flip-phone on that list ...
The ideal global population size depends on their ecological footprint, which is predicted to change both for the worse and for the better in different parts of the world.
It has often been said that:
1) There is not sustainable capacity for the current human population on Earth. We would need 3/4 earth more to keep going at the current rate of global consumption.
2) US citizens are some of the most wasteful with the world's resources. If everyone on Earth was as wasteful as an average person in the Western world then we would need 3.5 earths, or with the average American as baseline, more than four earths.
3) USA is one of the world's largest emitters of CO2 into the atmosphere per capita, and has been for a large time. The term "climate debt" is often used, in particular when discussing global treaties for limiting global carbon emissions. US' climate debt is the worst.
There is a whole lot out there on the web about the world's overconsumption, and ecological footprint per country.
One site I found with just a little searching is https://www.overshootday.org/
And BTW, the Georgia Guidestones recommends a limit of human population of 500 million. :-P
Acrylamide has been known as a carcinogen for quite a long time, at least for high concentrations in contact with the skin. When you have swallowed it however, it gets submerged in stomach acid which should destroy it.
All carbs that have been roasted contain acrylamide, the darker the roasting the higher the concentration. Another known source is bread crust that has been baked a dark brown.
But there is a lot more to cancer risk than ingesting one type of carcinogen.
Coffee is also known to contain a high amount of antioxidants that are known to neutralise free radicals -- another group of carcinogens.
So the net effect of drinking coffee may in fact be beneficial.
We ingest and inhale all sorts of other carcinogens all the time and cancer cells do form in the body quite often -- but are almost always quickly killed by the immune system! I believe that the best way to avoid getting cancer is to keep a strong immune system by keeping both the body and mind strong and healthy -- and that means most of all to avoid a stressful lifestyle.
BTW. Dark-roasted coffee is overrated anyway. I see no point in drinking something with a taste of tar and with most of the good coffee flavour having been destroyed in the roasting.
Where I live, scooters and bicycles go in the bicycle lane. And if there is no bicycle lane, they go on the street. Never the sidewalk.
Set that rule. Then make sure to enforce it, and that includes letting the riders know that you do enforce it. ... ?
Then you would not get scooters where they don't belong and the most annoying, distracted scooter-riders won't like to ride in the most car-congested streets anyway.
Problem solved
I suspect that this will be yet another half-arsed compromise â" neither a good tablet nor a good laptop PC.
While much of Windows supports touch, even five years since Windows 8, many tasks in the operating system still require a precise pointing device such as a mouse, touch-pad or stylus. For instance, try selecting and copying more than one file at once! Sorry, can't do. Your fingers are too fat!
I also suspect that the mentioned USB-C port is going to be the only port on the device, like on most 8-inch and 10-inch Windows tablets today ... so you can't connect that mouse without an adaptor.
And as usual with Windows, you won't be able to use that port for file transfer to/from a real PC either as you would with a real tablet running Android or iOS.
Another car analogy: A sports car might have the same legal top speed as a truck but it sure accelerates faster and may be more enjoyable to drive.
The stated reason for this proposal is:
[blockquote]"Many users want to continue consuming media while they interact with other content, sites, or applications on their device"[/blockquote]
How about, instead web designers design their sites to work well with windows open side by side?!
I'm talking about you, Google! And especially about Youtube after the redesign. There is a reason why I still use the "classic mode" on Youtube.
It is not about code size but about importance.
If you are a developer then you should know very well about the libc library and the dynamic linker.
Those are linked into practically every application program, a layer in-between the application code and the Linux kernel.
I would say that a GNU/Linux system is one that uses GNU's libc and GNU's linker by default for programs.
Then there are the GNU binutils, GNU bash command-line shell etc. that include programs and libraries that you would not want to be without even if you may not use them very often yourself (but your system and your programs do).
... and even more wars on about how to pronounce the name.
Specifically, it is a holdover from the Teletype Corporation telegraphs. Previous Murray telegraphs had used a single "Line" code for a new line.
The Teletype machines were electro-mechanical and while a character could be typed relatively quickly, the printer's carriage return operation was slow.
The "Line" code was split into two codes to allow the printer to keep up!
Of course I meant "turn off once and never bother with it again".
If I would have to turn it off every frikkin' time, I would fire-bomb Google's office. :-P
As long as I can turn it off easily, I would be OK with it.
Yes. That was some really stupid design.
There were several third-party adaptors that snapped onto the mouse to make it longer so that you could tell which direction it was facing. The iCatch sat on the back.
The Contour Unitrap encased the mouse.
I think there was also a third one that replaced the coloured plastic side parts.
Still, it was not as bad as Digital Equipment's puck mouse that had two wheels on the bottom. That one was not just round but also difficult to move where you wanted.
That is not always the case.
In my area, it is much easier for a poorer person to get admitted to rent a home than to be approved a loan to buy a house or condominium.
After that, the monthly cost (rent or mortgage payments + payment to the coop) is roughly the same although it varies by neighbourhood.
Wow. The screenshot tool is now an experience.
So cool.... or not.
You know, that when Don Normal and his group at Apple back in the '80s coined then term User Experience, they defined it as:
It goes beyond the user interface of a piece of software to include also how the product is packaged, sold, bought, installs; how the user manual is written (remember user manuals? ;-P ), how to get support and support is done, and then how dispose of install media and how to uninstall the software.
Please stop this nonsensical misuse of the term!
My next rant is going to be about: "Solution". Until then: Cheers!
And here in English also.