In most of the world there will be a front license plate there. Otherwise, just stick on a grille sticker if you really want the car to look like an old-fashioned combustion engine car. I certainly don't.
It does have a key card that opens the door, so you don't technically need a phone. But yes, if the battery is dead, you won't be able to open the door from the outside. Last time I had a dead battery in any car was... 1994 but your mileage may vary.
Someone posted a linkbelow with both sides of the story. If I understood correctly, his ex-wife sold her 50% of the company to that very "outside vendor" so they are really co-owners now. He is being accused of gross mismanagement, possibly because he felt it was still his company and tried to get the money out. (That's just my assumption based on their story which I may have misunderstood, by all means read the linked article)
Not taking sides here, just pointing out that other opinions exist.
Heck, you even get prompted "allow notifications from xxxxxxx?" before the app is allowed to bother you.
I invariably answer "no" to that question, but get notifications anyway. Turning them off in the system settings afterwards does work. Repeat for every app.
Most autoland systems do idle the engines and apply the brakes. They don't deploy reverse thrust, though. Also, they don't select flaps and put the gear down. All of the setup is still for the pilots to do, the plane is just really good at keeping the localizer and glide slope perfectly centered, maintaining the set speed, pulling the nose up at the right time and bringing the plane to a stop. That's all the autoland system does, really. And it requires a fair bit of training to handle all the possible malfunctions, because the reaction of the system is usually just a "hey, you need to take over" or even worse, no reaction at all. And malfunctions do occur frequently, these systems are nowhere nearly ready to work without human supervision. Autolands are more stressful than manual landings, we only do them when visibility is really, really low.
No current autopilot system on commercial planes can take off autonomously. That's a deliberate decision because airplane manufacturers have decided that the decision to abort or continue a take-off is too critical to be left to automation. The margin for error is so small that they want the pilot to have his/her hands on the controls and actively controlling the airplane rather than waste seconds having to transition from "all is going well automatically, no need for me to do anything" to "WTF we need to do something!".
Taxiing is a different matter altogether. It would need extra sensors to avoid hitting things with the wings, and the added value is probably not considered to be worth the development cost. If a pilot gets lost on the taxiways, that's just an inconvenience with no lives depending on it.
So what happens if you're nearing a curve, autopilot wants to slow down, but you stomp on the gas? Won't that give a pretty similar result to what happened in this case? Do you think the autopilot will "just go faster" and make the turn regardless of the laws of physics?
The direct effect of artificial sweeteners on insulin levels (as described by GP) seems to be unsubstantiated. There is, however, an Israeli study demonstrating an effect of artificial sweeteners on gut bacteria, which in turn does result in increased blood sugar levels.
Also, the negative effect of those sweeteners seems to be very apparent if you compare their usage on a national level (try finding a non-light product in a US supermarket, for example) with the prevalence of obesity (US way worse than other countries). I've often been flabbergasted by this, looking at the rows and rows of light products and the humongous people buying them and thinking "guys, wake up, this is obviously not working!". Not only is it not helping, it's actively making things worse.
And according to the rumor mill, that's for the smaller of two battery sizes that will be offered. The bigger one, 75 kWh, is rumored to offer about 312 miles (500 km), based on a picture of the screen of a model 3 test car charging at a supercharger.
You can still mark files as read-only, or apply any other kinds of restrictions based on user/group. This extra protection just serves to keep rogue apps from going on a rampage through your home folder and destroy everything your userID has access to. They can only touch the files you told them to open, nothing else.
Apple's solution is to allow apps to open any file which is dragged onto the app by the user, or selected from a standard file selector. It's totally transparent to the user and is sufficient for the vast majority of apps like word processors etc... Special entitlements are only necessary for certain system utilities.
On a Mac, App Store apps have restricted access to a very limited set of folders (as described by the entitlements list that has to be approved by Apple) BUT they can open any file from any folder if the user drags it onto the app or selects it from a standard system file selector within the app. That makes it totally transparent to the user for the vast majority of apps while remaining secure because the app cannot fake the user interaction that allows access to the files.
For the moment, only App Store apps are required to have such an entitlements list but I can see them extend it to all apps at some point in the future, certainly with the current wave of ransomware apps going around. Not sure how it's going to work for command line executables, though. For those, a whole lot of rules editing may become necessary.
I only know him (and bought his books) because of the SpaceX drone ship names.
So the "geek credentials" bit is not really about knowing a particular author, but about not having come across any mention of these drone ship names and their origin even though they have been mentioned many times in articles about SpaceX, webcasts, tweets, etc...
There are different ways of gaming tests. For example, if a CPU manufacturer knows that a particular test suite is likely to be used which does a lot of integer multiplications and not so many subtractions, they might optimize their processor to be faster with those instructions at the expense of others, resulting in lower real world performance but higher performance on the test. That would be a problem with the test.
However, actively recognizing a particular test film and then changing settings to lower image quality and energy consumption for that particular film, that's a whole different story. You can't blame the test for that, it's simply deliberate fraud.
What else are the testers to do? Show random films? Then the manufacturers will complain that the test for their TV set had more bright scenes and therefore was unfair to them. Tests have to be identical, so there's no way around using a standard film.
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In most of the world there will be a front license plate there. Otherwise, just stick on a grille sticker if you really want the car to look like an old-fashioned combustion engine car. I certainly don't.
It does have a key card that opens the door, so you don't technically need a phone. But yes, if the battery is dead, you won't be able to open the door from the outside. Last time I had a dead battery in any car was... 1994 but your mileage may vary.
Someone posted a linkbelow with both sides of the story. If I understood correctly, his ex-wife sold her 50% of the company to that very "outside vendor" so they are really co-owners now. He is being accused of gross mismanagement, possibly because he felt it was still his company and tried to get the money out. (That's just my assumption based on their story which I may have misunderstood, by all means read the linked article)
Not taking sides here, just pointing out that other opinions exist.
Heck, you even get prompted "allow notifications from xxxxxxx?" before the app is allowed to bother you.
I invariably answer "no" to that question, but get notifications anyway. Turning them off in the system settings afterwards does work. Repeat for every app.
It also explains the remains of the portable toilet at the same location
You're right, I stand corrected.
Most autoland systems do idle the engines and apply the brakes. They don't deploy reverse thrust, though. Also, they don't select flaps and put the gear down. All of the setup is still for the pilots to do, the plane is just really good at keeping the localizer and glide slope perfectly centered, maintaining the set speed, pulling the nose up at the right time and bringing the plane to a stop. That's all the autoland system does, really. And it requires a fair bit of training to handle all the possible malfunctions, because the reaction of the system is usually just a "hey, you need to take over" or even worse, no reaction at all. And malfunctions do occur frequently, these systems are nowhere nearly ready to work without human supervision. Autolands are more stressful than manual landings, we only do them when visibility is really, really low.
No current autopilot system on commercial planes can take off autonomously. That's a deliberate decision because airplane manufacturers have decided that the decision to abort or continue a take-off is too critical to be left to automation. The margin for error is so small that they want the pilot to have his/her hands on the controls and actively controlling the airplane rather than waste seconds having to transition from "all is going well automatically, no need for me to do anything" to "WTF we need to do something!".
Taxiing is a different matter altogether. It would need extra sensors to avoid hitting things with the wings, and the added value is probably not considered to be worth the development cost. If a pilot gets lost on the taxiways, that's just an inconvenience with no lives depending on it.
So what happens if you're nearing a curve, autopilot wants to slow down, but you stomp on the gas? Won't that give a pretty similar result to what happened in this case? Do you think the autopilot will "just go faster" and make the turn regardless of the laws of physics?
The direct effect of artificial sweeteners on insulin levels (as described by GP) seems to be unsubstantiated. There is, however, an Israeli study demonstrating an effect of artificial sweeteners on gut bacteria, which in turn does result in increased blood sugar levels.
Also, the negative effect of those sweeteners seems to be very apparent if you compare their usage on a national level (try finding a non-light product in a US supermarket, for example) with the prevalence of obesity (US way worse than other countries). I've often been flabbergasted by this, looking at the rows and rows of light products and the humongous people buying them and thinking "guys, wake up, this is obviously not working!". Not only is it not helping, it's actively making things worse.
And according to the rumor mill, that's for the smaller of two battery sizes that will be offered. The bigger one, 75 kWh, is rumored to offer about 312 miles (500 km), based on a picture of the screen of a model 3 test car charging at a supercharger.
Or they might have first tried with a book held in front of a melon or something like that.
Maybe they only had one book...
I don't think you are in Apple's target demographic ;-)
You can still mark files as read-only, or apply any other kinds of restrictions based on user/group. This extra protection just serves to keep rogue apps from going on a rampage through your home folder and destroy everything your userID has access to. They can only touch the files you told them to open, nothing else.
Or he could use one of those flight-proven Falcon 9 boosters he has lying around! Just put a seat with controls on the top. Traveling in style.
Apple's solution is to allow apps to open any file which is dragged onto the app by the user, or selected from a standard file selector. It's totally transparent to the user and is sufficient for the vast majority of apps like word processors etc... Special entitlements are only necessary for certain system utilities.
(Only enforced on App Store apps for the moment)
On a Mac, App Store apps have restricted access to a very limited set of folders (as described by the entitlements list that has to be approved by Apple) BUT they can open any file from any folder if the user drags it onto the app or selects it from a standard system file selector within the app. That makes it totally transparent to the user for the vast majority of apps while remaining secure because the app cannot fake the user interaction that allows access to the files.
For the moment, only App Store apps are required to have such an entitlements list but I can see them extend it to all apps at some point in the future, certainly with the current wave of ransomware apps going around. Not sure how it's going to work for command line executables, though. For those, a whole lot of rules editing may become necessary.
Or they just decided to test the fins on the current generation model before going all-in on them with block 5.
I don't know, but if it was really a new version, I think they would have mentioned it.
Where's the attitude adjuster when you need it?
Why would 15x more CO2 be a bad thing? Plants love CO2, and some extra greenhouse effect is probably more than welcome at that distance from the sun.
I only know him (and bought his books) because of the SpaceX drone ship names.
So the "geek credentials" bit is not really about knowing a particular author, but about not having come across any mention of these drone ship names and their origin even though they have been mentioned many times in articles about SpaceX, webcasts, tweets, etc...
Wasn't SpaceX planning to do something similar? But with more than 7500 satellites?
Students caught cheating fail their exam. So these TV sets should simply be taken off the market.
There are different ways of gaming tests. For example, if a CPU manufacturer knows that a particular test suite is likely to be used which does a lot of integer multiplications and not so many subtractions, they might optimize their processor to be faster with those instructions at the expense of others, resulting in lower real world performance but higher performance on the test. That would be a problem with the test.
However, actively recognizing a particular test film and then changing settings to lower image quality and energy consumption for that particular film, that's a whole different story. You can't blame the test for that, it's simply deliberate fraud.
What else are the testers to do? Show random films? Then the manufacturers will complain that the test for their TV set had more bright scenes and therefore was unfair to them. Tests have to be identical, so there's no way around using a standard film.
Why do you even need an exchange for this kind of thing? Just use a wallet app, nobody can tell you what you can and cannot do with it.
(That doesn't mean I endorse paying ransoms, of course)
It might, actually. Remember that AI chatbot that started spewing out racist and antisemitic comments and had to be taken off line?