Eventually, the handheld devices will become so powerful that all we need is a better interface. The "docking station" will make a big comeback. I already have a little USB thing for my laptop that provides Ethernet, power, HDMI, and multiple USB ports. The same thing will happen with the "phone". Now, how long that will take is anybody's guess. So the idea of a "PC" as something different from handheld is what will go away.
What are some of the niches where VR is incredibly useful? Not mocking, I'm curious and it sounds interesting. I can't think of any, but I have virtually (ha ha ) no knowledge of the current state of the technology. Surgery maybe?
You can get advance notice, since at that level major stock sales are scheduled ahead of time and in many cases have to be cleared with the SEC. Of course, since it is all scheduled well ahead of time it generally has no impact on the stock price. Which is the point.
When companies say "which it uses to improve its own products" you have to think, what is the product? One of Facebook's products is aggregated data about FB users. So any kind of covert information gathering is used to improve their product of providing information.
Sure, conserving energy when food is a scarce resource is a survival strategy. That's why prey animals like deer and rabbits will not necessarily run away as soon as they spot a predator, they will keep an eye on it until it gets too close. No need to waste energy running if the snake is going the other way.
My understanding that most of the Intel flaws require physical access to the system.
Unclear what you mean here, obviously you don't have to poke your finger into the processor to exploit. There is a certain difficulty in exploiting these flaws, true, which is why we haven't seen much in the wild activity on them. But a lesson was learned from the Rowhammer exploit, 'they' said it was too difficult to locate an appropriate bit in memory and know when to flip it, until someone demonstrated a real attack using it. SPECTRE family is much the same, it requires a deeper level of knowledge than the commodity ransomware attackers out there. But once the details of a real attack are figured out and released it will become more important.
I use separate instances of Portable Firefox for the same purpose. Also true, browser extensions have to be treated like any untrusted program these days given how much we do from within the browser.
I was thinking maybe it is time for a whole new strategy for managing infection. Trying to prevent 100% of infections is failing, as TFA illustrates. perhaps a different approach of allowing less dangerous infections in order to crowd out the resistant strains. Or somehow deliberately cultivating non-harmful strains. In how many other fields of endeavor do we manage a risk rather than uselessly strive to 100% prevent it? Also, hospitals are extremely hidebound organizations in my experience, thanks mainly to doctors who never leave adolescence and thus think they already know everything.
This drives me nuts. Windows STILL has no mechanism to tell me which process is supposedly using the drive. So yes, it gets yanked. Windows claims the drive CAN'T be ejected. Go to hell Windows, I say it can.
Only 78%? What the heck is wrong with those other 22% who said, naw we prefer working one more day? They must be descendants of the 1 out of 5 dentists who didn't recommend sugarless gum.
Very true. Best Buy used to complain that people used their store as a showroom then went home and ordered from Amazon. That blew my mind. A retailer complaining that people come into the store? That's half the battle already and Amazon was helping them do it! It is good to see them at least thinking about why someone would rather buy from Amazon than in the store. But there is still a lot of room for improvement. Recently, I needed some monitors quick so I tried their pick it up service since I was going to be in the vicinity of a store in an hour or so. After doing my other tasks for an hour, I went to the store figuring the stuff would be ready soon. I was wrong. There were plenty of blue shirts in the store not particularly busy, but I never got the email that my monitors were ready for pickup. I left after 30 minutes looking around, and had time to drive home and cancel the order online. I got new ones next day from Amazon. How long does it take to pull a couple monitors from the back? Five minutes? Sure I could have just gotten someone in the store to go get them, but the I was irked at that point.
I remember "web designers" making more money than me and their coding was garbage. I hated doing HTML/etc. coding but could easily do a better job. Then the bust came along and all those folks who had no real knowledge or ability got the boot. It was a good time.
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Eventually, the handheld devices will become so powerful that all we need is a better interface. The "docking station" will make a big comeback. I already have a little USB thing for my laptop that provides Ethernet, power, HDMI, and multiple USB ports. The same thing will happen with the "phone". Now, how long that will take is anybody's guess. So the idea of a "PC" as something different from handheld is what will go away.
Perhaps we have far fewer dumb people, but now the dumb people have a way to let us know about it. Twitter for example.
I'm going to keep randomly saying "Computer, exit simulation" just in case.
What are some of the niches where VR is incredibly useful? Not mocking, I'm curious and it sounds interesting. I can't think of any, but I have virtually (ha ha ) no knowledge of the current state of the technology. Surgery maybe?
As long as the tweets are about working on the astroturfing team I don't see what the problem is.
At any given point, something is the number one cause of death.
You can get advance notice, since at that level major stock sales are scheduled ahead of time and in many cases have to be cleared with the SEC. Of course, since it is all scheduled well ahead of time it generally has no impact on the stock price. Which is the point.
When companies say "which it uses to improve its own products" you have to think, what is the product? One of Facebook's products is aggregated data about FB users. So any kind of covert information gathering is used to improve their product of providing information.
I thought the same thing. it is great that Apple did this. But, if these actions violate their policy, why not make them technically impossible?
Sure, conserving energy when food is a scarce resource is a survival strategy. That's why prey animals like deer and rabbits will not necessarily run away as soon as they spot a predator, they will keep an eye on it until it gets too close. No need to waste energy running if the snake is going the other way.
My understanding that most of the Intel flaws require physical access to the system.
Unclear what you mean here, obviously you don't have to poke your finger into the processor to exploit. There is a certain difficulty in exploiting these flaws, true, which is why we haven't seen much in the wild activity on them. But a lesson was learned from the Rowhammer exploit, 'they' said it was too difficult to locate an appropriate bit in memory and know when to flip it, until someone demonstrated a real attack using it. SPECTRE family is much the same, it requires a deeper level of knowledge than the commodity ransomware attackers out there. But once the details of a real attack are figured out and released it will become more important.
Data are as data does
I use separate instances of Portable Firefox for the same purpose. Also true, browser extensions have to be treated like any untrusted program these days given how much we do from within the browser.
This Doctor Footage has been getting away with murder for decades. Why don't they just arrest him for Pete's sake?
Because Oracle's licensing fees are too high
I hope I live to see the day when we just say "manufactured" instead of "3D-printed"
I was thinking maybe it is time for a whole new strategy for managing infection. Trying to prevent 100% of infections is failing, as TFA illustrates. perhaps a different approach of allowing less dangerous infections in order to crowd out the resistant strains. Or somehow deliberately cultivating non-harmful strains. In how many other fields of endeavor do we manage a risk rather than uselessly strive to 100% prevent it? Also, hospitals are extremely hidebound organizations in my experience, thanks mainly to doctors who never leave adolescence and thus think they already know everything.
Any sufficiently small statue is indistinguishable from an action figure.
We might call it Neo-Lamarckism
This drives me nuts. Windows STILL has no mechanism to tell me which process is supposedly using the drive. So yes, it gets yanked. Windows claims the drive CAN'T be ejected. Go to hell Windows, I say it can.
Only 78%? What the heck is wrong with those other 22% who said, naw we prefer working one more day? They must be descendants of the 1 out of 5 dentists who didn't recommend sugarless gum.
Very true. Best Buy used to complain that people used their store as a showroom then went home and ordered from Amazon. That blew my mind. A retailer complaining that people come into the store? That's half the battle already and Amazon was helping them do it! It is good to see them at least thinking about why someone would rather buy from Amazon than in the store. But there is still a lot of room for improvement. Recently, I needed some monitors quick so I tried their pick it up service since I was going to be in the vicinity of a store in an hour or so. After doing my other tasks for an hour, I went to the store figuring the stuff would be ready soon. I was wrong. There were plenty of blue shirts in the store not particularly busy, but I never got the email that my monitors were ready for pickup. I left after 30 minutes looking around, and had time to drive home and cancel the order online. I got new ones next day from Amazon. How long does it take to pull a couple monitors from the back? Five minutes? Sure I could have just gotten someone in the store to go get them, but the I was irked at that point.
I say let them build it, then the Donald Trump USA Space Force will take it over.
Is there nondairy milk-alternative product in my pasteurized process cheese food?
I remember "web designers" making more money than me and their coding was garbage. I hated doing HTML/etc. coding but could easily do a better job. Then the bust came along and all those folks who had no real knowledge or ability got the boot. It was a good time.