More obviously, the regulators need to buy some burner phones and credit cards. And on a broader scale start looking at bringing some racketeering charges against Uber.
I hope you realise the contradiction in what you're saying. If 4GB is not a problem then why are Microsoft "pushed" to reduce consumption? Why is it they seem more "pushed" of late than they have in the past? The reality is that Microsoft are "pushed" because they're hitting that limit. I linked to a blog post elsewhere as one example of that and it's not hard to find people hitting the wall for themselves. And besides, even if the software were available in 64-bit that does not stop Microsoft optimizing the product to use less memory.
And no it's not that other IDEs I use are memory hogs, and more a reflection that some software projects, such as the ones I develop in those IDEs are extremely large. Not just to develop against but when they're debugged and the IDE sags the weight of a large project with all its symbolic info, debug state and profiling that's going on. Indeed in some cases there might be multiple things being debugged at once.
Oh please. "Massively increases maintenance costs"? The average windfarm is remotely operated for the most part with site engineers who go around on a routine and non-routine basis performing maintenance that can't be done remotely. Clearly the effort involved is hardly exorbitant because annual maintenance costs are documented to be 1-2%.
And operations & maintenance are only part of the picture as I said originally.
Actually my scenario does make a lot of sense and it is not hard to find examples of people who've run out of memory using Visual Studio in similar circumstances. And given the operating system and the typical development PC is capable of handling a 64-bit IDE, it makes very little sense to not provide one. Even if it's a choice presented during installation.
The only reason to stay 32-bit is legacy dependencies, native extensions and so on. Staying there because 3.5GB is good enough for most people (where have we heard that sort of argument before) isn't a good reason. Ironically Microsoft themselves recognize these limits themselves and have written blogs about how they've strived to reduce memory consumption that was hitting the limits. Even some of their scenario improvements still leave consumption in excess of 3GB.
VS Code is actually quite good and cross platform. I've used it extensively on Linux and gdb plugin is pretty handy.
My main criticism of it is is that it's a pain in the ass to configure. Just like Atom, Brackets, Sublime etc., it does away with a proper settings dialog and configuration is by editing a JSON-esque file. Even if this makes sense for advanced configuration it really sucks just to configure some simple thing.
I've run out of memory in large projects on other IDEs. I don't think it would be of the question that you could burn through 3.5GB if you had a workspace with lots of projects in different configs and targets with runtimes in memory all at the same time.
Given that Windows has more or less become defacto 64-bit with just a few 32-bit outliers on tablets, it doesn't make much sense to remain 32-bit any more.
There is nothing hard to understand about this. A wind turbine has an average life span of 20 years and an annual maintenance cost of 1-2%. Getting people to "remote areas" to service the things can be achieved by means of a wonderful invention called a road.
Which in summary means people are fools to buy a new console or any in-demand launch device. Yeah it might work and be wonderful. Or it might suck or not live up to the hype.
Personally I don't see much reason to buy a launch console even if its perfect. The Switch supposedly has exactly one must-have game and it'll be months before another one arrives. This is common for other console launches too however I think Nintendo dismal 3rd party relationship only exacerbates the issue.
Somehow I doubt the cost of maintaining a wind farm is a major overhead compared to other forms of power generation especially when the cost of controlling emissions / pollutants and decommissioning is taken into account.
Dead pixels can be minimized by quality assurance during production, and by identifying and removing defective panels before they end up as assembled panels / consoles. Doing so also allows them to be recycled more efficiently at the point of origin. Allowing them through the supply chain is where the waste occurs.
And yes a dead pixel can ruin a device for some people. I don't see it as any different to receiving a device and discovering a crack in the bezel, a chip of glass out of the screen or some other manufacturing flaw. People should be within their rights to return it, and companies should know better than trying to palm off defects on users and expecting them to like it.
If the browser doesn't supply it, they'll use a plugin that does, e.g. Flash or Silverlight. So I don't really see the argument for stopping DRM, or standardizing the form that it takes.
It's a very bad thing to see consoles become ever-more vertical, the reality is that Gamestop sucks. I couldn't really care if they fail because they've been screwing over customers and staff for years.
3rd party clients and the official client run through different protocols. At the end of the day someone has to ensure it works day to day and after any software / hardware update. I wouldn't be surprised if the servers running this stuff are getting towards the end of their lives anyway so replacing them would be an expense. Point being there are valid reasons they might wish to shut it down.
There's no reason to not support a third party client otherwise.
Supporting 3rd party clients still costs money for hardware and administration. That's a reason. Perhaps AOL just don't see the point of that expense any more.
I'm being facetious of course. The reality is that cab drivers, hackney or minicab should be held to a standard suitable for someone operating public transportation. That should being able to speak the country / area's language, pass a police background check, receive certain health & safety training and be driving a fully insured, taxed and inspected vehicle.
It's not hard to understand Uber's angle in all this. Foreign speakers represent a rich seam of low wage workers who they can exploit to run their service.
When I buy a new phone what I REALLY want is a bunch of proprietary, unfamiliar, inconsistent features controlling the most fundamental actions of the phone. That's number #1 on the list of things I look for. Other important features would be a proprietary launcher, dialler and other core applications, infrequent / nonexistent firmware updates (caused by all that customized functionality) and maybe between 5 and 10 crapware apps baked directly into the firmware.
Yup, a phone with all those things is a guaranteed sale.
Anyone can run for office regardless of how ignorant, stupid or otherwise batshit insane they are. We see it all the time. It shouldn't be a surprise that it's happened again.
You call me a moron and yet you couldn't even be bothered to read the thread. Here let me toss you a clue to what I was responding to - "If I'm riding my bicycle down the sidewalk (which is illegal in this city btw, you're supposed to keep to the streets to avoid hitting peds) ". Riding along pedestrian footpaths is illegal practically everywhere which is why the analogy is a fairly reasonable concerning liability / culpability.
I think it's you who are the moron if you can't comprehend the point. Someone might not intend to crash into a person but intentionally riding on the pavement means they have culpability. Just as someone might not intend for their drone to drop on someone's head, but flying it over a crowd in a built up area still means they are culpable and held liable.
As indeed was the case with the drone operator. It's not hard to understand really.
All those non-English speakers form a core part of its exploitable workforce. Maybe they need to supply a phrase book for drivers to passenger interaction - "I am having a heart attack", "I've left my wallet", or "Please stop raping me".
Now, in addition to any civil case she may file against me, do I deserve a month in jail?
I would consider riding the pavement and not paying attention to where you going makes you culpable for the harm you caused even if it was unintentional. You might have not meant to cause the accident but it wouldn't have happened without your intentional negligence.
The same for this guy. If there is a law about causing harm through negligence and it carries a custodial sentence, and if it can be shown that flying a drone above people in an area filled with hazards is negligent, then yes he deserves jail.
SpaceX hasn't even demonstrated the Dragon 2 capsule that can take humans to the ISS, a trip which takes less than half a day.
Apollo 8 took about 6 days round trip to go to the moon and back. The difference in terms of life support (oxygen, water, heat, sleep, toilet), communications, telemetry, etc. are so significant that I wonder how they expect to pull this off in less than 2 years. Maybe they intend to rig the Dragon 2 to only hold a couple of crew and hope the lifesupport is sufficient for the trip around. Though I very much doubt even paying guests would enjoy the severe discomfort of the trip with little to do to occupy their time.
Maybe it's possible but not without delays and jury rigging. I also wonder if Musk is one of the guests himself. I wouldn't put it past him.
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More obviously, the regulators need to buy some burner phones and credit cards. And on a broader scale start looking at bringing some racketeering charges against Uber.
And no it's not that other IDEs I use are memory hogs, and more a reflection that some software projects, such as the ones I develop in those IDEs are extremely large. Not just to develop against but when they're debugged and the IDE sags the weight of a large project with all its symbolic info, debug state and profiling that's going on. Indeed in some cases there might be multiple things being debugged at once.
This isn't the first bullshot rendering of a personal transportation device. Doesn't mean its going to be a reality now or ever.
And operations & maintenance are only part of the picture as I said originally.
The only reason to stay 32-bit is legacy dependencies, native extensions and so on. Staying there because 3.5GB is good enough for most people (where have we heard that sort of argument before) isn't a good reason. Ironically Microsoft themselves recognize these limits themselves and have written blogs about how they've strived to reduce memory consumption that was hitting the limits. Even some of their scenario improvements still leave consumption in excess of 3GB.
My main criticism of it is is that it's a pain in the ass to configure. Just like Atom, Brackets, Sublime etc., it does away with a proper settings dialog and configuration is by editing a JSON-esque file. Even if this makes sense for advanced configuration it really sucks just to configure some simple thing.
Given that Windows has more or less become defacto 64-bit with just a few 32-bit outliers on tablets, it doesn't make much sense to remain 32-bit any more.
There is nothing hard to understand about this. A wind turbine has an average life span of 20 years and an annual maintenance cost of 1-2%. Getting people to "remote areas" to service the things can be achieved by means of a wonderful invention called a road.
Personally I don't see much reason to buy a launch console even if its perfect. The Switch supposedly has exactly one must-have game and it'll be months before another one arrives. This is common for other console launches too however I think Nintendo dismal 3rd party relationship only exacerbates the issue.
Somehow I doubt the cost of maintaining a wind farm is a major overhead compared to other forms of power generation especially when the cost of controlling emissions / pollutants and decommissioning is taken into account.
And yes a dead pixel can ruin a device for some people. I don't see it as any different to receiving a device and discovering a crack in the bezel, a chip of glass out of the screen or some other manufacturing flaw. People should be within their rights to return it, and companies should know better than trying to palm off defects on users and expecting them to like it.
It must be great to be an early adopter. That frisson of excitement coming from paying top dollar to be some company's beta tester.
I was all ready to buy their 5 qubit universal quantum computer. I guess I'll wait for the new model now.
If the browser doesn't supply it, they'll use a plugin that does, e.g. Flash or Silverlight. So I don't really see the argument for stopping DRM, or standardizing the form that it takes.
It's a very bad thing to see consoles become ever-more vertical, the reality is that Gamestop sucks. I couldn't really care if they fail because they've been screwing over customers and staff for years.
3rd party clients and the official client run through different protocols. At the end of the day someone has to ensure it works day to day and after any software / hardware update. I wouldn't be surprised if the servers running this stuff are getting towards the end of their lives anyway so replacing them would be an expense. Point being there are valid reasons they might wish to shut it down.
There's no reason to not support a third party client otherwise.
Supporting 3rd party clients still costs money for hardware and administration. That's a reason. Perhaps AOL just don't see the point of that expense any more.
It's not hard to understand Uber's angle in all this. Foreign speakers represent a rich seam of low wage workers who they can exploit to run their service.
Yup, a phone with all those things is a guaranteed sale.
Anyone can run for office regardless of how ignorant, stupid or otherwise batshit insane they are. We see it all the time. It shouldn't be a surprise that it's happened again.
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As indeed was the case with the drone operator. It's not hard to understand really.
All those non-English speakers form a core part of its exploitable workforce. Maybe they need to supply a phrase book for drivers to passenger interaction - "I am having a heart attack", "I've left my wallet", or "Please stop raping me".
Now, in addition to any civil case she may file against me, do I deserve a month in jail?
I would consider riding the pavement and not paying attention to where you going makes you culpable for the harm you caused even if it was unintentional. You might have not meant to cause the accident but it wouldn't have happened without your intentional negligence.
The same for this guy. If there is a law about causing harm through negligence and it carries a custodial sentence, and if it can be shown that flying a drone above people in an area filled with hazards is negligent, then yes he deserves jail.
Apollo 8 took about 6 days round trip to go to the moon and back. The difference in terms of life support (oxygen, water, heat, sleep, toilet), communications, telemetry, etc. are so significant that I wonder how they expect to pull this off in less than 2 years. Maybe they intend to rig the Dragon 2 to only hold a couple of crew and hope the lifesupport is sufficient for the trip around. Though I very much doubt even paying guests would enjoy the severe discomfort of the trip with little to do to occupy their time.
Maybe it's possible but not without delays and jury rigging. I also wonder if Musk is one of the guests himself. I wouldn't put it past him.