I wonder why they didn't build a grace period in. I'm not going to pretend Sony is some role model or anything, but I believe their software only checks every x number of days. I've seen some items with a 30-90 day check and some with a year, depending on PS Plus items or purchased items.
I can only hope that Boston Dynamics will use this for good, not evil. Don't build military or police robots. Do the right thing: build sex robots. Considering they are owned by the Japanese company Softbank, I can only assume this is now the intended use case for this technology.
That's because people keep listing to all this old damn music! How are those poor record companies supposed to make any money off music by dead people?
It depends on where you're looking at along the smart-watch-fitness-band spectrum. I have a Garmin watch. I use mine to track my rides with GPS and heart rate. It also has ANT+ so I can connect it to speed and cadence sensors (or a power meter, if I had one). The battery lasts a week or so with the amount of time I ride. I bought it last year as a refurb for about ~$130.
Nice. Self driving cars in the one nation that doesn't really need them (in the major cities). I can only imagine these will be primarily on main thoroughfares, as the streets within blocks are seriously cramped and have way too much mixed traffic (we're talking crawling 2-3mph through a sea of pedestrians and bicycles in busier areas.
Agreed. The fact that the majority ignore it helps explain why developed nations' waistlines are expanding. I know my former fat self didn't used to care.
I agree on all points. I had both a HTC Pro 7 and Lumia 925. I loved the OS and the Lumia's camera. Then I went to Japan and realized how shit that phone was for over there (they cancelled the WP8 Japanese release likely due to maps issues). After that, I became an Xperia man.
In Japan, the only people who can offer these services are existing professional drivers. Per the CNBC report: "Tough rules legislate ride-hailing apps in Japan. Non-professional drivers are effectively barred from offering taxi services, so apps like Uber have to link riders with existing taxi fleets. That means its core service, that it offers in major markets like the U.S. and U.K., is not in full operation in Japan."
Believe me, in Japan, the country full of petty rule followers, nobody is "courageously" flaunting skirting this law as Uber has in other locations.
Is it any worse than the sheer amount of horsepower it takes to load a page on any modern web site? In addition to all the scripts that load from a thousand third party domains for tracking and embeds, you have all the responsive design code and giant images. It may not be much for one PC, but when you consider how many machines are out there grinding away parsing web sites, it adds up. The end result still doesn't present much more meat and potatoes information than the web of yore.
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I wonder why they didn't build a grace period in. I'm not going to pretend Sony is some role model or anything, but I believe their software only checks every x number of days. I've seen some items with a 30-90 day check and some with a year, depending on PS Plus items or purchased items.
It sucks but I have a feeling us notch hating headphone jack lovers are in the minority here. Most would prefer a bigger screen, battery and the like.
As correct as you are, most people also love watching 4:3 content stretched when viewing on 16:9 TVs. The majority can be wrong sometimes.
I can almost guarantee this will win the popular vote.
I can only hope that Boston Dynamics will use this for good, not evil. Don't build military or police robots. Do the right thing: build sex robots. Considering they are owned by the Japanese company Softbank, I can only assume this is now the intended use case for this technology.
That's because people keep listing to all this old damn music! How are those poor record companies supposed to make any money off music by dead people?
It depends on where you're looking at along the smart-watch-fitness-band spectrum. I have a Garmin watch. I use mine to track my rides with GPS and heart rate. It also has ANT+ so I can connect it to speed and cadence sensors (or a power meter, if I had one). The battery lasts a week or so with the amount of time I ride. I bought it last year as a refurb for about ~$130.
Modern business: "If you ain't first, you're last."
Nice. Self driving cars in the one nation that doesn't really need them (in the major cities). I can only imagine these will be primarily on main thoroughfares, as the streets within blocks are seriously cramped and have way too much mixed traffic (we're talking crawling 2-3mph through a sea of pedestrians and bicycles in busier areas.
I have this time machine I lie down on. When I close my eyes, time jumps forward 6-8 hours.
Agreed. The fact that the majority ignore it helps explain why developed nations' waistlines are expanding. I know my former fat self didn't used to care.
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I agree on all points. I had both a HTC Pro 7 and Lumia 925. I loved the OS and the Lumia's camera. Then I went to Japan and realized how shit that phone was for over there (they cancelled the WP8 Japanese release likely due to maps issues). After that, I became an Xperia man.
Scooby Doo has been doing this for decades, dude.
Yeah, the way I read it was that 59 was the "biggest update since Firefox 1," and I was like... wait, bigger than the actual first Quantum release?
I always imagined in the future, we'd have sweet mechs. We've gone down the dark path of automated robots that will follow us with ads.
In Japan, the only people who can offer these services are existing professional drivers. Per the CNBC report: "Tough rules legislate ride-hailing apps in Japan. Non-professional drivers are effectively barred from offering taxi services, so apps like Uber have to link riders with existing taxi fleets. That means its core service, that it offers in major markets like the U.S. and U.K., is not in full operation in Japan." Believe me, in Japan, the country full of petty rule followers, nobody is "courageously" flaunting skirting this law as Uber has in other locations.
Latest maybe... I wouldn't exactly call them a sensation yet. I hate "weird Japan" articles.
Yeah, the buddy that won't shut up and won't leave when you tell him to.
Crap. Joke got hosed. It was supposed to say "moeru gomi" which is Japanese for burnable trash.
The good news is that they also have a drop-off as well. It's labelled "."
In Sendai (less than a hundred miles away), it wasn't the earthquake that did the most damage. Most of the buildings in this video look decent after the quake. The tsunami is what did most of the damage.
Is it any worse than the sheer amount of horsepower it takes to load a page on any modern web site? In addition to all the scripts that load from a thousand third party domains for tracking and embeds, you have all the responsive design code and giant images. It may not be much for one PC, but when you consider how many machines are out there grinding away parsing web sites, it adds up. The end result still doesn't present much more meat and potatoes information than the web of yore.
Not really. Coffee used to be a lot cheaper at places like Dunkin Donuts. It's the rise of the "premium" coffee shop experience.
Good. If he was Satoshi Nakamoto, I would call him a weeaboo. Source: am weeaboo.
Instead, Japan will use these for sex robots. And I'll help.