It will not happen, because the desktop people insist in keeping their heads deep into you-know-where, coming up with the usability monstrosities that are Gnome, KDE and the now-defunct Unity.
It is a good thing because that implies that the bad guys will stay focused on Windows (and Mac, to a much smaller extent) while leaving Linux alone. Alternatively, they may focus on the abominable Linux desktops above, and that is a good thing.
In the meantime, I have a desktop that does everything I need, it does so efficiently, how I want it, and without much in the way of security risks, when it comes to the desktop itself. Life is good, and will carry on being good, for as long as Linux in the desktop maintains a negligible market share. So, keep up the good work, Gnome and KDE people.
In what way it is tough? It sure requires some effort from you, but, from an intellectual point of view, you just have to have a modicum of common sense, and a capacity to follow instructions. It is not tough, but you have to work.
Fortunately you can still change the default search engine - I'm using DuckDuckGo on both my phone and my computer. It seems to work about as well as Google.
I replaced Google with DuckDuckGo as my default search engine, and I used it for about a month. DuckDuckGo does not measure up. It is not terrible, but it is also nowhere near as good as Google. It pains me to write this, for I believe that Google has become thoroughly obnoxious, and likely to become only worse. However, when it comes to searching, it still rules. DuckDuckGo will have to improve VERY significantly, if it is to attain a comparable performance.
My experience with LinkedIn is that people seem to use it to proclaim how gorgeous, smart, accomplished and well-connected they are. Since even an idiot like me can see that, the other LinkedIn inmates, far more clever and accomplished than me, can obviously see that. They will grasp, in a millisecond, that LinkedIn is mostly populated by poseurs like themselves. Do they buy the garbage that the other poseurs post?
That is bad, but the airlines these days seem to be focused on making a miserable experience even more miserable. I cringe when they close their introductory announcement with "sit back and enjoy the flight." Well, used to; these days I fly only when I have no choice.
Has anti-gravity been invented? No? Then the technology is not there yet. Cars falling out of the sky is not an acceptable solution.
You are so right. Without a technology similar to that, flying cars will remain, most likely, a pipe dream. At best they will be products for the elite, just as helicopters have always been.
I installed CC Cleaner in my phone a couple of years ago. It couldn't do anything beyond what one can already do with the tools shipped with Android. And, as a bonus, it would interrupt you whenever it saw fit, and it used lots of CPU and battery to boot. This things has been nothing but malware from day one.
Netflix's big advantage: no freaking commercials. As long as it remains commercial-free, I am staying with Netflix. Sure, the material available might not be the best and latest, and it still disappears without warning. It still beats the hell out of cable.
And something for which no intelligence whatsoever is required. However, when even a little is necessary, Google (and Alexa, and Siri) spins its wheels badly. I would like to be able to tell my Google assistant (or whatever it is called these days) to call someone specific, but using Hangouts, instead of my cell service. This is very simple stuff - and apparently beyond what that software is able to do.
The AI community needs to be much more cautious and circumspect. They have been promising the sky, and otherwise hyping things, for decades now, and, as result, they have become something of a laughing stock in academic circles. And do not say it is the press - luminaries like Minsky and others couldn't wait to come out with ever more outlandish forecasts, that were then just disseminated by the press. The final straw is when these days they are still trying to sell ridiculous gimmicks like Alexa, Google Home, Siri, etc. as AI wonders, when the only wonderful thing is how notably inept and limited in their capabilities they are: good for grins and giggles, party games, but little more.
Stop the nonsense.
AI has been ridiculously (and recklessly) hyped since its inception as an academic discipline. This is just more of the same. Unfortunately, the implication is that it is just as difficult today, as it was 60 years ago, to take AI seriously, despite what some fearmongers out there who, drunk with success in one area, seem to think that they are experts on everything, would like people to believe.
Why can't all these UI idiots face facts. The desktop was perfectly usable two decades ago.
With the current hardware, the desktop UI problem was solved over two decades ago. These clowns are just reinventing the wheel, and doing a very poor job of it.
After all these years, the only thing that has ever made me question my decision to have a Linux desktop is Gnome 3. Had it been the case that Gnome 3 was the only desktop for Linux I would probably have stopped using Linux in the desktop altogether - even Windows seems to be an attractive option, in comparison (almost, not quite). Fortunately, we do not have to eat that dog food.
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It will not happen, because the desktop people insist in keeping their heads deep into you-know-where, coming up with the usability monstrosities that are Gnome, KDE and the now-defunct Unity. It is a good thing because that implies that the bad guys will stay focused on Windows (and Mac, to a much smaller extent) while leaving Linux alone. Alternatively, they may focus on the abominable Linux desktops above, and that is a good thing. In the meantime, I have a desktop that does everything I need, it does so efficiently, how I want it, and without much in the way of security risks, when it comes to the desktop itself. Life is good, and will carry on being good, for as long as Linux in the desktop maintains a negligible market share. So, keep up the good work, Gnome and KDE people.
In what way it is tough? It sure requires some effort from you, but, from an intellectual point of view, you just have to have a modicum of common sense, and a capacity to follow instructions. It is not tough, but you have to work.
Fortunately you can still change the default search engine - I'm using DuckDuckGo on both my phone and my computer. It seems to work about as well as Google.
I replaced Google with DuckDuckGo as my default search engine, and I used it for about a month. DuckDuckGo does not measure up. It is not terrible, but it is also nowhere near as good as Google. It pains me to write this, for I believe that Google has become thoroughly obnoxious, and likely to become only worse. However, when it comes to searching, it still rules. DuckDuckGo will have to improve VERY significantly, if it is to attain a comparable performance.
Like Arthur Andersen before them, Deloitte, Price Waterhouse, etc. sell a lot of hot air at very high prices. But, their people dress impeccably.
My experience with LinkedIn is that people seem to use it to proclaim how gorgeous, smart, accomplished and well-connected they are. Since even an idiot like me can see that, the other LinkedIn inmates, far more clever and accomplished than me, can obviously see that. They will grasp, in a millisecond, that LinkedIn is mostly populated by poseurs like themselves. Do they buy the garbage that the other poseurs post?
Does this buffoon have any credibility left?
AI has been overhyped since the late 60s, many times by people like Marvin Minsky, who ought to have known better.
Ford cars will crash in weird and wonderful ways.
That is bad, but the airlines these days seem to be focused on making a miserable experience even more miserable. I cringe when they close their introductory announcement with "sit back and enjoy the flight." Well, used to; these days I fly only when I have no choice.
You blaspheme. Watch it - the iSheep will be up in arms.
Has anti-gravity been invented? No? Then the technology is not there yet. Cars falling out of the sky is not an acceptable solution.
You are so right. Without a technology similar to that, flying cars will remain, most likely, a pipe dream. At best they will be products for the elite, just as helicopters have always been.
Yes.. please shoot them all, right after the lawyers.
And bankers. Don't forget the bankers. Bankers, lawyers, UX designers - the scourge of the 21st century.
Just the orher day i was on a websight ... Seems like they all still have work to do.
And you have to attain 6th grade English level.
Capiche?
No, capisce.
They will be happy with anything regurgitated by the Cupertino people, with or without notch.
This way, assessing what personal assistant is more useless and downright stupid will be a far easier chore to pull off.
I installed CC Cleaner in my phone a couple of years ago. It couldn't do anything beyond what one can already do with the tools shipped with Android. And, as a bonus, it would interrupt you whenever it saw fit, and it used lots of CPU and battery to boot. This things has been nothing but malware from day one.
Netflix's big advantage: no freaking commercials. As long as it remains commercial-free, I am staying with Netflix. Sure, the material available might not be the best and latest, and it still disappears without warning. It still beats the hell out of cable.
And something for which no intelligence whatsoever is required. However, when even a little is necessary, Google (and Alexa, and Siri) spins its wheels badly. I would like to be able to tell my Google assistant (or whatever it is called these days) to call someone specific, but using Hangouts, instead of my cell service. This is very simple stuff - and apparently beyond what that software is able to do.
The AI community needs to be much more cautious and circumspect. They have been promising the sky, and otherwise hyping things, for decades now, and, as result, they have become something of a laughing stock in academic circles. And do not say it is the press - luminaries like Minsky and others couldn't wait to come out with ever more outlandish forecasts, that were then just disseminated by the press. The final straw is when these days they are still trying to sell ridiculous gimmicks like Alexa, Google Home, Siri, etc. as AI wonders, when the only wonderful thing is how notably inept and limited in their capabilities they are: good for grins and giggles, party games, but little more. Stop the nonsense.
AI has been ridiculously (and recklessly) hyped since its inception as an academic discipline. This is just more of the same. Unfortunately, the implication is that it is just as difficult today, as it was 60 years ago, to take AI seriously, despite what some fearmongers out there who, drunk with success in one area, seem to think that they are experts on everything, would like people to believe.
Why can't all these UI idiots face facts. The desktop was perfectly usable two decades ago.
With the current hardware, the desktop UI problem was solved over two decades ago. These clowns are just reinventing the wheel, and doing a very poor job of it.
After all these years, the only thing that has ever made me question my decision to have a Linux desktop is Gnome 3. Had it been the case that Gnome 3 was the only desktop for Linux I would probably have stopped using Linux in the desktop altogether - even Windows seems to be an attractive option, in comparison (almost, not quite). Fortunately, we do not have to eat that dog food.
In the US of A anyone can sue anybody at any time for anything. Is the ridiculous chatbot going to win the litigation for me? Let's be serious.
The music industry remains anchored in the 20th century. It should evolve, not be saved.