> What's the actual N, beyond which we, the humans -- even those with the > sharpest eyes -- can no longer distinguish between N and 2N pixels per inch?
I loved my 5S. Until it died. Then I replaced it with another 5S, sadly just a few months before the SE came out. That one is now dying but I'm hoping it hangs in there long enough for the new one to come out because, - I'm totally happy with the current SEs, but if a better one comes out, I want it. - But if the new one is worse, then I'll get the current one, at a discount once it's officially "old". Either way, I win.
Every time I see that line, "I am right about Amazon costing the United States Post Office massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy" I am reminded of Chief Wiggum saying, "we can't be, er, (makes air quotes) "policing" the whole city."
And the ironic part is, Sears *started* as a mail-order-only company -- the 1800s equivalent to a modern online-only company.
Sears, Roebuck and Company, colloquially known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892 and 1906... the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925.
> The connector is also a nice size/shape and should serve us well for many years > to come. Apple was definitely on the right track when it pushed USB-C over other > connectors on its 2016 Macbook pros. But why on earth has it taken them nearly > two years to allow accessory makers to use this through MFi?
The bigger question is, why has it taken them over two years (because it hasn't happened yet) to ship USB-C cables with iPhones? You can walk into an Apple store today and buy the most expensive laptop they make, and the most expensive phone they make, and you'll still need to plunk down and extra $20 for an adapter to let you plug one into the other.
At the very least, they should have an in-store policy to give anyone a cable for free if they buy both devices at once, or give you one free when you order together online. Hell, ten years ago they had promos like "Buy an iMac, get a free printer".
In a statement, Favreau said, "If you told me at 11 years old that I would be getting to tell stories in the Star Wars universe, I wouldn't have believed you."
> Could Linux ever be made to become fully compatible with all Windows and Mac software?
You have it backwards. Software runs on the OS, so it is the software's responsibility to run on the OS, not the other way around. Adobe would have to write CC for Linux for this to work. MS would have to write Office for Linux for this to work. Etc.
> What I mean is a Linux distro that lets you successfully install/run/play just about > anything significant that says "for Windows 10" or "for OSX" under Linux,...
Well yes, that could technically be possible...
>...without any sort of configuring or crazy emulation orgies being needed?... but no, not without something happening behind the scenes. Emulation in one way or another is EXACTLY what would be required, if vendors don't want to write software for Linux. Even when vendors write their OWN layers for their OWN OSs (like Mac OS X's "Classic" mode for OS 9 -> OS X, or Rosetta for PPC to Intel) it's not perfect, so it is be effectively impossible for "Linux" to create PERFECT emulators for OS X and Windows. Like, 0.0000000000000001% chance of it happening. Like "A million monkeys on a million typewriters" impossible. Like "quantum computers spitting out infinite OSs per second" impossible.
> Macs and PCs run on the exact same Intel/AMD/Nvidia hardware as Linux.
Humans, cats, roses, and beetles all live on Earth, drink water, and breathe air. Why can't they all mate with each other?
... how long until we can get rid of the twice-monthly collection of super-saver ads, wrapped in a 1/2 page "article" so it can be legally litter^H^H^H^H^H^Hthrown onto my property? Because that thing is strictly waste from beginning to end -- from the paper and ink, to the power needed to print it, to the guys who drive around throwing them out their windows, to the trucks that carry them back to the recycling center (it goes straight from my driveway to the recycle bin), which then processes it. Oh yeah, and they come in a plastic bag, too. That goes into my grocery bag recycle bag.
Who else stopped reading two words into the summary?
Seriously, guy, FOAD. My life is already bad enough trying to move Chrome and (as of FF57) Firefox windows that are full of tabs.
Maybe if the trends of BRAIN-DEAD TABLET-STYLE DESIGN and CARTOONISHLY LARGE FONTS and ABSOLUTE SHIT INFORMATION DENSITY went away we could spare a vertical centimeter for useful UI bits. For people who like to move windows around, Fitt's Law is a good thing.
Erdogan was elected with a very very slim margin and he knows the country is split in the middle. The cities are highly educated and well off and in favour of a secular state and against totalitarianism. The countryside, Erdogan's base, is less educated, more conservative and more religious, and this is the group he's been pandering to the whole time... His goal is obviously to ensure that his base stays ignorant so he can continue to enjoy their support.
Anyone else in the U.S. get deja vu while reading that?:-/
I drink milk because I like the taste. As a side benefit, it's rather healthy.
I block ads because they're annoying.* As a side benefit, I'm protecting myself from shit like this.
* Same reason that I used to get up and go to the bathroom or get a drink while ads played on TV before the WWW existed. Same reason I fast-forwarded over them when watching taped shows when VCRs were new. "Ad blocking" is nothing new. Marketers and publishers who get all pissy about it can go fuck themselves. I would like to find one marketing or publishing exec who watches DVR'ed shows with his family and FORBIDS anyone from leaving the room during ads or fast-forwarding over them, even when you're seeing the same Tide spot for the fiftieth fucking time.
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> What's the actual N, beyond which we, the humans -- even those with the
> sharpest eyes -- can no longer distinguish between N and 2N pixels per inch?
Luckily, that math has been done.
https://www.google.com/search?...
"... an armadillo-like creature the size of a car."
Thanks for that. I was running out of nightmare fuel.
I loved my 5S. Until it died. Then I replaced it with another 5S, sadly just a few months before the SE came out. That one is now dying but I'm hoping it hangs in there long enough for the new one to come out because,
- I'm totally happy with the current SEs, but if a better one comes out, I want it.
- But if the new one is worse, then I'll get the current one, at a discount once it's officially "old".
Either way, I win.
My favorite picture that someone unearthed: http://thefuturebuzz.com/wp-co...
From http://thefuturebuzz.com/2014/...
Every time I see that line, "I am right about Amazon costing the United States Post Office massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy" I am reminded of Chief Wiggum saying, "we can't be, er, (makes air quotes) "policing" the whole city."
http://chiefwiggumfiles.tumblr...
"a 15-minute 4K 60fps video took almost three hours."
How big is the file?
Let's address the broader problem, shall we?
"Unfortunately, while C-suite executives talk $_ANYTHING they're often confused about what it means."
Hell, this isn't the first time I've read about this here. :-)
https://news.slashdot.org/stor...
https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...
See, the problem with large numbers is... they're large.
Only 3% showed any change? Great. One snag: there are 50 million students in the U.S. 3% of them = 1.5 million.
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/...
(To say nothing of the other flaws in the study that others here have pointed out.)
And the ironic part is, Sears *started* as a mail-order-only company -- the 1800s equivalent to a modern online-only company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears
"Demand Hits Full Boil as Job Market Simmers"?
Please change the subhead to "from the tortured-metaphors dept".
Because Gnome was perfect except for the fonts and the fucking wallpaper.
> The connector is also a nice size/shape and should serve us well for many years
> to come. Apple was definitely on the right track when it pushed USB-C over other
> connectors on its 2016 Macbook pros. But why on earth has it taken them nearly
> two years to allow accessory makers to use this through MFi?
The bigger question is, why has it taken them over two years (because it hasn't happened yet) to ship USB-C cables with iPhones? You can walk into an Apple store today and buy the most expensive laptop they make, and the most expensive phone they make, and you'll still need to plunk down and extra $20 for an adapter to let you plug one into the other.
At the very least, they should have an in-store policy to give anyone a cable for free if they buy both devices at once, or give you one free when you order together online. Hell, ten years ago they had promos like "Buy an iMac, get a free printer".
In a statement, Favreau said, "If you told me at 11 years old that I would be getting to tell stories in the Star Wars universe, I wouldn't have believed you."
Jon, you're so money and you don't even know it.
> San Fransisco is not a major city by any measure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Yeah, It's only the 13th largest city in the U.S. Not major at all. :-/
Twitter confirms it.
> Could Linux ever be made to become fully compatible with all Windows and Mac software?
You have it backwards. Software runs on the OS, so it is the software's responsibility to run on the OS, not the other way around. Adobe would have to write CC for Linux for this to work. MS would have to write Office for Linux for this to work. Etc.
> What I mean is a Linux distro that lets you successfully install/run/play just about
> anything significant that says "for Windows 10" or "for OSX" under Linux,...
Well yes, that could technically be possible...
> ...without any sort of configuring or crazy emulation orgies being needed? ... but no, not without something happening behind the scenes. Emulation in one way or another is EXACTLY what would be required, if vendors don't want to write software for Linux. Even when vendors write their OWN layers for their OWN OSs (like Mac OS X's "Classic" mode for OS 9 -> OS X, or Rosetta for PPC to Intel) it's not perfect, so it is be effectively impossible for "Linux" to create PERFECT emulators for OS X and Windows. Like, 0.0000000000000001% chance of it happening. Like "A million monkeys on a million typewriters" impossible. Like "quantum computers spitting out infinite OSs per second" impossible.
> Macs and PCs run on the exact same Intel/AMD/Nvidia hardware as Linux.
Humans, cats, roses, and beetles all live on Earth, drink water, and breathe air. Why can't they all mate with each other?
... how long until we can get rid of the twice-monthly collection of super-saver ads, wrapped in a 1/2 page "article" so it can be legally litter^H^H^H^H^H^Hthrown onto my property? Because that thing is strictly waste from beginning to end -- from the paper and ink, to the power needed to print it, to the guys who drive around throwing them out their windows, to the trucks that carry them back to the recycling center (it goes straight from my driveway to the recycle bin), which then processes it. Oh yeah, and they come in a plastic bag, too. That goes into my grocery bag recycle bag.
"Bill Gates warned Apple and other tech giants that they risk the kind of nightmarish government intervention that once plagued his Microsoft..."
And MS showed that if you have enough money, nothing bad will happen to you. So, no worries, tech giants.
We heard you like servers, so we took all the servers out of your server.
Wait, wat?
Who else stopped reading two words into the summary?
Seriously, guy, FOAD. My life is already bad enough trying to move Chrome and (as of FF57) Firefox windows that are full of tabs.
Maybe if the trends of BRAIN-DEAD TABLET-STYLE DESIGN and CARTOONISHLY LARGE FONTS and ABSOLUTE SHIT INFORMATION DENSITY went away we could spare a vertical centimeter for useful UI bits. For people who like to move windows around, Fitt's Law is a good thing.
Erdogan was elected with a very very slim margin and he knows the country is split in the middle. The cities are highly educated and well off and in favour of a secular state and against totalitarianism. The countryside, Erdogan's base, is less educated, more conservative and more religious, and this is the group he's been pandering to the whole time... His goal is obviously to ensure that his base stays ignorant so he can continue to enjoy their support.
Anyone else in the U.S. get deja vu while reading that? :-/
I drink milk because I like the taste. As a side benefit, it's rather healthy.
I block ads because they're annoying.* As a side benefit, I'm protecting myself from shit like this.
* Same reason that I used to get up and go to the bathroom or get a drink while ads played on TV before the WWW existed. Same reason I fast-forwarded over them when watching taped shows when VCRs were new. "Ad blocking" is nothing new. Marketers and publishers who get all pissy about it can go fuck themselves. I would like to find one marketing or publishing exec who watches DVR'ed shows with his family and FORBIDS anyone from leaving the room during ads or fast-forwarding over them, even when you're seeing the same Tide spot for the fiftieth fucking time.
I think a bigger story would be "Company is pushing the envelope and nothing goes wrong at all."
I notice Bea Arthur is conspicuously missing from your list... I hear ya.