Google used to be better at updates. Speaking as a Nexus 4 and 5 owner. Google is my first choice for Android but the longevity of their support has diminished.
No, "distributed" is not the only selling point. No, banking can not achieve everything crypto can. For example I can transfer money globally, including exchange from one fiat to another, with lower fees and possibly faster access to the transferred funds.
Well, Android is the dominant OS for some reasons right?
Its largely cost. Not just current device but old devices running old versions of Android are plentiful at very low prices. I can get a Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android 4.4 at Walmart for $115. According to Google 8% of Android users are running this ancient version of Android, 4.4, 18% Android 5, 21% Android 6. Pick a price point and you can find legacy hardware and legacy android matching that price. So its not necessarily that people chose Android over iPhone, for many it was Android was all they could afford.
The point is cryptocurrencies have a singular selling point: they are distributed.
Not every user needs to be a full node. You merely need *enough* nodes with *enough* diversity.
The practical considerations of quantum computers ensure that even if switched to post quantum algorithms, they become centralized.
Centralization, now were are getting into the politics of crypto not the technical details. With *enough* diversity we can still have security but perhaps not political purity.
I'm leaning towards the wall street and average person speculators not changing the downside very much, but limiting the upside a whole lot. In other words plateauing at $4-5K for a year a two, possibly. Having another 65x run up in a matter of months, very unlikely ever again
People said the same thing when it was at $10k.
Not me. I was aware of the previous 75% drops and have expected a return to the current levels. The point I'm try to make is that the downside may be similar to past downsides but I doubt the upsides will ever be comparable. The demographics of the holders have changed too much, there will likely be much more, and saner level of, cashing out any gains. $5K, $4K, $3K bottoms - 75%, 80% and 85% drops, I don't think any of those levels will have much different level of cashing out.
This is not surprising. After several previous exponential runs in the past we have had 75% drops and plateauing for years after the drop. Dropping from $20K'ish to $5K'ish is consistent with this pattern.
No True Downturn.
I'm leaning towards the wall street and average person speculators not changing the downside very much, but limiting the upside a whole lot. In other words plateauing at $4-5K for a year a two, possibly. Having another 65x run up in a matter of months, very unlikely ever again.
The bitcoin network is based on software. The software can be updated to change algorithms and keys and underlying strategies (PoW v PoS), etc as necessary.
This is not surprising. After several previous exponential runs in the past we have had 75% drops and plateauing for years after the drop. Dropping from $20K'ish to $5K'ish is consistent with this pattern.
Of course there is one very different thing this time. In the past three occurrences we had ownership by techie speculators. Now we have a ton of wall street and ordinary person speculators. Be interesting to see how they react, if they have the long term faith most techie speculators had.
Linux dev tools running under macOS are a bit of a grab bag. You see, true UNIX type systems use the mantra that everything is a file.
macOS is a UNIX type system, officially:
UNIX® Certified Products:
Apple Inc.: macOS version 10.14 Mojave on Intel-based Mac computers
Apple Inc.: macOS version 10.13 High Sierra on Intel-based Mac computers https://www.opengroup.org/open...
This is something that absolutely is not true under macOS.
Nearly any *nix code that is somewhat cross platform builds and runs fine under macOS.
Worked flawlessly on Linux systems, but alas, the TA was using a mac, and mac will not let you simply do a 'echo "foo" >/dev/stty1'
You are confusing security settings with Unix compatibility.
Meanwhile Windows 10 not only allows Linux in the same machine it now let's me run pretty much all of my Linux dev tools in Windows, without emulation, side by side my Windows apps in one windowed shell.
In other words Windows finally provides a full *nix console environment natively, as Mac OS X (now macOS) has done since day one.
Any your dev tools are probably not Linux specific and likely run just fine under BSD, including macOS.
I've never used Bootcamp...don't see much point in it when VMs are a lot easier to deal with.
Better performance and compatibility, better access to hardware. I agree that many apps won't care but at times it does make a difference, ex Windows based games, Windows based engineering software (think CE EE majors etc),...
Dual boot macOS and MS Windows and add a Linux virtual machine. You can develop for pretty much anything on one machine at that point, those three desktop OS plus iOS and Android.
You are mistaken, from your own citation: "Global smartphone shipments declined 2% annually... Shipments for Apple were up 1% annually". That's a share increase. You are confusing market position with market share.
Smartphones are already a commodity. I can buy a cheap Android phone at Walmart for $100 in a pay as you go plan. This has been true for years and it has little impact on Apple's sales, nor Google's sales, nor Samsung's sales. People are buying higher end Apple, Google and Samsung phones because they want the newer features and performance that 4-5 year old hardware and 4-5 year old Android versions can provide.
Apple is not losing marketshare. Smartphones sales have hit a plateau for everyone. We have saturation in developed nations and devices who's performance far exceeds the needs of most users so upgrades are less frequent. Smartphones are repeating the saturation and performance conditions that we have already seen with personal computers.
Smartphone sales have saturated in North America and Europe. Combine that with performance that far exceeds most user's needs so people are waiting longer to upgrade. Its nothing specific to Apple, all the manufacturers are seeing this. And we already saw this with computers, saturation, performance beyond need, upgrade timeframes lengthening,...
You know what? That would be bloody awesome. I *loved* workplace shell when it was around. It completely blew the crap out of Program Manager on Windows.
Of course OS/2 2.0 blew the crap out of Windows, its contemporaneous version of Windows for 16-bit 3.1, 32-bit Windows NT was not out yet. All the more tragic.
Because the probe is out of fuel used to maintain pointing.
I think he's asking why the panels are not on some sort of electrically controlled mount that can be oriented independently of the spacecraft. I'm not advocating for that design, just interpreting his question.
Are you forgetting or just unaware that the FSF used to charge hundreds of dollars to purchase copies of their software (which then gave you all the rights to copy and redistribute)? Making money has always been allowed and encouraged.
Sure, but that was just the FSF charging for the mag tapes and gas money for station wagon;-)
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Google used to be better at updates. Speaking as a Nexus 4 and 5 owner. Google is my first choice for Android but the longevity of their support has diminished.
I think Facebook execs can afford iPhones...
Yes, but they are making the switch as a political statement, not a feature/security based statement.
No, "distributed" is not the only selling point. No, banking can not achieve everything crypto can. For example I can transfer money globally, including exchange from one fiat to another, with lower fees and possibly faster access to the transferred funds.
Well, Android is the dominant OS for some reasons right?
Its largely cost. Not just current device but old devices running old versions of Android are plentiful at very low prices. I can get a Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android 4.4 at Walmart for $115. According to Google 8% of Android users are running this ancient version of Android, 4.4, 18% Android 5, 21% Android 6. Pick a price point and you can find legacy hardware and legacy android matching that price. So its not necessarily that people chose Android over iPhone, for many it was Android was all they could afford.
The point is cryptocurrencies have a singular selling point: they are distributed.
Not every user needs to be a full node. You merely need *enough* nodes with *enough* diversity.
The practical considerations of quantum computers ensure that even if switched to post quantum algorithms, they become centralized.
Centralization, now were are getting into the politics of crypto not the technical details. With *enough* diversity we can still have security but perhaps not political purity.
Using bitcoin does not require that you run a full node with all blockchain data.
For those wanting a full node, when quantum computers are here, 32TB of data a year will likely be not a big deal.
Quantum computers in a few years, yep, those flying cars in our driveways too.
People said the same thing when it was at $10k.
Not me. I was aware of the previous 75% drops and have expected a return to the current levels. The point I'm try to make is that the downside may be similar to past downsides but I doubt the upsides will ever be comparable. The demographics of the holders have changed too much, there will likely be much more, and saner level of, cashing out any gains. $5K, $4K, $3K bottoms - 75%, 80% and 85% drops, I don't think any of those levels will have much different level of cashing out.
No True Downturn.
I'm leaning towards the wall street and average person speculators not changing the downside very much, but limiting the upside a whole lot. In other words plateauing at $4-5K for a year a two, possibly. Having another 65x run up in a matter of months, very unlikely ever again.
The bitcoin network is based on software. The software can be updated to change algorithms and keys and underlying strategies (PoW v PoS), etc as necessary.
This is not surprising. After several previous exponential runs in the past we have had 75% drops and plateauing for years after the drop. Dropping from $20K'ish to $5K'ish is consistent with this pattern.
Of course there is one very different thing this time. In the past three occurrences we had ownership by techie speculators. Now we have a ton of wall street and ordinary person speculators. Be interesting to see how they react, if they have the long term faith most techie speculators had.
mac will not let you simply do a 'echo "foo" > /dev/stty1'
There is no stty under dev on macOS. /dev can vary between BSD and Linux and even between Linux distributions. You command is simply not portable *nix.
Linux dev tools running under macOS are a bit of a grab bag. You see, true UNIX type systems use the mantra that everything is a file.
macOS is a UNIX type system, officially: UNIX® Certified Products:
Apple Inc.: macOS version 10.14 Mojave on Intel-based Mac computers
Apple Inc.: macOS version 10.13 High Sierra on Intel-based Mac computers
https://www.opengroup.org/open...
This is something that absolutely is not true under macOS.
Nearly any *nix code that is somewhat cross platform builds and runs fine under macOS.
Worked flawlessly on Linux systems, but alas, the TA was using a mac, and mac will not let you simply do a 'echo "foo" > /dev/stty1'
You are confusing security settings with Unix compatibility.
Meanwhile Windows 10 not only allows Linux in the same machine it now let's me run pretty much all of my Linux dev tools in Windows, without emulation, side by side my Windows apps in one windowed shell.
In other words Windows finally provides a full *nix console environment natively, as Mac OS X (now macOS) has done since day one.
Any your dev tools are probably not Linux specific and likely run just fine under BSD, including macOS.
I've never used Bootcamp...don't see much point in it when VMs are a lot easier to deal with.
Better performance and compatibility, better access to hardware. I agree that many apps won't care but at times it does make a difference, ex Windows based games, Windows based engineering software (think CE EE majors etc), ...
Linux on a new Mac — why?
Dual boot macOS and MS Windows and add a Linux virtual machine. You can develop for pretty much anything on one machine at that point, those three desktop OS plus iOS and Android.
Old nerd joke, fastest way to transfer data: A station wagon full of mag tapes. ;-)
Apple is not losing marketshare.
Apple is losing marketshare.
You are mistaken, from your own citation: "Global smartphone shipments declined 2% annually ... Shipments for Apple were up 1% annually". That's a share increase. You are confusing market position with market share.
Smartphones are already a commodity. I can buy a cheap Android phone at Walmart for $100 in a pay as you go plan. This has been true for years and it has little impact on Apple's sales, nor Google's sales, nor Samsung's sales. People are buying higher end Apple, Google and Samsung phones because they want the newer features and performance that 4-5 year old hardware and 4-5 year old Android versions can provide.
Apple is not losing marketshare. Smartphones sales have hit a plateau for everyone. We have saturation in developed nations and devices who's performance far exceeds the needs of most users so upgrades are less frequent. Smartphones are repeating the saturation and performance conditions that we have already seen with personal computers.
Smartphone sales have saturated in North America and Europe. Combine that with performance that far exceeds most user's needs so people are waiting longer to upgrade. Its nothing specific to Apple, all the manufacturers are seeing this. And we already saw this with computers, saturation, performance beyond need, upgrade timeframes lengthening, ...
Nah, it'll be replaced with OS/2' "Workplace Shell", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
You know what? That would be bloody awesome. I *loved* workplace shell when it was around. It completely blew the crap out of Program Manager on Windows.
Of course OS/2 2.0 blew the crap out of Windows, its contemporaneous version of Windows for 16-bit 3.1, 32-bit Windows NT was not out yet. All the more tragic.
Why would the solar panels ever not face the sun
Because the probe is out of fuel used to maintain pointing.
I think he's asking why the panels are not on some sort of electrically controlled mount that can be oriented independently of the spacecraft. I'm not advocating for that design, just interpreting his question.
Nah, it'll be replaced with OS/2' "Workplace Shell", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Are you forgetting or just unaware that the FSF used to charge hundreds of dollars to purchase copies of their software (which then gave you all the rights to copy and redistribute)? Making money has always been allowed and encouraged.
Sure, but that was just the FSF charging for the mag tapes and gas money for station wagon ;-)
This article is from 2012. If you want up-to-date stats see LWN's regular reports, e.g. here is a recent one for 4.18:
https://lwn.net/Articles/76069...
(Though Red Hat is indeed still right up near the top.)
Thank you, #3 and #9 now, but wow Intel #1, Linux Foundation #2.