Desktops will continue for the foreseeable future.
I will say that PC sales have dropped considerably, but much of that is because there are few gains for gamers who play on 1080p screens, and for most of the rest, PCs have hit a performance level that is "good enough". There is little reason for most users to upgrade or replace, especially once they've swapped out hard drives for SSDs.
Enthusiasts have always been, and will continue to be, a marginal group; every year consoles gain ground.
VR may be the savior of the enthusiast upgrade cycle of years past (remember when we upgraded to new computers yearly?), but even those vendors are pushing standalone products.
Sure, it has more inside-out cameras (I think), but it no longer has mechanically adjusted PD and no ear phones.
In some ways, it's a step backward. I'd rather have seen a hybrid approach to sensors - the inside out is great, but a couple sensor pods behind wouldn't be too bad. Oculus "partnered" with Lenovo on the "S" - and they basically swallowed up the Lenovo Mixed Reality headset (which can usually be had for a lot less than $399), and passed none of the cost savings onto consumers.
Where's the wireless option? Go and Quest are standlones, and have their own issues... how about something like Vive's wireless option? Instead of pushing VR tech forward, they've just sidestepped into Microsoft's MR standard. It's not a terrible thing... the MR headsets are very good, and inside-out tracking is very slick, but it isn't a step forward.
I want no tethers and galvanic stimulation to ward off motion sickness (and feel motion). I want OLED displays. I don't like losing the earphones.
Today? I doubt there is any effort at all. Ajit Pai testified to congress on the subject and thought it would be funny to make a joke out of spam callers.
Dean Kamen helped found FIRST Robotics 30 years ago. It's likely he has some insight into the subject. That no Slashdotters have mentioned this at this point says a lot about the crowd that hangs out here these days.
There was a time when the denizens of/. not only knew about FIRST, but were active in supporting their activities, either as mentors or volunteers.
Sound like people blaming others for their inability to find work. I am on LinkedIn, and found it a useful tool when I was looking for a better job... and that's how I ended up with my current employer (2+ years now). I also maintain contact with the many friends I've made over the years through LinkedIn, even an old childhood friend I hadn't seen in 40 years.
LinkedIn is a tool, and isn't to blame if you can't use it properly. IT is most certainly still relevant, since, as the OP states, 95% of recruiters are using it, some better than others. Filter the noise, be active, and it can help you find a job, but none of that matters if you don't do the rest of the work... interview well, have your goals set, be likeable and above all, have good soft skills.
This isn't hard... but apparently we'll continue to see these posts on Slashdot, questioning the relevancy of LinkedIn, every month or so, because coming up with new stories apparently is hard.
Adobe did this with Air (ActionScript and Flash technology), and as the summary states, Unity, Unreal, and many other game engines also do this. Xamarin also does this (much the same way as Unity, with C#/IL as the layer closest to "the metal")
You can make very serious apps with Unity, by the way... they don't have to be games - plus you get a pretty rich ecosystem of code (C#), support (Asset Store), and training.
Why do big companies constantly try and re-invent the wheel, when the existing ones work quite nicely?
It's really 500 million RECORDS. That's a big difference... that's still a lot, but the number of different people actually involved in the breach is likely much, much lower.
Also, we keep hearing "going back to 2014" - which means somebody was accessing it back then, not that that represents the oldest information.
I really can't stand the ambiguity/imprecision of these sort of reports.
AR is one end of the spectrum of MR... the other end being full immersive VR. The MR headsets for Windows machines built by Lenovo, Acer and such, are somewhere in the middle because they use inside-out tracking, which provides some information about the surroundings - it's somewhat aware of walls and such thanks to cameras in the headsets. Oculus is heading in that direction as well. I suspect headsets in the future will use a combination of sensor pods and inside-out tracking eventually, but right now, it's pretty good.
Pure AR is being aimed at the enterprise by Microsoft with Hololens, which is prohibitively expensive ($3000) and while impressive to try out, still has some work to do before it's ready for primetime.
Fair question... poor VR equipment does more harm than good in an area like this.
To be honest, the missing piece is the galvonic stimulator, to simulate motion on our inner ears. There are several in development, but it is mostly at the academic level. Eliminating motion sickness, combined with relatively cheap, simple entry level equipment could be the thing that drives it to the mainstream.
I've thought Microsoft was driving toward incorporating Mixed Reality into the Xbox, and it is disappointing they've pulled back on whatever plans they might have had.
This is what they need to bring to the table for Xbox One X... announce support for existing MR headsets, which, at typically around $200 on sale, would bring PC-grade VR to the consoles (PS4's set isn't up to par) - along with some games.
The tech is there, VR is on the cusp, but can't break out of the "gimmick" impression many people still have.
Seriously, why do I need hardcopy when I can read eBooks on my oversized iPhone with Kobo? It's always on me, and I've been reading my books this way for years. My iPhone 8 Plus screen is about what I'd have in a paperback (which, by the way, isn't much different from the OP's flip book idea)
Anybody who describes Detroit as "desolate" hasn't been there in the past 5 years. Dan Gilbert has been buying up buildings (and putting up new ones) and has had no problem filling them. Quicken Loans and their associated companies employ thousands of technology employees downtown, and Microsoft just moved their Michigan offices downtown from the suburbs.
As for automotive? Meh... GM has the RenCen and Ford is revitalizing a historic train station, but it's become more and more of a marginalized thing, at least in relation to Detroit itself.
It took way too long to get it back, but suffice it to say, for a service whose TOS claims you can't trade or sell accounts, they seemed happy to ignore the fact that the password, e-mail and language changed, and the users IP moved to Russia. I'd think a simple check on that would be enough to say "You are right, here's your account back, set it up for 2-factor and never screw up again"
Instead, we had to go back and forth, feeding them product keys used in the account in a back-and-forth that had a 24 hour+ turnaround time (their side) and took a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, some punk in Russia had bought my son's account (worth well over $3000 at the time), and probably was out a couple hundred bucks when we got it back.
The chips were for inserting exploitable code/backdoors into firmware. There will be no "command and control" going on unless somebody targets your box.
6 pins... PIC chips were used for something similar 20 years ago for Playstations - inserting a sequence along a serial line. In this case, probably intercepting/modifying something on a JTAG line or an I2C bus. It might even be sophisticated enough to return the original bit of code it was meant to replace on a flash memory read (if done serially). It requires explicit knowledge of the hardware and software, and likely was enabled by insiders (as was the design that allowed them to install the chip)
They've spent decades trying to destroy the middle class in the US, and are on the verge of success. They have little control, however, outside of their primary sphere of influence, and the rest of the world is catching up.
Why is the middle class a threat? Because disposable income can be converted into eventual wealth, with more people "joining the party". The assault on education, health, and income for people was predicated on preventing "the poors" from getting too uppity and threatening the 0.1%ers ecosystem. The dot-com blip was co-opted by Wall Street, and put an end to most of the "Nouveau riche" that endangered their class.
You also can track the decline in the US economy right along the decline of the middle class and increase in the wealth gap. People used to have more disposable income and spent it, stimulating our economy. The ultra-rich merely sit on their wealth and watch the US suffer for it with disdain.
I get lots of recruiters, even now that I am no longer looking, who approach me.
Before I got my current job, I had plenty of good leads on positions through recruiters, but as I was gainfully employed (not desperate), I passed on a number of positions I interviewed for, or was considered too high-priced for employment at some companies. My current job came as an HR recruiter contacted me - that was two years ago, and I got the salary I was looking for, at a company I enjoy working for.
A lot of it depends on location and your credentials... but my experience with LinkedIn was pretty good. I suspect if it isn't working well for you, it's because you aren't using it right. Social Media isn't my favorite thing at all... that said, it might be my reluctance to depend on social media, or let it take over most of my life, is probably part of the reason for my experience.
Sigh... seriously, the headline is clearly written by somebody who either hates space travel, or somebody who just hates that billionaires are involved in it.
Considering it's the same developer, and the Westworld game seems to be just a reskin/mod of their Fallout Shelter game, complete with the same bugs, the lawsuit isn't surprising.
I have no problem with this lawsuit, unlike the "similarity" lawsuits like the PUBG/Fortnite stupidity.
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Exactly 58,500,000 units? Amazing. It's like that moment you watch your odometer roll over 100,000 miles.
Desktops will continue for the foreseeable future.
I will say that PC sales have dropped considerably, but much of that is because there are few gains for gamers who play on 1080p screens, and for most of the rest, PCs have hit a performance level that is "good enough". There is little reason for most users to upgrade or replace, especially once they've swapped out hard drives for SSDs.
Enthusiasts have always been, and will continue to be, a marginal group; every year consoles gain ground.
VR may be the savior of the enthusiast upgrade cycle of years past (remember when we upgraded to new computers yearly?), but even those vendors are pushing standalone products.
Sure, it has more inside-out cameras (I think), but it no longer has mechanically adjusted PD and no ear phones.
In some ways, it's a step backward. I'd rather have seen a hybrid approach to sensors - the inside out is great, but a couple sensor pods behind wouldn't be too bad. Oculus "partnered" with Lenovo on the "S" - and they basically swallowed up the Lenovo Mixed Reality headset (which can usually be had for a lot less than $399), and passed none of the cost savings onto consumers.
Where's the wireless option? Go and Quest are standlones, and have their own issues... how about something like Vive's wireless option? Instead of pushing VR tech forward, they've just sidestepped into Microsoft's MR standard. It's not a terrible thing... the MR headsets are very good, and inside-out tracking is very slick, but it isn't a step forward.
I want no tethers and galvanic stimulation to ward off motion sickness (and feel motion). I want OLED displays. I don't like losing the earphones.
Until Trump came into office, they were.
Today? I doubt there is any effort at all. Ajit Pai testified to congress on the subject and thought it would be funny to make a joke out of spam callers.
We've seen how this ends. Oh wait a second... maybe not. The movie bombed.
Kinda sad, really.
Dean Kamen helped found FIRST Robotics 30 years ago. It's likely he has some insight into the subject. That no Slashdotters have mentioned this at this point says a lot about the crowd that hangs out here these days.
There was a time when the denizens of /. not only knew about FIRST, but were active in supporting their activities, either as mentors or volunteers.
You are a liar. I've done my taxes, and paid more this year. Lots of people have been complaining about this.
Sound like people blaming others for their inability to find work. I am on LinkedIn, and found it a useful tool when I was looking for a better job... and that's how I ended up with my current employer (2+ years now). I also maintain contact with the many friends I've made over the years through LinkedIn, even an old childhood friend I hadn't seen in 40 years.
LinkedIn is a tool, and isn't to blame if you can't use it properly. IT is most certainly still relevant, since, as the OP states, 95% of recruiters are using it, some better than others. Filter the noise, be active, and it can help you find a job, but none of that matters if you don't do the rest of the work... interview well, have your goals set, be likeable and above all, have good soft skills.
This isn't hard... but apparently we'll continue to see these posts on Slashdot, questioning the relevancy of LinkedIn, every month or so, because coming up with new stories apparently is hard.
Adobe did this with Air (ActionScript and Flash technology), and as the summary states, Unity, Unreal, and many other game engines also do this. Xamarin also does this (much the same way as Unity, with C#/IL as the layer closest to "the metal")
You can make very serious apps with Unity, by the way... they don't have to be games - plus you get a pretty rich ecosystem of code (C#), support (Asset Store), and training.
Why do big companies constantly try and re-invent the wheel, when the existing ones work quite nicely?
It's really 500 million RECORDS. That's a big difference... that's still a lot, but the number of different people actually involved in the breach is likely much, much lower.
Also, we keep hearing "going back to 2014" - which means somebody was accessing it back then, not that that represents the oldest information.
I really can't stand the ambiguity/imprecision of these sort of reports.
AR is one end of the spectrum of MR... the other end being full immersive VR. The MR headsets for Windows machines built by Lenovo, Acer and such, are somewhere in the middle because they use inside-out tracking, which provides some information about the surroundings - it's somewhat aware of walls and such thanks to cameras in the headsets. Oculus is heading in that direction as well. I suspect headsets in the future will use a combination of sensor pods and inside-out tracking eventually, but right now, it's pretty good.
Pure AR is being aimed at the enterprise by Microsoft with Hololens, which is prohibitively expensive ($3000) and while impressive to try out, still has some work to do before it's ready for primetime.
Fair question... poor VR equipment does more harm than good in an area like this.
To be honest, the missing piece is the galvonic stimulator, to simulate motion on our inner ears. There are several in development, but it is mostly at the academic level. Eliminating motion sickness, combined with relatively cheap, simple entry level equipment could be the thing that drives it to the mainstream.
I've thought Microsoft was driving toward incorporating Mixed Reality into the Xbox, and it is disappointing they've pulled back on whatever plans they might have had.
This is what they need to bring to the table for Xbox One X... announce support for existing MR headsets, which, at typically around $200 on sale, would bring PC-grade VR to the consoles (PS4's set isn't up to par) - along with some games.
The tech is there, VR is on the cusp, but can't break out of the "gimmick" impression many people still have.
Seriously, why do I need hardcopy when I can read eBooks on my oversized iPhone with Kobo? It's always on me, and I've been reading my books this way for years. My iPhone 8 Plus screen is about what I'd have in a paperback (which, by the way, isn't much different from the OP's flip book idea)
Anybody who describes Detroit as "desolate" hasn't been there in the past 5 years. Dan Gilbert has been buying up buildings (and putting up new ones) and has had no problem filling them. Quicken Loans and their associated companies employ thousands of technology employees downtown, and Microsoft just moved their Michigan offices downtown from the suburbs.
As for automotive? Meh... GM has the RenCen and Ford is revitalizing a historic train station, but it's become more and more of a marginalized thing, at least in relation to Detroit itself.
It took way too long to get it back, but suffice it to say, for a service whose TOS claims you can't trade or sell accounts, they seemed happy to ignore the fact that the password, e-mail and language changed, and the users IP moved to Russia. I'd think a simple check on that would be enough to say "You are right, here's your account back, set it up for 2-factor and never screw up again"
Instead, we had to go back and forth, feeding them product keys used in the account in a back-and-forth that had a 24 hour+ turnaround time (their side) and took a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, some punk in Russia had bought my son's account (worth well over $3000 at the time), and probably was out a couple hundred bucks when we got it back.
The chips were for inserting exploitable code/backdoors into firmware. There will be no "command and control" going on unless somebody targets your box.
6 pins... PIC chips were used for something similar 20 years ago for Playstations - inserting a sequence along a serial line. In this case, probably intercepting/modifying something on a JTAG line or an I2C bus. It might even be sophisticated enough to return the original bit of code it was meant to replace on a flash memory read (if done serially). It requires explicit knowledge of the hardware and software, and likely was enabled by insiders (as was the design that allowed them to install the chip)
They've spent decades trying to destroy the middle class in the US, and are on the verge of success. They have little control, however, outside of their primary sphere of influence, and the rest of the world is catching up.
Why is the middle class a threat? Because disposable income can be converted into eventual wealth, with more people "joining the party". The assault on education, health, and income for people was predicated on preventing "the poors" from getting too uppity and threatening the 0.1%ers ecosystem. The dot-com blip was co-opted by Wall Street, and put an end to most of the "Nouveau riche" that endangered their class.
You also can track the decline in the US economy right along the decline of the middle class and increase in the wealth gap. People used to have more disposable income and spent it, stimulating our economy. The ultra-rich merely sit on their wealth and watch the US suffer for it with disdain.
I get lots of recruiters, even now that I am no longer looking, who approach me.
Before I got my current job, I had plenty of good leads on positions through recruiters, but as I was gainfully employed (not desperate), I passed on a number of positions I interviewed for, or was considered too high-priced for employment at some companies. My current job came as an HR recruiter contacted me - that was two years ago, and I got the salary I was looking for, at a company I enjoy working for.
A lot of it depends on location and your credentials... but my experience with LinkedIn was pretty good. I suspect if it isn't working well for you, it's because you aren't using it right. Social Media isn't my favorite thing at all... that said, it might be my reluctance to depend on social media, or let it take over most of my life, is probably part of the reason for my experience.
They manage to thrive, even though every one of their releases immediately ends up on the torrents and other channels to download.
That says more about the actual value of DRM than it does about piracy.
That's a new one. I never knew Facebook was like eBay and Amazon.
They aren't doing a very good job marketing this capability.
Those knobgobblers shut down CowBoom in order to flog their store-branded "outlet" which was crap and continues to be crap.
Screw Best Buy
Sigh... seriously, the headline is clearly written by somebody who either hates space travel, or somebody who just hates that billionaires are involved in it.
Grow up.
Considering it's the same developer, and the Westworld game seems to be just a reskin/mod of their Fallout Shelter game, complete with the same bugs, the lawsuit isn't surprising.
I have no problem with this lawsuit, unlike the "similarity" lawsuits like the PUBG/Fortnite stupidity.
We should go chasing Waterfall?