Slashdot is jam-packed with luddites who refuse to join the 21st century and buy decent Bluetooth headphones.
I bought a decent pair for my son at Walmart for $10 at the cash register "impulse buy" shelf. They've been working great and sound a hell of a lot better than ear buds.
Until everybody learns to play well together, Linux and other great open source projects will continue to be fractious tech that people will, rightfully so, find hard to take seriously.
Maybe both sides are right, maybe neither side is... but as long as people take sides, draw those battle lines, polarize the issues to extreme levels, open source projects can never mature (indeed, maturity is a word we can not associate with such feuds). Compromise and communication seems to never be considered.
That's not to say it can't be done, but the types of personalities that stand in the forefront of Linux, for example, seem very bull-headed - obsessed that their way is right, and never willing to accept constructive criticism or the possibility that there may be a better way of doing things.
Honestly, I'd prefer it if they just came set up with Kodi and no add-ons. Configuring Exodus or Spectro is simple enough and most of the add-ons I do not need pre-installed.
I'm sure Amber appreciates being defined by the slashdot editors' gender preconceptions. Of course, maybe Amber identifies as male. but the photos of the Urbanhail team seem to indicate otherwise.
Even my boys hate the place, with a hot, burning passion. Cardboard, topped with a few teaspoons of bland sauce, barely covered with cheese, next to such lovely items as stale breadsticks and mac and cheese... did I say cheese? More like cloudy water.
The only place I've eaten that was worse would be a couple of short lived places on Yonge Street in Toronto in the 90s (UFO Pizza and some non-descript chinese buffet)
It's still a great TV... it's a 58" Plasma and still blows away LCD/LED TVs after 6 years.
That said, an Android TV box with Kodi is fully replacing the AllShare functionality on the TV, as I have better control over closed captions/subtitles, no aspect ratio issues, h.265 support, and a lot more options moving ahead into the future. After all the years of dealing with the quirks of Samsung's DLNA support, I'm ready to move on to a richer, "smarter" experience.
The threat of ads being inserted into my video streams is also weighing heavy on my mind, and I don't think a Samsung TV will ever be on my future shopping list now.
I had to backup and restore to reclaim 3.5GB of lost storage space, thanks to the massive bug that loses storage space when they download unwanted OS updates. Deleting the update doesn't reclaim the space.
32GB will help, I guess. Longer period between having to refresh everything
From what I see, it schedules the upgrade, and you have to opt out by going into some other settings to cancel.
It's not that the "X" activates the upgrade - at that point, it's too late.
Still, it's very shady not to give users an obvious choice on the popup, let alone not making it an "opt in" choice.
All of my machines are running Windows 10... shrugs... at this point, all the bitching is basically all about the point of the matter. Win 10 runs fine on the machines I've installed it on (several laptops, 9 or 10 desktops, some 10+ years old). Unless you have some particularly specific niche software or hardware (that can't run in Win7, therefore, not in Win10, since the drivers are mostly the same), people really shouldn't have too many complaints.
I'd be more concerned if Microsoft was pushing people to Win8 and the crappy fail that was the Metro Start Screen. Win10 dialed it back and makes more sense in the case of a desktop/mobile hybrid OS. Still, the exec who is pushing this sort of tactic needs to be fired ASAP.
Yup... most people are happy with the level of tech they already have.
Some people may need 4k monitors (or 4k on their phones), but many people are chugging along just fine with 5 year old 1080p monitors that aren't taxing their 3 year old video cards. At some point, our hardware devices handle all the jobs that we throw at them. Outside of faulty or dead devices, there is no compelling need to upgrade existing "stuff". My 60" Plasma purchased in 2010 still looks fantastic (people still make comments, even though they own big screen LEDs), so I'm in no rush to replace it just to get a bunch of pixels I can't actually see.
Likewise, Grandma got her computer 6 or 7 years ago, and it did more than she needed back then.
VR might be the next big wave of tech, but I'd bet most people aren't sold on it, any more than 3D TV. It's a gimmick... a cool one, but gimmicks don't drive the sort of sales that break records or at the very least, maintain sales levels.
I have 6 desktops, 2 laptops, a MacBook, 2 iPads, 7 or so Android tablets, a Windows tablet.... I guess I should buy some more?
I think sales of things like Tablets will rage when a product genre is new, or finally reaches a tolerable price point, but how many tablets or laptops does a family need? Disclaimer: I'm a developer, and use all the equipment I have, so not typical... and your average family has probably already bought a tablet or laptop that works well enough to read e-mails, browse the webs, or watch cat videos.
Sales are bound to drop off. Most people don't need the latest and greatest technology, and even those who used to, are finding it less urgent to upgrade. What's mostly left is new purchases to replace broken/dead tech items.
Yes, 6 weeks, because you have no idea what to build until the announcement of the game and rules.
Worse, once you compete in a District Regional event, your bot gets "bagged" and the time you have to work on it and tweak things becomes extremely limited, unless you build a second bot.
We had intended on building a second chassis, but didn't get it done. If we get the tweaks I'd like to see done over summer for the fall demo matches, and they work well, I'm going to use that as a reason to push our mechanical and electrical teams to get a copy built for next year's game; that allows us more time to drive and test.
Too little time to really do much with the software this season, for us. We had one student who knew Java going in (wasn't taught in school, but a class is scheduled for next year), and last year's code was basically "do exactly what LabView does, but in Java" so this was the first year we tried to do some new things. I hope that we have a decent library of code, and more students who can code in Java. We also have to convince electrical and mechanical that the camera can be used for more than something for the driver to glance at.
Well, that's about as clueless a post as I've seen on Slashdot.
This isn't battlebots, and teams from around the world competed in St. Louis for the Championship.
Our team works with many teams over the build season (including a team in China) to assist them, and in the pits, teams are always willing to help other teams in need of parts or other assistance.
The only "combative" nature to this year's game was the element of defense to harass bots from shooting goals into the tower - but overzealous defense can easily draw a flag and award points to the other team.
The key term used in FIRST Robotics is "Gracious Professionalism" - and it is encouraged in every way, from build season to pit awards to the field to our fans.
I started mentoring a team this year in Michigan (my son joined and I kind of got roped in to help their programmers), and they made it into subdivision eliminations at the World Championships. I didn't get to attend (nothing for programming to do at this stage, anyway), but I did get to watch the matches. Our little bot did pretty well, but it always boils down to the alliances - as well as how you match up.
This year they made their way into elimination rounds in every event they participated in and got some valuable experience to carry into next year.
My only issue is the limitations of sensors that are "approved" for use. Gyros and ultrasonics that seem to be mostly useless (at least in our testing), and many approved parts are sold out within hours of the game announcement (this year it was the track modules). We'll have this summer to play around more with the sensors and build a better library of software to use, as well as tweaking one of the other dashboards (why is keeping the camera view on the dashboard such a problem?) so our drivers will get consistent performance during matches.
Yeah, saying Skylake and Apollo Lake are not aimed at the tablet market (I'm sorry, "pure tablet market") is kind of silly - and they were never in the phone market at all, for all practical purposes.
They trimmed a growing, obfuscated product line because there was redundancy, and worse, redundancy with inferior parts. Intel is going for the high-end of the market, focusing efforts on money makers, which also allows them to downsize staff
It's not a bad strategy, the only question is why they didn't to it sooner.
They just sent a bunch of gamers an early beta of "EuroTruck Simulator 3" which was actually just a thinly veiled tele-operation console for these trucks.
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Slashdot is jam-packed with luddites who refuse to join the 21st century and buy decent Bluetooth headphones.
I bought a decent pair for my son at Walmart for $10 at the cash register "impulse buy" shelf. They've been working great and sound a hell of a lot better than ear buds.
Until everybody learns to play well together, Linux and other great open source projects will continue to be fractious tech that people will, rightfully so, find hard to take seriously.
Maybe both sides are right, maybe neither side is... but as long as people take sides, draw those battle lines, polarize the issues to extreme levels, open source projects can never mature (indeed, maturity is a word we can not associate with such feuds). Compromise and communication seems to never be considered.
That's not to say it can't be done, but the types of personalities that stand in the forefront of Linux, for example, seem very bull-headed - obsessed that their way is right, and never willing to accept constructive criticism or the possibility that there may be a better way of doing things.
...the launch of two powerful all-electric communications satellites
I'm glad we are finally getting past the era of internal combustion and the earlier coal-fired satellites!
Honestly, I'd prefer it if they just came set up with Kodi and no add-ons. Configuring Exodus or Spectro is simple enough and most of the add-ons I do not need pre-installed.
Amber James... "he said"
I'm sure Amber appreciates being defined by the slashdot editors' gender preconceptions. Of course, maybe Amber identifies as male. but the photos of the Urbanhail team seem to indicate otherwise.
Shudder...
Worst. Pizza. Ever.
Even my boys hate the place, with a hot, burning passion. Cardboard, topped with a few teaspoons of bland sauce, barely covered with cheese, next to such lovely items as stale breadsticks and mac and cheese... did I say cheese? More like cloudy water.
The only place I've eaten that was worse would be a couple of short lived places on Yonge Street in Toronto in the 90s (UFO Pizza and some non-descript chinese buffet)
Klug's real crime was that he changed all the tabs in the code to spaces before handing the code to another student.
Some developers really do not like that sort of thing.
It's still a great TV... it's a 58" Plasma and still blows away LCD/LED TVs after 6 years.
That said, an Android TV box with Kodi is fully replacing the AllShare functionality on the TV, as I have better control over closed captions/subtitles, no aspect ratio issues, h.265 support, and a lot more options moving ahead into the future. After all the years of dealing with the quirks of Samsung's DLNA support, I'm ready to move on to a richer, "smarter" experience.
The threat of ads being inserted into my video streams is also weighing heavy on my mind, and I don't think a Samsung TV will ever be on my future shopping list now.
I anticipate no problems hooking up my headphones to the new iPhone.
Then again, I joined the 21st century a while back with a decent set of bluetooth headphones.
I had to backup and restore to reclaim 3.5GB of lost storage space, thanks to the massive bug that loses storage space when they download unwanted OS updates. Deleting the update doesn't reclaim the space.
32GB will help, I guess. Longer period between having to refresh everything
I suspect the number of people (outside of a few developers) who have BOTH Ubuntu phones AND a "supported TV or Monitor" is roughly zero.
Hundreds of victims!
No way is this FUD from the tobacco industry trying to protect their cigarette, gum and patch sales.
From what I see, it schedules the upgrade, and you have to opt out by going into some other settings to cancel.
It's not that the "X" activates the upgrade - at that point, it's too late.
Still, it's very shady not to give users an obvious choice on the popup, let alone not making it an "opt in" choice.
All of my machines are running Windows 10... shrugs... at this point, all the bitching is basically all about the point of the matter. Win 10 runs fine on the machines I've installed it on (several laptops, 9 or 10 desktops, some 10+ years old). Unless you have some particularly specific niche software or hardware (that can't run in Win7, therefore, not in Win10, since the drivers are mostly the same), people really shouldn't have too many complaints.
I'd be more concerned if Microsoft was pushing people to Win8 and the crappy fail that was the Metro Start Screen. Win10 dialed it back and makes more sense in the case of a desktop/mobile hybrid OS. Still, the exec who is pushing this sort of tactic needs to be fired ASAP.
Why is this news, exactly?
Yup... most people are happy with the level of tech they already have.
Some people may need 4k monitors (or 4k on their phones), but many people are chugging along just fine with 5 year old 1080p monitors that aren't taxing their 3 year old video cards. At some point, our hardware devices handle all the jobs that we throw at them. Outside of faulty or dead devices, there is no compelling need to upgrade existing "stuff". My 60" Plasma purchased in 2010 still looks fantastic (people still make comments, even though they own big screen LEDs), so I'm in no rush to replace it just to get a bunch of pixels I can't actually see.
Likewise, Grandma got her computer 6 or 7 years ago, and it did more than she needed back then.
VR might be the next big wave of tech, but I'd bet most people aren't sold on it, any more than 3D TV. It's a gimmick... a cool one, but gimmicks don't drive the sort of sales that break records or at the very least, maintain sales levels.
I have 6 desktops, 2 laptops, a MacBook, 2 iPads, 7 or so Android tablets, a Windows tablet.... I guess I should buy some more?
I think sales of things like Tablets will rage when a product genre is new, or finally reaches a tolerable price point, but how many tablets or laptops does a family need? Disclaimer: I'm a developer, and use all the equipment I have, so not typical... and your average family has probably already bought a tablet or laptop that works well enough to read e-mails, browse the webs, or watch cat videos.
Sales are bound to drop off. Most people don't need the latest and greatest technology, and even those who used to, are finding it less urgent to upgrade. What's mostly left is new purchases to replace broken/dead tech items.
Yes, 6 weeks, because you have no idea what to build until the announcement of the game and rules.
Worse, once you compete in a District Regional event, your bot gets "bagged" and the time you have to work on it and tweak things becomes extremely limited, unless you build a second bot.
We had intended on building a second chassis, but didn't get it done. If we get the tweaks I'd like to see done over summer for the fall demo matches, and they work well, I'm going to use that as a reason to push our mechanical and electrical teams to get a copy built for next year's game; that allows us more time to drive and test.
Too little time to really do much with the software this season, for us. We had one student who knew Java going in (wasn't taught in school, but a class is scheduled for next year), and last year's code was basically "do exactly what LabView does, but in Java" so this was the first year we tried to do some new things. I hope that we have a decent library of code, and more students who can code in Java. We also have to convince electrical and mechanical that the camera can be used for more than something for the driver to glance at.
Well, that's about as clueless a post as I've seen on Slashdot.
This isn't battlebots, and teams from around the world competed in St. Louis for the Championship.
Our team works with many teams over the build season (including a team in China) to assist them, and in the pits, teams are always willing to help other teams in need of parts or other assistance.
The only "combative" nature to this year's game was the element of defense to harass bots from shooting goals into the tower - but overzealous defense can easily draw a flag and award points to the other team.
The key term used in FIRST Robotics is "Gracious Professionalism" - and it is encouraged in every way, from build season to pit awards to the field to our fans.
I started mentoring a team this year in Michigan (my son joined and I kind of got roped in to help their programmers), and they made it into subdivision eliminations at the World Championships. I didn't get to attend (nothing for programming to do at this stage, anyway), but I did get to watch the matches. Our little bot did pretty well, but it always boils down to the alliances - as well as how you match up.
This year they made their way into elimination rounds in every event they participated in and got some valuable experience to carry into next year.
My only issue is the limitations of sensors that are "approved" for use. Gyros and ultrasonics that seem to be mostly useless (at least in our testing), and many approved parts are sold out within hours of the game announcement (this year it was the track modules). We'll have this summer to play around more with the sensors and build a better library of software to use, as well as tweaking one of the other dashboards (why is keeping the camera view on the dashboard such a problem?) so our drivers will get consistent performance during matches.
Make her earn her pay cleaning toilets. Eliminate her personal daycare and require her to report 7am every day.
She'll quit the next day.
Q.E.D.
Yeah, saying Skylake and Apollo Lake are not aimed at the tablet market (I'm sorry, "pure tablet market") is kind of silly - and they were never in the phone market at all, for all practical purposes.
They trimmed a growing, obfuscated product line because there was redundancy, and worse, redundancy with inferior parts. Intel is going for the high-end of the market, focusing efforts on money makers, which also allows them to downsize staff
It's not a bad strategy, the only question is why they didn't to it sooner.
Sounds more like this "Contractor" Steve Webb might have been collecting intell for a bit, and BT just turned the spigot on full by accident?
NASA awarded a contract and will get full value from it. It wasn't charity.
In the end, if it reduces the cost of lifting payloads to orbit, it will be the government that will be the true beneficiaries.
Print a plastic ring (They use the Ultimaker 3D printer) and coat it. ... (well, find dupes with disposable income)
PROFIT!
They just sent a bunch of gamers an early beta of "EuroTruck Simulator 3" which was actually just a thinly veiled tele-operation console for these trucks.