Aging monopolist argues for monoculture, who woulda thunkit? I on the other hand think that Mozilla should just continue incrementally reimplementing Gecko in Rust as they have been doing rather successfully. I wonder if this guy even knows what Rust is, or why it matters?
Let's keep this in perspective. Firefox is still double the share of Edge and equal to IE, that is still hundreds of millions. My counter proposal: Microsoft should stop shipping IE, make it a download. Kill it faster. It's just one more platform to support, arguably the most problematic one, it just dumbs down the whole internet.
The reason he did so is because he viewed the US as beholden to powerful international foreign anti-journalist criminal interests like Saudi Arabia and Israel and wanted to expose the worldwide surveillance was being used for evil.
Yah, no, Assange has no beliefs. He's just an attention whole who needs a transfusion of capital from time to time.
Are there any concerns of what moving tons of mass over time from our moon to the Earth would do to the orbits?... I get this is a "300 year" problem...
The moon is estimated to be 60% oxygen by mass, with plenty of iron, titanium, carbon and other useful ores
Correct in spirit but not in detail. We don't know much about internal Lunar composition other than its mean density, in any case it's inaccessible so not at all interesting in terms of mining. The crustal composition is better know, about 40% oxygen, not 60% as you suggested. Water ice is known to exist on the surface at the poles and has been found in returned samples at concentrations in the.1% range, meaning that significant hydrogen does exist on the moon, but significant work is required to access it.
It's certainly a style statement, got to give it that. If Steve Jobs was still alive, this product would have come from Apple, but he is not so it did not.
While this form factor is uninteresting to me due to lack of USB-C, headphone, sim card and micro-sd, I do appreciate the notchless bezel solution. I like the symmetry of equal sized bezel top and bottom, and who needs a gigantic front camera?
I hope this bezel/camera solution becomes a trend. Just can't get over the notch ugly factor.
people found that their mobile devices, could do the same thing as their netbooks could do
No they didn't, rather, they found that they don't do a whole lot with their netbooks other than messaging and media consumption. A computer is actually capable of considerably more.
Why not single it out? It shows how Lucas believed that every stupid idea he farted out was somehow sacred. Basically the entire story of how it deteriorated. The triumph of Hollywood screenwriter vanity.
Go to climactic scene of death star blowing up. Note unconvincing sparks. Go to Flash Gordon flying around in space ship. Note unconvincing sparks. In both cases it was something people hadn't seen before, so willing to overlook the flaws. Now we don't have that excuse, it just looks stupid.
If you go back and watch the (retroactively named) episode IV it's impossible not to notice that the special effects are objectively poor by today's standards. Can't help thinking Flash Gordon.
Some will be making content while most just consume it. This decade doesn't just feel like peak PC, the numbers back it up. There is nothing comparable in earlier PC history.
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Aging monopolist argues for monoculture, who woulda thunkit? I on the other hand think that Mozilla should just continue incrementally reimplementing Gecko in Rust as they have been doing rather successfully. I wonder if this guy even knows what Rust is, or why it matters?
Let's keep this in perspective. Firefox is still double the share of Edge and equal to IE, that is still hundreds of millions. My counter proposal: Microsoft should stop shipping IE, make it a download. Kill it faster. It's just one more platform to support, arguably the most problematic one, it just dumbs down the whole internet.
The reason he did so is because he viewed the US as beholden to powerful international foreign anti-journalist criminal interests like Saudi Arabia and Israel and wanted to expose the worldwide surveillance was being used for evil.
Yah, no, Assange has no beliefs. He's just an attention whole who needs a transfusion of capital from time to time.
Can totally pass on the music. Sounds like a travelogue.
Next level of enlightenment: discovers the command console.
Are there any concerns of what moving tons of mass over time from our moon to the Earth would do to the orbits? ... I get this is a "300 year" problem...
You don't seem to get decimal points.
The moon is estimated to be 60% oxygen by mass, with plenty of iron, titanium, carbon and other useful ores
Correct in spirit but not in detail. We don't know much about internal Lunar composition other than its mean density, in any case it's inaccessible so not at all interesting in terms of mining. The crustal composition is better know, about 40% oxygen, not 60% as you suggested. Water ice is known to exist on the surface at the poles and has been found in returned samples at concentrations in the .1% range, meaning that significant hydrogen does exist on the moon, but significant work is required to access it.
we've got several that may achieve break-even in the next 5-10 years
You must know about different fusion projects than I do. As far as I know, not one is even close to ignition let alone break even.
It's certainly a style statement, got to give it that. If Steve Jobs was still alive, this product would have come from Apple, but he is not so it did not.
While this form factor is uninteresting to me due to lack of USB-C, headphone, sim card and micro-sd, I do appreciate the notchless bezel solution. I like the symmetry of equal sized bezel top and bottom, and who needs a gigantic front camera?
I hope this bezel/camera solution becomes a trend. Just can't get over the notch ugly factor.
Windows ransomware? What would possess somebody to run a mining rig on Windows? I can only think of disadvantages.
Low power 7nm ryzen/vega APUs will be fine. Basically keeping my wallet closed until they land.
people found that their mobile devices, could do the same thing as their netbooks could do
No they didn't, rather, they found that they don't do a whole lot with their netbooks other than messaging and media consumption. A computer is actually capable of considerably more.
Is it Atom? If so I'll pass. Atom performance just sucks.
Ryzen APU please. When they come out later this year, then Ryzen 7nm APU please.
Yah, sorry, missed your original meaning. The death star explosion also looks like crap to my eyes, and a hearty FU to physics.
You're not seriously defending Star Wars physics are you?
Why not single it out? It shows how Lucas believed that every stupid idea he farted out was somehow sacred. Basically the entire story of how it deteriorated. The triumph of Hollywood screenwriter vanity.
Go to climactic scene of death star blowing up. Note unconvincing sparks. Go to Flash Gordon flying around in space ship. Note unconvincing sparks. In both cases it was something people hadn't seen before, so willing to overlook the flaws. Now we don't have that excuse, it just looks stupid.
To use an analogy: It's kind of like saying that midi-chlorians ruined the prequels.
What's wrong with saying that? An emblematic example of the thousand cuts that undermined the canon and ruined the franchise.
If you go back and watch the (retroactively named) episode IV it's impossible not to notice that the special effects are objectively poor by today's standards. Can't help thinking Flash Gordon.
Midichlorians, nuff said.
Estonia responds by teaching everyone brain surgery
Right, Marissa could Yahoo them.
The product may now ship but the reputation damage is permanent. Right up there with the white I-phone.
Some will be making content while most just consume it. This decade doesn't just feel like peak PC, the numbers back it up. There is nothing comparable in earlier PC history.
No, sorry, peak PC already happened six years ago. This is reality, not sure what you're going on about.