Both grass fed beef and free range chicken are available in many areas.
Can you flip on the light switch in your home and consume electricity?
Many electric companies are offering sustainable options, wind power is gaining prominence, and solar cell panels are reaching a price parity with liquid fossil fuels.
All these things show what can be done with consumer and society pressure. While the solutions are not perfect (e.g. cost) an increasing awareness is clearly apparent. The point of this story is that consumer electronics is a black hole that no one really cares about.
That said, there are mentions of supply chain problems in the trade publications, and there will be increasing public awareness in light of the recent problems with widespread electronic part counterfeiting.
There has been news stories about working conditions at the large manufacturer Foxconn.
So while electronics may be escaping scrutiny for the moment, awareness does lead to alternatives, if not change in order to remain competitive.
As a suggestion to somewhat mitigate these problems, a consumer can find information about some electronics (e.g. things made in South Korea and Taiwan might be a better choice might than China). Also, buying something used locally will partially displace the effects of a possible new purchase.
And finally, no matter what you think about current politics, write your representatives about these problems.
From the article the parts have three leads called a source, gate, and drain which FETs have - which is quite different from vacuum tube's grids and plates.
Not too sad. Most Heathkit stuff being built by it's owners, means that it is also repairable by it's owners (and other owners as it passes hands). Especially with Ham Radio equipment, there are active communities that collect/repair them.
If you call complaining about not being able to ever see your daughter drama; FTA
"Jerry had a fairly troubled past, and had been suicidial before those final few days of his life," Sandy said. "His ex-wife, who is the mother of his disabled 20 year old daugther, took a lot of his money for support and never let Jerry see his daughter.
it is not at all clear that the error had anything to do with a focus on "individual abilities".
If you RTFA, there was a single point of failure isolated to a specific tool used to grind the mirror, and the subsequent mistakes made by management dealing with the error (i.e. when the mirror was on the bed of nails).
Electronic devices were designed not with airplanes in mind, but rather with a minimum amount of care that a consumer device requires.
FTA;
I don't buy that there is any interference issue, at least not in general,
The problem is we don't want airplane systems to withstand EMI "in general," we demand "perfect" operations so there can be a "perfect" safety record. Not just "in general" safe.
The word is bloated. Which is difficult for embedded solutions to handle, and could well garner an audience for those that need a small footprint (and they're looking for an embedded programmer).
If it had not been for the exhorbitant cost of the wars, we could have afforded to build a probe to orbit Pluto rather than just do a flyby.
As it was, New Horizons was largely made possible by a few congressman who pushed specifically for funding for this mission before Pluto's orbit removed it too far away from the sun.
The thing is (whether you agree with it or not) many forum operators see themselves merely as a carrier and not provider or policer of content and try to remain neutral about content posted. Not unlike those that make/sell VHS tape or DVD players.
I thought that this whole problem was taken care of when they deleted r/jailbait. But what happened is the people associated with that content just moved to another forum. Just like they will move to another place on the internet again.
case where a company successfully innovated in the marketplace
Since when is voice control a *novel concept* anymore? Voice control has been around before Honeywell filed the thermostat patent. Equivalent to the patent dross of companies somehow connecting their product to the internet.
They made the best choice for their goals, not the best choice for you.
The reason they pushed broadcom to release the datasheet is that they recognized that their goals of widespread adoption which is a goal that I understand partly hinges on an open architecture that is accessible and documented. Otherwise software can not be programmed or hardware won't be extended. Indeed, that is part of the reasoning behind the GPL (no matter what you think about that).
Otherwise, they might be as well be a commercial enterprise - which to this point has not been able to put forth any similar product.
This is a very competitive space, and Broadcom does not want a competitor to find a weakness in their product or duplicate a feature that other SOCs do not currently have (which may have been the reason this chip was used for the rasberry pi in the first place).
That said, I find it somewhat disappointing that an open source project is dependent on a chip that is not able to/does not release complete specifications. But at least (apparently) the important parts of the datasheet were released.
Slashdot Mirror
The problem with a lot of these low end Android devices is that they can't run Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich).
The DEA is apparently installing cameras along some freeways.
Can you eat meat you buy from the store?
Both grass fed beef and free range chicken are available in many areas.
Can you flip on the light switch in your home and consume electricity?
Many electric companies are offering sustainable options, wind power is gaining prominence, and solar cell panels are reaching a price parity with liquid fossil fuels.
All these things show what can be done with consumer and society pressure. While the solutions are not perfect (e.g. cost) an increasing awareness is clearly apparent. The point of this story is that consumer electronics is a black hole that no one really cares about.
That said, there are mentions of supply chain problems in the trade publications, and there will be increasing public awareness in light of the recent problems with widespread electronic part counterfeiting.
There has been news stories about working conditions at the large manufacturer Foxconn.
So while electronics may be escaping scrutiny for the moment, awareness does lead to alternatives, if not change in order to remain competitive.
As a suggestion to somewhat mitigate these problems, a consumer can find information about some electronics (e.g. things made in South Korea and Taiwan might be a better choice might than China). Also, buying something used locally will partially displace the effects of a possible new purchase.
And finally, no matter what you think about current politics, write your representatives about these problems.
How is this news??
From the article the parts have three leads called a source, gate, and drain which FETs have - which is quite different from vacuum tube's grids and plates.
There is 1) no vacuum and 2) there is no "tube." While there is an electron emitter, this device should be called a MOSFET.
Electronics that don't have battery compartments and no standards for rechargeable batteries that they contain.
Not too sad. Most Heathkit stuff being built by it's owners, means that it is also repairable by it's owners (and other owners as it passes hands). Especially with Ham Radio equipment, there are active communities that collect/repair them.
>Dude was drama-queening on the interwebs,
If you call complaining about not being able to ever see your daughter drama; FTA
"Jerry had a fairly troubled past, and had been suicidial before those final few days of his life," Sandy said. "His ex-wife, who is the mother of his disabled 20 year old daugther, took a lot of his money for support and never let Jerry see his daughter.
Password: Admin
It's also interesting to see how high the UIDs are
Kinda like how your UID is high??
Thanks for posting. Sorry you got modded down.
it is not at all clear that the error had anything to do with a focus on "individual abilities".
If you RTFA, there was a single point of failure isolated to a specific tool used to grind the mirror, and the subsequent mistakes made by management dealing with the error (i.e. when the mirror was on the bed of nails).
If there was the remotest chance their $millions worth of plane and PR could be brought down by your phone no one would be allowed them.
Slashdot has had an influx of non-tech ignoramuses. The fact is that there are distinct and well known reasons why there is electronics ban. Besides interfering with navigation, they can potentially interfere with communications with the control tower.
Electronic devices were designed not with airplanes in mind, but rather with a minimum amount of care that a consumer device requires.
FTA;
I don't buy that there is any interference issue, at least not in general,
The problem is we don't want airplane systems to withstand EMI "in general," we demand "perfect" operations so there can be a "perfect" safety record. Not just "in general" safe.
It would have been more informative to call the internal circuitry "filters" rather than "magnetics," which is conceptually more accurate.
That said, this has to be great advertising for Molex.
Let me clear up the ambiguos advice that preceded this post. Get YOUR OWN machine!
Where is the schematic for this thing??
Linux is a bit huge
The word is bloated. Which is difficult for embedded solutions to handle, and could well garner an audience for those that need a small footprint (and they're looking for an embedded programmer).
If it had not been for the exhorbitant cost of the wars, we could have afforded to build a probe to orbit Pluto rather than just do a flyby.
As it was, New Horizons was largely made possible by a few congressman who pushed specifically for funding for this mission before Pluto's orbit removed it too far away from the sun.
I hope that you deleted your facebook account as well, because they at one time allowed the North American Man Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) to be on their website.
The thing is (whether you agree with it or not) many forum operators see themselves merely as a carrier and not provider or policer of content and try to remain neutral about content posted. Not unlike those that make/sell VHS tape or DVD players.
I thought that this whole problem was taken care of when they deleted r/jailbait. But what happened is the people associated with that content just moved to another forum. Just like they will move to another place on the internet again.
case where a company successfully innovated in the marketplace
Since when is voice control a *novel concept* anymore? Voice control has been around before Honeywell filed the thermostat patent. Equivalent to the patent dross of companies somehow connecting their product to the internet.
but a fairly bland commodity does not need to be kept secret.
Most of it is probably mid level managers implying there is something special so they have an easier time justifying their jobs.
They made the best choice for their goals, not the best choice for you.
The reason they pushed broadcom to release the datasheet is that they recognized that their goals of widespread adoption which is a goal that I understand partly hinges on an open architecture that is accessible and documented. Otherwise software can not be programmed or hardware won't be extended. Indeed, that is part of the reasoning behind the GPL (no matter what you think about that).
Otherwise, they might be as well be a commercial enterprise - which to this point has not been able to put forth any similar product.
Has anyone found any reason why it was secret?
This is a very competitive space, and Broadcom does not want a competitor to find a weakness in their product or duplicate a feature that other SOCs do not currently have (which may have been the reason this chip was used for the rasberry pi in the first place).
That said, I find it somewhat disappointing that an open source project is dependent on a chip that is not able to/does not release complete specifications. But at least (apparently) the important parts of the datasheet were released.
he'll drop it like a bad habit.
But he doesn't drop any of his bad habits. Moonbase Gingrich, here we come!