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  1. It's called "MicroLED" on Sony Creates Colossal 16K Screen In Japan (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Sony calls the technology "Crystal LED", which is its brand name for micro-LED display tech. Samsung is also experimenting with the format.

    They're basically making a display out of tiny but normal LEDs. As they said -- very bright, and infinite contrast. But mostly only useful for commercial displays due to the limited density.

  2. I did it so you don't have to on New Web App Uses Machine Learning To Analyze, Repair Your Technical Resume (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Log in with your LinkedIn account, because job-hunting is what it's for, right?

    The result included 7 "cards", only one of which actually referenced my resume. Two cards were advertisements for their paid service, while four were general suggestions (here's some keywords, a resume shouldn't be hard to read, etc.)

    Only one page actually looked at my resume, and that reports how other resume review software might see your resume. This is the most useful service, since that software is the thing we're trying to work around.

    So I found that positioning page and the keyword list useful. The rest is just fluff.

    Here are the keywords they're excited about:

    Agile
    Algorithm
    API
    Artificial Intelligence
    Availability
    AWS
    Big Data
    Configuration Management (CM)
    Continuous Deployment (CD)
    Continuous Integration (CI)
    Deployment
    Design Patterns
    Docker
    GitHub
    Hadoop
    Machine Learning
    Microservices
    Networking
    NoSQL
    OOP
    Open Source
    REST
    Robust
    Scalability
    Security
    SOLID
    TDD
    Tuning
    Unit testing
    Web services

  3. Re:do I just hang out on lefty sites on Trump Administration Prepares a Major Weakening of Mercury Emissions Rules (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    But you're an Evil Atheist! You want those things too!

    Does that name feel silly now that real evil runs the government? :^P

  4. Then there are people who build reliable, secure, and rugged devices, but you refuse to buy they because they're "expensive." Instead you buy the cheapest garbage you can find, then blame everyone else for the problems you encounter. Yup, nothing new here either.

  5. Re:At the link, there is a breakdown by country on Earth Overshoot Day Came Early This Year. That's a Bad Thing. (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Fuzzy?? It's completely undefined! What did US run out of in March? Food? No, there's plenty more. Water? Land? Lithium salts? The article mentions electricity, but since the Earth produces approximately zero usable electricity, that's just silly.

    Not to say the concept is completely silly -- We've always known that humans use engineering to shore up where mother earth falls short; that's not news. But if you're gonna put numbers and dates to those things, you need to define what exactly you're measuring.

  6. Re:Clueless editor about singularity on The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie the Laws of Nature (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 1

    Actually you don't get infinity, because 0*infinity is undefined. 0/0 is undefined because it "produces" all numbers (i.e. you can pick any number, and it'll work). You need to rebuild the problem as a limit to see if it converges to any particular number.

    Interestingly, 0*infinity is undefined for the same reason.

  7. Re:It's because they pronounce AI as Eh. on How Canada Ended Up As An AI Superpower · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Aye. Well, actually Nay, but you set me up there.

  8. It's got 40GB of RAM, so pretty much all of them.

  9. Re: Simple argument on Maine Dairy Company Settles Lawsuit Over Oxford Comma (bostonmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks, I'll have the cereal, bagles, eggs and bacon breakfast.

  10. Re:LIke 100B in monopoly money on A Crypto Website Changes Its Data, and $100 Billion in Market Value Vanishes (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice idea, and it's funny to find that Monopoly money even has an exchange rate. The closest priced crypto coin I could find is "StrongHands" at $0.000007.

    But that's the wrong kind of paper -- real Monopoly game money is much much thinner and cheaper, especially at the industrial quantities they buy. Both less money and less BTU.

  11. Re:Cameraphones still take poor pictures on The Pixel 2's Dormant 'Visual Core' Chip Gets Activated In Latest Android Developer Preview (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    digital zoom is largely pointless (basically cropping)

    Digital zoom is actually quite useful, you should try it. You'll find the resulting photos, though fuzzy, are actually perfectly reasonable.

    And if you're shooting video, a modern phone will give you 2x digital zoom with no loss in quality. i.e. My Samsung has a 4k sensor, so when shooting 2k video I can zoom in up to 2x with no loss of quality, and even a bit more with no objectionable loss in quality.

    Digital zoom lets you capture your artistic intent right now, while the opportunity exists. It's certainly not the *best* picture you can get, but it's better than nothing. You'll find you're more often happy that you got the picture, than unhappy at the reduced quality.

  12. Re:A very neat relyable piece of FOSS Software. on Audacity 2.2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I wish I had the time to re-implement it in Audacity.

    Maybe you can just strip that code out of your project and donate it to Audacity with explanation, and let someone else integrate it. If they have an issue manager, post it there.

  13. Re: Flamebait on Apple is Really Bad At Design (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    The difference is politics, mostly. Postscript was designed to be a full render technology. True Type was primarily designed to not be Postscript.

  14. Re:Two other words on Ask Slashdot: What's a Practical Response To the Equifax Breach? · · Score: 2

    A credit freeze just freezes your credit reports, not the actual credit. Since all your info is leaked, this is probably pretty useless.

  15. Re: That's it. I'm done with Equifax on Equifax Breach is Very Possibly the Worst Leak of Personal Info Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    According to the FTC:

    What is a credit freeze?
    Also known as a security freeze, this tool lets you restrict access to your credit report...

    I'm guessing a credit freeze is pretty useless now, since all the important data is out.

  16. It's only a failure in technical terms. Valve promised 3 episodes and never delivered episode 3. But episode 2 actually ended that particular story arc. Valve would either need to start a new arc for episode 3, or finally start to address who and what the Combine and/or G-Man really are. They didn't want to do that, so they just bailed out of the whole thing.

    Also, the introduction of the Borealis signaled some kind of crossover with the Portal universe. "Epistle 3" above completely avoided that. In fact, it reads exactly like fan fiction, completely failing to change the universe, further the main story line, or explain anything at all. It might have been an acceptable game, but really not a good continuation of the story.

  17. I went from a Note 2 (1280x720) to Note 4 (2560x1440) and I love the resolution. Everything is much sharper, and colors are super smooth precisely because I can't see the pixels.

    VR is another matter; 2560 is ok, 4k would be better, but the problem is Samsung's OLED screen has too much space between pixels. LCD screens look much better when under that kind of magnification.

  18. Re:Sounds Like He Doesn't Like His Job on Tesla Employee Calls For Unionization, Musk Says That's 'Morally Outrageous' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ... they bought an expensive car because the maker's costs were higher ...

    That sort of reasoning is weakly implied by anything tagged "Made in America", and strongly implied by anything tagged "Artisinal".

  19. Is it really called "Viryl" Tech? on Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    [googles] Holy crap yes. That's the most perfect business name I've seen all year.

    FWIW, here's their press release. They make and sell the machines, not the records.

  20. Re: Amazon stories on Amazon To Add 100,000 Full-Time US Jobs in Next 18 Months (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    .. 4 yes in Seattle ..

    Not a typo, that's how brits pronounce years.

  21. Re:Subject cuz it's required on Qualcomm Details Snapdragon 835 Processor (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    True, but it's a bigger clock than last year's. People always want the biggest clock.

  22. Re:You are entering a carbon-friendly area on National Geographic Releases Alarming Climate Change Movie 'Before the Flood' On YouTube (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    Aw, you lost a point there. "Flying cars" was funny and insightful, but time travel is just nonsense, as demonstrated by all of the Star Treks. Or to quote the respected publication Rick & Morty: you can't move time while standing in it.

  23. Re:You are entering a carbon-friendly area on National Geographic Releases Alarming Climate Change Movie 'Before the Flood' On YouTube (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    Fuck entropy, man.

    No way, I love my air conditioner.

  24. Re:deca-core on Intel Launches Its First 10-Core Desktop CPU With Broadwell-E · · Score: 2

    it's the most powerful CPU Intel has ever released.

    Actually, no. Other chips are faster per core (6700K for one) and Xeons go up to 22 cores.

  25. Re:That god damn M word on Fake Facebook Event Draws Police, Spawns New Meme (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Why? Me-me is exactly what social networks are for.