Yeah, it was bloody annoying and inconvenient when Apple did this with iOS 11 a while back, and I'm pretty sure it'll be annoying and inconvenient for you Android users as well.
People like to gloss over this with "well, the developers just need to check a box" - but there is a fair bit of software out there that is still useful but unmaintained. Lots of studios have gone tits up over the past 5-10 years; and lots of software has been abandoned after bigger studios bought out smaller developers.
I didn't think losing 32-bit apps would be all that big a deal, beforehand... but now I wish I'd kept at least one device on iOS 10.3.3.
I’ve heard about paintings where the eyes seem to follow one around the room - that’s nothing new. But, until today, I’d never heard the term “Mona Lisa effect”. And using DuckDuckGo and Google to search on this phrase doesn’t turn up much - except news stories about this paper, and the paper itself.
Had anyone here heard the phrase “Mona Lisa effect” prior to a week or two ago?
Yeah, I am wondering how this will work on, say, Red Hat, where they back port security fixes but don't bump the version. PHP is in @base, while Wordpress is in @epel - so it may be unlikely the Wordpress package will get updated to remove this new "feature".
Red Hat / CentOS 7.6 is current, and it offers (a patched version of) PHP 5.4.
I choose streaming to avoid the commercials. a 20-22 minutes show takes 30 minutes to watch on Network TV.
If only there were some sort of... let’s call it a Video Recorder for Digital content, or VRD for short... that would let a person easily skip those commercials!
Hmm, maybe there’s a business idea lurking there somewhere.
Every so often I move messages out of my inbox and into other folders - in theory to deal with them later. And, every year or so, I go to the oldest messages and start working my way forward, dumping any that don't seem relevant anymore. I'm caught up through the year 2008 now!!
In total I currently have 13000 email messages across all my work mail folders. My personal email totals 3600 messages. BUT in both cases - all the messages have been read, at least!
I noticed that Apple seems to be trying to address this for their customers by allowing access to streaming services via the "TV" app on iOS devices. But that really only qualifies as a bandaid. And, even then, the providers have to opt in - so it's still not one-stop shopping for all your shows.
Thing is, these companies are each pulling back their own little pockets of IP - but they are still trying to price it as if they were offering a broad selection of content.
All of these new services are probably worth maybe $3 or $4 a month each. Heck, nowadays that's really all Netflix is worth too. I'd probably pay Disney $4 a month... but there's no way I'm paying more than that for their piddly little catalog.
It seems like whenever a story appears regarding an unprotected database being exposed on the web, inevitably it’s an instance of MongoDB. Why is that?
I mean, we’re not talking about a database exploit which inadvertently exposed the data... we’re talking about user error. So why are all these piss-poor admins running MongoDB?
Except what you are describing would happen whenever any giraffe is nearby. The story concocted back then would mean that the plants would only act that way when one particular individual giraffe approached the plants - one that had previously decimated a tree - while nothing would happen if any other giraffe approached.
Wireless charging means Ive can finally get rid of those ugly ports which detract from the phone’s beautiful smooth lines. And because you don’t have to plug in those ugly cables, wireless charging also means easier charging. Easier charging means we can have smaller batteries because it’s so easy you won’t mind charging frequently - several times a day! And smaller batteries means even thinner phones, because the current phones are just too fat! Plus frequent charging means customers will buy large quantities of three hundred dollar charging mats so they can have one at home, one at work, one at the gym, and one in their bag!
I’ve read the summary; I’ve read the comments... but I’m still unclear on why I should care in the least whether or not Elon Musk gets a green card from China.
Yeah, this interpretation reminds me of some mumbo jumbo “science” way back in the late 60s or early 70s. Some “researcher” reported that plants knew fear. The scientist put two plants in a room and had a person walk in and destroy one of the plants. Then they monitored the other plant somehow and, whenever the “murderer” would walk in the room, the plant’s stress level would go up.
My flower-child teacher, who reported this to us kids, thought this was very deep. I expect the researcher was on drugs at the time.
Accidental kinetic damage would at least be a better option than cutting the brake lines, which some jerk has been doing around here. That’s just sociopathic.
The contractors who move the Lime bikes around seem to have instructions to put them in people’s way - in the middle of walkways and open spaces. The other day I watched a wheelchair rider at UW attempting to maneuver around some bikes which were basically blocking the entry to a sidewalk. I moved them off to the side, but this is happening often enough that I’m almost to the point of just tossing them into the bushes.
I’m in my fifties, and I think the most useful tech from a practical point of view is live, GPS-enabled maps. I used to drive around with a Thomas Guide on the passenger seat... but no more.
Seriously, on more than one occasion back in the 1970s I heard how companies like Weyerhauser and Georgia Pacific were worried about how the advent of computers was going to destroy their business within a few years. But whenever I've looked around the various offices and labs I've worked in, and all I see is paper and more paper.
I realize there’s a tendency here on Slashdot to label anything remotely commercial as a “slashvertisement”... but this one really is. The link goes to a sales spiel from arm’s software group for one of their products.
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Yeah, it was bloody annoying and inconvenient when Apple did this with iOS 11 a while back, and I'm pretty sure it'll be annoying and inconvenient for you Android users as well.
People like to gloss over this with "well, the developers just need to check a box" - but there is a fair bit of software out there that is still useful but unmaintained. Lots of studios have gone tits up over the past 5-10 years; and lots of software has been abandoned after bigger studios bought out smaller developers.
I didn't think losing 32-bit apps would be all that big a deal, beforehand... but now I wish I'd kept at least one device on iOS 10.3.3.
I made a triple one with duct tape for hinges.
F**k everything, I'm doing five phones.
”Whether or not consumers are willing to pay that, however, is another question entirely.”
A foldable phone might be handy... but not THAT handy.
I’ve heard about paintings where the eyes seem to follow one around the room - that’s nothing new. But, until today, I’d never heard the term “Mona Lisa effect”. And using DuckDuckGo and Google to search on this phrase doesn’t turn up much - except news stories about this paper, and the paper itself.
Had anyone here heard the phrase “Mona Lisa effect” prior to a week or two ago?
Yeah, I am wondering how this will work on, say, Red Hat, where they back port security fixes but don't bump the version. PHP is in @base, while Wordpress is in @epel - so it may be unlikely the Wordpress package will get updated to remove this new "feature".
Red Hat / CentOS 7.6 is current, and it offers (a patched version of) PHP 5.4.
I choose streaming to avoid the commercials. a 20-22 minutes show takes 30 minutes to watch on Network TV.
If only there were some sort of ... let’s call it a Video Recorder for Digital content, or VRD for short ... that would let a person easily skip those commercials!
Hmm, maybe there’s a business idea lurking there somewhere.
Every so often I move messages out of my inbox and into other folders - in theory to deal with them later. And, every year or so, I go to the oldest messages and start working my way forward, dumping any that don't seem relevant anymore. I'm caught up through the year 2008 now!!
In total I currently have 13000 email messages across all my work mail folders. My personal email totals 3600 messages. BUT in both cases - all the messages have been read, at least!
Inbox Infinity - a philosophy I can get behind! ...with emphasis on the “get behind” part.
Finally I don’t have to feel bad about the 2000 messages I’ve let get stacked up in my inbox!
I like to troll the young'uns occasionally!
These are jumbo photons - your quantum switch needs to have that setting turned on for them to work.
I noticed that Apple seems to be trying to address this for their customers by allowing access to streaming services via the "TV" app on iOS devices. But that really only qualifies as a bandaid. And, even then, the providers have to opt in - so it's still not one-stop shopping for all your shows.
Thing is, these companies are each pulling back their own little pockets of IP - but they are still trying to price it as if they were offering a broad selection of content.
All of these new services are probably worth maybe $3 or $4 a month each. Heck, nowadays that's really all Netflix is worth too. I'd probably pay Disney $4 a month... but there's no way I'm paying more than that for their piddly little catalog.
The Avengers was crap.
Nonsense. Cathy Gale and Emma Peel were way ahead of their time.
It seems like whenever a story appears regarding an unprotected database being exposed on the web, inevitably it’s an instance of MongoDB. Why is that?
I mean, we’re not talking about a database exploit which inadvertently exposed the data... we’re talking about user error. So why are all these piss-poor admins running MongoDB?
Except what you are describing would happen whenever any giraffe is nearby. The story concocted back then would mean that the plants would only act that way when one particular individual giraffe approached the plants - one that had previously decimated a tree - while nothing would happen if any other giraffe approached.
You obviously don’t get it.
Wireless charging means Ive can finally get rid of those ugly ports which detract from the phone’s beautiful smooth lines. And because you don’t have to plug in those ugly cables, wireless charging also means easier charging. Easier charging means we can have smaller batteries because it’s so easy you won’t mind charging frequently - several times a day! And smaller batteries means even thinner phones, because the current phones are just too fat! Plus frequent charging means customers will buy large quantities of three hundred dollar charging mats so they can have one at home, one at work, one at the gym, and one in their bag!
It’s a win-win-win-win! For Apple!
I’ve read the summary; I’ve read the comments... but I’m still unclear on why I should care in the least whether or not Elon Musk gets a green card from China.
Yeah, this interpretation reminds me of some mumbo jumbo “science” way back in the late 60s or early 70s. Some “researcher” reported that plants knew fear. The scientist put two plants in a room and had a person walk in and destroy one of the plants. Then they monitored the other plant somehow and, whenever the “murderer” would walk in the room, the plant’s stress level would go up.
My flower-child teacher, who reported this to us kids, thought this was very deep. I expect the researcher was on drugs at the time.
Accidental kinetic damage would at least be a better option than cutting the brake lines, which some jerk has been doing around here. That’s just sociopathic.
The contractors who move the Lime bikes around seem to have instructions to put them in people’s way - in the middle of walkways and open spaces. The other day I watched a wheelchair rider at UW attempting to maneuver around some bikes which were basically blocking the entry to a sidewalk. I moved them off to the side, but this is happening often enough that I’m almost to the point of just tossing them into the bushes.
I’m in my fifties, and I think the most useful tech from a practical point of view is live, GPS-enabled maps. I used to drive around with a Thomas Guide on the passenger seat... but no more.
Not very sexy, I must admit.
for the paperless office.
Seriously, on more than one occasion back in the 1970s I heard how companies like Weyerhauser and Georgia Pacific were worried about how the advent of computers was going to destroy their business within a few years. But whenever I've looked around the various offices and labs I've worked in, and all I see is paper and more paper.
This is why I drink bourbon - alcohol is a preservative.
I guess we should just strike through that "give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free" crap, eh?
I realize there’s a tendency here on Slashdot to label anything remotely commercial as a “slashvertisement”... but this one really is. The link goes to a sales spiel from arm’s software group for one of their products.