Maybe we can take it a step farther - not fight the war at all, just simulate the fighting using computers. Then, depending on the enemy’s simulated tactics, we can calculate which of our citizens need to report to the disintegration chambers.
It's about time Microsoft had a standards-compliant browser so we don't have to have two sets of code; one for Microsoft, and one for everyone else.
Well, there are a couple issues I can see.
1) Monocultures are generally a bad idea, and this is moving us further down the road towards a web monoculture. I'd rather Microsoft work harder to implement standards compliance in their existing rendering engine.
2) Google seems to be doing the same thing Microsoft did 10-15 years ago - trying to push people into adopt Chrome-optimized web sites and Google-specific coding. I hated it when Microsoft did it, and I hate it now.
Anonymous troll posts have existed on Slashdot for as long as I've been reading, but the sheer volume of them started climbing dramatically a few years ago.
Back in the day, I used to read with my threshold at 0 because you would see a fair number of thoughtful comments which were anonymously posted for whatever reason - I was willing to tolerate the crap posts in order to see the good ones. But the sheer number of garbage posts we see nowadays drove me to change my mind - nowadays my "one line comment threshold is set to 1. I know I'm missing some things which probably deserve consideration, but I am unwilling to slog through the cesspool.
And how much do they expect advertisers to pay for ads that people are guaranteed not be watching - because they're doing something else?
Well in the old days of pre-VCR television, it was pretty well known that some percentage of viewers would be visiting the bathroom during a commercial break. So perhaps they've already looked at this and can put numbers on it.
Wasn't it just in the last one or two years we heard Microsoft saying that Windows 10 was it - there basically wasn't going to be any new releases of Windows going forward, only iterative improvements on the existing product?
I think the main point damn_registrars was making is that Excel 2019 is, for most intents and purposes, just Excel 97 with a bunch of the interface bits moved around. And the only thing I remember Excel 97 offering which the earlier version did not was being able to accommodate 64K rows in one spreadsheet.
Heck, I remember a few years ago I fired up an old Apple II or some such and launched Multiplan... that app, from 1982, already seemed to do almost everything an Excel user typically needs.
That’s not what I said. The app basically hands the request for a purchase off to iOS, then iOS tells the app whether the verification was successful or not. The app itself has no say in the duration of the window’s appearance - the transaction is managed by iOS.
If it’s a regular App Store or Apple Pay transaction, the app doesn’t control the request for you to scan your fingerprint - so I don’t see how it can pop up “just for a second”.
I think there’s some information possibly being withheld here.
and the last 2 years is basically on the job training I'm paying for.
My wife's a nurse, and that's how the system has always worked. For doctors as well. They're still learning, just alongside an experienced doctor or nurse instead of in a classroom.
Many STEM programs also require - or at least encourage very strongly - students to participate in similar apprenticeship-like programs. They aren't as long in duration, but the fundamental principle is the same.
It seems rather silly. It’s not a statement of some absolute scientific truth - nothing really depends on it holding true or not. If Moore’s Law stops being true, it’s not as if Intel or TSMC or Samsung is going to be shuttering factories because their fabs won’t work anymore. Jony Ive won’t descend into madness because he can’t make things any thinner. Nothing practical will actually change, and technological development will continue to progress.
The guy was drunk. Has he driven drunk before, in the Tesla or in another car (whether he's gotten caught or not)? Did he intend to have the Telsa drive him home, or did he start driving himself and just fell asleep?
It does seem obvious that the driver made some very bad decisions, regardless.
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Maybe we can take it a step farther - not fight the war at all, just simulate the fighting using computers. Then, depending on the enemy’s simulated tactics, we can calculate which of our citizens need to report to the disintegration chambers.
BUELLER!!
Oh, sorry, wrong movie.
It's about time Microsoft had a standards-compliant browser so we don't have to have two sets of code; one for Microsoft, and one for everyone else.
Well, there are a couple issues I can see.
1) Monocultures are generally a bad idea, and this is moving us further down the road towards a web monoculture. I'd rather Microsoft work harder to implement standards compliance in their existing rendering engine.
2) Google seems to be doing the same thing Microsoft did 10-15 years ago - trying to push people into adopt Chrome-optimized web sites and Google-specific coding. I hated it when Microsoft did it, and I hate it now.
The exact definition of broadband: My wife and daughter can stream two different movies while I can still get work done.
I like it, but it will never play in Washington - too practical and easy to understand!
"SpaceX Sends Dragon To ISS But Falcon 9 Rocket Misses Landing Pad"
Better than the other way around.
Anonymous troll posts have existed on Slashdot for as long as I've been reading, but the sheer volume of them started climbing dramatically a few years ago.
Back in the day, I used to read with my threshold at 0 because you would see a fair number of thoughtful comments which were anonymously posted for whatever reason - I was willing to tolerate the crap posts in order to see the good ones. But the sheer number of garbage posts we see nowadays drove me to change my mind - nowadays my "one line comment threshold is set to 1. I know I'm missing some things which probably deserve consideration, but I am unwilling to slog through the cesspool.
I know Penny Marshall wasn't the most attractive woman in the world - but I don't know how someone would confuse her with Martin Scorsese.
This phone camera is so advanced, its reflection looks like a Nikon D850!!
Sometimes, being silent is exactly what you want.
Except the noise isn’t being added for YOUR benefit...
Isn’t that called “White Rabbit”?
Not that I am old enough to remember, nosiree bob.
I don't believe any of the laptops, tablets or even desktops I've ever owned have come with filter systems on the intakes.
Then why on earth are you wasting time talking to us? GET THEE TO A LAWYER!
Time is money, man!
I don't think Hulu can control the volume of your computer or TV.
... yet.
And how much do they expect advertisers to pay for ads that people are guaranteed not be watching - because they're doing something else?
Well in the old days of pre-VCR television, it was pretty well known that some percentage of viewers would be visiting the bathroom during a commercial break. So perhaps they've already looked at this and can put numbers on it.
Wasn't it just in the last one or two years we heard Microsoft saying that Windows 10 was it - there basically wasn't going to be any new releases of Windows going forward, only iterative improvements on the existing product?
"... although it's a very different take on the spreadsheet, Trello"
It appears that, by "very different take on the spreadsheet", the author means "not useable as a spreadsheet by any stretch of the imagination".
Has the author never actually used a spreadsheet?
There's no real replacement for Excel.
I think the main point damn_registrars was making is that Excel 2019 is, for most intents and purposes, just Excel 97 with a bunch of the interface bits moved around. And the only thing I remember Excel 97 offering which the earlier version did not was being able to accommodate 64K rows in one spreadsheet.
Heck, I remember a few years ago I fired up an old Apple II or some such and launched Multiplan... that app, from 1982, already seemed to do almost everything an Excel user typically needs.
That’s not what I said. The app basically hands the request for a purchase off to iOS, then iOS tells the app whether the verification was successful or not. The app itself has no say in the duration of the window’s appearance - the transaction is managed by iOS.
If it’s a regular App Store or Apple Pay transaction, the app doesn’t control the request for you to scan your fingerprint - so I don’t see how it can pop up “just for a second”.
I think there’s some information possibly being withheld here.
How about "SpaceX Launches More Than Two Satellites Into Orbit"?
While it seems apparent many people here aren't aware of it, there are huge troves of content on Tumblr which isn't affected by this in the least.
I'm not saying this is the right decision - or the wrong decision - but the idea that Tumblr exists just for porn is silly.
and the last 2 years is basically on the job training I'm paying for.
My wife's a nurse, and that's how the system has always worked. For doctors as well. They're still learning, just alongside an experienced doctor or nurse instead of in a classroom.
Many STEM programs also require - or at least encourage very strongly - students to participate in similar apprenticeship-like programs. They aren't as long in duration, but the fundamental principle is the same.
It seems rather silly. It’s not a statement of some absolute scientific truth - nothing really depends on it holding true or not. If Moore’s Law stops being true, it’s not as if Intel or TSMC or Samsung is going to be shuttering factories because their fabs won’t work anymore. Jony Ive won’t descend into madness because he can’t make things any thinner. Nothing practical will actually change, and technological development will continue to progress.
Did anyone else see this story and immediately think of the IT Crowd episode “Calendar Geeks”?
I'm not going to lambaste Tesla over this.
The guy was drunk. Has he driven drunk before, in the Tesla or in another car (whether he's gotten caught or not)? Did he intend to have the Telsa drive him home, or did he start driving himself and just fell asleep?
It does seem obvious that the driver made some very bad decisions, regardless.
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