They can't license this tech to some bigger company? If the product had that much attention being producd why wouldn't some larger audio company want in on it? Unless of course it didn't deliver what the company promised and that is the real reason it's gone.
This is a battle between the casual gamer and the "hardcore" gamer. Those truly invested in games and what they can accomplish in game worlds appear to have no issue buying loot boxes. This is why they are profitable, gamers are buying them. Now the casual gamer that has no interest in this isn't going to spend the money, but also probably won't continue to buy games because they will feel they can't compete.
Over time as gamers spend more and start to create communities were competition is only fun for those willing to pay the price the online games will become less attractive to casual gamers.
Now, if I were a game company I'd have a hard time caring that casual gamers are complaining about loot boxes when the more aggressive gamers are shelling out tons of money. Profit is profit, who cares if you piss off casual gamers.
This is exactly why I stick to single player games.
Normally I'm not one to complain about slashdot articles, because there is no point, but I have to agree.
You're data wasn't safe on Facebook. Really? Thanks for that. It's not news, nor really all that interesting or uprising. There has to be better topics to vote up in the firehose.
I think the point he was trying to make was when he started no one cared what his beliefs where, his race or his political beliefs. Why should they care now? I don't believe after reading his post that he really made his point well. I can understand someone feeling like "why do we need a code of conduct that says be nice to people?". Unfortunately we are in a political climate now we have to specially state the obvious and make sure we aren't offending any number of people. Now we are offending people simply by stating we are trying not to offend someone.
With what Hollywood execs have put out lately, there's no possible way anything could do worse. You could put it to a slashdot poll and it would do a better guess than what Hollywood can.
The can simply use the scare tactic of "if we don't merge, we're lose to the big players". Sprint and T-Mobile take the stance that if they don't merge AT&T and Verizon will be the only major options left as they fold. The fear of those two corporate giants will be enough to convince many that this is a good idea.
It would be nice instead if the user could pick what you wanted installed. Don't need MMC, or wallpapers, make it a check box. A Windows version with Tiles, NotePad, Wallpapers , Edge all as options would be great. I know I'm just dreaming.
Is this really news? A tech CEO launching a start up. I know she made headlines with the disaster Yahoo was. Yahoo was pretty much a disaster before she got there and she just made it worse.
If her startup does something super innovative it should be news. Someone simply launching a startup with a rather vague plan is not news, and it definitely does not matter.
Is this really a move because of ethical reasons. I can't imagine that anyone working at Facebook is surprised by this. I'd tend to believe the a over is more to cover your own ass. At best employees had a clue that something like this was possible, at worst they had direct knowledge of it. I don't think anyone working at Facebook suddenly had a moral epiphany.
Can someone who really uses RSS feeds shed some light on it's benefits for a mass market? Is there any? I find RSS doesn't really fit into any internet habits I currently have. I've never really used RSS other than trying it out a few times and I never found it to be helpful in anyway. I'm sure there are lots of people who love RSS. Not being one of them I'd like to hear the positives from someone who actually uses it regularly.
From the article: "Several publishers, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and the Washington Post, are focusing on getting readers to pay for their content as it becomes more difficult to support newsrooms with advertising revenue."
Why aren't media/news companies looking at making their product more appealing? Buying google search space, subscribers to online content and huge amounts of content blocking ads are all going to fail. Why do so many companies insist on figuring out ways to squeeze pennies from dying products rather than focusing on making the product more appealing? I block washingtonpost.com in my hosts file because of how annoying they have become. If it happens to come up higher in a search engine I'm still not going to view it.
They didn't say they were going to ban or filter searches for info on cryptocurrencies. They just don't want it in the ad network. I don't really see the problem here. The ad network is there business and they need to adjust to what they see is good for business.
A beta for one distro is news? Ubuntu has been falling in popularity according to many sources. This is a late release of only a beta. Why is this news?
Now everyone will be rushing to get a "blue tick" so they can keep the fantasy going that their Twitter account somehow makes them interesting and famous.
I can't afford to live close to where I work. I commute down backgrounds past 1 million dollar homes and horse farms. I choose to work here because it pays a good salary. How is any different than most places? You commute to work within your comfort level and live where you want to live.
Ever talk to commuters to NY? They can't afford to live in NY. Lots of places are like this.
It's like asking what the best car is? Are you trying to transport 8 people, or 5 sheets of drywall?
Asking what the best linux distro is silly and only adds to the confusion for those not familiar with linux. Personally I'm a huge fan of Debian and it's my go to unless I need some speciality distro. If someone asked me for a recommendation of install Linux for the first time they've ever done it on a laptop, Debian might not be my answer.
I understand the need for Top 10 lists, and ranking systems in our lives. It makes for the best click bait. Best linux distro is just something not needed. One of the best things about Linux is the distro's can be drastically different and fit different needs. Why do we need to try to narrow it down to one?
Did a major publication (ZDNet) really say "Microsoft reckons"? Are they roundin up the wagons and herdin the cattle too? I know journalism is pretty much a dead idea, but that is just completely lacking any attempt at professional writing.
Yes we should care that a company is not trying to exploit short term profits at the cost of it's investors. They could easily predict huge growth because of mining, but they are saying it probably won't last. They are setting clear expectations that they are making more money now, but long term they will need to keep to their core for growth and continued business.
With all the companies out there spewing random shit, this is actually refreshing to see a company speaking some sense.
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They can't license this tech to some bigger company? If the product had that much attention being producd why wouldn't some larger audio company want in on it? Unless of course it didn't deliver what the company promised and that is the real reason it's gone.
Can you point me towards the company providing games and listening to their user base? I can't seem to find any.
This is a battle between the casual gamer and the "hardcore" gamer. Those truly invested in games and what they can accomplish in game worlds appear to have no issue buying loot boxes. This is why they are profitable, gamers are buying them. Now the casual gamer that has no interest in this isn't going to spend the money, but also probably won't continue to buy games because they will feel they can't compete. Over time as gamers spend more and start to create communities were competition is only fun for those willing to pay the price the online games will become less attractive to casual gamers. Now, if I were a game company I'd have a hard time caring that casual gamers are complaining about loot boxes when the more aggressive gamers are shelling out tons of money. Profit is profit, who cares if you piss off casual gamers. This is exactly why I stick to single player games.
Normally I'm not one to complain about slashdot articles, because there is no point, but I have to agree. You're data wasn't safe on Facebook. Really? Thanks for that. It's not news, nor really all that interesting or uprising. There has to be better topics to vote up in the firehose.
I think the point he was trying to make was when he started no one cared what his beliefs where, his race or his political beliefs. Why should they care now? I don't believe after reading his post that he really made his point well. I can understand someone feeling like "why do we need a code of conduct that says be nice to people?". Unfortunately we are in a political climate now we have to specially state the obvious and make sure we aren't offending any number of people. Now we are offending people simply by stating we are trying not to offend someone.
With what Hollywood execs have put out lately, there's no possible way anything could do worse. You could put it to a slashdot poll and it would do a better guess than what Hollywood can.
The can simply use the scare tactic of "if we don't merge, we're lose to the big players". Sprint and T-Mobile take the stance that if they don't merge AT&T and Verizon will be the only major options left as they fold. The fear of those two corporate giants will be enough to convince many that this is a good idea.
It would be nice instead if the user could pick what you wanted installed. Don't need MMC, or wallpapers, make it a check box. A Windows version with Tiles, NotePad, Wallpapers , Edge all as options would be great. I know I'm just dreaming.
Is this really news? A tech CEO launching a start up. I know she made headlines with the disaster Yahoo was. Yahoo was pretty much a disaster before she got there and she just made it worse. If her startup does something super innovative it should be news. Someone simply launching a startup with a rather vague plan is not news, and it definitely does not matter.
Really, this is "news that matters"? And to add to it the link is to the WSJ which is paywalled. How did this end up on slashdot?
Is this really a move because of ethical reasons. I can't imagine that anyone working at Facebook is surprised by this. I'd tend to believe the a over is more to cover your own ass. At best employees had a clue that something like this was possible, at worst they had direct knowledge of it. I don't think anyone working at Facebook suddenly had a moral epiphany.
Maybe not, but there are more than enough alternatives for advertising.
..causes all the drama. The rest of us just make memes about it.
Has there been any verification that this software works? I've seen reports of police purchasing it,but no report it actually works.
Can someone who really uses RSS feeds shed some light on it's benefits for a mass market? Is there any? I find RSS doesn't really fit into any internet habits I currently have. I've never really used RSS other than trying it out a few times and I never found it to be helpful in anyway. I'm sure there are lots of people who love RSS. Not being one of them I'd like to hear the positives from someone who actually uses it regularly.
From the article: "Several publishers, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and the Washington Post, are focusing on getting readers to pay for their content as it becomes more difficult to support newsrooms with advertising revenue." Why aren't media/news companies looking at making their product more appealing? Buying google search space, subscribers to online content and huge amounts of content blocking ads are all going to fail. Why do so many companies insist on figuring out ways to squeeze pennies from dying products rather than focusing on making the product more appealing? I block washingtonpost.com in my hosts file because of how annoying they have become. If it happens to come up higher in a search engine I'm still not going to view it.
They didn't say they were going to ban or filter searches for info on cryptocurrencies. They just don't want it in the ad network. I don't really see the problem here. The ad network is there business and they need to adjust to what they see is good for business.
A beta for one distro is news? Ubuntu has been falling in popularity according to many sources. This is a late release of only a beta. Why is this news?
Now everyone will be rushing to get a "blue tick" so they can keep the fantasy going that their Twitter account somehow makes them interesting and famous.
Windows Subsystem For Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
1 million 14 yr old girls don't like change.
I can't afford to live close to where I work. I commute down backgrounds past 1 million dollar homes and horse farms. I choose to work here because it pays a good salary. How is any different than most places? You commute to work within your comfort level and live where you want to live. Ever talk to commuters to NY? They can't afford to live in NY. Lots of places are like this.
It's like asking what the best car is? Are you trying to transport 8 people, or 5 sheets of drywall? Asking what the best linux distro is silly and only adds to the confusion for those not familiar with linux. Personally I'm a huge fan of Debian and it's my go to unless I need some speciality distro. If someone asked me for a recommendation of install Linux for the first time they've ever done it on a laptop, Debian might not be my answer. I understand the need for Top 10 lists, and ranking systems in our lives. It makes for the best click bait. Best linux distro is just something not needed. One of the best things about Linux is the distro's can be drastically different and fit different needs. Why do we need to try to narrow it down to one?
Did a major publication (ZDNet) really say "Microsoft reckons"? Are they roundin up the wagons and herdin the cattle too? I know journalism is pretty much a dead idea, but that is just completely lacking any attempt at professional writing.
Yes we should care that a company is not trying to exploit short term profits at the cost of it's investors. They could easily predict huge growth because of mining, but they are saying it probably won't last. They are setting clear expectations that they are making more money now, but long term they will need to keep to their core for growth and continued business. With all the companies out there spewing random shit, this is actually refreshing to see a company speaking some sense.