I am not sure how other services compete, but the few times that I have used Rdio, the only advertisement they run were for their own subs. I do not believe such an internet related company can survive with just subscriptions.
Note: I have discovered Rdio because it was one of the first Chromecast compatible applications
Sounds like a great new generation. Still, 500 games are not a shabby line up. According to Wikipedia, Steam for Linux reached 1500 games already. Gamers rejoice!
So far, Google Keep has not been abandoned yet. I am using Google Keep myself. However, I keep my notes short lived: money I owe, DVDs I lend or borrow, etc. I will not miss it much if it is gone, that is, when Google decides that such a great application with no advertising is not aligned with their goal of increasing revenue.
Another non FLOSS service is Evernote. It is popular enough that some mobile applications use Evernote under the hood.
Another non FLOSS is MS OneNote. Some of my colleagues use it for work, because it comes with MS SharePoint 2013.
Bathing or showering can also be harmful. Every time you clean your skin, you are eroding one protective sheet of your skin. Add chemicals on top of that! Isn't the real world scary?
HEVC is not supported by most HW. This situation is a similar one as when 1080p started to become popular less than ten years ago. Software like KMPlayer were the thing to have installed. Either you have supporting SW and HW or you are going to suffer a lot. I just hope that most HW video decoding blocks in computers can be of any use for HEVC. I know most appliances like SmartTVs will not.
I might be reading the partial report wrong, but as far as I understood, x264 is not scoring low against HEVC. Either that or HEVC encoders are not mature enough. I get that the "real-time" encoder has very specific constraints, but how about the others?
The ISP provided hardware might still be needed. I do not think there is any cable or fibre router I can buy in any brick and mortar store. On top of that, even ADSL providers do not send you all the needed details in order to replace their router anymore. Connecting 25 clients on the same access point at the same SSID, isn't that the rule of thumb people use when they design the deployment of WiFi in a sea of cubicles? That is the case with overhead antennas that make WiFi waves easier to send. Do not try to push the envelope any further than what enterprises do.
From my point of view, upgrades on most home networks are gated by the ISPs. In my case, I do need a fibre to ethernet transducer that only talks to the company sanctioned WiFi router, that also has IP telephony embedded. I can add extra devices, but I cannot replace those two. It would be great to have a single device that does all of that, and that requires a single electrical plug and occupies a small volume at home. A modular approach would be great too, in that depending on how you get your internet at home, you get a different PHY module. But I know that what I am asking for costs a lot of money. And you do need to think about the antennas a lot. I can see how an Apple or Google branded router gets the "wife's approval", where latest Linksys monster does not. Visuals are also important, and a development board is not. So, no I do not see many things gained by having a PCB sitting on the loose on the table with antennas sticking everywhere and with flaky firmware that might or might not be supported in a years time.
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!
A-hanging with Margaret just-a feels so good like I knew it wou-ou-ould
Laughing together and-a having a blast, and I hope it lasts forever!
I can't believe how hot she is, it makes my insides feel like knotted twists
Her pretty face, and those long, long legs
And I hope someday we are more than just friends!
Oh, Margaret. Oh, Margaret.
Do you remember last night when our hands touched?
We were grabbin for the dice and you were laughing and such...
Take one roll, then take a chance on me,
And maybe then you'll see,
How perfect we can be,
Together you and me,
For all eternity!
Okay, maybe that's a long long time.
But a guy can dream, can't I?
Oh, Margaret. Oh, Margaret.
I love it when you stand or sit right next to me
Can't you see, your future with me is brighter than the ocean!
Not everyone seems a loser to me. The main characters have studied physics and have been characterized as excentric in order to suit a comedy sitcom. You have the Mr-Knows-All-So-Everybody-Else-Is-Wrong guy, and you have the I-Still-Live-With-My-Mother guy. And you have the blonde girl that lives next door that is completely "normal" by US sitcom standards - reminds me of an IRC client. You need to add that there is a laugh track and that somehow most of the jokes involve situations derived from lies or from stubborness. Typical of a sitcom.
The biggest problem I see is the laugh track. A simple "Hello" means you hear some "Haha" in the background. I do not think there are more than two phrases chained together without a forced joke in there.
Sticking with South Park, beware of the Canadian Devil, Belzeboot. It did make Stan and his family bankrupt through mindless freemium games. The debt was large enough for Lorde to kick in and go live on stage, with dire consequences.
Let us assume Windows is downloading Windows 10 automatically, even if you did not reserve it. Do you get Windows 10 installed by doing the typical "You need to restart your computer in order to get security updates"? If that is not what happens, then the only thing wrong is downloading 3.5GB worth of unwanted data. It is still wrong, though. I do not think people are installing Windows 10 without ever clicking on YES somewhere. I am sure it is the user's fault if they click. It is always the user's fault if they install unwanted/malware software that was bundled with other software by clicking a YES button. So, do not spread wrong rumours, pretty please. I have not heard of anybody installing Windows 10 without his/her consent.
I suppose that modern hardware means a desktop, workstation or computational server CPU, aka x86_64 based. I wonder if modern hardware also includes low power or portable CPUs, aka ARM ones. It looks like portability has given way to almost to the metal optimization.
Nice to have that kind of day every year too. It is on 19th September. Hey, I am more of a wannabe pirate guy. I still cannot find what exactly is the Secret of Monkey Island.
And no, it is not still "Talk like a Pirate" day yet.
Most consumer devices expect a few number of devices on the WiFi, specially the cheap ones. If possible, get as much as you can wired. Otherwise, it is the usual: relocate your router/access point, get a device with large antennas, bring down the wall, turn off the mobile phones.
The thing is the poster knows his way around SolidWorks, and he reckons he is fairly efficient working with that tool. Learning a tool like FreeCAD is not a trivial task, so it definitely has to be better than SolidWorks in order for him to consider the switch. It also needs to be as stable as SolidWorks. We are talking about money not gained when any software crashes for whatever the reason.
I will add other Adobe tools here. After Bibble got assimilated by Corel, I migrated my photo catalogue to Lightroom.
I know there are alternatives for GNU/Linux, but I still play videogames in Windows.
Now in plain English and just to the point:
What: Micro Focus offers a plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 that lets you "to maintain and modernize COBOL systems alongside Microsoft.NET languages"
When: Press Release on 2015-08-20
Who: Micro Focus has recently merged with Attachmate Group, owners of brands like Borland, NetIQ, Attachmate, Novell and SUSE
Why: COBOL is still used in a lot of legacy applications.
I thought wireless charging was inefficient. A quick search over the internet shows me claims of between 50 and 70% efficiency on power delivery for the mobile charging standard Qi. As for automobiles, I like the following graph, but I cannot tell how true it is:
ecoupled-infographic.png Please note that charging may behave differently while in motion.
Slashdot Mirror
Note: I have discovered Rdio because it was one of the first Chromecast compatible applications
News for nerds? I know the topic is interesting for a lot of people, but this is not the right venue. Editors, please keep focused.
You want to keep some vulnerabilities for yourself just in case. You never know what will happen in the future.
Sounds like a great new generation. Still, 500 games are not a shabby line up. According to Wikipedia, Steam for Linux reached 1500 games already. Gamers rejoice!
I find it odd that Atom, the text editor, is built on top of Chromium! As such, it is a 90MB installer under Windows.
I thought it was Atom RSS, that by the way, is still at v1.0.
Another non FLOSS service is Evernote. It is popular enough that some mobile applications use Evernote under the hood.
Another non FLOSS is MS OneNote. Some of my colleagues use it for work, because it comes with MS SharePoint 2013.
Bathing or showering can also be harmful. Every time you clean your skin, you are eroding one protective sheet of your skin. Add chemicals on top of that! Isn't the real world scary?
HEVC is not supported by most HW. This situation is a similar one as when 1080p started to become popular less than ten years ago. Software like KMPlayer were the thing to have installed. Either you have supporting SW and HW or you are going to suffer a lot. I just hope that most HW video decoding blocks in computers can be of any use for HEVC. I know most appliances like SmartTVs will not.
I might be reading the partial report wrong, but as far as I understood, x264 is not scoring low against HEVC. Either that or HEVC encoders are not mature enough. I get that the "real-time" encoder has very specific constraints, but how about the others?
The ISP provided hardware might still be needed. I do not think there is any cable or fibre router I can buy in any brick and mortar store. On top of that, even ADSL providers do not send you all the needed details in order to replace their router anymore.
Connecting 25 clients on the same access point at the same SSID, isn't that the rule of thumb people use when they design the deployment of WiFi in a sea of cubicles? That is the case with overhead antennas that make WiFi waves easier to send. Do not try to push the envelope any further than what enterprises do.
Whichever is more popular, they are mostly to write software for iOS. Apple is the clear winner.
From my point of view, upgrades on most home networks are gated by the ISPs. In my case, I do need a fibre to ethernet transducer that only talks to the company sanctioned WiFi router, that also has IP telephony embedded. I can add extra devices, but I cannot replace those two. It would be great to have a single device that does all of that, and that requires a single electrical plug and occupies a small volume at home. A modular approach would be great too, in that depending on how you get your internet at home, you get a different PHY module. But I know that what I am asking for costs a lot of money.
And you do need to think about the antennas a lot. I can see how an Apple or Google branded router gets the "wife's approval", where latest Linksys monster does not. Visuals are also important, and a development board is not.
So, no I do not see many things gained by having a PCB sitting on the loose on the table with antennas sticking everywhere and with flaky firmware that might or might not be supported in a years time.
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!
A-hanging with Margaret just-a feels so good like I knew it wou-ou-ould
Laughing together and-a having a blast, and I hope it lasts forever!
I can't believe how hot she is, it makes my insides feel like knotted twists
Her pretty face, and those long, long legs
And I hope someday we are more than just friends!
Oh, Margaret. Oh, Margaret.
Do you remember last night when our hands touched?
We were grabbin for the dice and you were laughing and such...
Take one roll, then take a chance on me,
And maybe then you'll see,
How perfect we can be,
Together you and me,
For all eternity!
Okay, maybe that's a long long time.
But a guy can dream, can't I?
Oh, Margaret. Oh, Margaret.
I love it when you stand or sit right next to me
Can't you see, your future with me is brighter than the ocean!
Not everyone seems a loser to me. The main characters have studied physics and have been characterized as excentric in order to suit a comedy sitcom. You have the Mr-Knows-All-So-Everybody-Else-Is-Wrong guy, and you have the I-Still-Live-With-My-Mother guy. And you have the blonde girl that lives next door that is completely "normal" by US sitcom standards - reminds me of an IRC client. You need to add that there is a laugh track and that somehow most of the jokes involve situations derived from lies or from stubborness. Typical of a sitcom.
The biggest problem I see is the laugh track. A simple "Hello" means you hear some "Haha" in the background. I do not think there are more than two phrases chained together without a forced joke in there.
Sticking with South Park, beware of the Canadian Devil, Belzeboot. It did make Stan and his family bankrupt through mindless freemium games. The debt was large enough for Lorde to kick in and go live on stage, with dire consequences.
Let us assume Windows is downloading Windows 10 automatically, even if you did not reserve it. Do you get Windows 10 installed by doing the typical "You need to restart your computer in order to get security updates"? If that is not what happens, then the only thing wrong is downloading 3.5GB worth of unwanted data. It is still wrong, though. I do not think people are installing Windows 10 without ever clicking on YES somewhere. I am sure it is the user's fault if they click. It is always the user's fault if they install unwanted/malware software that was bundled with other software by clicking a YES button.
So, do not spread wrong rumours, pretty please. I have not heard of anybody installing Windows 10 without his/her consent.
I suppose that modern hardware means a desktop, workstation or computational server CPU, aka x86_64 based. I wonder if modern hardware also includes low power or portable CPUs, aka ARM ones. It looks like portability has given way to almost to the metal optimization.
And no, it is not still "Talk like a Pirate" day yet.
Most consumer devices expect a few number of devices on the WiFi, specially the cheap ones. If possible, get as much as you can wired. Otherwise, it is the usual: relocate your router/access point, get a device with large antennas, bring down the wall, turn off the mobile phones.
The thing is the poster knows his way around SolidWorks, and he reckons he is fairly efficient working with that tool. Learning a tool like FreeCAD is not a trivial task, so it definitely has to be better than SolidWorks in order for him to consider the switch. It also needs to be as stable as SolidWorks. We are talking about money not gained when any software crashes for whatever the reason.
I will add other Adobe tools here. After Bibble got assimilated by Corel, I migrated my photo catalogue to Lightroom. I know there are alternatives for GNU/Linux, but I still play videogames in Windows.
I sometimes see just gibberish, dark marketing gibberish.
Now in plain English and just to the point: .NET languages"
What: Micro Focus offers a plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 that lets you "to maintain and modernize COBOL systems alongside Microsoft
When: Press Release on 2015-08-20
Who: Micro Focus has recently merged with Attachmate Group, owners of brands like Borland, NetIQ, Attachmate, Novell and SUSE
Why: COBOL is still used in a lot of legacy applications.
I thought wireless charging was inefficient. A quick search over the internet shows me claims of between 50 and 70% efficiency on power delivery for the mobile charging standard Qi. As for automobiles, I like the following graph, but I cannot tell how true it is: ecoupled-infographic.png
Please note that charging may behave differently while in motion.