I think this analogy is even better than what you imagine...
If you have an micro kernel, you need a fast processor so that the overhead is not noticeable.
If you have an micro government, you need to somehow minimize the overhead of communication between every single part of a society to solve conflicts.
So, in the same way that monolithic kernels are more successful because we still don't know how to minimize the overhead. You could argue that monolithic governments ARE more successful than micro governments, because nowhere a micro government was tried it could beat an monolithic competitor.
So, maybe, with better communication and technical solutions to solve conflicts we could finally implement an effective micro government. But for now, it is still hurd to see how it should come to be.
From what I understood, the problem is not that Facebook can (and obviously will) see the link attached to you profile. The problem is that anyone using Facebook API will also be able to do the same...
With some kind of multi-touch multi-user software, I would love to see this on a bus, or a train...
You could be able to see maps, transit information, restaurants nearby without losing the view of the city. Even if you don't have AR it could be really interesting
I really agree with you, but I already know Java/Python/VB/VBA so it is not that hard to jump from one to another.
On the other hand, performance was a bottleneck while running scripts outside LibreOffice process and it seems to be solved in 5.1(also in the PDF that I linked)
For the people I know, the main problem are macros. It is almost impossible to develop macros in Libre/OpenOffice. The language seems to be a mix of vb/java or python/java that makes it necessary to understand at least two languages to be usable, the API is HUGE and complex, and so on, and on.
I think it would be interesting, in browsers for example, to be able to select text and, with a little more pressure, have a context menu or a dictionary( like in kindle) pop up but only select and show "copy and paste" otherwise.
I think it is that a small market share makes you uninteresting to app developers(See also: windows phone) and some people are arguing that if android becomes much bigger than iOS, then iOS will have problems.
Not that I necessarily agree with this view...
And as for the reverse-discrimination claim, they define a "gender-neutral" profile where they could not tell gender immediately from the github profile only. But that's not evidence that the person merging the patch could not know. They could have done the same sort of auxiliary social-networking/google search that the researchers themselves did to build up their userid->gender mapping tables. IOW, they're assuming the maintainer is more naive about searching for information than they themselves are.
Yeah, but how likely is someone to be consciously seeking gender information to discriminate against women versus unconscious discrimination.
I like to think the second one is much(> 99%) more frequent. Else we are in a really fucked up world...
This!
We used to be smarter when, I don't know, 15000 years ago we had no technology to build our homes and simply used CAVES.
What is so hard about that? Come on...
Oh, I had already seem that one. But if I search for it on google, I only find another type of waking assist(by honda too) is being leased. And that one doesn't help a lot with knee problems...
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How do you think the sound is played today? It comes in digital format, and then it is converted just before putting it in the headphone jack.
Now they will do it on the ear bud side, but it is still the SAME process.
It is not mitigation, it is the same signal! But some inches away sure...
I think this analogy is even better than what you imagine...
If you have an micro kernel, you need a fast processor so that the overhead is not noticeable. If you have an micro government, you need to somehow minimize the overhead of communication between every single part of a society to solve conflicts.
So, in the same way that monolithic kernels are more successful because we still don't know how to minimize the overhead. You could argue that monolithic governments ARE more successful than micro governments, because nowhere a micro government was tried it could beat an monolithic competitor.
So, maybe, with better communication and technical solutions to solve conflicts we could finally implement an effective micro government. But for now, it is still hurd to see how it should come to be.
Bingo!!
From what I understood, the problem is not that Facebook can (and obviously will) see the link attached to you profile. The problem is that anyone using Facebook API will also be able to do the same...
With some kind of multi-touch multi-user software, I would love to see this on a bus, or a train...
You could be able to see maps, transit information, restaurants nearby without losing the view of the city. Even if you don't have AR it could be really interesting
I really agree with you, but I already know Java/Python/VB/VBA so it is not that hard to jump from one to another.
On the other hand, performance was a bottleneck while running scripts outside LibreOffice process and it seems to be solved in 5.1(also in the PDF that I linked)
For the people I know, the main problem are macros. It is almost impossible to develop macros in Libre/OpenOffice. The language seems to be a mix of vb/java or python/java that makes it necessary to understand at least two languages to be usable, the API is HUGE and complex, and so on, and on.
On the other hand, it seems to be going in the right direction: Upcoming PyUNO improvements in LibreOffice 5.1 Matthew Francis
If it continues like that, it may soon be *easier* to write macros for LibreOffice than for MS office as python is much better/easier/powerful than VB
Wouldn't it be a problem If xevilteddy simply changed the environment? Or launched another process without this environment variable?
I think it would be interesting, in browsers for example, to be able to select text and, with a little more pressure, have a context menu or a dictionary( like in kindle) pop up but only select and show "copy and paste" otherwise.
If lossy compression is affected, wouldn't compiling be affected too?
supply and demand IS market speculation, it just depends on how you want to look at it...
I think it is that a small market share makes you uninteresting to app developers(See also: windows phone) and some people are arguing that if android becomes much bigger than iOS, then iOS will have problems. Not that I necessarily agree with this view...
It seems the authorities want the "Metadata": who messaged who, when, in which IP/Network/Cellphone and so on.
Maybe WhatsApp has this data, maybe it doesn't but it is not the same as not having the content of the message
AFAIK, What's Up messages are only on your phone. There is no way to recover then if someone steals your phone, for example.
Even the web messenger thing needs to connect to your phone to be able to send messages
And as for the reverse-discrimination claim, they define a "gender-neutral" profile where they could not tell gender immediately from the github profile only. But that's not evidence that the person merging the patch could not know. They could have done the same sort of auxiliary social-networking/google search that the researchers themselves did to build up their userid->gender mapping tables. IOW, they're assuming the maintainer is more naive about searching for information than they themselves are.
Yeah, but how likely is someone to be consciously seeking gender information to discriminate against women versus unconscious discrimination.
I like to think the second one is much(> 99%) more frequent. Else we are in a really fucked up world...
1: "We would have to bring tons of equipment to make a place to live"
2: "Use caves"
1: "Oh look, there is another problem too!!"
If you hadn't said so, I was just buying a ticket!! Thank you!
This! We used to be smarter when, I don't know, 15000 years ago we had no technology to build our homes and simply used CAVES. What is so hard about that? Come on...
Oh, I had already seem that one. But if I search for it on google, I only find another type of waking assist(by honda too) is being leased. And that one doesn't help a lot with knee problems...
It's an amazing product for paraplegic people, but is there something for people that walk but with pain(i.e knee problem)?
I would love something like that for my grampa...
I would like and *append only* edit button
So many posts used only to say *fuck, I said this and wanted to say that*
We could even add a tag!!! And Unicode support, with *maybe* some "wikier" way to format the post so that </> is not needed anymore...