>"Eventually, the device could become standard equipment, just like air bags. "
Will that "eventually" be before or after self-driving cars make it a pointless added expense to build into cars?
All of The Telus cell network is already Huawei. Has been for several years.
And Much of the Rogers western wireless networks well (though they are in the process of reverting to 100% Ericsson.)
>I>How do the different Pis have a "strength in communicating with an Arduino?"
Yes you can use USB on any computer to talk to an Arduino, but the PI also makes it easy to use I2C and/or SPI to talk to them.
An x86 or other boars without GPIO - not so much.
And this is a pretty good demonstration of a less simple tool not being better.
At it's core, a thermostat has a simple job to do.
The more complexity that is added to the design, the more points of failure there can be.
And, really, how much benefit does internet connectivity really add to a thermostat anyway?
But if Amazon Drones means there are literally no consequences for being ill-prepared and a careless ass - then why does the lesson need to be taught? Just as most of us now are not taught how to milk a cow or till a field, the art of being prepared is a skill of yesteryear in a world with ubiquitous drone coverage.
The important part is "a world with ubiquitous drone coverage".
There are still places where Amazon can't/won't deliver quickly by traditional means. I suspect those will also remain out of range of drones for a very long time.
Unless you are content to never travel outside of major cities, then learning to be competent in basic skills like thinking ahead are still useful for being a mostly functional human.
But without the 10-20% Amazon cut. The difference probably won't be that significant.
I'm more concerned about the idea of "standardizing prices". Especially if they try to do it over larger areas.
The cost of doing business is different in different locations, why would you expect the price to be the same?
In case you don't believe me, consider that in 2014 Java had no zero day exploits at all. But some people are still vulnerable to bugs from 2012. The ask forgiveness not permission auto update policy was pioneered by Google and unfortunately took a long time to become accepted as the standard due to the old mindset, especially amongst tech geeks, of "my computer is my castle".
On the other hand, where I work several of the Java apps that the business runs on are (stupidly or lazily) coded to work on specific versions of Java. Auto-updating java can (and has) break one application while improving how another works.
It's frustrating as hell not being able to trust an update, just in case it might break the payroll time tracking application again.
Given that police use plate scanners routinely to scan parking lots looking for stolen cars, then I have no doubt that they have scanned parking lots of gun shows.
my old emails (especially) are kept in the "CYA" file heirarchy.
It has served my intrerests a few times. "why didn't anyone warn us?"..."I did in this e-mail from 6 years ago (attached)".
But planting trees is better than not planting trees.
Plus, they have other benefits. Like producing oxygen, food, shading the ground, absorbing water (as opposed to runoff), stabalizing soils, providing habitat for critters, they are affective windbreaks,and trees just generally make the place look nicer.
Screw Mars. Spend all that money on making it nice HERE. We have the means. We have the tech. We could have a star trek utopia right here... Free education, opportunity through small businesses, cheap housing, plentiful energy. We could have all that right here if we just put a smidge of effort into it.
Well, we could do that too.
But us fucking up the planet isn't the only scenario that might cause planetary extinction. Do you remember what killed off the dinsaurs?
It was never intended to be a powerful desktop replacement. Nor a high powered computing engine.
It is intended to be an inexpensive experimenting and learning platform.
A creationist must believe that G-d buried a lot of fossilized bones since science tells us that.
Actually, some creationists (Including Ham) claim that the fossils were created when Noah's flood killed off most of the world's creatures. And that the Grand Canyon was also created as those same floodwaters receeded.
Don't you think that if the Creationists are able to poke holes in the other side's arguments then maybe the other side doesn't have a very sound argument.
Knowlege and verifiable facts can still be shot down by someone with superior rhetorical skills.
That doesn't affect the truth of the facts, but it can determine who "wins" the game.
Slashdot Mirror
>"Eventually, the device could become standard equipment, just like air bags. " Will that "eventually" be before or after self-driving cars make it a pointless added expense to build into cars?
If Canada allows them in
All of The Telus cell network is already Huawei. Has been for several years.
And Much of the Rogers western wireless networks well (though they are in the process of reverting to 100% Ericsson.)
>I>How do the different Pis have a "strength in communicating with an Arduino?"
Yes you can use USB on any computer to talk to an Arduino, but the PI also makes it easy to use I2C and/or SPI to talk to them.
An x86 or other boars without GPIO - not so much.
because the people doing it properly are seen as being too slow.
I think it's more because the people doing it properly cost more.
Shop "from the road" and get it a couple of days later, versus walk into a store and walk out in a few minutes with your stuff.
Non-citizens who want to take a vacation with our enemies
So, that includes Red Rross, MSF, and other NGO staff and volunteers who "took a vacation with our enemies" too?
There is a lot an advertiser can tell about you from the car you drive
There's a lot advertisers can tell about my company's cheap-ass fleet manager, maybe. That tells them nothing about me, though.
someone somewhere will mirror all the really important stuff.
As long as everyone doesn't think like that...
So does CBC...
And this is a pretty good demonstration of a less simple tool not being better.
At it's core, a thermostat has a simple job to do.
The more complexity that is added to the design, the more points of failure there can be.
And, really, how much benefit does internet connectivity really add to a thermostat anyway?
But if Amazon Drones means there are literally no consequences for being ill-prepared and a careless ass - then why does the lesson need to be taught? Just as most of us now are not taught how to milk a cow or till a field, the art of being prepared is a skill of yesteryear in a world with ubiquitous drone coverage.
The important part is "a world with ubiquitous drone coverage".
There are still places where Amazon can't/won't deliver quickly by traditional means. I suspect those will also remain out of range of drones for a very long time.
Unless you are content to never travel outside of major cities, then learning to be competent in basic skills like thinking ahead are still useful for being a mostly functional human.
But, without lubrication, how would you run your machinery?
Use the lard extracted from liposuction.
It's a vast untapped resource.
But without the 10-20% Amazon cut. The difference probably won't be that significant.
I'm more concerned about the idea of "standardizing prices". Especially if they try to do it over larger areas.
The cost of doing business is different in different locations, why would you expect the price to be the same?
So quit using stupid brittle Java apps!
As a lowly drone in this massive corporate machine I don't really have that option.
On the other hand, where I work several of the Java apps that the business runs on are (stupidly or lazily) coded to work on specific versions of Java. Auto-updating java can (and has) break one application while improving how another works.
It's frustrating as hell not being able to trust an update, just in case it might break the payroll time tracking application again.
I had assumed that this has been SOP for decades.
Given that police use plate scanners routinely to scan parking lots looking for stolen cars, then I have no doubt that they have scanned parking lots of gun shows.
my old emails (especially) are kept in the "CYA" file heirarchy.
It has served my intrerests a few times. "why didn't anyone warn us?"..."I did in this e-mail from 6 years ago (attached)".
But planting trees is better than not planting trees.
Plus, they have other benefits. Like producing oxygen, food, shading the ground, absorbing water (as opposed to runoff), stabalizing soils, providing habitat for critters, they are affective windbreaks,and trees just generally make the place look nicer.
Screw Mars. Spend all that money on making it nice HERE. We have the means. We have the tech. We could have a star trek utopia right here... Free education, opportunity through small businesses, cheap housing, plentiful energy. We could have all that right here if we just put a smidge of effort into it.
Well, we could do that too.
But us fucking up the planet isn't the only scenario that might cause planetary extinction. Do you remember what killed off the dinsaurs?
grow babies inside artificial uteri outside of the human body.
The first image that pops into my mind is "Logan's Run.
It was never intended to be a powerful desktop replacement. Nor a high powered computing engine.
It is intended to be an inexpensive experimenting and learning platform.
Sorry for the late response.
I was always taught that it is just good writing to expand your acronyms when you first use them in any writing.
A creationist must believe that G-d buried a lot of fossilized bones since science tells us that.
Actually, some creationists (Including Ham) claim that the fossils were created when Noah's flood killed off most of the world's creatures. And that the Grand Canyon was also created as those same floodwaters receeded.
Don't you think that if the Creationists are able to poke holes in the other side's arguments then maybe the other side doesn't have a very sound argument.
Knowlege and verifiable facts can still be shot down by someone with superior rhetorical skills.
That doesn't affect the truth of the facts, but it can determine who "wins" the game.
For others (who (like me) weren't familiar with the acronym MOOC:
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
Would it be so hard for submitters to expand their acronyms in the posts?