This isn't a new thing in any software genre. "Physical goods" now means a scratch-off key you can use online to activate something you download.
(As a security guy, I think this is generally a good thing: no more insecure-out-of-the-box-and-never-updated software packages hitting end users' computers.)
>> ProseMirror is intended to become open source (MIT licenced), but since I need to combine writing open software and earning a living, I am running a crowd-funding campaign to fund the work I put into the implementation. Until that succeeds, all rights are reserved.
In other words...this is the opposite of the type of open source projects we're used to, where someone writes something to "scratch an itch," releasing better and better versions into the open source community. Instead, this guy's said "hey, I'm building something cool, and I pinkie-promise swear to release it as open source, but only if you pay me $1M^H^H^H 35,000 Euro."
It's at 1.7% as of last year. Compared to Windows' 85.5% share (about 50x more), the author's quip about Linux market share being a rounding error is correct. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.... (Several other similar studies are also mentioned.)
When I launch a new incognito/private window, I want to let some plug-ins, especially Flashcontrol or Flashblock, run by default. There's nothing like launching a new window to get around someone's X-story paywall and getting blasted with their auto-play video.
>> the device might cause children to fall down a stairwell while playing
This was the 1990s. We were still allowed to go out outside without supervision, and we were still the targets of public service announcements telling us to quit playing in abandoned refrigerators. So if we wanted to die of suffocation, we should at least have been able to die happy with a crappy VR helmet on our oxygen-starved heads.
Everyone's already carrying a personal tracking device called a cell phone, and we're worried about adding in data about where you parked your car? (For the record, I've parked my car in business/church/bar lots that I haven't patronized.) That's kind of like worrying about the can of gas in the garage when your house is on fire, isn't it?
So, this is some kind of tool to make drone videos being advertised...by a video...on a techie site where we're pretty much all too busy to sit around and watch videos?
It was installed by default on the laptop I bought from Best Buy. NOT!
More seriously, bought a 386 then floppy-copied it during an all-nighter at a friend's house. I'd been a user on Unix systems before but never an admin so I used the box to build out a home intranet, share the modem connection, etc.
This is the same effect as with Pokemon cards, and it's the same as baseball cards in past years. Collectors overvalue the "resale" value of their collectables, which makes them feel better about overbuying at retail prices. In other words, the rare [item] market makes additional money for [the original seller] because it increases the number of items sold (especially to the same person) - not necessarily because it increases the price of each item.
>> Even if they track those things they have no business model if they cannot get the ads in front of my face. An IP address doesn't really tell who is behind it and I'm certainly not about to give up and make it easy for them.
The IP address (or browser spec) mapping can be dug out from your ISP or from affiliate sites (e.g., ever get prompted by a bank on a new browser?) on which you registered (and recorded your IP or browser spec). Since ISPs don't recycle IPs very often, all it takes is some IP correlation using shifting time windows to make a pretty good guess at who you are.
In terms of business model, they can still send you ads via direct mail, email, social media and phone calls, again, any of which can be correlated to you through any of the big aggregators who do exactly this.
>> As it turns out, there's not much benefit going beyond 8 GB for regular programs, and surprisingly, 4GB still seems to be enough for gaming in most cases.
Why is this on SlashDot? Or am I in the minority here now because I develop, compile and look at memory dumps on desktops?
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It always makes me giggle whenever this "tech" site publishes a review of something static and made of dead trees.
How about firing up some reviews of blogs for people who like to keep up with emerging tech instead?
This isn't a new thing in any software genre. "Physical goods" now means a scratch-off key you can use online to activate something you download.
(As a security guy, I think this is generally a good thing: no more insecure-out-of-the-box-and-never-updated software packages hitting end users' computers.)
No need. Just drop some chum in the water - you'll instantly distract the shark in charge of the laser.
>> ProseMirror is intended to become open source (MIT licenced), but since I need to combine writing open software and earning a living, I am running a crowd-funding campaign to fund the work I put into the implementation. Until that succeeds, all rights are reserved.
In other words...this is the opposite of the type of open source projects we're used to, where someone writes something to "scratch an itch," releasing better and better versions into the open source community. Instead, this guy's said "hey, I'm building something cool, and I pinkie-promise swear to release it as open source, but only if you pay me $1M^H^H^H 35,000 Euro."
So...water shortage might cause Israel and Palestine to have issues, then?
>> Are we going to see money start drying up for startups?
No. Just say you're writing the next big data social media IoT app using 100% HTML5 and you'll be good to go.
>> We are a fast-growing IT services company with dozens of systems...We struggle to track this
Funniest thing I read all day. Thanks for the laugh!
>> Ridley Scott's adaptation
I saw Promethius. Forgive me if my hopes aren't that high for "The Martian."
I believe we tried that 70 years ago, but he war ended before we could get all of 'em.
>> Linux market share is a mere rounding error
It's at 1.7% as of last year. Compared to Windows' 85.5% share (about 50x more), the author's quip about Linux market share being a rounding error is correct.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan....
(Several other similar studies are also mentioned.)
When I launch a new incognito/private window, I want to let some plug-ins, especially Flashcontrol or Flashblock, run by default. There's nothing like launching a new window to get around someone's X-story paywall and getting blasted with their auto-play video.
>> a 10 minute headache/back pain inducer
Funny, my wife says the same thing about...
>> the device might cause children to fall down a stairwell while playing
This was the 1990s. We were still allowed to go out outside without supervision, and we were still the targets of public service announcements telling us to quit playing in abandoned refrigerators. So if we wanted to die of suffocation, we should at least have been able to die happy with a crappy VR helmet on our oxygen-starved heads.
Everyone's already carrying a personal tracking device called a cell phone, and we're worried about adding in data about where you parked your car? (For the record, I've parked my car in business/church/bar lots that I haven't patronized.) That's kind of like worrying about the can of gas in the garage when your house is on fire, isn't it?
>> signed a deal with Oracle that should allow it to cut down on spending and licensing costs with the software provider
"Should?" Thanks, I needed a good laugh this morning!!!
>> A380...only Emirates has really plunged in
Considering that they are gobbling up international routes left and right (and having flown them I understand why) this is no small thing.
>> PGP is a system of encryption that operates with a pair of keys that operate symmetrically.
Stop, go back and rewrite this stuff for newbies...if that really is your audience.
>> growing focus on data centers' water use amid California's drought
Um...what? Don't they just chill the water, let the data center warm it and then reuse it?
Why not check to see what California agriculture's doing with it's majority share of the water first?
So, this is some kind of tool to make drone videos being advertised...by a video...on a techie site where we're pretty much all too busy to sit around and watch videos?
>> are reported to have confessed ...by whom? TFA doesn't cite anything at all.
>> How did you come to find Linux?
It was installed by default on the laptop I bought from Best Buy. NOT!
More seriously, bought a 386 then floppy-copied it during an all-nighter at a friend's house. I'd been a user on Unix systems before but never an admin so I used the box to build out a home intranet, share the modem connection, etc.
>> Nintendo doesn't more money of rare figures
This is the same effect as with Pokemon cards, and it's the same as baseball cards in past years. Collectors overvalue the "resale" value of their collectables, which makes them feel better about overbuying at retail prices. In other words, the rare [item] market makes additional money for [the original seller] because it increases the number of items sold (especially to the same person) - not necessarily because it increases the price of each item.
Does that make sense for you?
If your Win10 device starts to melt, don't worry. That's just the CPU compressing/decompressing as fast as it can.
>> Even if they track those things they have no business model if they cannot get the ads in front of my face. An IP address doesn't really tell who is behind it and I'm certainly not about to give up and make it easy for them.
The IP address (or browser spec) mapping can be dug out from your ISP or from affiliate sites (e.g., ever get prompted by a bank on a new browser?) on which you registered (and recorded your IP or browser spec). Since ISPs don't recycle IPs very often, all it takes is some IP correlation using shifting time windows to make a pretty good guess at who you are.
In terms of business model, they can still send you ads via direct mail, email, social media and phone calls, again, any of which can be correlated to you through any of the big aggregators who do exactly this.
>> As it turns out, there's not much benefit going beyond 8 GB for regular programs, and surprisingly, 4GB still seems to be enough for gaming in most cases.
Why is this on SlashDot? Or am I in the minority here now because I develop, compile and look at memory dumps on desktops?