Does it bug anyone else that none of the articles about Big Sur currently out there do not mention the system specs of this server? I want to know what kind of GPU's they are using, and I bet that that I'm not the only one.
They might have already been keeping an eye on the guy. If so, they might have had to raid his house quickly before he had a chance to flee the country after getting outed.
Is it really cheaper once you add the MicroSD card, the USB keyboard and mouse, the monitor, the USB Ethernet or Wi-Fi adapter, the power adapter, and all of the cables needed to hook it together?
If you're trying to teach programming, you could probably get a used netbook for the price of those parts with similar performance that would do the job better.
Now, if you're trying to build something from parts... maybe.
I'm not sure why "secretly" was in there was well. Most employers are pretty blatant about hating their entry level employees. If you need an example, just look at all of those KMart and Walmart employees who had to work on Thanksgiving.
That sounds like a nice phone, but I think that most people just want a phone that looks cool and "just works". Those are the folks who end up buying or financing a new iPhone.
I'm sure a bunch of Slashdot members want a phone like that, but there probably isn't enough of us to mass producing a phone worthwhile.
No, but the extra cable or adapter is yet another part that I would need to buy to get the device working. It makes the finished device neither as cheap or as small as it could be.
Perhaps it's just me, but most of the use cases that I can think of for a small embedded device like the Raspberry Pi Zero require either Wi-Fi or Ethernet connectivity (preferably Wi-Fi for a mobile applications) to remotely access and administer it.
Since the CHIP has built in Wi-Fi, it just seems more useful for an embedded IoT type application. You could add Wi-Fi pretty easily to the old Raspberry Pi's with a USB Wi-Fi adapter, but even that is more difficult on the Zero because it doesn't have full size USB ports anymore.
I think that I'll pass on this one, and wait for a rev with Wi-Fi.
The Reply All podcast did an episode on this. One of the podcasters even went as far as microdosing himself to see if it really worked. It made for an interesting show:
They can threaten that if they want, but they don't actually have that information. Sure, they might have a (probably canceled by now) credit card number and your address, but they don't have any tax info like a social security number.
The "problem" that they're having with threatening to dox Patreon users is that most of them don't have a dirty secret that they're trying to hide like the Ashley Madison folks.
Hey... if you want to "out" people for donating to good causes, go ahead! They'll probably get more sympathy than anything else. Odds are that you're just going to piss off a rival hacking group like Anonymous who's going to return the favor against the scammers.
If you're building a Windows gaming PC, bite the bullet and install Windows 10. You're going to need DirectX 12 support eventually, so you might as well install it now than get forced to upgrade to Windows 10 later.
The XBox One was originally based off of Windows 8 and Hyper-V, but the newest version of the XBox software is based off of Windows 10. That's not necessarily a bad thing (it's pretty stable), but I've noticed some odd issues with the controllers becoming unresponsive after the Windows 10 based update.
If you want to see what happens when users get to choose their own stories that make the front page, check out the technology section of Reddit. A third of the "articles" are just people bitching how much Comcast sucks. No thanks.
It really wasn't AMD who was misleading customers, though. Retailers were the ones who were describing the PC's with these processors as something along the lines "blazing fast 8 core gaming monsters" when in reality they were being outperformed by most Core i5's that were available at the time.
They can make a lot of software tweaks to add missing features, but they'll still be stuck with that A8 processor and either 32 GB or 64 GB of storage. That alone will be enough to limit the console to games with roughly the complexity of an XBox 360 or Playstation 3. That's not bad for a $199 box, but you won't see many AAA titles any time soon.
They're only asking for 1% of voters, though. I'll bet that you could get "None Of The Above" to poll well above 1% for a few weeks if you had decent write-in social media campaign.
Not to mention that Google is still giving out 15 GB of data for their free accounts. I wonder if they'll offer a deal for soon to be former free tier Onedrive users like myself who now need a new place to back up their photos.
Besides, even the author of the book admits that the sandstorm that got Watney stranded on Mars in the first place would have been impossible in real life. Martian sandstorms just don't have enough force to knock over a mars return rocket like that.
The screen actually isn't all that bad. What's driving me nuts are the sponsored lock screens (Ugh, that damn "Game Of War" ad!), and the lack of Google services. There is no YouTube app, no Google Maps, no GMail, no Chrome browser, and no Play Store. Instead, you're stuck with the Amazon equivalents... and some of them kinda suck.
I've been working on my own review of this tablet. It's located here:
I like the IDEA of Wi-Fi Assist, as it comes in handy when you're on a crummy WiFi connection like the kind that you'll find at a hotel or on a train.
It just shouldn't be turned on by default without prompting the user, though. Nobody likes surprises like that, especially if you're on a metered data plan like most of us are.
I would probably sign it IF the severance package was big enough. Hell... if they were going to give me a year of severance for 2 years of part time work that isn't allowed to interfere with my new job, that's a good deal!
The story doesn't say what the actual severance package is, though. If it's only six or eight weeks of pay like most severance packages? Fuck you. Not worth the hassle.
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Does it bug anyone else that none of the articles about Big Sur currently out there do not mention the system specs of this server? I want to know what kind of GPU's they are using, and I bet that that I'm not the only one.
They might have already been keeping an eye on the guy. If so, they might have had to raid his house quickly before he had a chance to flee the country after getting outed.
Is it really cheaper once you add the MicroSD card, the USB keyboard and mouse, the monitor, the USB Ethernet or Wi-Fi adapter, the power adapter, and all of the cables needed to hook it together?
If you're trying to teach programming, you could probably get a used netbook for the price of those parts with similar performance that would do the job better.
Now, if you're trying to build something from parts... maybe.
I'm not sure why "secretly" was in there was well. Most employers are pretty blatant about hating their entry level employees. If you need an example, just look at all of those KMart and Walmart employees who had to work on Thanksgiving.
That sounds like a nice phone, but I think that most people just want a phone that looks cool and "just works". Those are the folks who end up buying or financing a new iPhone.
I'm sure a bunch of Slashdot members want a phone like that, but there probably isn't enough of us to mass producing a phone worthwhile.
No, but the extra cable or adapter is yet another part that I would need to buy to get the device working. It makes the finished device neither as cheap or as small as it could be.
Perhaps it's just me, but most of the use cases that I can think of for a small embedded device like the Raspberry Pi Zero require either Wi-Fi or Ethernet connectivity (preferably Wi-Fi for a mobile applications) to remotely access and administer it.
Since the CHIP has built in Wi-Fi, it just seems more useful for an embedded IoT type application. You could add Wi-Fi pretty easily to the old Raspberry Pi's with a USB Wi-Fi adapter, but even that is more difficult on the Zero because it doesn't have full size USB ports anymore.
I think that I'll pass on this one, and wait for a rev with Wi-Fi.
The Reply All podcast did an episode on this. One of the podcasters even went as far as microdosing himself to see if it really worked. It made for an interesting show:
https://gimletmedia.com/episod...
(I don't work for Gimlet. I just thought that it was a good episode.)
They can threaten that if they want, but they don't actually have that information. Sure, they might have a (probably canceled by now) credit card number and your address, but they don't have any tax info like a social security number.
The "problem" that they're having with threatening to dox Patreon users is that most of them don't have a dirty secret that they're trying to hide like the Ashley Madison folks.
Hey... if you want to "out" people for donating to good causes, go ahead! They'll probably get more sympathy than anything else. Odds are that you're just going to piss off a rival hacking group like Anonymous who's going to return the favor against the scammers.
If you're building a Windows gaming PC, bite the bullet and install Windows 10. You're going to need DirectX 12 support eventually, so you might as well install it now than get forced to upgrade to Windows 10 later.
The XBox One was originally based off of Windows 8 and Hyper-V, but the newest version of the XBox software is based off of Windows 10. That's not necessarily a bad thing (it's pretty stable), but I've noticed some odd issues with the controllers becoming unresponsive after the Windows 10 based update.
True, but the Forza Motorsport games are excellent and are only available on XBox. So, I'd call that one a draw.
I love the idea, but marketing it to our consumer society is going to be a bitch.
If you want to see what happens when users get to choose their own stories that make the front page, check out the technology section of Reddit. A third of the "articles" are just people bitching how much Comcast sucks. No thanks.
It really wasn't AMD who was misleading customers, though. Retailers were the ones who were describing the PC's with these processors as something along the lines "blazing fast 8 core gaming monsters" when in reality they were being outperformed by most Core i5's that were available at the time.
They can make a lot of software tweaks to add missing features, but they'll still be stuck with that A8 processor and either 32 GB or 64 GB of storage. That alone will be enough to limit the console to games with roughly the complexity of an XBox 360 or Playstation 3. That's not bad for a $199 box, but you won't see many AAA titles any time soon.
They're only asking for 1% of voters, though. I'll bet that you could get "None Of The Above" to poll well above 1% for a few weeks if you had decent write-in social media campaign.
Not to mention that Google is still giving out 15 GB of data for their free accounts. I wonder if they'll offer a deal for soon to be former free tier Onedrive users like myself who now need a new place to back up their photos.
If a candidate can't sustain at least 1% in the polls for six weeks, then they aren't a serious contender anyway.
Besides, even the author of the book admits that the sandstorm that got Watney stranded on Mars in the first place would have been impossible in real life. Martian sandstorms just don't have enough force to knock over a mars return rocket like that.
Firefox isn't in the Amazon App Store. Neither is Chrome or even Opera for that matter.
You can manually install the .apk file, but I don't think that a typical Amazon customer is going to do that.
The screen actually isn't all that bad. What's driving me nuts are the sponsored lock screens (Ugh, that damn "Game Of War" ad!), and the lack of Google services. There is no YouTube app, no Google Maps, no GMail, no Chrome browser, and no Play Store. Instead, you're stuck with the Amazon equivalents... and some of them kinda suck.
I've been working on my own review of this tablet. It's located here:
http://timeforanewfire.blogspo...
I like the IDEA of Wi-Fi Assist, as it comes in handy when you're on a crummy WiFi connection like the kind that you'll find at a hotel or on a train.
It just shouldn't be turned on by default without prompting the user, though. Nobody likes surprises like that, especially if you're on a metered data plan like most of us are.
I would probably sign it IF the severance package was big enough. Hell... if they were going to give me a year of severance for 2 years of part time work that isn't allowed to interfere with my new job, that's a good deal!
The story doesn't say what the actual severance package is, though. If it's only six or eight weeks of pay like most severance packages? Fuck you. Not worth the hassle.