For non-phone devices, you could probably at least come up with something that requires a finger-shaped input (e.g. requires finger inserted, pushes a button at the end to toggle the snapshot) and maybe a heat-sensor. That might not exclude warm gelatin, but at least it'll beat a laser-printed print affixed to the end of a pencil etc.
In the Canadian system, a big advantage of the common electronic system is when you move between physicians (which is pretty common because a disadvantage of our system is a lot of patients without a family MD).
Went to the clinic for an issue and it got worse late at night? ER doctor can see the clinic's notes
Went to the specialist because the ER doctor sent you there? Specialist can see your info and any previous/conflicting prescriptions or possibly related issues
Got a prescription from the specialist? Your regular doctor can see what you're taking
This has been a thing at specialists for a long time, except instead of scribes with laptops they often had some sort of "dictaphone" or recording device. Doctors gives a narrative while checking patient, which is then sent to somebody who plays it back and records what was said.
A lot of clinics still do this, although now the recording devices are a little more advanced or could just be an app.
They can still do hardware, but I'd suggest addons to other systems rather than a whole console line. Perhaps custom controllers, or if they're going to hook up with more VR games, a decent VR system consoles (although a Nintento AR system would be cool), an addon for smart devices, or a VR "ds"
No, because autopilot is NOT supposed to replace the driver. Not having it doesn't make things unsafe, though having it can improve safety (when used correctly)
As stated, the escalator is a static hazard. It's pretty easy to keep a child clear of such known issues.
Now if there were exposed live wires poking out from a panel at child-height or sharp exposed metal etc etc then those are *not* an expected hazard and the mall would have some liability there.
A similar rule applies to a big 300lb robot lumbering around the mall, as running over somebody should be a concern and it should probably have sensors to avoid such. I don't care if it "bumps" a kid and stops - that's reasonable behaviour - but it shouldn't continue to run over somebody's foot/leg (regardless of age). Children are especially an issue because the robot is likely going to be an attraction for curious kids.
Reality states that you CAN'T keep your child safe from all hazards all the time. Both sides need to do their best to mitigate said hazards.
It was corrected to "rarely", and I would see this in the context of falling down. My kid only cries when somebody is giving her attention after falling, or there's a more serious injury. Otherwise, it's just "pick myself up and continue playing."
Hell, I've followed a bloody handprint trail to find her happily painting with her own bodily fluids after slicing a finger on a sharp BBQ edge (fixed by a bandage but not a peep to indicate she'd cut herself to begin with).
Spoken as somebody who is probably not a parent. No, should probably shouldn't let your child run amock, but allowing your kid to walk without being tethered isn't a bad thing, and normally the biggest concerns are keeping him/her away from the escalators or other major stationary hazards. That and making sure the kiddo doesn't run into people, but humans have their own collision avoidance that apparently works better than this robot.
This does make sense for cross-border shipping, as the inter-warehouse shipping is on them, whereas directly shipping it to the consumer would add duties/etc
Question on the "gaming" PC's": do they still have shit PSU's like the "multimedia" PC's that Dell and HP used to make. When I used to service those, it was a PC with tons of RAM, drive space, and a pretty decent CPU, but a fecking terrible PSU that was usually what ended up biting it and/or taking the motherboard with it (and of course the Dell systems had proprietary connectors so you couldn't swap parts easily).
For most people, I've found it's often better to buy a "bare bones" then add a few parts and get the shop to assemble, while making sure the PSU is not shyte of course. For the local shop, an in-house build didn't cost much and gave a 3yr warranty. Usually they could make decent recommendations but special parts did take a bit longer to order.
Unless one is overclocking or doing some weird watercooling mod, the "hardest" part is probably just cable management for good airflow, and maybe plugging in the case connectors to the right places on the board if it's one of those crappy labelled ones. Other than that, just follow three rules a) DON'T plug things in hot. Make sure your PSU is off/unplugged and any board lights are off (discharging yourself or wearing a static strap is also useful) b) Don't bend or force shit. If it doesn't fit, it may not be intended for that location/orientation. CPU's have an orientation arrow these days and other than that ports are pretty obvious. c) Don't forget the compound etc when putting the heatsink on CPU's etc
And for a decent system, one more d) DON'T BE CHEAP on the power supply. A lot of branded PC's miss this, and cheap PSU's kill boards. An good one may still die under the right conditions, but at least it's probably not going to fry half your system when it goes.
Although in many cases, these can be found as physical media on Amazon etc. There's something nice about having a shelf full of "classics" up beside the TV
The really old stuff I'm not sure they'd even bother to be monitoring.
Probably not so much. A government audit means things like locked bank accounts, back-taxes, and a sudden inability to pay credit-card bills, which is likely more of what Visa etc are worried about than moralistic values on tax evasion...
The funny thing is that most of the people I know who are hardcore console fanbois knocking PC gamers... spend A LOT more money on consoles. Sure, they got their PS4 or XBone for $300-400, but then you start adding stuff like fancy controllers (and hey, you need two of those so a buddy can play, right), some fancy headsets, skins/mods, etc etc and pretty soon you're well past what a semi-decent gaming rig would cost.
Aaaaand then it's obsolete when the console makers give you a big fat finger by release the new 4K model anyhow:-)
Please note that this is for the "elite" fanboi type console gamers. There are plenty of others I know who happily play on both console and PC, and don't go full-retard when it comes to buying lots of overpriced options that they don't need for a decent gaming experience.
One thing to consider too is that building custom PC's is much like building custom anything (cars, etc). It can be work, but for many it's a labour of love and something to show off at your next gaming event.
I don't think that this woman alone was a sign to despair about a reasonable person, it's that the airline staff and the authorities actually followed through after the initial report and disembarked/questioned the mathematician as opposed to the crazy wench that called him in.
Wonkey_monkey sounds like many women I've dated. Whenever an argument comes up where said relation does something, it's "Yeah, but remember that terrible thing you did *FIVE YEARS AGO*" (the one I promised not to mention again).
Because China is being courted by Amazon, and is well known as an origin-country for authentic-looking but fake, often lesser-quality merchandise? It used to be that such goods - fakes etc - could be "blocked at the border" from being imported into local marketplaces, so even though some snuck though you were able to prevent any major retailers from stocking the fakes. More recently,direct sales from places like Amazon (also eBay etc) tend to allow a lot more of these to sneak under the radar.
I buy a lot of stuff online, and frankly a lot of it is *already* made in China so I don't have a problem cutting out the middleman when it's outrageously inflated in local prices. However there definitely is a problem with certain types of items being "fake", so things like memory-storage devices (USB drives, SDHC cards etc), cellular phone batteries, etc one has to be very wary.
What would be *really* cool would be to have a 3rd-party display that shows this in effect. If the VR user doesn't notice the difference, but a 3rd-party watching on a screen can see the detail at focal-point and the lack thereof it would be pretty neat to watch.
It would also be good to see how the eyes of different people might work. I'd image the size of the focal point or peripheral detail may be slightly different for various persons.
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For non-phone devices, you could probably at least come up with something that requires a finger-shaped input (e.g. requires finger inserted, pushes a button at the end to toggle the snapshot) and maybe a heat-sensor.
That might not exclude warm gelatin, but at least it'll beat a laser-printed print affixed to the end of a pencil etc.
In the Canadian system, a big advantage of the common electronic system is when you move between physicians (which is pretty common because a disadvantage of our system is a lot of patients without a family MD).
Went to the clinic for an issue and it got worse late at night? ER doctor can see the clinic's notes
Went to the specialist because the ER doctor sent you there? Specialist can see your info and any previous/conflicting prescriptions or possibly related issues
Got a prescription from the specialist? Your regular doctor can see what you're taking
etc
This has been a thing at specialists for a long time, except instead of scribes with laptops they often had some sort of "dictaphone" or recording device. Doctors gives a narrative while checking patient, which is then sent to somebody who plays it back and records what was said.
A lot of clinics still do this, although now the recording devices are a little more advanced or could just be an app.
They can still do hardware, but I'd suggest addons to other systems rather than a whole console line. Perhaps custom controllers, or if they're going to hook up with more VR games, a decent VR system consoles (although a Nintento AR system would be cool), an addon for smart devices, or a VR "ds"
I used to get a "use Chrome" nag but haven't for quite a long time now (when using Firefox etc). Is that still a thing?
A cheap cellphone is great. But a high cost of groceries, housing, and fuel (and no, not everyone can take a bus to work) is not a good trade-off.
They will also have some of the highest costs for food essentials, property/housing etc in generations (outside of a war or the great recession).
"IANAL, but this sounds like a conflict"
Sir, that is EXACTLY the type of behaviour McDonald's is trying to clean up in their family-friendly establishment!
(I remember being very confused back in the day before I realized this way an abbreviation and not a statement of preference)
No, because autopilot is NOT supposed to replace the driver. Not having it doesn't make things unsafe, though having it can improve safety (when used correctly)
You can also see a graph of the curse-word count here (also includes "Penguin")
The Steam API *does* require a key. I know this because I've used it and I have a key.
There are things you can pull from the site without using the API/key though, but I'm not sure that these sites could function without one
As stated, the escalator is a static hazard. It's pretty easy to keep a child clear of such known issues.
Now if there were exposed live wires poking out from a panel at child-height or sharp exposed metal etc etc then those are *not* an expected hazard and the mall would have some liability there.
A similar rule applies to a big 300lb robot lumbering around the mall, as running over somebody should be a concern and it should probably have sensors to avoid such. I don't care if it "bumps" a kid and stops - that's reasonable behaviour - but it shouldn't continue to run over somebody's foot/leg (regardless of age). Children are especially an issue because the robot is likely going to be an attraction for curious kids.
Reality states that you CAN'T keep your child safe from all hazards all the time. Both sides need to do their best to mitigate said hazards.
It was corrected to "rarely", and I would see this in the context of falling down. My kid only cries when somebody is giving her attention after falling, or there's a more serious injury. Otherwise, it's just "pick myself up and continue playing."
Hell, I've followed a bloody handprint trail to find her happily painting with her own bodily fluids after slicing a finger on a sharp BBQ edge (fixed by a bandage but not a peep to indicate she'd cut herself to begin with).
Spoken as somebody who is probably not a parent.
No, should probably shouldn't let your child run amock, but allowing your kid to walk without being tethered isn't a bad thing, and normally the biggest concerns are keeping him/her away from the escalators or other major stationary hazards. That and making sure the kiddo doesn't run into people, but humans have their own collision avoidance that apparently works better than this robot.
This does make sense for cross-border shipping, as the inter-warehouse shipping is on them, whereas directly shipping it to the consumer would add duties/etc
Question on the "gaming" PC's": do they still have shit PSU's like the "multimedia" PC's that Dell and HP used to make. When I used to service those, it was a PC with tons of RAM, drive space, and a pretty decent CPU, but a fecking terrible PSU that was usually what ended up biting it and/or taking the motherboard with it (and of course the Dell systems had proprietary connectors so you couldn't swap parts easily).
For most people, I've found it's often better to buy a "bare bones" then add a few parts and get the shop to assemble, while making sure the PSU is not shyte of course. For the local shop, an in-house build didn't cost much and gave a 3yr warranty. Usually they could make decent recommendations but special parts did take a bit longer to order.
Unless one is overclocking or doing some weird watercooling mod, the "hardest" part is probably just cable management for good airflow, and maybe plugging in the case connectors to the right places on the board if it's one of those crappy labelled ones. Other than that, just follow three rules
a) DON'T plug things in hot. Make sure your PSU is off/unplugged and any board lights are off (discharging yourself or wearing a static strap is also useful)
b) Don't bend or force shit. If it doesn't fit, it may not be intended for that location/orientation. CPU's have an orientation arrow these days and other than that ports are pretty obvious.
c) Don't forget the compound etc when putting the heatsink on CPU's etc
And for a decent system, one more
d) DON'T BE CHEAP on the power supply. A lot of branded PC's miss this, and cheap PSU's kill boards. An good one may still die under the right conditions, but at least it's probably not going to fry half your system when it goes.
Although in many cases, these can be found as physical media on Amazon etc. There's something nice about having a shelf full of "classics" up beside the TV
The really old stuff I'm not sure they'd even bother to be monitoring.
Probably not so much. A government audit means things like locked bank accounts, back-taxes, and a sudden inability to pay credit-card bills, which is likely more of what Visa etc are worried about than moralistic values on tax evasion...
The funny thing is that most of the people I know who are hardcore console fanbois knocking PC gamers... spend A LOT more money on consoles.
Sure, they got their PS4 or XBone for $300-400, but then you start adding stuff like fancy controllers (and hey, you need two of those so a buddy can play, right), some fancy headsets, skins/mods, etc etc and pretty soon you're well past what a semi-decent gaming rig would cost.
Aaaaand then it's obsolete when the console makers give you a big fat finger by release the new 4K model anyhow :-)
Please note that this is for the "elite" fanboi type console gamers. There are plenty of others I know who happily play on both console and PC, and don't go full-retard when it comes to buying lots of overpriced options that they don't need for a decent gaming experience.
One thing to consider too is that building custom PC's is much like building custom anything (cars, etc). It can be work, but for many it's a labour of love and something to show off at your next gaming event.
I don't think that this woman alone was a sign to despair about a reasonable person, it's that the airline staff and the authorities actually followed through after the initial report and disembarked/questioned the mathematician as opposed to the crazy wench that called him in.
Wonkey_monkey sounds like many women I've dated. Whenever an argument comes up where said relation does something, it's
"Yeah, but remember that terrible thing you did *FIVE YEARS AGO*" (the one I promised not to mention again).
Because China is being courted by Amazon, and is well known as an origin-country for authentic-looking but fake, often lesser-quality merchandise? It used to be that such goods - fakes etc - could be "blocked at the border" from being imported into local marketplaces, so even though some snuck though you were able to prevent any major retailers from stocking the fakes. More recently ,direct sales from places like Amazon (also eBay etc) tend to allow a lot more of these to sneak under the radar.
I buy a lot of stuff online, and frankly a lot of it is *already* made in China so I don't have a problem cutting out the middleman when it's outrageously inflated in local prices. However there definitely is a problem with certain types of items being "fake", so things like memory-storage devices (USB drives, SDHC cards etc), cellular phone batteries, etc one has to be very wary.
What would be *really* cool would be to have a 3rd-party display that shows this in effect. If the VR user doesn't notice the difference, but a 3rd-party watching on a screen can see the detail at focal-point and the lack thereof it would be pretty neat to watch.
It would also be good to see how the eyes of different people might work. I'd image the size of the focal point or peripheral detail may be slightly different for various persons.