The US military uses it for training. This is just one example. The only real reason to buy the hardware from Microsoft and Facebook is because they likely would have the most developers and cost the least money. VR and AR isn't a problem of "who want's to use it." It's just when will they come out with hardware the masses will want to use.
It's not as simple as that. This is about creating competition with the cable companies by first providing tv over their internet, and then eventually replacing them completely with 5g.
From their website:
TVision Home is part of T-Mobile’s 5G strategy and vision to give consumers real options to the cable companies, and that starts with the Sprint merger. Today, almost half of the country’s households (45%), and more than three quarters of rural households (76%) have no high-speed service (100 Mbps average) or only one option for high-speed broadband3. But if the merger is approved, by bringing together T-Mobile and Sprint, the New T-Mobile will have the scale and capacity to create a supercharged 5G network capable of reaching over half the country’s households with high-speed broadband by 2024.
And while TVision Home uses your existing wired broadband today, TVision Home is IPTV designed for a 5G future where wireless broadband can replace your home internet. That means millions can finally free themselves from the Cableopoly once and for all.
“TVision Home is about so much more than home TV it’s TV built for the 5G era,” said Mike Sievert, COO and President of T-Mobile. “With New T-Mobile, we’ll bring real choice, competition, better service, lower prices and faster speedsright into your living room. And – speaking of speed – while the Cableopoly innovates at the pace of the cable companies, we’ll innovate at the pace of the internet to give customers more value and more freedom more quickly.”
But yes this is pretty obvious. It's very common to get tweets and rebuttals with no context, proclamations of people you've never heard of getting blocked without knowing why.. But I just slide down to something that makes sense. It's not a problem for me. It's really only a problem for people trying to hold conversations on twitter, which is never what it was designed for.
Just because it's social media doesn't mean it's any worse. You still are allowed to think rationally and interpret the information for yourself. It's more dangerous to have a "trusted" source of information you never question or cross check, which can happen in any medium.
Why is this getting modded up? It doesn't even make sense. You can't presubscribe a phone to a Youtube channel. In fact, "pre subscribe" itself isn't even a thing. This is either a troll, or someone with no concept of what the word "subscribe" means.
I'm usually irritated if I ever have to crack open a manual, which is almost never. What is this guy studying on the couch? Does he read manuals like it's a novel?
Nobody wants AI to do anything here whatsoever, nor has that even been mentioned. This is about using sensors or at most computer vision. This stuff is very practical and the technology already exists. The problem is that a human is being used as a sensor and a human being is not that good as a sensor. So why not use a sensor? Intelligence has nothing to do with it.
Yes. Everyone does it. Just depends on what you're working on. I rarely can copy and paste code directly like that, but if I could I would. The more copying and pasting you can actually do the less complicated that project likely is to program. I think it's not as much the skill level of the developer but the difficulty of what is being programmed. So I still see a lot of truth in the findings, as you can argue lower skilled (or less experienced) developers may be working on projects with less difficulty.
None of this contradicts what they are doing. They addressed copy and paste in the article.
From Article:
Greenstadt and Caliskan have also uncovered a number of interesting insights about the nature of programming. For example, they have found that experienced developers appear easier to identify than novice ones. The more skilled you are, the more unique your work apparently becomes. That might be in part because beginner programmers often copy and paste code solutions from websites like Stack Overflow.
Is it really less trouble to use Alexa than just using an app or website? I think most people choose the method where they believe the least amount of problems can occur, and not necessarily the "fastest". That doesn't translate to using Alexa for most people. Same reason I always call in takeout orders instead of using an app. I just feel like i'm less likely to have issues doing it that way.
Is there a reason that Android (and iOS) have to have interfaces that are from 1995? Am I missing something?
The phone has a small screen. The options of how the interface can be is pretty limited. What is so great about Windows phone that is missing from Android/iOS?
All of the Android phones that I've seen all have the identical interface.
OK. So I'm not the only one noticing this! Accessing the web now is HORRIBLE. Especially on a phone. It's like the web is back to dial up speeds. And when the page is finally loaded, what you have is a screen full of irrelevant garbage, like a flashy picture, and you have to haplessly scroll. No clear idea of what you are supposed to click on. No clear idea of if the page is loaded or if right before you click on something the image shifts and you click on something else.
Then theres the damned newsletter screen! Why did people all of a sudden start signing up for newsletters?? Didn't they stop doing that over a decade ago, maybe two? WHO THE HELL IS DOING THIS? The worst thing is you kinda know it's coming, but it's still just as annoying every time. Like a fullscreen popup add but worse. You could literally be on a website trying to buy something FROM THE WEBSITE and a freaking newsletter screen will pop up preventing you from doing it.
Then there is the whole navigation thing. In all these years of the internet you would think they'd figure out a way so that back returns you to where you were. Only to realize back really just reloads the page again which will take forever AGAIN and MAY but likely will not return you back to where you were. And what sucks is that these are the biggest, richest companies. It supposed to be the state of the art, and it already sucks.
Yes, sure. The whole thing where a guy thinks you can simplify complicated things by using what you think is a "simple" tool. Because the task all of a sudden will become simple as well, right? I guess we should all start learning Scratch.
For me it was way before Windows 10 that I was having serious problems with windows updates. On Windows 8 while everyone was complaining about the start screen I was complaining about the updates. But, then again, was also having the same problems with Windows 7. Not sure why such a delayed response...
The headline is pretty click-bait just by reading the summary. This seems like a logical move by people who seem to be thinking logically. They are basically trying to enforce their new privacy rules put in place after the whole Cambridge Analytica fiasco. Apps that want to access data of their users need to be active and need to submit their app for review. Isn't this what everybody wanted???
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Didn't they already consent to being recorded by buying a device that's entire purpose is to record them?
The US military uses it for training. This is just one example. The only real reason to buy the hardware from Microsoft and Facebook is because they likely would have the most developers and cost the least money. VR and AR isn't a problem of "who want's to use it." It's just when will they come out with hardware the masses will want to use.
From their website:
TVision Home is part of T-Mobile’s 5G strategy and vision to give consumers real options to the cable companies, and that starts with the Sprint merger. Today, almost half of the country’s households (45%), and more than three quarters of rural households (76%) have no high-speed service (100 Mbps average) or only one option for high-speed broadband3. But if the merger is approved, by bringing together T-Mobile and Sprint, the New T-Mobile will have the scale and capacity to create a supercharged 5G network capable of reaching over half the country’s households with high-speed broadband by 2024.
And while TVision Home uses your existing wired broadband today, TVision Home is IPTV designed for a 5G future where wireless broadband can replace your home internet. That means millions can finally free themselves from the Cableopoly once and for all.
“TVision Home is about so much more than home TV it’s TV built for the 5G era,” said Mike Sievert, COO and President of T-Mobile. “With New T-Mobile, we’ll bring real choice, competition, better service, lower prices and faster speedsright into your living room. And – speaking of speed – while the Cableopoly innovates at the pace of the cable companies, we’ll innovate at the pace of the internet to give customers more value and more freedom more quickly.”
I haven't noticed a single difference. Just them giving a slight discount for Prime members.
And where is the problem with that? Does them looking at some videos suddenly turn these videos "bad"?
The advertisers realized their ads were not reaching who they thought they were reaching, and pulled the ads. That's the problem.
YouTube comments are some of the worst on the internet.
This comment is worse than most YouTube comments.
They'll be able to recover your identity, in 7 years.
But yes this is pretty obvious. It's very common to get tweets and rebuttals with no context, proclamations of people you've never heard of getting blocked without knowing why.. But I just slide down to something that makes sense. It's not a problem for me. It's really only a problem for people trying to hold conversations on twitter, which is never what it was designed for.
Just because it's social media doesn't mean it's any worse. You still are allowed to think rationally and interpret the information for yourself. It's more dangerous to have a "trusted" source of information you never question or cross check, which can happen in any medium.
Why is this getting modded up? It doesn't even make sense. You can't presubscribe a phone to a Youtube channel. In fact, "pre subscribe" itself isn't even a thing. This is either a troll, or someone with no concept of what the word "subscribe" means.
Is the processor 67% more powerful or was he talking about the kickstand?
I'm usually irritated if I ever have to crack open a manual, which is almost never. What is this guy studying on the couch? Does he read manuals like it's a novel?
Nobody wants AI to do anything here whatsoever, nor has that even been mentioned. This is about using sensors or at most computer vision. This stuff is very practical and the technology already exists. The problem is that a human is being used as a sensor and a human being is not that good as a sensor. So why not use a sensor? Intelligence has nothing to do with it.
Why not use a credit card?
Oh right. Your phone. I keep forgetting. A phone is the only way to do transactions any more.
The credit card got blocked due to fraud detection.
Yes. Everyone does it. Just depends on what you're working on. I rarely can copy and paste code directly like that, but if I could I would. The more copying and pasting you can actually do the less complicated that project likely is to program. I think it's not as much the skill level of the developer but the difficulty of what is being programmed. So I still see a lot of truth in the findings, as you can argue lower skilled (or less experienced) developers may be working on projects with less difficulty.
From Article:
Greenstadt and Caliskan have also uncovered a number of interesting insights about the nature of programming. For example, they have found that experienced developers appear easier to identify than novice ones. The more skilled you are, the more unique your work apparently becomes. That might be in part because beginner programmers often copy and paste code solutions from websites like Stack Overflow.
Is it really less trouble to use Alexa than just using an app or website? I think most people choose the method where they believe the least amount of problems can occur, and not necessarily the "fastest". That doesn't translate to using Alexa for most people. Same reason I always call in takeout orders instead of using an app. I just feel like i'm less likely to have issues doing it that way.
Is there a reason that Android (and iOS) have to have interfaces that are from 1995? Am I missing something?
The phone has a small screen. The options of how the interface can be is pretty limited. What is so great about Windows phone that is missing from Android/iOS?
All of the Android phones that I've seen all have the identical interface.
Isn't that the way it's supposed to be?
OK. So I'm not the only one noticing this! Accessing the web now is HORRIBLE. Especially on a phone. It's like the web is back to dial up speeds. And when the page is finally loaded, what you have is a screen full of irrelevant garbage, like a flashy picture, and you have to haplessly scroll. No clear idea of what you are supposed to click on. No clear idea of if the page is loaded or if right before you click on something the image shifts and you click on something else.
Then theres the damned newsletter screen! Why did people all of a sudden start signing up for newsletters?? Didn't they stop doing that over a decade ago, maybe two? WHO THE HELL IS DOING THIS? The worst thing is you kinda know it's coming, but it's still just as annoying every time. Like a fullscreen popup add but worse. You could literally be on a website trying to buy something FROM THE WEBSITE and a freaking newsletter screen will pop up preventing you from doing it.
Then there is the whole navigation thing. In all these years of the internet you would think they'd figure out a way so that back returns you to where you were. Only to realize back really just reloads the page again which will take forever AGAIN and MAY but likely will not return you back to where you were. And what sucks is that these are the biggest, richest companies. It supposed to be the state of the art, and it already sucks.
Yes, sure. The whole thing where a guy thinks you can simplify complicated things by using what you think is a "simple" tool. Because the task all of a sudden will become simple as well, right? I guess we should all start learning Scratch.
For me it was way before Windows 10 that I was having serious problems with windows updates. On Windows 8 while everyone was complaining about the start screen I was complaining about the updates. But, then again, was also having the same problems with Windows 7. Not sure why such a delayed response...
In the future Windows will evolve into a Useless Machine. When you turn it on, it's only purpose will be to get an update and turn itself back off.
I also find windows update to be very approachable and down to earth. You know, an update you'd like to have a beer with at the bar.
Maybe they should start producing their own movies ...
The headline is pretty click-bait just by reading the summary. This seems like a logical move by people who seem to be thinking logically. They are basically trying to enforce their new privacy rules put in place after the whole Cambridge Analytica fiasco. Apps that want to access data of their users need to be active and need to submit their app for review. Isn't this what everybody wanted???