Actually, a lot of people who shoot pro grade cameras (e.g. Hasselblad or PhaseOne), will tether their cameras.
Other pro photogs will shoot with compact flash instead of SD. Used to be because of the speed differential (which is admittedly less of an issue these days)
Or they'll back up while shooting (you can buy portable hard drives attached to card readers, then you plug in the drive when you get home)
So, let's face it, when we talk about all the "pro photog" features the macbook is missing, really we're talking about serious amateurs who wannabe pro.
Because, from my perspective, my workflow doesn't change that much and the new slider bar offers some really interesting possibilities in photoshop
Like it or not certain songs have a "sound" that comes from a combination of pedals and amps. If you want your rendition of said famous song to sound right, you could go out and buy the pedals and amp. Or you could buy a profiler. Your choice.
And I care. Because I play guitar for fun. And you may say that I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one
There are actually apps that let you run all kinds of emulations of classic amps and pedals. AmpKit is one that comes to the top of my head, but there's others.
Just plug an electric into your computer (using a USB interface) and you can push a button and sound like ZZ Top, or any number of presents.
You can also buy pedals that do this. (Just google Fractal Audio). Then plug right into the PA.
This irks me. It's like saying that the Mona Lisa is nice and all but it should have been painted with more yellow.
::SNIP::
Now personally I think the Mona Lisa is too small.
The way art is presented (whether that's music through a hi fi stereo or a painting to the public) can change the way the art itself is perceived.
You might have no control over how much yellow Leonardo used for Mona, or how big he painted her, but you might put her under fluorescent or halogen lamps, or in sunlight (which will all add slightly different color casts to the painting). You might choose to display her behind a fresnel lens to make her bigger. Or you might put her on a white wall, or a black wall, or opposite a red accent wall. Or when printing a copy, you might choose a specific color gamut.
And each choice will alter how the viewer sees her.
Music is the same. You might prefer a solid state hi fi stereo, with a level equalizer Others will prefer to listen to beats headphones with the bass cranked up. Others will prefer vinyl through a tube amp.
Each individual adds to art by their choice of presentation. Don't hate if someone has different preferences, because in the end, it's a personal matter not a matter of fact. Which is why you shouldn't use absolutes and say tube hi fis are rubbish.
Actually that's not true, just ask a guitarist (and IAAG - I Am A Guitarist!)
Vacuum tubes create a noisy signal, but in a weird coincidence, they do it in a way that is pleasing to the ear. The clipping and distortion sounds "warm," and there's an added depth in the sound (harmonics) that you don't get via transistors -- unless you create circuits that mimic the behavior of a vacuum tube.
Metallica? Tube amps. John Mayer? Tube Amps. Clapton? Tube amps. BB King? Tube amps. Eric Johnson? Steve Vai? Garth Brooks? All tube amps.
Of course, much of the "tone" we guitarists revere comes from overdriven and abused guitar tubes -- cranking up the volume on the tube so that there's massive distortion and noise -- which again sounds pleasing to some people.
Now, it's one thing to overdrive a tube or change the bias on it to get a particular sound from your guitar, what about building a tube amp to just listen to music?
Well, I suspect this is essentially "remixing" songs. Adding a bit more depth, dirt, or warmth (from the noisy tube) might sound better but that's subjective, and it's all about personal preference.
So, sir, you might argue that you dislike what a noisy tube does to your signal, but you can't say some people won't perceive it as improved, as it's about personal taste.
The fact of the matter is most people don't have the capacity to do a proper risk reward analysis when something happens. They panic, and do whatever stupid thing seems most likely to save them -- even if that makes no sense
Yeah but what quality is that meat from Sam's club? Factory farmed meat doesn't really taste good (at least not if you know what GOOD meat tastes like). In this case, it may be they are eating vegetables instead of grass fed sirlon. Which you might argue people on a budget shouldn't be so picky about, but seriously once you get used to good meat it's hard to go back
I can't believe this was modded up! Talking about public figures (which includes people who are trying to get elected president) and commentary about their policy is a form of free speech. Additionally, parody and satire are protected forms of speech.
a) Statisticians actually formally discuss these as type 1 and type 2 errors. The chance of rejecting a true hypothesis and failing to reject a false hypothesis is typically taken into account in the beginning of your analysis. b) This is a non-trivial task. Sure, if you have a limited scope (we want our planes not to crash, so err on the side of something that is safer than required) it's easy. But in this case, it changes. "Find me a photo of hitler" is bad if it finds a woman who desperately needs to wax, but it's also bad if you're doing a search for hitler images and miss him. In this case there is no adequate framework to say "Here is how you determine acceptable error levels."
What all this boils down to is AI is simply not ready for prime time until it becomes MUCH more accurate
I might add: there will be significant resources made available for a large project (and this would count). While it's possible the FBI might have computers or whatever that the key employees to use, a big part of enabling this would be to have the resources of the company (e.g. libraries / documentation / etc) available.
If you RTFA, it's clear that no one person to crack the phone. The crack, if it happened, would involve a diverse team across silo'd departments. (E.g. Hardware, QA, Software, Security)
Because it's not something one person would have, but requires a concerted effort by a number of people, it's unlikely if people quit Apple will be able to be compelled to do the iPhone crack
Maybe not ideally, but what if there's no other choice? Sure if you need an appendectamy in New York City, you have no shortage of skilled surgeons, but what if your appendix bursts in a small village in Alaska, in the middle of winter, or you take a bullet on the battlefield with no evac in site.
Situations like this are where autosurgeons will make inroads.
Well, yes, different countries have different standards. I can remember a company outing to build morale to a ski slope, and most people ended up in the sauna afterwards (fully nude). In the US, anybody getting naked in front of a coworker, or suggesting to go to such a place would be sacked immediately, but there it was quite normal.
Except standards are different in Europe. When I worked in the Netherlands, everyone was screwing everyone else at work. Well known but no one talked about it. One manager who was high up ended up leaving his wife for his secretary. He was promoted along with his secretary.
a) Not an American in Europe: an American in the Netherlands. Visa programs are set by countries themselves so the experience in Ireland won't be the same as an expat in the Netherlands. There are certainly some countries that are more welcoming
In the Netherlands you can't just come over unless you're on an expat visa. And "Integrating" requires five years of continuous employment. The problem being if you get laid off (as I was) and blind sided you basically get shipped home.
And getting citizenship may mean renouncing your US citizenship. Again depends on the country, some will let you have two citizenships (although not all will)
b) There is a HUGE difference between current climate in Europe for immigration and five to ten years ago. Many new restrictions were added after the economic crisis. Even more restrictions were added when all the syrian refugees started showing up. With such a large influx of migrants (and rampant xenophobia in some countries) many governments are making the bar for a non-refugee much higher.
As an American who lived in the Netherlands for 7 years (first Maastricht and then Amsterdam) I can tell you it's not that easy to find a job. Dutch immigration laws are a pain, and thanks to the PVV and Gert Wilders they're basically trying to prevent more migrants coming and kick the ones already there out. (My source? My visa was revoked and I was politely asked to leave the country after my visa was revoked for being laid off).
What this ends up meaning is if you're EU you'll have no problems (because you can just move there, because it's EU) but if you're non-EU forget about it. (Actually it's just very difficult). And even if you have very hard to find skills you'll be punished for being a foreigner. They'll pay you less (because you pay less taxes) and gouge you for housing prices.
Still, despite the drawbacks it was worth it. If you get a chance, take it.
I'm not sure who "Miss Whiplash" is, but if you're talking about your landlord, she almost certainly deposits the money in her own bank account.
Even if she spends it, the second she goes to a store to break the bill, it goes to the bank.
Your cash is only ever a transaction or two away from being tracked. Because, let's face it, most merchants deposit their cash so unless you pay all in singles (which will then be given out as change) your bills will get deposited.
I think it's incredibly myopic to think any privacy already exists for your payments.
Consider:
1) Unless you are working illegally your bank already processes your paycheck. 2) Your employer is already providing the government with both a) bits of your paycheck (called income tax) and b) a record of your earnings 3) Once the money hits your bank account, your bank already knows where it goes. If you withdraw cash, they may even know the serial numbers (and can track to some extent from that). ATMs certainly could be "upgraded" to keep a record of each bill handed out. 4) If large inflows or other transactions are seen, your bank will report it to the government. If you do not use a bank, when you buy something big, the bank of your merchant will report the transaction.
The days of just having a pile of cash, and no one knows where it's going are gone. It may be possible to take some steps to make tracking harder. For instance, prepaid debit cards come to mind. Once the economy gets rid of cash it may be that there becomes a hot market for these (much like criminals now use prepaid cell phones).
This is why T-Mobile's new free LTE for Netflix / Hulu / etc. is so interesting. For $10 a month I get 2 GB of LTE data for anything that is not streaming video, and unlimited streaming video from Netflix (and a number of other providers)
And just like that the monopoly Cox has on interwebz disapears. Because let's face it, at those kinds of overage prices, a mifi is actually cheaper than cable (and significantly faster):D
You're assuming it is profitable. I think the point is most services like OneDrive / iCloud / DropBox / Whatever try to get you hooked by offering limited storage so you'll upgrade. Companies lose money on the teasers but make money when people go onto the service.
It could be they miscalculated and actually people only need 10GB of storage. So instead of roping people in (sorta like a drug dealer) they aren't getting a high enough conversion ratio to the full service.
I call bullshit. I also hated high school, and went to college instead. The college classes translated back to high school requirements, and I only needed to take the regents (state exam). And, after college level english / history / physics this was a joke, and I scored in the highest percentile.
While I would have liked to have skipped physics, it was a requirement I had to take, and they wouldn't let me into college unless I agreed to this weird course schedule
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Actually, a lot of people who shoot pro grade cameras (e.g. Hasselblad or PhaseOne), will tether their cameras.
Other pro photogs will shoot with compact flash instead of SD. Used to be because of the speed differential (which is admittedly less of an issue these days)
Or they'll back up while shooting (you can buy portable hard drives attached to card readers, then you plug in the drive when you get home)
So, let's face it, when we talk about all the "pro photog" features the macbook is missing, really we're talking about serious amateurs who wannabe pro.
Because, from my perspective, my workflow doesn't change that much and the new slider bar offers some really interesting possibilities in photoshop
Like it or not certain songs have a "sound" that comes from a combination of pedals and amps. If you want your rendition of said famous song to sound right, you could go out and buy the pedals and amp. Or you could buy a profiler. Your choice.
And I care. Because I play guitar for fun. And you may say that I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one
If you want distortion, use an effects pedal. Don't get it from your amplifier.
I'll pit my Dr. Z against your effects pedal anyday
There are actually apps that let you run all kinds of emulations of classic amps and pedals. AmpKit is one that comes to the top of my head, but there's others.
Just plug an electric into your computer (using a USB interface) and you can push a button and sound like ZZ Top, or any number of presents.
You can also buy pedals that do this. (Just google Fractal Audio). Then plug right into the PA.
This irks me. It's like saying that the Mona Lisa is nice and all but it should have been painted with more yellow.
::SNIP::
Now personally I think the Mona Lisa is too small.
The way art is presented (whether that's music through a hi fi stereo or a painting to the public) can change the way the art itself is perceived.
You might have no control over how much yellow Leonardo used for Mona, or how big he painted her, but you might put her under fluorescent or halogen lamps, or in sunlight (which will all add slightly different color casts to the painting). You might choose to display her behind a fresnel lens to make her bigger. Or you might put her on a white wall, or a black wall, or opposite a red accent wall. Or when printing a copy, you might choose a specific color gamut.
And each choice will alter how the viewer sees her.
Music is the same. You might prefer a solid state hi fi stereo, with a level equalizer Others will prefer to listen to beats headphones with the bass cranked up. Others will prefer vinyl through a tube amp.
Each individual adds to art by their choice of presentation. Don't hate if someone has different preferences, because in the end, it's a personal matter not a matter of fact. Which is why you shouldn't use absolutes and say tube hi fis are rubbish.
Actually that's not true, just ask a guitarist (and IAAG - I Am A Guitarist!)
Vacuum tubes create a noisy signal, but in a weird coincidence, they do it in a way that is pleasing to the ear. The clipping and distortion sounds "warm," and there's an added depth in the sound (harmonics) that you don't get via transistors -- unless you create circuits that mimic the behavior of a vacuum tube.
Metallica? Tube amps. John Mayer? Tube Amps. Clapton? Tube amps. BB King? Tube amps. Eric Johnson? Steve Vai? Garth Brooks? All tube amps.
Of course, much of the "tone" we guitarists revere comes from overdriven and abused guitar tubes -- cranking up the volume on the tube so that there's massive distortion and noise -- which again sounds pleasing to some people.
Now, it's one thing to overdrive a tube or change the bias on it to get a particular sound from your guitar, what about building a tube amp to just listen to music?
Well, I suspect this is essentially "remixing" songs. Adding a bit more depth, dirt, or warmth (from the noisy tube) might sound better but that's subjective, and it's all about personal preference.
So, sir, you might argue that you dislike what a noisy tube does to your signal, but you can't say some people won't perceive it as improved, as it's about personal taste.
The fact of the matter is most people don't have the capacity to do a proper risk reward analysis when something happens. They panic, and do whatever stupid thing seems most likely to save them -- even if that makes no sense
...to blue screen of death! :: CRASH ::
Yeah but what quality is that meat from Sam's club? Factory farmed meat doesn't really taste good (at least not if you know what GOOD meat tastes like). In this case, it may be they are eating vegetables instead of grass fed sirlon. Which you might argue people on a budget shouldn't be so picky about, but seriously once you get used to good meat it's hard to go back
Ummm. For those of us who don't watch sports, that content lock is one of the reasons to use Netflix.
I can't believe this was modded up! Talking about public figures (which includes people who are trying to get elected president) and commentary about their policy is a form of free speech. Additionally, parody and satire are protected forms of speech.
a) Statisticians actually formally discuss these as type 1 and type 2 errors. The chance of rejecting a true hypothesis and failing to reject a false hypothesis is typically taken into account in the beginning of your analysis.
b) This is a non-trivial task. Sure, if you have a limited scope (we want our planes not to crash, so err on the side of something that is safer than required) it's easy. But in this case, it changes. "Find me a photo of hitler" is bad if it finds a woman who desperately needs to wax, but it's also bad if you're doing a search for hitler images and miss him. In this case there is no adequate framework to say "Here is how you determine acceptable error levels."
What all this boils down to is AI is simply not ready for prime time until it becomes MUCH more accurate
I might add: there will be significant resources made available for a large project (and this would count). While it's possible the FBI might have computers or whatever that the key employees to use, a big part of enabling this would be to have the resources of the company (e.g. libraries / documentation / etc) available.
If you RTFA, it's clear that no one person to crack the phone. The crack, if it happened, would involve a diverse team across silo'd departments. (E.g. Hardware, QA, Software, Security)
Because it's not something one person would have, but requires a concerted effort by a number of people, it's unlikely if people quit Apple will be able to be compelled to do the iPhone crack
Maybe not ideally, but what if there's no other choice? Sure if you need an appendectamy in New York City, you have no shortage of skilled surgeons, but what if your appendix bursts in a small village in Alaska, in the middle of winter, or you take a bullet on the battlefield with no evac in site.
Situations like this are where autosurgeons will make inroads.
Well, yes, different countries have different standards. I can remember a company outing to build morale to a ski slope, and most people ended up in the sauna afterwards (fully nude). In the US, anybody getting naked in front of a coworker, or suggesting to go to such a place would be sacked immediately, but there it was quite normal.
Except standards are different in Europe. When I worked in the Netherlands, everyone was screwing everyone else at work. Well known but no one talked about it. One manager who was high up ended up leaving his wife for his secretary. He was promoted along with his secretary.
A few things to note:
a) Not an American in Europe: an American in the Netherlands. Visa programs are set by countries themselves so the experience in Ireland won't be the same as an expat in the Netherlands. There are certainly some countries that are more welcoming
In the Netherlands you can't just come over unless you're on an expat visa. And "Integrating" requires five years of continuous employment. The problem being if you get laid off (as I was) and blind sided you basically get shipped home.
And getting citizenship may mean renouncing your US citizenship. Again depends on the country, some will let you have two citizenships (although not all will)
b) There is a HUGE difference between current climate in Europe for immigration and five to ten years ago. Many new restrictions were added after the economic crisis. Even more restrictions were added when all the syrian refugees started showing up. With such a large influx of migrants (and rampant xenophobia in some countries) many governments are making the bar for a non-refugee much higher.
As an American who lived in the Netherlands for 7 years (first Maastricht and then Amsterdam) I can tell you it's not that easy to find a job. Dutch immigration laws are a pain, and thanks to the PVV and Gert Wilders they're basically trying to prevent more migrants coming and kick the ones already there out. (My source? My visa was revoked and I was politely asked to leave the country after my visa was revoked for being laid off).
What this ends up meaning is if you're EU you'll have no problems (because you can just move there, because it's EU) but if you're non-EU forget about it. (Actually it's just very difficult). And even if you have very hard to find skills you'll be punished for being a foreigner. They'll pay you less (because you pay less taxes) and gouge you for housing prices.
Still, despite the drawbacks it was worth it. If you get a chance, take it.
I'm not sure who "Miss Whiplash" is, but if you're talking about your landlord, she almost certainly deposits the money in her own bank account.
Even if she spends it, the second she goes to a store to break the bill, it goes to the bank.
Your cash is only ever a transaction or two away from being tracked. Because, let's face it, most merchants deposit their cash so unless you pay all in singles (which will then be given out as change) your bills will get deposited.
I think it's incredibly myopic to think any privacy already exists for your payments.
Consider:
1) Unless you are working illegally your bank already processes your paycheck.
2) Your employer is already providing the government with both a) bits of your paycheck (called income tax) and b) a record of your earnings
3) Once the money hits your bank account, your bank already knows where it goes. If you withdraw cash, they may even know the serial numbers (and can track to some extent from that). ATMs certainly could be "upgraded" to keep a record of each bill handed out.
4) If large inflows or other transactions are seen, your bank will report it to the government. If you do not use a bank, when you buy something big, the bank of your merchant will report the transaction.
The days of just having a pile of cash, and no one knows where it's going are gone. It may be possible to take some steps to make tracking harder. For instance, prepaid debit cards come to mind. Once the economy gets rid of cash it may be that there becomes a hot market for these (much like criminals now use prepaid cell phones).
This is why T-Mobile's new free LTE for Netflix / Hulu / etc. is so interesting. For $10 a month I get 2 GB of LTE data for anything that is not streaming video, and unlimited streaming video from Netflix (and a number of other providers)
And just like that the monopoly Cox has on interwebz disapears. Because let's face it, at those kinds of overage prices, a mifi is actually cheaper than cable (and significantly faster) :D
You're assuming it is profitable. I think the point is most services like OneDrive / iCloud / DropBox / Whatever try to get you hooked by offering limited storage so you'll upgrade. Companies lose money on the teasers but make money when people go onto the service.
It could be they miscalculated and actually people only need 10GB of storage. So instead of roping people in (sorta like a drug dealer) they aren't getting a high enough conversion ratio to the full service.
I call bullshit. I also hated high school, and went to college instead. The college classes translated back to high school requirements, and I only needed to take the regents (state exam). And, after college level english / history / physics this was a joke, and I scored in the highest percentile.
While I would have liked to have skipped physics, it was a requirement I had to take, and they wouldn't let me into college unless I agreed to this weird course schedule
Mod Parent & Grandparent up!
This was exactly the story I thought needed to be added to the comment