For indie closed source apps, I find the developers to be very responsive to bugs and requests. So the difference then seems to be small scale developers vs big developers. Far more so than closed or open.
People still use Google's spyware version of Android, rather than the open source version.
But I agree that neither Microsoft nor Apple will open source their OS. There's no benefit to them from doing so. Apple in particular uses Mac OS as a feature to sell their hardware. Letting people use OSX or iOS on any hardware would be completely completely negative for them.
Users can't use debuggers, whether they are competent or not. Only programmers can. Sure, programmers also have software that they use. So then the claim should be any competent programmer that is able to use a debugger... But even then it's wrong. I'm a professional programmer who uses a debugger every day. But I wouldn't dream of wasting my time debugging other people's software that's broken. Throw it away and buy something that isn't broken. It will cost me far less, because my time isn't worthless.
Way to early to say a bad call on IBM. BH invests for the long term. They've been investing since 2011, Top was in 2013. But you don't know where it will be when they sell it in 10 years time or whatever, nor what dividends they'll have had in that time.
Of course BH don't get every call right. But neither do you. Where you disagree they are far more likely to be right than you.
Someone who thinks they know better on buying stock than Berkshire Hathaway is even more ridiculous than someone who thinks they know what makes a successful product better than Apple.
Sure. But not for software written by the company I work for.
I can believe that different departments at Apple don't get access to new software that hasn't been announced yet. Apple likes their secrets. But long established software like iTunes, no chance. Of course developers on the iTunes team have access to all the source for the app.
Either iTunes would sync to the iPod and accept the *iPod* as the master copy, thus deleting all of that person's music from their computer.
Bullshit. iPod was the hub. The iPad was the copy of all or part of the music on that hub. If you changed the computer an iPod was synced to, then it would reflect the music on the new computer. But no music would be deleted off the old computer, nor the new one. That was not how it works.
The software TOLD the user it was deleting it and why. And the why is because it said the files were not legitimate and had to be removed or else iTunes wasn't going to install.
The trailer wasn't invisible to the Tesla. It could see the wheels. Summon mode is a slow speed feature that involves moving close to the object in front (usually the garage wall). Autopilot at 70mph wouldn't have put the car anywhere near that trailer.
I always understood it to be about when darkness falls. Car reflectors, where fitted, are different colours rear, front and side. As are lamps, when the ignition is on. The road is easier to read if people are pointing the correct way.
Except that self driving cars are already here. Tesla's autopilot for one.
Don't forget that airplane autopilot only used to fly the straight, constant altitude bits. Now they can do the whole lot including take off and landing. Similarly Tesla autopilot and similar technology, plus parking assist, and auto collision avoidance, are there now, and will evolve towards covering more scenarios.
Meanwhile the technology will meet with the Google approach of doing everything but in beta.
The gap between the two will decrease then disappear.
How about waiting till you see what they do before passing judgement. All a prejudgement indicates is a lack of imagination. Top Gear is going to be different from what it was before. All three of these persenters have been entertaining in the past in different situations. It's entirely unknown how they will work here, together, in the new format.
And don't forget that an awful lot of the success of Top Gear was the producers and the writers. Presenters are not even half of what makes for a good or a bad show.
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For indie closed source apps, I find the developers to be very responsive to bugs and requests. So the difference then seems to be small scale developers vs big developers. Far more so than closed or open.
Most "closed-source software people" don't even know you are there. Of those that do, the vast majority don't care.
The reason you guys are scrappy, is because you feel like a tiny minority.
People still use Google's spyware version of Android, rather than the open source version.
But I agree that neither Microsoft nor Apple will open source their OS. There's no benefit to them from doing so. Apple in particular uses Mac OS as a feature to sell their hardware. Letting people use OSX or iOS on any hardware would be completely completely negative for them.
Users can't use debuggers, whether they are competent or not. Only programmers can. Sure, programmers also have software that they use. So then the claim should be any competent programmer that is able to use a debugger... But even then it's wrong. I'm a professional programmer who uses a debugger every day. But I wouldn't dream of wasting my time debugging other people's software that's broken. Throw it away and buy something that isn't broken. It will cost me far less, because my time isn't worthless.
Nothing of any worth.
I'm not wrong though am I. You obviously never created anything.
Clearly you'e never created anything in your life.
Way to early to say a bad call on IBM. BH invests for the long term. They've been investing since 2011, Top was in 2013. But you don't know where it will be when they sell it in 10 years time or whatever, nor what dividends they'll have had in that time.
Of course BH don't get every call right. But neither do you. Where you disagree they are far more likely to be right than you.
Someone who thinks they know better on buying stock than Berkshire Hathaway is even more ridiculous than someone who thinks they know what makes a successful product better than Apple.
Another for your list.
* A photo of the "app" that is so low re you can't see if it's even a translation app.
Sure. But not for software written by the company I work for.
I can believe that different departments at Apple don't get access to new software that hasn't been announced yet. Apple likes their secrets. But long established software like iTunes, no chance. Of course developers on the iTunes team have access to all the source for the app.
Either iTunes would sync to the iPod and accept the *iPod* as the master copy, thus deleting all of that person's music from their computer.
Bullshit. iPod was the hub. The iPad was the copy of all or part of the music on that hub. If you changed the computer an iPod was synced to, then it would reflect the music on the new computer. But no music would be deleted off the old computer, nor the new one. That was not how it works.
The software TOLD the user it was deleting it and why. And the why is because it said the files were not legitimate and had to be removed or else iTunes wasn't going to install.
Complete lie. Fuck off.
Right. But trucks don't have any such overhang at the back.
Only if the trailer is travelling backwards down the highway at 70mph, without a tractor unit.
Things don't go too well for car companies that cheat.
A responsibility according to fluffernutter.
Nope. It only requires less accidents overall than a human would make, not none.
The trailer wasn't invisible to the Tesla. It could see the wheels. Summon mode is a slow speed feature that involves moving close to the object in front (usually the garage wall). Autopilot at 70mph wouldn't have put the car anywhere near that trailer.
Because Summon mode is a parking (and unparking) feature.
I always understood it to be about when darkness falls. Car reflectors, where fitted, are different colours rear, front and side. As are lamps, when the ignition is on. The road is easier to read if people are pointing the correct way.
No, you really don't.
America has never had overbearing Govt regulation and mandates.
Scandinavian countries for example have more more government regulation and services, and have a happier populations as a result.
Except that self driving cars are already here. Tesla's autopilot for one.
Don't forget that airplane autopilot only used to fly the straight, constant altitude bits. Now they can do the whole lot including take off and landing. Similarly Tesla autopilot and similar technology, plus parking assist, and auto collision avoidance, are there now, and will evolve towards covering more scenarios.
Meanwhile the technology will meet with the Google approach of doing everything but in beta.
The gap between the two will decrease then disappear.
How about waiting till you see what they do before passing judgement. All a prejudgement indicates is a lack of imagination. Top Gear is going to be different from what it was before. All three of these persenters have been entertaining in the past in different situations. It's entirely unknown how they will work here, together, in the new format.
And don't forget that an awful lot of the success of Top Gear was the producers and the writers. Presenters are not even half of what makes for a good or a bad show.