That article doesn't mention any technical problems with HVDC transmission lines. It's about political and planning problems. The political problems stem from conflict between the central and regional governments.
It seems that China doesn't have a fully national electricity grid, rather a collection of regional grids that are partially connected. Some regional governments are acting to protect their region's local generation in the face of cheaper imported electricity. As a result there's a high rate wasted solar and wind power and new renewable projects have slowed.
The Chromecast is first and foremost an inexpensive device. My guess is that new silicon with AV1 support would not meet the Chromecast price-point for a few years.
There was no Chromecast Ultra replacement announced today - presumably the eventual replacement will have AV1 support.
Nowadays, everyone already uses H.265. With regard to the licenses... Nobody cares.
Nowadays, the streamer negotiates with the client to chose the codec. People watching Netxflix on a Chromcast are probably using a different codec to those watching Netflix in a web browser and those watching Netflix on an ipad. Streamers care about the license fees - they will chose the cheapest codec that the client supports.
Web browsers will have AV1 support next year and hardware devices will probably start rolling out in 2021. There's a huge installed base that won't have AV1 support, but the same thing is true for H.265.
You can see which codec Youtube is using in a web browser by right clicking on "Stats for nerds". On most systems I see it's using VP9.
If you look under Research and Development you can find this page:
Advanced Biofuels "ExxonMobil funds and conducts advanced biofuels research as an investment in new technologies that could increase energy supplies, reduce emissions and improve efficiencies."
The steam link app doesn't let you install/run games directly on your phone/tablet. It just lets you remotely play a game that's running on your PC. Threre's a beta available for Android. Personally I can't see the point unless it was to stream to an Apple TV or Android enabled TV.
Facebook will not willingly let go of that ~$2.5B advertising revenue it takes in the UK.
In an somewhat analogous case, Valve claimed that they are not "doing business" in Australia and therefore did not have to offer refunds in compliance with the Australian Consumer Law. They sell games to Australian consumers from their US website Steam in US dollars. They lost that case and they recently lost their appeal. They are now seeking to appeal to the High Court of Australia.
There are three product ranges: Macbook (12"), Macbook Air (13") and Macbook Pro (13" and 15") . There was an 11.6" Macbook Air that was discontinued when the Macbook was introduced.
Most likely what will happen is that Apple introduces a 13" Macbook and discontinues Macbook Air. That would make the headline correct, even if no-one but the fanboys really cares.
Adobe has its fonts because is practically the creator of digital typography. The Helvetica in the headline refer's to the Adobe font that was made famous by Apple. Later Apple developed TrueType. Microsoft has its fonts because it didn't want to pay license fees to Adobe and Apple licensed TrueType for free.
IBM had their own fonts decades ago when they produced typewriters. In 2017 IBM is mostly a services company -they don't make any products that would benefit from a custom font.
systemd-resolved is an optional component of systemd. I run a lot of systems with systemd as init and none of them run systemd-resolved (or systemd-timesyncd for that matter).
Court costs are not damages. Basically, Tesla had to pay the BBC's lawyer fees so the BBC came out even. Damages could only have been awarded to the BBC if they had counter-sued Tesla.
The reason these boards are cheap is that they are using surplus SOCs designed for smart TVs and set top boxes. A board that had SATA or PCIe support would cost much more than $5 extra.
He also misses the difference in voter turnout between the youngest and oldest age group: 64% of registered voters aged 18-24 voted 90% of over-65s voted
One could truncate his statement and it would still be as reasonable. "It was mostly the very old who voted..."
It's hard to erase something that never existed. The original announcement mentions using windows design features, but not the goal of a perfect clone.
There was another Linux desktop whose name escapes me at that time that had that stated goal, not KDE. Most open source projects in the 90's wanted to avoid being sued by Microsoft.
KDE took ideas from many desktop environments, with a strong influence of Windows. The screenshots of KDE1 show a strong visual similarity. The goal was to make it easy for Windows users to switch. KDE had a start menu and task bar which were the biggest innovations in Windows 95. Even apple eventually copied the taskbar. KDE also had the minimise/maximise/close widgets in the same place as MS Windows, and unlike most other graphical environments at that time. However KDE was never limited to copying Windows and even those early versions had features that were better than Windows 95.
Back in the days of the PowerPC based Macs, Apple maintained an internal x86 build of OS X, not because they had immediate plans to release it as a product, just to be ready to counter competitive threats.
I see Steam using Linxu/steamOS for the same purpose. Linux game sales on steam account for around 1% of the total, so I doubt anyone is making money from them. However they keep maintaining steamOS and pushing it at their developer days.
Most Microsoft products were not successful from version 1.0. Microsoft's Windows Store remains a long term threat to Steam and steamOS is a strategic counter.
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To anyone who used Microsoft Word in the 1990s or early 2000s this story is entirely believable.
That article doesn't mention any technical problems with HVDC transmission lines. It's about political and planning problems. The political problems stem from conflict between the central and regional governments.
It seems that China doesn't have a fully national electricity grid, rather a collection of regional grids that are partially connected. Some regional governments are acting to protect their region's local generation in the face of cheaper imported electricity. As a result there's a high rate wasted solar and wind power and new renewable projects have slowed.
The Chromecast is first and foremost an inexpensive device. My guess is that new silicon with AV1 support would not meet the Chromecast price-point for a few years.
There was no Chromecast Ultra replacement announced today - presumably the eventual replacement will have AV1 support.
Nowadays, everyone already uses H.265. ... Nobody cares.
With regard to the licenses
Nowadays, the streamer negotiates with the client to chose the codec. People watching Netxflix on a Chromcast are probably using a different codec to those watching Netflix in a web browser and those watching Netflix on an ipad. Streamers care about the license fees - they will chose the cheapest codec that the client supports.
Web browsers will have AV1 support next year and hardware devices will probably start rolling out in 2021. There's a huge installed base that won't have AV1 support, but the same thing is true for H.265.
You can see which codec Youtube is using in a web browser by right clicking on "Stats for nerds". On most systems I see it's using VP9.
If you look under Research and Development you can find this page:
Advanced Biofuels
"ExxonMobil funds and conducts advanced biofuels research as an investment in new technologies that could increase energy supplies, reduce emissions and improve efficiencies."
Which book?
Perhaps this book
It's worse than that - the guy on this youtube video opens it with an adhesive gopro mount and a screwdriver.
The steam link app doesn't let you install/run games directly on your phone/tablet. It just lets you remotely play a game that's running on your PC. Threre's a beta available for Android. Personally I can't see the point unless it was to stream to an Apple TV or Android enabled TV.
Facebook will not willingly let go of that ~$2.5B advertising revenue it takes in the UK.
In an somewhat analogous case, Valve claimed that they are not "doing business" in Australia and therefore did not have to offer refunds in compliance with the Australian Consumer Law. They sell games to Australian consumers from their US website Steam in US dollars. They lost that case and they recently lost their appeal. They are now seeking to appeal to the High Court of Australia.
There are three product ranges: Macbook (12"), Macbook Air (13") and Macbook Pro (13" and 15") .
There was an 11.6" Macbook Air that was discontinued when the Macbook was introduced.
Most likely what will happen is that Apple introduces a 13" Macbook and discontinues Macbook Air. That would make the headline correct, even if no-one but the fanboys really cares.
It also reflects badly on Microsoft Corporation, the owner of LinkedIn.
Adobe has its fonts because is practically the creator of digital typography. The Helvetica in the headline refer's to the Adobe font that was made famous by Apple. Later Apple developed TrueType. Microsoft has its fonts because it didn't want to pay license fees to Adobe and Apple licensed TrueType for free.
IBM had their own fonts decades ago when they produced typewriters. In 2017 IBM is mostly a services company -they don't make any products that would benefit from a custom font.
IIRC, when the OTA update failed, Google did support the Nexus 5s sold through its website, but not those Nexus 5s that were sold by other retailers.
systemd-resolved is an optional component of systemd. I run a lot of systems with systemd as init and none of them run systemd-resolved (or systemd-timesyncd for that matter).
Court costs are not damages. Basically, Tesla had to pay the BBC's lawyer fees so the BBC came out even.
Damages could only have been awarded to the BBC if they had counter-sued Tesla.
Using AAC over Bluetooth is a capability of the Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) and not just limited to Apple devices.
Of course it's not well publicised so good luck telling which codec your Bluetooth devices are actually using.
The reason these boards are cheap is that they are using surplus SOCs designed for smart TVs and set top boxes. A board that had SATA or PCIe support would cost much more than $5 extra.
He also misses the difference in voter turnout between the youngest and oldest age group:
64% of registered voters aged 18-24 voted
90% of over-65s voted
One could truncate his statement and it would still be as reasonable. ..."
"It was mostly the very old who voted
no more refrigerators and probably many less cars will be needed.
So what do I do if I purchase a bottle of mil and some ice-cream, but I don't want to consume it all in one sitting?
I wasn't impressed by Mozilla adding the voice chat myself.
However, they must have got the message, because Firefox removed the voice chat feature a couple of releases ago.
It's hard to erase something that never existed. The original announcement mentions using windows design features, but not the goal of a perfect clone.
There was another Linux desktop whose name escapes me at that time that had that stated goal, not KDE. Most open source projects in the 90's wanted to avoid being sued by Microsoft.
KDE took ideas from many desktop environments, with a strong influence of Windows. The screenshots of KDE1 show a strong visual similarity. The goal was to make it easy for Windows users to switch. KDE had a start menu and task bar which were the biggest innovations in Windows 95. Even apple eventually copied the taskbar. KDE also had the minimise/maximise/close widgets in the same place as MS Windows, and unlike most other graphical environments at that time. However KDE was never limited to copying Windows and even those early versions had features that were better than Windows 95.
The Nexus 5 was a good value midrange phone, but the camera was an acknowledged weak point in reviews back in 2013 when it was released.
I got a cheap second hand LG G4 which is a more recent model and the camera is miles better.
Back in the days of the PowerPC based Macs, Apple maintained an internal x86 build of OS X, not because they had immediate plans to release it as a product, just to be ready to counter competitive threats.
I see Steam using Linxu/steamOS for the same purpose. Linux game sales on steam account for around 1% of the total, so I doubt anyone is making money from them. However they keep maintaining steamOS and pushing it at their developer days.
Most Microsoft products were not successful from version 1.0. Microsoft's Windows Store remains a long term threat to Steam and steamOS is a strategic counter.
India is building large scale solar plants outside of the polluted cities.
e.g. Top 5 Solar Power Plants In India
Something like CentOS ?