That's completely different, though. You have access to better emulators and more emulated consoles, you are not limited to a fixed list of 30 games and you can use the USB gamepads you want. And you can even make/order a 3D-printed mini-NES case, too.
Wait, why would we buy the Nintendo console again? To pay for games we still have in the attic?
The number of games was probably tied to marketing and statistics, not hardware limitations.
How do you print 300 screenshots on the back of the box? Was there even 300 really popular games? Maybe they only put the 30 games that sold over X units over their lifetime.
The real question is, why do ads require fucking javascript in the first place? Limit ads to static images (JPEG, PNG) and we'll be done with all this nonsense.
No, they won't. They may understand the mechanical part, but how the 3d image gets into the printer and makes the servo motors move is still black magic. In this case, observing is not understanding.
First, a small correction: almost all consumer-grade 3D printers use stepper motors, not servo motors.
Starting with a CNC router with a very limited instruction set is far more instructive, but even that has black box elements that defies understanding for most kids.
If they're building from a kit and need to send the firmware to the microcontroller they'll learn a tiny bit about programming. Changing some parameters isn't programming, but they'll be knee-deep in source files. Maybe they'll get curious about programming later.
While changing firmware parameters, they'll learn about the mechanical properties of their printers because they'll need to calculate how many steps per mm are required for the steppers, etc. By extension, they'll learn that it's not black magic but just a huge list of tiny movements, done by stepper motors that moves in steps, multiplied by micro-steps from the stepper drivers. They'll learn the difference between belts (X and Y), leadscrews (Z) and gears (Extruder).
I understand your CNC + limited G-code approach, but where do you stop? Let's say that for the kids, the black box is anything they can't see, i.e. software. For you, it could be the fact that you don't know the difference between a servo motor and a stepper motor. For one of my friend, it's going to be the electronics. For me, it's going to be the internals of the microcontrollers. For someone else, it would be how transistors work at the atomic level.
The point is, we all reach a "black box" moment sooner or later. We all need to know when to stop, the point beyond which is doesn't really give us any advantage.
There's been a trend since the last few years making websites scroll via javascript, which completely takes over the user settings. I always turn off the annoying "smooth scrolling" feature, but since those damn scripts take over the browser built-in scrolling, I'm forced to see their so-called "smooth scrolling" which is slower than the built-in one and is overtaxing my old CPU/GPU. The end result is a forced choppy scrolling that looks like crap and make me hate your brand/company.
The second annoying trend, also related to scrolling, is hiding multiple backgrounds and having sections of the website "reveal" those backgrounds as you scroll the page. That's even more taxing on my old CPU/GPU and makes scrolling, even the built-in one, choppy.
The worst possible situation is idiot "designers" using both of these stupid ideas at the same time. The result is that it's so annoying that I simply disable CSS and Javascript just to be able to read the damn content, which is the job of a website in the first place, i.e. give me information.
Let's see. The CEO bonus of $12 million divided by 70K employees equals $171.42, so everyone working at Alphabet should ask for a $171.42 Christmas bonus. You know your CEO can afford it. Hey, he'll even have a bonus of $600 left for himself which is 3.5 times higher than the employee bonus, which seems more reasonable if you ask me.
Possible replies: 1. Scorpio? Isn't that the name of a Bond-style vilain in the Simpsons? 2. Scorpio? I was waiting for the Xbox Two! 3. Scorpio? I guess all they can do is switch to animal-sounding names since they messed up their naming order with Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
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That's completely different, though. You have access to better emulators and more emulated consoles, you are not limited to a fixed list of 30 games and you can use the USB gamepads you want. And you can even make/order a 3D-printed mini-NES case, too.
Wait, why would we buy the Nintendo console again? To pay for games we still have in the attic?
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?...
The number of games was probably tied to marketing and statistics, not hardware limitations.
How do you print 300 screenshots on the back of the box?
Was there even 300 really popular games? Maybe they only put the 30 games that sold over X units over their lifetime.
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If their Galaxy Note 7 starts a house fire, they can no longer call emergency services with it.
The real question is, why do ads require fucking javascript in the first place? Limit ads to static images (JPEG, PNG) and we'll be done with all this nonsense.
If you're rich and you use a taxi, you're not really rich.
I found it!
The evil boss caught the employee because he made stupidly expensive, obvious purchases with his rounding errors.
I'm not going to tell you, because in 30 seconds you're going to give me two for the price of one!
tonywestonuk was talking about Mac laptops, so I was assuming the latest version of macOS.
First, a small correction: almost all consumer-grade 3D printers use stepper motors, not servo motors.
If they're building from a kit and need to send the firmware to the microcontroller they'll learn a tiny bit about programming. Changing some parameters isn't programming, but they'll be knee-deep in source files. Maybe they'll get curious about programming later.
While changing firmware parameters, they'll learn about the mechanical properties of their printers because they'll need to calculate how many steps per mm are required for the steppers, etc. By extension, they'll learn that it's not black magic but just a huge list of tiny movements, done by stepper motors that moves in steps, multiplied by micro-steps from the stepper drivers. They'll learn the difference between belts (X and Y), leadscrews (Z) and gears (Extruder).
I understand your CNC + limited G-code approach, but where do you stop? Let's say that for the kids, the black box is anything they can't see, i.e. software. For you, it could be the fact that you don't know the difference between a servo motor and a stepper motor. For one of my friend, it's going to be the electronics. For me, it's going to be the internals of the microcontrollers. For someone else, it would be how transistors work at the atomic level.
The point is, we all reach a "black box" moment sooner or later. We all need to know when to stop, the point beyond which is doesn't really give us any advantage.
There's been a trend since the last few years making websites scroll via javascript, which completely takes over the user settings. I always turn off the annoying "smooth scrolling" feature, but since those damn scripts take over the browser built-in scrolling, I'm forced to see their so-called "smooth scrolling" which is slower than the built-in one and is overtaxing my old CPU/GPU. The end result is a forced choppy scrolling that looks like crap and make me hate your brand/company.
The second annoying trend, also related to scrolling, is hiding multiple backgrounds and having sections of the website "reveal" those backgrounds as you scroll the page. That's even more taxing on my old CPU/GPU and makes scrolling, even the built-in one, choppy.
The worst possible situation is idiot "designers" using both of these stupid ideas at the same time. The result is that it's so annoying that I simply disable CSS and Javascript just to be able to read the damn content, which is the job of a website in the first place, i.e. give me information.
A Core 2 Duo will not "easily" run the latest OS. Don't get anything below an i5, please.
If they have to build their own 3D printer, even from a kit, they'll understand how it works.
Mac user: Oh yeah? Let me see...
(open Contacts application)
Mac user: You're right, I don't know anyone named Jack.
Let's see. The CEO bonus of $12 million divided by 70K employees equals $171.42, so everyone working at Alphabet should ask for a $171.42 Christmas bonus. You know your CEO can afford it. Hey, he'll even have a bonus of $600 left for himself which is 3.5 times higher than the employee bonus, which seems more reasonable if you ask me.
Woah let's slow down a minute there...
$X+$X-$Y? What is that, some kind of math? There's no place on the new Slashdot for something that complex!
Source of the parent post, in case some of you are too young and never saw it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
At least our Russian overlords will care about UTF-8. ...right?
You should have scavenged some parts to build a RepStrap!
Hell, I've been reading about some people who even print in 3D now.
I still don't quite understand why they'd want to print a whole stack of pages all glued together though. Must be expensive.
I searched on Google. Found this in under two seconds. Took me more than that to write this reply.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9...
Possible replies:
1. Scorpio? Isn't that the name of a Bond-style vilain in the Simpsons?
2. Scorpio? I was waiting for the Xbox Two!
3. Scorpio? I guess all they can do is switch to animal-sounding names since they messed up their naming order with Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.