Are the OSS tools/programs really that horrible in UI/UX design? Sure, some are, but is, given the example, Blender one of those? Blender is different and perhaps that is why you think the UI/UX design is bad, somebody who used Blender his whole life and would go on to use one of the more know commercial offerings would think the same because he's used to how Blender works. For example, I think 'vi' has great UI/UX, there are probably a lot of people who disagree (and think emacs is the pinacle of UX), but my brian is wired to it and it feels good to use.
the point of UBI was to increase the ability to take risks and drive the economu that way. people on UBI could take a change on building their own business, without fear that if it fails they end up on the streets because the safety net is there. if you want to keep working for a big corp, that is fine too, but not the main idea.
Simple, all these patents have served their purpose, everybody already paid up. All the Android vendors & others like TomTom etc etc. There was no more money to be made from these patents, and so making them 'free' was the only things left to do. Bonus points for looking like a bad-ass company; the NEW Microsoft.
there is something to these 8 bit home computers, in that, as you say, programmers knew them inside out. this was not unique to the c64, but also amstrad cpc and zx spectrum, although the popularity of the c64 continues to even today (while the communities of other home computers are much smaller).
maybe increased safety could become electric cars their biggest selling point? because they have no engine in front they are already safer then traditional cars, combine with the awd that you is also mostly found on them, these cars main selling point could very well be the safety.
either way, the tesla 3 goes on my list of 'cars to buy', it has great range, it's safe and has good build quality.
"They've unseated the Mac in schools.... Chromebooks are also Trojan horses. Children and teens use them for schoolwork and more.... If kids grow up using G Suite and Chromebooks, there's a reasonable chance they'll use them when they get older."
you mean, like those Mac's they have replaced? those were never a challenge to MS Windows either.
As much as i dislike MS, i can hardly find anything wrong with this. OSS projects get more contributions, maybe even forever if some people find it fun & rewarding enough to keep working on it.
the 'fake' nobel prizes were handed out a few weeks ago, i think there was an mention of it on./ one of the winners was that most people don't read manuals.
and that is the reason why you don't get one anymore. i'm OK with downloadable pdf's anyway.
just pick one service, i have netflix, and i couldn't imagine where to get the extra time for another one. there are already so many things to see on netflix that i'm time struck as it is. i'm sure there are many other good shows out there, but bad luck, i don't have time for them and i don't miss them either.
well, it's not really true, i also watch a lot of youtube, so yeah, with both netflix & youtube my tv addiction is complete.
so wind power adds 0.24C _one_ time. fossil fuel power rise in earth's warming will not stop and keep on increasing unless we stop using it (and even if we stop using it, the rise in temperature might still continue to go on).
this just shows you how much Apple is willing to invest in screwing over their customers. investing research time and money into a 'security' chip that has nothing to do with real security, except for the security that you will need to do your repairs at official overpriced apple stores.
"Steve Wozniak said that he's "not involved" in the "operational aspects" of Woz U and doesn't know anything about the report this morning."
What i don't understand is why these people let others use their name and then produce a lousy product/service? Do this enough times and your good name will be gone and hard to restore to it's former glory.
"The middle class also puts pressure on governments to perform better. They look to their governments to provide affordable housing, education, and universal health care. They rely on public safety nets to help them in sickness, unemployment or old age. But they resist efforts of governments to impose taxes to pay the bills."
I would say - rightly so.
Most governments probably waste a great deal of money on whatever (inefficiency, corruption, wrong policies/investments,...). Instead of asking the people to give more, they could perhaps clean ship first (never gonna happen).
They are talking about the complete world population, it's possible the US is worse of, but the rest of the world seems to be doing better.
Interesting bit is this;
"The middle class also puts pressure on governments to perform better. They look to their governments to provide affordable housing, education, and universal health care. They rely on public safety nets to help them in sickness, unemployment or old age."
Sounds just like the things that are lacking in the US?
so working on this all day, and while driving home, or laying in bed or whatever... the solution pops in your head! you now know what is wrong. make haste to your desk, implement the thought of solution, which then... comes very close but still isn't perfect. repeat.
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Are the OSS tools/programs really that horrible in UI/UX design? Sure, some are, but is, given the example, Blender one of those?
Blender is different and perhaps that is why you think the UI/UX design is bad, somebody who used Blender his whole life and would go on to use one of the more know commercial offerings would think the same because he's used to how Blender works.
For example, I think 'vi' has great UI/UX, there are probably a lot of people who disagree (and think emacs is the pinacle of UX), but my brian is wired to it and it feels good to use.
I mean, why would anybody buy a device that does the things it says in the summary?
Even if you paid me money to use it, i still wouldn't.
the point of UBI was to increase the ability to take risks and drive the economu that way.
people on UBI could take a change on building their own business, without fear that if it fails they end up on the streets because the safety net is there.
if you want to keep working for a big corp, that is fine too, but not the main idea.
The complete list of tested companies can be found in this PDF (page 22);
https://uspirg.org/sites/pirg/...
As usual the list is missing from tfa.
Simple, all these patents have served their purpose, everybody already paid up. All the Android vendors & others like TomTom etc etc.
There was no more money to be made from these patents, and so making them 'free' was the only things left to do.
Bonus points for looking like a bad-ass company; the NEW Microsoft.
"Unlike regular phone Android, Android Things is not customizable by third-parties. All Android Things devices use an OS image direct from Google, ..."
wow, sounds good, they really learned a lot from how regular Android updates haven't really worked.
"... and Google centrally distributes updates to all Android Things devices for three years."
oops, nope, still rubbish, 3 years? that's a joke.
that's not all, you also got the schematics; you could hack away at the hardware without guesswork.
there is something to these 8 bit home computers, in that, as you say, programmers knew them inside out.
this was not unique to the c64, but also amstrad cpc and zx spectrum, although the popularity of the c64 continues to even today (while the communities of other home computers are much smaller).
They sure don't make them space telescopes like they used to.
What about right to repair?
Recording after the gun has been fired is way too late.
Better would be to trigger recording on certain words/phrases.
maybe increased safety could become electric cars their biggest selling point?
because they have no engine in front they are already safer then traditional cars, combine with the awd that you is also mostly found on them, these cars main selling point could very well be the safety.
either way, the tesla 3 goes on my list of 'cars to buy', it has great range, it's safe and has good build quality.
Will Chromebooks challenge MS Windows?
"They've unseated the Mac in schools. ... Chromebooks are also Trojan horses. Children and teens use them for schoolwork and more. ... If kids grow up using G Suite and Chromebooks, there's a reasonable chance they'll use them when they get older."
you mean, like those Mac's they have replaced? those were never a challenge to MS Windows either.
As much as i dislike MS, i can hardly find anything wrong with this.
OSS projects get more contributions, maybe even forever if some people find it fun & rewarding enough to keep working on it.
the 'fake' nobel prizes were handed out a few weeks ago, i think there was an mention of it on ./
one of the winners was that most people don't read manuals.
and that is the reason why you don't get one anymore.
i'm OK with downloadable pdf's anyway.
just pick one service, i have netflix, and i couldn't imagine where to get the extra time for another one.
there are already so many things to see on netflix that i'm time struck as it is. i'm sure there are many other good shows out there, but bad luck, i don't have time for them and i don't miss them either.
well, it's not really true, i also watch a lot of youtube, so yeah, with both netflix & youtube my tv addiction is complete.
it's my job to automate my job.
so wind power adds 0.24C _one_ time.
fossil fuel power rise in earth's warming will not stop and keep on increasing unless we stop using it (and even if we stop using it, the rise in temperature might still continue to go on).
this just shows you how much Apple is willing to invest in screwing over their customers.
investing research time and money into a 'security' chip that has nothing to do with real security, except for the security that you will need to do your repairs at official overpriced apple stores.
security chip? you keep using that word...
we are humans, not machines.
emotions come into play for all of us, no matter the intelligence.
"Steve Wozniak said that he's "not involved" in the "operational aspects" of Woz U and doesn't know anything about the report this morning."
What i don't understand is why these people let others use their name and then produce a lousy product/service? Do this enough times and your good name will be gone and hard to restore to it's former glory.
Soon the human touch will disappear.
books are written by AI, paintings are made by AI, movies are made by AI.
it will take only so much time before AI becomes so good at it that all human art will seem inferiour.
Indeed, it is, but apparently the patent systems isn't even good for that anymore because the 'lone inventor' clearly doesn't trust the system.
"The middle class also puts pressure on governments to perform better. They look to their governments to provide affordable housing, education, and universal health care. They rely on public safety nets to help them in sickness, unemployment or old age. But they resist efforts of governments to impose taxes to pay the bills."
I would say - rightly so.
Most governments probably waste a great deal of money on whatever (inefficiency, corruption, wrong policies/investments, ...).
Instead of asking the people to give more, they could perhaps clean ship first (never gonna happen).
They are talking about the complete world population, it's possible the US is worse of, but the rest of the world seems to be doing better.
Interesting bit is this;
"The middle class also puts pressure on governments to perform better. They look to their governments to provide affordable housing, education, and universal health care. They rely on public safety nets to help them in sickness, unemployment or old age."
Sounds just like the things that are lacking in the US?
so working on this all day, and while driving home, or laying in bed or whatever... the solution pops in your head! you now know what is wrong.
make haste to your desk, implement the thought of solution, which then... comes very close but still isn't perfect.
repeat.