Yes and no. It is about the batteries (hardware), but it is also about how to communicate with the hardware those batteries service. The UPS is a complex beast. There is a lot of knowledge already accumulated (see the NUT UPS project), but there is also mondo amounts of standardization that needs to be done in things such as APIs to talk with the UPSes.
I've been a user for the NUT UPS project for many years and I can attest to the fact that this whole area needs some major love. The NUT UPS folk have been fighting the good battle, trying to get some manner of a stable API into the UPS hardware world.
Congrats, btw. But this is so bad. Intel is so stressed out at the moment from Spectre and Meltdown, and now this mess is being thrown upon them. There may just well be an actual meltdown in Intel Corp HQ.....
..."We are exploring utilizing location-based marketing as a way to help enhance the overall experience by creating more opportunities for our subscribers to enjoy all the various elements of a good movie night. We will not be selling the data that we gather. Rather, we will use it to better inform how to market potential customer benefits including discounts on transportation, coupons for nearby restaurants, and other similar opportunities."...
I don't want that benefit,the cost of it is too high. Can I turn it off?
... How common are these mains-frequency synchronized clocks anyway, and why are they built that way?...
In the days before quartz battery clocks, the AC-sync'd clock was everywhere. The frequency of the power grid in the US is kept very synchronized to 60Hz. It has to be in order to the various companies on the power grid to transfer power among their various systems. Think about it, if two companies are trying to transfer power between them and the timing of the 60Hz voltage sine wave is off by a little, that generates, at best, sparks. At worst, massive fires.
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So the timing of the US power grid was kept in quite good sync. Long-term accuracy of those AC-sync'd clocks were in the range of a a second or two per year. Back in the late 1900's, that was very good for your basic, inexpensive living room clock.
(seems funny to write, "late 1900's")
I checked the twitter feed (and the facebook feed), but all I saw were article postings. No status updates. I don't want my comments to be taken as just plain grief thrown at y'all. There's a problem that needs to be solved. How can/. disseminate site status when the site is down. Obviously, twitter didn't work here. Why, I don't know at the moment. You have my email address, if you want to chat about my experience offline. My bottom line:/. needs to do better. They can do better.
... For those wondering, we inherited an aging hardware...
I know i do not speak for anyone but myself, but WTF!?!? I was not wondering about the cause. I was wondering about the non-existence of/.
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No status updates? Does/. think so little of the community they have strived to build to leave that community in complete darkness about the status of a site we want to participate in, to contribute to?
Are we now just site hits? Or are we a community?
Unfortunately, because of the complete lack of any status updates, I can only presume that the/. overlords think of us peons as merely page hit statistics, and not a community.
It is more of the fact that consumers are balancing their need for features with the price they are willing to pay for those features. Once the price tag zoomed over $900 for a smartphone, a lot of people started waking up from the reality distortion field. Why pay $1000 for something when you can get the features you need at a price you find a lot more reasonable?
How is Facebook going to use this new capability? Will it offer money to stores to obtain real-time video feeds and find out who the customers are? Will it tap into local government security cameras to track people as they walk past a store?
... it has been our best selling phone every week since it launched...
So the iPhoneX has been Apple's best-selling phone every week since it was launched, meaning it outsold all the other iPhone models each of those weeks. Note that Mr Cook was very careful in that wording. What he did not say was that the iPhoneX was Apples best-ever selling phone each week, he said just that it outsold the other iPhone models each week. He also did not speak of the January-March 2018 quarter that had the lowered parts order forecasts.
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So, will the iPhoneX continue the initial surge it saw in December? Or now that the Apple fanbois have all bought their iPhoneX, will it have difficulty appealing to a wider population?
..."Samsung Display now plans to manufacture organic light-emitting diode panels for 20 million or fewer iPhones at the South Chungcheong site in the January-March quarter. The initial goal was to supply panels for 45 million to 50 million iPhones," the FT owner's Asian biz news service reports....
It is easier to ask for forgiveness afterward than to ask for permission beforehand. A bug? Yeah, I'll buy that, and the Brooklyn Bridge. To go, please.
Doesn't make it any less of an attempted deflection. And the deflection attempt shows just how egregious this latest behavior from Microsoft is. The only defense of the behavior appears to be an attempt to draw attention away from it.
... Canonical's plans appear quite obvious... first get the data collection infrastructure in place by collecting innocent data. Then slowly, automatically "opt-in" other data to be collected. Of course, there will be the ability to opt-out. But you'll have to verify that option after each OS update because Canonical's default seems to be opt-in. And since the default will be opt-in, the data collection will be easily overlooked. Canonical's plans towards its users look pretty obvious to me. Their selection of the default "opt-in" makes those plans even plainer.
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... They argue that the internet has eliminated the need for discrete time zones across the globe...
This looks like a whole discussion in and of itself...
...It's all about the batteries....
Yes and no. It is about the batteries (hardware), but it is also about how to communicate with the hardware those batteries service. The UPS is a complex beast. There is a lot of knowledge already accumulated (see the NUT UPS project), but there is also mondo amounts of standardization that needs to be done in things such as APIs to talk with the UPSes.
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Let's do this!
In fairness, you're obviously not a technical person so your comment comes off as a bit snarky.
You should look in the mirror from time to time. You may be surprised at what you see. Or not. I don't know if you view yourself as a major jerk.
... I am more concerned whether or not it will work? Howls of pain from Win10 1607 and 1703 users who were forced to upgrade to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update today.. Microsoft has to stop using residential customers as their alpha-testers.
Congrats, btw. But this is so bad. Intel is so stressed out at the moment from Spectre and Meltdown, and now this mess is being thrown upon them. There may just well be an actual meltdown in Intel Corp HQ.....
..."We are exploring utilizing location-based marketing as a way to help enhance the overall experience by creating more opportunities for our subscribers to enjoy all the various elements of a good movie night. We will not be selling the data that we gather. Rather, we will use it to better inform how to market potential customer benefits including discounts on transportation, coupons for nearby restaurants, and other similar opportunities."...
I don't want that benefit,the cost of it is too high. Can I turn it off?
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So the timing of the US power grid was kept in quite good sync. Long-term accuracy of those AC-sync'd clocks were in the range of a a second or two per year. Back in the late 1900's, that was very good for your basic, inexpensive living room clock. (seems funny to write, "late 1900's")
I checked the twitter feed (and the facebook feed), but all I saw were article postings. No status updates. I don't want my comments to be taken as just plain grief thrown at y'all. There's a problem that needs to be solved. How can /. disseminate site status when the site is down. Obviously, twitter didn't work here. Why, I don't know at the moment. You have my email address, if you want to chat about my experience offline. My bottom line: /. needs to do better. They can do better.
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With all the ownership changes, I thought you may have been shut down.
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We are a community, please treat us as such.
... For those wondering, we inherited an aging hardware ...
I know i do not speak for anyone but myself, but WTF!?!? I was not wondering about the cause. I was wondering about the non-existence of /.
. /. think so little of the community they have strived to build to leave that community in complete darkness about the status of a site we want to participate in, to contribute to?
No status updates? Does
Are we now just site hits? Or are we a community?
Unfortunately, because of the complete lack of any status updates, I can only presume that the /. overlords think of us peons as merely page hit statistics, and not a community.
That is so discouraging....
It is more of the fact that consumers are balancing their need for features with the price they are willing to pay for those features. Once the price tag zoomed over $900 for a smartphone, a lot of people started waking up from the reality distortion field. Why pay $1000 for something when you can get the features you need at a price you find a lot more reasonable?
...With the new tools, you'll be able to...
How is Facebook going to use this new capability? Will it offer money to stores to obtain real-time video feeds and find out who the customers are? Will it tap into local government security cameras to track people as they walk past a store?
...be adaptable, critical thinkers who can lead and communicate well....
OK, good managers, not typical managers. :)
... it has been our best selling phone every week since it launched...
So the iPhoneX has been Apple's best-selling phone every week since it was launched, meaning it outsold all the other iPhone models each of those weeks. Note that Mr Cook was very careful in that wording. What he did not say was that the iPhoneX was Apples best-ever selling phone each week, he said just that it outsold the other iPhone models each week. He also did not speak of the January-March 2018 quarter that had the lowered parts order forecasts.
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So, will the iPhoneX continue the initial surge it saw in December? Or now that the Apple fanbois have all bought their iPhoneX, will it have difficulty appealing to a wider population?
...a good product is one that sells...
The rumblings about iPhoneX are getting stronger...
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Samsung to slash OLED panel output as iPhone X slumps
https://asia.nikkei.com/Busine...
..."Samsung Display now plans to manufacture organic light-emitting diode panels for 20 million or fewer iPhones at the South Chungcheong site in the January-March quarter. The initial goal was to supply panels for 45 million to 50 million iPhones," the FT owner's Asian biz news service reports....
Full overview here.
... That's what companies believe they are losing on junior devs. ...
... but "investing in"
It is easier to ask for forgiveness afterward than to ask for permission beforehand. A bug? Yeah, I'll buy that, and the Brooklyn Bridge. To go, please.
...You just can't wait to prove what an idiot you are, can you? ...
I read the article you cited. If that makes me an idiot...
...Actually iPhone X sales turned out to be Xceedingly good ...
The article you cite seems to say that it was more the iPhoneX's exceedingly high price, and not sales volume, that buoyed the revenue.
...a decline in children participating in tackle sports...
Such a decline in children participating in tackle sports cannot come too soon.
Doesn't make it any less of an attempted deflection. And the deflection attempt shows just how egregious this latest behavior from Microsoft is. The only defense of the behavior appears to be an attempt to draw attention away from it.
Nice deflection.
...If it's obvious, what is it? What are they trying to do? ...
Perhaps it would help if you had read my message.
... Canonical's plans appear quite obvious... first get the data collection infrastructure in place by collecting innocent data. Then slowly, automatically "opt-in" other data to be collected. Of course, there will be the ability to opt-out. But you'll have to verify that option after each OS update because Canonical's default seems to be opt-in. And since the default will be opt-in, the data collection will be easily overlooked. Canonical's plans towards its users look pretty obvious to me. Their selection of the default "opt-in" makes those plans even plainer.