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  1. Re:Why is Amazon/Alexa even saving recordings? on Amazon Argues That Alexa Is Protected By the First Amendment in a Murder Trial (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Not considering privacy implications for a moment, storing the recordings instead of voiceprints would allow future refinements if the voice-printing algorithm is updated.

  2. I'm not talking about the release of information. Call that marketing if you wish.

    You asserted that skipping over version "2.0" and going with version "3.0" is a marketing ploy, inflating the numbers. That assertion is wrong. There is no such thing as "HoloLens 3.0", and until there is, the only conclusion that we are left with is what the article stated (that it is an internal milestone and strategy change).

  3. So "marketing" is any conversation "signed off by a manager"? Sure, let's redefine the meaning of words.

    I have lots of conversations that are approved by my manager. I really should be charging for the extra marketing I provide our company.

  4. There has been no marketing for a version 2.0 or version 3.0 applied at this stage.

    Context matters. Keep up.

  5. No. This isn't an advertisement. For that matter, I would not even consider this official.

    One day it might be marketing. But today, it is a blogger who likes the scoop on the future directions of Microsoft products asking a guy who would know.

  6. There has been no marketing applied at this stage. There is no HoloLens 2.0 or 3.0. These are just internal milestones.

  7. Re: Don't get on my bad side... on Fans Choose A New Football Team's Plays With Their Smartphones (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    A veto would only really help in extreme cases.

    Or, it wouldn't really be a veto... if the coach vetos a random pass play because he thinks running the ball is the better decision, that's no longer democracy.

  8. Re: Don't get on my bad side... on Fans Choose A New Football Team's Plays With Their Smartphones (slate.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is why the ability to direct activities should require users to have a stake in the team or at least in the outcome of the game.

    Invite large numbers of random people with no stake to vote on things, and you will inevitably get Teamy McTeamface.

  9. If nothing else, doing so could help confirm that the fluctuations found in the clay are due to the earth's magnetic field.

  10. Re:Of course its Microsoft on Microsoft Calls For 'Digital Geneva Convention' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Your link has nothing to do with "new stuff". It is literally dated 2006... you know, when that strategy was put into effect.

  11. Re: Bogus complaints against President on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed, though I do know a few Trump primary voters (who really couldn't articulate a good case for their vote other than visibility). It was clear even during the primaries that the voting system needs an overhaul.

    I can understand the anti-Hillary voter. I can understand the party line voter. What I can't understand is the need to defend someone who is actively working against the voters who put him in power.

  12. Re:Bogus complaints against President on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    If you are simply refuting numbers, then sure... you're probably right.

    But I don't see how the item I quoted matters when just talking quantitatively. I suspect that your intention is to generally cast the protesters in a bad light by moving the conversation. Without that information, your point about numbers would still stand, but if anything it would support the notion that this administration is unpopular with reasonable people.

  13. Re:Bogus complaints against President on How UPS Trucks Saved Millions of Dollars By Eliminating Left Turns (ndtv.com) · · Score: 2

    Indeed, I can not recall anyone beaten up, or anything set on fire or otherwise destroyed during an anti-Obama protest...

    Arrest them. Throw them in jail.

    Then realize that what is left is a hell of a lot of people who are protesting peacefully because this administration does not represent the wishes and needs of the vast majority of the people in the country. I'm not a Democrat; I've never voted for a Democrat for federal office (twice for Bush and also for McCain), and I am damn tired of being cast as liberal/leftist because I do not toe the party line.

    Wake up.

  14. Here is a great guide for you.

  15. More useless 'bells and whistles'

    Except pretty much the opposite. It's a minor update to the existing theme, which was already founded on minimalism.

  16. Re: An insanely clever solution, Microsoft-style. on Developer Explains Why All Windows Drivers Are Dated June 21, 2006 (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    It seems that this mechanism exists precisely because Microsoft does not claim that their drivers are perfect.

  17. Re:Blowing smoke? on The Most Mentioned Books On StackOverflow (dev-books.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes and no. It's true that desktop and server hardware is vastly better now than a couple of decades ago. But the computer that most people use today is their smartphone... which is not only more limited in processing power and memory, but has additional constraints such as battery, connectivity, and capability allowed by the OS.

  18. I don't think it's really about ownership so much as quick trading. Stock traders often just want a quick buck, but the price for instant success could be failure in a few months or even weeks... well after the stock has been traded.

    True ownership, which includes long-term investing and actual involvement in the company, might not net instant cash but would be better for the owners, the company, and even the economy.

  19. Re: Wrong. The clone did not happen. on Microsoft Introduces GVFS (Git Virtual File System) (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    You failed to answer the question. Because you know he's right.

  20. Re:MS Linux on Microsoft Introduces GVFS (Git Virtual File System) (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    If they could ever fully move to the new GUI before making wholesale changes to the design language, maybe it could be nice.

  21. Re: Microsoft's population on Microsoft Seeks Trump Order Exemption for Workers With Visas (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    No, but we also don't need to start banning entry into the country because all your Twitter followers don't understand that there already is an effective vetting process in place.

    Fearing terrorism is, definitively, what they want us to do. Letting it control our lives and letting it change everything we do is letting them win.

  22. Re:Microsoft's population on Microsoft Seeks Trump Order Exemption for Workers With Visas (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    That ban was enacted in order to review how the vetting process allowed those individuals into the country.

    That is literally the same thing happening here.

    No, it isn't. Obama's ban was a response to a specific threat. Trump's ban is a response to partisan hacks who refuse to acknowledge that a vetting process was already in place.

    It seems like liberals only enjoy mocking Christianity

    I'm a Christian.

    intolerant, vitriolic sociopath

    I'm glad you can see what kind of man he is... ... oh wait, my bad, you weren't talking about him.

    All nations should be looking out for their own best interests and not blindly accepting anyone.

    I'd love to discuss your evidence that the U.S. has recently been accepting refugees into the country without vetting.

    if you're not going to add value, then there's no reason that the US should reasonably accept you

    There are humanitarian reasons. It's not ideal... but war isn't ideal. At least it is better than nuking ISIS from orbit (along with the millions of innocent civilians in the area).

  23. Re:Microsoft's population on Microsoft Seeks Trump Order Exemption for Workers With Visas (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Obama's ban was a targeted response to a specific threat, where two Iraqi nationals were caught attempting to send money, explosives, and weapons to Al-Qaida. That ban was enacted in order to review how the vetting process allowed those individuals into the country.

    Regardless, I don't see Microsoft being "outraged". They are making a specific request for providing exemptions to those who have been vetted, and the executive order allows exemptions to be granted at the discretion of administration officials.

  24. Re: Meanwhile in the Apple ecosystem on iPads.. on Tim Sweeney Dislikes Windows 10 Cloud Rumors, Calls OS 'Crush Steam Edition' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    UWP was designed from the ground up for sideloading to be impossible and then only enabled after an update because nobody wanted to touch it

    Sideloading was possible in the first release of Windows 10, which was the first OS containing UWP.

  25. Re:The point on 'Australia Is Stubbing Out Smoking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    It's a bit easier when it's a national tax. National borders are set up to more effectively enforce tariffs and smuggling laws, while there is little enforcement of use taxes between states and pretty much nothing that can be done about such a black market.