I'm just curious, why are live tiles so horrible? I see this reaction often but I never really get a good explanation why, though I've heard many reasons why they are good. They are like icons, except resizable and enhanced with live information. They are rectangular/square, just like the taskbar icons in Windows 7 that everyone I know loves.
Not sure what that has to do with anything. If you are threatening to kill someone by running them over with your car, I would think that should have the same legality as threatening to kill them with a firearm. Just having/using a car and having/using a firearm for without violence or threat of violence should be legal.
No, anyone is an idiot who puts money on electronic devices that are so easy to game. If not for the fact that he screwed up and bought the ticket under his name, he would be richer and everyone who played would be screwed out of their money.
Makes you wonder how many of these succeed without being found out.
My wifes car has headlights that turn with the steering wheel.
Those aren't smart headlights. Quite dumb actually.
Just fucking stop trying to make things so smart, you're being really stupid.
This tech doesn't sound ready for launch. But that doesn't mean they should stop trying to make them smart enough for us to use. Maybe they would succeed and you might actually like the result.
Value is always in the eye of the beholder. The only reason a product sells for $X is because the seller believes the value of the product is at least $S, the buyer values it at no more than $B, and $S < $X < $B.
Again... if the buyer is willing to pay $X, then the object is more valuable to the buyer than $X. $X adjusts up as demand increases, and down as supply increases.
by the way public general perception of value is a 10% markup, no more
[citation needed]
If you pay me $50 for a bullet-proof phone case, then you value that case to be at least worth $50. It doesn't matter if it cost me 10 cents to make or $49.90. But you have an advantage even at 10 cents... competition will probably enter the market and push the price down.
Buyers determine their value for an item. The amount of markup doesn't matter for value, only for price, and so long as the item is valued by the buyer at greater than the price, the sale is made. No 10% or whatever ideal you seem to have.
I don't think they've said, but a few articles have suggested there will be one unified store. That could indicate there will only be one developer license.
Actually most lunar space elevator designs I've seen have space elevators anchored at both the lunar equator and a pole, with cargo traveling to and from the pole.
Bad comparison. Windows 10 universal apps support responsive design, like many web apps (but with native speed and access to device/platform capabilities).
Java apps, as it appears, didn't support any kind of design.
...just because I happened to look this up last week.
To the naked eye, Pluto at our current distance is approximately the same size as a herpes simplex virus on a smart phone (assuming average viewing distance).
Was 20 years not enough for you to template the production of a new library, introduce DSLs, make your shit data-driven, and design it around sensible layers?
Just how long has your company paid you to maintain that Windows 3.1 app?
Now it talks about Universal Apps. But it is only Universal "Windows" Apps.
Actually they are called Universal Windows Platform apps. Everybody abbreviates it to universal apps, but at no time has Microsoft pretended to support any non-Windows OS.
The "universal" part is describing device categories. UWP apps will run on any Windows 10 device, including Raspberry Pi and other IoT devices, phones, tablets, business desktops, gaming PCs, Xbox One, Surface Hub, and HoloLens.
(They actually are supporting Linux and Mac with the newest ASP.NET, and even open sourced.NET Core which also runs cross-platform.)
A business that knowingly makes false claims should be punished severely. Misleading the buyer into purchasing something other than what they think they are purchasing is lying and should not be tolerated.
But if the advertiser is being completely truthful, then there is no harm.
(whether it is good value or you are being ripped off with inflated profit margins)
If the buyer believes it is better to have the product than it is to keep the money in his wallet, then by definition it is a good value.
And if the buyer doesn't want to do his homework before paying twice as much for the same product at another store, then that's also within his rights. It's within the rights of the store selling the product for less money to advertise that fact.
If you want to part with your money in exchange for a good, service, or combination... then that's your right.
Also you can't compare kids going to the ice cream truck. Often they aren't spending their own money, but someone else's. They might consider differently if they have to spend their own money while saving up for the expensive toy they've really wanted for a long time.
You've probably made thousands of decisions that have been very subtly manipulated by corporations, without you ever even knowing. IMO that is the reason why advertising is morally reprehensible. It's manipulative mass mind control.
Still, you only buy something if you believe it is worth the money. No ad holds a gun to your head and forces you to make a purchase. They only suggest that something is worth purchasing or that their brand is better than the competition... you ultimately make the decision what to buy, and most importantly, whether to buy it in the first place.
If you have a problem purchasing something that you don't really find valuable, then that's only saying something about you. An alcoholic can't blame bars for existing; a shopaholic can't blame companies for promoting their products.
I don't see how Apple's model is relevant to what I wrote. Apple policies do not allow sideloading apps onto iOS (other than a company distributing apps to its employees).
Microsoft allows sideloading in Windows 10. That's the difference. You keep all the money, but you have to provide distribution (such as a website to download the app).
Regardless of all of that... 30% is well worth it to put your app in the store and make it more visible.
I am aware of that. I wasn't talking about discussion of illegal activity but rather inciting it. Violence would of course fit under that, but so would things like posting your ex's credit card info and SSN and other personal data for others to abuse.
Let's not compare them as if they are even a hint of the same thing. AOL was a dial-up ISP and died because of broadband. The only way Facebook will die is if something significantly more desirable comes along to replace it.
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I'm just curious, why are live tiles so horrible? I see this reaction often but I never really get a good explanation why, though I've heard many reasons why they are good. They are like icons, except resizable and enhanced with live information. They are rectangular/square, just like the taskbar icons in Windows 7 that everyone I know loves.
Informed? You are the one calling math "psychopath babble".
Care to present relevant information with logical arguments?
It's not always that they cannot be tested, just that they are not tested.
One reason is because using a Scantron to grade multiple choice answers costs much less than paying graders to read free-form answers.
a gun has only one purpose -- to destroy/damage the target.
Well, no, there are two purposes:
1) to illegally destroy/damage a target
2) to legally destroy/damage a target
#2 is equivalent to the car's usage as a transportation device, and is the only legitimate usage of the item.
Not sure what that has to do with anything. If you are threatening to kill someone by running them over with your car, I would think that should have the same legality as threatening to kill them with a firearm. Just having/using a car and having/using a firearm for without violence or threat of violence should be legal.
No, anyone is an idiot who puts money on electronic devices that are so easy to game. If not for the fact that he screwed up and bought the ticket under his name, he would be richer and everyone who played would be screwed out of their money.
Makes you wonder how many of these succeed without being found out.
My wifes car has headlights that turn with the steering wheel.
Those aren't smart headlights. Quite dumb actually.
Just fucking stop trying to make things so smart, you're being really stupid.
This tech doesn't sound ready for launch. But that doesn't mean they should stop trying to make them smart enough for us to use. Maybe they would succeed and you might actually like the result.
Value is always in the eye of the beholder. The only reason a product sells for $X is because the seller believes the value of the product is at least $S, the buyer values it at no more than $B, and $S < $X < $B.
Again... if the buyer is willing to pay $X, then the object is more valuable to the buyer than $X. $X adjusts up as demand increases, and down as supply increases.
by the way public general perception of value is a 10% markup, no more
[citation needed]
If you pay me $50 for a bullet-proof phone case, then you value that case to be at least worth $50. It doesn't matter if it cost me 10 cents to make or $49.90. But you have an advantage even at 10 cents... competition will probably enter the market and push the price down.
Buyers determine their value for an item. The amount of markup doesn't matter for value, only for price, and so long as the item is valued by the buyer at greater than the price, the sale is made. No 10% or whatever ideal you seem to have.
I don't think they've said, but a few articles have suggested there will be one unified store. That could indicate there will only be one developer license.
Actually most lunar space elevator designs I've seen have space elevators anchored at both the lunar equator and a pole, with cargo traveling to and from the pole.
Bad comparison. Windows 10 universal apps support responsive design, like many web apps (but with native speed and access to device/platform capabilities).
Java apps, as it appears, didn't support any kind of design.
...just because I happened to look this up last week.
To the naked eye, Pluto at our current distance is approximately the same size as a herpes simplex virus on a smart phone (assuming average viewing distance).
Was 20 years not enough for you to template the production of a new library, introduce DSLs, make your shit data-driven, and design it around sensible layers?
Just how long has your company paid you to maintain that Windows 3.1 app?
Now it talks about Universal Apps. But it is only Universal "Windows" Apps.
Actually they are called Universal Windows Platform apps. Everybody abbreviates it to universal apps, but at no time has Microsoft pretended to support any non-Windows OS.
The "universal" part is describing device categories. UWP apps will run on any Windows 10 device, including Raspberry Pi and other IoT devices, phones, tablets, business desktops, gaming PCs, Xbox One, Surface Hub, and HoloLens.
(They actually are supporting Linux and Mac with the newest ASP.NET, and even open sourced .NET Core which also runs cross-platform.)
Windows 10 Mobile edition will be released later this year. Universal apps will run on any device that is running any flavor of Windows 10.
A business that knowingly makes false claims should be punished severely. Misleading the buyer into purchasing something other than what they think they are purchasing is lying and should not be tolerated.
But if the advertiser is being completely truthful, then there is no harm.
(whether it is good value or you are being ripped off with inflated profit margins)
If the buyer believes it is better to have the product than it is to keep the money in his wallet, then by definition it is a good value.
And if the buyer doesn't want to do his homework before paying twice as much for the same product at another store, then that's also within his rights. It's within the rights of the store selling the product for less money to advertise that fact.
If you want to part with your money in exchange for a good, service, or combination... then that's your right.
Also you can't compare kids going to the ice cream truck. Often they aren't spending their own money, but someone else's. They might consider differently if they have to spend their own money while saving up for the expensive toy they've really wanted for a long time.
You've probably made thousands of decisions that have been very subtly manipulated by corporations, without you ever even knowing. IMO that is the reason why advertising is morally reprehensible. It's manipulative mass mind control.
Still, you only buy something if you believe it is worth the money. No ad holds a gun to your head and forces you to make a purchase. They only suggest that something is worth purchasing or that their brand is better than the competition... you ultimately make the decision what to buy, and most importantly, whether to buy it in the first place.
If you have a problem purchasing something that you don't really find valuable, then that's only saying something about you. An alcoholic can't blame bars for existing; a shopaholic can't blame companies for promoting their products.
I don't see how Apple's model is relevant to what I wrote. Apple policies do not allow sideloading apps onto iOS (other than a company distributing apps to its employees).
Microsoft allows sideloading in Windows 10. That's the difference. You keep all the money, but you have to provide distribution (such as a website to download the app).
Regardless of all of that... 30% is well worth it to put your app in the store and make it more visible.
It could be useful in any context where voice control is preferred over touch, like to set a reminder or get information while driving.
I am aware of that. I wasn't talking about discussion of illegal activity but rather inciting it. Violence would of course fit under that, but so would things like posting your ex's credit card info and SSN and other personal data for others to abuse.
I'd say it's more generally about whether the content is illegal or incites illegal activity.
Because of the Paypal link in the video description.
The best code is self-documenting code. You start there, and then add comments.
Let's not compare them as if they are even a hint of the same thing. AOL was a dial-up ISP and died because of broadband. The only way Facebook will die is if something significantly more desirable comes along to replace it.