It took courage to release this thing. OK it's not quite right yet but they'll learn a lot about how stupid and clumsy people can be. The next model will be great.
If true, I think this can be good for the human race. Not to make us all the same, but to make us different. It's accepted that species with wider gene diversity are more resilient. OK some of us may die because of mistakes and wrongdoing but that happens every day in our society anyway - traffic accidents, crime, war etc.
As many posters have said, it doesn't matter that the curriculum is outdated. If you can get good grades it means you CAN study. Do you think study is now over? If you do then you are going nowhere. To keep relevant in a technical field you must study throughout your life. What (I hope) you've got now is a good foundation.
Having many controls that would be buttons in most cars on the touch screen is going to be a distraction for drivers. Even stuff like the headlight controls and windscreen wiper settings are on the screen, meaning you have to glance aside and hit a touch target with no tactile feedback.
What do the accident stats say? Do we have per-model data on at-fault crashes?
I like your posts normally, but in this case it's clear that you've never driven one. Best stick matters in which you're qualified.
As European, i say labor costs are the primary factor why repairs are often infeasible.
It's not like our salary is that high. It's all the added taxes - starting with sales tax (also on repairs and other services) and not ending with labor taxes.
To bring home a $15 salary a technician would have to charge at least $65 / hour. And that's excluding the costs he or she might have for the shop, shipping, components etc. In effect it means that even a small 20-minute repair on, say, a smartphone will put you down at least a $120.
Any repair that is labor intensive will be costly. Component costs are only a fraction of the repair costs. And it happens that repairs are inherently labor intensive. Fix the tax system and repairs would get more affordable. But that's not gonna happen anytime soon.
I don't disagree with you but consider: Often a large proportion of the repair cost is diagnosing the faulty part. I was repairing stuff in the 60s 70s and 80s when we fixed a lot. The fact was that failures weren't random - it was mostly the same parts that failed in any given piece of kit. That knowledge streamlined repairs enormously along with the "muscle memory" we developed for dismantling and reassembling.
I think this will add costs to the manufacturer so the prices will rise, but that just makes the kit more valuable and worth repairing. It's also more ecologically sound.
The shame of this is that there are some great minds in China who could probably develop a browser from scratch (with financial backing) but who are overshadowed by these plagiarists.
"In most names, the pronunciation of the last name is independent of the rst or middle names"
"So it makes sense to train a transliteration system on independent pairs of first names, last names, and so on."
I'm confused about the meaning of the sentences above. There seems to be an emphasis on last names. Now as an English speaker that sounds ok, but since this about multiple languages where often it's family name first, it doesn't seem to compute.
It beggars belief that any "power" relies on the software built by other "powers". Even the software from your "friends" is likely to have hidden exploits, because they will want to know what your plans are.
Before Twitter, if I disagreed with the company line I never would have considered getting a megaphone, inviting an interested crowd, and voicing my opinion to them. If I had done that, I'd have been fired. Why do people think they can use an immensely more powerful mouthpiece with impunity?
Except if they send the contract to the wrong guy! I didn't realise until the Monday morning when the -worst- of the bunch turned up. I almost died. Fortunately he at least had a brain, so by lunchtime told me the job wasn't for him.. phew.
Raspian is a great intro. I doubt a 10 year old will over stretch it (pun intended). I work a lot with Debian distros and find find I can seamlessly switch my thinking as they're so similar. If these kids do grow out of what's available for Raspian they'll discover that many of the deb ARM packages will work.
FTA: One ten-billionth of one degree. I'm assuming Kelvin.
You're assuming the "average temperature of space" is 1K? I believe in interstellar space it's closer to 3K and near earth it's much higher. So maybe a closer estimate is 8x10^-9K. Of course I could be wrong.. please correct me.
Why the hell they couldn't just type the number instead of wearing out everyone's 0 key?
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It took courage to release this thing. OK it's not quite right yet but they'll learn a lot about how stupid and clumsy people can be. The next model will be great.
Send your requirements to me, I'll design and manufacture these for you.
If true, I think this can be good for the human race. Not to make us all the same, but to make us different. It's accepted that species with wider gene diversity are more resilient. OK some of us may die because of mistakes and wrongdoing but that happens every day in our society anyway - traffic accidents, crime, war etc.
Sounds like an iterative function. Let's hope it never explodes.
As many posters have said, it doesn't matter that the curriculum is outdated. If you can get good grades it means you CAN study. Do you think study is now over? If you do then you are going nowhere. To keep relevant in a technical field you must study throughout your life. What (I hope) you've got now is a good foundation.
What goes around comes around.
Anything that relies on autocorrect is pretty much automatically a no-go for developers, mathematicians and such,...
Well said. Autocorrect's also hopeless for engineering-speak and non English names ie most of my family.
Having many controls that would be buttons in most cars on the touch screen is going to be a distraction for drivers. Even stuff like the headlight controls and windscreen wiper settings are on the screen, meaning you have to glance aside and hit a touch target with no tactile feedback.
What do the accident stats say? Do we have per-model data on at-fault crashes?
I like your posts normally, but in this case it's clear that you've never driven one. Best stick matters in which you're qualified.
I think this post deserves some up votes as informative.
And of course western countries don't bribe African countries to do their thing? No, we called it aid!
Shame there's not a Dutch astronaut aboard. You know, the kind with experience of putting their finger in dykes.
That would need further legislation, no equipment manufacturer will do it voluntarily.
As European, i say labor costs are the primary factor why repairs are often infeasible.
It's not like our salary is that high. It's all the added taxes - starting with sales tax (also on repairs and other services) and not ending with labor taxes.
To bring home a $15 salary a technician would have to charge at least $65 / hour. And that's excluding the costs he or she might have for the shop, shipping, components etc. In effect it means that even a small 20-minute repair on, say, a smartphone will put you down at least a $120.
Any repair that is labor intensive will be costly. Component costs are only a fraction of the repair costs. And it happens that repairs are inherently labor intensive. Fix the tax system and repairs would get more affordable. But that's not gonna happen anytime soon.
I don't disagree with you but consider: Often a large proportion of the repair cost is diagnosing the faulty part. I was repairing stuff in the 60s 70s and 80s when we fixed a lot. The fact was that failures weren't random - it was mostly the same parts that failed in any given piece of kit. That knowledge streamlined repairs enormously along with the "muscle memory" we developed for dismantling and reassembling.
I think this will add costs to the manufacturer so the prices will rise, but that just makes the kit more valuable and worth repairing. It's also more ecologically sound.
The shame of this is that there are some great minds in China who could probably develop a browser from scratch (with financial backing) but who are overshadowed by these plagiarists.
"So it makes sense to train a transliteration system on independent pairs of first names, last names, and so on."
I'm confused about the meaning of the sentences above. There seems to be an emphasis on last names. Now as an English speaker that sounds ok, but since this about multiple languages where often it's family name first, it doesn't seem to compute.
I'm 67 and check my smartphone about every 30 minutes, about twice as often as I think of sex. Imagine how often I would check if I were in my teens!
It beggars belief that any "power" relies on the software built by other "powers". Even the software from your "friends" is likely to have hidden exploits, because they will want to know what your plans are.
....cynical....
Didn't I read about it last month? No maybe the month before
Before Twitter, if I disagreed with the company line I never would have considered getting a megaphone, inviting an interested crowd, and voicing my opinion to them. If I had done that, I'd have been fired. Why do people think they can use an immensely more powerful mouthpiece with impunity?
Whatever it is now - just leave it alone, I'll adjust to it, permanently.
get yourself a secretary. worth every penny.
Except if they send the contract to the wrong guy! I didn't realise until the Monday morning when the -worst- of the bunch turned up. I almost died. Fortunately he at least had a brain, so by lunchtime told me the job wasn't for him.. phew.
Raspian is a great intro. I doubt a 10 year old will over stretch it (pun intended). I work a lot with Debian distros and find find I can seamlessly switch my thinking as they're so similar. If these kids do grow out of what's available for Raspian they'll discover that many of the deb ARM packages will work.
FTA: One ten-billionth of one degree. I'm assuming Kelvin.
You're assuming the "average temperature of space" is 1K? I believe in interstellar space it's closer to 3K and near earth it's much higher. So maybe a closer estimate is 8x10^-9K. Of course I could be wrong.. please correct me.
Why the hell they couldn't just type the number instead of wearing out everyone's 0 key?
The enemy of my enemy is my friend is a better analogy.
Who needs a analogy, the post is perfectly understandable.
Also any state worth it's salt has a range of weapons in its armoury. Pot, kettle, black.