And most enterprises don't really need the performance they think they do.......and if they DO need performance, they can afford to throw hardware at it. Outside of those rare instances, having a consistent development language makes it easier to use your devs across all projects instead of having a specialized group just for the performance needs.
When people around me are all stressing because of deadlines, I just remind them that unless they are in a couple of key industries (i.e. writing embedded systems for medical devices), no one is going to die if they are a couple of days late with a project.....work to meet the deadlines, but don't stress over them; it's only money.
An *that* is why I think JavaScript should be the first language that new devs learn. I agree it sucks as a language, but it is SOOOO accessible with plenty of examples (good and bad) online. But the barrier to entry is essentially nil. Almost any computer (and certainly any computer released since Windows 95) comes with everything you need to get started --- a text editor and a browser (and modern browsers also include developer tools).
It still made a really good showing by winning 3 (tied w/ Chrome) and the ones that it wasn't 1st or 2nd in seemed to be related to lack of codecs which will likely get updates soon since there was an article about them adding support for VP9 coming up.
Yes, I know. But Photoshop uses JavaScript as the scripting language. If GIMP implemented a like-for-like API, all of those Photoshop plugins would port over and people wouldn't complain that they couldn't use GIMP......it's the App argument for mobile phones (People think other platforms suck because it doesn't have certain apps.....which isn't the fault of the platform but the devs). People want their plugins and their plugins only exist in Photoshop, so they won't use GIMP.
You have an email and a password. You can probably access a lot of personal information from Facebook. Call in to various credit card companies and likely successfully answer the security questions. New card issued and sent to the address of your choosing. You can probably even send some gifts from Amazon and Best Buy.
And that's when anonymized data is no longer anonymized.
We only publish anonymized data......but you can query down to all white men, aged 24, born in Wisconsin, living in New York city, own an Apple MacBook Air, earn $60k/yr, graduated from NYU, has a degree in Marketing, etc.
If you can add enough data points, your set gets down to one person -- even though that data is anonymized.
Also, GIMP should implement a like-for-like JavaScript language so that you could easily port Photoshop plugins over to GIMP easily. That's one of the main reasons that GIMP isn't a viable alternative to Photoshop.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it as a potential "protocol". The Twitter API is fairly easy and a lot of libraries exist in a lot of languages. Imaging using Twitter DMs to have your IoT devices communicate directly with each other regardless of where they are (work, car, home, etc.). The 140 character limit shouldn't even be that limiting if you are just sending control commands.
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They are trying to set up two-factor authentication as part of the sign-up process. I'm all in favor of sites requiring TFA.....granted, I think they should have multiple options for the various factors.
Those other use cases you mention could be dealt with via communication with a central location. As soon as the road needs to be closed, broadcast the fact and the car will reroute based on updated "traffic" information.
Talk to the users about the problems. Talk to a User Experience designer about the features to solve those problems. Talk to a developer to implement those designs. Programmers are too analytical to solve the problem in a way that makes sense to the average user (which is why so many of the older programs were deemed difficult for lay people to use). User Experience designers do a lot of A/B testing to figure out what visual metaphors make sense to the users with guidance about what A and B can be from the developers. [I say this speaking as a developer, knowing my own limitations.]
All of the things mentioned by the parent can be done for $200 with the MS Band.....sure, it's not as pretty, but functionally, it's all there (and works on all platforms). Or you can do all of that with an Android watch for various different price points (but not necessarily on iOS).
I have the MS Band and I pretty much bought it just to be able to do what he mentioned --- have notifications on my wrist. Of course, I'm on Windows Phone and it was my only compatible options, otherwise, I likely would have picked one of the Android watches.
Sonia Kashuk loose powder -- they've resized the package (smaller) and increased the price twice and then finally changed the formulation that it isn't the same product
She's had to change deodorants a couple of different times
Most of her favorite shows get cancelled early
A lot of household goods, but I don't remember them all. It's not all about the electronics.
The Streak was mocked as a phablet and yet here we are.....5" phones are common.
But I recognize that Windows Phone won't be besting iOS or Android any time soon.....I just want it to be big enough that I don't have to worry about it being killed off any time soon......
My wife has terrible luck with products and she is *NOT* a hipster by any means. She's very particular about things and many of them get cancelled causing yet another search. But I suspect it's her particularities that don't match what people commonly want that leads to their demise (for instance she has a big issue with scents, so finding unscented make-up is important for her --- other people probably don't care and have other priorities).
Which is why I'm so surprised that people hated on Win8 as much as they did. It's not Vista bad....it's just different than what people are used to. And a few tweaks to make the Desktop the default and thinking of the Start Screen as a full-screen Start Menu and it really is better than Windows 7.
Actually, changing the tires isn't voluntary --- at least not in my state. You'll fail the state safety inspection if you don't change them when they get to the wear bars.
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And most enterprises don't really need the performance they think they do.......and if they DO need performance, they can afford to throw hardware at it. Outside of those rare instances, having a consistent development language makes it easier to use your devs across all projects instead of having a specialized group just for the performance needs.
When people around me are all stressing because of deadlines, I just remind them that unless they are in a couple of key industries (i.e. writing embedded systems for medical devices), no one is going to die if they are a couple of days late with a project.....work to meet the deadlines, but don't stress over them; it's only money.
An *that* is why I think JavaScript should be the first language that new devs learn. I agree it sucks as a language, but it is SOOOO accessible with plenty of examples (good and bad) online. But the barrier to entry is essentially nil. Almost any computer (and certainly any computer released since Windows 95) comes with everything you need to get started --- a text editor and a browser (and modern browsers also include developer tools).
I'll take my offtopic mod back to my cave, now.
It still made a really good showing by winning 3 (tied w/ Chrome) and the ones that it wasn't 1st or 2nd in seemed to be related to lack of codecs which will likely get updates soon since there was an article about them adding support for VP9 coming up.
Yes, I know. But Photoshop uses JavaScript as the scripting language. If GIMP implemented a like-for-like API, all of those Photoshop plugins would port over and people wouldn't complain that they couldn't use GIMP......it's the App argument for mobile phones (People think other platforms suck because it doesn't have certain apps.....which isn't the fault of the platform but the devs). People want their plugins and their plugins only exist in Photoshop, so they won't use GIMP.
You have an email and a password. You can probably access a lot of personal information from Facebook. Call in to various credit card companies and likely successfully answer the security questions. New card issued and sent to the address of your choosing. You can probably even send some gifts from Amazon and Best Buy.
And that's when anonymized data is no longer anonymized.
We only publish anonymized data......but you can query down to all white men, aged 24, born in Wisconsin, living in New York city, own an Apple MacBook Air, earn $60k/yr, graduated from NYU, has a degree in Marketing, etc.
If you can add enough data points, your set gets down to one person -- even though that data is anonymized.
Also, GIMP should implement a like-for-like JavaScript language so that you could easily port Photoshop plugins over to GIMP easily. That's one of the main reasons that GIMP isn't a viable alternative to Photoshop.
Even the Kindle Fire can side-load APKs (assuming they support the right version of Android) which would allow you to read the PD books.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it as a potential "protocol". The Twitter API is fairly easy and a lot of libraries exist in a lot of languages. Imaging using Twitter DMs to have your IoT devices communicate directly with each other regardless of where they are (work, car, home, etc.). The 140 character limit shouldn't even be that limiting if you are just sending control commands.
They are trying to set up two-factor authentication as part of the sign-up process. I'm all in favor of sites requiring TFA.....granted, I think they should have multiple options for the various factors.
Those other use cases you mention could be dealt with via communication with a central location. As soon as the road needs to be closed, broadcast the fact and the car will reroute based on updated "traffic" information.
It was probably buried in the TOS that you agreed to when you connected to the hotspot.......
There was an article recently that showed that HTML5+CSS3 was Turing complete. http://lemire.me/blog/archives...
Which qualifies them (together) as a real language.
Planned FUD post was supposed to be scheduled for next Tuesday but the author doesn't know how to use Buffer App or WordPress. :D
Talk to the users about the problems. Talk to a User Experience designer about the features to solve those problems. Talk to a developer to implement those designs. Programmers are too analytical to solve the problem in a way that makes sense to the average user (which is why so many of the older programs were deemed difficult for lay people to use). User Experience designers do a lot of A/B testing to figure out what visual metaphors make sense to the users with guidance about what A and B can be from the developers. [I say this speaking as a developer, knowing my own limitations.]
All of the things mentioned by the parent can be done for $200 with the MS Band.....sure, it's not as pretty, but functionally, it's all there (and works on all platforms). Or you can do all of that with an Android watch for various different price points (but not necessarily on iOS).
I have the MS Band and I pretty much bought it just to be able to do what he mentioned --- have notifications on my wrist. Of course, I'm on Windows Phone and it was my only compatible options, otherwise, I likely would have picked one of the Android watches.
Sonia Kashuk loose powder -- they've resized the package (smaller) and increased the price twice and then finally changed the formulation that it isn't the same product
She's had to change deodorants a couple of different times
Most of her favorite shows get cancelled early
A lot of household goods, but I don't remember them all. It's not all about the electronics.
The Streak was mocked as a phablet and yet here we are.....5" phones are common.
But I recognize that Windows Phone won't be besting iOS or Android any time soon.....I just want it to be big enough that I don't have to worry about it being killed off any time soon......
Yep. I love mine, but the general populous hasn't bought in........I don't know if Windows 10 will help the situation, but I'm still hopeful.
You'd think that Slashdot editors would try to include that kind of link in the summary as if there's anything worth reading it's the source itself.
I've been here a few years....I wouldn't think that at all.
My wife has terrible luck with products and she is *NOT* a hipster by any means. She's very particular about things and many of them get cancelled causing yet another search. But I suspect it's her particularities that don't match what people commonly want that leads to their demise (for instance she has a big issue with scents, so finding unscented make-up is important for her --- other people probably don't care and have other priorities).
I thought it was AmigaOS/AmigaDOS or NextStep.
Which is why I'm so surprised that people hated on Win8 as much as they did. It's not Vista bad....it's just different than what people are used to. And a few tweaks to make the Desktop the default and thinking of the Start Screen as a full-screen Start Menu and it really is better than Windows 7.
Just go to Krispy Kreme and get your free hot one off the conveyor belt.
Actually, changing the tires isn't voluntary --- at least not in my state. You'll fail the state safety inspection if you don't change them when they get to the wear bars.