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by blihp 6y ago
Considering we've been hearing that story for the last 5 years (and they have 10nm now, just apparently not at a volume/price point Intel is happy with), I wouldn't bet on 10nm turning things around for Intel. In the most op
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by blihp 6y ago
I believe Amazon was the (modern) prototype of this type of business plan.
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by blihp 6y ago
The game plan is pretty simple: use VC cash to quickly provide services everywhere and build market share, drive competitors out of business / acquire them, move to self-driving cars to the extent possible and eventually raise rates wh
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by blihp 6y ago
I suspect any future attempt/format may have a similar problem. Has anything changed re: Apple preferring to stick with MPEG LA endorsed formats?
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by blihp 6y ago
Unless you have something specific to point out / warn users about, why? It is what it is, and unless users contribute something back to make it better, it's cost them nothing. If they did contribute something back, then hopeful
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by blihp 6y ago
Not going to happen. This is an issue people have been raising for at least the better part of a decade... don't expect anything to change now. A more productive approach would be to focus on web browsers that allow you to do what you
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by blihp 6y ago
The hardware should be solid as of the CE release (Braveheart was essentially the Beta release), it's the software that's a work-in-progress since there really hasn't been a widely used (open) Linux handset until now. It soun
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by blihp 6y ago
That's definitely the one you want as it has some hardware fixes based on learning from the Braveheart version. It's just vanilla PinePhone hardware with the UBPorts logo on the enclosure and should be shipping later this month.
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by blihp 6y ago
Agreed... that was my point. Specifically, it doesn't matter who takes over or what the changes are, only that direction/priorities may change and be inconsistent with the intent of the original contributor.
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by blihp 6y ago
When it was written, there were no widespread GUIs. Standardized keyboard layouts on computers were just starting to be a thing. Many of its users were using terminals, not workstations or PCs. So they adopted, and probably more often in
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by blihp 6y ago
There's a world of difference between releasing contributions under the same copyright (i.e. if you're contributing to a GPL'd project, release your code under the same GPL license) and assigning copyright to the FSF. I thin
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by blihp 6y ago
Depends on the person, their interest and the textbook. I've read a few college textbooks over the years in areas I'm interested in. Some, I just read specific sections/chapters. Others, the whole thing. I don't gene
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by blihp 6y ago
Obviously not the only reason, but he appears to be a helpful ingredient in the mix with good things tending to happen with him around. No idea how much of it is due to his technical vs. management skill, but there definitely seems to be s
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by blihp 7y ago
Rather than knowing your program will work in the sense that a successful compile/execution will tell you, using formal verification you know your program will work in the sense that it will do what you want it to do. It's basica
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by blihp 7y ago
When you're working on a touch screen device without a keyboard.
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by blihp 7y ago
Based on a lifetime of anecdotal evidence and the application of logic and common sense. Not everything in this world requires citing references and applying the scientific method.
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by blihp 7y ago
The reality that many people buying it don't know how to cook, let alone bake. I'd bet that most of the people clearing out the baking aisles are doing so as an insurance policy (i.e. buy the raw materials now 'just in case&
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by blihp 7y ago
I think it's more a public service that happens to provide some publicity rather than the other way around. People want/need flour right now with various supply chain issues, and this mill can help produce some locally. Of cou
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by blihp 7y ago
It's more of a language/compiler thing than a hardware one. Hardware support for bit shifting exists on every processor I've ever used. The only real question from a performance standpoint is whether the language you are us
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by blihp 7y ago
I believe you are correct. I suspect a big part of Apple's increased popularity since moving to x86 has been the ability to run an alternate OS either via dual-boot or in a VM at native speeds. While it was possible to run Windows in
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by blihp 7y ago
Apple is arguably making some better design trade-offs. This is possible due to them making money on the whole computer/device, and not just the CPU as Intel/AMD/others need to do. So while the others are doing everything po
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by blihp 7y ago
Right. The assumption being that with schools being shut down they would see increased business as a result. However, that appears to not be the case. Combine that with an increasing number of their adult students having cash flow proble
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by blihp 7y ago
https://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/map-coronavirus... Just search on "schools shutting down for the rest of the year" and you'll find a bunch of sources. Of course it varies by state
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by blihp 7y ago
Because many schools aren't teaching via the web, they're closing for the year. Many (but not all) kids, without the threat of a failing grade, just aren't that interested in furthering their education.
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by blihp 7y ago
While I do appreciate Valve's support of Linux, it's hardly altruism: it gives them some room to negotiate with/pressure Microsoft. (i.e. while it would be painful to push even a fraction of their users over to it, it is an o
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by blihp 7y ago
In the 90's that situation was flipped: it was the desktop side that was stronger and the server side weaker. This was mainly because it was a bunch of hackers making the system they wanted for themselves. But then businesses started
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by blihp 7y ago
Not all... I remember my 540c running without a battery.
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by blihp 7y ago
It's worse than that: he was the ex-COO from Gateway (not Dell). They were essentially a Dell wannabe that was even more poorly run.
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by blihp 7y ago
It should be the production release. It is the 1.2 hardware rev which fixes the vast majority of issues with 1.1 (Braveheart). There were a couple 'nice to have' modem debug suggestions they didn't go with apparently becaus
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by blihp 7y ago
You misunderstand the current exercise. The only thing these stay at home policies are designed to do is keep the healthcare system from collapsing by slowing the spread of the virus. That's it since we are way past the point of havi

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