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871.
by mark-r 6y ago
I wonder how working at Microsoft will turn out different than working at Google did?
872.
by mark-r 6y ago
If what you say is correct, Intel appears to be a generation and a half behind right now. Isn't that the kind of lead Intel used to have that made them untouchable?
873.
by mark-r 6y ago
So Apple will be shipping 5nm chips while Intel is barely able to produce 10nm? Must hurt to be Intel right now.
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by mark-r 6y ago
The question is one of revisionist history. Did the people writing of the event at the time recognize it for what it was? Or did a later transcription of the event substitute their current understanding and lose the confusion surrounding
875.
by mark-r 6y ago
Is "aurora" a term used at the time, or was it added later by people who thought they knew better?
876.
by mark-r 6y ago
I expected more than just a book review based on the title of the post. There was absolutely no evidence presented for the extraordinary claim made by the title.
877.
by mark-r 6y ago
No, it's because audiophiles know you can't apply digital compression and still retain musical accuracy. The initial bluetooth specs didn't have enough bandwidth for uncompressed audio, so they mandated a non-standard compre
878.
by mark-r 6y ago
My first digital camera was a Sony compact that would only take Sony Memory Sticks - one of those 12 slots you mentioned. I got tired of paying twice as much for half the memory of standard cards, so I made sure my next camera took SD. Kod
879.
by mark-r 6y ago
The I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis is the perfect example of this. A contributing factor in the collapse was the weight of the maintenance equipment they had on the bridge at the time.
880.
by mark-r 6y ago
They did manufacture cameras themselves, but it wasn't enough. Remember that Kodak was making money in film manufacturing, film processing, and printing. They were literally making money from every click of the shutter. Even if they
881.
by mark-r 6y ago
The savings in office cost are measurable, the lost productivity is not.
882.
by mark-r 6y ago
Efficiency is your problem, not that of the office designer. If they can show that they've squeezed 20% more people into the same number of square feet, they're golden. Laptops can be suspended rather than shut down, so maybe the
883.
by mark-r 6y ago
Kodak gets unfairly picked on. They built their business by taking a cut from every single picture taken. There was nothing in the digital camera model that could replicate that revenue stream.
884.
by mark-r 6y ago
Moore's Law was literally created at Intel. It's painful to see them stumble like this.
885.
by mark-r 6y ago
I visited New Zealand in 2000, and at one small roadside shop they gave us a small jar of Manuka honey for free. At the time I didn't realize there was anything special about it. But it did cement in my mind that New Zealand had the
886.
by mark-r 6y ago
Seems only fair, since they're working so hard to put the country's ethanol plants out of business.
887.
by mark-r 6y ago
Wouldn't it be better to come out with this AFTER they have self-driving perfected?
888.
by mark-r 6y ago
I had the same idea; a computer that is done with the task you've given it will run some do-nothing idle code that doesn't take appreciably less power than the task you gave it. The article did mention a case where the difference
889.
by mark-r 6y ago
I used to use graph paper too. Had to transcribe everything to a teletype that only had 72 columns.
890.
by mark-r 6y ago
The last house I lived in was torn down and rebuilt. The address changed from 311 to 313 in the process. I've always wondered if it was because they were tired of receiving my junkmail.
891.
by mark-r 6y ago
If that was important to him, he surely would have carried an ID.
892.
by mark-r 6y ago
My experience is that hardware companies are almost universally bad at software. I can only guess it's because the hardware guys are treated like rockstars and the software guys are treated like a necessary evil.
893.
by mark-r 6y ago
Most people wouldn't buy a printer if they charged proportionally to what they cost to build. The manufacturers universally rely on ink profits to make up the difference.
894.
by mark-r 6y ago
I thought it was a federal law, not some secret agreement. There's a reason your color printer always runs out of yellow ink first.
895.
by mark-r 6y ago
I had a Deskjet 722 I think? Worked flawlessly until one day the drive belt just shredded. Decided it was a total loss at that point.
896.
by mark-r 6y ago
No, inkjets are an inherently flawed technology. The nozzles dry out and clog up. If you use them infrequently, you'll use more ink for cleaning than you do for printing.
897.
by mark-r 6y ago
I wonder if that's why our Samsung color laser failed? Never used anything but genuine Samsung cartridges, but the blue cartridge developed a leak that we just couldn't get rid of. Replaced with a Canon B/W that has been ro
898.
by mark-r 6y ago
That's a perfect example of why Jon Skeet is untouchable in Stack Overflow reputation.
899.
by mark-r 6y ago
I'm a little disappointed that the mouse appears optimized for lefties. The port is on the left side and the cord is short enough that it will result in restricted movement if moved to the right of the keyboard.
900.
by mark-r 6y ago
Used to great effect in "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief".

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