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by wvenable 3y ago
If you use a term like "Virtual Reality" to describe things it eventually just becomes what people describe. Everybody knows what a VR headset is now. Everyone knows what VR is now. That is VR. The allusion is completely gon
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by wvenable 3y ago
Is that what the majority of Vision Pro users are doing in VR? Projecting flat monitors around.
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by wvenable 3y ago
Seems like without some kind of software revenue sharing model it doesn't make sense. These things are consoles -- sold a cost or below cost in order to make it back on software sales.
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by wvenable 3y ago
Migrate to the cloud has specific meanings. How would you even adequately define it using "outsourcing"? That's just one part of it.
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by wvenable 3y ago
C# has both switch expressions like this and also break statements are not optional in traditional switch statements so it actually solves both problems. You can't get too clever with switch statements in C#. However most languages ha
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by wvenable 3y ago
"outsourcing" is a broad term. Building your widgets in China is also outsourcing.
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by wvenable 3y ago
In my opinion, the only things that really matter are algorithmic complexity and readability. And even algorithmic complexity is usually only an issue a certain scales. Whether or not an 'if' is faster than a 'switch'
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by wvenable 3y ago
> But why is virtual reality associated with small screens and head tracking? Because it's supposed to simulate reality -- and it does a great job of it. Everquest on a CRT doesn't simulate reality; it's nothing like real
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by wvenable 3y ago
What the hell is "cloud computing"? What is "big data"? What is the "Internet of Things" or "SaaS" or "SEO"? For that matter what is "agile development"? Just use words to descr
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by wvenable 3y ago
Where VR shines, in my opinion, is in fitness. Where the goal is ultimately to move around in a gamified way. That's effectively how I use my Quest 2 and I'm not alone. Recently I've been trying to increase my table tennis
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by wvenable 3y ago
> but ultimately if more jobs are created than are lost For people who believe more jobs are created, it seems like they rely in chaos theory or something. They can't see how or where these new jobs will be created or how automatio
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by wvenable 3y ago
> It might be tiny but this saving was then passed on to every downstream purchaser of the widgets who, with that left over money .... could employ someone else to do something. So a company used technology to automate someone out of a j
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by wvenable 3y ago
AI is making art, books, poetry, music, software, and movies but I'm still here folding my own laundry.
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by wvenable 3y ago
As a software developer, I've personally eliminated many jobs. Software was eliminated entire classes of jobs. Almost all investment in technology by businesses is about cost reduction and the number one cost is labour. I think we&#x
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by wvenable 3y ago
I use the expandable storage on my tablet pretty much only when I travel. Then it's loaded with movies and TV shows.
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by wvenable 3y ago
I specifically hide the Alarm, Volume, Battery (I show percentage), NFC, and Bluetooth icons.
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by wvenable 3y ago
I have a few Samsung Android devices and I mention them specifically because of all the crazy stuff than Samsung brings to Android. For audio: * Have different volumes for different app * Have one app play its sound on your phone and anothe
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by wvenable 3y ago
https://www.minitool.com/news/how-to-deactivate-windows-10-1... slmgr /upk slmgr /cpky I was extra paranoid and make sure I copied the license key somewhere, etc. I can't remember if I had
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by wvenable 3y ago
That's weird I have not experienced that issue. Alexa is pretty responsive for all my queries. I use it every day but mostly just for setting kitchen timers.
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by wvenable 3y ago
Are they really worse or we just so used to the product now that its small mistakes are more noticeable?
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by wvenable 3y ago
Using my MS account is actually how I transferred my Windows Pro license. I unlicensed my old PC and then logged in on the new PC and licensed it there. (It was also originally a Windows 7 Pro license that I've moved through 4 differe
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by wvenable 3y ago
> so why are we even bothering with this BS and just not using another service? Because the venues are locked into exclusive contracts with Ticketmaster. This is why them being a monopoly is bad. Many bands in the 90s attempted to work
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by wvenable 3y ago
A signature is merely evidence. It's neither sufficient or necessary for agreements. It just happens to be very strong evidence so we tend to think of it as the absolute sign of agreement but legally that isn't the case.
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by wvenable 3y ago
With v1 being basically DOA -- and not just for software reasons but fundamental design and cost reasons -- I doubt we will ever see a version 2 from Humane. What will see, eventually, is similar devices from other companies that are not tr
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by wvenable 3y ago
I just got myself an HP 200LX and it's pretty nostalgic. I've installed a bunch of DOS development tools on it. I have a 256MB compact flash card which is 10x larger than the harddrive in my first PC. I have other palmtops and P
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by wvenable 3y ago
Ugh I feel old.
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by wvenable 3y ago
Yeah this needs to be met with invalidation of patents. If the government mandates something, it has to be possible without patent infringement.
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by wvenable 3y ago
If only we could build some really dense buildings just for tourists to rent with just individual rooms (with bathrooms), a little fridge maybe, and some amenities like pools and gyms. Imagine how much of this problem that would solve.
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by wvenable 3y ago
ARM64EC is one of Microsoft's mediation to this. It allows incremental porting of applications to ARM.
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by wvenable 3y ago
Microsoft sabotaged their ARM ecosystem decades ago with their restrictive policies. The reality is that getting most Windows applications to run on ARM will be as simple as a re-compile. If Windows on ARM is unsuccessful it won't be

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