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Comment Re:Stereo Lithography (Score 1) 40

machine shops are already starting to have them..

stereolitography is still used. fdm is used for the home printers because it's simple and not messy, no powders or shit.

the 3d metal deposition, sintering etc techniques are under constant research. still a lot of troubles with internal stresses twisting the parts etc.

Comment Re:Handset makers will be thrilled. (Score 3, Informative) 27

it's just a total bullshit line.

next gen exynos is likely to have lte on die too.

what the article submitter did not understand is this: the fabbing business is ran as a separate business and doesn't have ties like that.

the submission "insightful" trying text is even more stupid due to the fact that samsung has been using snapdragons on some phones for YEARS!

Comment Re:Money. Root. Evil. (Score 1) 350

fm radio is a lot easier than dvb-t or whatever. or the mobile dvb that was tried and killed off already. seriously, nokia had model(s) with digital tv ages ago.

even analogue tv is much easier and cheaper. that's why all those chinese clone-fake-gsm-2-sim phones have analog tv support.

what the fm radio needs is couple of traces and a cap on the board.. even if you put an extra chip on there it would be easy and cheap to do. people just don't use the fm receive functionalities in the phones that have them so people don't give a shit. tons of cheapo nokias had fm-receive for 10+ years now. it's just a 20 cent functionality.

nobody just gives a shit about fm radio when shopping for a new phone if the phone has enough gizmos to play spotify. that's just the way it is.

Comment Re:Ehhh What ? (Score 1) 157

but the result isn't known until you calculate it.

you could use all the energy in the world to calculate it and still not finish calculating the set. that's the how every reference to infinite would break the universe.. the definition is in this universe, BUT the results are not calculated unless someone calculates them.

comparing the result to complexity of the universe is a bit silly though since mandelbrot as a set you could zoom infinitely AND _never_ find an image of the universe or billy gatesy(though this is a bit harder to prove, but there is no reason to believe the set would start to produce such images when zoomed deep enough).

Comment Re:Ehhh What ? (Score 2) 157

math, as a set of rules and logical conclusions made from them, doesn't depend on the universe. that's whats magical about it. some alien force should come to same math conclusions, including mandelbrot set.

it's not "above" physical reality, it's more like parallel.

it's a real shame that the voyager doesn't include a mandelbrot set.

Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 170

I don't want to play NES games.

I want to play games like Ultima Underworld, System Shock and other innovative titles that had great stories, atmosphere and gameplay and felt alive.

Skyrim comes close but it doesn't really feel like 20 years of advancement to be honest.

the retro fad is.. well, it's lazy, from game design perspective almost as lazy as cod.

Comment Re:Real fight (Score 1) 179

this is just ridiculous.

BTW Microsoft already has android integrated maps, bing etc etc. In Asia you can still go to a shop and big a Nokia X - with microsoft services.

they did shut down their own sw marketplace and replaced it with operas now though iirc.

bottom line here is this: cyanogen mod guys can go fuck themselves and MS doesn't have a friggin clue what it wants to do(first shutting down their, bought from nokia, android development and then paying some other guys to do the exact same fucking thing).

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