Quoting previous articles:
In Pictures: Ghana's e-waste magnet
E-waste at the Agbogbloshie dumpsite near Accra has created a socio-economic and environmental disaster.
Kevin McElvaney, 12 Feb 2014
Inside Ghana's electronic wasteland
Dangerous practice of burning electronic waste to extract metals could be made safely obsolete.
Chris Stein, 02 Nov 2013
Given that much more hidden spy cameras are available for far less than the $1500 cost of Glass, what will it take for general acceptance to finally take hold?
I think ordinary people won't buy spy cameras to take pictures of others, no matter how cheap they are (investigation and voyeurism are not ordinary).
As I noticed with cameras on phones and smartphones, some people took my picture without my consent, just because it was easy and available and inconspicuous (or they tought it was).
This may be the feelings those agressive people had: "Again! A gadget to have one photo taken without one being aware, neither asked." And this gadget is pushing it a bit too far.
Mr Stallman,
Do you have some projects unknown to the public that you would really like to gave birth to ?
We all know about GNU, is there something else you didn't had time to start or to finish that we are unaware of and that would really please you to see completed ?
This is one question, paraphrased.
Sitting at a stop sign with the car in "drive" is a driver error. His foot could slip off the brake and the car would move forwards, wither into traffic or into crossing pedestrians.
This is what we have things like neutral and handbrakes for. [...]
I know probably 90% of American drivers do this, but it's still not sensible or safe behaviour.
Well. Since we changed our car for one with a (for me unwanted) automatic transmission I also have this behavior...
Thanks to your post I'll try to change !
At home I always label AC adapters (chargers and power bricks) with the name of the device.
I use a marker on a piece of paper fully covered by transparent duct tape.
It turns out to be a very good habit, many times I've been glad to have done it.
I also add my name for the cell phone chargers, as they can be brought here and there in other places.
This isn't against thieves but to avoid that someone makes a mistage and tage mine, or just in case I forget it somewhere.
If I were afraid of being robbed by some people I have to be with, I would etch my name on the device and its parts.
Any steel spike do the job. On visible areas as well on concealed or internal spot of the device.
Global menus
Mac OS has been like this since System 1. And it makes sense; whatever you're doing, its menu is going to be in the same place. Fitts' law indicates that the most quickly accessed targets on any computer display are the four corners of the screen.
I've read the question 5 and its answers about global menu superiority.
I would like to emphasize this:
- I've been using Macintosh, Unix workstations, MS PC (DOS,Win3.1 up to Win8), Linux PC with various WM/Desktop, etc.
- Global menu was fine for me on Macintosh Classic 9-inch display, for any task.
- Global menu is painful and irritating on 24-inch display, for most of the creative tasks.
I suspect that this is not only a matter of how long the cursor travel though the screen, but also about how much you have to adjust your gaze on the area requiring your attention.
Fitts' law fails to address that point, even if you can do things quicker it might not be as productive if it's uncomfortable and tiring.
Regarding GUI, Apple has failed on several points with nowdays huge displays, for instance it tooks them years to allow window size adjustment on any border (instead of a tiny triangle on bottom right). The feature comes with Lion in 2011... That's a shame.
I've watched this video, it answers pretty well my questions, thank you. Other up to date videos have nice effects (eye candy).
As I have many unfinished games right now I'll add it to my steam list and stay on the lookout for sales
Thanks for sharing this.
Since it went on Steam 14 months ago i have 740+ hours on it.
Thank you for the warning !
At least it isn't online with other users and I guess we can save at any time.
May I ask the expert some questions ?
- How old children should be to enjoy the game ?
- To what other game would you compare this one ?
- What main skill would describe best the successful player ?
Regarding Linux kernel...
Is there a fear of some kind of fragmentation after Linus leadership ends ?
I'm not saying Linus will stop leading anytime soon, but this will happen one day for sure.
Maybe not a fear, but concerns,
1) Would you advise someone who enjoyed CivNet to go for Civilization 4 ?
2) Wold of Tanks: do you mean that you're playing it much more than a few days ? (and other MMO much less)
Other games I forgot to mention:
- Rayman, all games.
- Braid (puzzle plateform with time/dual ghost tricks
/.ers advice I quote:
- StarBound - It's like Terraria, but much better and available on all three platforms
Other games I look forward playing once discounted:
- X-Com
- Contrast
Games that would suit me:
- Some Civ Net good replacement and with standards up to date
Old games I remember, looking forward playing again
- Ascendency - I didn't finished it, some saved games are on floppy I think. DOS based.
The use of money is all the advantage there is to having money. -- B. Franklin
