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Get a grip.
You lost interest in this project because the summary of the slashdot post decribed them as "hackers"?
FYI, a "hacker" is someone who finds uses for a technological item that were not intended/anticipated by the original inventor of that item. Not sure that really applies here, but it doesn't matter, because the wording chosen for a slashdot post summary should have zero impact on weather or not a project is interest-worthy.
It is most likely an RGB display, so its color gamut would be limited to what can be made out of those three wavelengths, and not anywhere close to 94% of "nature's true palette". Seriously, if Apple made that claim about a display, they would be a hundred posts by now mercilessly mocking them.
Often the problem is that the theremostat is not placed anywhere that makes sense.
One place I used to work, I discovered, through trial and error, that the temperature in one room was controlled by a thermostat in a totally disconnected workspace. Since the people in the workspace always wanted it warmer, the temperature in the disconnected room (which was basically sealed off behind a big thick locked door) would run away to 85 or 90, which would cause the temperature in the refrigerator in that room to go out of spec.
Fun times.
If the Many-worlds interpretation is correct, then it should be no surprise that we find ourselves existing in a world in which we have avoided an extinction catastrophe. If that outcome is sufficiently rare, then we should not expect to find any other advanced civilizations, because they will have all been eliminated by their own extinction events with high probability. Therefore, if there is a "Great Filter", and Many-worlds is true, then all advanced civilizations are isolated in their own private Everett branch.
Oh stuff a sock in it.
The cost for the infrastructural build out of basic telephone service, which is what the incumbent telcos are required to provide, was paid for decades ago and with significant taxpayer subsidies. None of the incumbents are required to provide universal internet service at all, let alone reasonably useful universal internet service, so your complaint is bull crap. Also, Comcast/Time Warner/Charter etc are not required to provide any level of universal service.
Re-read the GP. The claim is that when the opponent responds by playing scissors 50% and rock 50%, you will win 4/6 of the time when they play rock and you will lose 4/6 of the time when they play scissors, which makes it 50/50. The stronger claim is that the opponent can adjust to any consistent strategy that you choose, ultimately making it a 50/50 game.
It is you who have made the astounding claim that "scientifically" there are "three races of humans", so the burden is on you to cite your sources. Current science makes no such claim, and you should stop spouting off on things about which you have no clue.
High school biology class is hardly a definitive venue to learn about science that is more current than the 1950s.
Citation fucking needed
The beta interface doesn't make sense on any device.
I know Tesla doesn't want to have dealerships, but what if the talks had to do with some Apple Stores also becoming Tesla dealerships, at least in the states that are giving Tesla legal woes over selling directly to consumers?
Slashdot beta is a non-starter for me. Just a painful mess. I will not be using beta, and if classic goes away, I go away.
Apples SVP of Marketing indulged in a bit of uninformed hyperbole, surely this means Apple is doomed. DOOMED I tell you!
Every convention on a modern computer keyboard is there because of a gradual process of innovation. Some things are for the best, like the inverted "T" arrow layout, and some things are for the worse, like rubber dome membrane actuation, cylindrical keycaps, and pad printing.
There is plenty of good innovation from the DIY community, see deskthority.net (workshop section) for some great examples.
Cherry has a low profile mechanical switch, called Cherry ML, but even that would require a laptop to be significantly thicker than modern laptops typically are.
The problem with H-1B Visas is that they smell like indentured servitude. I say abolish them, and then create a visa program for skilled professionals that is not tied to a specific job or business sponsor. That way, the "guest worker" would have some actual bargening power and could change employers.
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. -- Nero Wolfe
