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Comment Representative samples (Score 1) 228

25% of American adults use "Do not track", but hey, non-geek Gizmodo visitors obviously have more trouble finding the "Do not track" option in their browser settings than the average American. So much for the credibility of the Forrester Research study. And for Gizmodo, wittingly distributing bogus research results.

Comment Surely a bad decision (Score 3, Insightful) 157

"We had the benefit [...] of knowing what our neural networks look like, and what they'll look like in the future,"

Really? If they take their neural network development seriously I don't think they know what their networks will look like in ten years. It's a research area in the middle of a transformation. Using architectures molded into hardware is probably just costly and will act as an antagonist to innovation. I don't think having 2000 vs 200 frames per second right now outweighs that downside.

Submission + - Should I ditch PHP? 2

Qbertino writes: I do PHP for a living. The problem I have is the classic catch-22: PHP is used at every streetcorner which accounts for an abundance of jobs and work to do. However, I'm growing increasingly frustrated with the ignorant and clueless in the vincinity of PHP. Crappy code and baaaaad application setups is one thing, but people refusing to fix them or simply not even understanding the broader implications of bad applications or attempting SEO with gadgets while refusing to fix 3.5 MB per pagecall are just minor tidbits in a history of increasingly unnerving run-ins with knuckledragers in the "web agency" camp. My strong suspicion is, that this also correlates directly with the prominence of server-side done with PHP in these teams. Will I leave the larger part of this backwards stuff behind if I move to another server-side PL such as Java or Kotlin for professional work in the broader web area? Do I have a chance to do quality work on quality projects using PHP or are those slim compare to other PLs? In short, should I ditch PHP?

Comment For sure someone who just upgraded to ubuntu 18.04 (Score 3, Insightful) 150

I hope 1M is enough to fix that mess. Successfully switching between user sessions is a matter of luck; Useful panel functionality is only provided through sometimes abandoned third party extensions; For anything other than the five-or-so options in the system settings you need to resort to something like a "tweak-tool"; Then there is the wildly unnecessary "swipe up screen" that get's in your way. All in all a very bad experience. I'm switching back to 16.04 for now.

Comment Re:Zero Cost ??? (Score 1) 49

I think what they actually mean is that the costs of hosting a website and a couple of pdfs should be provided for free either by public or private funds, just like providing, editing and reviewing the scientific content is done for free by the people who signed the open letter. I can't believe a fee of $30 per online article copy is in any sensible way proportional to the actual costs the publisher has to provide that article.

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