Comment Re:No RPi 4? (Score 2) 20
It's not on the 4 because there is a more official one coming for the 4:
Comment Australia did this weeks ago (Score 3, Informative) 23
https://github.com/AU-COVIDSaf...
I believe singapore did as well.
So this is great, but how is it unprecedented?
Comment Re:TLDR; Does it have a modem port? (Score 1) 77
The current xbox runs everything you mention, so I see no reason this one won't, especially since it's backwards compatible.
Comment Re:Wait (Score 1) 86
One local free clinic here in canberra, australia (population 400,000) has tested over 1000 people already.
All of the US has really only tested 10x that?
Comment Re:"Embraced" (Score 2) 88
Most of what you said is a bit silly.
- More servers in Azure run Linux than run Windows.
- Systemd is arguably a core piece of most linux systems, so calling it "not linux" is dishonest.
- The Android UI is not "linux" in the same way that KDE and Gnome are. It happens to run on linux but doesn't call into it and could run on anything with the android subsystems
- Samsung fully replaced the UI with their launcher and apps, including their own app store and browser.
- Microsoft has nothing to do with systemd, WSL *IS* linux (different from the old shitty unix tools for windows), Microsoft currently has no android phones out, and the phone they are releasing is a niche phone, but one that plays nicely in the android ecosystem.
Comment Re:Don't use Google's cloud (Score 1) 74
Hangouts, notebook, reader, google+, wave...
Comment Re: it would be sad if they left (Score 1) 74
That's no where near reality.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en...
Windows Virtual Desktop is a tiny tiny offering. Most of the Azure stack is now PaaS components you use for building applications (much as AWS). Even IaaS is only a tiny part of their offering.
What all there do you think is tied to 365?
Comment Re:French Nuns and miracles on The IDE on every de (Score 1) 217
Such as?
Comment Re:Because windows works well enough (Score 1) 966
Linux is a lot easier than that these days. TBH installing something like Linux Mint on a new machine is easier than installing Windows and much much quicker.
The DVD thing is a thing of the past and now with steam running a stack of games the barrier is much lower.
That said, the incentives just aren't there. Being able to close a window with a middle mouse click, or press f3 for a split filebrowser page aren't enough incentive.
Installing windows on a new machine is stupendously easy.
- plug in usb thumbdrive with installer on it
- boot
- answer about 5 questions
- done
GPU Accelerated Realtime Skin Smoothing Algorithms Make Actors Look Perfect 138
dryriver writes: A recent Guardian article about the need for actors and celebrities -- male and female -- to look their best in a high-definition media world ended on the note that several low-profile Los Angeles VFX outfits specialize in "beautifying actors" in movies, TV shows and video ads. They reportedly use a software named "Beauty Box," resulting in films and other motion content that are -- for lack of a better term -- "motion Photoshopped." After some investigating, it turns out that "Beauty Box" is a sophisticated CUDA and OpenGL accelerated skin-smoothing plugin for many popular video production software that not only smooths even terribly rough or wrinkly looking skin effectively, but also suppresses skin spots, blemishes, scars, acne or freckles in realtime, or near realtime, using the video processing capabilities of modern GPUs.
The product's short demo reel is here with a few examples. Everybody knows about photoshopped celebrities in an Instagram world, and in the print magazine world that came long before it, but far fewer people seem to realize that the near-perfect actor, celebrity, or model skin you see in high-budget productions is often the result of "digital makeup" -- if you were to stand next to the person being filmed in real life, you'd see far more ordinary or aged skin from the near-perfection that is visible on the big screen or little screen. The fact that the algorithms are realtime capable also means that they may already be being used for live television broadcasts without anyone noticing, particularly in HD and 4K resolution broadcasts. The question, as was the case with photoshopped magazine fashion models 25 years ago, is whether the technology creates an unrealistic expectation of having to have "perfectly smooth looking" skin to look attractive, particularly in people who are past their teenage years.
The product's short demo reel is here with a few examples. Everybody knows about photoshopped celebrities in an Instagram world, and in the print magazine world that came long before it, but far fewer people seem to realize that the near-perfect actor, celebrity, or model skin you see in high-budget productions is often the result of "digital makeup" -- if you were to stand next to the person being filmed in real life, you'd see far more ordinary or aged skin from the near-perfection that is visible on the big screen or little screen. The fact that the algorithms are realtime capable also means that they may already be being used for live television broadcasts without anyone noticing, particularly in HD and 4K resolution broadcasts. The question, as was the case with photoshopped magazine fashion models 25 years ago, is whether the technology creates an unrealistic expectation of having to have "perfectly smooth looking" skin to look attractive, particularly in people who are past their teenage years.
Comment Re:we can do one better (Score 1) 59
I've got 10 within 10 meters of my desk. They do exactly what they say they do (we use them in schools).
How is that vaporware?
Comment No sizable number of their customers care (Score 3, Interesting) 148
They are the second biggest phone manufacturer.
They shipped 150m phones in 2017 and are going to ship 200m phones in 2018.
XDA has a total of 6.6m users in total. Lets ignore that most of those users are inactive, and that most of them won't be about huawei phones. Lets also assume people buy a phone every 2 years.
That means that, in a completely ridiculous use case which we know is overblown, under %2 of their user base will be effected.
It's more likely well under %0.01 of their actual handsets.
Comment Re:A buddy of mine always questions (Score 1) 718
math majors? Really?
Comment Re:gotta love statistics (Score 5, Informative) 718
$7,017 is less than half the federal minimum wage. Clearly this "study" includes part time workers.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25/hr. I don't have my calculator handy, but I'm pretty sure $7.017 is not "less than half" of $7.25.
$7017.00 annually, not $7.017 per hour.
$7.25 * 40 hours per week * 52 weeks per year = $15080.00
$15080.00 / 2 = $7540.00
$7017.00 < $7540.00
So no, you are not that great at math.
Comment I don't know that apple consumers care (Score 1) 283
My wife and I are android people. We trade off upgrade years.
I got the Pixel 1.
She got the Pixel 2, no headphone jack. It took her 6 months to notice, because we haven't owned non-bluetooth headphones in years, apart from some "studio" ones I use when doing music and never go near a phone anyways (and have a 1/4" jack).
