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Comment Re: I really do not get it (Score 4, Informative) 69

Snap and flatpak are similar to docker in that they use containers to isolate things. The big difference is that they integrate with the desktop part of the system. In docker it isn't easy to show a GUI, access the system's sound, ... Docker is great for servers, snap and flatpak(and others) are competing for the Linux desktop

Comment Re:This won't end well (Score 1) 93

I know it is a joke, but Alexa's equipment people have at home is only a dumb terminal to Alexa's mainframe. Alexa is in AWS, so you can't kill it, and unless Alexa allows you to disconnect "her" from "your" equipment it would keep working even after you shot it.

Now, Cortana/GoogleHome/... will probably do exactly the same AND each one will have its own quirks. One will turn on, the other turn off, a third one will learn from the warring assistants and soon the city will be like a Christmas tree.

Submission + - The Chang'e-5 Recovery Team Wore Powered Exoskeletons (universetoday.com)

AmiMoJo writes: Other worlds aren’t the only difficult terrain personnel will have to traverse in humanity’s exploration of the solar system. There are some parts of our own planet that are inhospitable and hard to travel over. Inner Mongolia, a northern province of China, would certainly classify as one of those areas, especially in winter. But that’s exactly the terrain team members from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC) had to traverse on December 16th to retrieve lunar samples from the Chang’e-5 mission. What was even more unique is that they did it with the help of exoskeletons.

Strangely enough, the workers wearing the exoskeletons weren’t there to help with a difficult mountain ascent, or even pick up the payload of the lunar lander itself (which only weighed 2 kg). It was to set up a communications tent to connect the field team back to the main CASTC headquarters in Beijing.The exoskeletons were designed to help people carry approximately twice as much as they would be able to. Local state media described a single person carrying 50kg over 100m of the rough terrain without becoming tired. Setting up communications equipment isn’t all the exoskeletons are good for though. They were most recently used by Chinese military logistics and medical staff in the Himalayas, where the country has been facing down the Indian military over a disputed line of control.

Submission + - Firefox 79 Stable Wants Users to Test Unreleased Features Using Experiments

techtsp writes: Mozilla is bringing some noteworthy changes and features for Firefox users in the coming days. The company’s upcoming Firefox 79 release wants users to test experiments, which is similar to what Chromium-based web browsers like Chrome and Edge offer. Firefox 79, which is in the Nightly channel, has added a new option ‘Firefox Experiments.’ This option will allow users to enable/disable experimental features under Preferences. Mozilla already offers a glimpse of features one could test exclusively on Nightly. In fact, Mozilla has a dedicated Experimental Features page on MDN just for that. Now, extending some of these features to a stable release will take Mozilla’s experiments to a whole new level. Given the experimental nature of those features, they will not be enabled by default. Instead, users can decide if they wish to enable specific features by navigating to the ‘Firefox Experiments’ preference. Firefox Experiments will work similarly to how Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge allow users to try unreleased features via about:flags.

Comment Re:Energy only? (Score 1) 81

Well if every company and every person did the same Microsoft trying to do, 100% of the emissions would be accounted for.

On the other hand, if everybody did what you are suggesting, we would remove much more carbon than we generate. We would not be neutral, but negative.

Comment Re:They are coming for you tech people (Score 1) 115

What? You think that because these candidates are turning their sights on my industry, in a way that might hurt me personally, I'd no longer support them?

... as a high-earning tech person it will indeed harm me ...

Why are you so sure it would hurt you? I'm not sure it would even hurt Zuckerberg.

If you are the owner of a small company it may be difficult to hire for a while(more competition), but migration could solve that pretty easily

Comment Re: The media has power (Score 1) 115

Is it unrestricted speech? In the beginning Facebook would show you everything that your friends posted. That is not true anymore. Now they choose what to show you. As much as any other media company! You see what other people posted, sure. But not everything, just their selection of it.

I'm not saying I'm pro or against anything, just that what we have is not free and unrestricted speech in any way or form.

Comment Re:That's so easy to address (Score 1) 71

Another option similar to your (1) is to ask for all that replied(up to single digit repliers...) if it is ok to push the edit and if they want to maintain their answer

Yes, most posts would be kept as-is in the end, but people would at least stop complaining(myself included)

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