Comment Theft (Score 1) 44
You know back in my day *shakes cane* they used to call this stealing.
Comment O RLY? (Score 0) 52
I know it's like super boring and stuff, but could we figure out how to live on this planet and maybe feed most of the people on it first?
Sorry for the interruption. Back to serving my tech overlords.
Comment Re:The Truly Old Folks (Score 0) 121
I usually quote fairy tales when discussing factual records too. Really gets the point across.
Comment Re: Tim Cook can fuck off (Score 5, Insightful) 358
This horseshit has got to go. You know what else "just works"? Every Android I've had for the last 10 years, including my father's, my mother's, my kids. Better features, great apps, MUCH better pricepoint for what I've needed.
Comment Disappointed (Score 1) 46
As a non-MS nerd (as a term of endearment), I am disappointed by the lack of sensual power toys in this article.
Comment Pull 'em up (Score 1) 277
Foreign companies. We should bail them out no more than a sweatshop located in Costa Rica.
"Bootstraps" for the cruise ship industry.
Comment Xbox Ultimate Game Pass (Score 1) 117
$1 for the first month, available now.
Just sayin'...
Comment Re:$1300/year (Score 1) 59
It's more like $3000 per year. I didn't dig any further than the aggregate "Entertainment" average but I'm sure digging in you could find out what exactly goes into that number for expenses.
https://www.bls.gov/news.relea...
Comment Re: What are they up to? (Score 2) 101
There is no difference. If you've had your head stuck in the Apple ecosystem, then Apple introduces widespread features/services it seems revolutionary. Other consumers are left with the emptiness of feeling "meh" about this amazing Apple development that was "not designed by a bank."
Comment "Save Consumers" means "Increased Margins" (Score 1) 96
Barring discussion of reliability, latency, etc. Reduced cost to provide service almost never means reduced costs to consumers. It's universally just more money for an existing provider or higher margin business for a new provider.
Comment Good ol' days (Score 2) 80
Remember the good ol' days when products were designed because there was a need in the market for a feature or a solution?
Get off my lawn!
Submission + - Global HDD Shipments declined by 18% (tomshardware.com)
Suren Enfiajyan writes: HDD shipments are continuing to decline. This is about all major HDD vendors with WDC with the most decline — 26.1% against 11.3% (Toshiba) and 14.4% (Seagate).
Desktop HDD shipments are said to have fallen to just 24.5 million units, a drop of nearly 4 million units from the previous quarter. Laptop HDD shipments dropped more than 6 million units to hit the 37 million mark. Enterprise HDDs are said to have rebounded by nearly 1 million units, however, to around 11.5 million hard drives purchased in the quarter. Business customers essentially picked up the slack left by consumers.
These shipments were likely affected by many factors. But there's also the simple fact that most people want SSDs instead of HDDs for most of their devices. Nobody wants to wait for their system to boot, their files to load, or their apps to finish routine tasks. As SSDs become more affordable, especially high-capacity offerings that rival consumer HDDs. The spinning discs will go from must-haves to must-avoids.
Eventually, the same thing will happen to SSDs. We've already seen microSD cards grow in capacity, with Micron and Western Digital revealing 1TB options in February, while also improving performance to rival that of SSDs. Right now those SD cards are too expensive for most people, but eventually, they could become the storage medium of choice. (Especially for people who value the ability to transfer data between devices easily.)
Desktop HDD shipments are said to have fallen to just 24.5 million units, a drop of nearly 4 million units from the previous quarter. Laptop HDD shipments dropped more than 6 million units to hit the 37 million mark. Enterprise HDDs are said to have rebounded by nearly 1 million units, however, to around 11.5 million hard drives purchased in the quarter. Business customers essentially picked up the slack left by consumers.
These shipments were likely affected by many factors. But there's also the simple fact that most people want SSDs instead of HDDs for most of their devices. Nobody wants to wait for their system to boot, their files to load, or their apps to finish routine tasks. As SSDs become more affordable, especially high-capacity offerings that rival consumer HDDs. The spinning discs will go from must-haves to must-avoids.
Eventually, the same thing will happen to SSDs. We've already seen microSD cards grow in capacity, with Micron and Western Digital revealing 1TB options in February, while also improving performance to rival that of SSDs. Right now those SD cards are too expensive for most people, but eventually, they could become the storage medium of choice. (Especially for people who value the ability to transfer data between devices easily.)
Submission + - Global Attention Span Is Narrowing and Trends Don't Last As Long, Study Reveals (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader writes: It’s just as you suspected; the information age has changed the general attention span. A recently published study from researchers at the Technical University of Denmark suggests the collective global attention span is narrowing due to the amount of information that is presented to the public. Released on Monday in the scientific journal Nature Communications, the study shows people now have more things to focus on – but often focus on things for short periods of time.
The researchers studied several modes of media attention, gathered from several different sources, including (but not limited to): the past 40 years in movie ticket sales; Google books for 100 years; and more modernly, 2013 to 2016 Twitter data; 2010 to 2018 Google Trends; 2010 to 2015 Reddit trends; and 2012 to 2017 Wikipedia attention time. The researchers then created a mathematical model to predict three factors: the “hotness” of the topic, its progression throughout time in the public sphere and the desire for a new topic, said Dr Philipp Hövel, an applied mathematics professor of University College Cork in Ireland. The empirical data found periods where topics would sharply capture widespread attention and promptly lose it just as quickly, except in the cases of publications like Wikipedia and scientific journals. For example, a 2013 Twitter global trend would last for an average of 17.5 hours, contrasted with a 2016 Twitter trend, which would last for only 11.9 hours.
The researchers studied several modes of media attention, gathered from several different sources, including (but not limited to): the past 40 years in movie ticket sales; Google books for 100 years; and more modernly, 2013 to 2016 Twitter data; 2010 to 2018 Google Trends; 2010 to 2015 Reddit trends; and 2012 to 2017 Wikipedia attention time. The researchers then created a mathematical model to predict three factors: the “hotness” of the topic, its progression throughout time in the public sphere and the desire for a new topic, said Dr Philipp Hövel, an applied mathematics professor of University College Cork in Ireland. The empirical data found periods where topics would sharply capture widespread attention and promptly lose it just as quickly, except in the cases of publications like Wikipedia and scientific journals. For example, a 2013 Twitter global trend would last for an average of 17.5 hours, contrasted with a 2016 Twitter trend, which would last for only 11.9 hours.
Submission + - First Japan-Built Airliner In 50 Years Takes On Boeing and Airbus (bloomberg.com)
An anonymous reader writes: More cities in Asia and Europe are seeking to link up with each other and the global air travel network. The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the first airliner built in Japan since the 1960s, began certification flights last month in Moses Lake, Washington, to satisfy that demand. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.’s new airliner is testing the skies just as rivals are moving to sell off their manufacturing operations for jets with up to 160 seats. Boeing is set to buy 80 percent of the Embraer SA’s commercial operations in a joint venture, while Bombardier last year sold control of its C Series airliner project to Airbus SE and is exploring “strategic options” for its regional-jet operations. At stake, particularly in the market for jets with fewer seats, is $135 billion in sales in the two decades through 2037, according to industry group Japan Aircraft Development Corp.
With few seats and smaller fuselages, regional jets are a different class of aircraft from larger narrow-body planes such as Boeing’s 737 or Airbus’s A320. The MRJ has a range of about 2,000 miles, while a smaller variant can haul up to 76 people for about the same distance. A longtime supplier of aircraft components to Boeing, Mitsubishi Heavy is developing the MRJ to emerge from its customer’s shadow. After spending at least $2 billion over more than a decade, the manufacturer is looking to get its jet certified and start deliveries to launch partner ANA Holdings. Mitsubishi expects to have the plane ready for customers next year, a timetable that will test the company, said Mitsubishi Aircraft President Hisakazu Mizutani.
With few seats and smaller fuselages, regional jets are a different class of aircraft from larger narrow-body planes such as Boeing’s 737 or Airbus’s A320. The MRJ has a range of about 2,000 miles, while a smaller variant can haul up to 76 people for about the same distance. A longtime supplier of aircraft components to Boeing, Mitsubishi Heavy is developing the MRJ to emerge from its customer’s shadow. After spending at least $2 billion over more than a decade, the manufacturer is looking to get its jet certified and start deliveries to launch partner ANA Holdings. Mitsubishi expects to have the plane ready for customers next year, a timetable that will test the company, said Mitsubishi Aircraft President Hisakazu Mizutani.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Good chairs for developers?
AmiMoJo writes: It's time to buy a new chair so I'm turning to Slashdot for recommendations. The Herman Miller Aeron seems to be the go-to, much like the Model M for keyboards, but I've heard that there are some other good options on the market.
I need something that is comfortable and durable — too many chairs get squeaky and loose because I can't sit still and keep shifting my weight around. Many are difficult to maintain as well, e.g. the screws attacking the back are often under plastic attached with very stiff clips so you can't easily give them a quick tighten.
What does Slashdot recommend for my posterior?
I need something that is comfortable and durable — too many chairs get squeaky and loose because I can't sit still and keep shifting my weight around. Many are difficult to maintain as well, e.g. the screws attacking the back are often under plastic attached with very stiff clips so you can't easily give them a quick tighten.
What does Slashdot recommend for my posterior?
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