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Comment Re:TypeScript? (Score 1) 65

Erlang is... weird. 15 years ago I wanted to learn a new and different language and I tried it but i could not wrap my brain around some of its constructs. Then I read a paper by a guy claiming that some things were impossible to do with Erlang (with examples in other languages) and since I didn't have any projects to do with it, i basically forgot all about it.

Comment Re:I wish it was corruption - it's bad management (Score 2) 73

Same job here. You put into words what I've been thinking. I find getting started on embedded projects with new boards increasingly difficult. I thought I was just getting old, but the documentation is hidden on download sites (and gigantic), applies to heaps of incompatible boards (spot the difference !), mixes payware (very $$$) solutions and open source (which the vendors won't support or even explain), the forums take a week to have a single barely related answer...

Comment Re:Windows and Linux both fine, its 3rd party driv (Score 1) 186

There are 5 Linux laptop at home. None crash. Except the one my wife uses, when she touches the screen. It just goes dark with a few bright pixels on the top line. Nothing in the logs. Last week I changed the inside screen cable... and the problem disappeared. Must have been some kind of short because the cable is twisted in weird ways in the hinges. So I don't think it was an OS problem !!!

Comment Re:Smart TV means accessing all your private data. (Score 1) 79

The best part about smart TVs is that they DO collect your data. This supplements the price of the TV and lets you get one for much cheaper. With the money you save you can buy a streaming device (Chromecase/AppleTV/Shield/etc), ideally using this device and never even connecting your TV to the network/wifi/internet. In the end you have a cheaper TV, and you have a platform that you choose (Apple/Roku/Google/etc), and your sharing less of your data.

Sadly while your logic sounds spot on, the reality is, that TV still does ACR (basically hashing each screen sometimes multiple times a second) and builds one hell of an accurate profile of everything you watch. Even if the source is HDMI. And it's still sold.

Food for thought, that HDMI cable to your dedicated device, it likely supports networking, so the TV has a path to the internet even if you don't connect an ethernet cable directly to it, or add in your wifi creds.

Comment Re:Sauron . . . (Score 1) 140

Ever read The Last Ringbearer ? It's the LOTR, but see from the loser side ("History is written by the winners"). And it shows the orcs as some kind of industrial society (aren't they ?) and the elves as some kind of lordly rulling class (aren't they ?). It twists things around in a way that can give you cold sweats...

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