Comment Linux isn't Mac. (Score 1) 105
I am sure I read this same (or similar) post
Desktop Linux has always been fine
Comment If that ain't lipstick on a pig ... (Score 1) 61
... nothing is.
Comment So, really, who cares???? (Score 1) 91
99.9999% of phone purchasers just want a phone that works (phone and camera) and that can run the apps they want to / already use. They don't care about the OS - unless they are already wedded to it hrough a related app store, cloud storage services / etc. So really, what's the point in this???
Comment ML & AI are not cognitive intelligence (Score 1) 217
This analysis is common knowledge for those who work in machine learning and AI. But given all the money flowing into businesses built around these technologies, the whole topic, and in particular words and phrases like "deep learning" and "cognition" get heavily overloaded / misused to exaggerate what is possible and to confuse discussion around those that are unlikely / difficult / impossible.
Yes you can train ML machines to do amazing pattern recognition. But it is still just pattern recognition: there is no cognition or understanding. None at all.
To know a technology well you really need to know what it is AND what it isn't. Otherwise it's easy to be fooled.
Comment Interesting idea, but what about the full impact? (Score 2, Insightful) 226
Seaweed is a key component of the ocean ecosystem, providing a safe environment - and indeed a source of food - for other sea life. Mass harvesting seaweed would impact this broader ecosystem, and in unknown ways. At the least it could hurt fisheries. It might be nice to understand this impact before 'seaweed farmers' go out and clear cut huge swaths of seaweed forests!
Dell Rugged Laptops Not Quite Tough Enough 225
An anonymous reader writes "Trusted Reviews has put the new Dell XFR rugged laptop through the grinder and it hasn't fared as well as expected. Considering that these guys drove a car over a Panasonic Toughbook, they went pretty easy on the Dell, but it still couldn't take the punishment. It looks like Dell still has a way to go to steal the ball from Panasonic when it comes to all terrain computing."
US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal 490
theodp writes "Many US colleges and universities have notices posted on their websites informing US companies that they're tax chumps if they hire students who are US citizens. 'In fact, a company may save money by hiring international students because the majority of them are exempt from Social Security (FICA) and Medicare tax requirements,' advises the taxpayer-supported University of Pittsburgh (pdf) as it makes the case against hiring its own US students. You'll find identical pitches made by the University of Delaware, the University of Cincinnati, Kansas State University, the University of Southern California, the University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, and other public colleges and universities. The same message is also echoed by private schools, such as John Hopkins University, Brown University, Rollins College and Loyola University Chicago."
Comment If you have a publisher, ask them. (Score 5, Informative) 325
If you have a publisher already lined up, ask them what they want. Most publishers already have copy editing / print production processes in place, and are very specific about what they want from authors (e.g. what formats for images and graphics, templates for your chapters (often Word), and a style guide for writing, how figures should be referenced, etc. You can then use whatever tools you want, provided they deliver what the publisher wants.
If you don't have a publisher lined up, try and keep your materials in generic and easy-to-changes formats, so you can pour them into whatever format your publisher wants.
Remember, production is all about the publisher - it is not about you.
If you are self publishing, there are lots of web-based self-publishing companies - and they too describe what you need to feed them.
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