Windows 11 is essentially a marketing term for the consolidation of all the updates they've rolled out up to a specific point in time, plus a deliberate update to the GUI, name, and TPM requirements - all rolled into the one convenient ISO.
Microsoft is a lying scumbag company. They lied about "Windows 10 being the last version ever."
"last Windows version" was meant to be the killing off of the radical release cycle they used to use, whereas now you get newer Windows 10.x kernals under the hood, and continuous development derived GUI on top. When there's sufficient changes to justify a new package of updates, they'll summarise up to a new release of Windows 10, called whatever is the flavour of the moment for naming conventions.
Go type "ver" at a Windows 11 command prompt and tell us what version OS you're running - mine says 10.0.261003.4652
It seems weird that MS aren't providing more differentiated UIs for different scenarios - they seemed on the right track with Windows Mobile and their tile interface then iterating to Windows 8 tablet interface, but stuffed up by trying to make that tiled interface the default UX for PCs and workstations as well.
Have been rewatching Marvel superhero movies with my kids recently, and how Stark interfaces with technology you'd think would be some targets for MS, Apple, and Google:
Context aware - typically visual data with minimal audio, lots of drill through capability. Eye tracking and highlighting whatever is focused on. Multi-input display aware GenAI that can answer questions about displayed or highlighted information. Ability to output to near-random output devices with a flick of the wrist.
For MS that means different UIs for different interfaces, with seamless and instantaneous transitions when you change the output device.
where almost nothing has been done to determine the long term environmental and climatic impact of large-scale, mass deployments?
You do realise small scale implementation is to gauge feasibility of these tidal-based generators, including environmental impact, as opposed to say, coal fueled generation plants, which have been spewing particulates and higher levels of CO2 into the air for several decades now?
When it comes to wind turbines, the numbers of birds impacted are blown waaaaay out of proportion.
Nor has any thought been expended on how taking energy out of the prevailing winds might prevent the prevailing winds from doing what prevailing winds are supposed to do.
Maybe not, however with the increasing temperatures caused through CO2 based climate change, any energy pulled from the atmosphere is probably decreasing the problems created by higher temperatures. In this case, wind turbines are doing double duty.
Theres zero reason for generations born in space to have any interest in the original goal set by people who may be long dead anyway.
If the goal is to find a new planet to call home I think that would resonate with a lot of the people on board a generational ship.
Assuming they dont go insane or suffer debilitating effects of space flight and all die young.
Yes, maintaining scholastic discipline when you know you're just part of a long chain of generations is probably the key problem after solving the closed ecology & space travel issues.
It makes great sci fi but ignores the reality of human nature both physical and emotional.
I haven't read any sci-fi where generational ships have worked completely as intended - it's essentially almost an accident that they arrive and can do anything at all mission related, mainly because the author acknowledges how difficult it would be.
Orrr you could build lots of renewable power today which is cheaper and way faster and doesn't require a time machine, but may cause damage to conservative feefees.
This seems to be the solution that China is taking, whereas the USA is reversing all the progress they were making along this path. I see it in my own state where the newly elected conservative government has decided that wind farms need to be cancelled but many other non-renewables projects can skip environmental regulations entirely.
Managed desktop admins should be able to curate what's updated and when, and this may also help with those annoying times where the manufacturer wants to use their "just compiled overnight' version for in-house training and expect it to be installed on managed PCs for that day's session.
Conversely, when others look at me, "new starter" should be marked so that they can introduce themselves.
Mind you, I'm also getting close to just not giving a shit about it all anymore, so I guess I have that going for me, which is nice.
Why would I want smart glasses? To take pictures to be a "content creator"? Give me a break. Could some please explain to me the value proposition here? Or is this just another example of companies desperate to push technology? It seems like a miss.
For me it would be to identify people around me and provide their name, how I know them (for those I rarely see), and any pertinent info that may be of interest for starting / continuing a conversation. Even with my direct work colleagues, there's something like 8+ kids that I'm trying to track names, approx age, and their occupation or year of school. Would also help with my nieces and nephews, where I will see them a few times per year but still ask the same leading questions each time. Oh I'm starting a new job soon, imagine that after every introduction the name, position, and responsibilities became available via these. This could work also when on a phone call, with relevant info showing on the screen. Socially these things would help massively.
There's the possibility they could highlight dangers, like a snake on a hiking trail that blends in for me - but not a pattern matching AI. Or perhaps it can hear a bear coming or the rattle on a rattlesnake, or use infrared to highlight someone walking on the side of the road in dark clothes at night
Maybe they'll help manual tasks by showing you the steps, or highlighting the part you're looking for on the table in front of you (LEGO for instance).
Law enforcement might be able to subpoena recorded video for any AI glasses that are near an unlawful event to help identify perps (probably most likely thing TBH).
The point is to inform them *before* the last class, so that they actually have time to come.
That's something the school should be doing rather than the student. The school has contact details for the parents and can (or should, my school can) send targeted SMS and email messages about things like this.
Support your local vendor where one exists. Everyone buying imported goods for 40 years already deprived that money from fellow citizens. It is unsustainable long term to keep buying everything from an outside source. It's one-way money pump and you are on the sucking end.
You export about 11% of your GDP and import ~15%, so you could consider that unsustainable. One thing though is that there's a massive difference between exporting say non-renewable raw materials like coal, crude oil, or metal ore, vs something intangible like culture (movies, music) or intellectual property (licensing) which can be copied indefinitely at essentially nil cost once produced.
Type louder, please.
