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Comment Re:Makes sense (Real Time) (Score 1) 38

The aviation industry has been doing this for many decades and no doubt have pre-built solutions that could be adopted.
The medical equipment industry has similar software.
It's a matter of obtaining the intellectual property for the real-time OSs and such. The apps would be different but the underlying real-time kernel could be the same. The value of well-debugged real-time software would be high. But would management recognize that?
The old question, build or buy?

Comment Progressives are wrong choice. (Score 1) 464

Ask your optometrist for "Computer glasses". They know what they are:
  1. Wider field of view that doesn't change prescription going left to right or up and down. The whole screen in in focus and is clear at once. Also the other screen. So you can change what you're looking at by moving your eyes, not your head.
  2. Focused about an arm's length away. Not close like reading. And not "Distance". This is the key.
  3. Can be the upper half of visible-line bifocals, with the lower half a reading prescription.
  4. None of the shape-distortion that happens with progressive lenses, where straight lines can look curved.

This is especially important as you get older. Half the problem with elders failing to use computers is they can not read the screen. And be sure to keep your computer glasses near the computer, and don't wear them for driving, running, or even hiking. You may need a pair of "distance" glasses for that.

Your prescription may vary. If you're 18 years old with good vision, you don't need any glasses at all.

Comment Re:Hamas are Terrorists (Score 1) 402

  1. We don't have a good definition of "Terrorism" that is shared among us all, so the term becomes kicked around and abused. So I've stopped using it. By the way, the Hebrew word for terrorism does not involve the concept of terror or fear.

  2. The governments involved, including the PA, have come to believe in a "Two State Solution", but Hamas does not. And Hamas is in a position to threaten the success of any 2-state plan, by taking over the West Bank, and starting another war with Israel. I believe this is the reason that Hamas is being destroyed. I think this is why the PA and several Arab states are very muted in their criticism of Israel during this war: Hamas is their enemy too.

    If Israel does not destroy Hamas this time around, then my theory is probably wrong.

  3. Hamas never sought anything peacefully. The PA has engaged in diplomacy, but Hamas, not. The rest of your narrative is one-sided, propagandistic and tendentious, too.

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