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Comment Re:metaverse trip report (Score 1) 80

You're on the right track. Nix the kiddie crap and focus on a truly compelling experience. And it has to play well with others. Yes, games are a driver, but people are just as happy to use their steam deck or handset to interact with an MMO. It's all pretty straight-forward. VR, AI, crypto are all floating point-bound, which means WebGPU is the common thread, so anything happening that's worth a damn is Web-based. Spatial search and generative AI are the killer apps in this space. The other thing to consider is engagement. They can't possibly expect people to spend hours glued to thier HMD. Sometimes I just want to check something quickly and move on. The Ray Bans are cool, but they're nowhere near a fully immersive MR experience with that route. You're not even supposed to use your headset outside per the instructions on the box. It's a joke. They need the cheap gas station sunglasses version for mobile, like Google Cardboard. The technology is there, they just need to pick the right stuff to work on.

Comment Re: If you want to exploit open-source then shaft (Score 1) 43

I could be wrong, but last time I checked, they were doing something similar. Supposedly Automattic tried to get them to play ball, but the VC decided the game was chicken, so Matt blocked them from .org resources, which they were supposedly a significant user of. Itâ(TM)s definitely a messy situation that could have been handled differently. Does the .org have the right to block access? Sure. They can always request the DVD.

Comment The original iSight had a physical aperture cover (Score 1) 37

When the original iSight camera came out, it had a physical aperture cover. Somewhere along the way, they dropped it and things haven't been the same. I can understand the floppy and CD, but to physically limit the operator's ability to control their own hardware is Apple's game, I guess. If you're curious to see the impressive engineering Apple pulled off to get folks comfortable with having an Orwellian prop integrated into their telescreen, here's a photo: https://guide-images.cdn.ifixi...

Comment Hard to regulate something you don’t underst (Score 1) 56

Hard to regulate something you don’t fully understand. is it even AI? Machine learning, yes; AI, meh. Ask an expert and they’ll tell you they don’t fully grasp how it works. This is how we get stuck with cybersecurity, cyber command, and the vaguely turd reich sounding “homeland” in common use. The map is not the territory.

Comment Re: Nope (Score 1) 171

Austin is a wonderful place, but itâ(TM)s an oasis. Itâ(TM)s already a tech hub, which is why it attracts the carpetbaggers skipping SV. I do hope the folks in Austin can manage to keep it weird. Unfortunately, Oracle, HPE, and the PayPal mafia wonâ(TM)t add anything to the mix not already present. Gird you loins, yâ(TM)all!

Comment Re:Remember Verizon? (Score 1) 225

Autonomous vehicles are a solid red herring. Anybody working in this space knows that anything above the quantum level has way too much latency, so you're seeing folks taking the obvious next step and pushing out to the edge with silicon like Nervana, Jetson, and Mythic. It's the same stuffed shirt boardroom toads grasping at thin air. Enjoy the ride :)

Comment Car fires happen all the time (Score 1) 329

Just the other day, my neighbor was driving to work when her engine exploded in front of my house. She got out OK, but her car (a Jeep SUV) was totaled. She said she felt like she drove over a large rock, but it was likely a fuel line issue. I originally thought it was battery related, but the fire department said it was the engine. The explosion shook the windows at my house and there was lots of smoke and fire. Do I think Jeep is at fault? Probably not. The feeling I got was that she was having issues with the vehicle and probably shouldn't have been driving it. The point is, we don't know all the details of these stories, yet we're so quick to pass judgement. The number of Tesla fires is a little worrying, but it seems acceptable compared to gas-powered vehicles.

Submission + - The Curious MInd of Ada Lovelace

An anonymous reader writes: Going beyond the usual soundbites about Ada Lovelace, Amy Jollymore explores the life of the worlds first programmer: "When I heard that Ada Lovelace Day was coming, I questioned myself, "What do I actually know about Ada Lovelace?" The sum total of my knowledge: Ada was the first woman programmer and the Department of Defense honored her contributions to computation in 1979 by naming its common programming language Ada.
A few Ada biographies later, I know Augusta Ada Lovelace to be an incredibly complex woman with a painful life story, one in which math, shame, and illness were continuously resurfacing themes. Despite all, Ada tirelessly pursued her passion for mathematics, making her contributions to computing undeniable and her genius all the more clear. Her accomplishments continue to serve as an inspiration to women throughout the world."

Submission + - Dart Is Not the Language You Think It Is

An anonymous reader writes: Seth Ladd has an excellent write-up of Dart "When Dart was originally launched, many developers mistook it for some sort of Java clone. In truth, Dart is inspired by a range of languages such as Smalltalk, Strongtalk, Erlang, C#, and JavaScript. Get past the semicolons and curly braces, and you’ll see a terse language without ceremony. "

Submission + - Stop standardizing HTML (oreilly.com)

pfignaux writes: When HTML first appeared, it offered a coherent if limited vocabulary for sharing content on the newly created World Wide Web. Today, after HTML has handed off most of its actual work to other specifications, it’s time to stop worrying about this central core and let developers choose their own markup vocabularies and processing.

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