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Comment So, Dead Reckoning? (Score 1) 65

This apparently calculates future positions based on movement direction and velocity changes from a known position, a process known as dead reckoning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning). I see two problems with this:
- You first need to have it at a known position, and give it that position;
- Its calculation of changes in position and velocity must be perfectly accurate.
The second one is the main problem. Unless it's perfectly accurate (unlikely?), it'll need recalibration often/occasionally, and how do you do that?

Comment Re:Ah yes, because sudo has a stellar track record (Score 1) 135

"it never was asked for; it was forced on everyone without any real reason."

I blame Red Hat for that. Red Hat has far too much control over what goes in to modern Unices; perhaps we need some discussion before radical new "features" are added.

As for Lennart Poettering himself, words continue to fail me.

Windows

Microsoft Removes 'Sets' Tabbed Windows Feature From Next Release (groovypost.com) 133

The much-anticipated Sets feature has been pulled from the newest Windows 10 Redstone 5 build and there's no word when it will return. As groovyPost reports, "The Sets feature is a tabbed-windows experience that lets you group together different apps on your desktop." It's like having different tabs open in your browser, but for apps and File Explorer. From the report: Details on why it was removed and when it will come back have been vague. Microsoft made the announcement about Sets in [yesterday's] blog post about preview build 17704: "Thank you for your continued support of testing Sets. We continue to receive valuable feedback from you as we develop this feature helping to ensure we deliver the best possible experience once it's ready for release. Starting with this build, we're taking Sets offline to continue making it great. Based on your feedback, some of the things we're focusing on include improvements to the visual design and continuing to better integrate Office and Microsoft Edge into Sets to enhance workflow. If you have been testing Sets, you will no longer see it as of today's build, however, Sets will return in a future WIP flight. Thanks again for your feedback."

Comment Re:And hilarity ensues!!!! (Score 1) 669

Oh, fsck, no. Please. She still hasn't learned that she was as popular as a bout of Ebola last time, and the the only reason she won the popular vote is that she wasn't Trump.
Please, please let someone else run this time, otherwise we'll be stuck with another GOP fsckwit.

Comment Re:C Band (3.7-4.2 GHz) Satellite Interference (Score 2) 64

Mention of that frequency range is what attracted me to this article. Long, long ago (well, 30+ years) I was a satellite communications guy posted to a remote earth station, so I'm well aware of the dangers of using this band for anything but satellite comms.
Why on earth does the FCC want to do this? Or have the major users given up C-band?

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