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Submission + - Fuchsia's UI, Armadillo, is gone (9to5google.com)

Submitted by Suren Enfiajyan
Suren Enfiajyan writes: It's not a secret that Google is working on a new operating system for phones, computers, and just about everything else, called Fuchsia. Many demos were shown which featured a UI, codenamed “Armadillo.” Now it seems that Armadillo has been removed.

Unfortunately, none of the demos and examples are accurate anymore. With a recent code change, humorously titled “Armadillo fainted!“, spotted by Redditor alawami, we’ve reached the end of an era. Every single piece of Armadillo code has now been permanently removed from Fuchsia’s Topaz repo.

Armadillo was replaced by Ermine, a developer-oriented shell, designed for the express purpose of testing Fuchsia applications.

Fuchsia development will likely take place in closed source Google code repository called “vendor/google.” Comments on public code has informed us that there are at least three new “shells”: Dugonglass, Dragonglass and Flamingo.

Comment Re:Control of YOUR data (Score 1) 660

by yzf750 (#55990783) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Forced Subscription-Only Software?
Capture One has a demo, 30 days full. That is what sold me. It is not Aperture, I knew that. I knew it was gone "sniff". I tried Photos, and knew I needed something else. Before I could decide to pay for Lightroom, Adobe went subscription, so I looked around. I tried Darkroom and it was promising, but then I tried a demo of Capture One, found a ton of tutorials, and I was happy. I bought it.

Comment Re:In absolute discomfort.... (Score 1) 283

by yzf750 (#55654257) Attached to: EPA Confirms Tesla's Model 3 Has a Range of 310 Miles
Why? Is their gas tank empty? I had the heated seat on in my Volt the other morning, I think I ended the day with one less mile remaining than normal. I have noticed more difference in the past month due to the headlights being on in both the morning and evening commute with the days being shorter. During the summer the ac probably reduced my miles remaining by 3 or 4 on my daily 28 mile round trip.

Comment Re:I am a bit scared of all the touchscreen functi (Score 4, Interesting) 177

by yzf750 (#55263361) Attached to: Tesla Model 3 Owners Share More Info On Model
Really? My Volt gets me to and from work just fine. I bought used so no direct tax incentive for me. Cost about the same as any other 2 year old used car of similar size and miles. I spend less than 10 dollars a month charging it, compared to 45 a month for gas for the Accord it replaced. The touch screen controls take a bit of getting used to, but once set up, I can control most stuff from the steering wheel and the control stalks are like 95 percent of any car I have ever driven. Keep saying EV's are not ready for prime time. I'll keep driving mine, laughing at you.

Comment Re:Google feelgood story (Score 1) 191

by yzf750 (#55151705) Attached to: Google Fiber Cuts Kansas City Resident's Internet Access Over 12 Cent Dispute
You know, I bitched about AT&T taking longer than every other mobile carrier to waive overage fees for Harvey victims. Then they waived my overage which was not caused by Harvey (I was on vacation in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and using GPS for several hours every day.) Got back on the 26th just in time for the flooding, no damage here either, glad both of y'all are good too. Anyways, I would be more than happy to pay the overage fee, but I am sure AT&T will just apply it to my next bill instead...

Submission + - Microbe new to science found in self-fermented beer (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: In May 2014, a group of scientists took a field trip to a small brewery in an old warehouse in Seattle, Washington--and came away with a microbe scientists have never seen before. In so-called wild bear, the team identified a yeast belonging to the genus Pichia, which turned out to be a hybrid of a known species called P. membranifaciens and another Pichia species completely new to science. Other Pichia species are known to spoil a beer, but the new hybrid seems to smell better. The finding means brewers and scientists may be one step closer to unveiling the alchemy of spontaneous fermentation.

Submission + - Kickstarter to save NASA Mission Control (chron.com)

Submitted by yzf750
yzf750 writes: Mission Control at Johnson Space Center is a wreck and this Kickstarter project is trying to save it. The nearby city of Webster, TX has promised to match Kickstarter funding up to $400,000.00. The goal is to raise $250,000.00 to add to the $3.5 million already budgeted to restore Mission Control.

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