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Comment What SO really needs to do to survive: EMBRACE AI (Score 2) 75

by zaxbowow (#65414711) Attached to: Stack Overflow's Radical New Plan To Fight AI-Induced Death Spiral

A reverse-StackOverflow for AI-assisted work — where users post:

**** The problem they started with (a well-framed question).

**** The final solution they arrived at, potentially after AI iteration.

**** Maybe a short summary of the key insight(s) or stumbling blocks overcome.

**** No need to document all the back-and-forth steps unless helpful.

This could serve as:

**** A curated knowledge base of AI-assisted solutions.

**** A way to share polished resolutions others can quickly learn from.

**** A record of AI-enabled breakthroughs (especially when they’re hard-won).
Networking

Verizon Throttles Data To "Provide Incentive To Limit Usage" 316

Posted by timothy from the tell-me-more-about-the-word-unlimited dept.
An anonymous reader writes About a week ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked for Verizon's justification on its policy of throttling users who pay for unlimited data usage. "I know of no past Commission statement that would treat 'as reasonable network management' a decision to slow traffic to a user who has paid, after all, for 'unlimited' service," the FCC wrote. In its response, Verizon has indicated that its throttling policy is meant to provide users with an incentive to limit their data usage. The company explained that "a small percentage of the customers on these [unlimited] plans use disproportionately large amounts of data, and, unlike subscribers on usage-based plans, they have no incentive not to do so during times of unusually high demand....our practice is a measured and fair step to ensure that this small group of customers do not disadvantage all others."

Comment Re:Microsoft is where programming languages go to (Score 4, Interesting) 268

by zaxbowow (#41823889) Attached to: Windows Phone 8 Having Trouble Attracting Developers
VB6 dead? My VB6 apps, with my updates to support registry and file virtualization, run flawlessly under Windows 8. Silverlight dead? Silverlight 5 was only released a few months ago, and supports out-of-browser AND in-browser COM automation. Good luck approaching that functionality with any other technology. Silverlight powers WP7 and some pretty awesome websites. If I wanted to start a new website that was more impressive than anything, was a mature technology with lots of examples and free open source libs available, and ran on PCs and Macs (99% of the market?), I'd use it in a heartbeat. Deserted developers? MY ASS. Microsoft supports developers and legacy code better than any technology company. Period.

Comment Re:Nokia would sell better with Android software? (Score 0) 439

by zaxbowow (#39716653) Attached to: Operators: Nokia Would Sell Better With Android
Good point. Also, if one really does go through the reviews on Amazon, one can see they are genuine; people who have reviewed hundreds of other products over many years, often providing negative reviews. I don't think the Amazon system is being rigged here or in riggable in general like that. I checked them out myself last week. The Clearview display on the Lumia 900 is the absolute best I have ever seen. I never thought Samsung AMOLEDs could be beat in quality. Unfortunately, I'm under contract for another month... and kind of think the Windows 8 phones coming out later in the year might be even a bigger deal...
Wii

Wii Hardware Upgrade Won't Happen Soon 325

Posted by Soulskill from the can't-show-ugly-mario-in-hd dept.
As high-definition graphics become more and more entrenched in this generation of game consoles, Nintendo has had to deal with constant speculation about a new version of the Wii that would increase its capabilities. Today, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime bluntly denied that a hardware revision was imminent, saying, "We are confident the Wii home entertainment console has a very long life in front of it." He added, "In terms of what the future holds, we've gone on record to say that the next step for Nintendo in home consoles will not be to simply make it HD, but to add more and more capability, and we'll do that when we've totally tapped out all of the experiences for the existing Wii. And we're nowhere near doing that yet."
Apple

Psystar Activation Servers Down? 245

Posted by Soulskill from the bad-news-bears dept.
An anonymous reader writes "I purchased Rebel EFI in support of Psystar's crusade back in October. Just 3 short months later, I have no support. I found this out when I upgraded my hard drive and installed Snow Leopard using Rebel EFI. The program can no longer 'phone home' to activate or download/install drivers. This is a direct contradiction to Psystar's promise posted on their website: 'Psystar will continue to support all of its existing customers of hardware and software through this transitional period. Warranties on hardware will continue to be honored as long the customer has a valid warranty. Rebel EFI support for existing customers, as always, will remain exclusively available through email and the built-in ticket interface.' Has anyone else run into this issue? It has been 9 days with no response from Psystar by e-mail or phone."
Image

Living In Tokyo's Capsule Hotels 269

Posted by samzenpus from the living-in-the-hive dept.
afabbro writes "Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 once offered a night’s refuge to salarymen who had missed the last train home. Now with Japan enduring its worst recession since World War II, it is becoming an affordable option for people with nowhere else to go. The Hotel 510’s capsules are only 6 1/2 feet long by 5 feet wide. Guests must keep possessions, like shirts and shaving cream, in lockers outside of the capsules. Atsushi Nakanishi, jobless since Christmas says, 'It’s just a place to crawl into and sleep. You get used to it.'”
The Almighty Buck

EA Flip-Flops On Battlefield: Heroes Pricing, Fans Angry 221

Posted by Soulskill from the put-your-money-where-your-gun-is dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Ben Kuchera from Ars Technica is reporting that EA/DICE has substantially changed the game model of Battlefield: Heroes, increasing the cost of weapons in Valor Points (the in-game currency that you earn by playing) to levels that even hardcore players cannot afford, and making them available in BattleFunds (the in-game currency that you buy with real money). Other consumables in the game, such as bandages to heal the players, suffered the same fate, turning the game into a subscription or pay-to-play model if players want to remain competitive. This goes against the creators' earlier stated objectives of not providing combat advantage to paying customers. Ben Cousins, from EA/DICE, argued, 'We also frankly wanted to make buying Battlefunds more appealing. We have wages to pay here in the Heroes team and in order to keep a team large enough to make new free content like maps and other game features we need to increase the amount of BF that people buy. Battlefield Heroes is a business at the end of the day and for a company like EA who recently laid off 16% of their workforce, we need to keep an eye on the accounts and make sure we are doing our bit for the company.' The official forums discussion thread is full of angry responses from upset users, who feel this change is a betrayal of the original stated objectives of the game."

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