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Maybe a better headline would be Texas had to pay this company to stop mining bitcoins during an energy crisis?

I didn't see any mention of how they provided power back into the grid? Do they own their own power generation plant that they shared with ERCOT?

I was always got a kick of out of the swimming sections simply being teleporters. Step on top of the water a get teleported to a room filled with water and then swim to the top of the room to get teleported back to the area around the pool.

This article is missing one of ChromeOS's main advantages. Ease of management (provisioning, updating, installing software, group policy like configuration, etc). If MS doesn't address that then this will flop as bad as RT and S.

I've seen Windows shops with entire teams dedicated to managing the Windows environment (not including break/fix) and I've seen environments with thousands of Chromebooks that are managed by one person (and that's not even a full time job).

MS is making some progress with Azue AD and InTune, but it's not there yet. Hopefully, by time this comes out they will have those other pieces better refined so it can all come together.

"Instead it’s rote learning some particular IDE without real understanding."

The reason for this is that very few of the people doing the teaching of computing concepts in high school understand themselves and all they can do is follow the script in the textbook. Teaching degrees focus more on the concept of teaching than the content of teaching. I have first hand seen teachers with years of experience "teaching Word" get lost and come to a full stop the second something doesn't line up exactly with the book.

Using a computer does not translate into understanding a computer. I know very intelligent teachers, some with advanced degrees (Master's and Doctorate's), that have trouble navigating to a website that doesn't start with www and are unable to distinguish between a url and an email address. All of the letters and symbols (real strange ones like :, /, ., or @) might as well be part of a magical incantation that teleports words, pictures, and videos to their screens.

At $189 for the computer they can afford to have a computer that is managed and always works and a bbc micro or raspberry pi for the student to hack on and tear up.

The demo showed 10S faster than Pro, so I guess that's one advantage? Did they mention the speed increase coming to Pro at anytime?

I believe blocking it is an option. Can't do developer mode if you're enrolled and they can force enrollment on a device so if you try to wipe it and access developer mode it refuses and forces you back to enrollment.

I hear some schools used to send students home with backpacks full of hundreds of dollars worth of textbooks even though they​ knew every book wasn't going to come back. It's called acceptable loss and is a cost of doing business. You can't deny all students access to resources just because there are a few bad apples.

You should give season 2 another shot. I almost gave up on it too, but it did deliver a good story even if it took a couple episodes to get warmed up.

The 11 is solid, but a little thick and chunky. The 13 is one of the nicest laptops I've used. I mean its no MacBook, but for $429 you get 12 hours of battery and a 1920x1080 screen.

I remember reading an article back when wifi was new about a company using some of the same wireless technology for wall penetrating radar for military/law enforcement applications. I don't remember if one was borrowing from the other or if it was developed in parallel. I guess this is the next evolution when you can do both with one box.

Does this mean I need to shred my tinfoil hat and blow it around the room as chaff?

It sucks for Google Fiber ( and anyone wanting the service), but it's been a win for consumers in Google fiber markets. In places where Google has only announced they're going to go the existing providers have already started offering higher speeds. One of the dreaded ISPs close by announced gig speeds within months of Google's coming soon announcement.

AYP is out. The goals looked good on paper, made good sound bites for the news, but weren't realistic. NCLB is out too. The new thing is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Here's another one that's a brand you may have heard of and it also does multiple voltages too. Only $15. Can even get it as a kit if you don't have a Poe switch.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003CFATQK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=...

I'm glad to hear someone else is interested in a Poe powered board. I thought about making a pihat that did Poe extraction but you'd still have to use a short cat5 jumper for data.

I used software where every page looked like those designs. Apparently the developers would get a request for feature 'X' and would just add a button for it. There was one screen with a button added for one very particular process unique to us that probably caused head scratching for every other user.