I have always been an offline only guy but I do see the need to build for the web. I feel small good at one thing tools are as useful as ever and can still have a place. The issue is people thinking every tool they need, use, or build, needs to incorporate the latest tech or reasoning behind it. A lot of needs have never changed, but the way we have met them for some reason has become far more complex and that is what needs to change.
Classic tech is still a source of very important lessons, and potentially software and hardware options. Both in regards to focusing on building for the hardware, saving energy and power, but also even in relation to software that had it's time but could be rebuilt for modern hardware and serve a new purpose.
It feels like a more evolved version of those who have what they consider to be relationships with anime characters or virtual idols in Japan. Often treating a doll or lifesize pillow replica of that character as someone the person can interact and spend time with. Obviously like the AI, the fact it is so common does suggest that it must be filling a unmet need in the person and I guess the key focus needs to be how do we help those stuck in that situation to become unstuck and how do we help those feel that unmet need is fulfilled?
The Open in Open AI maybe the most inaccurate advertising ever. I am sensing they realised there is no way of making the cash they need to keep going, just by providing what they currently provide, and I am not remotely upset by that. Sam Altman was never the saviour or god that many foolishly thought and thankfully it hasn't taken long to be clear.
I mean Wikipedia is referenced and well sourced so it is a perfectly valid source in this day and age. I read papers weekly and they are full of more lies or dishonesty than Wikipedia nowadays where there is a desire to publish often.
Why exactly have ICE been given limitless power? Facial recognition is at best right more than half the time, but many studies have shown it to be consistently faulty leading to many wrong ID's. What is the point of a database with incorrect biometric data connected to a person?
It is Israel's method introduced so that when Google and Microsoft who are legally required to pass over stored data based on where their servers are based, to find out who asked for it. I assume in the goal of trying to influence who asked for it.
I doubt the Guardian has any reason to lie about the documents they have seen. Based on the interactions regarding their war crimes, are you arguing Israel have not basically declared themselves above the law in many ways?
This endless bowing down to Israel is and always will be ridiculous. When a country can do whatever they like unchallenged, no matter how wrong, or how illegal, we have failed as a society.
I am of the view having a .gopher and .onion version of sites is important for avoiding government blocking where possible and to keep information as free as possible.
You're right! I'm off to the next Fyre festival and making sure my bag is secure with a Proven lock..... I wonder if Dassani still exist so I definitely can quench my thirst.
Whilst I do not agree with China's controlling way, (it isn't as if any other country is significantly different) their new law regarding social media discussions on certain topics should only be conducted by those trained in that subject is one that is needed, especially for Trump.
I know unlikely to be a popular opinion but is it likely everything Russia says is propaganda and everything Ukraine says is truthful? Is it not far more likely that it is a grey area in the middle?
I saw the Asimo demonstration at the Miraikan in Tokyo (it's not still on but the rest of the museum is great if you are nearby) and I still look back fondly on it today. I saw it too late (2017 and 2019) for it to feel like the future but there was something lovely about how it had a personality and a charm that some of the other robots there.
I do find a gaming laptop usually has far worse battery life over a dedicated workstation laptop, plus it isn't something you can really carry with you day to day. A Zbook or a thinkpad is both not super heavy and does fit in.
It is tricky of course, but that is the state of play. I wish it wasn't that way.
As someone that used to travel weekly, I used to go with Thinkpads or a Zenbook as both I was able to fix whilst away (the former had a keyboard issue, and the latter a HDD issue). I am yet convinced on the long term durability of the Framework but I have had it a year and it is pretty good still. No different in issues than any other laptop I have used in recent times. Overall for the quality I am pretty happy as I have used a lower cost laptop for various reasons and found I was always anxious of breaking it.
The big thing I do feel I am missing when doing 3D work is a dedicated GPU for simulations but then that would reduce the battery life too much day to day.
I have the base amd and found it perfectly acceptable for everything I have need and it has 32 gb of ram with a 2tb ssd in, and it cost all in around £1000. It can do 3d work, both lab based in Lumerical and Blender plus Cad. I would say considering workstations and comparable macs would cost around double minimum I am not of the view it is particularly expensive.
Outside of some of the fascinating VAIO laptops with their wild and wacky features, I have never loved a super expensive laptop. I like a laptop that can get the job done when I need to and easily be fixed if I need to when I am on the road. At the moment that is Framework, and previously thinkpad, and a while ago, Powerbooks.
I have learned as I became older that the device is a tool to getting the work done, not something to drool over. I am more proud of the output than the device I do it on.
Well clearly that number should depend on distance to next airport and how much fuel is onboard. It isn't sensible to have a set number when other parameters change.
I would in general agree with you. Although I do feel TE have some design flaws regarding structural quality that Braun didn't have and watches would struggle with having.
The EU need to move to E-waste such as this next. Either hardware that has no functionality with a subscription or permanent support needs to be banned, or there should always be a provision of access to SERIAL commands, an api, or the code needed to run these devices should be able to be use these devices locally. This doesn't stop companies offering more value, say an app or something to manage things, so you stick with them, but it does mean the whole device isn't bricked when the original manufacturer stops offering the service.
As someone who lives in the UK, I hope Apple tell the government where to shove their requests, and that they don't bow down like they did in China. I would prefer a company withdraws from the UK than listens to these over reaching requests of a power hungry government.