Whoa, now that's a trip down the lane. I've seen it too!
But only in veeery old Windows, think Win95B or the like.
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But only in veeery old Windows, think Win95B or the like.
- Most of Latin America is 'should/oughta' - North America is more like 'have to' - Europe is 'need to' - And majority of Asia is simply 'WILL'
(disclaimer: I'm from LatAm)
Will this work with Nethunter Rootless, or ir Magisk support w/root imperative?
Curse you, Apple and Jony Ive. You only needed to tone skeuomorphism down not kill it.
I have a pair of WF-1000XM3s and this is painfully true. ANC was brilliant on these until I naively updated, and whoosh - instantly and grossly degraded ANC, to the point I previously almost didn't hear people talking at distance, keyboard chatter, city traffic etc. and now I do, no matter the app settings.
I wanted to upgrade to the in-ear XM4s, but after this? NEVER again Sony. At least for portable audio. I got instead a pair of cheap QCY HT07s (then $28, now ~$20) and got quite surprised with ANC performance on these: easily beats the crap of the XM3s-on-latest-firmware, and gets close to the previous one in audio quality. Which is a lot to say about Sony "updates".
> The next challenge for the field is to demonstrate a first "useful, beyond-classical" computation on today's quantum chips that is relevant to a real-world application. We’re optimistic that the Willow generation of chips can help us achieve this goal. So far, there have been two separate types of experiments. On the one hand, we’ve run the RCS benchmark, which measures performance against classical computers but has no known real-world applications. On the other hand, we’ve done scientifically interesting simulations of quantum systems, which have led to new scientific discoveries but are still within the reach of classical computers. Our goal is to do both at the same time — to step into the realm of algorithms that are beyond the reach of classical computers and that are useful for real-world, commercially relevant problems.
Then it came Vista. An OS designed for at least 1Gb RAM, preinstalled on machines who stubbornly refused to sell with more than 512Mb (even 384Mb, the horror!) for a looong time. I remember that, at least where I live, RAM prices sky rocketed just months afther Vista came out, because almost all people irremediably needed the upgrade.
It also didn't help that vendors were happy to fill new systems with their auto-installing crapware. While this wasn't Microsoft fault, it certainly helped to cement Vista's reputation as a very heavy-weight OS.
Having said that. I concede the point that Vista was pretty alright, provided your PC had the grunt to run it.
When younger I struggled horribly with ALL things math, and to this day still do. OTOH I've always had a knack for DIY involving measurements: lenghts, rythms, quantities, sizes, you name it. I just invoke my own "dynamic mind ruler" for the task at hand and usually get it right 1st try. Cooking something new? I intuitively know the proper amount of ingredients and spices. Doing work in a friend's car? That nut looks like a 3/4 and that one a 11/16, and who the heck put a 11mm in place of a 7/16??
Incidentally, the whole concept of Time always flows from right-to-left to me. 1000BC is waaay to the right, and 2030AC is just a stone throw away to the left. Now I wonder if it's something only I perceive that way, or everyone does.
Now that I think about it, it'd be fun to know how Memmaker works internally, but I can't seem to find info on that. Maybe no one has done such analysis... yet.
Case in point: I have a Renault R5 GTL with a Renix pseudo-ECU module [1] taken from a Renault R11 TX, along with its camshaft, head, double barrel carb and other bits. It has inputs only for manifold vacuum & crankshaft sensor (some support a knock sensor, mine does not). A crude ROM map is applied to the advance curve from just those two parameters. It works really well, but that's it, no way to change or fine-tune anything.
> while testing showed it produced more power and better emissions
A customizable "ECU" similar to the Renix approach that does EXACTLY this, would be a godsend to me (and also my local old Fiat/Lada/you-name-it heads). At these small displacements, we just don't care how the engine sounds: every HP gained is a win.
[1] http://boursinp.free.fr/pdgdiag2.htm
PS. Yes, I know an 123ignition dizzy is what I need, but they're way too expensive - and proprietary. Where's the fun in that?
As someone who could've developed an IT/programming career, but didn't because I felt things were already bloating back in the '00s, I agree with the majority: "harvesting your own food" can be rewarding but also a tedious and thankless job. It's certainly not for everyone, but if it works for some people then it is (let's put efficiency aside for a moment) perfectly valid. In fact, being more of a H/W guy I find myself gravitating towards this approach more often than not. Leanness and reproducibility is key for my workflow (I went the RF-world path), I can't afford different end results when a dependency changes/breaks something.
IMHO, keeping up with the modern paradigms for S/W development looks like a never-ending nightmare. Yes it's the modern way, yeah it's the state of the art. Still, I didn't feel it was a wise investment of my time to learn all those "modern dev" ropes, and I still feel that 20 years later. I'm nowhere near antiquated and I'm on top of all things tech (wouldn't read HN otherwise), it's just...
I see former friends/classmates that went this way, and they're in a constant cat-and-mouse game where 50% of time they're learning/setting up something dev-chain related, the rest 50% doing actual work, and 98% of it feeling way too stressed. I see modern Android devices with their multi-MB apps, bloated to hell and beyond for a simple UI that takes ages to open on multi-core, multi-GHZ SOCs. I see people advocating unused RAM is wasted RAM, never satisfied until every byte is put to good use, reluctant to admit that said good use is just leaving the machine there "ready" to do something, but not doing anything _productive_ actually.
And yet.
Without that bloat, without the convienience of pre-made libraries and assist tools for almost every function one could desire, we wouldn't be where we are now. Imagine for a moment doing AI-work, 3D movie rendering, data science etc. with a DBless approach on single-core machines with every resource micro-managed to eke out the most performance. It's simply not feasible, we would still be on the 90s... just a bit more hipster.
This article resonates so well with me. And at the same time, it feels so distant.
> In theory, we might be asked to give this device back. In practice, these devices are written off as soon as they’re sent to customers.
In my country, there are various ISPs with the same OEM boxes from SDMCtech. They went to the trouble of asking manufacturer to put a custom SDIO encryption chip onboard. If someone dares to touch the firmware and/or included apps (not system, but phone-home ones) the device automatically bricks forever. Not even a NAND change fixes this, as the SoC/cryptochip/NAND trio is somehow "mated" at factory. This derived in a literal invasion of these at flea markets, charity stores etc. Almost none of them work, and if they do they are thoroughly locked.
Some people like me had limited success tweaking things through ADB. This box seems to accept a launcher change as long as the original isn't erased. That works until the box updates itself and bitches again about "pirating/unauthorized use", which is quite frequent.
Our ISPs are well aware of said e-waste, and still won't budge their up-the-ass attitude.
Consumer ≠ business/commercial. A home oven (or toaster, fryer etc) isn't made for such use, a commercial one is. You should really spend the monies in commercial gear if you're gonna feed such hordes of people.
Similar thing with SIM cards. Why would a normal person be making 100+ calls a day on a simple, personal line? That's clearly commercial use and as such, it oughta be regulated somehow.
Though IDK what came out of their affair with Bezos, seems it didn't gain traction in the US? Unlike the rest of the world, they're big in LatAm and expanding. I think Australia is their latest successful gig. This isn't a paid endorsement btw, I just like their stuff.
I assume Beyond, Impossible etc use another, more crude/unrefined approach.