I’m not sure I understand, epub is both the industry standard and an open format, as far as I know. Why not work on using it or build it around epub from the get-go?
I have to admit I’ll have to wait for the project to start implementing epub to consider getting on board, but it’s still a great effort.
Interesting article, the statistics section was quite surprising. I wonder if there were as many fantasy books in school libraries before harry potter came out.
If I were a professional athlete I would feel in the right to refuse to shake the hand of an athlete coming from a country proven to have a state-sponsored doping program significant enough to warrant that country’s flag being banned from the Olympics long before this war.
Clearly this was about the war, but let’s not pretend sportsmanship was intact before this handshake debacle came to be.
Many people here are talking about buying an iPad and the pencil, but if all you’re doing is reading papers I think this is a massive overspend. There are many inexpensive android tablets that come with pencils plenty good enough for handwriting or non-artistic drawing.
Of course, you say you have a job so you’re likely not to need to buy the cheapest thing possible (even if you don’t, you’re not forced to buy an iPad, Samsung’s tablet software is quite good), but I don’t want someone with the same use case, who might just be a student, to get the impression they need to spend a grand to read pdfs.
I agree, these systems are fundamentally a very good thing and the more cars they’re in, the safer we are on the road.
I just don’t think they’ll be substituting human beings at the wheel of cars in the near future, and I personally think it’s not so good of an idea to frame it like that.
I mean, we’ve only automated some, not all metros all over the world, and no passenger trains at all. If we haven’t figured that out yet, I can’t see how self-driving cars are supposedly just around the corner.
Sure we’re talking about very few deaths, but it still is a design flaw, as it has trouble recognizing a specific kind of motorcycle. I would say that makes it more of a bug that hasn’t been patched out rather than a mere statistical error, but I am not well versed in actual software development so someone else might come up with a better analysis.
As for human input, I agree, this is a very different case from, let’s say, an experimental self-driving car. However I still believe Tesla’s decisions play a part, for example the naming scheme they chose, autopilot rather than assisted driving or some other admittedly less enticing name.
Of course one might say that people with a car license should be able to see through basic marketing, but it might nonetheless influence people’s behaviour, even if just subconsciously.
I suppose he is betting on the public accepting these deaths as non-important glitches, and no regulation coming for Tesla. So in a very cynical sense, I suppose this profit gamble is playing out for Musk.
However, how come other car manufacturers using lidar aren’t making a point out of this? It can’t be out of good will, surely.
I didn’t really grow up with it as others but I think I got into it enough that I can try and answer you.
So, the first one was the first game to figure out FPS in consoles that really took off (most likely the first one to do it, but you never know, I might stand corrected). Some people will point out to Goldeneye on the N64 but I really doubt any game was playable on that three pronged controller let alone an FPS.
I remember they did some trickery with the aim to compensate for the stick as an input method, and they also set up the two weapon limit which is now a staple.
Another aspect is the multiplayer, which was great both as a couch split-screen and online; you also had the forge so you could get creative with it.
You know, if you’re having fun with your friends that’s all it takes to fondly remember everything that came with it, and a videogame can play that role, whether it’s actually good or bad.
As for the story, I’ll admit the mainline story was just fine for me, not lacking for the kind of game that it is, but halo reach on the other hand really struck a chord with me.
The fediverse is the best chance any of us have of experience an internet free of tech oligopolies, that’s the biggest difference for me.
Of course mass adoption would make it more likely to have lively niche communities, but most importantly, I think it should be a right for people to exist on the internet without a massive corporation trying to turn them into a nutjob for monetary gain.
The modular rear camera idea makes a lot of sense when you consider that camera bumps have become an industry standard.
To be fair when it comes to this kind of research comparison with modern hunter gatherer societies is the closest thing you can find to evidence, some things never enter the archaeological record.
Perhaps we’ll never find conclusive evidence pointing to any one of the theories on these missing-finger handprints.