As a longtime Pixel user, I am impressed with the camera hardware Huawei ahs built into their P40/P40+ (bigger sensors... optical 120mm and 240mm lenses, etc). While I’m not holding my breath on when the current administration will allow Huawei back into the US, I do think that there will be a trickle down effect for…

But that transition was kind of sci-fi dystopian rabbit hole. This first is Sony might do it for industrial customer - the rest is pure speculation and a generic rant about subscriptions.

Sony explicitly spin off that division that makes camera sensors into a separate company - Sony Semiconductor Solutions and that…

Did anyone actual read the source article... this isn’t for consumer level image sensors... these are image sensors sold to commercial/industrial sensor for AI/automation base uses... like instead of having a human look at parts/product going down the assembly line to look for defect and separating those... a computer…

If you read the linked article... this isn’t for consumer level image sensors. This is for industrial applications for image sensors use for “artificial intelligence” type purposes... like a vegetable picker that will quickly identify unripe tomatoes to be shunted to a different pile (this already exists) or say…

If you read the linked article... this isn’t for consumer level image sensors. This is for industrial applications for image sensors use for “artificial intelligence” purposes... like a vegetable picker that will quickly identify unripe tomatoes to be shunted to a different pile (this already exists) or say something…

99.99% of the money made using user data is via targeted ads.

Because of my unhealthy obsession with cute cat videos, I get YouTube ads for cat food all the time. If you’re the type who binges on makeup tutorials, you might notice ads for makeup cropping up in your feed, again, all the time.

When Android announced Instant App back in 2017, there was strong emphasis on instant apps for Africa/Asia countries where data is slow and expensive and phone storage is/was still limited (even with microSD cards). Instant app was a way for users to “try before they buy” and spending greater data/storage resources to…

What kind of fucking morons would only allow customers to pay via an app for a parking spot?

When Android did it in 2017, Pichai explicitly pointed out how many Android users in Africa/Asia who are hesitant to use up their data quota for an app they never use and install it on phone with relatively limited storage capacity (even with micro sd expansion slots). So this allowed users to “try before you buy.”

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HDMI had ARC (allows you to send audio from TV back to audio receiver to pass out to speaker) and CEC (allows your receiver/streaming box to remote control your TV power/volume) which aren’t universal (although new all cables are backward compatible, not all old cables worked and not all HDMI ports supported ARC/CEC.
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Could all digital signals just use ethernet cables? That would’ve made so many things so much simpler.

As someone who had to deal with co-axial, S-video (no audio, surprise!), RCA split (red, white, yellow), Firewire, mini-Firewire, displayPort, mini-Displayport, VGA, DVI, HDMI, mini-HDMI and now USB-C ... yes, it’s a hassle... but to be fair, typically each new plug uses new technology/improvements to provide some…

I try not to descend into reducing people into villains, but let’s be honest, Pai and the Republican FCC member don’t really care about rural broadband (even though most of their constituents live there). They care about diverting funding to the people that send them the most money and ironically, crushing state’s…

more the head honchos who are turning these into personal ego platforms.

It’s because not all bean counters are idiots - just most of them. Steve Jobs was an infamous micromanager, but he had a great respect for creative types and essentially gave Pixar a lot of freedom, time and money to create.

Disney still let Gareth Edwards kill off every single main character in Rogue One.

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Article mentions that this research was flat indoor surfaces like say a hospital or nursing home particular if it gets wet. It could be useful for shoes worn on a boat/ships where again the “ground” gets slick and wet.

Also everyone should remember this is research... it doesn’t have to have an immediate, practical comm…

What if this is not an overturned truck, what if it is just stopped or slow traffic? Presumptively the car is programmed to not slam into it at full speed. Does an alarm go off saying take control? Is the advertised operation procedure that the car does not stop on its own? 

I’d guess when you see it’s not moving out of the lane with a fucking overturned truck blocking it?

As the article mentioned, it’s well known that Autopilot has trouble with stationary objects since it doesn’t have LIDAR. So whenever there is a stopped object in front.