Some of us recall loading the program into the computer by setting the switches on the front panel to enter the machine code that we compiled by hand.
Oh, and don't drop your deck of cards holding your COBOL or Fortran program. I sort of regret throwing out my cardpunch machine that let me write code at home.
Your post got me thinking about what happens when a tool allows a less skilled person to produce a product that once required more skill. I thought about the industrial revolution. Machines were able to do processes with repeatable precision. You didn't need to apprentice for a long time before you could do paid work. The iron work made with a press or bending machine might not be as beautiful, but it worked.
Over and over in human history we've had changes that alter the status quo and send the gatekeepers of their specialty into fits.
A recent example has been the robolawyer trend that started with just fighting parking tickets and has evolved. It allowed the average person to meaningfully fight for their rights without the need for an attorney who went through law school to get those skills. You'd think this would be horrible for attorneys, but it wasn't. That didn't stop some attorneys from trying to shut it down. (Disclosure, I was once an attorney, but I've recovered)
So there will be much hand wringing and foot stomping and proclamations of the impending end of the world. And it will feel like it for some, but most of us will adapt and move on. We will clothe ourselves in the fabrics made on industrial looms and not by something throwing a shuttle back and forth. Many of us will drive cars largely assembled by robots. And the sun will surely rise tomorrow.
[Ok, this being Slashdot, I need to clarify that poetic license is being used, and that in fact, the earth will rotate on its axis until the location the observer is at once again is illuminated by the sun's rays, which the proletariat observing such phenomenon will think of as the sun rising in the sky.]
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have shown that the sensors in high-resolution optical computer mice can detect tiny desk vibrations and translate them into speech. Their project, called Mic-E-Mouse, demonstrates how an ordinary mouse can become a listening device when paired with the right software.
High-performance optical mice – especially those with resolutions of 20,000 dpi or higher and rapid polling rates – are sensitive enough to capture minute surface vibrations. In gaming and graphic design contexts, this sensitivity enables highly precise control.
Why would they quote the time of the incident in EST, when it occurred in Arizona, and EDT is currently in effect. Or did they actually mean EST and just don't know the difference?
when my panel breaks.
Perhaps this is a golden opportunity for civic minded programmers to spend some time getting WINE to the point where most users can comfortably run WINE instead of Windows XX.
Essentially make the key that allows users to let themselves out of the Microsoft jail they've been trapped in all these years.
It's hyperbole for headlines. My 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV has a complete coolant loop for cooling and heating the battery as needed. And it will warn you in very cold weather that the vehicle should be plugged in as it will be using power to keep the batteries warm and safe. It does lack the ability to pre warm the batteries before fast charging while driving that my newest EV has. So not perfect, but it was well known that you need to keep your batteries warm enough to be effective.
I suspect EVs built for developing economies had different priorities in mind.
The acquisition of US Cellular by T-Mobile was possibly a bigger blow to meaningful coverage competition than acquiring Sprint. US Cellular was very good at operating outside the major cities. It was the best coverage in the boonies in areas that it serviced.
One could be hopeful that with the US Cellular areas it acquired, T-Mobile might have better anywhere coverage than Verizon.
One anecdote about coverage in congested areas. This summer I've witnessed and experienced the inability to get data connections when at crowded events with Verizon. The 5G symbol is on, with plenty of bars, but you can't get through. Texts won't work, you have to call. With a previous phone I could at least drop down to LTE or 3G and get it off the crowded bands.
I've replaced plenty of headgaskets during my years of driving hydrocarbon based vehicles. Mostly SAABs including 2 cycle engines.
Perhaps a closer analogy would be replacing fuel tanks. You can have a fuel tank that bolts easily to the bottom of the vehicle or you could have one deeper within the body of the vehicle that isn't so easy to replace. I've replaced the easy ones but not the hard ones.
[Would the Samsung Note 7 be the Ford Pinto of phones if the latter analogy is used?]
Absolutely.
There should be rules, this isn't Nam.
Automotive crash tests were performed using dummies, and not real people. This throws into question the validity of all the safety tests currently performed on automobiles in the United States.
You simply must test on humans or your results will rightfully be called into question.
You will lose an important tape file.
