I can't see how this would be really beneficial to anyone, but I can see a million reasons why it would be detrimental to humanity. If only the people pursuing this could stop up for a brief moment and ask themselves "why?" I realize I might come across as a gumpy old guy, but seriously, smartphone addiction has already become such a burden for society. If you now have it integrated into your glasses as well, your main accomplishment would be to cement, even more, an antisocial horde of mindless workers doing the bidding of large corporations. Oh, wait..

If support and longevity evaluation weren't part of the original acquisition process, then who's to blame? Or is their vendor not honoring whatever contract was signed originally? I agree making laptops that are short lasting and unrepairable is unethical, but for the schools to complain now sounds like trying to point the blame away from themselves. They should have known this, and they probably did.

There seems to be this almost childish fascination with working from home here on /. So much so, it's easy to get the impression that the greatest obstacle to happiness and productivity is having to physically convene with others.

This will probably get downvoted, but I feel someone should say it. As a coworker, not only is communication way easier in person, it also builds bonds and alliances you simply don't get remotely. Those who never show up and always call in - they get annoying. They might not understand it themselves, but they certainly don't become part of the herd. Which makes them part strangers, and less trustworthy.

As a manager, those who consistently stay home are a liability. They will never be a part of the community in the same way as those who attend, and as such must be assumed to be less loyal. My experience affirms this. If physical presence is enough for them to move on, then good riddens. Some professions may be hard to come by, but the organization should be very wary of bending to their will - in the long run, the price is very high.

Of course, if you already are a 100% remote organization, then everyone's on the same footing. Some of the issues won't apply as much, others become worse. But in the same way as demanding 100% physical presence can be a way to lose talent, so is the opposite.

As with everything, it's a balance. Right now, the level of remoteness (in all aspects of the word) may very well be too high. Humans in general need physical contact. Your job should be more than just work. Building a healthy organization where people thrive and good decisions are made does require some kind of cultural conformity, and somewhat regular physical presence is a basic human part of it.

Silly phone version with no preview and no edit button.. so sorry about the missing whitespace. Full disclosure: I used to work for kindly.ai, so consider me a tad biased.

There are several vendors of chatbots that use natural language processing to map user intents to responses or actions. The AI lies in deciphering the user's request, given a specific context. Which is what there really is a need for. Not to say that's easy, there's a ton of work and research going into it, and constantly analyzing ever evolving languages to make sure you don't miss out on new words, or changes in the meaning of existing ones, or whatnot. The "chit chat about everything and nothing"-bot - yes, it would be funny. Yes, it's kind of difficult to make. But there's also not really any good business case for it, no purpose -- which also slows down progress considerably.

TFA doesn't really say what they're talking about, but if you translate it as something that doesn't include cash, and which is traceable, I can very much understand that they're trying. Of course, you don't need a "digital currency" to make sure all transactions are logged and have accountable parties, but I guess it sounds better. Which is a smart thing to do, if you're dependent on politicians for support.

Well, after all these years I still cringe a bit every time people at work start talking about the amount of "trannies" we had today. "How many trannies on Apple Pay?" etc.

Sigh.. now with proper whitespace:

November 17:

• From Section 5.2 of the Biologics License Application (“BLA”) file:
• The Tabular Listing
• The Listing of Clinical Sites
• The Reports of Postmarketing Experience from Section 5.3.6 of the BLA file
• One SAS file.

December 1: remainder of section 5.2 of the BLA file

As usual, the truth is a bit more nuanced. From the actual document submitted to court: FDA proposes to process and produce the non-exempt portions of the following records by the following dates: November 17: o From Section 5.2 of the Biologics License Application (“BLA”) file: The Tabular Listing The Listing of Clinical Sites o The Reports of Postmarketing Experience from Section 5.3.6 of the BLA file o One SAS file. December 1: remainder of section 5.2 of the BLA file. After the December 1 production, FDA proposes to work through the list of documents that Plaintiff requested FDA prioritize for production in order of priority and process and release the non-exempt portions of those records to Plaintiff on a rolling basis. I'm no expert on what the BLA-file is. But it looks like to me that they're not just stalling everything here.

I guess that would be, one additional year in areas where they are allowed to only have one year warranty. In EU, they are required by law to provide at least 2 years warranty. Other countries require even longer.

Since humanity's dawn we had worshipped the stars; little did we know, that a tremendously greater force were playing the fiery wisps like marbles. After gaining unity, we turned to the One True Force, and lay our heads at the feet of Dark Energy. Only by its side could we outlast the universe!

As with everything in the US which might in any way be percieved as race related, I've learned there's a LOT of historical context us foreigners have no idea about - which makes it very hard to understand why and how people react to whatever is the story of the day. Thankfully, TFA actually mentions it:

Trump is intentionally or inadvertently quoting former Miami Police Chief Walter Headley. In December 1967, months before riots broke out during the (Nixon) Republican National Convention, Headley said “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” at the announcement of a new “get tough” policy for policing black neighborhoods. Headley promised to use shotguns, dogs, and aggressive “stop and frisk” tactics in a bid to reduce crime. “We don’t mind being accused of police brutality,” the New York Times reported him saying at the time. “They haven’t seen anything yet.”

Just think about it. What if, you were minding your own business, and then suddenly a wave of relatively inexpensive, highly portable VR headsets that covered all the six senses emerged from Dubai. The kids and young adults got hooked in, arabic became the coolest language in town and suddenly you also find out that they are having huge tournaments playing jihad wargames. How would you react?

Granted, parts of the example might be over the top - but it's important to realize how these sudden social, economical and cultural changes are affecting emerging countries. As someone here already mentioned, they've never had the time to gradually adapt like we did (and even then, for us it went pretty fast -- and we still have a lot of ethic/moral concerns yet to be addressed). I can only imagine how it must be to be a parent, watching my kids yearn after something so extremely different and unknown. Seeing them adapting foreign cultural norms (that might totally crash with my own upbringing) and experiencing the feeling of having absolutely no control. Is it really that strange they're going nuts about it?

Interesting idea, but pool guarding systems based only on video is pretty common. Like PoolView, SwimEye, AngelEye among others. It has existed for many years. As a matter of fact, my brother used to code for one of these systems. It's all underwater video monitoring with pattern detection and works fairly well.

The only scenario where I could see this sonar-version would be practical is in Hotel resorts or other closed areas where visiting kids are given this wristband and then left to roam the premises unattended. Going for private households might be the angle required for Kickstarter, but all in all this seems like a product more suited for the business market, IMHO.

I just had to weigh in here, because every time there's a story about iTunes, i read how much people hate it. Even at work, there has been one or two occasions where someone has talked about iTunes and someone else jumps in showing their disgust of the product.

Apparently there is something wrong with me. I've used iTunes since my first iPod in 2004, on PC. Yes, PC. In the early versions there was a bug that instead of ejecting the CD unmounted it. Makes perfect sense on *nix, but doesn't translate that well to Windows. Anyway, I thought it was fine. I still use it, although on a Mac. I regularly buy albums from the iTunes Store and Bandcamp, even though I have Spotify.

I'm happy, but.. I understand that what I'm doing is wasted, hopeless and that I shouldn't. But I need someone to tell me why, in a way that makes me understand. Because very often, when someone lashes out against iTunes, they expect me to have the same foundation of frustration and agony with it. Music is, at least in my life, highly valued and at times considered a fundamental part of staying happy and productive. So I can understand how something like this not working can cause a minor outburst.

It would actually be great to have a bullet list of the major gripes people had with the product, worded in a manner that I could comprehend. Because it seems to me I might be missing out on a lot. Would anyone care to expand my universe? :)