I imagine a touch screen would be most useful when you don't have convenient access to the pointer. For example, holding a laptop up to discuss something with a coworker. It would allow for the coworker to move windows around, switch tabs, etc, without having to physically hand over the laptop.

But if you are sitting there with your hands on the keyboard and thumb on the trackpad -- a touchscreen has no real use. But that is not the only scenario in which such devices are used.

Person A: Go to that link...

Person B: This link?

Person A: No, go down some more.... Now up.... No, not that one....

Person B: This link?

Person A: Great, now open it in a new tab... I said a new tab!!! Better go back, we need that previous page. No, don't close the window....

Am I the only one who can see this sort of interaction taking place? There are times when it could be very useful for "Person A" to just touch the screen.

They obviously can, but you are correct in that they should not be the main source of jobs. The real job of politicians is to ensure the environment is conducive to job creation. They need to make certain it is inexpensive for companies to invest while at the same time they make sure those same companies are not destroying shared resources. Overall, not an easy thing to do.

And for those who just think the solution is to just reduce taxes -- you are wrong. Taxes should be collected and efficiently spent. For example, robust road, rail, ports, electricity.... Without such government investments it would be impractical for many companies to start up in the US. It is far more efficient for these tasks to be performed by the Government then to have each company try to build what they require on their own.

So are taxes great?? Not even close. Best to describe them as a necessary evil. Ensuring those in power are misusing the taxes is a very difficult thing. But if there is one thing that DOGE demonstrated, the US is actually doing really well. They found almost nothing compared to budget as a whole. But with all the inspector generals now dismissed -- the future is not looking so bright.

You don't need schematics to manufacturer Gerbers into a PCB and then to populate a BOM. Schematics can also include many notes. For example, explanations on why specific design choices were made.

All that being said, it would be great if manufacturers did provide schematics. Perhaps this is one of the few advantages of having the administration gut the FCC.

This sounds like a product line designed to use up old inventory. Now that they are not making iPhones with A18 chips in them anymore, what are they going to do with the thousands of chips they have in stock? I don't see any "iPhone lite" products for sale. So ya, this thing will not have an A19 chip in it.

When things are not going well for people they typically do not want to talk about it. This would explain the lack of response. It also skews the overall results because those who are doing well will still respond.

Into the mealworms. If you proceed to burn the mealworms then, when all is done, you will recover your carbon. But the claim of only emitting 1g of CO2 likely does not include the carbon required to support the mealworm over the time-frame in question. The bacteria could cause 1g of carbon overhead but there are plenty of other sources being ignored.

Apple doesn't want that. It almost killed them back in their PPC days. In fact few companies pushed for HTML5 and the adherence to web standards more then Apple. This is not because they are wonderful but because Microsoft was in the process of providing tools which would turn the web into a Microsoft only environment. But thanks to Apple (WebKit and iPhone), Google (Chrome), and Mozilla (Firefox) this never came to pass.

Apple will always be in the minority. As such, Apple will always benefit from an environment where making things cross-platform is easier rather then harder. Many companies appear to switch to a "lock-in" style ecosystem once they can no longer compete. They just milk their users for everything they can while bleeding users. But such actions are always the beginning of the end - companies or products generally don't survive. Oh VMWare, you will be missed.

Many complaints of Apple appear to originate from those who want web standards to move even faster. From their perspective Apple is holding everyone back. If I were in their shoes I would also be pissed. But there is a big difference between slowly adopting standards and introducing proprietary standards to own the web. Apple is slow, not malicious. They are not trying to diminish the web's capacity as an application platform. But it is true that Apple is not advancing web standards nearly as much as they used to.

But back to the main topic of should Google sell Chrome. No. At least not as long as all other Google services / applications also work with other browsers. If Google switches to only supporting Chrome then one would have an argument that Google is forcing Chrome on users thereby generating a Monopoly of sorts. So far I don't see that happening.

Please... Trump is not that stupid. He is just lying to his supporters - same as always. He knows quite well that consumers will be paying the tariffs. But how else can he put a tax on Americans without them noticing while at the same time passing tax cuts for himself and his donor friends? The fact he can put together a plan that bypasses Congress while being accepted by his supporters is.... impressive.

Now I am not saying that Trump is smart -- he obviously thinks this is a good long term move for him when in fact he will be burning down the Republican party. But it is best to assume that that majority of what he says is a lie and should be ignored. It is just him attempting to control the populous.

The simple reality is that Trump looks at the 1T$ in imported goods and thinks "I want some of that - ". Tax dollars come it to pay for his tax cuts and he stimulates industry to return to the US. Win, win from his perspective. And as a bonus all the trading partners can come kiss his ass and offer bribes. What is not for him to love? The fact it will destroy trust in the US for generations is not his concern.

I always thought Zelenskyy made a big mistake by thinking Trump had empathy. He doesn't care that Ukrainians or Russians get killed. What he cares about is his ego which is centred around his bank account. A better approach when dealing with Trump would be something like:

If Zelenskyy said something like this then you can bet there would be an additional 100B worth of military transfers to Ukraine. That is just who Trump is. I expected Zelenskyy to know better considering the people he has to deal with.

This is actually not true. The maximum size of the engine (due to licensing requirements) is 660 cc. And while it is true that smaller engines generally consume less fuel, this is not always the case.

One achieves more power from a given engine displacement by revving to higher RPM. Power equals torque times RPM so if you can increase the RPM with minimal impact on torque then you will generate more power.

With a 660 cc limit you can break it into 4 cylinders with each cylinder having a relatively short throw but a large bore. Now you have a higher revving engine at the expense of some torque. Overall, a power gain, but at the cost of reduced mileage due to the increased rev limit. But what else can they do to facilitate higher speeds and a 660 cc size limit? A turbo perhaps?

A 1.5L Honda engine will actually consume less fuel then a typical Kei truck. And it is more powerful and more reliable and better in every other way except for possibly weight.

A quick look at motorcycle engines also demonstrates this phenomena. My 1L BMW generates 170HP and consumes more fuel when driving on a highway then my old 1.5L Toyota. All this despite the fact the motorcycle is 5 times lighter. Both have great engines, but only one of them was designed to be efficient.

If they wanted to have fuel efficient Kei vehicles they would get rid of the 660 cc limitation and just let Toyota and Honda do whatever they wanted. As it stands, the designers are fighting to squeeze out enough power to drive on a highway while conforming to licensing requirements. This comes at the cost of efficiency.

Kei vehicles must conform to specific requirements and are designed for use as farm or work vehicles. It is a class of vehicles with minimal licensing / insurance costs. The Japanese government does not want everyone using such vehicles, just those that require them to minimize the cost of doing business. As such, they are very simple, very inexpensive, and kind of crappy. Designed for rural areas - not urban.

The size limitations of the Kei vehicles are not because Japanese are smaller but is because the Japanese government wants these vehicles to be uncomfortable. They want to dissuade people from using such vehicles for general travel. They are great cheap work vehicles but that is about it. Get a Honda civic if you want a small vehicle with a great ride and probably better fuel mileage.

All that being said, I would love to purchase a Kei truck for work on a farm. Tire availability is a bit of an issue, but these vehicles would be far less expensive to operate for typical "farm" tasks. The majority of farm tasks anyway. Most people are not hauling livestock every day. But driving to town to pick up the refurbished hydraulic cylinders -- perfect application for such a truck. Prevents wear on the expensive heavy duty vehicles.

Indeed, these are truly "Trumped" up claims.

So Apple is going to be moving production to the US to avoid tariffs? Hardly... Apple is building a data centre / investing into the AI hype. No production is being moved to the US. Apple is keeping the data centre close to minimize latency and to keep the facilities readily accessible by Apple staff. Tariffs do not come into play here.

Flatpaks definitely suffer from the problems you have identified. Default behaviour is to be far too secure for most Linux users. That being said, it is really easy to remove these limitations using something like Flatseal.

There is insufficient bandwidth for full HDMI. So the iOS device compresses output video and the HDMI adapter decompresses it.

I agree - took a philosophy of logic course which was great. Basically a course on how to make a point, convince people, and spot when you are being manipulated. If everyone had such skills then Democracy would be far more effective.

But I will note that removing funding from research in humanities does not imply it will no longer be taught. It implies that you will not get a government grant if pursuing your PhD. You will have to find your own sources of funding. I could see many of the most talented researchers moving in order to continue their research. So there will be long-term problems due to this decision but I doubt they will be felt in the next decade. And if future governments decide to reverse course then it will not take much time to recover.

Was this not the Slashdot motto? I can not seem to find any reference to it anymore - either in the official Slashdot marketing or in the stories being posted.