https://www.wired.com/2017/04/detroit-stomping-silicon-valley-self-driving-car-race/ IF YOU’RE BETTING on Silicon Valley stars like Google, Tesla, and Uber to free you from your horrorshow commute with autonomous driving technology, don’t. That’s the key takeaway from a new report. →
https://opensource.com/article/17/4/introduction-functional-programming?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY →
https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/03/statcounter-android-windows/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&sr_share=facebook →
http://www.thisisinsider.com/death-of-the-smartphone-and-what-comes-after-2017-3?utm_content=buffera9cb9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer One day, not too soon — but still sooner than you think — the smartphone will all but vanish, like beepers and fax machines before it. Make no mistake, we’re still probably at least a decade away from any kind of meaningful shift away from the smartphone. →
https://opensource.com/business/15/10/troubleshooting-process-linux-problems?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Although it would be nice to believe that cars, home theater systems, computers, and Linux never break, the reality is that they do. Many people have no problems with Linux, but those who do want the best information and guidance possible. →
https://techcrunch.com/gallery/april-fools-2017-heres-the-best-and-worst-of-this-years-pranks/ It is April Fools day, and this article lists some funny pranks. →
https://opensource.com/life/15/12/real-time-linux-video-editing-with-obs-studio?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY There are use cases for live, on-the-fly video editing and basic compositing. You’ve seen it done yourself, whether you realize it or not—news broadcasts, live webcasts, and live TV events usually use multiple-camera setups controlled by one central software suite. →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/nanogrids-microgrids-and-big-data-the-future-of-the-power-grid The power grid’s interlocking technological, economic, and regulatory underpinnings were established about a century ago and have undergone only minimal disruption in the decades since. But now the industry is facing massive change. →
Here is some photo art for this friday: ‘Still File‘ is a series of 4 photographs recreating computer renderings as physical scenes. The photos’ artifacts, surroundings, camera settings and lighting has been shaped intending to resemble 3d graphics of different types. You can find the pictures at http://skrekkogle.com/still-file/ →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/processors/intel-now-packs-100-million-transistors-in-each-square-millimeter The nice round 100 million milestone (100.8 million, to be exact) belongs to Intel’s latest-and-greatest chip generation: 10 nanometers. →