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dandy723-Sep-24 10:01

3-Sep-24 10:01

...and I'm not so sure about death...

dandy723-Sep-24 10:00

3-Sep-24 10:00

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I bet if we went back in time, people would say it was impossible to go to the moon.

You don't even have to go back very far.

If you don't remember "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky"...look it up. Smile | :)

(and yes, I realize this is a joke that Snopes has debunked). Still worth a read.

Nelek3-Sep-24 10:23

Nelek

3-Sep-24 10:23

dandy72 wrote:
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I bet if we went back in time, people would say it was impossible to go to the moon.
You don't even have to go back very far.

Heck, even today there are people that say that earth is flat D'Oh! | :doh:

M.D.V.

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Richard Andrew x642-Sep-24 12:39

Richard Andrew x64

2-Sep-24 12:39

This is how reliable that article is. Here's a copy paste from the article:

Quote:
According to their research, a stay on the Red Planet of more than four years would expose people to levels of radiation that are safe for them.

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

Amarnath S2-Sep-24 16:57

2-Sep-24 16:57

Am pondering about the probability of this journal paper surviving for the next four years ...

... without getting retracted. Smile | :)

BernardIE53172-Sep-24 20:23

BernardIE5317

2-Sep-24 20:23

In August 2003 Mars was at is nearest. I was able to see it as more than a speck in fact as a small red disc. It even cast my shadow. It will do so again in 2237. I do not know the month day or time.

"Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure". - George Carlin

obermd3-Sep-24 4:29

obermd

3-Sep-24 4:29

Written by someone who doesn't want us to leave the Earth. Outside the very thin biosphere of the Earth, there is likely no place in the universe safe for humans without a lot of technological support.

I feel so nekkid

honey the codewitch2-Sep-24 10:13

honey the codewitch

2-Sep-24 10:13

I am visiting my sister today. She's got a couple of rugrats so I try to keep myself occupied at points while she's doing mom stuff.

I even bought a laptop this last february to facilitate that.

I had to reinstall windows on it recently, and I completely forgot that I hadn't set up the system yet.

So here I am with a web browser, no VS Code, and even if I had that, no C++ compiler. I packaged some code up for me to work on while I was here, but I guess not. D'Oh! | :doh:

I feel completely out of my element without all my stuff. No games. No code. Now what?

Edit: Woohoo they're not on a metered connection anymore. I guess I can download my tools.

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

Daniel Pfeffer2-Sep-24 11:46

Daniel Pfeffer

2-Sep-24 11:46

If you can't spend a couple of days without your computer, then IMO, you need a vacation. WITHOUT your computer.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.

Richard Andrew x642-Sep-24 12:41

Richard Andrew x64

2-Sep-24 12:41

I believe in this instance, the code witch has a good enough reason to bring the PC.

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

jmaida2-Sep-24 14:33

jmaida

2-Sep-24 14:33

I agree.
You need a break from computer activities now and then.
It will help when you come back to it.

"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger

Richard Deeming2-Sep-24 21:15

Richard Deeming

2-Sep-24 21:15

honey the codewitch wrote:
no VS Code

Not sure how much bandwidth the online version[^] requires, but that might be a feasible option. Smile | :)

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

honey the codewitch3-Sep-24 2:04

honey the codewitch

3-Sep-24 2:04

I needed the C++ compiler locally, not the IDE.

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

Smartphones

Calin Negru2-Sep-24 6:51

Calin Negru

2-Sep-24 6:51

What language do people use to develop stuff that runs on smartphones? Smartphone Operation Systems don’t have net framework installed on them which rules out c# as a developing language. Is c++ what folks use?

PIEBALDconsult2-Sep-24 6:54

PIEBALDconsult

2-Sep-24 6:54

The Android book I bought (in 2012) uses Java with Eclipse (IDE). But I didn't get very far in understanding the ecosystem.

I think/thought Apple used a flavor of C++ with their IDE? Objective C and XCode?

modified 2-Sep-24 15:36pm.

Amarnath S2-Sep-24 6:57

2-Sep-24 6:57

The latest horses they're riding seem to be:

Kotlin for Android
Swift for iOS

PIEBALDconsult2-Sep-24 7:03

PIEBALDconsult

2-Sep-24 7:03

Some times you ride the horse. Other times... Blush | :O

dandy723-Sep-24 9:26

3-Sep-24 9:26

I had just taken a sip of water.

It's a miracle I didn't just spew it all over my keyboard.

Calin Negru2-Sep-24 7:10

Calin Negru

2-Sep-24 7:10

Interesting.
How come there are no loading times when the screen is turned off and then turned on again? Is the phone always on even if the screen is turned off?

Amarnath S2-Sep-24 7:15

2-Sep-24 7:15

I believe the phone is always on, in daemon mode at least.

It has to perform at least the basic function of receiving a call even when the screen is dark, isn't it; and a caller can call anytime, (I mean switched on, except when in airplane mode or when switched off).

dandy723-Sep-24 9:30

3-Sep-24 9:30

I think if you do a full shut down of your phone, it'll be pretty obvious that yes, the whole OS stays running when the screen is turned off.

Most PCs nowadays can do a full cold start faster than a phone can fully boot up.

I don't find apps to be loading particularly fast either, if you have the nasty habit of explicitly closing them down yourself.

Calin Negru2-Sep-24 7:26

Calin Negru

2-Sep-24 7:26

If they change the programming languages the apps are made with does it mean they don’t worry about making legacy apps compatible with new OS versions?

Amarnath S2-Sep-24 13:32

2-Sep-24 13:32

Depends on the popularity of the app, and the financial strength of the developer. Perhaps a number of mobile apps have become extinct.

dandy723-Sep-24 9:43

3-Sep-24 9:43

Pffft! They already don't care about compatibility. At least when it comes to Android. I have a major beef with this.

Weren't we promised X many years of support after endless complaints? It's still a joke to this day.

I have a number of Android tablets, running 2.2 (I believe), 4.2, 4.3, 6.0 and most recently, 13.0. Of these, only the one on 4.2 ever get an OS upgrade (from 4.1 -> 4.2).

When I realized that 6.0 was still going to be the same (it'll die with the same OS it was purchased with, with no chance of ever getting any sort of update), I told myself I was done with Android. Realistically, Android 6.0 is a non-starter in 2024. So like every fool out there, I finally broke down and bought yet another piece of hardware running 13.

My current phone's on Android 9. The most recent update for it goes back to September 2019. It never offered anything newer.

This annoys me to no end.

I have laptops that - seriously - are 20 years old, and could still run Windows 10 if I only bothered to install it. It would not be pretty, but it'd still work. At least that would be my decision.