They have done that with the Snipping Tool since Win7.
Pretty sure it doesn't do video.
Readit News> I shouldn't have to pay twice to read research papers I helped fund
In fairness, we pay twice for many things, such a toll roads. The first payment isn't always sufficient.
That doesn't make any sense... How does having one screwed up system justify another? Maybe we should start paying twice for groceries too, because we pay twice for toll roads and research papers...
holyoly commented on Tesla Model S adaptive cruise control crashes into van youtube.com/watch?v=qQkx-... · Posted by u/aresant
It's still a great track record, but I can't shake my misgivings about automotive autopilot beta testing being an open-road thing. This seems like begging for trouble, with the biggest issue being the occasional ambiguity about a momentary brake-tap turning a system off.
Adaptive cruise control is not autopilot. It does not steer for you. It's not in beta, it's been a production feature on high end cars for 10 or so years.
Regular cruise control has always deactivated with a momentary brake tap. Been this way since cruise control started coming on cars.
Microsoft is a huge organization with tens of thousands of employees. We have no idea what was communicated between this commenter and the sales person. At some point you have to kind of step back and realize that you're responsible for your outcomes and not blame everything bad that happens to you on others. Searching Google with "startup microsoft" or "startup pricing microsoft" would have been enough effort to figure this out.
The fact that you have to go to Google to search to find Microsoft pricing, and have to already have the knowledge that they have special "startup" pricing is a failure on Microsoft's part.
The alert I see the most with Waze is "Vehicle stopped on shoulder", which is not only distracting when the yellow sign pops down and animates out, but can't possibly be relevant to my life when I'm driving in the left lane.
Most of the rest are fine.
You can turn on and off each individual notification. And it also has voice commands built in to control the app. You don't even need the phone's screen on. It can be in your pocket while driving.
And it is relevant to you no matter what lane you are in. If there is a car on the shoulder, someone in the right lane could be not paying attention, and swerve into you to avoid that car. Though you should be always on high alert while driving, having a little extra notification and awareness could save your life.
holyoly commented on A small 2009 car demolishes a 1959 Chevy in a crash test [video] kottke.org/16/01/a-small-... · Posted by u/Bud
> Except Volvo
and Saab, which was a point of contention when they were acquired by GM (Saab people insisted on safety, GM put profit first) and probably is the reason Saab (the original) is no longer
There was an episode of Top Gear where they dropped a Saab and BMW on their roof from 8 feet in the air. IIRC, the Saab survived, and was able to even open it's doors. The BMW was basically flattened.
holyoly commented on Mozilla Will Stop Developing and Selling Firefox OS Smartphones techcrunch.com/2015/12/08... · Posted by u/kevining
I had it. As far as I remember, it was a reasonable phone, especially for the price tag. The hardware was working ok and most of the issues were OS-related. The USB socket broke down after a bit more than half a year, however, I dropped the phone quite a few times, so couldn't blame the manufacturer.
The problem I had with it was when it was in my pocket for a couple hours, I would pull it out and it would be off. I'd have to pop the cover and pull the battery to get it to boot back up. If it wasn't for that, it wouldn't have been totally terrible.
holyoly commented on Show HN: Cancel your Comcast in 5 minutes airpaperinc.com/... · Posted by u/estsauver
I'm always surprised when people don't realize that large bikes are suppose to be loud so that drivers can hear them coming. It's a necessary evil.
Except when you're in my blind spot, and your pipes are pointing backwards, I still won't hear you until you're in front of me and I've already seen you. Cars are incredibly quiet inside these days.
They've only begun catching up with Google and Apple in this regard, though.