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  • Ford targeting 2021 launch for self-driving car, potentially going head to head with Apple

    theothergeofftheothergeoff
    thewhitefalcon said:
    gregg thurman said:
    Those systems were originally Microsoft's SYNC system, which have almost entirely been replaced with something else.  Something that actually works.
    Yep, Ford built Sync 3 on top of Blackberry's QNX embedded system. Much more stable. They also support CarPlay and Android Auto across the lineup, unlike most makers. 
    and who did Apple Hire... the founder of QNX.  

    And QNX is overkill for sound/audio/entertainment systems.   It's supposed to be for real time operations... like self-driving cars (where you literally can't be interrupt locked out of your collision avoidance code, when the brake lights in front of you light up)
    doozydozen

  • Ford targeting 2021 launch for self-driving car, potentially going head to head with Apple

    theothergeofftheothergeoff
    maciekskontakt said:
    I would think of self-fueling and self maintaining first. Driving is a pleasure - not menace. If I want self-driving car I will take bus.
    well, then go for it... not for me... Because the bus doesn't stop at my door or at the nearest parking spot at the office/mall.

    And for me with my crazy commute (80 miles*), where 'the bus' costs $40 each way 4 days a week, 48 weeks a year...  and still require me to have a car for local transit, and take a $20 cab ride from it's 'ride share lot' yeah, an $80,000 self driving car would pay for itself in <2 years.

    (*my 2003 Accord costs me $5000 a year now or about $26/day, and I lose 2.5 hours of productive time, [client] billable at $100/hour)

    lolliverroundaboutnowdoozydozen

  • Berkshire Hathaway increases Apple position to $1.46B

    theothergeofftheothergeoff
    Icahn is a despicable scam artist who is expert at leveraging his name and reputation to make money off the stock he buys or sells. He's nothing but a leech on the system. Meanwhile, instead of going for a quick buck, IcahnBuffett/Berkshire is using Wall Street the way it was designed to be used, and makes more money doing so. It's not just Icahn, but all of Wall Street and day traders that should learn a lesson. Pick companies you believe in and stay for the long term. In the early days of E*Trade, they offered you a free $100 if you opened an account and invested at least $1,000, so I ended up with $1,100 worth of Apple stock. Sold them last year to buy a Model S.
    I think that's what you mean.
    Deelronbaconstanglatifbpcnocbuih2p

  • Rumor: New iPhones with secure iris scanners coming in 2018

    theothergeofftheothergeoff
    cnocbui said:
    ericthehalfbee said:
    I don't see it. Fingerprint is super fast and convenient. What good is there to having two completely separate biometric devices on one iPhone? People will just use the one that works all the time under any conditions (fingerprint).
    Works with gloves, does it?
    Mirrored sunglasses?  

    Deelronnetmage

  • Microsoft says Windows 10 will miss goal of 1 billion device installs by 2018

    theothergeofftheothergeoff
    Microsoft at its core is a marketing company.   It's not about functionality to them, it's about sales.   So instead of setting goals like 'we want to be the best OS maker' or 'we want to be the most sought after OS by end users'   They set  'One.... Biiiilll...ion' sales as a goal.  we all know how that ends (a bad comedy).

    Microsoft... we are Post PC.   Banking your goals on desktop/laptop OSes is a fools game.   Buggy whips in a petroleum economy.


    cornchipkevin kee