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Re:The iPhone 15 Pro's Depth Maps on Thursday June 05, 2025 @02:44AM (#44188975)
One thing worth noting: LIDAR is primarily optimized for fast AF and low-light focusing rather than generating full-res depth maps.
Honestly I have to side with Mozilla team here. Kudos to them for trying to actually care about security and privacy. I can imagine the nightmare that people are submitting and trying to recheck everything and build those random extensions with private npm repos and whatnot.
I would say the opposite is true - mainstream cares much less about the quality content but more about catchy headline.
Re:Why Most Published Research Findings Are False on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @04:07AM (#41644959)
Yes, papers start conversations, not end them. Replication issues are part of the academic process.
Re:Did you lose your AirPods? on Saturday August 24, 2024 @02:01PM (#41340048)
I get that AppleCare is technically insurance, but it's kinda a rip-off IMHO.
Re:Pipe Syntax in SQL on Saturday August 24, 2024 @01:57PM (#41340007)
Honestly, it seems like a band-aid on legacy query language.
Re:Australia approves 17-20GW solar power link to Singapore on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @03:32AM (#41307724)
There are actually already fields like that. Look at the ones in China or the US. Scaling it up is the next step.