johnalbertearle's comments

On: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

[johnalbertearle]

Correct. USA will become like UK. Trump is trying to basically change the situation but he is pissing against the wind.

On: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

[johnalbertearle]

Correct.

On: OpenAI to become for-profit company

[johnalbertearle]

Not funny anymore.

On: OpenAI to become for-profit company

[johnalbertearle]

Not funny anymore

On: Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims DeepMind co-founder

[johnalbertearle]

Yandex

On: It's okay to make something nobody wants

[johnalbertearle]

So very true.

On: So you want to modify the text of a PDF by hand (2020)

[johnalbertearle]

I used to be rich with selling a part of the stuff. FrameMaker. Used to be $5K US / copy Which came originally from Frame Technologies. [ Hi Steve Kirsch . I see you're rich still ]. PDF specification is wild. So right you are. At the time, many - including yours truly - said it was rude capitalism. So, you got it. People did not talk enough about DRM. Ps: I left Adobe embrace courtesy of my then wife, and me myself. I hate DRM as a user and as a -former- Salesman. Hola

On: Google was founded 25 years ago today

[johnalbertearle]

Yea. Was there myself and so 'tis true

On: Google was founded 25 years ago today

[johnalbertearle]

Yeah.

On: Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and Nvidia form alliance for OpenUSD

[johnalbertearle]

I am no longer into stuff like USD, and probably it is useful and a good thing. Adobe and Autodesk etc. will have an interchangeable structure. But I used to work for both of those companies indirectly and ..

They want closed systems as much as possible, only open standards etc. when forced to do so, because of course they want all the business and all the money. So USD probably good, but they will wield it against competitors (are there any anymore?) as much as possible.

IMNSHO. Sorry where it offends.

[savolai → johnalbertearle]

dang: This seems to have accidentally landed in the naming stub?