henfredemars

LabVIEW is largely visual and used to build production grade applications in engineering.

I'm not a huge movie buff so please excuse me if my opinion might be uneducated, but I feel like today's Blockbusters are so risk-averse. The movie has become such a product with clearly defined business goals and target audience.

Strategy. Emphasis on the gameplay and the creative solutions, deemphasis on the graphics.

A particularly like card based games for their complex interactions.

I'm not sure if this belongs here or in pics because of how well it's done.

It is absolutely a threat to national security because it's a threat to your security, like most social media apps. It just gets more attention because it's foreign-owned here in the States.

He isn't just gaining. He's closing the gap faster and faster.

I seem to be fortunate that both my last cable modem and my router have built-in options to turn off all LEDs, even the power LED, for aesthetics.

I've thought about this question a lot, so I'm quite pleased to see that I'm not alone. I've been wondering myself when the great convergence will come--if it is destined to be, that is. I'm sorry to say that I think it's going to be an exceptionally long time because computing power, as you are realizing, is just one projection of a complex, high-dimensional computing space.

The first major attraction of using almost any PC-like system is the ecosystem. If the software you want to use isn't available, then the platform is essentially useless to all but developers and hobbyists that see the platform as an end in itself. Linux has a fantastic server ecosystem, for example. Windows has a great gaming ecosystem and access to probably the largest pool of legacy software in binary distribution format.. These are just broad generalizations of course, but my point is that no real user uses a computer 'just because' but they use it because it is useful for some purpose implemented by applications and supported by an ecosystem. This area is partially addressed by emulators and compatibility layers, but not fully subsumes it because of the limitations of today's technology.

The next major dimension that comes to mind is the form factor. I love the Steam Deck because it's handheld. I don't want it to be a Desktop gaming experience. Similarly, I don't really want to play Starcraft with a gaming controller. I really prefer a mouse and keyboard for maximum control. Users on smartphones prefer shorter, simpler experiences because it's less physically comfortable to spend long periods of time navigating a complex interface on a small screen. You might be able to address the form factor concern with new devices that allow the smarphone to interface with full-size screens and new user input devices, but this is not enough to push users who could benefit even more from another dimension such as access to another ecosystem, like office software on Desktop, that specializes in the kinds of tasks the user wishes to perform while also providing the perfect form factor.

Can software compatibility be solved with enough time and resources? Certainly. Can we force a smartphone-like platform to take on any physical form factor? Of course, we can. And given enough time, the momentum will change and advanced tools will become more readily available on mobile. However, this is not the situation today, and it's going to take more than physical form factor flexibility or emulating a hardware platform to really unify the computing systems we use into the one true system of the future. It's got to be the best solution for all use cases if users aren't going to want for something in addition, and I think that's a lot to ask.

TLDR; probably, but I think it's going to be a very long time because it's not enough to be functional. It has got to be a great solution, and that comes down to a lot more than just the size of the screen or the MHz in your CPU.

Good to be here! I'm going to try calling this instance my home because of my love of all things Android, its relatively small instance size, and my last instance's service availability being quite poor.