December 10 2020, 02:57

It feels like I’ve been dealing with English for so long, yet only today in class did I realize that an entire major topic had slipped past me.

Many sentences don’t translate well directly into Russian.

“I won’t have you say such things. Where did you have them send the check?” — “Where did you ultimately arrange for them to send the check?”

What would you have me do? – What do you want me to do?

I won’t have you say such things. – I will not allow you to say such things.

We got our friends to come to dinner. – We persuaded our friends to come to dinner. / We managed to get our friends to come for dinner.

Another example from this group is “Let’s” – a contraction of Let us . Let us finish with it

https://engramm.su/grammar/causative_verb#refnotes:1:note4

December 09 2020, 11:36

“Google from June 1, 2021: We can remove your content from Gmail, ‘Drive,’ or ‘Photos’ services if you have not used them within two years (24 months).”

This means no more free search through a multi-year email archive and no more free storage for photos.

I wonder how soon they will release software that emulates “using content older than 2 years”?

December 07 2020, 23:24

Here’s an idea for you: create an AI generator for Japanese fonts. To do this, you need to train a system on all existing fonts and graphics and develop an algorithm for creating a new font based on the acquired knowledge. This new font could have random characteristics, but it is important that these characteristics are harmoniously used across all 18,000 characters. For ordinary fonts, such experiments are ongoing, but a regular font has only a few dozen characters, and there are already millions of ordinary fonts, so their value is not the same. And there are few Japanese fonts available (at least, that’s what my observations and Google searches suggest). It would be an interesting challenge.

https://process.studio/works/aifont-ai-generated-typeface/

December 07 2020, 21:34

I implemented autocomplete in the SAP Hybris HAC code editor – specifically for FlexibleSearch, and I restored the unfinished part for the Impex Editor. SAP or its predecessors simply abandoned this piece unfinished, and it has been drifting from version to version as dead weight. To “wake it up” for Impex, you only need to add one line to the code. For FlexibleSearch, I had to write almost from scratch. Here’s what I got https://hybrismart.com/2020/12/07/autocomplete-and-suggestions-in-impex-and-flexiblesearch-hac-consoles/

December 06 2020, 13:39

Someone needs to release a phone that, with the press of a single mechanical button, would instantly take a photo, record video, and stream it to the cloud. A double press would record audio and stream it to the same cloud. Imagine how many violations could be prevented if the wrongdoers knew that their victim or bystanders could become a surveillance camera from which nothing could be irretrievably deleted.

Streaming audio could be used to record lectures and read transcriptions. It would be possible to devise a video streaming protocol where the video is uploaded with progressive quality – initially throwing up the best video quality that the communication channel can handle without lagging, and then subsequently adding information to enhance the quality of the video. The lack of connection should not be a barrier – the video would upload later, once the connection is restored.

It’s also high time for iPhones to support different profiles depending on the entered unlock password. Again, for data security. Forced to unlock — you just unlock. Need to separate work and personal — you separate.

Currently, some of the above is supported through auto-sync of all photos and videos. The downside – if the phone is taken and switched off, the video won’t have time to upload. Another minus is that you need to keep sync always turned on, which is quite expensive (you have to pay for space for all videos and photos in the cloud, which is generally unnecessary in most cases)

Overall, nothing stops you from starting a YouTube stream now, but it 1) takes precious seconds clicking, which there almost always aren’t 2) requires more experience and knowledge from the owner (arguably not suitable for grandparents)

And here’s a thought, why not: 1) make a button with an NFC tag inside. It turns on only when the button is pressed. The button is attached to the back of the phone 2) pressing the button starts an app that immediately begins recording to the cloud and notifies designated contacts about the start of the stream via push notifications.

The cost of such a button is minuscule. Essentially, it’s a subway card with a button inserted to break the antenna.

I know that it’s possible to launch an app on the phone via an NFC tag, but I am not sure it would work on a locked phone. But even then, it’s much more convenient.