The Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland thinks Google is evil. It's banned Glass as a "cheating device."
It's no better at being a cheating device than is a mobile phone. If I were a casino, I would ban it as well. I would also ban all cellphones and smartphones and have a check-in system.
The Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland thinks Google is evil. It's banned Glass as a "cheating device."
It's no better at being a cheating device than is a mobile phone. If I were a casino, I would ban it as well. I would also ban all cellphones and smartphones and have a check-in system.
Yeah, you do realize that you're not allowed to use your phone to observe games, count cards, or similar? Cameras are almost universally banned too, at least without authorization. Most casinos will also throw you out - or at least ban you from the card tables temporarily - for using your phone at the card tables or any other skill-based games.
They don't ban them completely, because good luck trying to use your phone to cheat at roulette or craps(but don't expect to be standing by the tables for long if you're futzing with your phone while you're at them), and you're 100% okay using your phone(though pictures are generally heavily frowned upon, by large men in cheap suits, if they're within sight of a gambling area) in the other facilities within the casino, such as restaurants or bars.
This makes me wonder, can you keep statistics on the slot machines? I've heard that some are programmed differently from other slot machines. Some just don't pay out, I've heard.
Well, most casinos ban electronic aids of any kind. Unless you are actually cheating it's not illegal to use those devices but if you are discovered you get thrown out of the casino fast.
There was a documentary on an MIT group of three card counters called The Amphibians who, after a long period of taking casinos big time, were eventually taken to a back room and photographed so that they were banned from every major casino throughout the world.
This makes me wonder, can you keep statistics on the slot machines? I've heard that some are programmed differently from other slot machines. Some just don't pay out, I've heard.
Yes, if you want, but it's pointless. There's two factors that govern slot machines - their individual RNG, and the percentage of intake they're set to pay out, which must legally be set within a certain threshold. You'll find that every machine pays out roughly same percentage of their intake over time.
A while ago in this conversation someone said that podcasts are dying. I'm pretty sure that's not statistically true. Also, they are the comedy sub-culture.
A while ago in this conversation someone said that podcasts are dying. I'm pretty sure that's not statistically true. Also, they are the comedy sub-culture.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - if it exists within the sphere of tech bloggers, journos, or other commentators, someone somewhere has said that it's dying or dead at least once, regardless of it's actual status, popularity, or anything else at all.
I remember some people saying that Apple was dying when they released the iPad, because nobody wants a tablet, we've had them for years, if people wanted tablets they'd already have them.
Podcasting as a dedicated thing is an extremely weak, niche, non-growing enterprise. It's a marginal side stream for big media companies, and at the lowest levels of hobbyist "fame."
I increasingly say we're an "internet radio show" because adults I interact with aren't quite sure what a "podcast" is.
Coincidentally, internet radio shows (i.e. streaming, web-served audio that isn't just music) are probably even more niche than podcasts, even though they have greater name recognition.
I think services like TuneIn Radio are bridging that gap to a degree. They primarily act as a directory for live streams of radio stations and provide apps that let you access those streams easily on mobile devices. But they can also provide access to old episodes of some of the shows played on those stations as long as the station supplies a schedule of the station (as I understand it, anyways). Maybe bridging the gap between live radio and on-demand radio (or radio-like) programming is going to be a good thing for podcasting.
Coincidentally, internet radio shows (i.e. streaming, web-served audio that isn't just music) are probably even more niche than podcasts, even though they have greater name recognition.
Well, the reason for that is that podcast is a new word with very little to connect it to anything, for people who are unaware of it. "Internet Radio Show" is easy to connect, because it's a radio show like we've known for decades, just "on the internet" somehow.
I had no problem importing from Google Reader to Feedbin.me. I lost my stars, however, I just exported the Google Reader data and imported the OMPL XML file and it worked fine.
2nd: They’ve got to do something with the servers that bought back in the day when they were popular. They’re just sitting there rotting away right now.
I'm still sticking with Feedbin. It's cheap enough and I'm assuming that they won't just yank it out so long as it's making money. The fact that their mobile sites work just fine on phones and tablets meaning that I don't need to buy an app also helps a lot.
Ro, I've been using Feedly and it's really nice, when it works. Not sure why, but for me at least the browser extension tends to fail a lot, getting stuck in infinite loading, never giving me my feeds. But when it works it's really nice and I like it.
Is there a way to use the site without the extension? I haven't seen it.
I like the different custom views. I did notice the load times can be a bit laggy. It's interesting that when I made categories in Feedly, it transferred to Google Reader.
I know it can do it the other way.
As long as the lag doesn't get too bad, I will probably just stick with this.
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They don't ban them completely, because good luck trying to use your phone to cheat at roulette or craps(but don't expect to be standing by the tables for long if you're futzing with your phone while you're at them), and you're 100% okay using your phone(though pictures are generally heavily frowned upon, by large men in cheap suits, if they're within sight of a gambling area) in the other facilities within the casino, such as restaurants or bars.
I remember some people saying that Apple was dying when they released the iPad, because nobody wants a tablet, we've had them for years, if people wanted tablets they'd already have them.
I increasingly say we're an "internet radio show" because adults I interact with aren't quite sure what a "podcast" is.
Feedbin.me doens't do an easy import from your current Google Reader feed.
Yoleo doesn't let you organize the order of the feeds you want to read.
Feedly doesn't work when going Incognito in Chrome. Nevermind. I Googled and found out you can in settings.
They're not making this easy.
I'm testing out Feedly today. It's pretty cool so far.
Also categorizing in Feedly was nice and simply. Just drag and drop. I need to test it out on my iPad when I get home to see how it works with iOS.
So far Feedly is nice. Something I did notice was that it didn't seem to auto update on new articles to my feeds. The iOS app is very slick, however.
I'm not going to bother with Yoleo. It seems to be very slow.
1st: LOL Digg
2nd: They’ve got to do something with the servers that bought back in the day when they were popular. They’re just sitting there rotting away right now.
Digg is an internet Mos Eisley spaceport wannabe.
I like the different custom views. I did notice the load times can be a bit laggy. It's interesting that when I made categories in Feedly, it transferred to Google Reader.
I know it can do it the other way.
As long as the lag doesn't get too bad, I will probably just stick with this.