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DabbleDB was a truly unique take on a refactorable, easy-to-use webapp database. It was aqui-hired by Twitter and shut down a few years ago. I feel like AirTable is a worthy spiritual successor today.
Take a look at instadb.com
Sadly it appears hosting with them is the only option, and no inkling of the price. I don't want to waste their time if it's thousands a month.
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Try the Pyra mini computer. https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/
I have similarly been looking for a modern Sharp Zaurus replacement. But the Pyra (and the Pandora before it) does not make a good PDA. For one thing the dimensions: it is a real brick and I don't understand why that is in 2016. All the flip-top Sharp Zaurii SL-Cxxxx were at least 5mm slimmer, and they were made a good ten years ago. Then there is the keyboard, which is pushed all the way to the bottom edge, which ma…
RPN HP calculators: HP29C (my first one) and HP41C (did university with it). A long time ago, some demon soul from hell decided to kill them product lines. The world never was the same, afterwards.
I have an HP15C and an HP12C on my android, from HP. Maybe they offer your calculators.
It is the physical experience of holding an HP41 (or older HP2x) calculator in hands, and the feel of the keys. Nothing comes close today.
Also, you could hack the HP41 with what was called "synthetic programming" ... Great fun. http://www.hpmuseum.org/prog/synth41.htm
4DOS. Tab complete in DOS! Wikipedia says its now open source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4DOS
I don't know what the newer versions are like, since I still use 4NT 8.something. It's got some missing or inconvenient functionality, such as no equivalent to `...`, and I've had its DEL commands delete too many files a couple of times (!!!). But I still rate it above any of the POSIX-style ones for interactive use, on account of its popups for browsing command history, working folder history and selecting files.
I am careful to only delete files with `rm' these days though...
* IBM ThinkPad T41p/60. Lenovo T410/X210 where still somewhat fine. But these newer ultrabooks nowadays have less powerful specs than 5 year old notebooks. The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon isn't bad, but a far cry given it's ultrabook less powerful specs than an 5 year old high end notebook. And these shitty keyboard nowadays, give me back the old keyboard layout like grouped F1-F12 key, better placed Home/PgUp/PgDn/End…
Google Reader. There are no replacements that a) update fast enough, and b) allow search for free. I know, I tried all of them. Firefox had an amazing plugin called "Ubiquity", which was basically like command line for your browser and you could write custom scripts for it. It was seriously better than anything that exists today. They stopped developing it for some reason. Tab Groups is another feature that's now aba…
I prefer a trackball to a mouse, and the one I liked best was the Microsoft Trackball Explorer. I liked that I could control the trackball with my fingers and use my thumb for the wheel and buttons. Pointing is much more precise that way.
Putting the ball under the least accurate fingers was so weird.
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I strongly suspect the NX will be based on a game streaming service like OnLive. If you look at most of the rumours with that in mind, they make more sense.
I very much doubt it. They'd be cutting off massive markets where internet connectivity isn't consistently good (most of the world). Sure, Nintendo are struggling to find their place in the home console market right now but they're more conservative when it comes to changing the distribution/sales model.
With all due respect, countries without decent Internet infrastructure are unlikely to be places where there are plenty of people with the spare cash to blow on a console.
Furthermore, Nintendo has said that the NX is not designed to be a replacement for the Wii U, meaning that Nintendo may still plan to sell the Wii U, and therefore would have a product to sell in emerging markets (in addition to their handheld devices).
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-05/15/nintendo-nx-n...
"Following a Nintendo investor briefing, officially translated here, president Satoru Iwata says that although the NX will be "a dedicated video game platform with a brand new concept," he does not "intend it to become a simple "replacement" for Nintendo 3DS or Wii U.""
Carrying on, consider the following points from the GFK Research Group leak:
http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/rumored-nintendo-nx-spe...
"Connect with other Nintendo players around the world via the Nintendo Network"
"Gameplay flows between Nintendo NX console and Nintendo NX handheld device"
"Supports 4K/60fps video streaming"
"Gameplay graphics at 900p/60fps"
> "Sure, Nintendo are struggling to find their place in the home console market right now but they're more conservative when it comes to changing the distribution/sales model."
Nintendo have been slow to develop their online offerings, but they're increasingly working in that direction. Nintendo is also keen to get into the mobile gaming market, which a game-streaming platform would help with:
http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/17/nintendo-and-dena-announce...
Furthermore, even if such a move to a streaming, subscription-based service would be innovative for Nintendo, the sort of 'Netflix for gaming' approach is nothing new in the market. Aside from OnLive as mentioned before, Sony are already doing it with PlayStation Now. Nintendo can learn from earlier attempts in the market, they don't have to go in blind.
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/gaming/playstation-now-1213...
Lastly, if you believe some of the rumoured specs (which I personally think are mostly driven by wishful thinking), the NX is meant to be 3x more powerful than the PS4. That sort of power only makes sense if it's a streaming platform.