But, Mr. Kuhn acknowledged, officials have confronted political and logistical obstacles in adjusting a program that last year provided services to 43 million older and disabled Americans.
Instead, projects use a series of prototypes followed by an "industrialization" cycle, letting the firm handle sudden changes from customers in a way that has less impact on reliability than adjusting a program after it is completed.
Then there's User Account Control, an intrusive dialog box that pops up whenever you try to install a program or adjust a PC-wide setting, requesting that you confirm the change by entering your password.
In case something does go wrong, he said, a physician who knows how to program or adjust a pacemaker should be nearby.
Nest's team knew that only a small fraction of thermostats were ever programmed to adjust a dwelling's temperature depending on the time of day, the day of the week, and the season the process was just too complicated.
The above discussion has the following implications about how to adjust an OECD-style UI program to developing countries: (i) simplify monitoring of eligibility and avoid judgments in awarding benefits, and (ii) strengthen financial incentives to address motivational problems by relying on unemployment insurance savings accounts (UISAs) and keeping benefits modest. .
Filters can be added on top of other filters, and the program can adjust an entire batch of photos at once.
One that adjusts a lesson on computer programming depending on whether a student already has previous experience with programming, or is a total beginner -- why not use concepts a student may already have to allow them to learn something faster?
But by giving them an anonymous channel to report to project partners through their own mobile phones, we learn what they need and can adjust the program to have a bigger impact.
If you've ever adjusted colors in a program like Photoshop, you've done color correction.
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