I dont want a voice ASSISTANT. I want Voice CONTROL. Voice Attack is a perfect example of voice control vs voice assistant. It only runs locally, and only executes commands i have set up for it, and nothing else. It only listens when i explicitly allow it to and i can disable the mic in-program at any time (or choose a different mic). That is the gold standard Cortana and the rest should be aiming for. As it is these assistants dont work for you, they work for their company. Its like having a secretary on premises at your business but they are actually an employee of Amazon, Google, MS etc. and will constantly steer your business to using their services instead of being loyal to you and recommending the best service overall.
No, i KNEW. I saw what was possible in the commercial space, reviewed history and extrapolated. You can comfort yourself by thinking otherwise if you choose.
It most certainly was not. Snowden confirmed that stuff for normies, but every network tech in the world knew what was possible. I have been preparing for this era for a very long time. I knew we would eventually be here when i first heard of CALEA in 1994.
By centralized i mean by default the road section you are on will determine your car's available parameters, not the car's computer/driver. We will build future roads with beacons and sensors passively embedded in them. You can do traffic shaping on local loops without ever reporting a mother brain. The 'central' computer only need coordinate and pass off data from section to section, not run the entire thing from end to end. I agree there is always a danger of systemic corruption in using one system, but with proper compartmentalization,and firewalling its not an issue. Part of the issue you are describing is a human design issue, not necessarily a technology problem.
Im not saying its how we should do things, but if i was building a autonomous system from scratch, i would start here. I think the hard way is the right way, but it bugs me when people say there arent other methods we could try, at least on limited scales..
Or just ban human drivers and make the roads autonomous-only. Let the road computer (centralized coordinating computer that sets speeds, manages traffic flow, etc) control the cars, with limited inter-car comms. We are doing autonomous driving the hardest way possible. Get rid of the human driving factor, autonomous driving becomes orders of magnitude easier. HOV lanes should be converted to autonomous only, now.
I think its fair to say Jobs invented things. Maybe not according to some pedantic definition, but he was no dummy and was well versed in many fields. He had the requisite knowledge and resources to invent.
Im typing this on an 8 year old PC i built myself. I use it for pretty bleeding edge VR research....But yeah, keep thinking that way, my stock portfolio loves it.
You are pedantically correct in that its not a 'principle of computing', its an issue of trust. You cant just hand-wave away the issue that none of us can say what an iphone actually does. All we can do is take Apple's word, and that is simply unacceptable and will be used to abuse the people over and over for the next few decades.
I want to be able to share files with the rest of the computers in the world over open protocols...not just apple ones over proprietary ones....Why do you defend this stuff? Every phone should be able to share files with another easily, if the users wishes it, not just special ones.
I guess slashdot has forgotten 'trust, but verify'. Dont fucking tell me to trust something if i cant see the source code. Its a principle of computing and im tired of morons like you saying 'just go with it'
Because this is a very simple thing that should require one radio and no other connection. Every iOS phone is physically capable of ad-hoc, they purposefully obfuscate it. It never occurred to me that Apple would be so petty and short sighted to make simple file sharing so purposefully shitty. It never once occurred to me they would consider such a simple tech to be something that can only be used a very certain way. I understood why early mobiles couldnt do simple file handling, but there is absolutely no excuse today.
Jesus Christ, you have to have Bluetooth on to initiate a fucking ad-hoc wifi file transfer? So both phones have to be iphones of a certain date, both have to be logged in to Apple, and then you can only transfer files through one app, and you dont ever actually get a true network. Tell me again how any professional actually uses this shit? Two VERY advanced computers cant even direct connect and share files without two separate radios and be connected to the mothership......WTF happened here?
Some of us dont like things turning themselves back on. If i set something off, i want it off until i personally decide i want it back on. You are making an argument for the lazy and absent minded. Its not hard to remember to turn BT back on...Dont excuse this outright disrespect of the user.
Colony Collapse shouldnt be considered a failure. One of the biggest issues humans have with designing things is they think they can design one perfect thing, instead of taking nature's 'expendable' approach. You need to have more than one colony design, and some will fail. Nature progresses by ensuring the losses dont outpace the gains That is how we have to design off-world colonies. We absolutely have to get over the idea that no one is going to die in these efforts.
Intel and AMD have had a cross-licensing agreement in place since the 1970s...Intel gives WAY more in that exchange than AMD ever does. It cracks me up when people trot out AMD64 like it means anything. AMDs entire worth is a rounding error compared to Intel. Hell, Intel spent as much in R&D as AMDs entire worth for decades. AMDs market capitalization is at $12 billion, Intel's is $183 billion. They are not peers in any way, Intel utterly dominates AMD in technology and processes. AMD doesnt even have their own fab for crying out loud.
TO be fair, its a VERY new service and its going to take time for them to scale it. I like how AMZL provides 4 hour delivery windows vs UPS 'you'll get it sometime today'. It will get better over time.
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I dont want a voice ASSISTANT. I want Voice CONTROL. Voice Attack is a perfect example of voice control vs voice assistant. It only runs locally, and only executes commands i have set up for it, and nothing else. It only listens when i explicitly allow it to and i can disable the mic in-program at any time (or choose a different mic). That is the gold standard Cortana and the rest should be aiming for. As it is these assistants dont work for you, they work for their company. Its like having a secretary on premises at your business but they are actually an employee of Amazon, Google, MS etc. and will constantly steer your business to using their services instead of being loyal to you and recommending the best service overall.
No, i KNEW. I saw what was possible in the commercial space, reviewed history and extrapolated. You can comfort yourself by thinking otherwise if you choose.
It most certainly was not. Snowden confirmed that stuff for normies, but every network tech in the world knew what was possible. I have been preparing for this era for a very long time. I knew we would eventually be here when i first heard of CALEA in 1994.
By centralized i mean by default the road section you are on will determine your car's available parameters, not the car's computer/driver. We will build future roads with beacons and sensors passively embedded in them. You can do traffic shaping on local loops without ever reporting a mother brain. The 'central' computer only need coordinate and pass off data from section to section, not run the entire thing from end to end. I agree there is always a danger of systemic corruption in using one system, but with proper compartmentalization ,and firewalling its not an issue. Part of the issue you are describing is a human design issue, not necessarily a technology problem.
Im not saying its how we should do things, but if i was building a autonomous system from scratch, i would start here. I think the hard way is the right way, but it bugs me when people say there arent other methods we could try, at least on limited scales..
Or just ban human drivers and make the roads autonomous-only. Let the road computer (centralized coordinating computer that sets speeds, manages traffic flow, etc) control the cars, with limited inter-car comms. We are doing autonomous driving the hardest way possible. Get rid of the human driving factor, autonomous driving becomes orders of magnitude easier. HOV lanes should be converted to autonomous only, now.
I think its fair to say Jobs invented things. Maybe not according to some pedantic definition, but he was no dummy and was well versed in many fields. He had the requisite knowledge and resources to invent.
Im typing this on an 8 year old PC i built myself. I use it for pretty bleeding edge VR research....But yeah, keep thinking that way, my stock portfolio loves it.
Come on, the ipad 1 as obsolete the day it rolled out the door with no camera. It was obvious ipad 2 was the one to wait for.
You are pedantically correct in that its not a 'principle of computing', its an issue of trust. You cant just hand-wave away the issue that none of us can say what an iphone actually does. All we can do is take Apple's word, and that is simply unacceptable and will be used to abuse the people over and over for the next few decades.
I want to be able to share files with the rest of the computers in the world over open protocols...not just apple ones over proprietary ones....Why do you defend this stuff? Every phone should be able to share files with another easily, if the users wishes it, not just special ones.
I guess slashdot has forgotten 'trust, but verify'. Dont fucking tell me to trust something if i cant see the source code. Its a principle of computing and im tired of morons like you saying 'just go with it'
Because this is a very simple thing that should require one radio and no other connection. Every iOS phone is physically capable of ad-hoc, they purposefully obfuscate it. It never occurred to me that Apple would be so petty and short sighted to make simple file sharing so purposefully shitty. It never once occurred to me they would consider such a simple tech to be something that can only be used a very certain way. I understood why early mobiles couldnt do simple file handling, but there is absolutely no excuse today.
Jesus Christ, you have to have Bluetooth on to initiate a fucking ad-hoc wifi file transfer? So both phones have to be iphones of a certain date, both have to be logged in to Apple, and then you can only transfer files through one app, and you dont ever actually get a true network. Tell me again how any professional actually uses this shit? Two VERY advanced computers cant even direct connect and share files without two separate radios and be connected to the mothership......WTF happened here?
There is no way of verifying this information. We simply have to trust apple that its true. Did we forget 'Trust, but Verify'?
It should be off by default...
FLAC is too big for BT, so no its not entirely orthogonal.
Some of us dont like things turning themselves back on. If i set something off, i want it off until i personally decide i want it back on. You are making an argument for the lazy and absent minded. Its not hard to remember to turn BT back on...Dont excuse this outright disrespect of the user.
We have really stumbled down terrible road havent we? We are all building on sand now.
Colony Collapse shouldnt be considered a failure. One of the biggest issues humans have with designing things is they think they can design one perfect thing, instead of taking nature's 'expendable' approach. You need to have more than one colony design, and some will fail. Nature progresses by ensuring the losses dont outpace the gains That is how we have to design off-world colonies. We absolutely have to get over the idea that no one is going to die in these efforts.
Intel and AMD have had a cross-licensing agreement in place since the 1970s...Intel gives WAY more in that exchange than AMD ever does. It cracks me up when people trot out AMD64 like it means anything. AMDs entire worth is a rounding error compared to Intel. Hell, Intel spent as much in R&D as AMDs entire worth for decades. AMDs market capitalization is at $12 billion, Intel's is $183 billion. They are not peers in any way, Intel utterly dominates AMD in technology and processes. AMD doesnt even have their own fab for crying out loud.
At least they expire relatively quickly. MP3 is already Public Domain, as is most of MPEG2
TO be fair, its a VERY new service and its going to take time for them to scale it. I like how AMZL provides 4 hour delivery windows vs UPS 'you'll get it sometime today'. It will get better over time.
Imagine when retail dies. Who is going to be in a position to buy it all? Amazon.. They just bought Whole Foods.
I love fake brands. Currently typing this on an 'Encom' labeled computer. My server is from Aperture Laboratories.
Same, but with a 1080ti.... :).