"... while also not succumbing to the desires of the employable who are simply fucking lazy."
At some point, the moral hazard argument ceases to have any real weight. In a scenario where there are far fewer jobs available than there are people who want to do them, "forcing the lazy bums to work" would be counterproductive. Unless of course the idea is that everyone is secretly a lazy bum, such that if we let a few of them get away with it everyone else will flee the workforce in droves. But I doubt that would happen.
The trick is to adopt a human-free workplace (which is inevitable) while also not killing a few billion humans doing it.
Don't know how the human race is going to get there, but we have to cure ourselves from the disease of Greed first. Otherwise, it will never happen.
Tinder has a reputation for being full of people exaggerating their physical attributes. They pretend to be taller, to have bigger boobs, to have more money and a better car.
Uh, Tinder has a reputation?
Humans have a reputation for exaggerating their physical attributes. A bullshit artist doesn't need Tinder, and that tool is doing nothing more than representing human behavior. Destroy it today, and the same damn thing will pop up in its place tomorrow. With all the same problems.
Since it appears that there's a significant problem with men misrepresenting themselves in their online profiles, I don't mind men being targeted for some brutal honestly.
Of course, this also means I FULLY expect a new Tinder policy that requires every woman's profile to include a full body shot (to include whatever algorithmic hashes are necessary to disprove image manipulation), as well as a makeup-free selfie. There's ZERO reason we should allow the women to get away with misrepresentation.
I think I've also pointed out the obvious differences between the genders. Careful what you wish for ladies. We men might end up demanding you provide the same, in the name of equity.
In the past, we've told the out-of-work buggy whip maker to go get an education, and learn a new trade to avoid becoming a member of the "useless class".
AI is targeting the educated mind, so Andreessen's recommendation is to go get an education??
Andreessen is an ignorant idiot. He also fails to grasp the fact that we already have a "unemployable" class in society (unless you feel infants and the retired elderly somehow aren't). The problem is NOT having an unemployable class. The problem is finding proper ways to support that inevitability, while also not succumbing to the desires of the employable who are simply fucking lazy.
Eventually, humans will be a useless class when it comes to productivity. All of them. Learn to accept that fact, and build the new society appropriately instead of regurgitating the same old "education" line that won't work going forward.
Yes, and it would appear that being a man of the cloth provides you absolutely zero credibility these days with regards to that as well.
Why on earth should being a "man of the cloth" provide any special credibility? If anything it should be a strike against them given that they are in most cases literally selling a false and/or unverifiable claims of the supernatural. (those churches get built with real money that came from someone and someone pays the pastor's salary) They get away with it mostly because of social tradition but it's not difficult to make the case that what they are doing fits the description of fraud or at the very least a hoax. I'm not saying this guy is (intentionally) doing anything reprehensible but he doesn't deserve any special trust or credibility just because he preaches on Sunday.
Ironically enough, it is believing in the supernatural that often keeps people aligned with good morals and ethics, hence the assumption that a man of the cloth who follows the word of God so closely would align themselves with the truth, honesty, and integrity expected of them.
It's not really special credibility as it is an inherent assumption that we cannot take these days, which is just sad.
...they put LOADS of chickens in these crates crowded to hell & it hurts a lot of the birds (sad, but we have to eat)...
24 hours ago you were likely completely unaware that a side effect of raising chickens is spending $200 million to throw away bad product.
Just wanted to point out that fact to dispel that bullshit "we have to eat" excuse that helps justify cruel and inhumane treatment towards animals. Yes, we do have to eat, but if we can afford to waste that much product in the process and see NO impact on the consumer end, that says a lot about what we have to do in order to produce food for humans.
And I'd sure as hell prefer to consume a natural product rather than Ahnold Schwarzechicken.
There are no grocery stores starving for meat product in the US, and we can't even remember a time when there was, so let's not believe everything the meat pushers say.
your alternative source is literally just an article about spaghetti, you dinks.
We should probably be thankful the article wasn't trying to convince us that killer Russian chickens are infecting American politics or some other "alternative" news...
I assume they're talking about the sensor behind the pitot hole here. Making that the only sensor, and non-redundant, is particularly questionable. It's well known that pitot holes are very easily thrown off: an insect building a nest inside it (or ice forming, or etc) will throw off the sensor enough to crash a plane, if it's all you rely on.
I would assume you're correct here, but it still begs the question as to why this sensor was non-redundant, and how that SPOF design ultimately got approved.
Singer helped parents take staged photographs of their children engaged in particular sports...sometimes Photoshopping the face of the child onto the picture of the athlete" and submitting it to desirable schools.
I can't believe parents were actually this stupid. If you're playing sports at the collegiate level, it's because you're actually fucking good at it. The world knows this.
Exactly how long did stupid celebrities think they were going to get away with pimping their fake elite athletes?
I wish this would have all blown up on a playing field somewhere. Would have made for great social media watching some spoiled little shit get called out and shown the door for going along with their parents idiotic ideas.
The transformation will come when I allow one into my house, because it runs 100% locally with open source code and audited and/or open hardware. Not before.
Absolutely agree.
Oh, who am I kidding? The next generation doesn't care about those ideas and values. And... that's okay. I'm not in the business of forcing my values on others, but it's sad to see.
Again I agree, but unfortunately it's more than just sad to see, and it's not OK. A lack of privacy affects all of us, and the more you try and keep those privacy values alive, the more you will stick out like a sore thumb. Hell, you'll likely be targeted more simply because you're not acting like a proper lemming.
I avoid using Siri, Alexa, or Hey Google. Because of that lack of participation, I'm probably on someone's watch list.
well -- People may press the button many times a day. But they doesn't tell them WHY you press the button.
Uh, care to tell me exactly WHY you are pressing ALT+TAB?
It's function is rather singular and it requires a combination of keystrokes, so it's hardly used by accident, or for 17 different reasons. Not sure how many ways Microsoft can ask that question, but it would likely resemble something like this:
(Microsoft) Can you briefly explain why you use ALT+TAB?
(User) Yeah, to switch between running applications.
(Microsoft) Yes, we understand that's the function of ALT+TAB, but why do you use it?
(User) Uhhh, I just told you. To switch between running apps.
(Microsoft) Yes, but what were you trying to do?
(User) When did you morons stop using your own product?
Hackers often target IoT devices that don't have built-in security, leading to problems like default passwords and vulnerabilities that can't be fixed. [...] Lawmakers are looking to fix that with the bill, which would require a bare minimum of security standards for any IoT devices that the federal government uses.
This will become nothing more than special "government edition" and "consumer edition" product lines of the exact same item, just with different firmware.
I find it hard to believe that vendors will create separate development lines for these products. I guarantee you the "minimum" standard won't be hard to implement, and you could probably sell hardware easily to civilians with some bullshit marketing like US Tested, Government Approved.
Remember the $600 hammer? Now there will be an actual justifiable difference between the product bought on government contract and the same item at a fraction of the price at Wal-Mart.
Sorry, but your own example tends to invalidate your argument. There's nothing inherently different between a $6 hammer and a $600 one, proving you don't need "government edition" anything to create that stupidity.
There's a reason we created terms like "ton" to describe considerable weight. Childrens electronic toys can hold multiple Libraries of Congress these days, so let's stop pretending that "mega-ultra-giga-bazillion" is going to impress anyone.
Hell, if we're gonna get stupid about this, then why not measure each individual bit? I'm sure Mathy McMathface can get piss drunk on new number names with an 8x power factor.
Yes, there's a lot of data in the world. We get it. Now perhaps we can grow up and create a reasonable unit of measure.
Apple re-releases a decade old service slightly altered as new... they had to. Nobody has released any new hardware that they can rip-off and call an innovation recently.
While your latter statement holds a point, let's stop pretending that Apple is the only one entering the Entertainment Wars.
The content fracturing has only just begun, and by the time they're done those extinct cable offerings will seem like a fucking bargain by comparison.
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" ... while also not succumbing to the desires of the employable who are simply fucking lazy."
At some point, the moral hazard argument ceases to have any real weight. In a scenario where there are far fewer jobs available than there are people who want to do them, "forcing the lazy bums to work" would be counterproductive. Unless of course the idea is that everyone is secretly a lazy bum, such that if we let a few of them get away with it everyone else will flee the workforce in droves. But I doubt that would happen.
The trick is to adopt a human-free workplace (which is inevitable) while also not killing a few billion humans doing it.
Don't know how the human race is going to get there, but we have to cure ourselves from the disease of Greed first. Otherwise, it will never happen.
Tinder has a reputation for being full of people exaggerating their physical attributes. They pretend to be taller, to have bigger boobs, to have more money and a better car.
Uh, Tinder has a reputation?
Humans have a reputation for exaggerating their physical attributes. A bullshit artist doesn't need Tinder, and that tool is doing nothing more than representing human behavior. Destroy it today, and the same damn thing will pop up in its place tomorrow. With all the same problems.
Since it appears that there's a significant problem with men misrepresenting themselves in their online profiles, I don't mind men being targeted for some brutal honestly.
Of course, this also means I FULLY expect a new Tinder policy that requires every woman's profile to include a full body shot (to include whatever algorithmic hashes are necessary to disprove image manipulation), as well as a makeup-free selfie. There's ZERO reason we should allow the women to get away with misrepresentation.
I think I've also pointed out the obvious differences between the genders. Careful what you wish for ladies. We men might end up demanding you provide the same, in the name of equity.
In the past, we've told the out-of-work buggy whip maker to go get an education, and learn a new trade to avoid becoming a member of the "useless class".
AI is targeting the educated mind, so Andreessen's recommendation is to go get an education??
Andreessen is an ignorant idiot. He also fails to grasp the fact that we already have a "unemployable" class in society (unless you feel infants and the retired elderly somehow aren't). The problem is NOT having an unemployable class. The problem is finding proper ways to support that inevitability, while also not succumbing to the desires of the employable who are simply fucking lazy.
Eventually, humans will be a useless class when it comes to productivity. All of them. Learn to accept that fact, and build the new society appropriately instead of regurgitating the same old "education" line that won't work going forward.
You fool! 12ax7 is a low power tube, EL34 a high power tube. You shouldn't even whisper of them in the same breath.
I know they're low power.
(whispers) Hipsters like their bread lightly toasted.
Apparently 96-grain bread burns easily, and of course it must be the proper light toast texture to support the mandatory avocado.
it was probably a 12AX7 dual triode that blew in rack #12
they found a pool of vanilla soy latte around the computer
it is a mystery who could be responsible
The IT hipster called.
He's on his way back to work with a replacement 12AX7 he got from his toaster.
Yeah, I know. Good thing that toaster wasn't running EL34s...
Yes, and it would appear that being a man of the cloth provides you absolutely zero credibility these days with regards to that as well.
Why on earth should being a "man of the cloth" provide any special credibility? If anything it should be a strike against them given that they are in most cases literally selling a false and/or unverifiable claims of the supernatural. (those churches get built with real money that came from someone and someone pays the pastor's salary) They get away with it mostly because of social tradition but it's not difficult to make the case that what they are doing fits the description of fraud or at the very least a hoax. I'm not saying this guy is (intentionally) doing anything reprehensible but he doesn't deserve any special trust or credibility just because he preaches on Sunday.
Ironically enough, it is believing in the supernatural that often keeps people aligned with good morals and ethics, hence the assumption that a man of the cloth who follows the word of God so closely would align themselves with the truth, honesty, and integrity expected of them.
It's not really special credibility as it is an inherent assumption that we cannot take these days, which is just sad.
And both of them still have the headphone jack.
Sadly, the demand to make iPhones toilet-water-proof far exceeded the need for headphone jacks.
I'm guessing there are a lot fewer iPads regularly hovering over water.
It's the 'Guilty until proven innocent' game again.
Yes, and it would appear that being a man of the cloth provides you absolutely zero credibility these days with regards to that as well.
Stanford.
Creating a Better Future for All Humanity, One Bribe at a Time.
Or in those open-back headphones.
You are aware that we have these products that already resolve that problem, right?
Strangely enough, they're called closed-back headphones.
Also, in a word? Earbuds.
If it lets through normal air flow, can it be used for engine exhausts?
* looks at aftermarket muffler industry *
Uh, it doesn't look like people want to actually quiet that product...
...they put LOADS of chickens in these crates crowded to hell & it hurts a lot of the birds (sad, but we have to eat)...
24 hours ago you were likely completely unaware that a side effect of raising chickens is spending $200 million to throw away bad product.
Just wanted to point out that fact to dispel that bullshit "we have to eat" excuse that helps justify cruel and inhumane treatment towards animals. Yes, we do have to eat, but if we can afford to waste that much product in the process and see NO impact on the consumer end, that says a lot about what we have to do in order to produce food for humans.
And I'd sure as hell prefer to consume a natural product rather than Ahnold Schwarzechicken.
There are no grocery stores starving for meat product in the US, and we can't even remember a time when there was, so let's not believe everything the meat pushers say.
your alternative source is literally just an article about spaghetti, you dinks.
We should probably be thankful the article wasn't trying to convince us that killer Russian chickens are infecting American politics or some other "alternative" news...
I assume they're talking about the sensor behind the pitot hole here. Making that the only sensor, and non-redundant, is particularly questionable. It's well known that pitot holes are very easily thrown off: an insect building a nest inside it (or ice forming, or etc) will throw off the sensor enough to crash a plane, if it's all you rely on.
I would assume you're correct here, but it still begs the question as to why this sensor was non-redundant, and how that SPOF design ultimately got approved.
Singer helped parents take staged photographs of their children engaged in particular sports...sometimes Photoshopping the face of the child onto the picture of the athlete" and submitting it to desirable schools.
I can't believe parents were actually this stupid. If you're playing sports at the collegiate level, it's because you're actually fucking good at it. The world knows this.
Exactly how long did stupid celebrities think they were going to get away with pimping their fake elite athletes?
I wish this would have all blown up on a playing field somewhere. Would have made for great social media watching some spoiled little shit get called out and shown the door for going along with their parents idiotic ideas.
The transformation will come when I allow one into my house, because it runs 100% locally with open source code and audited and/or open hardware. Not before.
Absolutely agree.
Oh, who am I kidding? The next generation doesn't care about those ideas and values. And... that's okay. I'm not in the business of forcing my values on others, but it's sad to see.
Again I agree, but unfortunately it's more than just sad to see, and it's not OK. A lack of privacy affects all of us, and the more you try and keep those privacy values alive, the more you will stick out like a sore thumb. Hell, you'll likely be targeted more simply because you're not acting like a proper lemming.
I avoid using Siri, Alexa, or Hey Google. Because of that lack of participation, I'm probably on someone's watch list.
Maybe not in America, but pretty sure this will be considered illegal in the E.U.
Curious, when exactly did they outlaw pop-ups, marketing, or advertising in the EU?
well -- People may press the button many times a day. But they doesn't tell them WHY you press the button.
Uh, care to tell me exactly WHY you are pressing ALT+TAB?
It's function is rather singular and it requires a combination of keystrokes, so it's hardly used by accident, or for 17 different reasons. Not sure how many ways Microsoft can ask that question, but it would likely resemble something like this:
(Microsoft) Can you briefly explain why you use ALT+TAB?
(User) Yeah, to switch between running applications.
(Microsoft) Yes, we understand that's the function of ALT+TAB, but why do you use it?
(User) Uhhh, I just told you. To switch between running apps.
(Microsoft) Yes, but what were you trying to do?
(User) When did you morons stop using your own product?
Those "$600 hammers" were beryllium copper non-sparking ones. They ain't cheap for anyone.
Care to explain the technology in the $10,000 toilet seats?
(I'm guessing it's actually a portable black hole used to teleport the mountains of bullshit spewing from those selling $600 hammers...)
Here's someone asking the right type of questions.
Actually, I'm only left asking the obvious question; How the hell did MS telemetry not gather this detail.
...and you have no idea how your customers use a key feature in Windows 10?
Way to fail there, Microsoft.
Hackers often target IoT devices that don't have built-in security, leading to problems like default passwords and vulnerabilities that can't be fixed. [...] Lawmakers are looking to fix that with the bill, which would require a bare minimum of security standards for any IoT devices that the federal government uses.
This will become nothing more than special "government edition" and "consumer edition" product lines of the exact same item, just with different firmware.
I find it hard to believe that vendors will create separate development lines for these products. I guarantee you the "minimum" standard won't be hard to implement, and you could probably sell hardware easily to civilians with some bullshit marketing like US Tested, Government Approved.
Remember the $600 hammer? Now there will be an actual justifiable difference between the product bought on government contract and the same item at a fraction of the price at Wal-Mart.
Sorry, but your own example tends to invalidate your argument. There's nothing inherently different between a $6 hammer and a $600 one, proving you don't need "government edition" anything to create that stupidity.
There's a reason we created terms like "ton" to describe considerable weight. Childrens electronic toys can hold multiple Libraries of Congress these days, so let's stop pretending that "mega-ultra-giga-bazillion" is going to impress anyone.
Hell, if we're gonna get stupid about this, then why not measure each individual bit? I'm sure Mathy McMathface can get piss drunk on new number names with an 8x power factor.
Yes, there's a lot of data in the world. We get it. Now perhaps we can grow up and create a reasonable unit of measure.
Apple re-releases a decade old service slightly altered as new... they had to. Nobody has released any new hardware that they can rip-off and call an innovation recently.
While your latter statement holds a point, let's stop pretending that Apple is the only one entering the Entertainment Wars.
The content fracturing has only just begun, and by the time they're done those extinct cable offerings will seem like a fucking bargain by comparison.