Radiation shielding might be helpful since Mars has no atmosphere.
You think it's atmosphere that shields us from radiation? The only radiation atmosphere shields us from, is UV, of which there is very little on Mars. What shields us from radiation on Earth are the Van Halen belts, i.e. Earth's magnetic field. While you make a good point in principle, you make it starting from flawed science. Very flawed, as this is known even to schoolchildren.
In Mars' gravity,. a human could walk far faster than that without breaking a sweat, if he/she wanted to. I mean, I completely agree with your main point, I am just nicpicking.
I would contend that a single astronaut on Mars can do far more science than even 1000 robots. The OP has actually underestimated the problem with using RC robots on Mars: it's not just the time it takes for the signal to reach Mars, but it's the roundtrip - when an operator gives a minimal instruction to the robot, he/she will wait in trepidation for 8 to 48 minutes to find out WTF happened. As a result, as OP says, the robots have to be operated with extreme paranoia - which is the enemy of research and discovery.
But eve MORE importantly, there are things that no amount of robots can accomplish, compared to a single human who can arrange an impromptu test or experiment, or repair,
Nuclear power is one of the cleanest energy sources, as well as one of the safest. The fact that a modern industrialized nation like Japan realizes this, should be encouraging for those who care about the planet's climate and health.
I find nothing at all to object in what you wrote. I am certain you could see this yourself already.
An UBI you can live reasonably (not near starving) on is an absolute minimal emergency measure. It is by far not enough to solve the upcoming crisis.
If we, as a liberal (classical liberal) western society can't even openly talk about UBI, then we are deeply in trouble. The moment of reckoning is approaching much faster than I anticipated, and we'll arrive at a crossroads - either an Orwellian dystopia, a world-wide civil war, or an explosive maturation of societies. Rationally, I don't see any other possibility, and I don't see this crossroads moment coming in more than a decade from now.
I agree. I hope, however, that this action on their part will start a serious dialogue in our societies about the issue of robotization and the related issue of massive and chronic joblessness. A serious discussion about policy changes that are compatible with western liberal society, is overdue. I am sorry that every time universal basic income is mentioned on Slashdot. most post that completely misunderstand it are the ones upvoted, but this, too, will have to change. People have to stop being ignorant and start understanding. I am not sure UBI is the best solution, but I know that most of those losing their jobs cannot get a new one just by retraining. There just isn't a need for that many engineering, repair, and R&D jobs. Most of the people will not be needed and most of the robots will produce goods for them.
I lived vicariously the golden, heroic days of microcomputing via my S-100 computer hobby, and the Godbout cards are some of the nicest, best engineered ones. From everything I read about him, I could deduce that he was a generous, giving and thriving man, a pillar of the home computing community.
You are seriously telling us that you see little difference between requiring a pin when using a CC for purchasing goods, vs. not requiring one, even if "only" for IRL shopping? If that is the case, then you are a moron with an IQ below 80.
You'd also think that people smart enough to run Linux would also be smart enough to steer away from such thoroughly gimped hardware - where custom ICs are introduced to make repairability impossible by independent shops, where memory, storage and CPU are soldered on, and where.... you can't boot other OSes than the ones the mothership approves of.
Another Windows 7 user here. I have made the firm decision that i won't run Windows 10 at home, nor will do so any our family member. I will also try to avoid using it at work by all means except losing my job.
Windows 7 is the last Windows I will use privately. After it becomes completely useless (will take a long time since most applications now are good enough), I'll switch to a Linux distro I don't dislike, like Devuan or maybe FreeBSD.
This, like all other methods based on behavioural observations and physiological reactions, will NOT work on psychopaths, which is arguably the demographic you should worry the most about. Psychopaths don't reflect their emotional state on their behaviour or on their body reactions. They don't sweat, their heart rate doesn't increase, when confronted with their lies, or while lying - even if they're lying their ass off.
The headline may be misunderstood as the third Falcon 9 flight ever. The news here is that a specific Falcon 9 booster is going to be reused for the second time, so it will be its third flight. Not to be confused with Falcon Heavy [wikipedia.org] (Simultaneous boosters landing [youtube.com]), which has been launched only once in a test flight.
Indeed. The news here is that they are reusing a booster for the second time for the first time, whereas they have reused boosters for the first time only many times before.
I am awaiting the milestone when they reuse a booster for the third time. There's a first time for that, too.
Gasoline? Most definitely not. Saudi Arabia gets nearly all its electrical energy from crude oil and natural gas burning. They are now building nuclear power plants, but for the foreseeable future, natural gas and crude oil is their primary source of electrical energy.
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Radiation shielding might be helpful since Mars has no atmosphere.
You think it's atmosphere that shields us from radiation? The only radiation atmosphere shields us from, is UV, of which there is very little on Mars. What shields us from radiation on Earth are the Van Halen belts, i.e. Earth's magnetic field. While you make a good point in principle, you make it starting from flawed science. Very flawed, as this is known even to schoolchildren.
Sure, but you still don't have the flexibility and immediacy of a human. That 8-48 min latency is a killer.
Wow. That's a low effort troll if I've ever seen one.
In Mars' gravity,. a human could walk far faster than that without breaking a sweat, if he/she wanted to. I mean, I completely agree with your main point, I am just nicpicking.
I would contend that a single astronaut on Mars can do far more science than even 1000 robots. The OP has actually underestimated the problem with using RC robots on Mars: it's not just the time it takes for the signal to reach Mars, but it's the roundtrip - when an operator gives a minimal instruction to the robot, he/she will wait in trepidation for 8 to 48 minutes to find out WTF happened. As a result, as OP says, the robots have to be operated with extreme paranoia - which is the enemy of research and discovery.
But eve MORE importantly, there are things that no amount of robots can accomplish, compared to a single human who can arrange an impromptu test or experiment, or repair,
Be that as it may, the intercept Bloomberg is speculating about, would have had no ill effect on your "user experience".
9% oil
Sad.
Nuclear power is one of the cleanest energy sources, as well as one of the safest. The fact that a modern industrialized nation like Japan realizes this, should be encouraging for those who care about the planet's climate and health.
Bitcoin is no better than Bitconnect. Both have a value of 0.
I am anticipating poor sales, as BTC is circling the drain.
I find nothing at all to object in what you wrote. I am certain you could see this yourself already.
An UBI you can live reasonably (not near starving) on is an absolute minimal emergency measure. It is by far not enough to solve the upcoming crisis.
If we, as a liberal (classical liberal) western society can't even openly talk about UBI, then we are deeply in trouble. The moment of reckoning is approaching much faster than I anticipated, and we'll arrive at a crossroads - either an Orwellian dystopia, a world-wide civil war, or an explosive maturation of societies. Rationally, I don't see any other possibility, and I don't see this crossroads moment coming in more than a decade from now.
I agree. I hope, however, that this action on their part will start a serious dialogue in our societies about the issue of robotization and the related issue of massive and chronic joblessness. A serious discussion about policy changes that are compatible with western liberal society, is overdue. I am sorry that every time universal basic income is mentioned on Slashdot. most post that completely misunderstand it are the ones upvoted, but this, too, will have to change. People have to stop being ignorant and start understanding. I am not sure UBI is the best solution, but I know that most of those losing their jobs cannot get a new one just by retraining. There just isn't a need for that many engineering, repair, and R&D jobs. Most of the people will not be needed and most of the robots will produce goods for them.
Helping the Pentagon for profit is bad, but helping the Orwellian Chinese surveillance network is acceptable.
I lived vicariously the golden, heroic days of microcomputing via my S-100 computer hobby, and the Godbout cards are some of the nicest, best engineered ones. From everything I read about him, I could deduce that he was a generous, giving and thriving man, a pillar of the home computing community.
He will be missed dearly.
Imagine having to support a SystemD-based Linux distribution for a decade!
Same here. I never allow it to update, and only occasionally apply some patches manually.
I see little useful difference.
You are seriously telling us that you see little difference between requiring a pin when using a CC for purchasing goods, vs. not requiring one, even if "only" for IRL shopping? If that is the case, then you are a moron with an IQ below 80.
You'd also think that people smart enough to run Linux would also be smart enough to steer away from such thoroughly gimped hardware - where custom ICs are introduced to make repairability impossible by independent shops, where memory, storage and CPU are soldered on, and where.... you can't boot other OSes than the ones the mothership approves of.
Another Windows 7 user here. I have made the firm decision that i won't run Windows 10 at home, nor will do so any our family member. I will also try to avoid using it at work by all means except losing my job.
Windows 7 is the last Windows I will use privately. After it becomes completely useless (will take a long time since most applications now are good enough), I'll switch to a Linux distro I don't dislike, like Devuan or maybe FreeBSD.
This, like all other methods based on behavioural observations and physiological reactions, will NOT work on psychopaths, which is arguably the demographic you should worry the most about. Psychopaths don't reflect their emotional state on their behaviour or on their body reactions. They don't sweat, their heart rate doesn't increase, when confronted with their lies, or while lying - even if they're lying their ass off.
Shocking, I know, but I don't feel the need for a new phone. I still love the AMOLED display with its vibrant colours.
The fact that it has a headphone jack and replaceable batteries just reinforces my commitment to this "ancient" phone
The headline may be misunderstood as the third Falcon 9 flight ever. The news here is that a specific Falcon 9 booster is going to be reused for the second time, so it will be its third flight. Not to be confused with Falcon Heavy [wikipedia.org] (Simultaneous boosters landing [youtube.com]), which has been launched only once in a test flight.
Indeed. The news here is that they are reusing a booster for the second time for the first time, whereas they have reused boosters for the first time only many times before.
I am awaiting the milestone when they reuse a booster for the third time. There's a first time for that, too.
No, thank you.
she will never know if she was really worthy of it, or just a diversity token.
Gasoline? Most definitely not. Saudi Arabia gets nearly all its electrical energy from crude oil and natural gas burning. They are now building nuclear power plants, but for the foreseeable future, natural gas and crude oil is their primary source of electrical energy.
Gasoline absolutely not.