I am sorry about that accident - preventing you from being able to access your own files like this... seems like some kind of malpractice on Microsoft's part. I wonder if they'll be sued for this?
As for me, I have disabled all updates on all my Win 7 computers. I've been following this policy since the first signs of Microsoft going rogue with Win 7 updates started to appear. In spite of all the ridicule and scorn, I have never regretted this practice.
When you're told that you must put something in your body, no matter if it is for the "greater good", then you are not truly free. Mandating general vaccination is tyranny.
Damn right you're not "truly free"! As a member of society, you are never truly free. Like for instance you're not free to stab people at a bus stop. If you do that, you're going to jail.
You're also not free to spread contagious diseases on purpose.
And finally, you're not free to put your children's lives, and the lives of other children, at risk by not vaccinating them. If you want total freedom, be a hermit.
WHat a joke?! Telegram, which is pretty much feature-comparable to Whatsapp (and is not tied to fucking Facebook) had desktop apps for like ever. It also has a web-app and a Chrome extension. It covers practically all usage scenarios.
Yep, computers are "good enough" for most people now. Heck, I'm still running my quad core from 2008. It still works fine and compiles quickly, I see no reason to upgrade. Even if I did, I'd have to deal with EFI and a bunch of other new things so I'm not in a hurry to upgrade.
EFI is probably the main reason I avoid some motherboards, and avoid upgrading my PCs. Luckily and coincidentally, I also have no great need to upgrade jack.
Good point. A lot of people talk about paranoia - and that's definitely a factor in this case - but are overlooking the fact that we're living at a time when being ignorant has no adverse consequences, and is a trait often celebrated in popular culture and media.
The great majority (if not all) of wars was caused by self-serving leaders, and never by incompetence. Psychopatic minds only interested in their own benefit, financial and political, have been the motive force behind practically all wars in recorded history.
That logic does not explain WWI, Korea, Vietnam, or even the American Civil War. Yes, everyone who engages in war is out to benefit in some way, but that hardly qualifies as psychopathy.
WW1 (world war 1) can be perfectly explained by self-serving ego-maniacs interested in only their own benefit (financial and political): it was a war that has 0 benefit for anyone except the monarchic families of Austro-Hungary, Prussia and the smaller allies.
Korea and Vietnam were conflicts behind which there were the overt motives of repressing a Communist/Marxist insurgency (popular boogieman during the cold war). This was in the interest of the rich ruling class but was sold to working class America - as I said, it was a popular boogieman, and it worked. The fact that millions of civilians died didn't bother those in power, hence the psychopath angle. There was also a covert motive, which is the military industry, that always lobbies in favor of conflicts. Again, the persons behind such lobbying never cared for the millions of innocent lives lost in those conflicts.
But you are right about the American Civil War, I think.
Regardless of how self serving or fraudulent you may think she is, the odds of Hilary accidentally plunging the whole planet into world War three due to ineptitude seems significantly lower than with Trump.
The great majority (if not all) of wars was caused by self-serving leaders, and never by incompetence. Psychopatic minds only interested in their own benefit, financial and political, have been the motive force behind practically all wars in recorded history.
This *is* a simulation. Except that the computing substrate is atoms and molecules rather than electrons and transistors.
If our universe is a simulation, there is absolutely no way to tell what the substrate is. We don't know what the laws of physics are in the universe in which this simulation runs. It may be a universe where the laws of physics don't limit computational power as much as in our "simulated" one.
I noticed the greatest mod astroturfing on Slashdot when it comes to MS doing something related to open source or Linux. Then the astroturfers spring out like mushrooms after rain, and their posts are modded to the stratosphere.
Where's the money going to come from? Is the sum of all the (non-old age SSI) welfare payments adequate to the task?
At least in Finland, the (right wing) politicians calculated that BI would be in fact cheaper than the current system of welfare/SS.
And how do you distribute the money? Per capita? Per adult? Per family?
Per capita.
The system will get gamed in much the same way that people game it now.
BI was tried in the past, and it didn't bankrupt the town in which the experiment was conducted. In fact, the program had great benefits:
Manitoban economist Evelyn Forget conducted an analysis of the program in 2009 which was published in 2011.[5][6] She found that only new mothers and teenagers worked substantially less. Mothers with newborns stopped working because they wanted to stay at home longer with their babies, and teenagers worked less because they weren't under as much pressure to support their families, which resulted in more teenagers graduating. In addition, those who continued to work were given more opportunities to choose what type of work they did. Forget found that in the period that Mincome was administered, hospital visits dropped 8.5 percent, with fewer incidents of work-related injuries, and fewer emergency room visits from accidents and injuries.[7] Additionally, the period saw a reduction in rates of psychiatric hospitalization, and in the number of mental illness-related consultations with health professionals.[8][9]
$30,000/year but I have to work at some boring, back breaking job 40 hours/week to make $32,000/year then why the hell shouldn't I just sit home and play video games?
Basic income applies to everyone, regardless of employment. This means that you can opt to stay at home, or you can do that $32000/year job, which would then mean that you get $62000/year. This is your choice. You can even choose to do small, part time jobs and earn $10000/year, so your total is $40000/year. That's the great advantage of basic income: it's not an either-or scheme, like current unemployment programs, which practically force some people to stay unemployed... for the reasons you yourself wrongly attributed to basic income!
Will they create call center operations to increase the impact of their scams? I mean, will they create call center operations to increase the impact of their scams?
Just see this thread. People are asking for the font on Google Maps for Android to be scalable. That would go a long way to help people with poor vision to use one of Google's main Android apps.
That's what I was wondering. The shitstorm brewing over at Nest also makes me wonder if there's anyone in charge at Alphabet or what the hell's going on there.
That Tony Fadell guy seems like a total jerk-jackass.
Yup - I was wondering the same, a few posts above. I mean, there is nice engineering here, but compared to what Boston Dynamics has, this demo is borderline embarrassing.
I agree with your comments, but wanted to point out that Finnish cities don't have bad parts. I guess it may have something to do with us being socialists over here.
You cannot change the laws of physics. Hydrogen embritlement is a fact. The very low energy density of hydrogen is a fact. The very very cold temperatures of liquid hydrogen is a fact. The high energy cost and complexity of liquefying hydrogen is a fact (It has to do with the magnetic states of the molecule, its cool physics). The very high diffusion rates of hydrogen through a lot of common materials is a fact. The very high ignition range (flash point? i never remeber) in hydrogen is a fact (5%-90% IIRC).
There are lining materials that solve the issue - surprisingly enough, they do that using "the laws of physics". Hydrogen is not stored in liquid form - it's compressed at 700 bars.
There are no commercially successful hydrogen vehicles, so you don't even have a point.
Straw man argument.
Did they elect you the captain of Slashdot groupthink? You're not doing too well.
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I am sorry about that accident - preventing you from being able to access your own files like this... seems like some kind of malpractice on Microsoft's part. I wonder if they'll be sued for this?
As for me, I have disabled all updates on all my Win 7 computers. I've been following this policy since the first signs of Microsoft going rogue with Win 7 updates started to appear. In spite of all the ridicule and scorn, I have never regretted this practice.
When you're told that you must put something in your body, no matter if it is for the "greater good", then you are not truly free. Mandating general vaccination is tyranny.
Damn right you're not "truly free"! As a member of society, you are never truly free. Like for instance you're not free to stab people at a bus stop. If you do that, you're going to jail.
You're also not free to spread contagious diseases on purpose.
And finally, you're not free to put your children's lives, and the lives of other children, at risk by not vaccinating them. If you want total freedom, be a hermit.
WHat a joke?! Telegram, which is pretty much feature-comparable to Whatsapp (and is not tied to fucking Facebook) had desktop apps for like ever. It also has a web-app and a Chrome extension. It covers practically all usage scenarios.
Yep, computers are "good enough" for most people now. Heck, I'm still running my quad core from 2008. It still works fine and compiles quickly, I see no reason to upgrade. Even if I did, I'd have to deal with EFI and a bunch of other new things so I'm not in a hurry to upgrade.
EFI is probably the main reason I avoid some motherboards, and avoid upgrading my PCs. Luckily and coincidentally, I also have no great need to upgrade jack.
I came very close to dividing by zero once - my injuries were so severe that I had to be taken to the l'hôpital
Well done good sir, very well done. Did you come up with this on the spot?
Good point. A lot of people talk about paranoia - and that's definitely a factor in this case - but are overlooking the fact that we're living at a time when being ignorant has no adverse consequences, and is a trait often celebrated in popular culture and media.
You have to be a brain-dead moron with Alzheimer's to believe anything Microsoft states.
The great majority (if not all) of wars was caused by self-serving leaders, and never by incompetence. Psychopatic minds only interested in their own benefit, financial and political, have been the motive force behind practically all wars in recorded history.
That logic does not explain WWI, Korea, Vietnam, or even the American Civil War. Yes, everyone who engages in war is out to benefit in some way, but that hardly qualifies as psychopathy.
WW1 (world war 1) can be perfectly explained by self-serving ego-maniacs interested in only their own benefit (financial and political): it was a war that has 0 benefit for anyone except the monarchic families of Austro-Hungary, Prussia and the smaller allies.
Korea and Vietnam were conflicts behind which there were the overt motives of repressing a Communist/Marxist insurgency (popular boogieman during the cold war). This was in the interest of the rich ruling class but was sold to working class America - as I said, it was a popular boogieman, and it worked. The fact that millions of civilians died didn't bother those in power, hence the psychopath angle. There was also a covert motive, which is the military industry, that always lobbies in favor of conflicts. Again, the persons behind such lobbying never cared for the millions of innocent lives lost in those conflicts.
But you are right about the American Civil War, I think.
Regardless of how self serving or fraudulent you may think she is, the odds of Hilary accidentally plunging the whole planet into world War three due to ineptitude seems significantly lower than with Trump.
The great majority (if not all) of wars was caused by self-serving leaders, and never by incompetence. Psychopatic minds only interested in their own benefit, financial and political, have been the motive force behind practically all wars in recorded history.
This *is* a simulation. Except that the computing substrate is atoms and molecules rather than electrons and transistors.
If our universe is a simulation, there is absolutely no way to tell what the substrate is. We don't know what the laws of physics are in the universe in which this simulation runs. It may be a universe where the laws of physics don't limit computational power as much as in our "simulated" one.
I noticed the greatest mod astroturfing on Slashdot when it comes to MS doing something related to open source or Linux. Then the astroturfers spring out like mushrooms after rain, and their posts are modded to the stratosphere.
Pay attention, I'm sure you'll notice the trend.
Where's the money going to come from? Is the sum of all the (non-old age SSI) welfare payments adequate to the task?
At least in Finland, the (right wing) politicians calculated that BI would be in fact cheaper than the current system of welfare/SS.
And how do you distribute the money? Per capita? Per adult? Per family?
Per capita.
The system will get gamed in much the same way that people game it now.
BI was tried in the past, and it didn't bankrupt the town in which the experiment was conducted. In fact, the program had great benefits:
I am quite sick of mdsolar's crap. How does this shill get all his diarrhaea on Slashdot's front page?
$30,000/year but I have to work at some boring, back breaking job 40 hours/week to make $32,000/year then why the hell shouldn't I just sit home and play video games?
Basic income applies to everyone, regardless of employment. This means that you can opt to stay at home, or you can do that $32000/year job, which would then mean that you get $62000/year. This is your choice. You can even choose to do small, part time jobs and earn $10000/year, so your total is $40000/year. That's the great advantage of basic income: it's not an either-or scheme, like current unemployment programs, which practically force some people to stay unemployed... for the reasons you yourself wrongly attributed to basic income!
Also, I decided to call my steel steed "Bikey McBikeface".
Will they create call center operations to increase the impact of their scams?
I mean, will they create call center operations to increase the impact of their scams?
Just see this thread. People are asking for the font on Google Maps for Android to be scalable. That would go a long way to help people with poor vision to use one of Google's main Android apps.
I live in Finland and our Internet access speeds and fees are decent. ;) Done in perfect Finnish style.
How's that for a forceful retort?
I don't think he picked it up - people like that are born that way.
That's what I was wondering. The shitstorm brewing over at Nest also makes me wonder if there's anyone in charge at Alphabet or what the hell's going on there.
That Tony Fadell guy seems like a total jerk-jackass.
Yup - I was wondering the same, a few posts above. I mean, there is nice engineering here, but compared to what Boston Dynamics has, this demo is borderline embarrassing.
I don't dislike it, but I think they should have kept Boston Dynamics, because their bipedal robots are far more advanced.
Every city has it's good parts and its bad parts.
I agree with your comments, but wanted to point out that Finnish cities don't have bad parts. I guess it may have something to do with us being socialists over here.
A half inch thick AR500 plate will NOT stop an AP (armor piercing) 7.62x63 (30-06) round. You, sir, are simply mistaken.
You cannot change the laws of physics. Hydrogen embritlement is a fact. The very low energy density of hydrogen is a fact. The very very cold temperatures of liquid hydrogen is a fact. The high energy cost and complexity of liquefying hydrogen is a fact (It has to do with the magnetic states of the molecule, its cool physics). The very high diffusion rates of hydrogen through a lot of common materials is a fact. The very high ignition range (flash point? i never remeber) in hydrogen is a fact (5%-90% IIRC).
There are lining materials that solve the issue - surprisingly enough, they do that using "the laws of physics".
Hydrogen is not stored in liquid form - it's compressed at 700 bars.
There are no commercially successful hydrogen vehicles, so you don't even have a point.
Straw man argument.
Did they elect you the captain of Slashdot groupthink? You're not doing too well.