Wow those are some pretty awesome endorsements. I was on the edge thinking this overstuffed puppy was about to vomit suds, but now it looks like I know where to put some beer money.
And what I never understood is why Canada is as environmentally responsible as it is. The warming affects northern climates more, it would improve thier growing seasons and bring profitable new crops. Admittedly, thier ice roads will cease to work, but what the hell, a few years later after all that melted permafrost vents its methane, there won't be as much swamp and you could put real roads in. It amazes me Canada isn't doing more to make Canada first.
When will we have good adaptive learning algorithms and weak AI in highly functional yet cheap humanoid form? 50 years? 100? 150? Because that day is coming, and will be the day humans cease to be useful for any menial tasks, mental or physical. Slavery of a new sort will displace workers, a morally sound, corporate backed, DMCA covered, and every bit as creepily terrifying as it is profitable.
Makes for a great demonstration of pollution in the classroom. Pour four tablespoons of ultra fine glitter in the middle of the floor, it dosent matter how large the room is. Let all the students run around for 10 minutes. Now have them examine where it went - wow it's over everyone and everything almost automagically!? When they inevitably ask - 'ok now how do we clean it up and get it off our clothes?' Keep it real and say 'exactly', then walk out.
Maybe not the best example as described because with a few TSA approved locks you could likely reverse engineer the key with high accuracy, no need for an errant photograph. It would be like a backdoor in your encrption where you were led to believe you are secure but whose key was half ass hashed and sent in plaintext everywhere. Then again, on second thought, maybe this is indeed the perfect example.
Further still, you had the freedom to visit the social media sites of your choice without any barriers or bandwidth issues. That could, and likely will immediately, change without net neutrality.
My experience with Comcast included the following:
Their service model appeared to be based on hatred of their customers.
Connectivity was unreliable.
I had 8 techs come out sequentially on one call, each exclaiming 'what the hell was going on here?!?' before completely changing the entire direction/type of repair. Each said it was fixed but someone else would be out to finish up. They took 6 months and for 2.5yr now there are still temporary metal covers on several holes in the street outside they made.
Do not worry, congress will just make a law holding them unaccountable for such things. After all, it worked for the banking industry. Eating cake and having it too was never easier.
Why does everyone think rising sea levels will force all the people out of cities? People are stubborn and will probably just make floating structures or raised structures on stilts and trade the car for a boat. Then, not only do you not have to leave, suddenly the earth just quadrupled its real estate market.
You can't live in a place that high tide washes across twice a day and that is going to be 20' under water during major storms.
You can if you rebuild your house on 26' high reinforced cement columns and trade your car for a boat. Homes are already on stilts in coastal areas like Florida because you can't really live 6' above high tide either. Ultimately, the southern half of Florida will go fully underwater in 2127, and become New Venice, the 52nd state.
Sure, and you were able to do that because you were young, able and - most importantly - almost certainly having your living expenses paid for by your parents while you spent hours and days learning how to combine two machines into one, in garage space or backyard space provided by your parents. Probably with their tools too. I did something similar and while it makes a great bootstrappy fantasy, the reality is there was a lot of support in place to allow you (and me) to do that. Things a lot of people these days don't have. I live in a condo now with a full time job so I neither have the space (against strata bylaws to do anything more involved than tire rotation/change in your parking spot) nor the time to work on cars much so I instead spend more to have a reliable vehicle.
I was still home at 16, didn't leave till 18. Neither of my parents use automotive tools, I taught myself for free before the internet was commonplace. Did all my work outside, even in the winter below 0F and often at night. I also bought my own used tools. I continued working on my own used car(s) well into my 30s, all the while living in apartments and working full time (40hr/week), one with street parking only that was a pain in the ass to park anywhere. Did my fair share of avoiding problems with being able to work, even resorting to wheeling a motorcycle I owned into my apartment building when no one was looking - 'garden level' has some benefits. I did this all on my own, no parent money or support given. People who figure out working on your own car or home is a great finnancial help if you are poor and are able to pull it off are the ones who tend to be better off later in life.
Why would anyone with finnancial difficulties be buying new? I was able to have my own car when I was 16 because I bought two identical model year non working beaters ($400 and a $150) and combined them into one 'working' car. In my late 20s I could afford my (then 65 yr old) home because it needed lots of cosmetic work and was in a lower priced neighborhood. Part of the problem that gets people into situations like this is buying items that they can't afford and/or paying for them in nearly predatory installments. It dosent help either when most or all of your expensive purchases only depreciate, trailer homes don't increase in value like real estate.
Thousands of games already had loot box equivelants, going back more than a decade. They are in almost every mmorpg and many first person shooters. They definitely are a form of gambling as they tend to induce the same kind of over consumption. The worst games force you to buy all the end game content/gear directly instead of earning it. I've seen people spend up to ten thousand dollars on a shitty mobile game with bad graphics to simply be the one person with the best stuff, one of the saddest being some kid who stole his parents card.
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Wow those are some pretty awesome endorsements. I was on the edge thinking this overstuffed puppy was about to vomit suds, but now it looks like I know where to put some beer money.
And what I never understood is why Canada is as environmentally responsible as it is. The warming affects northern climates more, it would improve thier growing seasons and bring profitable new crops. Admittedly, thier ice roads will cease to work, but what the hell, a few years later after all that melted permafrost vents its methane, there won't be as much swamp and you could put real roads in. It amazes me Canada isn't doing more to make Canada first.
I'm not saying it's aliens, but...
When will we have good adaptive learning algorithms and weak AI in highly functional yet cheap humanoid form? 50 years? 100? 150? Because that day is coming, and will be the day humans cease to be useful for any menial tasks, mental or physical. Slavery of a new sort will displace workers, a morally sound, corporate backed, DMCA covered, and every bit as creepily terrifying as it is profitable.
Makes for a great demonstration of pollution in the classroom. Pour four tablespoons of ultra fine glitter in the middle of the floor, it dosent matter how large the room is. Let all the students run around for 10 minutes. Now have them examine where it went - wow it's over everyone and everything almost automagically!? When they inevitably ask - 'ok now how do we clean it up and get it off our clothes?' Keep it real and say 'exactly', then walk out.
I suppose the complaints on lack of growth will be ten times louder when it's fluctuating 10k usd a day.
Maybe not the best example as described because with a few TSA approved locks you could likely reverse engineer the key with high accuracy, no need for an errant photograph. It would be like a backdoor in your encrption where you were led to believe you are secure but whose key was half ass hashed and sent in plaintext everywhere. Then again, on second thought, maybe this is indeed the perfect example.
Further still, you had the freedom to visit the social media sites of your choice without any barriers or bandwidth issues. That could, and likely will immediately, change without net neutrality.
My experience with Comcast included the following:
I had 8 techs come out sequentially on one call, each exclaiming 'what the hell was going on here?!?' before completely changing the entire direction/type of repair. Each said it was fixed but someone else would be out to finish up. They took 6 months and for 2.5yr now there are still temporary metal covers on several holes in the street outside they made.
I get to pick between Comcast and Xfinity. Lucky me.
User name checks out, comments confirm; prepare for a brave new world.
Do not worry, congress will just make a law holding them unaccountable for such things. After all, it worked for the banking industry. Eating cake and having it too was never easier.
The illusion being it's possible to chose someone who provides bandwidth, service and pricing that is half decent.
Why does everyone think rising sea levels will force all the people out of cities? People are stubborn and will probably just make floating structures or raised structures on stilts and trade the car for a boat. Then, not only do you not have to leave, suddenly the earth just quadrupled its real estate market.
You can't live in a place that high tide washes across twice a day and that is going to be 20' under water during major storms.
You can if you rebuild your house on 26' high reinforced cement columns and trade your car for a boat. Homes are already on stilts in coastal areas like Florida because you can't really live 6' above high tide either. Ultimately, the southern half of Florida will go fully underwater in 2127, and become New Venice, the 52nd state.
You will need net neutrality because of crap congress pulls so we don't even have the option to sue anymore.
Your work VPN bandwidth will be reinstated for a modest monthly fee. Problem solved.
And then there are people who go ahead and taste it for themselves
Unfortunately, so can anyone else if you don't install critical firmware updates.
Seriously, it's not that hard to vacuum/sweep your floors.
Sadly, in 15 years we will probably be saying that about underwear.
Sure, and you were able to do that because you were young, able and - most importantly - almost certainly having your living expenses paid for by your parents while you spent hours and days learning how to combine two machines into one, in garage space or backyard space provided by your parents. Probably with their tools too. I did something similar and while it makes a great bootstrappy fantasy, the reality is there was a lot of support in place to allow you (and me) to do that. Things a lot of people these days don't have. I live in a condo now with a full time job so I neither have the space (against strata bylaws to do anything more involved than tire rotation/change in your parking spot) nor the time to work on cars much so I instead spend more to have a reliable vehicle.
I was still home at 16, didn't leave till 18. Neither of my parents use automotive tools, I taught myself for free before the internet was commonplace. Did all my work outside, even in the winter below 0F and often at night. I also bought my own used tools. I continued working on my own used car(s) well into my 30s, all the while living in apartments and working full time (40hr/week), one with street parking only that was a pain in the ass to park anywhere. Did my fair share of avoiding problems with being able to work, even resorting to wheeling a motorcycle I owned into my apartment building when no one was looking - 'garden level' has some benefits. I did this all on my own, no parent money or support given. People who figure out working on your own car or home is a great finnancial help if you are poor and are able to pull it off are the ones who tend to be better off later in life.
Why would anyone with finnancial difficulties be buying new? I was able to have my own car when I was 16 because I bought two identical model year non working beaters ($400 and a $150) and combined them into one 'working' car. In my late 20s I could afford my (then 65 yr old) home because it needed lots of cosmetic work and was in a lower priced neighborhood. Part of the problem that gets people into situations like this is buying items that they can't afford and/or paying for them in nearly predatory installments. It dosent help either when most or all of your expensive purchases only depreciate, trailer homes don't increase in value like real estate.
Late-stage capitalism is when you can't afford the rope to hang yourself, but your #MAGA hat is subsidized.
But that's where the maker movement comes in! Turns out those cheap hats can be reduced to cordage and re-purposed into a noose.
Thousands of games already had loot box equivelants, going back more than a decade. They are in almost every mmorpg and many first person shooters. They definitely are a form of gambling as they tend to induce the same kind of over consumption. The worst games force you to buy all the end game content/gear directly instead of earning it. I've seen people spend up to ten thousand dollars on a shitty mobile game with bad graphics to simply be the one person with the best stuff, one of the saddest being some kid who stole his parents card.
Step 4: charge additional fees to reinstate corporate VPNs problem solved.
Step 3: Block VPNs.