and they know it. They are defending their position as the master of the sky, deadliest flying living creature.
They are smart and cunning and strong. They use their ability to fly high to develop a ton of momentum and tear apart their prey.
Pretty hard to defend against them, they won't back down.
Why not copy nature? Even eagles aren't immune to mobbing.
The main drone could control an escort of small, cheap drones with swarming, aggressive AI. The swarm could even spray something unpleasant, though that would probably be frowned upon by regulators.
Wouldn't be difficult or expensive, and they'd learn pretty quick to leave the drones alone.
Not only do we actively interfere with other democracies, but when propaganda fails, we resort to violent action like funding coups and terrorism. Not just a little bit, either, but on massive scales. And we've been doing it for decades.
Having a liberal arts degree doesn't disqualify you from working in IT. If you only have a liberal arts degree, no technical certifications and no previous IT experience for a high-level role as CSO, you must have really nice legs.
As a C-level, what do you think the odds are she worked her way up the ranks through the tech skill tree, rather than the management circle jerk tree?
The internet is the greatest tool ever invented for education and sharing information - it can greatly strengthen democracy, and has become a serious threat to private industry's control over governments. We're seeing three main tactics to counter this:
Destroy faith in government.
Do this and you also destroy faith in the vote, and democracy itself. The vote is dangerous because it can't be controlled. Strangely, "government is bad" has long been a classic conservative standby. Power not claimed by government gets seized by private industry.
Turn voters against each other.
Another way to sabotage democracy is to turn the public against itself so there's no unity. Hammer on polarizing issues to distract everyone from the dangerous ones.
Destroy faith in sources of information.
We see attacks on the mainstream media as well, but the biggest attack is on sources of information on the internet itself. Democracy is less effective when the electorate is misinformed, or feels all information is suspect.
I've slowly been making my way through NPR's 100 Science fiction books, I say slowly because even though I read a lot, I also belong to a book club, and the list is not just a list of books, but a list of book series, and if I like an author a lot I may read a lot by that author before I come back to pick up another in the list.
I'm mostly NOT reading those that are fantasy, at least not for now, even though I've read some.
I'm currently about 55 in.
Pick this one up while you're at it so you don't miss some of the best short stories.
Leftism is the idea that government can be used to solve practically any problem. Are there people who are hungry and can't get food? Create a government food stamp program. Are there people who can't afford housing? Create a government Housing and Urban Development department to build a government housing project. The list goes on and on, from electricity, phones, communications, medical care, schools, jobs, transportation, and almost anything else of which you can think. Most always, Leftism does not involve any free market solution. Instead, the preferred method is to tax those who are working, and then redistribute it to Leftists' constituents, thus weakening any opposition to the left, and creating a voting base dependent on politicians for.... everything!
Neither Sweden, nor Germany became prosperous prior to instituting a Leftist agenda. As a reminder, East Germany collapsed, while capitalist West Germany was the prosperous nation.
Almost all Leftists are Klepotocrats. Very few have ideas other than "tax and spend". Of the few which are not, most of them focus instead on regulation because they realize that they have reached the upper limits of taxation without collapsing their economies. However, at its core is still the idea of a government solution, for which high taxes are a prerequisite.
This idea that businesses are just collapsing under the burden of taxes and regulation is a ridiculous fiction. Businesses wield stupendous power here in the US - we have an extreme, obscene concentration of wealth.. What we have NOW is a kleptocracy, fully supported by both parties.
We, the electorate, have very real power to address this issue, and many others - issues that, despite appearances, the nation is pretty much unified in its opinion on.
To counteract this, we see propaganda... the stuff your spouting here in your comments, to 1. destroy faith in government, and 2. turn voters on each other.
Yet your co-workers may want you to work from home so that you quit distracting them.
I'm sure there are people out there who can't read social cues, but in my experience most offices develop a very pleasant rhythm of work/break. Everyone needs to stop for a few minutes now and then, and if you like the people you work with, the interactions make coming to work a treat.
It's the one thing I miss the most since I exchanged a daily commute for a home office.
Your post made me realize I do not read the source, I look at them it like I would do with a map or a geometric shape. And when someone reads me code, I have to do the mental work of representing it differently as when spoken.
I was just going to say that. You use a completely different part of your brain to interpret code, and I'm left wondering if the author is really a programmer at all.
Slashdot Mirror
and they know it. They are defending their position as the master of the sky, deadliest flying living creature.
They are smart and cunning and strong. They use their ability to fly high to develop a ton of momentum and tear apart their prey.
Pretty hard to defend against them, they won't back down.
Why not copy nature? Even eagles aren't immune to mobbing.
The main drone could control an escort of small, cheap drones with swarming, aggressive AI. The swarm could even spray something unpleasant, though that would probably be frowned upon by regulators.
Wouldn't be difficult or expensive, and they'd learn pretty quick to leave the drones alone.
Not only do we actively interfere with other democracies, but when propaganda fails, we resort to violent action like funding coups and terrorism. Not just a little bit, either, but on massive scales. And we've been doing it for decades.
I guess that's not news, though.
we can't have that.
Having a liberal arts degree doesn't disqualify you from working in IT. If you only have a liberal arts degree, no technical certifications and no previous IT experience for a high-level role as CSO, you must have really nice legs.
As a C-level, what do you think the odds are she worked her way up the ranks through the tech skill tree, rather than the management circle jerk tree?
Backups will still be available via FOIA from the Dept. of Homeland Security.
Came here just to say that.
There's no way they willingly delete any information. It's their currency.
It's what happens to Wall-marts in tornado alley.
The internet is the greatest tool ever invented for education and sharing information - it can greatly strengthen democracy, and has become a serious threat to private industry's control over governments. We're seeing three main tactics to counter this:
Destroy faith in government.
Do this and you also destroy faith in the vote, and democracy itself. The vote is dangerous because it can't be controlled. Strangely, "government is bad" has long been a classic conservative standby. Power not claimed by government gets seized by private industry.
Turn voters against each other.
Another way to sabotage democracy is to turn the public against itself so there's no unity. Hammer on polarizing issues to distract everyone from the dangerous ones.
Destroy faith in sources of information.
We see attacks on the mainstream media as well, but the biggest attack is on sources of information on the internet itself. Democracy is less effective when the electorate is misinformed, or feels all information is suspect.
I've slowly been making my way through NPR's 100 Science fiction books, I say slowly because even though I read a lot, I also belong to a book club, and the list is not just a list of books, but a list of book series, and if I like an author a lot I may read a lot by that author before I come back to pick up another in the list. I'm mostly NOT reading those that are fantasy, at least not for now, even though I've read some. I'm currently about 55 in.
Pick this one up while you're at it so you don't miss some of the best short stories.
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction
Except "Nerval's Lobster"... that story actually mentions Slashdot so people like it here, but it's a standout in this book because it's so bad.
The most obviously brilliant author I've ever read.
at my first IT job and it was nearly 100% effective against spam.
This was at a time when everyone was getting 20-30 spam messages a day.
I can't for the life of me understand why this isn't done more - there is no compelling business reason to allow HTML email.
I'm surprised these didn't get on your radar.
FTL
Caves of Qud
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Nuclear Throne
Factorio
Kerbal Space Program
Be careful with the last two, engineering types tend to find them highly addictive.
I know it's not quite modern any more, but if you loved fragging people online with Quake, this is probably one of the best games you'll ever play.
*EYEROLL*
> I still use Firefox, and this site is telling me it's not "relevant".
That wording is from the original linked article on C|Net.
Interesting observation: Firefox lets me read the article just fine. Chrome shows me a black window. :-P
Yeah, when I said "this site", I wasn't referring to Slashdot - the comment was intended to be taken within to scope of the article.
I know, my bad - the default here is to comment without reading the article. Couldn't help it.
Leftism is the idea that government can be used to solve practically any problem. Are there people who are hungry and can't get food? Create a government food stamp program. Are there people who can't afford housing? Create a government Housing and Urban Development department to build a government housing project. The list goes on and on, from electricity, phones, communications, medical care, schools, jobs, transportation, and almost anything else of which you can think. Most always, Leftism does not involve any free market solution. Instead, the preferred method is to tax those who are working, and then redistribute it to Leftists' constituents, thus weakening any opposition to the left, and creating a voting base dependent on politicians for.... everything!
Neither Sweden, nor Germany became prosperous prior to instituting a Leftist agenda. As a reminder, East Germany collapsed, while capitalist West Germany was the prosperous nation.
Almost all Leftists are Klepotocrats. Very few have ideas other than "tax and spend". Of the few which are not, most of them focus instead on regulation because they realize that they have reached the upper limits of taxation without collapsing their economies. However, at its core is still the idea of a government solution, for which high taxes are a prerequisite.
This idea that businesses are just collapsing under the burden of taxes and regulation is a ridiculous fiction. Businesses wield stupendous power here in the US - we have an extreme, obscene concentration of wealth.. What we have NOW is a kleptocracy, fully supported by both parties.
We, the electorate, have very real power to address this issue, and many others - issues that, despite appearances, the nation is pretty much unified in its opinion on.
To counteract this, we see propaganda... the stuff your spouting here in your comments, to 1. destroy faith in government, and 2. turn voters on each other.
I still use Firefox, and this site is telling me it's not "relevant".
the baby would be born with a huge Ã(TM) sticking out of its face.
one of the researchers was a native English speaker.
Why isn't this, among Trump supporters, a major scandal?
He's obviously kicking them (and all of us) right in the face. Not just with this, but in so many other ways as well.
I just don't get it.
Yet your co-workers may want you to work from home so that you quit distracting them.
I'm sure there are people out there who can't read social cues, but in my experience most offices develop a very pleasant rhythm of work/break. Everyone needs to stop for a few minutes now and then, and if you like the people you work with, the interactions make coming to work a treat.
It's the one thing I miss the most since I exchanged a daily commute for a home office.
Your post made me realize I do not read the source, I look at them it like I would do with a map or a geometric shape. And when someone reads me code, I have to do the mental work of representing it differently as when spoken.
I was just going to say that. You use a completely different part of your brain to interpret code, and I'm left wondering if the author is really a programmer at all.
It says it right in the headline. Transcripts, not recordings.
was of some dude curled up in a fetal position on the ground, screaming and holding his shin.
Who writes temperatures as "129 degrees"? This is a science and tech site ... [bellyaching]
Um, let's see here... how about... almost everyone in the US?
Just because a unit of measure is good for science doesn't necessarily mean it's good for every other use.
which stands for "not designed for you".
They don't care what you think, it's for tablets.