I thought the article was going to be about how a capital "I" and a lowercase "L" look the same in some fonts and really messes up your code. I've had it happen before... Il
Cultivated cropland was already destroyed habitat for monarch butterflies before roundup.
Growing up on a farm in the 1980s, I remember milkweed was a nuisance to the crop. It was dispersed throughout the fields. It was simply too labor intensive to weed out and farmers just accepted the fact it would rob some of the crop of resources. Monarch butterflies were everywhere! I used to love catching them.
Roundup ready crops come along, and the milkweed is decimated. The monarchs have been decimated as well.
Milkweed is a weed. It doesn't take years to grow. It grows and matures faster than many crops, and can thrive on cultivated cropland. I'm sure there are many other species affected in similar ways.
I attributed it to climate change and loss of continuous habitat.
I've attributed it to habitat loss, but not climate change. Roundup ready crops has enabled the farming industry to nearly eradicate a lot of habitat. Particularly the milkweed used by monarch butterflies.
The Bible and the sacred texts in other religions are only concerned with the psychological -- the idea being to guide you through making everyday decisions in your life.
A pastor I know says, "The bible will not tell you how to fix your washing machine, but it will tell you how to live your life."
I completely disagree with this statement. To understand science is to understand God.
God is not there to fill the gaps in physics books.
God is not only in the gaps of the physics book, but everywhere else in that book as well. The laws of physics are God's creation, both the ones we know and the ones we have yet to discover.
Why on earth anyone would try to interpret the bible lierally, in 2017, is beyond me - let alone mistake it for a physics book. But then again, stranger things do happen in the US education system...
In my opinion, there is some sort of mass confusion about the definition of the word literal. People think the word literal means serious. They think in order to take the bible seriously, they have to read it literally.
Even if you aren't a believer, the bible has a lot of very good and insightful stories. However, they make no sense taken literally. It is a collection of stories written in a variety of genre, and should be read as such.
People who read the story of genesis literally tend to become obsessed with discovering the type of fruit Adam and Eve ate, and completely miss that it is mentioned explicitly in the text. (here's a clue, it's not an physical fruit, but a metaphorical one) They therefore miss the point of the story completely.
The only advantage I find for most of the apps available is that it bypasses the adblocker in my browser. Of course, this is not an advantage for me, but for the people who make money off of those ads.
There are a few exceptions for apps that make use of may device's hardware. But not many.
ISPs are like the phone company -- they supply the pipe. Google, Facebook, etc., supply stuff that flows through the pipe, like services that you would call through your telephone.
It's a sad state of affairs. In certain districts, with the right letter after your name on the ballot, you could be Satan himself and be elected by a landslide.
People out of work will find new jobs, or new places to live that aren't as over-priced as SF.
Has it occurred to you that there are people in this world that simply don't have the mental or physical capability to compete with a robot? There is a very real risk that only the most intelligent (or connected) members of society will be able to find a job in the future. What happens to everyone else? Do they starve?
I was a licensed mechanical engineer. The thing about being a licensed engineer is, unless you are a civil engineer, no one cares about your license! Companies only check education and relevant work experience. You sit through an 8-16 hour exam and pay a bunch of money for no reason. It did not appear to advance my career at all. This is why I let my license expire.
However, civil engineering is different. Civil engineers typically create designs that are unique, expensive, and often put lives at risk. Because of this, civil engineering licenses are very valuable. Other sectors of engineering usually test and iterate designs during the development process, which reduces risk, and reduces the value of an engineering license. In fact, my colleagues in the field of biomedical engineering have to go through one more regulatory hurdle, the FDA, which makes licensure even further redundant.
From my understanding, the difficult part of being a CEO is getting good data. If all of the facts are readily available, middle management would have made the call already. This is why a lot of companies create arbitrary metrics to measure performance. If they have data, it should make it easier to make a decision.
Unfortunately, the age old rule still applies. Garbage in, garbage out. Most corporate measurements of performance aren't reliable, and therefore the decisions made by upper management are questionable. This AI would have to be really incredible to turn garbage data into something useful.
Musk is smart to focus on medical applications, where even an implant that functions poorly is much better than the alternative. It's a lot easier to make a pacemaker than to perform a heart transplant, and the same holds true for the brain.
Musk is very good at taking seemingly impossible goals and breaking them down into more achievable ones. Medical implants for the disabled are likely a stepping stone for brain enhancement on healthy individuals.
Another example of this method:
1. Invest in a high performance, low volume, electric vehicle. Profit.
2. Invest in a high end, luxury, electric vehicle. Profit
3. Invest in a high volume electric vehicle. End goal.
1. The first email is only between the two pertinent parties.
2. If there is no response, the second email has the other person's supervisor CC'd.
3. If there is still no response, the supervisor's supervisor is CC'd
4. Repeat until desired results achieved, or reprimanded. (I've yet to be reprimanded).
In the very short term, at a bar, eating salty snacks definitely makes you thirsty at the moment - the body wants to balance the intake of salt and water - basically to the wash the salty taste out of your mouth, when it's very salty.
Sounds like a storage cycle to me. Eat salty food, drink more. Once the salt is secreted from the body, the water goes too. If you keep replenishing the salt, the water doesn't leave the body.
And more review costs more. And more testing costs even more than more review. So managers aren't a big fan of either.
Customers typically aren't willing to pay more for a product based on its quality review process. They will assess the quality of the product themselves, or by word of mouth. Managers don't care about quality review because the customers don't either.
Keep in mind, review and testing don't make the product good, the developers do. Review and testing are just there to keep the developer in check. If developers were infallible, testing would be a complete waste of resources.
Unfortunately, developers are human, and all humans make mistakes. So, how much review and testing is appropriate? Here's a few clues:
1. Does a bug put someone's life in jeopardy?
2. How much financial risk can a bug expose the customer or company to?
3. How many bugs has the development team made in the past?
When you are testing medical devices or financial software, test the hell out of it. If you have excellent developers making a game, you might want to consider skipping review and test.
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...or "O" and zero. O0!
I thought the article was going to be about how a capital "I" and a lowercase "L" look the same in some fonts and really messes up your code. I've had it happen before... Il
thinks that this will just create more patent infringement friendly jurisdictions, as the wealth gets.... redistributed
Yeah. Now it'll be whatever District serves Delaware...
That appears to be the eastern 3rd district.
Cultivated cropland was already destroyed habitat for monarch butterflies before roundup.
Growing up on a farm in the 1980s, I remember milkweed was a nuisance to the crop. It was dispersed throughout the fields. It was simply too labor intensive to weed out and farmers just accepted the fact it would rob some of the crop of resources. Monarch butterflies were everywhere! I used to love catching them.
Roundup ready crops come along, and the milkweed is decimated. The monarchs have been decimated as well.
Milkweed is a weed. It doesn't take years to grow. It grows and matures faster than many crops, and can thrive on cultivated cropland. I'm sure there are many other species affected in similar ways.
I attributed it to climate change and loss of continuous habitat.
I've attributed it to habitat loss, but not climate change. Roundup ready crops has enabled the farming industry to nearly eradicate a lot of habitat. Particularly the milkweed used by monarch butterflies.
John McAfee- The Charlie Sheen of Silicon Valley.
There's a new trade agreement that allows China to open banks in the US. That completely changes the landscape for Chinese investment in the US.
The Bible and the sacred texts in other religions are only concerned with the psychological -- the idea being to guide you through making everyday decisions in your life.
A pastor I know says, "The bible will not tell you how to fix your washing machine, but it will tell you how to live your life."
Don't mix god and science.
I completely disagree with this statement. To understand science is to understand God.
God is not there to fill the gaps in physics books.
God is not only in the gaps of the physics book, but everywhere else in that book as well. The laws of physics are God's creation, both the ones we know and the ones we have yet to discover.
Why on earth anyone would try to interpret the bible lierally, in 2017, is beyond me - let alone mistake it for a physics book. But then again, stranger things do happen in the US education system...
In my opinion, there is some sort of mass confusion about the definition of the word literal. People think the word literal means serious. They think in order to take the bible seriously, they have to read it literally.
Even if you aren't a believer, the bible has a lot of very good and insightful stories. However, they make no sense taken literally. It is a collection of stories written in a variety of genre, and should be read as such.
People who read the story of genesis literally tend to become obsessed with discovering the type of fruit Adam and Eve ate, and completely miss that it is mentioned explicitly in the text. (here's a clue, it's not an physical fruit, but a metaphorical one) They therefore miss the point of the story completely.
Sure, bilking you for every cent is nice, but the biggest win is in preventing the rise of other companies and products that could compete.
I don't see a difference. Eliminating competition is just one of the many methods they can use to bilk you.
Pro: Microsoft has complete control over what can be installed on your computer, so they can prevent malware.
Con: Microsoft has complete control over what can be installed on your computer, so they can bilk you for every last cent.
Apple essentially already does this. However, people tend to have a lot of trust in Apple for some reason. I'm not sure that applies to Microsoft.
My career is turning oil into data. Seriously, I test engines. Sounds like business will be good!
The only advantage I find for most of the apps available is that it bypasses the adblocker in my browser. Of course, this is not an advantage for me, but for the people who make money off of those ads.
There are a few exceptions for apps that make use of may device's hardware. But not many.
ISPs are like the phone company -- they supply the pipe. Google, Facebook, etc., supply stuff that flows through the pipe, like services that you would call through your telephone.
Unless you count Google Fiber or Free Basics.
It's a sad state of affairs. In certain districts, with the right letter after your name on the ballot, you could be Satan himself and be elected by a landslide.
The headline is a little misleading. The headline seems to be about the movie "The Circle", but the text about the tv show "Silicon Valley".
I was thoroughly confused by this as well.
People out of work will find new jobs, or new places to live that aren't as over-priced as SF.
Has it occurred to you that there are people in this world that simply don't have the mental or physical capability to compete with a robot? There is a very real risk that only the most intelligent (or connected) members of society will be able to find a job in the future. What happens to everyone else? Do they starve?
I was a licensed mechanical engineer. The thing about being a licensed engineer is, unless you are a civil engineer, no one cares about your license! Companies only check education and relevant work experience. You sit through an 8-16 hour exam and pay a bunch of money for no reason. It did not appear to advance my career at all. This is why I let my license expire.
However, civil engineering is different. Civil engineers typically create designs that are unique, expensive, and often put lives at risk. Because of this, civil engineering licenses are very valuable. Other sectors of engineering usually test and iterate designs during the development process, which reduces risk, and reduces the value of an engineering license. In fact, my colleagues in the field of biomedical engineering have to go through one more regulatory hurdle, the FDA, which makes licensure even further redundant.
From my understanding, the difficult part of being a CEO is getting good data. If all of the facts are readily available, middle management would have made the call already. This is why a lot of companies create arbitrary metrics to measure performance. If they have data, it should make it easier to make a decision.
Unfortunately, the age old rule still applies. Garbage in, garbage out. Most corporate measurements of performance aren't reliable, and therefore the decisions made by upper management are questionable. This AI would have to be really incredible to turn garbage data into something useful.
Musk is smart to focus on medical applications, where even an implant that functions poorly is much better than the alternative. It's a lot easier to make a pacemaker than to perform a heart transplant, and the same holds true for the brain.
Musk is very good at taking seemingly impossible goals and breaking them down into more achievable ones. Medical implants for the disabled are likely a stepping stone for brain enhancement on healthy individuals.
Another example of this method:
1. Invest in a high performance, low volume, electric vehicle. Profit.
2. Invest in a high end, luxury, electric vehicle. Profit
3. Invest in a high volume electric vehicle. End goal.
1. The first email is only between the two pertinent parties.
2. If there is no response, the second email has the other person's supervisor CC'd.
3. If there is still no response, the supervisor's supervisor is CC'd
4. Repeat until desired results achieved, or reprimanded. (I've yet to be reprimanded).
In the very short term, at a bar, eating salty snacks definitely makes you thirsty at the moment - the body wants to balance the intake of salt and water - basically to the wash the salty taste out of your mouth, when it's very salty.
Sounds like a storage cycle to me. Eat salty food, drink more. Once the salt is secreted from the body, the water goes too. If you keep replenishing the salt, the water doesn't leave the body.
Last time I used the satellite view I noticed the cloud cover appeared to be updated in real time. Has anyone else noticed this?
And more review costs more. And more testing costs even more than more review. So managers aren't a big fan of either.
Customers typically aren't willing to pay more for a product based on its quality review process. They will assess the quality of the product themselves, or by word of mouth. Managers don't care about quality review because the customers don't either.
Keep in mind, review and testing don't make the product good, the developers do. Review and testing are just there to keep the developer in check. If developers were infallible, testing would be a complete waste of resources.
Unfortunately, developers are human, and all humans make mistakes. So, how much review and testing is appropriate? Here's a few clues:
1. Does a bug put someone's life in jeopardy?
2. How much financial risk can a bug expose the customer or company to?
3. How many bugs has the development team made in the past?
When you are testing medical devices or financial software, test the hell out of it. If you have excellent developers making a game, you might want to consider skipping review and test.