If people who normally live paycheck to paycheck now have some disposable income, maybe they will spend some of it at restaurants. Maybe they will even spend enough to more than make up for the increase in employee wages.
Perhaps. But, the point still remains that my name stands on patents that seem to cover things like addition, complex numbers and even the general idea of algorithms. My name is literally on a patent that could be used to sue someone that had the audacity to add two numbers. That's how fucked up our system is.
"You know what the trouble is, Brucey? We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy's pocket." -- Frank Sobotka
I actually worked for Sun in the 90s and their IP portfolio is impressive. Employees were encouraged to file patents by increasingly large monetary incentives. This lead to Sun owning the patents on pretty much everything. You want to do addition? Sun had that patent. You want to express a complex number? Sun had that patent. You needed a new air conditioner in your house? File some patents.
And you could probably reach that 1GB in less than an hour. Possibly without your knowledge. As the GP pointed out, cellular providers and ISPs are basically engaged in racketeering. Delivering a packet has a semi-fixed cost. Telecoms have decided that they want to offload that cost to content providers. So, basically, they collect a fee from users to provide a service, then turn around to the content providers and say, "This is a pretty nice service you have here. It would be a shame if people couldn't use it because you aren't one of our 'preferred content providers'"
I'd love to see a RICO case brought against these assholes.
I know this was meant to be funny but, I think it's pretty much dead on. I think a huge amount of technology these days is not designed to provide appreciable benefits to the user, it's designed to give the user a smug sense of superiority over those that don't have the technology. It's become an ingrained part of our society at this point: Fuck functional, reliable and convenient, people just want shiny.
So, it sounds like you're an anarchist, and you're willing to gamble with the future of the human species in order to advance your agenda.
I don't know that I have an agenda but, yes, I'm an anarchist, I'm willing to gamble a bit on the future of mankind. Frankly, the status quo doesn't look like it's going to lead us into a bright new future. The D/R establishment has us in the quintessential "slow boil". I think Trump might be terrible enough that we notice that the water is boiling.
I don't think I said I supported Sanders. I just said that he had a consistent and verifiable voting record. I think that's kind of his charm. He may or may not be a crazy old man, he may or may not have voted for/against your pet issue. But, if he says he's for/against something, he tends to back those words up with his votes. I don't mind tipping my hat to someone like that.
This utter misunderstanding of Trump supporters (and frankly Trump himself) is why people cannot understand how Trump keeps winning and will continue to be so wrong about future success.
No. I will paraphrase another quote I read here on/. "People are dumb and angry. They don't know why they are angry but, they know that Trump seems to be addressing some form of anger". People who vote for Trump because they think he'll directly change society for the better are idiots. Other people (such as myself) will vote for Trump because we know he will be so fucking disastrous that it may cause real and positive changes to our political system. It's a gamble, to be sure. He could start WW3. As long as he doesn't start WW3, I imagine that his presidency will have a positive legacy on our political system. I just hope we can endure his reign.
I don't know if it's fair to compare Trump and Sanders. Sanders has a pretty solid, decades old voting record that gives a pretty clear picture of where he stands. Trump just says whatever random shit pops into his head without regard to the random shit that popped into his head last week. Think what you want about each candidates stance on various issues but, Trumps stance on everything is almost literally, "Fuck it, come on lucky 7". People want him to be president because he's got a pulpit with which to shout their stupidity and insecurity.
That seems like a crazy waste of energy. If you want to predict the weather approximately as accurately as the local news, just roll a d20 and look the results up in your DM manual.
I actually misspoke. I had switched to the latest version of Ubuntu Gnome. They claim to be a mostly pure implementation of Gnome and I would imagine that Debian is too. The biggest features that were missing were the things revolving around the Super-M functionality and it's implementation in the switcher. That seemed like a genuinely useful feature and I was willing to learn the eccentricities of Gnome for it. It's gone in the latest versions.
I actually really liked Gnome 3 in Jessie as well. I liked it so much that I decided to see how much better it was in the latest version of Xubuntu. Unfortunately, in the latest versions of Gnome, they removed every single useful feature I liked about Gnome 3 in Jessie. That was actually enough to make me switch back to XFCE on Jessie since there is no point in becoming an expert in a desktop environment that drastically changes every few months. XFCE has looked and worked the same for as long as I can remember. Hopefully the XFCE developers will continue to produce quality, sane software.
This is basically what Debian does with Iceweasel (and Icedove). They pick a version of Firefox for the stable release (38 at the moment) and then just backport security fixes for it. For people that are just looking for a browser that doesn't change out from under them every time they start it, Iceweasel from debian stable is excellent.
You should be able to get static IPs (I think even a/29 block) on a Centurylink residential line. That's what I'm using and the single IP I have is a few dollars extra per month. You can also set it to properly do reverse DNS, allow port 25, etc. However, my connection is just DSL and not fiber so, maybe there are further restrictions on fiber.
Stallman gets a lot of shit but, more often than not, he's right. People laugh him off because he presents very stark predictions of a dystopian future that is in sharp contrast to what one sees at any given moment. I think he understands The Slow Boil that we are currently experiencing while the majority of society just sees a shiny toy and covets it.
I'm all for a good conspiracy theory but, I applaud you in your out of the box thinking. For your own piece of mind, it might be wise to run the following in a while(true) loop: echo 3 >/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Ok, sure, in that context, I definitely agree. Free memory is underutilized memory. And, if it's treated like a traditional disposable cache, then, yeah, explicitly clearing it is unlikely to give you the desired results. I just felt a bit confused in that the GP seemed to indicate that the act of freeing the memory was an expensive operation.
Is this a real statement? Doing a free() is basically just flipping a few bits. There might be a bit of housekeeping involved too but, it's not such an expensive operation in this context that it should be avoided.
(And, I apologize in advance if I have just been whooshed)
Many of us who get paid well, get paid well because we can take vague, poorly written specs, figure out the real world business requirements and fill in all the missing parts. Somehow I don't see AI figuring out what a human means in a particular business context any time soon. btw. If you do write perfect specs, you've essentially written the program. The hard work (the valuable work) is done. Picking good design patterns and coding it up is easy.
So, basically, you just need someone to train the AI to understand your business requirements. An AI that can write software can iterate on that software so quickly that you don't even need specs. You can vaguely define a problem and iterate on the solution in realtime until it suits your needs.
I hate the term AI. There is no intelligence in it. "AI" programs are still computer programs that execute the series of steps it was told to execute. In certain cases they seem smart because they have been trained on a huge set of scenarios (You are quickly programming the program with the massive data set and associated "answers" instead of hand coding X million cases.). These "intelligent" programs still fall victim to "garbage in, garbage out" just like any dumb computer program.
I hate the term Human Intelligence. There is no intelligence in it. HI programs are still fallible programs that execute the series of steps they are told to execute. In certain cases they seem smart because they have been trained on a huge set of scenarios. These "intelligent" humans still fall victim to "garbage in, garbage out" just like any other dumb human.
I dislike Microsoft as much as the next guy but, it's impressive to see a tech giant scrambling to try and remain relevant. So far it seems like their efforts are failing miserably but, I commend them for not just putting their fingers in their ears and chanting, "La La La". In classic Microsoft style, they have instead decided to just give their users and partners the middle finger. Stay classy, Microsoft.
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If people who normally live paycheck to paycheck now have some disposable income, maybe they will spend some of it at restaurants. Maybe they will even spend enough to more than make up for the increase in employee wages.
Perhaps. But, the point still remains that my name stands on patents that seem to cover things like addition, complex numbers and even the general idea of algorithms. My name is literally on a patent that could be used to sue someone that had the audacity to add two numbers. That's how fucked up our system is.
"You know what the trouble is, Brucey? We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy's pocket." -- Frank Sobotka
I actually worked for Sun in the 90s and their IP portfolio is impressive. Employees were encouraged to file patents by increasingly large monetary incentives. This lead to Sun owning the patents on pretty much everything. You want to do addition? Sun had that patent. You want to express a complex number? Sun had that patent. You needed a new air conditioner in your house? File some patents.
And you could probably reach that 1GB in less than an hour. Possibly without your knowledge. As the GP pointed out, cellular providers and ISPs are basically engaged in racketeering. Delivering a packet has a semi-fixed cost. Telecoms have decided that they want to offload that cost to content providers. So, basically, they collect a fee from users to provide a service, then turn around to the content providers and say, "This is a pretty nice service you have here. It would be a shame if people couldn't use it because you aren't one of our 'preferred content providers'"
I'd love to see a RICO case brought against these assholes.
I know this was meant to be funny but, I think it's pretty much dead on. I think a huge amount of technology these days is not designed to provide appreciable benefits to the user, it's designed to give the user a smug sense of superiority over those that don't have the technology. It's become an ingrained part of our society at this point: Fuck functional, reliable and convenient, people just want shiny.
So, it sounds like you're an anarchist, and you're willing to gamble with the future of the human species in order to advance your agenda.
I don't know that I have an agenda but, yes, I'm an anarchist, I'm willing to gamble a bit on the future of mankind. Frankly, the status quo doesn't look like it's going to lead us into a bright new future. The D/R establishment has us in the quintessential "slow boil". I think Trump might be terrible enough that we notice that the water is boiling.
I don't think I said I supported Sanders. I just said that he had a consistent and verifiable voting record. I think that's kind of his charm. He may or may not be a crazy old man, he may or may not have voted for/against your pet issue. But, if he says he's for/against something, he tends to back those words up with his votes. I don't mind tipping my hat to someone like that.
This utter misunderstanding of Trump supporters (and frankly Trump himself) is why people cannot understand how Trump keeps winning and will continue to be so wrong about future success.
No. I will paraphrase another quote I read here on /. "People are dumb and angry. They don't know why they are angry but, they know that Trump seems to be addressing some form of anger". People who vote for Trump because they think he'll directly change society for the better are idiots. Other people (such as myself) will vote for Trump because we know he will be so fucking disastrous that it may cause real and positive changes to our political system. It's a gamble, to be sure. He could start WW3. As long as he doesn't start WW3, I imagine that his presidency will have a positive legacy on our political system. I just hope we can endure his reign.
I don't know if it's fair to compare Trump and Sanders. Sanders has a pretty solid, decades old voting record that gives a pretty clear picture of where he stands. Trump just says whatever random shit pops into his head without regard to the random shit that popped into his head last week. Think what you want about each candidates stance on various issues but, Trumps stance on everything is almost literally, "Fuck it, come on lucky 7". People want him to be president because he's got a pulpit with which to shout their stupidity and insecurity.
"The focus group participants might have been excited by Trump. Or they might have been repulsed,"
My guess is both. Trump brings out the "Watch the world burn" in all of us. Morbid curiosity is a very strong motivator.
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That seems like a crazy waste of energy. If you want to predict the weather approximately as accurately as the local news, just roll a d20 and look the results up in your DM manual.
I actually misspoke. I had switched to the latest version of Ubuntu Gnome. They claim to be a mostly pure implementation of Gnome and I would imagine that Debian is too. The biggest features that were missing were the things revolving around the Super-M functionality and it's implementation in the switcher. That seemed like a genuinely useful feature and I was willing to learn the eccentricities of Gnome for it. It's gone in the latest versions.
I actually really liked Gnome 3 in Jessie as well. I liked it so much that I decided to see how much better it was in the latest version of Xubuntu. Unfortunately, in the latest versions of Gnome, they removed every single useful feature I liked about Gnome 3 in Jessie. That was actually enough to make me switch back to XFCE on Jessie since there is no point in becoming an expert in a desktop environment that drastically changes every few months. XFCE has looked and worked the same for as long as I can remember. Hopefully the XFCE developers will continue to produce quality, sane software.
John McAfee, obviously.
This is basically what Debian does with Iceweasel (and Icedove). They pick a version of Firefox for the stable release (38 at the moment) and then just backport security fixes for it. For people that are just looking for a browser that doesn't change out from under them every time they start it, Iceweasel from debian stable is excellent.
You should be able to get static IPs (I think even a /29 block) on a Centurylink residential line. That's what I'm using and the single IP I have is a few dollars extra per month. You can also set it to properly do reverse DNS, allow port 25, etc. However, my connection is just DSL and not fiber so, maybe there are further restrictions on fiber.
Stallman gets a lot of shit but, more often than not, he's right. People laugh him off because he presents very stark predictions of a dystopian future that is in sharp contrast to what one sees at any given moment. I think he understands The Slow Boil that we are currently experiencing while the majority of society just sees a shiny toy and covets it.
I'm all for a good conspiracy theory but, I applaud you in your out of the box thinking. For your own piece of mind, it might be wise to run the following in a while(true) loop: echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Ok, sure, in that context, I definitely agree. Free memory is underutilized memory. And, if it's treated like a traditional disposable cache, then, yeah, explicitly clearing it is unlikely to give you the desired results. I just felt a bit confused in that the GP seemed to indicate that the act of freeing the memory was an expensive operation.
Is this a real statement? Doing a free() is basically just flipping a few bits. There might be a bit of housekeeping involved too but, it's not such an expensive operation in this context that it should be avoided.
(And, I apologize in advance if I have just been whooshed)
I highly recommend you re-read your comment:
Many of us who get paid well, get paid well because we can take vague, poorly written specs, figure out the real world business requirements and fill in all the missing parts. Somehow I don't see AI figuring out what a human means in a particular business context any time soon. btw. If you do write perfect specs, you've essentially written the program. The hard work (the valuable work) is done. Picking good design patterns and coding it up is easy.
So, basically, you just need someone to train the AI to understand your business requirements. An AI that can write software can iterate on that software so quickly that you don't even need specs. You can vaguely define a problem and iterate on the solution in realtime until it suits your needs.
I hate the term AI. There is no intelligence in it. "AI" programs are still computer programs that execute the series of steps it was told to execute. In certain cases they seem smart because they have been trained on a huge set of scenarios (You are quickly programming the program with the massive data set and associated "answers" instead of hand coding X million cases.). These "intelligent" programs still fall victim to "garbage in, garbage out" just like any dumb computer program.
I hate the term Human Intelligence. There is no intelligence in it. HI programs are still fallible programs that execute the series of steps they are told to execute. In certain cases they seem smart because they have been trained on a huge set of scenarios. These "intelligent" humans still fall victim to "garbage in, garbage out" just like any other dumb human.
Seriously... Fuck off.
I dislike Microsoft as much as the next guy but, it's impressive to see a tech giant scrambling to try and remain relevant. So far it seems like their efforts are failing miserably but, I commend them for not just putting their fingers in their ears and chanting, "La La La". In classic Microsoft style, they have instead decided to just give their users and partners the middle finger. Stay classy, Microsoft.
I like the idea. I propose we call it the Ministry of Truth.