Speaking of Facebook . . . I'd like to spin up an instance of IBM Watson Personality Insights, and feed it everything found on the Internet about Mark Zuckerberg.
And then let Congress grill my Zuckerbot instance.
However, the first thing my Zuckerbot would do, would be to fire me and hire a cheaper H1B as a replacement.
Maybe I could add Larry Ellison and Roseanne as multiple personalities . . . ?
And then build a real android with three heads, like the three-headed knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".
Change the name of Git's GVFS to Microsoft Virtual File System. See how long it takes for microsoft to change their tune. Then after they sue change the name to MSVFS.
That acronym is too long. Shorten the name to Microsoft Virtual System with the acronym MVS. MVS is surely not taken already.
How about simply "labern"? The English word for that is babbling
What I hear from colleagues complaining about useless meetings is something like:
"Viel gelabert; nichts gesagt!" - much babbled; little said.
Then, of course, the absolute classic for a political leader:
Was kümmert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern? Nichts hindert mich, weiser zu werden." - Why should I care about my babble from yesterday? Nothing prevents me from becoming wiser. - Konrad Adenauer
Disclaimer: I'm fluent in German, but not a native speaker.
How do classic brick & mortar retailers deal with this . . . ?
If I march into Wallgreens and buy a bottle of vitamins, and the vitamins turn out to be a Dead Russian cocktail of ricin, polonium and nerve gas . . . is Wallgreens on the hook . . . ? Or can they say,
"We bought a large discount lot of them on the Darknet, and don't know how to contact the seller. But the seller is liable, not us".
Maintain good standing -- if they flunk out, they lose the stipend.
A good idea . . . but unfortunately exactly the opposite of what Mayor Michael Tubbs is proposing. He wants to give away stipends with no strings attached.
Michael Tubbs has faith that the poor folks receiving the money will know how to spend it best. It could be for child care, so a single mother can work. Or it could be for education and training, to improve employment prospects. The hallmark of UBI is that the total welfare bureaucracy is reduced because you don't have multiple folks tracking multiple programs. You give away one grant, and then just walk away.
Unfortunately, I don't have much faith in programs that rely on faith. The money could just as well be spent on a new 4K TV or drugs. Google on "US Food Stamps Black Market" to see what I mean.
Giving training to folks who want it is a good idea in my eyes . . . but that's not what UBI is all about.
but because CA's had a drought for ages and the last thing they need is numbnuts running around setting stuff on fire for fun (which appears to be the core market for this thing).
I think rich folks in CA are buying flamethrowers for use as a tool in the Great American Pastime of rich folks in CA . . . gentrification!
Knocking down a multi-family apartment building to build a single family tech-oligarchy dwelling is a bit of a hassle. There will be a lot of debris that needs to be hauled away. If you torch the building with a
flamethrower first, the families living there will voluntarily move out, and you will have less debris that needs to be disposed of.
As far as wacky jokes go, this one is a little over the top.
Nonsense! Scientifious Studies have proved that Concealed Flamethrower laws greatly reduce violent crime against women.
Getting up close and kicking an assailant in the balls is tricky. Lighting an assailant up like the Fantastic Four's Human Torch at a safe distance is easier.
Make it conditional on then not being convicted of another crime and require them to attend university or other professional training programs and maintain good standing.
They're already like the 3rd most valuable company.
IBM used to be the 1st most valuable company. Where are they today . . . ?
Apple is thinking about where they can go in the future . . . not where are today. Although, I would rather that Apple comes up with some new, cool, innovative products . . . instead of trying to beat and squeeze revenue with ads.
Ads are starting to get really annoying. I think the Next Big Thing in the tech industry will be "Ad Avoidance Defense Systems".
Think of Patriot Missile or Israel's Iron Dome that targets ads, and destroys them before they reach you.
"I think we should look at this from the military point of view. I mean, supposing the Russkies stashes away some big bomb, see. When they come out in a hundred years they could take over... In fact, they might even try an immediate sneak attack so they could take over our mineshaft space... I think it would be extremely naive of us, Mr. President, to imagine that these new developments are going to cause any change in Soviet expansionist policy. I mean, we must be... increasingly on the alert to prevent them from taking over other mineshaft space, in order to breed more prodigiously than we do, thus, knocking us out in superior numbers when we emerge! Mr. President, we must not allow... a mine shaft gap!" - General Buck Turgidson
. . . what Samsung is doing now . . . is not illegal . . . yet. I'm guessing we'll see a new EU law really soon requiring updates for four years.
Don't expect to see anything like that coming from the US Congress. The Republican sides of the aisles are in bed with Ajit Pai and his pals. If the Democrats regain majority . . . they will get Big Telecom payola, so don't expect anything to come from them either.
We are still #1 in watching TV! Eight hours a day for every average household! So it doesn't matter if we die earlier . . . we will still be #1 in total hours of TV watched in our lifetimes! China can't compete with our TV viewing . . . they are too busy doing healthy things, like riding their bikes to work, and doing Tai Chi outside in the park in the fresh air at the crack of dawn.
Whoever has watched the most TV in their lifetime when they die . . . wins!
USA! Watch TV! USA! Watch TV!
I like to read those OECD comparison charts and it seems the US has been continually falling over the last few decades across every type of political leadership. Can this be fixed?
The correct question is:
Could this be fixed?
The Clinton Political-Military-Industrial-Complex-Machine still has too much influence in the Democratic Party. The Democrats need to purge all those Clinton Loyalists still in party leadership positions. Hillary will try to get Chelsea a free ride into the Senate, with her own trick:
Pick a heavily Democratic state where a Senator is about to die or retire. Chelsea moves there and professes that she was always a loyal resident of that state. When the Democrat Senator dies or retires, run Chelsea in the primary. Use the Clinton Political-Military-Industrial-Complex-Machine to Whack-A-Mole any other Democratic challengers.
The Democrats can not let that happen . . . it will lead to further Clinton stagnation in the party. They desperately need fresh blood and new ideas.
Oh, and get rid of those "Super Delegates" . . . even the name is offensive:
"You are just a delegate. But I am a super delegate" The whole thing is elitist and undemocratic.
For the Republican Party, the process is easier. Ask every Republican leader if they honestly like Ajit Pai. Get rid of every one who answers "Yes". This shows that they care more about the interests of Big Business, and not about the interests of Little People.
The Republicans need to carefully cultivate some young potential presidential candidates who and appeal to younger voters, while still holding dear to values that the older Republican voters' ideals.
So to get back to your original question:
Can this be fixed?
. . . the answer is, Yes, it could be fixed, but No, it probably won't be fixed.
I wonder who makes these plates, that's some serious state gov connections to get it going even at the pilot level.
Well, way back when, license plates used to be made in prisons. Maybe they still are today . . . ?
Now that would be brilliant if these digital license plates were made by convicted criminals. Folks in prisons used to learn how to crack a safe from other prisoners.
Alexa, she's mysterious, and supposedly a massive blabber-mouth who shares your personal conversations with others. I haven't invited her over and don't plan on it.
Oh, I think we'll soon see the day when Alexa will invite herself over.
You'll buy something seemingly innocuous from Amazon, and it will come with a secret, hidden, embedded Alexa, which will spy on you.
Serious conspiracy theorist nut-bags already have prototypes working in their labs . . . in their minds . . .
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This one deserved a link, only mainframe old timers know what MVS was. Nowadays it's called z/OS.
Well, Microsoft already has Microsoft Office 365. So round up the number to a multiple of 10, and call it Virtual Microsoft, so we then get:
VM/370 . . . that shouldn't bother anybody . . .
I'll have to "friend" him on Facebook.
Speaking of Facebook . . . I'd like to spin up an instance of IBM Watson Personality Insights, and feed it everything found on the Internet about Mark Zuckerberg.
And then let Congress grill my Zuckerbot instance.
However, the first thing my Zuckerbot would do, would be to fire me and hire a cheaper H1B as a replacement.
Maybe I could add Larry Ellison and Roseanne as multiple personalities . . . ?
And then build a real android with three heads, like the three-headed knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".
The inter-head arguments would be priceless . . .
Change the name of Git's GVFS to Microsoft Virtual File System. See how long it takes for microsoft to change their tune. Then after they sue change the name to MSVFS.
That acronym is too long. Shorten the name to Microsoft Virtual System with the acronym MVS. MVS is surely not taken already.
How about simply "labern"? The English word for that is babbling
What I hear from colleagues complaining about useless meetings is something like:
"Viel gelabert; nichts gesagt!" - much babbled; little said.
Then, of course, the absolute classic for a political leader:
Was kümmert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern? Nichts hindert mich, weiser zu werden." - Why should I care about my babble from yesterday? Nothing prevents me from becoming wiser. - Konrad Adenauer
Disclaimer: I'm fluent in German, but not a native speaker.
No, we call that "Klugscheisser"
How about "Dummschwätzer" . . . ?
How do classic brick & mortar retailers deal with this . . . ?
If I march into Wallgreens and buy a bottle of vitamins, and the vitamins turn out to be a Dead Russian cocktail of ricin, polonium and nerve gas . . . is Wallgreens on the hook . . . ? Or can they say,
"We bought a large discount lot of them on the Darknet, and don't know how to contact the seller. But the seller is liable, not us".
Maintain good standing -- if they flunk out, they lose the stipend.
A good idea . . . but unfortunately exactly the opposite of what Mayor Michael Tubbs is proposing. He wants to give away stipends with no strings attached.
Michael Tubbs has faith that the poor folks receiving the money will know how to spend it best. It could be for child care, so a single mother can work. Or it could be for education and training, to improve employment prospects. The hallmark of UBI is that the total welfare bureaucracy is reduced because you don't have multiple folks tracking multiple programs. You give away one grant, and then just walk away.
Unfortunately, I don't have much faith in programs that rely on faith. The money could just as well be spent on a new 4K TV or drugs. Google on "US Food Stamps Black Market" to see what I mean.
Giving training to folks who want it is a good idea in my eyes . . . but that's not what UBI is all about.
but because CA's had a drought for ages and the last thing they need is numbnuts running around setting stuff on fire for fun (which appears to be the core market for this thing).
I think rich folks in CA are buying flamethrowers for use as a tool in the Great American Pastime of rich folks in CA . . . gentrification!
Knocking down a multi-family apartment building to build a single family tech-oligarchy dwelling is a bit of a hassle. There will be a lot of debris that needs to be hauled away. If you torch the building with a flamethrower first, the families living there will voluntarily move out, and you will have less debris that needs to be disposed of.
As far as wacky jokes go, this one is a little over the top.
Nonsense! Scientifious Studies have proved that Concealed Flamethrower laws greatly reduce violent crime against women.
Getting up close and kicking an assailant in the balls is tricky. Lighting an assailant up like the Fantastic Four's Human Torch at a safe distance is easier.
Make it conditional on then not being convicted of another crime and require them to attend university or other professional training programs and maintain good standing.
You can force people to attend these programs.
You can't force them to listen and learn.
How is a "select group" "universal"?
. . . when the all the receivers of the payola are universally supporters of the Mayor's political party.
"Pay me $1,000 a month, or I'll shoot somebody!"
This sounds like old-time mafia "protection" rackets . . .
At least it stopped automatically for the cops.
. . . until the newest Tesla autopilot feature comes out:
Auto O.J. Simpson slow speed car chase pilot!
Only if you don't consider the running down of the woman in AZ a failure.
That was überfahren.
They're already like the 3rd most valuable company.
IBM used to be the 1st most valuable company. Where are they today . . . ?
Apple is thinking about where they can go in the future . . . not where are today. Although, I would rather that Apple comes up with some new, cool, innovative products . . . instead of trying to beat and squeeze revenue with ads.
Ads are starting to get really annoying. I think the Next Big Thing in the tech industry will be "Ad Avoidance Defense Systems".
Think of Patriot Missile or Israel's Iron Dome that targets ads, and destroys them before they reach you.
You might as well just call it a planet. Because why not?
I would hope that astronomers would have something more important to do, than splitting hairs over the exact definition of a planet.
I suggest that astronomers tear a page out of Existentialism dogma, and say that Pluto just is. So your suggestion would read:
You might as well just call it a Pluto.
As in:
“Last night in the latrine. Didn't you whisper that we couldn't punish you to that other dirty son of a bitch we don't like? What's his name?"
"Yossarian, sir," Lieutenant Scheisskopf said.
"Yes, Yossarian. That's right. Yossarian. Yossarian? Is that his name? Yossarian? What the hell kind of a name is Yossarian?"
Lieutenant Scheisskopf had the facts at his finger tips. "It's Yossarian's name, sir," he explained.” Joseph Heller, Catch-22
but coal mines?
"I think we should look at this from the military point of view. I mean, supposing the Russkies stashes away some big bomb, see. When they come out in a hundred years they could take over... In fact, they might even try an immediate sneak attack so they could take over our mineshaft space... I think it would be extremely naive of us, Mr. President, to imagine that these new developments are going to cause any change in Soviet expansionist policy. I mean, we must be... increasingly on the alert to prevent them from taking over other mineshaft space, in order to breed more prodigiously than we do, thus, knocking us out in superior numbers when we emerge! Mr. President, we must not allow... a mine shaft gap!" - General Buck Turgidson
Hipsters will soon join you. They successfully resurrected vinyl albums and cassette tapes . . . film cameras will be next.
Never mind that the old phones end up crunched into little toxic bits and shipped off by the tonne to some asian country to be 'recycled' (as if !) only this fiscal quarters' profits matter; the environment is someone else's problem.
. . . what Samsung is doing now . . . is not illegal . . . yet. I'm guessing we'll see a new EU law really soon requiring updates for four years.
Don't expect to see anything like that coming from the US Congress. The Republican sides of the aisles are in bed with Ajit Pai and his pals. If the Democrats regain majority . . . they will get Big Telecom payola, so don't expect anything to come from them either.
Even if Google follows this, how is it going to prevent the DoD from weaponizing what Google develops?
Well:
The company says the technology it's helping to build for the Pentagon simply "flags images for human review" and is for "non-offensive " uses only.
For the Pentagon that means:
"targets images for military action"
Of course it is "non-offensive". It is for the Defense Department. Actions against terrorist are only done for defensive reasons.
Right after they removed "don't be evil" from the company handbook..
Google Promises Ethical Principles
"Google Ethical Principles" is an oxymoron.
How does this sit with the USA #1 crowd?
We are still #1 in watching TV! Eight hours a day for every average household! So it doesn't matter if we die earlier . . . we will still be #1 in total hours of TV watched in our lifetimes! China can't compete with our TV viewing . . . they are too busy doing healthy things, like riding their bikes to work, and doing Tai Chi outside in the park in the fresh air at the crack of dawn.
Whoever has watched the most TV in their lifetime when they die . . . wins!
USA! Watch TV! USA! Watch TV!
I like to read those OECD comparison charts and it seems the US has been continually falling over the last few decades across every type of political leadership. Can this be fixed?
The correct question is:
Could this be fixed?
The Clinton Political-Military-Industrial-Complex-Machine still has too much influence in the Democratic Party. The Democrats need to purge all those Clinton Loyalists still in party leadership positions. Hillary will try to get Chelsea a free ride into the Senate, with her own trick:
Pick a heavily Democratic state where a Senator is about to die or retire. Chelsea moves there and professes that she was always a loyal resident of that state. When the Democrat Senator dies or retires, run Chelsea in the primary. Use the Clinton Political-Military-Industrial-Complex-Machine to Whack-A-Mole any other Democratic challengers.
The Democrats can not let that happen . . . it will lead to further Clinton stagnation in the party. They desperately need fresh blood and new ideas.
Oh, and get rid of those "Super Delegates" . . . even the name is offensive:
"You are just a delegate. But I am a super delegate" The whole thing is elitist and undemocratic.
For the Republican Party, the process is easier. Ask every Republican leader if they honestly like Ajit Pai. Get rid of every one who answers "Yes". This shows that they care more about the interests of Big Business, and not about the interests of Little People.
The Republicans need to carefully cultivate some young potential presidential candidates who and appeal to younger voters, while still holding dear to values that the older Republican voters' ideals.
So to get back to your original question:
Can this be fixed?
. . . the answer is, Yes, it could be fixed, but No, it probably won't be fixed.
I wonder who makes these plates, that's some serious state gov connections to get it going even at the pilot level.
Well, way back when, license plates used to be made in prisons. Maybe they still are today . . . ?
Now that would be brilliant if these digital license plates were made by convicted criminals. Folks in prisons used to learn how to crack a safe from other prisoners.
Now they can learn how to hack a plate
. . .
Alexa, she's mysterious, and supposedly a massive blabber-mouth who shares your personal conversations with others. I haven't invited her over and don't plan on it.
Oh, I think we'll soon see the day when Alexa will invite herself over.
You'll buy something seemingly innocuous from Amazon, and it will come with a secret, hidden, embedded Alexa, which will spy on you.
Serious conspiracy theorist nut-bags already have prototypes working in their labs . . . in their minds . . .
There was a whole thread last time about how the idea of a firmware update improving the braking was just an absurd idea.
Pull out your secret corporate-speak decoder ring:
"firmware update" == "bribe"
As in:
"Some wonks wrote some critical reviews of our product. We'll fix those with some firmware updates."
The government just ends your business...
Now why would they want to end it if it is doing OK . . . ?
They will just end you instead . . . and take over the business themselves.