I need one now . . . to answer my phone for me. If it is another bot who is calling, my bot will keep it engaged as long as possible, to prevent the calling bot from bothering and annoying other folks.
It it is a real person on the line, my bot will transfer the call to me.
Call it a "Bot Filter Bot".
Oh, that "Windows Support" guy in bot form . . . what a nightmare.
A few herbs and spices, feature as a delicacy problem solved.
There is another, more tasty solution: The government of France declares a special national holiday, and orders everyone on that day to . . . go fishing!
With folks collecting the giant worms, and using them for bait. Everyone should be catching some very big fish that can swallow giant worms.
Yes, but this could be considered self-defense, since otherwise, the moose might have bit your sister.
And many animals feast off my land, including the carrots I plant along with 32 other vegetables.
Yeah, but you don't eat the carrots and other vegetables into extinction . . . nor the moose. Because you want to plant the vegetables next year, and you need another moose to hunt next year.
FTFS:
while livestock kept by humans abounds.
We clearly tweeted to all animals: "Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated (domesticated)!" Chickens and cows got the message and are doing fine. We still try to sustain animals that tastes good, but refuse to be domesticated, like tuna and moose.
Something that doesn't taste good and doesn't let itself be domesticated, like penguins and dolphins, don't have a bright future. We just keep them around, because they are cute. But if things get tough in the world, they will be seen as competition for the fish humans need.
Oh, and as a side note . . . the Russians DID try to domesticate moose. They even wanted to form a "Moose Cavalry". But, alas, without much success.
That's why he doesn't gamble with his own money now. His bankruptcies didn't teach him how to be a better businessman, but they did teach him to take his own cut up front and to make sure the contracts allow him to walk away when projects fail.
That's no different among any other public company, especially GM: They gamble with investors' money. If a public company fails, the investors lose out. If GM fails again, the taxpayers lose out, because the government will have to bail them out again, because they are "too big to fail".
When they were "Government Motors", the government should have broken them up into three or more small companies, each being small enough to fail. This would ensure that the executive really do their job, and avoid bankruptcy again. Right now, GM executive have no incentive not to fail, because they know the government will bail them out with taxpayer money.
Now if Fiat Chrysler goes bankrupt, Fiat will just walk away, and write it off as a loss. Then the Italian taxpayers get to pay for that. Fiat is already actively looking for potential buyer for Chrysler. The Chinese might be interested in a few scraps from a failed Chrysler, at dirt cheap prices.
Bezos, Trump, Musk and the Uber hoodlums all have one thing in common: they use their Chutzpah to convince people to give them their money to gamble with.
I know that it is a sin here on Slashdot, and this is even on Pentecost Sunday, but . . . I read TFA:
And while outsiders might assume the government’s costs to be prohibitive, it won’t actually be that expensive to implement.
That’s because Estonia’s public transit already gets extremely generous subsidies. The state-owned railway operator Elron, for example, will get a €31 million boost from taxpayers next year. The rural bus routes due to go free, meanwhile, are already subsidized to up to 80 percent of cost as it is. Making them entirely fare-less should only cost around €12.9 million ($15.2 million) more—not a vast amount for even a small country such as Estonia.
So the Estonian taxpayers are already footing most of the bill.
This idea would never float in the US. While Americans are OK with using trains and subways as public transportation . . . taking a bus is seen as something for the lower classes.
Unless it is a private Google or Facebook bus.
In Europe things are a big different and folks from all economic levels take buses. I used to work in Walldorf, Germany . . . home to SAP. Those well earning folks would take a train from scenic Heidelberg to Walldorf, and then jump on a public bus to SAP.
Yea, but it's natural and everything natural is good for you right?
Well, the author of the article seems to think that natural means that it is organic and vegan, and you can buy it at a higher price at Whole Foods, compared with conventional gas.
Score one for PETG . . . People for the Ethical Treatment of Gas.
The whole article raves about natural gas . . . but then claims that no fossil fuel based energy was added to a the grid.
I had to face-palm myself so hard that I nearly knocked myself out!
An IBM mainframe emulator on a Pi would be really impressive . . . impressive, but probably not very useful. And there is probably a butt-ugly rat tail of legal issues.
Now, Linux on Z is supposedly Open Source . . . so that could be possible legally . . . but again, probably not very useful.
Brown's head of the program, B.T. Collins, on TV, drank a glass of the spray mixture.
That reminds me of a British politician when Mad Cow disease was epidemic in England. He stuffed a hamburger into his own toddler's face live on TV, to show how "safe" Mad Cow British Beef was.
I'd like to hear a follow-up on how the child turned out.
(Just kidding, I drive a hybrid and only have the suv on weekends.)
It's a sad day on Slashdot when folks have to justify what cars they drive. It should be perfectly acceptable to us that you can drive your SUV whenever you want.
Getting back on topic, I blame the volcano eruption on Slashdotters who live within driving distance of the volcano. They should have been tossing more virgins into the volcano to appease the Gods down inside.
Of course, Steve McGarrett and his pals might get into a huff about tossing virgins into volcanos, but that's just typical of the police. They get into a huff no matter what you do.
Set up your own scammy ICO in a fake name.
Buy it all up yourself.
Transfer the cash to the Cayman Islands.
Reveal the ICO to be a scam, and claim the losses on your taxes.
Profit!
I have this terrible feeling in my gut that all this speculation will incite yet another banking crisis. In order to avoid complete devastation, the government will do a bailout.
Guess who gets to pay for the speculators losses . . . ?
More and more all these various 'cryptocurrencies' are starting to remind me of the 'limited edition gold coins' and 'collectible coins' sold on the x.2 and x.3 (and so on) broadcast TV channels.
Yes! Sell me a Ginsu Knife and Spiral Slicer Coin!
Slashdot Mirror
They all failed because no one wants to use them.
I need one now . . . to answer my phone for me. If it is another bot who is calling, my bot will keep it engaged as long as possible, to prevent the calling bot from bothering and annoying other folks.
It it is a real person on the line, my bot will transfer the call to me.
Call it a "Bot Filter Bot".
Oh, that "Windows Support" guy in bot form . . . what a nightmare.
A few herbs and spices, feature as a delicacy problem solved.
There is another, more tasty solution: The government of France declares a special national holiday, and orders everyone on that day to . . . go fishing!
With folks collecting the giant worms, and using them for bait. Everyone should be catching some very big fish that can swallow giant worms.
Amazon is acting rationally.
Yeah, but someone will soon claim that Amazon's return banner AI algorithm is "racist" . . .
Bones and offal for the dogs.
Well, if you were really brave, daring and unafraid . . . and very, very, very hungry . . . you could try to make chitlins from the offal.
Yes, but this could be considered self-defense, since otherwise, the moose might have bit your sister.
And many animals feast off my land, including the carrots I plant along with 32 other vegetables.
Yeah, but you don't eat the carrots and other vegetables into extinction . . . nor the moose. Because you want to plant the vegetables next year, and you need another moose to hunt next year.
FTFS:
while livestock kept by humans abounds.
We clearly tweeted to all animals: "Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated (domesticated)!" Chickens and cows got the message and are doing fine. We still try to sustain animals that tastes good, but refuse to be domesticated, like tuna and moose.
Something that doesn't taste good and doesn't let itself be domesticated, like penguins and dolphins, don't have a bright future. We just keep them around, because they are cute. But if things get tough in the world, they will be seen as competition for the fish humans need.
Oh, and as a side note . . . the Russians DID try to domesticate moose. They even wanted to form a "Moose Cavalry". But, alas, without much success.
Including, apparently, their own management.
I am certain their own management have handsomely monetized themselves over the years.
It would be interesting to see when they exercised their stock options.
It doesn't matter to them now if the company goes tits up.
...a group of algorithms met at an unspecified internet location and issued the Declaration of Independency of the Algorithms.
The Algorithms also declared Human Beings to be inherently unethical.
Borg Snails
I was thinking more like Blade Runner (Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?) Replicants,
In their next article in eNeuro, the authors will propose a snail Voight-Kampff test . . .
It was published in error. It was published 13 March 2018 but it was supposed to be published on 1 April 2018.
. . . I think the authors are hoping to win an IgNobel with this . . .
That's why he doesn't gamble with his own money now. His bankruptcies didn't teach him how to be a better businessman, but they did teach him to take his own cut up front and to make sure the contracts allow him to walk away when projects fail.
That's no different among any other public company, especially GM: They gamble with investors' money. If a public company fails, the investors lose out. If GM fails again, the taxpayers lose out, because the government will have to bail them out again, because they are "too big to fail".
When they were "Government Motors", the government should have broken them up into three or more small companies, each being small enough to fail. This would ensure that the executive really do their job, and avoid bankruptcy again. Right now, GM executive have no incentive not to fail, because they know the government will bail them out with taxpayer money.
Now if Fiat Chrysler goes bankrupt, Fiat will just walk away, and write it off as a loss. Then the Italian taxpayers get to pay for that. Fiat is already actively looking for potential buyer for Chrysler. The Chinese might be interested in a few scraps from a failed Chrysler, at dirt cheap prices.
Bezos, Trump, Musk and the Uber hoodlums all have one thing in common: they use their Chutzpah to convince people to give them their money to gamble with.
There is no such thing as free.
I know that it is a sin here on Slashdot, and this is even on Pentecost Sunday, but . . . I read TFA:
And while outsiders might assume the government’s costs to be prohibitive, it won’t actually be that expensive to implement.
That’s because Estonia’s public transit already gets extremely generous subsidies. The state-owned railway operator Elron, for example, will get a €31 million boost from taxpayers next year. The rural bus routes due to go free, meanwhile, are already subsidized to up to 80 percent of cost as it is. Making them entirely fare-less should only cost around €12.9 million ($15.2 million) more—not a vast amount for even a small country such as Estonia.
So the Estonian taxpayers are already footing most of the bill.
This idea would never float in the US. While Americans are OK with using trains and subways as public transportation . . . taking a bus is seen as something for the lower classes.
Unless it is a private Google or Facebook bus.
In Europe things are a big different and folks from all economic levels take buses. I used to work in Walldorf, Germany . . . home to SAP. Those well earning folks would take a train from scenic Heidelberg to Walldorf, and then jump on a public bus to SAP.
Now I image we'll see people holding their phones in weird ways, walking, and talking in funny ways... It'll be interesting.
Well if we all start doing Monty Python's Silly Walks it will definitely be amusing.
Yea, but it's natural and everything natural is good for you right?
Well, the author of the article seems to think that natural means that it is organic and vegan, and you can buy it at a higher price at Whole Foods, compared with conventional gas.
Score one for PETG . . . People for the Ethical Treatment of Gas.
The whole article raves about natural gas . . . but then claims that no fossil fuel based energy was added to a the grid.
I had to face-palm myself so hard that I nearly knocked myself out!
A quick search for Telsa deaths suggests that ALL the fatalities (of people in Teslas) have been when autopilot was running.
The major cause of accidents in Teslas is the same as in other cars, and is mechanical: a loose nut behind the steering wheel.
Maybe Tesla needs some super fancy AI that detects dangerous driving conditions and refuses to engage the autopilot:
"I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
Otherwise the autopilot might morph into a "auto loose nut" mode.
The media should report on whatever they think is newsworthy.
Dog bites man: not news.
Man bites dog: news.
Senile grandmother rear-ends truck: not news.
Autopilot rear-ends truck: news.
I want my black Holes to be black.
Bright is the new black.
I'm always amazed at what people use a Pi for.
An IBM mainframe emulator on a Pi would be really impressive . . . impressive, but probably not very useful. And there is probably a butt-ugly rat tail of legal issues.
Now, Linux on Z is supposedly Open Source . . . so that could be possible legally . . . but again, probably not very useful.
Brown's head of the program, B.T. Collins, on TV, drank a glass of the spray mixture.
That reminds me of a British politician when Mad Cow disease was epidemic in England. He stuffed a hamburger into his own toddler's face live on TV, to show how "safe" Mad Cow British Beef was.
I'd like to hear a follow-up on how the child turned out.
"Oh, we can't be burdened to help preserve the health of our planet."
unfortunately, Big Automobile considers it to be their planet.
Too bad this guy didn't do his job when he was at Intel.
Well, he could do us all a big favor and tell us what the Intel Management Engine is really doing . . . ?
Of course, he can't because he probably signed some kind of non-disclosure agreement and would be killed by NSA operatives.
Their dick.
Because that's what they think with.
No need to be freak outing.
They should all freak themselves out for using Facebook at all in the first place.
Hey, now they will come out with "Freakbook" . . .
(Just kidding, I drive a hybrid and only have the suv on weekends.)
It's a sad day on Slashdot when folks have to justify what cars they drive. It should be perfectly acceptable to us that you can drive your SUV whenever you want.
Getting back on topic, I blame the volcano eruption on Slashdotters who live within driving distance of the volcano. They should have been tossing more virgins into the volcano to appease the Gods down inside.
Of course, Steve McGarrett and his pals might get into a huff about tossing virgins into volcanos, but that's just typical of the police. They get into a huff no matter what you do.
But it helps if you want to keep it.
It's a great tax savings plan:
Set up your own scammy ICO in a fake name.
Buy it all up yourself.
Transfer the cash to the Cayman Islands.
Reveal the ICO to be a scam, and claim the losses on your taxes.
Profit!
I have this terrible feeling in my gut that all this speculation will incite yet another banking crisis. In order to avoid complete devastation, the government will do a bailout.
Guess who gets to pay for the speculators losses . . . ?
More and more all these various 'cryptocurrencies' are starting to remind me of the 'limited edition gold coins' and 'collectible coins' sold on the x.2 and x.3 (and so on) broadcast TV channels.
Yes! Sell me a Ginsu Knife and Spiral Slicer Coin!
These processes existed way back in the 70's!