"Much of the mining takes place in China, which generates most of its electric power from coal, prompting warnings that bitcoin threatens to wreck the environment and supersize the world's carbon footprint."
Well, at least we now know who has been artificially driving up the price of bitcoins:
The International Coal Industry Conspiracy!
As the thirst for Bitcoins exponentially expands, our renewable sources of electricity will be quickly exhausted. The only solution will be to re-open the mines and coal fired power plants.
Otherwise, the US could face a Bitcoin mine shaft gap . . .
Okay, we know it's all AI and neural networkish but WHAT DOES IT DO and since that question isn't answered in the article or in the summary why am I supposed to care about it?
They can't let us know what it does. If we know, so will our enemies . . . and then they will adjust their tactics accordingly to thwart the AI.
For instance, maybe the AI is just counting the ratio of beards and rags on heads in crowds. If this became known, a lot of folks will then shave and don baseball caps.
Trying to figure out what the enemy's true intentions are is one of the intractable problems in war. As Carl von Clausewitz stated: "No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy."
This Maven thingie sounds like it is intended to assist military folks better navigate through "the fog of war."
Smoking certainly isn't healthy for you . . . but lots of folks do it anyway . . . because they like it. Casino gambling doesn't offer you good odds, but folks get addicted to that, as well.
Folks buy into scams . . . for kinda sorta the same reason. They like the thrill of maybe buying into the next Facebook . . . even if all sane evidence says that it is a scam.
So just let these folks toss their money away . . . as long as they don't harm anyone other than themselves.
Autonomous cars are the solution looking for a problem. Lots of folks are spending lots of money on the development of this technology, so we will eventually have autonomous cars . . .
. . . but when we have them, what will we do with them . . . ? I guess a lot more folks are holding wild west brainstorming sessions, trying to think up something else useful to do with autonomous cars. I think we'll see a lot more wacky ideas over the next years.
At just what fucking point does someone in the government start looking at Comcast though RICO eyes?
Unfortunately, Comcast owns too many folks in the government.
Comcast is "too big to fail" or be held accountable for their actions. Any attempt to touch Comcast with RICO or anything else would be blocked by their "associates" in government.
But of course it is the future! It's the police moving to the Über gig independent contractor model.
An app hails Über cops when the police need backup assistance. The Über cops grab their guns and race to the location to overwhelm the bad guys with shear numbers.
A Facebook app can take pictures, and tell you from Facebook's faces database who is a good guy, and who is a bad guy, so you don't shoot at the wrong folks.
While China is exerting its technical superiority,
It's not technical superiority, it's political superiority.
US scientists and engineers could build you a molten salt nuke . . . if you let them. Any talk of nuke research will arouse the anti-nuke folks, who will block it.
In China, folks who oppose their nuke projects are given shovels, and forced to help build it.
This is actually pretty much the first I've heard of this...
Intentional pun?
Well, even in Norway, where they do have it . . . it seems that a lot of folks will not hear it either. Too bad that a lot of cars won't get traffic reports any more.
That's not even enough to light a single wing of Al Gores' mansion (here's I'm just speaking about the primary mansion, not all of the secondary ones).
Al Gore is a patriotic American and "does" it in proven American Traditional Style:
It'll certainly be interesting to see how Uber's practices change as it matures...
Mature? Why would they ever want to do that? Über's philosophy is to be the "Bad Ass Mother Fucker On The Block." If something is illegal, do it anyway and duke it out against the government in courts. This brashness and lack of respect for law makes them more attractive to venture capitalists.
A boxer who knees his opponent in the balls while the ref is distracted has a chance of winning. And exactly this "killer instinct" of Über will keep venture capitalists coming to them.
if it survives.
Über will never be Mr. Nice Guy. That goes against the whole grain of the company. They'll survive. Just look at the "bad guys" in professional wrestling . . .
So, aliens are basically bombarding us with meteoroids armed with the old "pull my finger" gag. The gall of them! Can't we build a space wall to keep these stinking meteoroids out?
"Memo to the engineering team on the dark side of the moon, building the blimps that will be used to conquer the Earth:"
"Avoid pores and cracks in the outer skin of the weapon. These could lead to premature explosion, which would be a major bummer for the Führer,"
"-- Donald Zuckerberg, Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production."
And by the way, doesn't "Mark Zuckerberg for President" have a certain ring to it?
Who scares you actually more . . . Donald Trump or Mark Zuckerberg?
Donald Trump is a greedy business bastard like too many other folks in world economy. He might hurt us, but he is not going to kill us. Remember, he is a real-estate Shylock . . . he knows that nuclear wars decrease the value of real-estate. This is why he will never start a war with North Korea . . . unless he can find a way to make a business profit out of it, and that is a long bet. West Germany fought to digest the former East Germany, and that was something most of the Germans wanted, and were willing to pay a "Solidarity Tax" for it. Reuniting the Koreas will be a nightmare that no one wants. (Oh, yeah, the Chinese will be absolutely thrilled about having a second South Korea in their Economic Zone.
Mark Zuckerberg believes he is on a mission from God. Whatever he does with Facebook improves the Human Condition. He's not in it for the money . . . he has enough of that . . . but he gave it away . . . or maybe not. When Zuckerberg is elected President, Air Force One will be ditched for Über. Your IRS returns will be done using Facebook.
Um, . . . I hate to say it . . . but I'll take a Devil who admits that he is a Devil as opposed to a Devil who pretends to be Jesus Fucking Christ.
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"Much of the mining takes place in China, which generates most of its electric power from coal, prompting warnings that bitcoin threatens to wreck the environment and supersize the world's carbon footprint."
Well, at least we now know who has been artificially driving up the price of bitcoins:
The International Coal Industry Conspiracy!
As the thirst for Bitcoins exponentially expands, our renewable sources of electricity will be quickly exhausted. The only solution will be to re-open the mines and coal fired power plants.
Otherwise, the US could face a Bitcoin mine shaft gap . . .
Beware of the Hidden Costs!
Using Unix tools on Windows means that you will liable to purchase a $699 license from SCO, who own the copyrights for Unix!
Okay, we know it's all AI and neural networkish but WHAT DOES IT DO and since that question isn't answered in the article or in the summary why am I supposed to care about it?
They can't let us know what it does. If we know, so will our enemies . . . and then they will adjust their tactics accordingly to thwart the AI.
For instance, maybe the AI is just counting the ratio of beards and rags on heads in crowds. If this became known, a lot of folks will then shave and don baseball caps.
Trying to figure out what the enemy's true intentions are is one of the intractable problems in war. As Carl von Clausewitz stated: "No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy."
This Maven thingie sounds like it is intended to assist military folks better navigate through "the fog of war."
A bunch of idiots with too much time on their hands are wasting it by watching some guy do nothing?
This already has prior art . . . Andy Warhol invented this back in the 60's with his movies.
It's still both confusing and amazing what folks will watch.
How many times must it be said, this is a scam.
To misquote Marie Antoinette:
"Let them eat scam!"
Smoking certainly isn't healthy for you . . . but lots of folks do it anyway . . . because they like it. Casino gambling doesn't offer you good odds, but folks get addicted to that, as well.
Folks buy into scams . . . for kinda sorta the same reason. They like the thrill of maybe buying into the next Facebook . . . even if all sane evidence says that it is a scam.
So just let these folks toss their money away . . . as long as they don't harm anyone other than themselves.
The US used to (still does, I bet) tap Russian cables.
No, former US President Jimmy Carter is NOT tapping undersea cables . . . he is building new houses for poor folks.
Well, he does plant a few bugs in the homes . . . might as well do that while the studs are still bare.
Oh, and I guess Carter does a wee bit of cable tapping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
But we're the good guys, so tapping is OK for us to do.
Autonomous cars are the solution looking for a problem. Lots of folks are spending lots of money on the development of this technology, so we will eventually have autonomous cars . . .
. . . but when we have them, what will we do with them . . . ? I guess a lot more folks are holding wild west brainstorming sessions, trying to think up something else useful to do with autonomous cars. I think we'll see a lot more wacky ideas over the next years.
At just what fucking point does someone in the government start looking at Comcast though RICO eyes?
Unfortunately, Comcast owns too many folks in the government.
Comcast is "too big to fail" or be held accountable for their actions. Any attempt to touch Comcast with RICO or anything else would be blocked by their "associates" in government.
Uranus is a planet composed mostly of water.
But curiously, it rains diamonds on Uranus: https://www.kidsdiscover.com/q...
No future to that.
But of course it is the future! It's the police moving to the Über gig independent contractor model.
An app hails Über cops when the police need backup assistance. The Über cops grab their guns and race to the location to overwhelm the bad guys with shear numbers.
A Facebook app can take pictures, and tell you from Facebook's faces database who is a good guy, and who is a bad guy, so you don't shoot at the wrong folks.
She said that the words are NOT banned, BUT when asked if they had been banned, she would not answer the question.
"The banning of words has now been banned. Those responsible for the banning have now been banned."
but I certainly don't see any hydrogen cars.
You need to look up, not straight. Their hydrogen flying cars are kinda sorta a hybrid blimp and car.
until it is implemented in "other countries" - like the USA - just for your security.
Oh, you can be fairly certain that this is used in the US already.
We'll just have to wait for the release of Wikileaks Vault 11 for confirmation.
I wish someone would give me a bunch of old shuttle parts.
Andy Griffith did this on American television at the end of the 70's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
You might want to watch that to pick up some ideas and pointers.
While China is exerting its technical superiority,
It's not technical superiority, it's political superiority.
US scientists and engineers could build you a molten salt nuke . . . if you let them. Any talk of nuke research will arouse the anti-nuke folks, who will block it.
In China, folks who oppose their nuke projects are given shovels, and forced to help build it.
On slashdot people barely post about their lives
. . . could be because Slashdot folks don't have any lives to post about.
You're welcome to keep your receiver that no longer receives anything.
Well, if your beloved KCRW goes dark . . . just buy an FM transmitter, and produce the program yourself:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Since you would be the DJ, you can then even call yourself up on the radio telephone number, and have a heated debate with yourself.
Oh, and every few months or so, hold a pledge drive, and beg folks for money in exchange for some radio station hats.
Hmm...do we have DAB in the US?
This is actually pretty much the first I've heard of this...
Intentional pun?
Well, even in Norway, where they do have it . . . it seems that a lot of folks will not hear it either. Too bad that a lot of cars won't get traffic reports any more.
This is a device that needs to listen to your home 24/7.
. . . maybe it's doing more than listening in the middle of the night while you are sleeping . . .
"Tomorrow you will not consciously remember these instructions, but will follow them. Here is your list of things to buy on Amazon tomorrow . . .
That's not even enough to light a single wing of Al Gores' mansion (here's I'm just speaking about the primary mansion, not all of the secondary ones).
Al Gore is a patriotic American and "does" it in proven American Traditional Style:
"Do it in the dark . . . with your clothes on."
No light bulbs necessary.
It'll certainly be interesting to see how Uber's practices change as it matures...
Mature? Why would they ever want to do that? Über's philosophy is to be the "Bad Ass Mother Fucker On The Block." If something is illegal, do it anyway and duke it out against the government in courts. This brashness and lack of respect for law makes them more attractive to venture capitalists.
A boxer who knees his opponent in the balls while the ref is distracted has a chance of winning. And exactly this "killer instinct" of Über will keep venture capitalists coming to them.
if it survives.
Über will never be Mr. Nice Guy. That goes against the whole grain of the company. They'll survive. Just look at the "bad guys" in professional wrestling . . .
Really? Come on...
I'm absolutely shocked that folks are throwing away refrigerators!
They must be Global Warming Deniers.
We will soon need all the refrigerators that we can get to fight the Global Warming!
When has it ever changed YOUR mind?
. . . if Facebook can control your mind . . . would they let you know about it . . . ?
Maybe you're just a brain in a Facebook vat somewhere . . .
So, aliens are basically bombarding us with meteoroids armed with the old "pull my finger" gag. The gall of them! Can't we build a space wall to keep these stinking meteoroids out?
"Memo to the engineering team on the dark side of the moon, building the blimps that will be used to conquer the Earth:"
"Avoid pores and cracks in the outer skin of the weapon. These could lead to premature explosion, which would be a major bummer for the Führer,"
"-- Donald Zuckerberg, Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production."
And by the way, doesn't "Mark Zuckerberg for President" have a certain ring to it?
Who scares you actually more . . . Donald Trump or Mark Zuckerberg?
Donald Trump is a greedy business bastard like too many other folks in world economy. He might hurt us, but he is not going to kill us. Remember, he is a real-estate Shylock . . . he knows that nuclear wars decrease the value of real-estate. This is why he will never start a war with North Korea . . . unless he can find a way to make a business profit out of it, and that is a long bet. West Germany fought to digest the former East Germany, and that was something most of the Germans wanted, and were willing to pay a "Solidarity Tax" for it. Reuniting the Koreas will be a nightmare that no one wants. (Oh, yeah, the Chinese will be absolutely thrilled about having a second South Korea in their Economic Zone.
Mark Zuckerberg believes he is on a mission from God. Whatever he does with Facebook improves the Human Condition. He's not in it for the money . . . he has enough of that . . . but he gave it away . . . or maybe not. When Zuckerberg is elected President, Air Force One will be ditched for Über. Your IRS returns will be done using Facebook.
Um, . . . I hate to say it . . . but I'll take a Devil who admits that he is a Devil as opposed to a Devil who pretends to be Jesus Fucking Christ.