Chinese authorities say this is to protect citizens by searching the source code of foreign companies for secret mechanisms that collect data on Chinese users and send it to foreign servers.
Isn't that the whole purpose of what Microsoft Windows 10 Telemetry does . . . ?
Maybe the Chinese authorities have a deal with Microsoft, so that Microsoft collects the data on Chinese users and sends it directly to Chinese authorities' servers . . . ?
Maybe the Chinese authorities have a deal with Microsoft, so that Microsoft collects the data on US users and sends it directly to Chinese authorities' servers . . . ?
Perhaps Facebook intends to do only good things with all this information!
I'm sure that bail bond agencies ("Bounty Hunters") and loan collection outfits will pay top dollar for this valuable information service.
Maybe you are very good about going into hiding, and not giving away where you are. But maybe your friends and family are unintentionally not so careful.
An expensive Facebook report of your friends and family might indicate where you are.
The mapping technology, which Facebook says it developed itself, can pinpoint any man-made structures in any country on earth to a resolution of five meters.
. . . so you'll need to build a big one finger salute statue on your front lawn . . . big enough to be picked up by Facebook's satellites.
Just remember to tell the neighbors that it is not directed at them, but at Facebook.
I'm not really interested in what Über says, since they lie like rugs. I'm interested in what they actually do. And, for every Evil that they said they did back in the past, but will never, ever do again . . . they are doing ten more Evils, that we just don't know about today.
"Hey, Über just sold my kidneys on eBay! Isn't that illegal?!?!"
"Well, the issue has not been addressed yet by lawmakers, but when it is addressed, Über will promise not to sell your kidneys again."
It is fun to hypothesize about robots taking over, and how society is going to adapt to post-scarcity, but that is theoretical conjecture, and not based on the reality of what is actually happening today.
Folks have been whining about how automation will destroy our civilization tomorrow . . . since about when it started, back in the 1700's. That tomorrow never seems to come.
Human beings, unlike some other living creatures on Earth, are not evolved and adapted to any specific environment. If the environment changes, we'll pick up our marbles and go play somewhere else. The history of humanity is a series of great disruptions and changes . . . sure, a lot of folks die prematurely along the way, but the vast majority seems to just muddle on.
Human beings are like toenail fungus . . . very difficult to get rid of completely.
We need to transition away from the current economic system real soon, or suffer massive riots and the downfall of our culture as unemployed people riot and take it down for us.
We need to confront the problem directly. AI and automation aren't the problem. Too many people are.
Why should we tax robots? They are doing productive work that is good for all of society as a whole. We should tax the unemployed. They are the drain on our precious bodily social services fluids. And tax children, too. Remember, "Our Children Are Our Future Unemployed!" (Well, better stated, YOUR children, not mine, of course, like every parent loves to believe).
Why should you put children in the world? Despite any dreams of social mobility, if you are struggling in a job that can easily replaced by automation, you are working there because you can't do anything else. Some folks are born with looks. Some are born with brains. Deal with it.
There is no "secret sauce". People like to scream that more education and faster Internet will magically transform a burger flipper into a brain surgeon. Forget it. Most folks in the US are already educated way beyond their intelligence. You can take a "ugly duckling", spread makeup on her all day . . . and she still won't look like a supermodel. You can try to educate someone stupid, but it will have similar results. More college education in the US has diluted the value of US college degrees. Sure, folks selling college loans will love to tell you that all you need to do is pile up a mass of debt and go to college for four years, and then you will get a great job and be rich. The sad fact, is that I meet some students looking for jobs, who probably shouldn't have even gone to college in the first place.
What can, in my opinion, best influence a child's chance of success in life are . . . it's parents. Raising children is no easy task, it's a long term project management process that is prone to unforeseen disasters. Are you willing to give up your golf or fishing weekends to spend that time with your children? Too many parents don't really think much before having children. They just do it. The rest of society will take care of their children if there are any problems. "Problem" children are not the fault of the parents, because they were "always" good parents. Obviously, it's the fault of the schools, other children, their parents, "The System", etc.
No, the sad fact is that as our society evolves and advances, there will be less and less need for folks who are not capable of doing much. People need to think before having children; think, if they are willingly to make personal sacrifices themselves for the benefit of their children's future. Will your child have a better chance in life than you did . . . ? What will you be personally doing for your children to guarantee that they will be better off . . . ?
People unemployed by automation rioting? Haw, haw. Given all the tech that we are pouring into domestic "security" systems . . . rioters will get forced RFID implants, and not be allowed to leave their designated "living" area. Whole towns and cities will transform to be like "gated" communities.
It's amazing how rain on what was supposed to be a nice summer morning puts me in a bad mood. But I can't stand hearing that AI & Automation are the problem any more. Too many people are the problem.
Yes, but even the slightest whiff of potential lawsuits for "enabling a real Internet kill switch" has the manufacturers of such devices running scared.
There are going to be damn sure that their devices are hardened now. Hell, you could build a portable microwave pacemaker fryer if you want. And given the trend of things these days, someone will do it for shits & giggles. But the pacemaker manufacturer can't be held liable for that.
You know, if you'd even think about launching a denial-of-service attack on a pacemaker, you're kind of an asshole, as well as a homicidal maniac!
*Shrug*. What about folks who think about running rental vans into crowds of innocent pedestrians, and following up with machete attacks . . . ?
Our Western Civilization is very tolerant of assholes . . . and those who support their doctrines in words and deeds.
That's why it is necessary. I remember that when I was in elementary school, we didn't even have to lock our bikes. By the time I was in high school, you needed an elephant shackle. It's like an Law of Thermodynamics entropy decline where "asshole-ishness" is growing and cannot be stopped.
So how much salary should I pay the robot that cleans my dishes ?
That depends on the model number of your dishwasher. If it's a Cherry2000, you should pay her more than you can afford, so you should pay her in Bitcoins.
Pay its taxes, of course. That is what this whole fuss is about: making sure that robots pay their fair share of taxes.
Of course, robots will also spend their salaries on high-priced robotic AI tax lawyers, and end up stashing their loot in robotic AI offshore accounts, just like Apple and the rest.
If they are going to drill, they could make the project self funding by bleeding out steam for electricity generation.
Why bother with the electricity generation step . . . ? Surely, Elon Musk can build steam-powered cars for us. You can tank up your car with fresh Yellowstone Steam at one of a system of pipeline nationwide distribution stations: Fresh, hot steam. On tap! Always!
Plus, when the steam-powered car extracts ("burns") the energy in the steam . . . only water comes out! It will solve global warming and droughts, as well. A system of IoT autonomous AI controlled pilots in the steam-powered cars with automatically alter the routes of cars to drive through drought affected areas, bringing much needed water there via the car exhaust pipes!
And, along with the Yellowstone Steam, we can also . . .
I don't think we need to worry about the world being destroyed by natural disasters . . . I think we need to worry about the world being destroyed by wacky overly ambitious geoengineering projects.
Never has there been a more drugged people than today's Americans - 70% take at least one prescription drug, plus a huge amount of over-the-counter and illicit drugs.
"If you feel you are not properly sedated, call 348-844 immediately. Failure to do so may result in prosecution for criminal drug evasion."
Whether you shuffle to and from work as a zombie, and sit plastered in front of the TV or redtube all night doesn't matter, as long as you don't rock the boat.
Male voice (medicine cabinet):"What's wrong?" Man:"I need something stronger." Male voice (medicine cabinet):"Take four red capsules. In 10 minutes, take two more. Help is on the way."
A good news story from this part of the world this is very unusual.
Maybe not that unusual, but very logical, Mr. Spock.
It that area of the world, people bonk each other on the head with clubs for not being in the same tribe as themselves. Thus, if you work as a deliveryman, you might end up making a delivery to someone from a different tribe, and you might get bonked on the head with a club. So working as a deliveryman around those parts is a fatally dangerous job.
So the lack of folks willing to work doing deliveries there drives the demand for drones!
It's a well-known risk of crowdfunding and backers are warned about this risk a gazillion times.
Folks used to be very wary about pursuing dubious "Get Rich Quick!" business offerings, like shares of the Brooklyn Bridge over swampland in Florida. Hell, business scams are as old a humanity. Just look at that old Jewish Fairy Tale about the first business scam involving Eve, a snake and an apple. (No, sorry, you'll have to Google for the GIFs yourselves).
But somehow the lure of "high-tech" diffuses the caution that most folks usually have. This new gadget IS really going to be bigger than Facebook, and the CEO will be the next President of the United States of America!
So it is somehow not surprising that the tech startup landscape is a swamp of scams. But, what the Hell. Some folks like to drop excess cash at the Blackjack table. Others are welcome to drop it down the crowdfunding pooper.
Just please drop your golf money, and not your children's education funds.
I demand a return to real bloodsport, where grievances are settled on the sands of the Arena, with the blessings of the Emperor and Almighty Iupiter, as our forefathers did.
That's more or less what we've got right now with terrorists. Except the swords are used on the asphalt of European cities. And the chariots have been replaced with white rental mini-vans.
Although, the massive public interest in this Mayweather-McGregor spectacle has got me wondering. Obviously, it wasn't a "Boxing Match", since, when push comes to shove (haw, haw), McGregor isn't a boxer. But a "grievance" was hyped up, and a lot of folks appeared to be willing to pay lots of money to watch the "grievance" be violently resolved.
Okay. But until we have such machines, the most readily available carbon-sink, cost-effective and easily deployed with unskilled labour, is the tree.
Hmmm . . . that gives me an idea . . . can we somehow breed genetically modified humans that work as carbon sinks . . . ?
Like, you inhale carbon, but don't exhale it . . . ? And the body converts the carbon into non-biodegradable forms, so it doesn't escape again when you die? Maybe the carbon-breathing humans can then excrete the carbon in a solid pellet form . . . ?
Building and maintaining all those carbon sequestering machines sounds like huge effort . . . let's just change humans, instead!
It's usually just plain called "Industrial Espionage".
The CIA will claim it is necessary to ensure US military technology superiority against any potential threats.
Victims of Industrial Espionage see it differently . . . the whole point is to "help out" US tech companies compete against foreign folks. To return the favor, the US tech companies "help out" the CIA/NSA if they need any back doors in their products.
Because while there may be some big names being tossed around, all those positions are hierarchy garnishings and don't seem to be having much impact on anything.
Oh, hiring big names is a great way to impress potential investors . . . squeeze out a few more € from venture capitalists . . .
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you cant have a 500kg bomb containing 1.4Tonnes of explosives...
. . . the bomb used a WWII precursor of today's TARDIS technology.
There's always plenty of more room near the rear . . .
Chinese authorities say this is to protect citizens by searching the source code of foreign companies for secret mechanisms that collect data on Chinese users and send it to foreign servers.
Isn't that the whole purpose of what Microsoft Windows 10 Telemetry does . . . ?
Maybe the Chinese authorities have a deal with Microsoft, so that Microsoft collects the data on Chinese users and sends it directly to Chinese authorities' servers . . . ?
Maybe the Chinese authorities have a deal with Microsoft, so that Microsoft collects the data on US users and sends it directly to Chinese authorities' servers . . . ?
Perhaps Facebook intends to do only good things with all this information!
I'm sure that bail bond agencies ("Bounty Hunters") and loan collection outfits will pay top dollar for this valuable information service.
Maybe you are very good about going into hiding, and not giving away where you are. But maybe your friends and family are unintentionally not so careful.
An expensive Facebook report of your friends and family might indicate where you are.
Pinpoint this one finger salute, Facebook.
TFS said this . . .
The mapping technology, which Facebook says it developed itself, can pinpoint any man-made structures in any country on earth to a resolution of five meters.
. . . so you'll need to build a big one finger salute statue on your front lawn . . . big enough to be picked up by Facebook's satellites.
Just remember to tell the neighbors that it is not directed at them, but at Facebook.
I'm not really interested in what Über says, since they lie like rugs. I'm interested in what they actually do. And, for every Evil that they said they did back in the past, but will never, ever do again . . . they are doing ten more Evils, that we just don't know about today.
"Hey, Über just sold my kidneys on eBay! Isn't that illegal?!?!"
"Well, the issue has not been addressed yet by lawmakers, but when it is addressed, Über will promise not to sell your kidneys again."
It is fun to hypothesize about robots taking over, and how society is going to adapt to post-scarcity, but that is theoretical conjecture, and not based on the reality of what is actually happening today.
Folks have been whining about how automation will destroy our civilization tomorrow . . . since about when it started, back in the 1700's. That tomorrow never seems to come.
Human beings, unlike some other living creatures on Earth, are not evolved and adapted to any specific environment. If the environment changes, we'll pick up our marbles and go play somewhere else. The history of humanity is a series of great disruptions and changes . . . sure, a lot of folks die prematurely along the way, but the vast majority seems to just muddle on.
Human beings are like toenail fungus . . . very difficult to get rid of completely.
We need to transition away from the current economic system real soon, or suffer massive riots and the downfall of our culture as unemployed people riot and take it down for us.
We need to confront the problem directly. AI and automation aren't the problem. Too many people are.
Why should we tax robots? They are doing productive work that is good for all of society as a whole. We should tax the unemployed. They are the drain on our precious bodily social services fluids. And tax children, too. Remember, "Our Children Are Our Future Unemployed!" (Well, better stated, YOUR children, not mine, of course, like every parent loves to believe).
Why should you put children in the world? Despite any dreams of social mobility, if you are struggling in a job that can easily replaced by automation, you are working there because you can't do anything else. Some folks are born with looks. Some are born with brains. Deal with it.
There is no "secret sauce". People like to scream that more education and faster Internet will magically transform a burger flipper into a brain surgeon. Forget it. Most folks in the US are already educated way beyond their intelligence. You can take a "ugly duckling", spread makeup on her all day . . . and she still won't look like a supermodel. You can try to educate someone stupid, but it will have similar results. More college education in the US has diluted the value of US college degrees. Sure, folks selling college loans will love to tell you that all you need to do is pile up a mass of debt and go to college for four years, and then you will get a great job and be rich. The sad fact, is that I meet some students looking for jobs, who probably shouldn't have even gone to college in the first place.
What can, in my opinion, best influence a child's chance of success in life are . . . it's parents. Raising children is no easy task, it's a long term project management process that is prone to unforeseen disasters. Are you willing to give up your golf or fishing weekends to spend that time with your children? Too many parents don't really think much before having children. They just do it. The rest of society will take care of their children if there are any problems. "Problem" children are not the fault of the parents, because they were "always" good parents. Obviously, it's the fault of the schools, other children, their parents, "The System", etc.
No, the sad fact is that as our society evolves and advances, there will be less and less need for folks who are not capable of doing much. People need to think before having children; think, if they are willingly to make personal sacrifices themselves for the benefit of their children's future. Will your child have a better chance in life than you did . . . ? What will you be personally doing for your children to guarantee that they will be better off . . . ?
People unemployed by automation rioting? Haw, haw. Given all the tech that we are pouring into domestic "security" systems . . . rioters will get forced RFID implants, and not be allowed to leave their designated "living" area. Whole towns and cities will transform to be like "gated" communities.
It's amazing how rain on what was supposed to be a nice summer morning puts me in a bad mood. But I can't stand hearing that AI & Automation are the problem any more. Too many people are the problem.
Would you rather be in a train crashing at 600mph or 60mph?
In a train crash at 60mph, you'll die slowly cause by your injuries before rescuers will be able to reach you.
In a train crash at 600mph . . . you'll die before you even have enough time to realize that a crash had even occurred.
I'll take the "quick & instance" death, please.
Yes, but even the slightest whiff of potential lawsuits for "enabling a real Internet kill switch" has the manufacturers of such devices running scared.
There are going to be damn sure that their devices are hardened now. Hell, you could build a portable microwave pacemaker fryer if you want. And given the trend of things these days, someone will do it for shits & giggles. But the pacemaker manufacturer can't be held liable for that.
You know, if you'd even think about launching a denial-of-service attack on a pacemaker, you're kind of an asshole, as well as a homicidal maniac!
*Shrug*. What about folks who think about running rental vans into crowds of innocent pedestrians, and following up with machete attacks . . . ?
Our Western Civilization is very tolerant of assholes . . . and those who support their doctrines in words and deeds.
That's why it is necessary. I remember that when I was in elementary school, we didn't even have to lock our bikes. By the time I was in high school, you needed an elephant shackle. It's like an Law of Thermodynamics entropy decline where "asshole-ishness" is growing and cannot be stopped.
So how much salary should I pay the robot that cleans my dishes ?
That depends on the model number of your dishwasher. If it's a Cherry2000, you should pay her more than you can afford, so you should pay her in Bitcoins.
What would a robot do with a salary ?
Pay its taxes, of course. That is what this whole fuss is about: making sure that robots pay their fair share of taxes.
Of course, robots will also spend their salaries on high-priced robotic AI tax lawyers, and end up stashing their loot in robotic AI offshore accounts, just like Apple and the rest.
If they are going to drill, they could make the project self funding by bleeding out steam for electricity generation.
Why bother with the electricity generation step . . . ? Surely, Elon Musk can build steam-powered cars for us. You can tank up your car with fresh Yellowstone Steam at one of a system of pipeline nationwide distribution stations: Fresh, hot steam. On tap! Always!
Plus, when the steam-powered car extracts ("burns") the energy in the steam . . . only water comes out! It will solve global warming and droughts, as well. A system of IoT autonomous AI controlled pilots in the steam-powered cars with automatically alter the routes of cars to drive through drought affected areas, bringing much needed water there via the car exhaust pipes!
And, along with the Yellowstone Steam, we can also . . .
Well, it worked in this movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Kinda sorta . . .
More or less . . .
I don't think we need to worry about the world being destroyed by natural disasters . . . I think we need to worry about the world being destroyed by wacky overly ambitious geoengineering projects.
Never has there been a more drugged people than today's Americans - 70% take at least one prescription drug, plus a huge amount of over-the-counter and illicit drugs.
"If you feel you are not properly sedated, call 348-844 immediately. Failure to do so may result in prosecution for criminal drug evasion."
Whether you shuffle to and from work as a zombie, and sit plastered in front of the TV or redtube all night doesn't matter, as long as you don't rock the boat.
Male voice (medicine cabinet): "What's wrong?"
Man: "I need something stronger."
Male voice (medicine cabinet): "Take four red capsules. In 10 minutes, take two more. Help is on the way."
A good news story from this part of the world this is very unusual.
Maybe not that unusual, but very logical, Mr. Spock.
It that area of the world, people bonk each other on the head with clubs for not being in the same tribe as themselves. Thus, if you work as a deliveryman, you might end up making a delivery to someone from a different tribe, and you might get bonked on the head with a club. So working as a deliveryman around those parts is a fatally dangerous job.
So the lack of folks willing to work doing deliveries there drives the demand for drones!
It's a well-known risk of crowdfunding and backers are warned about this risk a gazillion times.
Folks used to be very wary about pursuing dubious "Get Rich Quick!" business offerings, like shares of the Brooklyn Bridge over swampland in Florida. Hell, business scams are as old a humanity. Just look at that old Jewish Fairy Tale about the first business scam involving Eve, a snake and an apple. (No, sorry, you'll have to Google for the GIFs yourselves).
But somehow the lure of "high-tech" diffuses the caution that most folks usually have. This new gadget IS really going to be bigger than Facebook, and the CEO will be the next President of the United States of America!
So it is somehow not surprising that the tech startup landscape is a swamp of scams. But, what the Hell. Some folks like to drop excess cash at the Blackjack table. Others are welcome to drop it down the crowdfunding pooper.
Just please drop your golf money, and not your children's education funds.
I demand a return to real bloodsport, where grievances are settled on the sands of the Arena, with the blessings of the Emperor and Almighty Iupiter, as our forefathers did.
That's more or less what we've got right now with terrorists. Except the swords are used on the asphalt of European cities. And the chariots have been replaced with white rental mini-vans.
Although, the massive public interest in this Mayweather-McGregor spectacle has got me wondering. Obviously, it wasn't a "Boxing Match", since, when push comes to shove (haw, haw), McGregor isn't a boxer. But a "grievance" was hyped up, and a lot of folks appeared to be willing to pay lots of money to watch the "grievance" be violently resolved.
[If] I wanna see two buffoons beat the shit out of each other all I have to do is look outside.
I can top that. I just look in a mirror.
OTOH, if one can live only on Burger King's meals, it's real enough for a big portion of their expenses.
Anyone can live only on Burger King's meals . . . it's just a question of how long you'll live.
Okay. But until we have such machines, the most readily available carbon-sink, cost-effective and easily deployed with unskilled labour, is the tree.
Hmmm . . . that gives me an idea . . . can we somehow breed genetically modified humans that work as carbon sinks . . . ?
Like, you inhale carbon, but don't exhale it . . . ? And the body converts the carbon into non-biodegradable forms, so it doesn't escape again when you die? Maybe the carbon-breathing humans can then excrete the carbon in a solid pellet form . . . ?
Building and maintaining all those carbon sequestering machines sounds like huge effort . . . let's just change humans, instead!
why's the CIA spying on Intel and its partners?
It's usually just plain called "Industrial Espionage".
The CIA will claim it is necessary to ensure US military technology superiority against any potential threats.
Victims of Industrial Espionage see it differently . . . the whole point is to "help out" US tech companies compete against foreign folks. To return the favor, the US tech companies "help out" the CIA/NSA if they need any back doors in their products.
Even if the company goes under the cash is better sent on research in this field than on another image sharing app.
Who knows where the money is being spent . . . ?
On research . . . ? Or high executive salaries . . . ? Maybe a nice sailing yacht . . . ?
Because while there may be some big names being tossed around, all those positions are hierarchy garnishings and don't seem to be having much impact on anything.
Oh, hiring big names is a great way to impress potential investors . . . squeeze out a few more € from venture capitalists . . .
I'm going to start storing my email in blockchain, because blockchain. It's just like regular email, except blockchain.
This would actually help a lot, when IRS folks have multiple disk crashes and re-cycle backup disks.
They'll find other ways to cheat, though.