Didn't read TFA, but I'm wondering if going to the "skull" is the AI fouling up the Navy term "head" for toilet. If so, I guess the whole thing could be hilarious because it's the AI version of Engrish.
The end-game is to convince Microsoft to go back to being what they used to be: A company that sold us an OS. It wasn't free, but it did what WE wanted. That was the bargain. We pay once, and only once, and only with MONEY, not with our personal data. It wasn't open source, but it was open (enough) API and that was a compromise that a lot of us liked. The current bargain that they are offering is along the lines of "I have altered the bargain, pray that I don't alter it any further".
Ideological purity is a powerful drug, and like all drugs you can overdose on it. The hard core addicts in either camp won't listen. I've been using free/open source on Windows for years. Why? Because I like the OS for some things, and the applications for others. I don't know where I fit on the ideological purity spectrum. It's hard to self-analyze and be objective. That said, I don't think I'm much of a zealot in either direction.
Anyway, it's just a bit interesting to see somebody who identifies with a "camp" advocating the flip-side of what I've been doing (mostly without making a stink about it) for years. The tool you like for what you want to do. 'nuff said.
The summary implies that you'd have to hit the surface really hard before it became sticky. There's a non-sticky coating over the adhesive. Presumably they'd formulate it so that you get something that doesn't crack when a bug or even a bird hits it. A pedestrian impact would be hard enough to crack it and release the adhesive.
That still doesn't mean it's a practical idea; but it's better than some people are making it out to be.
No real reason, AFAICT. Twitter stopped being a "micro blog" the minute they went beyond text and maybe a single URL. You see people posting pictures of text sometimes, sheesh! IMHO, they should just concentrate on thumb-nailing all the non-text media down to a reasonable size so that it doesn't hog resources unless I actually click on it.
Once respected and grew fat? I think you're looking for Chris Christie. TBF he was already fat when most of us knew him; but GWB was never respected and he's in good physical shape.
Ohh... pushing the plug into a socket is so... hard... ohh... it hurts. Umm.... that's what she said.
Anyway, plugs aren't broken. There is almost no loss of power at the plug-outlet interface. There is scads of power loss with any radiated power delivery system. There are questionable health impacts of radiated power delivery. The only upside is that you don't have to lift your poor little lazy fingers to put the plug in the fucking socket, or make sure that they mate compatibly.
Did you find that it was unsustainable? There were two periods in my life like this: Bachelor's degree, and a start-up. The start-up was just slightly easier than the bachelor's degree. YMMV based on how hard your school is, how much of a task-master your boss is, and let's face it--how smart you are. I'm sure there were some people that just absolutely cruised courses that made me cram... but then again there were people who dropped out and never came back. I dropped out of start-ups, and when you're middle aged you start to think twice about a diet of late-night pizza and soda. If you pass out with a coronary at 50, what's the point?
Still though, if you think it's really important--if it's for God and country, or family, or just trying not to end up homeless or working a shit job for the rest of your life, you'll do it. Sometimes I think about the excitement and for the right project, maybe... one more time. I ran into a 20 something like that a while ago. He wanted me to help him code his stuff; but unfortunately it was the kind of software I hate. It was easy to turn that one down...
Well, it's not surprising when you consider that there's an entire class of apps built around the concept of "checking in". 4square was the biggest one for a while. Not sure if it's still doing well; but the idea is there. The cat will gladly accept the shiny bell that the mice give him, just like in the cartoons.
This reminds me of the dire warnings about how such and such is now the leading cause of death. Guess what? There will always be a leading cause of death. There will always be a leading cause of pollution.
It's good news in both cases. The leading cause of death is no longer smallpox or the plague, because we've effectively controlled those. The leading cause of pollution is no longer the tailpipe if we've effectively controlled it.
I believe that in both cases there is no flaw with progress. We simply need to move on to the next problem and solve it, while taking care to make sure that old problems don't reoccur.
How does this relate to Turing machines and Grand Unified Theories in physics? The former is well understood, solid theory in computer science. The latter is an unachieved goal of physics. Like many others here, my BS meter is in action; but I've got an open mind.
The Fed helicopters don't fly over normal people. They only have the ability to dump money on banks via mechanisms such as rates so low that the banks can arbitrage. None of that money goes where it's needed to stimulate the economy.
AFAIK, only Congressional helicopters could deliver money to you and I, like they did with the stimulus checks a few years ago. It's almost certainly a fool's errand anyway, since it would screw up the dollar economy via runaway inflation if you did it too much.
IMHO, it would be better to simply extend services like food stamps and housing subsidies to people who would usually be in higher income brackets. Particular sectors of the economy might be weakened, but you wouldn't destroy the monetary system wholesale. People who wanted something better than government cheese would still be encouraged to innovate, strive, and keep progress and productivity humming.
The most succinct definition of fascism is "the merger of corporation and state".
We're already there. The rest is just knock-on effects and variations on a theme. Who do you think is more likely to perp-walk Goldman Sachs execs? Hillary or Trump?
Just because it would be funny to see: Windows has detected the following new device: McLaren 675LT. Would you like to install a driver for this device?
Those BTC may be worth that much at today's prices; but you can't sell out without crashing the market. There are, however, probably some established exit strategies for this kind of thing. He could, at the very least, have small planned sales and provide himself with a steady income without putting too much price pressure on the currency, adjusting the sales from time-to-time if it were causing prices to move in an undesirable direction. Ironically, that would be a lot like what the Fed does.
I'm guessing he's referring to MS's inclusion of code under permissive Open Source licenses, such as the BSD license. The counterpoint is that MS can't "steal" the BSD code, because it's still there for everybody to use. The MS copyright is just for the work as a whole, not the unmodified code. Without further detail, his post appears to be a variation on the common/. riff of "You can't steal ideas, because ideas aren't things; unless we don't like you. Then you stole our ideas".
IMHO, capitalism is taking your *capital* and using it to create profit. Period. All the other stuff that people are upset about has nothing to do with capitalism, and everything to do with corruption.
Your reference to an imaginary world implies that you think I'm some kind of libertarian absolutist. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, I've tussled with those guys quite a bit too.
I fully recognize and uphold the role of government in furthering the aims of justice, fairness, upholding the law for the common good, etc.
How do I reconcile this with capitalism? Easy. If I polluted an entire river to make money, that should be illegal. If I polluted an entire river just for the lulz, that should be illegal. If I polluted an entire river because I thought God told me to do it, that should be illegal.
To me, the polluted river does not imply that capitalism, lulz, or religion should be overthrown. Quite the opposite. If we go down that road, we're going to hell.
It's the corruption that's wrong, not the capitalism.
The libertarian makes the fundamental mistake of wanting to destroy government entirely due to corruption. Others make the mistake of wanting to overthrow capitalism due to corruption. They're both, IMHO, making the same sort of "tossing out the baby with the bathwater" mistake.
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Didn't read TFA, but I'm wondering if going to the "skull" is the AI fouling up the Navy term "head" for toilet. If so, I guess the whole thing could be hilarious because it's the AI version of Engrish.
RTFM.
The end-game is to convince Microsoft to go back to being what they used to be: A company that sold us an OS. It wasn't free, but it did what WE wanted. That was the bargain. We pay once, and only once, and only with MONEY, not with our personal data. It wasn't open source, but it was open (enough) API and that was a compromise that a lot of us liked. The current bargain that they are offering is along the lines of "I have altered the bargain, pray that I don't alter it any further".
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Ideological purity is a powerful drug, and like all drugs you can overdose on it. The hard core addicts in either camp won't listen. I've been using free/open source on Windows for years. Why? Because I like the OS for some things, and the applications for others. I don't know where I fit on the ideological purity spectrum. It's hard to self-analyze and be objective. That said, I don't think I'm much of a zealot in either direction.
Anyway, it's just a bit interesting to see somebody who identifies with a "camp" advocating the flip-side of what I've been doing (mostly without making a stink about it) for years. The tool you like for what you want to do. 'nuff said.
We've already got Congress.
You can own a house. You can't own the directions to get there.
The summary implies that you'd have to hit the surface really hard before it became sticky. There's a non-sticky coating over the adhesive. Presumably they'd formulate it so that you get something that doesn't crack when a bug or even a bird hits it. A pedestrian impact would be hard enough to crack it and release the adhesive.
That still doesn't mean it's a practical idea; but it's better than some people are making it out to be.
LOL, I had the same thought the other day when I saw an ad for the Angry Birds movie. Then I thought: Tic Tac Toe.
Part 2, O what did I do?
Part 3, X marks the spot--search for the hidden strategy.
and finally... Tic Tac Toe, IV--You won't believe how this stand-off ends!
No real reason, AFAICT. Twitter stopped being a "micro blog" the minute they went beyond text and maybe a single URL. You see people posting pictures of text sometimes, sheesh! IMHO, they should just concentrate on thumb-nailing all the non-text media down to a reasonable size so that it doesn't hog resources unless I actually click on it.
Once respected and grew fat? I think you're looking for Chris Christie. TBF he was already fat when most of us knew him; but GWB was never respected and he's in good physical shape.
Ohh... pushing the plug into a socket is so... hard... ohh... it hurts. Umm.... that's what she said.
Anyway, plugs aren't broken. There is almost no loss of power at the plug-outlet interface. There is scads of power loss with any radiated power delivery system. There are questionable health impacts of radiated power delivery. The only upside is that you don't have to lift your poor little lazy fingers to put the plug in the fucking socket, or make sure that they mate compatibly.
That's what she said.
Did you find that it was unsustainable? There were two periods in my life like this: Bachelor's degree, and a start-up. The start-up was just slightly easier than the bachelor's degree. YMMV based on how hard your school is, how much of a task-master your boss is, and let's face it--how smart you are. I'm sure there were some people that just absolutely cruised courses that made me cram... but then again there were people who dropped out and never came back. I dropped out of start-ups, and when you're middle aged you start to think twice about a diet of late-night pizza and soda. If you pass out with a coronary at 50, what's the point?
Still though, if you think it's really important--if it's for God and country, or family, or just trying not to end up homeless or working a shit job for the rest of your life, you'll do it. Sometimes I think about the excitement and for the right project, maybe... one more time. I ran into a 20 something like that a while ago. He wanted me to help him code his stuff; but unfortunately it was the kind of software I hate. It was easy to turn that one down...
Well, it's not surprising when you consider that there's an entire class of apps built around the concept of "checking in". 4square was the biggest one for a while. Not sure if it's still doing well; but the idea is there. The cat will gladly accept the shiny bell that the mice give him, just like in the cartoons.
This reminds me of the dire warnings about how such and such is now the leading cause of death. Guess what? There will always be a leading cause of death. There will always be a leading cause of pollution.
It's good news in both cases. The leading cause of death is no longer smallpox or the plague, because we've effectively controlled those. The leading cause of pollution is no longer the tailpipe if we've effectively controlled it.
I believe that in both cases there is no flaw with progress. We simply need to move on to the next problem and solve it, while taking care to make sure that old problems don't reoccur.
How does this relate to Turing machines and Grand Unified Theories in physics? The former is well understood, solid theory in computer science. The latter is an unachieved goal of physics. Like many others here, my BS meter is in action; but I've got an open mind.
The Fed helicopters don't fly over normal people. They only have the ability to dump money on banks via mechanisms such as rates so low that the banks can arbitrage. None of that money goes where it's needed to stimulate the economy.
AFAIK, only Congressional helicopters could deliver money to you and I, like they did with the stimulus checks a few years ago. It's almost certainly a fool's errand anyway, since it would screw up the dollar economy via runaway inflation if you did it too much.
IMHO, it would be better to simply extend services like food stamps and housing subsidies to people who would usually be in higher income brackets. Particular sectors of the economy might be weakened, but you wouldn't destroy the monetary system wholesale. People who wanted something better than government cheese would still be encouraged to innovate, strive, and keep progress and productivity humming.
The most succinct definition of fascism is "the merger of corporation and state".
We're already there. The rest is just knock-on effects and variations on a theme. Who do you think is more likely to perp-walk Goldman Sachs execs? Hillary or Trump?
No, it was more like Hitler getting formally married to Eva Braun in the bunker.
He knew where this was going.
The thought did cross my mind though, that Carly had set a new personal best for fastest loss.
During the Manhattan project, the bomb was referred to as a gadget.
You can easily debate the influence, since it only covers the mid-20th century onward; but it was actually called a "gadget".
A thug who walks up to you on a dark street, sticks a gun in your back and says "give me all your personal information".
The victim says nervously "Or... or... what?"
"I'll make something that you and all your stupid friends can't resist spending a lot of time on, and then I'll take it away."
"OK Sir".
Just because it would be funny to see: Windows has detected the following new device: McLaren 675LT. Would you like to install a driver for this device?
Those BTC may be worth that much at today's prices; but you can't sell out without crashing the market. There are, however, probably some established exit strategies for this kind of thing. He could, at the very least, have small planned sales and provide himself with a steady income without putting too much price pressure on the currency, adjusting the sales from time-to-time if it were causing prices to move in an undesirable direction. Ironically, that would be a lot like what the Fed does.
I'm guessing he's referring to MS's inclusion of code under permissive Open Source licenses, such as the BSD license. The counterpoint is that MS can't "steal" the BSD code, because it's still there for everybody to use. The MS copyright is just for the work as a whole, not the unmodified code. Without further detail, his post appears to be a variation on the common /. riff of "You can't steal ideas, because ideas aren't things; unless we don't like you. Then you stole our ideas".
IMHO, capitalism is taking your *capital* and using it to create profit. Period. All the other stuff that people are upset about has nothing to do with capitalism, and everything to do with corruption.
Your reference to an imaginary world implies that you think I'm some kind of libertarian absolutist. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, I've tussled with those guys quite a bit too.
I fully recognize and uphold the role of government in furthering the aims of justice, fairness, upholding the law for the common good, etc.
How do I reconcile this with capitalism? Easy. If I polluted an entire river to make money, that should be illegal. If I polluted an entire river just for the lulz, that should be illegal. If I polluted an entire river because I thought God told me to do it, that should be illegal.
To me, the polluted river does not imply that capitalism, lulz, or religion should be overthrown. Quite the opposite. If we go down that road, we're going to hell.
It's the corruption that's wrong, not the capitalism.
The libertarian makes the fundamental mistake of wanting to destroy government entirely due to corruption. Others make the mistake of wanting to overthrow capitalism due to corruption. They're both, IMHO, making the same sort of "tossing out the baby with the bathwater" mistake.