What do you call the person who gives the franken-algorithm a specific list of instructions to accomplish your goal? A programmer.
Yep. The never ending dream of management, but impossible.
I remember the last time I saw it in action. Yeah, Marketing could do more stuff themselves, after acquiring new toys. But they turned into (rather bad) "programmers", using non-standard clunky tools with none of the helpful components of actual programming environments. And spent their time thereafter playing with the toys, instead of marketing. What a win!
"I will recommend to the commission that, if you ask the citizens, then you have to do what the citizens say," said Jean-Claude Juncker, the commission's president.
Well now, don't be hasty; this is the EU... that "do what the citizens say" stuff sounds dangerously like democracy or something.
The Democrats have been struggling to effectively oppose Trump because they are relying on appeals to truth and reality.
{coffee spew}
Democrats have been struggling to effectively oppose Trump because a. they (Democrats) are themselves batsh** insane, and b. they have no idea why Trump succeeds.
Yes, he's a clown. But if only a clown is going to even attempt to address the things that need to be addressed (e.g. excessive immigration, excessive outsourcing, the threat of Islam, etc.) then I guess it's going to be the clown.
Now carry on, and prove a. and b. as I know you will. I have faith in you.
P.S.
Call me back about "truth and reality" when Democrats can figure out how to tell a boy from a girl.
I do see free market forces at work. If this company can't get it's act together and make people feel safe using their services then I can expect them to go out of business. If you want a cheap ride then you can take your chances with a company that doesn't check out their drivers before sending them to pick you up.
I do wonder about these stories... I mean, murder is obviously already illegal.
Do taxi medallions have some special anti-murder properties, to make regular taxis safer than these services?
never crossed my mind, that ridesharing could bring you in contact dangerous people like rapists and murderers, which was perhaps naive of me.
however, i wonder why this is such a big problem in China, i never hear about uber rapes/murders in US/EU.
Is it a big problem?
It is the third in a year
How big is this rideshare service in China? How big is China? What is the murder rate overall? What is the murder rate from taxi drivers?
I mean, it might be a big problem (relative to other problems; obviously all murder is a problem). It would take some context to know if it is though.
Or maybe he's trying to say that a word is just a word, and that we shouldn't spend so much time policing them as we could choose instead to just grow up and stop caring which combination of letters someone chose to put side by side.
All words convey meaning, and offensive words convey offensive meaning.
Personally I think it's more childish to use those words, and then act like you're a martian that doesn't understand what language is or something, to dodge responsibility for conveying the very meaning that the words were fully intended to convey. .
No, the real reason this is a problem is because for some reason people get offended by certain arbitrary strings of characters. That's the real root of the problem.
For some reason there's great outrage if someone uses a slang word to describe sex, or genetalia, both of which are perfectly natural parts of life.
This is disingenuous.
All words are "arbitrary strings of characters" that convey meaning. Those that convey offensive meaning are used for that purpose; because they get attention, have that zing, make you feel naughty or adult, etc.
Offensive words are offensive, because words convey meaning and that is the meaning that offensive words convey.
As an analogy, try uttering public threats, and then tell the judge that people shouldn't get alarmed by arbitrary strings of characters. Words convey meaning, and you are responsible for the meaning that they convey.
My health class had to coax us students to all say 'penis' and 'vagina' several times just to loosen up enough to talk about anatomy and sexual health. Genital shame feeds into our culture's sex negativity, and indirectly into bodily shame, all in a vicious circle. We would be much happier as a culture if we went out of our way to promote sex positivity and body acceptance. Unfortunately the Abrahamic religions are too invested in sex negativity, so I'm not hopeful that things will improve until secularism becomes more dominant.
Meh. Hardly anybody is interested in censoring those words when used without offensive intent.
All words are just sounds that carry meaning in context, and part of the meaning of the offensive ones is that they are offensive (when used that way).
A certain kind of juvenile mind loves to use those words for that very reason (they get attention for being offensive), and then deny any such intent and argue semantics when called on it.
In summary, as long as you can make a sufficient number of right-hand turns, you can get away without hanging a Louie.
Indeed you can, and often should.
I specifically address those folks who think they can turn left from an establishment out onto the road when it's bumper to bumper rush hour traffic. Just turn right and go around the block.
One woman claimed that she almost hit a Waymo vehicle as it suddenly stopped
Then don't tailgate. Idiot.
Unexpected, erratic behavior is dangerous.
Yes, we should all defensively drive and all that. But surely you aren't claiming that we should all be able to erratically stop for no reason whenever we want on any public road, and reasonably expect that this is not going to result in increased accidents.
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Why wouldn't they? Everybody has been telling them that.
In reality, the tech firms want to flood the market to push down wages.
Next up (I hope), mosquitoes.
What do you call the person who gives the franken-algorithm a specific list of instructions to accomplish your goal? A programmer.
Yep. The never ending dream of management, but impossible.
I remember the last time I saw it in action. Yeah, Marketing could do more stuff themselves, after acquiring new toys. But they turned into (rather bad) "programmers", using non-standard clunky tools with none of the helpful components of actual programming environments. And spent their time thereafter playing with the toys, instead of marketing. What a win!
"I will recommend to the commission that, if you ask the citizens, then you have to do what the citizens say," said Jean-Claude Juncker, the commission's president.
Well now, don't be hasty; this is the EU ... that "do what the citizens say" stuff sounds dangerously like democracy or something.
"Don't be quite as evil as some others. Maybe. Maybe not quite as evil as pimps. That's it."
Does this include Indian "partners"?
You apparently flunked reality. Must have job to live.
So those are zombies I see hanging on the corners?
Granted, some of them maybe ...
If the native workforce was able to fill demand importing labor would not be necessary.
The native workforce is able to fill demand; many employers do not want to pay them American wages to do so.
Imported people are used to artificially change the market and depress wages.
California is a communist welfare state that suffocates business with regulation, taxes, and worker rights.
California is a corporate welfare state that exploits workers to feed big business.
Surely it has to "be" both, to justify continuing crisis response and ever increasing regulation?
It's still Sinclair's jungle out there! Has to be ...
"It relies on a bunch of people who don't have an alternative."
Surely that's not binary? There's a continuum?
Surely it's also not new?
The Democrats have been struggling to effectively oppose Trump because they are relying on appeals to truth and reality.
{coffee spew}
Democrats have been struggling to effectively oppose Trump because a. they (Democrats) are themselves batsh** insane, and b. they have no idea why Trump succeeds.
Yes, he's a clown. But if only a clown is going to even attempt to address the things that need to be addressed (e.g. excessive immigration, excessive outsourcing, the threat of Islam, etc.) then I guess it's going to be the clown.
Now carry on, and prove a. and b. as I know you will. I have faith in you.
P.S.
Call me back about "truth and reality" when Democrats can figure out how to tell a boy from a girl.
Really? A communist state whose people can't even get TP doesn't really have petro-backed cryptocurrency??
Next you'll be telling me that my pen pal bride just wants a green card! (sniff :( )
When I want to see deniers get all ragey and weird,
Yeah, that's a great way to get buy in to your political goals. Well done.
... and it turned my brother into a newt!
I do see free market forces at work. If this company can't get it's act together and make people feel safe using their services then I can expect them to go out of business. If you want a cheap ride then you can take your chances with a company that doesn't check out their drivers before sending them to pick you up.
I do wonder about these stories ... I mean, murder is obviously already illegal.
Do taxi medallions have some special anti-murder properties, to make regular taxis safer than these services?
never crossed my mind, that ridesharing could bring you in contact dangerous people like rapists and murderers, which was perhaps naive of me. however, i wonder why this is such a big problem in China, i never hear about uber rapes/murders in US/EU.
Is it a big problem?
It is the third in a year
How big is this rideshare service in China? How big is China? What is the murder rate overall? What is the murder rate from taxi drivers?
I mean, it might be a big problem (relative to other problems; obviously all murder is a problem). It would take some context to know if it is though.
How is it, that supposedly grown-up people use childish concepts like being "offended" anyway? What are they? 13? Never left puberty?
I know, right? Sheesh ...
Wait, excuse me ... somebody somewhere said "monkey"!!!!! Coded dog whistles!!!! Nobody ever just says "monkey around" or "monkey with" innocently!!!!
Sorry, where was I?
Or maybe he's trying to say that a word is just a word, and that we shouldn't spend so much time policing them as we could choose instead to just grow up and stop caring which combination of letters someone chose to put side by side.
All words convey meaning, and offensive words convey offensive meaning.
Personally I think it's more childish to use those words, and then act like you're a martian that doesn't understand what language is or something, to dodge responsibility for conveying the very meaning that the words were fully intended to convey. .
No, the real reason this is a problem is because for some reason people get offended by certain arbitrary strings of characters. That's the real root of the problem.
For some reason there's great outrage if someone uses a slang word to describe sex, or genetalia, both of which are perfectly natural parts of life.
This is disingenuous.
All words are "arbitrary strings of characters" that convey meaning. Those that convey offensive meaning are used for that purpose; because they get attention, have that zing, make you feel naughty or adult, etc.
Offensive words are offensive, because words convey meaning and that is the meaning that offensive words convey.
As an analogy, try uttering public threats, and then tell the judge that people shouldn't get alarmed by arbitrary strings of characters. Words convey meaning, and you are responsible for the meaning that they convey.
My health class had to coax us students to all say 'penis' and 'vagina' several times just to loosen up enough to talk about anatomy and sexual health. Genital shame feeds into our culture's sex negativity, and indirectly into bodily shame, all in a vicious circle. We would be much happier as a culture if we went out of our way to promote sex positivity and body acceptance. Unfortunately the Abrahamic religions are too invested in sex negativity, so I'm not hopeful that things will improve until secularism becomes more dominant.
Meh. Hardly anybody is interested in censoring those words when used without offensive intent.
All words are just sounds that carry meaning in context, and part of the meaning of the offensive ones is that they are offensive (when used that way).
A certain kind of juvenile mind loves to use those words for that very reason (they get attention for being offensive), and then deny any such intent and argue semantics when called on it.
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So ... it's TV.
You know, like with rabbit ears, that I watched the Brady Bunch on.
An IP isn't enough to identify a pirate?
An "I" Patch?
An "aye" patch, matey!!
Used to say that to Captain Patch all the time. Arrrrrrrrrrr
An IP isn't enough to identify a pirate?
An "I" Patch?
An "aye" patch, matey!!
In summary, as long as you can make a sufficient number of right-hand turns, you can get away without hanging a Louie.
Indeed you can, and often should.
I specifically address those folks who think they can turn left from an establishment out onto the road when it's bumper to bumper rush hour traffic. Just turn right and go around the block.
One woman claimed that she almost hit a Waymo vehicle as it suddenly stopped
Then don't tailgate. Idiot.
Unexpected, erratic behavior is dangerous.
Yes, we should all defensively drive and all that. But surely you aren't claiming that we should all be able to erratically stop for no reason whenever we want on any public road, and reasonably expect that this is not going to result in increased accidents.