4) Insecure facilities with too many uncontrolled entrances and lack of defenses.
That one's big... and the schools are also just too damn LARGE.
In addition to the target rich environment and fish in a barrel architecture that tends to lead to, there's the fact that most teens are "troubled" to some degree or other... it's a stressful time of life... maybe forcing thousands of them together each day in one place in a Lord of the Flies environment is a bit of a mistake.
The economy is doing great, job numbers are better than ever for many
Mostly due to all the hard work put in by the previous administration (who had to start right after the banking disaster/collapse that GWBush failed to prevent).
Or maybe you think Trump managed to turn it all around in a couple of weeks? LOL!
Oh dear.
Must history repeat itself?
Reagan "was" both an idiot and evil mastermind, somehow. And magically his successes were all due to Carter, er, somehow...
Nobody thinks you are frying your brain if you go watch a play on the stage. Why do they think you are if you watch the same play on the screen?
Nobody thinks you are "reading the idiot book" if you read a Sherlock Holmes story. Why do they think you are "watching the idiot box" if you watch a Sherlock Holmes story?
Personally, I often prefer reading. But I don't see what's so intrinsically bad about screens.
Sounds like a great idea. Right up until a forced update gets someone killed because their hololens stopped talking to them at a bad time.
You jest (I assume), but assistive equipment does have occasional failures, like any devices.
You don't stop using hearing aids just because the batteries die and needs replacement.
Nor does this kind of tech get worn all the time. At a minimum, it will get taken off to go to bed, to shower, etc. Much like glasses or anything else.
If South/West Asia, the Mid East and Africa can't figure it out themselves, we're not going to bail them out by taking millions of their excess people.
Except that we literally are. And anyone who objects "is" a fascist, racist, etc....
Northpointe’s Compas software, which uses machine learning to predict whether a defendant will commit future crimes, was found to judge black defendants more harshly than white defendants.
So that was an existing algorithm that judged somebody on how they were born rather than their individual behavior.
What if the prediction is accurate, though?
I mean, it's a statistical prediction. That's the whole point. Of course you can't truly know what an individual is going to do. But you can make statistical predictions. And on aggregate, they can be accurate or inaccurate, to some measurable degree.
It seems the problem here is not that the algorithms are wrong, but that they are, embarrassingly, right. They draw correlations that we are culturally required to ignore.
What is finally happening though, now that we again have a reasonably normal real estate market, is that people are finding they are not actually making money on their homes. You spend $20k on a kitchen renovation and then 10 years later you sell your house for $5k more than you paid; losing $15k in the process. On top of that you were paying homeowner's insurance the entire time, paying interest on your mortgage, paying to keep up your lawn, driveway, roof, exterior, interior, etc. People are waking up to the fact that houses are in fact really terrible investments. If you want to save money you're better off renting and putting the difference into even a CD (if you are risk-averse) or a balanced stock market account (if you are more risk-tolerant). But we've been told for so long that a house is a great investment, and a lot of people are stuck with that mindset because it was repeated as gospel.
Well... the good thing is that you have a place to live in when you retire. It's kind of hard to live in a CD.
But overall, I agree with you. The comparison is never Rent vs. Mortgage; it's Rent vs. (Mortgage plus taxes plus maintenance plus... )
This is the digital equivalent of political protesting. It's civil disobedience not criminal activity. Nobody was hurt, no damage was done, and nothing was lost. These protesters' actions are not a danger to society and criminalising them removes yet another legitimate outlet for civil disobedience as political protest.
Back in ancient times of game systems, in Seven Cities of Gold (I think) on the Atari, you could wantonly attack peaceful Indians... or keep slaughtering ones that had stopped resisting.
They went into some kind of weird tribal dance of utter despair that really freaked me out and made me never want to try that again. Brrr.
But my point is you could do it.
Granted, they were so pixilated and cartoonish that I don't think even those who believe video games inspire violence could really think that game would... so it;s not quite the same thing.
Is the game mocking mass shootings, or glorifying them, or something in between?
Whatever it's doing, it sure looks clumsy and tasteless from here.
You think? What about the complete disparity between people getting angry about a game involving school shootings, while also having absolutely no willpower to actually do anything about real school shootings?
Ih, there's plenty of will power to do "something"... the problem is that none of the "something's proposed would actually do anything useful.
There are many countries around the world that do not tip, because it's not necessary, it's even frowned apon in some cultures.
And your point is?
By your logic, since there are also many countries around the world where English is not the primary language, American servers should not speak English....
While the proper payscale of servers is debatable, the fact that tips are part of our culture (yeah, I know, Americans and "culture" are two words that don't really go together) means that tips should at least be considered when discussing pay....
I suspect that his point is that it's actually possible; it's not some insane unworkable idea, because it's actually, you know, done in some places.
I'm sure catastrophic events like Chernobyl had nothing to do with it. I'm sure the fact that we still don't have a good way to deal with the waste problem had nothing to do with it.
You know, you could simply build modern reactors that do not melt down by design(pebble-bed and others) and breeder reactors that USE OTHER REACTORS WASTE AS FUEL
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4) Insecure facilities with too many uncontrolled entrances and lack of defenses.
That one's big ... and the schools are also just too damn LARGE.
In addition to the target rich environment and fish in a barrel architecture that tends to lead to, there's the fact that most teens are "troubled" to some degree or other ... it's a stressful time of life ... maybe forcing thousands of them together each day in one place in a Lord of the Flies environment is a bit of a mistake.
Funny how it's only the US which specializes in gun massacres. Must be more of that American exceptionalism.
Don't despair; Rwanda still leads in machete massacres, and Russian and China in gulags.
Oh, and the UK in officially ignored child abuse networks.
The economy is doing great, job numbers are better than ever for many
Mostly due to all the hard work put in by the previous administration (who had to start right after the banking disaster/collapse that GWBush failed to prevent).
Or maybe you think Trump managed to turn it all around in a couple of weeks? LOL!
Oh dear.
Must history repeat itself?
Reagan "was" both an idiot and evil mastermind, somehow. And magically his successes were all due to Carter, er, somehow ...
I've lived through this all before.
Right after they removed "don't be evil" from the company handbook..
Google Promises Ethical Principles
"Google Ethical Principles" is an oxymoron.
No, it works!
We are a storytelling, story-loving creature.
Nobody thinks you are frying your brain if you go watch a play on the stage. Why do they think you are if you watch the same play on the screen?
Nobody thinks you are "reading the idiot book" if you read a Sherlock Holmes story. Why do they think you are "watching the idiot box" if you watch a Sherlock Holmes story?
Personally, I often prefer reading. But I don't see what's so intrinsically bad about screens.
Sounds like a great idea. Right up until a forced update gets someone killed because their hololens stopped talking to them at a bad time.
You jest (I assume), but assistive equipment does have occasional failures, like any devices.
You don't stop using hearing aids just because the batteries die and needs replacement.
Nor does this kind of tech get worn all the time. At a minimum, it will get taken off to go to bed, to shower, etc. Much like glasses or anything else.
Love seeing tech put to these uses.
OK, for that kind of money, you come to my house and custom program a game for me.
I was hoping to bring the airtight security of smart phones to my car and dwelling.
This is a good lesson to you younger Slashdotters out there: racism makes you stupid.
Except that "muslim" isn't a race.
Who's stupid again?
Why not start with the man in the mirror?
I know I'm asking him to change his ways ...
If South/West Asia, the Mid East and Africa can't figure it out themselves, we're not going to bail them out by taking millions of their excess people.
Except that we literally are. And anyone who objects "is" a fascist, racist, etc. ...
From the article:
Northpointe’s Compas software, which uses machine learning to predict whether a defendant will commit future crimes, was found to judge black defendants more harshly than white defendants.
So that was an existing algorithm that judged somebody on how they were born rather than their individual behavior.
What if the prediction is accurate, though?
I mean, it's a statistical prediction. That's the whole point. Of course you can't truly know what an individual is going to do. But you can make statistical predictions. And on aggregate, they can be accurate or inaccurate, to some measurable degree.
It seems the problem here is not that the algorithms are wrong, but that they are, embarrassingly, right. They draw correlations that we are culturally required to ignore.
What is finally happening though, now that we again have a reasonably normal real estate market, is that people are finding they are not actually making money on their homes. You spend $20k on a kitchen renovation and then 10 years later you sell your house for $5k more than you paid; losing $15k in the process. On top of that you were paying homeowner's insurance the entire time, paying interest on your mortgage, paying to keep up your lawn, driveway, roof, exterior, interior, etc. People are waking up to the fact that houses are in fact really terrible investments. If you want to save money you're better off renting and putting the difference into even a CD (if you are risk-averse) or a balanced stock market account (if you are more risk-tolerant). But we've been told for so long that a house is a great investment, and a lot of people are stuck with that mindset because it was repeated as gospel.
Well ... the good thing is that you have a place to live in when you retire. It's kind of hard to live in a CD.
But overall, I agree with you. The comparison is never Rent vs. Mortgage; it's Rent vs. (Mortgage plus taxes plus maintenance plus ... )
Love it!
This is the digital equivalent of political protesting. It's civil disobedience not criminal activity. Nobody was hurt, no damage was done, and nothing was lost. These protesters' actions are not a danger to society and criminalising them removes yet another legitimate outlet for civil disobedience as political protest.
It literally is criminal activity.
Many weeds like thistle break off and grow back from the roots. (Thistle amazingly has 3 foot long roots for a plant only a few inches above ground.)
As he said, run it again. It's a robot. What's it going to do, strike?
So, which is it? Is Trump a racist xenophobe who will do anything to stop foreign trade? Or is he a feckless cosmopolitan?
Back in ancient times of game systems, in Seven Cities of Gold (I think) on the Atari, you could wantonly attack peaceful Indians ... or keep slaughtering ones that had stopped resisting.
They went into some kind of weird tribal dance of utter despair that really freaked me out and made me never want to try that again. Brrr.
But my point is you could do it.
Granted, they were so pixilated and cartoonish that I don't think even those who believe video games inspire violence could really think that game would ... so it;s not quite the same thing.
Is the game mocking mass shootings, or glorifying them, or something in between?
Whatever it's doing, it sure looks clumsy and tasteless from here.
You think? What about the complete disparity between people getting angry about a game involving school shootings, while also having absolutely no willpower to actually do anything about real school shootings?
Ih, there's plenty of will power to do "something" ... the problem is that none of the "something's proposed would actually do anything useful.
Excellent! I can't think of a better, more secure platform for my health information than a smartphone!
If you want a bunch of USB C cables, here's a five pack for 16 bucks: https://www.amazon.com/WUXIAN-...
I guess my point was that it was another thing about it that I just didn't care for at this point in the technology cycle.
I'm old enough to remember when computing devices came with both the legacy and the new connector for awhile ...
And your point is?
By your logic, since there are also many countries around the world where English is not the primary language, American servers should not speak English....
While the proper payscale of servers is debatable, the fact that tips are part of our culture (yeah, I know, Americans and "culture" are two words that don't really go together) means that tips should at least be considered when discussing pay....
I suspect that his point is that it's actually possible; it's not some insane unworkable idea, because it's actually, you know, done in some places.
I'm sure catastrophic events like Chernobyl had nothing to do with it. I'm sure the fact that we still don't have a good way to deal with the waste problem had nothing to do with it.
You know, you could simply build modern reactors that do not melt down by design(pebble-bed and others) and breeder reactors that USE OTHER REACTORS WASTE AS FUEL
You speak blasphemy.
Nice phone, but nothing really to set it apart, IMHO.
Definitely not cheap. No headphone jack.
USB-C may be "future proof" but it sure ain't past proof ... only the included cable can be used, not the bazillion USB cables we already have.