I still dont understand who these people are who will break their backs if they carry an extra 1/2 pound. They should get off their laptop and seek medical attention immediately.
I found the arrow keys way too small, myself. Also, why are the up and down keys so tiny compared to the left to right keys? It's really kind of a silly configuration.
Well, between you and I, 50% of people have experienced the issue. Unless you don't have a Mac then it's 100%. Seriously, a lot of people have experienced this issue. Most people have dust in their house. If you have pets, it's impossible to keep the dust off.
Oh my lord. I have Thinkpads that are 12 years old and still running. They have been put in bins and thrown around. You think commuting on the back of your bike should be a factor with a laptop?
Because, unlike Windows, it comes with a full suite of Unix command line tools.
Uh, the last time I tried to write a bash script in osx I had to do a whole bunch of strange notation crap to work around osx. So, yes it's nice that ssh works, but not exactly native unix.
I don't expect them to investigate pre-crime, but I do expect them to investigate before it is too late for anything to be done about it. You can't tell me Facebook has only been doing this since last month. Heck, most technical people knew this was the point of Facebook since the beginning. Where there is smoke there is fire, and now the firemen are getting there to a black smoking mess.
All those technologies helped companies do things in a new better way, so they weren't as concerned about getting rid of people because they made so much money just on growth of being able to do things newer better and faster. Now the focus IS on getting rid of people. For example, we already have as many trucks as we need on the road; there is no pent up demand to deliver 100x more packages than we do now. So when a truck automates, that truck driver is gone.
No one goes into trades because they want to. People go into trades because they have to. So the correct question is, "what happens when everyone needs to go into the trades?"
Even if humans are rational, when being in the 1% alone helps keep you in the 1% then that's a problem. It's too easy to use wealth to stay wealthy. You should have to do something valuable to remain wealthy.
Sure, technology leads to new ways of doing things. As long as there ARE new ways of doing things that make it worthwhile from a profit perspective, then new technology is just going to take up the added complexity gap. The question is, how long can we go this way? Also, how can you increase complexity of a cashier, or a truck driver which is where automation is now headed?
No, before excavators much of the work that they do was done in other ways. Power lines were above ground, etc. They didn't take away the work of 100 men.
Furthermore, Trump calls the Canadian dairy tariff one-sided, yet he seems completely unwilling to acknowledge the fact that American farmers are subsidized as well. The difference is that Canadian dairy farmers are assisted by people actually buying their products and are weighted in a way to control production based on demand. American farmers are paid for by American tax dollars whether you consume dairy products or not.
1. would be difficult to do. They may have their eyes open and looking forward, but still difficult to remain split-second responsive when you haven't had to do anything for an hour. I think they should have to answer constant questions about what is happening in the traffic ahead. Things like "what color car just turned onto the road in front of you", and "what is the upcoming cross street?"
I like this idea.. you could even appeal to the public to enter new challenges. Anyone out there who finds a tricky situation in traffic can submit it for use on the track. You could have specials that model real life accident scenarios.
Humans drive 3.22 billion miles a year and get into around 19 million accidents. That's a little under 170K miles successful between each accident. Let's ignore the fact that humans achieve this rate through snow storms, whether there is a clearly marked road sometimes with damaged signage, I would propose 170K miles should be the goal for an unmanned automated vehicle to reach before they are called 'as safe as humans'.
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a desktop definitely locks you to your desk. If you dont need one why would you get one?
I still dont understand who these people are who will break their backs if they carry an extra 1/2 pound. They should get off their laptop and seek medical attention immediately.
Yes, your 2006 MacBook will probably outlast my 2017 one. That's the point being made here.
I found the arrow keys way too small, myself. Also, why are the up and down keys so tiny compared to the left to right keys? It's really kind of a silly configuration.
Well, between you and I, 50% of people have experienced the issue. Unless you don't have a Mac then it's 100%. Seriously, a lot of people have experienced this issue. Most people have dust in their house. If you have pets, it's impossible to keep the dust off.
American companies are increasingly accustomed to laws supporting their profit margin, not acting against it.
Oh my lord. I have Thinkpads that are 12 years old and still running. They have been put in bins and thrown around. You think commuting on the back of your bike should be a factor with a laptop?
Because, unlike Windows, it comes with a full suite of Unix command line tools.
Uh, the last time I tried to write a bash script in osx I had to do a whole bunch of strange notation crap to work around osx. So, yes it's nice that ssh works, but not exactly native unix.
This is the game that Musk taught us. Gambled on 'clean' energy and lost? Wait for a handout!
I don't expect them to investigate pre-crime, but I do expect them to investigate before it is too late for anything to be done about it. You can't tell me Facebook has only been doing this since last month. Heck, most technical people knew this was the point of Facebook since the beginning. Where there is smoke there is fire, and now the firemen are getting there to a black smoking mess.
The American way... let company do terrible things to people and get too big to fail, THEN investigate.
All those technologies helped companies do things in a new better way, so they weren't as concerned about getting rid of people because they made so much money just on growth of being able to do things newer better and faster. Now the focus IS on getting rid of people. For example, we already have as many trucks as we need on the road; there is no pent up demand to deliver 100x more packages than we do now. So when a truck automates, that truck driver is gone.
No one goes into trades because they want to. People go into trades because they have to. So the correct question is, "what happens when everyone needs to go into the trades?"
Even if humans are rational, when being in the 1% alone helps keep you in the 1% then that's a problem. It's too easy to use wealth to stay wealthy. You should have to do something valuable to remain wealthy.
Sure, technology leads to new ways of doing things. As long as there ARE new ways of doing things that make it worthwhile from a profit perspective, then new technology is just going to take up the added complexity gap. The question is, how long can we go this way? Also, how can you increase complexity of a cashier, or a truck driver which is where automation is now headed?
No, before excavators much of the work that they do was done in other ways. Power lines were above ground, etc. They didn't take away the work of 100 men.
Ok so everyone insisting that cold climates didn't affect EVs so I should definitely get an EV.... was lying to me?
Furthermore, Trump calls the Canadian dairy tariff one-sided, yet he seems completely unwilling to acknowledge the fact that American farmers are subsidized as well. The difference is that Canadian dairy farmers are assisted by people actually buying their products and are weighted in a way to control production based on demand. American farmers are paid for by American tax dollars whether you consume dairy products or not.
Extrapolate those fatalities to the number of human driven cars on the road and your argument falls apart.
1. would be difficult to do. They may have their eyes open and looking forward, but still difficult to remain split-second responsive when you haven't had to do anything for an hour. I think they should have to answer constant questions about what is happening in the traffic ahead. Things like "what color car just turned onto the road in front of you", and "what is the upcoming cross street?"
I like this idea.. you could even appeal to the public to enter new challenges. Anyone out there who finds a tricky situation in traffic can submit it for use on the track. You could have specials that model real life accident scenarios.
Obviously government regulation improvements should be called for as well. Expecting companies to 'self regulate' is an extreme conflict of interest.
Sorry, 3.22 trillion *
Humans drive 3.22 billion miles a year and get into around 19 million accidents. That's a little under 170K miles successful between each accident. Let's ignore the fact that humans achieve this rate through snow storms, whether there is a clearly marked road sometimes with damaged signage, I would propose 170K miles should be the goal for an unmanned automated vehicle to reach before they are called 'as safe as humans'.
Was that supposed to show smartphones with sharp corners? I didn't even know sharp made smartphones.