So who says the suffering of American suburbanites is less worthy of hand-wringing than the suffering of little brown people on the other end of the world?
I do.
Are you actually arguing that not getting a blowjob is as bad as the estimated 3 million deaths due to "conflict diamond" mining? Like, I know you're trying to joke... but that's what you're saying.
I'd argue that it isn't a failure of our distribution system so much as it is a failure of unchecked capitalism. For example, US consumers' demand for quinoa has pushed the price up so far that the people who used to survive on it (Peruvians, Bolivians) can no longer afford to eat it. http://www.theguardian.com/com...
The rich will always exploit the poor to whatever extent they can get away with. In this case, it means that a small group profits from foreign demand while the laborers suffer. It's the same as "blood diamonds" - perfectly normal "free market" foreign demand may send capital to the region, but increases human suffering.
This nitwit has borrowed the name, probably having seen the derivative film and never twigged to the fact that the word meant something.
Or, if you read the linked article, you'll see that he specifically corrects the interviewer, telling him "Actually, in the original book Make Room! Make Room! Soylent is made of soya and lentil."
"Survivalist instinct," like you're worried about the human race dying out from not eating meat.
We'd be able to produce much _more_ food if we didn't rely so heavily on eating animals. Each level of the food chain is another inefficiency, in terms of transferring the sun's energy into our mouths. Dolphins, as I'm sure you know, eat fish, squid, etc, which mostly in turn eat smaller fish. Each of those living beings expends energy just by being alive, hunting prey, and doing whatever it is that fish do all day. Only something like 15% of the energy consumed by the prey makes its way up to the predator at each level.
If you were worried about the "expense" of being empathetic, you might want to instead think about the incredible cost of eating other animals.
On the surface, this code appears quite different. Due to space (and my unwillingness to bore readers any more than necessary), I won’t reproduce the resulting assembly code here. But I will say the 4.8 version, for just the loops, is about ten lines shorter. In both cases the code is vectorized. The vectorized portion, which is basically this line of C++ code—
x[i + j * SIZE] += y[i + j * SIZE]; —is almost the same, except for a minor difference in how the data is moved in and out of the registers. (The 4.7 version uses two registers; the 4.8 version uses only 1.) The rest of the difference centers on how the loop is optimized. Now remember: The code runs in both cases. It doesn’t have a bug. What we’re dealing with here, then, is a matter of the developers revising the assembly code generation and optimizing algorithms. Nevertheless, the code is different.
This is the entirety of his comparison. "this code appears quite different... the 4.8 version is about ten lines shorter... [vectorization] is almost the same... The [rest is] how the loop is optimized... it doesn't have a bug... Nevertheless, the code is different."
Reading the summary, in which he claims he "found a number of issues," it seems like he might have, y'know, taken the time to mention some of those issues. I guess zero is a number.
The article basically says: "GCC 4.8 includes new optimizations! Because of this, the generated assembly code is different! This might be BAD."
Like, duh? Do you expect optimizations to somehow produce the same assembly as before, except magically faster?
The linked "bug" is here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19350097/pre-calculating-in-gcc-4-8-c11 - which says, "Hey, this certain optimization isn't on by default anymore?" And to which the answer is, "Yeah, due to changes in C++11, you're supposed to explicitly flag that you want that optimization in your code."
A) Ad-blockers are likely to be tech-savvy users. B) Tech-savvy users tend to share interesting articles they find. C) Some of the people they share to will not be ad-blockers.
The weakest link of that argument is probably B. If you take it out, you're left with "maybe the ad-blockers will link your site to 'normal' users," which, while likely partially true, doesn't sound very compelling.
If the only thing that wealth brought you was nicer things, that'd be fine. Economic mobility would be high, being born to poor parents wouldn't stack the odds against you, rich people would eventually lose their accumulated wealth by spending it (as opposed to being able to live off of interest), everyone would receive a level education, etc etc etc.
But then again, you think "commie" is an insult.:)
Being trans is no excuse for misogyny. I recognize that there are radfems out there that you've obviously had bad experiences with, but yeah, your worldview is consistently awful.
Well, having stuff is kinda, y'know, nice. Maybe you only need a burlap sack to keep you warm in the winter, but it sure is nice to be able to curl up by a fire with a cup of your favorite hot beverage. I think that's enough of a reward without, say, being systematically rewarded for having wealth.
If you won the lottery tomorrow, would you completely stop pursuing self-improvement? You'd never work on a project again? I think that says more about you than it does about the necessity of continuing institutionalized wealth-based discrimination.
The demo worked fine for me, but completely failed to find my black partner's face, preferring instead a spot on the wall behind them. Obviously this isn't a professional product, but it's disappointing that simply locating a black person's face is still a missing feature in 2014.
"Yes that is right an 18 year old man having sex with, or even seeing a naked 17 year old girl has committed a sex crime" Nearly all jurisdictions have a "close in age" exemption to cover exactly this scenario.
And, cool, glad you're not a homo, commie, Jew, or Canaanite. If you were, you might be a little glad that you weren't being killed for it. It's kind of like saying "Look! This box of apples has 1 rotten apple in it! This is exactly the same as last week, when 90% of the apples were rotten."
But, y'know, this is slashdot, where an adult's "freedom to associate" trumps a minor's right to not be exploited. So I guess saying that rapists should be jailed and that Nazis are bad is on the same level as lynching people for their skin color.
"So now we know why Deadmau5 and Daft Punk wear helmets when they perform. Everybody is digging the music, but no one is dancing." Have you seen those concerts? Maybe it ain't the Charleston, but those kids are certainly groovin to the beat.
"It is a sad development; the headgear of the maestros is there to mask their tears." Somehow, I think they have no trouble sleeping on their large piles of money each night.
Simplifying communication with your doctor is cool and all, but I'm more worried about the sensor failing with an "All systems nominal" reading. Some doctors are already too prone to believing your problem is imaginary - without a faulty device telling them that you're fine.
I don't mean to suggest that internal medical sensors are inherently a bad idea; I just think we need to be careful to not let our medicine get too reliant on them.
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I do.
Are you actually arguing that not getting a blowjob is as bad as the estimated 3 million deaths due to "conflict diamond" mining? Like, I know you're trying to joke... but that's what you're saying.
I'd argue that it isn't a failure of our distribution system so much as it is a failure of unchecked capitalism. For example, US consumers' demand for quinoa has pushed the price up so far that the people who used to survive on it (Peruvians, Bolivians) can no longer afford to eat it. http://www.theguardian.com/com...
The rich will always exploit the poor to whatever extent they can get away with. In this case, it means that a small group profits from foreign demand while the laborers suffer. It's the same as "blood diamonds" - perfectly normal "free market" foreign demand may send capital to the region, but increases human suffering.
This nitwit has borrowed the name, probably having seen the derivative film and never twigged to the fact that the word meant something.
Or, if you read the linked article, you'll see that he specifically corrects the interviewer, telling him "Actually, in the original book Make Room! Make Room! Soylent is made of soya and lentil."
"Survivalist instinct," like you're worried about the human race dying out from not eating meat.
We'd be able to produce much _more_ food if we didn't rely so heavily on eating animals. Each level of the food chain is another inefficiency, in terms of transferring the sun's energy into our mouths. Dolphins, as I'm sure you know, eat fish, squid, etc, which mostly in turn eat smaller fish. Each of those living beings expends energy just by being alive, hunting prey, and doing whatever it is that fish do all day. Only something like 15% of the energy consumed by the prey makes its way up to the predator at each level.
If you were worried about the "expense" of being empathetic, you might want to instead think about the incredible cost of eating other animals.
This is the entirety of his comparison. ... the 4.8 version is about ten lines shorter ... [vectorization] is almost the same ... The [rest is] how the loop is optimized... it doesn't have a bug ... Nevertheless, the code is different."
"this code appears quite different
Reading the summary, in which he claims he "found a number of issues," it seems like he might have, y'know, taken the time to mention some of those issues. I guess zero is a number.
Oh, thanks for the heads-up. I'll be sure to ignore him in the future, then. :)
The article basically says:
"GCC 4.8 includes new optimizations! Because of this, the generated assembly code is different! This might be BAD."
Like, duh? Do you expect optimizations to somehow produce the same assembly as before, except magically faster?
The linked "bug" is here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19350097/pre-calculating-in-gcc-4-8-c11 - which says, "Hey, this certain optimization isn't on by default anymore?" And to which the answer is, "Yeah, due to changes in C++11, you're supposed to explicitly flag that you want that optimization in your code."
So, yeah. Total non-story.
You could probably argue the following:
A) Ad-blockers are likely to be tech-savvy users.
B) Tech-savvy users tend to share interesting articles they find.
C) Some of the people they share to will not be ad-blockers.
The weakest link of that argument is probably B. If you take it out, you're left with "maybe the ad-blockers will link your site to 'normal' users," which, while likely partially true, doesn't sound very compelling.
Not just any rock.
An ~~alien~~ rock. From space!
The little yellow dude's in the bottom right.
If the only thing that wealth brought you was nicer things, that'd be fine. Economic mobility would be high, being born to poor parents wouldn't stack the odds against you, rich people would eventually lose their accumulated wealth by spending it (as opposed to being able to live off of interest), everyone would receive a level education, etc etc etc.
But then again, you think "commie" is an insult. :)
Being trans is no excuse for misogyny. I recognize that there are radfems out there that you've obviously had bad experiences with, but yeah, your worldview is consistently awful.
"Ladies are sociopaths"
Modded +3.
Oh, slashdot.
And it's my experience that rich "white" men who want a certain career get it without working for it. For a nice example, see our last president.
Well, having stuff is kinda, y'know, nice. Maybe you only need a burlap sack to keep you warm in the winter, but it sure is nice to be able to curl up by a fire with a cup of your favorite hot beverage. I think that's enough of a reward without, say, being systematically rewarded for having wealth.
If you won the lottery tomorrow, would you completely stop pursuing self-improvement? You'd never work on a project again? I think that says more about you than it does about the necessity of continuing institutionalized wealth-based discrimination.
It's a shame that all the good comments on this page are by ACs. :[
I don't think anybody who modded you up or commented actually took the time to follow the link. You should probably be less subtle on Slashdot. :)
Incognito mode?
The demo worked fine for me, but completely failed to find my black partner's face, preferring instead a spot on the wall behind them. Obviously this isn't a professional product, but it's disappointing that simply locating a black person's face is still a missing feature in 2014.
Depends on which "they" you mean. You could certainly argue that Kindle books are tracked by many more people, and likely by more nefarious ones.
This is the Mac Pro, not the Macbook Pro.
"Yes that is right an 18 year old man having sex with, or even seeing a naked 17 year old girl has committed a sex crime"
Nearly all jurisdictions have a "close in age" exemption to cover exactly this scenario.
And, cool, glad you're not a homo, commie, Jew, or Canaanite. If you were, you might be a little glad that you weren't being killed for it. It's kind of like saying "Look! This box of apples has 1 rotten apple in it! This is exactly the same as last week, when 90% of the apples were rotten."
But, y'know, this is slashdot, where an adult's "freedom to associate" trumps a minor's right to not be exploited. So I guess saying that rapists should be jailed and that Nazis are bad is on the same level as lynching people for their skin color.
"So now we know why Deadmau5 and Daft Punk wear helmets when they perform. Everybody is digging the music, but no one is dancing."
Have you seen those concerts? Maybe it ain't the Charleston, but those kids are certainly groovin to the beat.
"It is a sad development; the headgear of the maestros is there to mask their tears."
Somehow, I think they have no trouble sleeping on their large piles of money each night.
Simplifying communication with your doctor is cool and all, but I'm more worried about the sensor failing with an "All systems nominal" reading. Some doctors are already too prone to believing your problem is imaginary - without a faulty device telling them that you're fine.
I don't mean to suggest that internal medical sensors are inherently a bad idea; I just think we need to be careful to not let our medicine get too reliant on them.
And even if you install Unity-flavored Ubuntu and want to switch to, say, Cinnamon, just add the PPA and go.