The UK keeps taking steps toward a police state. This is the country where CCTV cameras are literally all over the place. George Orwell wouldn't be all that surprised about what is happening in his country.
That's just GOP propaganda. The actual figures reveal that crime has been going down world over steadily for a few decades now. There have been local upticks in time, like (possibly) a current one, but the long-term trend is indisputable. But, do not believe me, and do not look up yourself the figures; just keep eating the Fox News garbage.
Quite frankly, the rest of the world would take India and its government a bit more seriously if, instead of making big announcements to the effect that they can pee farther than anybody, they announced the investment in the implementation of a policy to supply with running water, electricity and sanitation to the more than 600 million Indian citizens who lack such basic services.
Nukes can work for cement, which just needs heat for the kiln. But nuclear aircraft? I don't think so.
There is already serious talk about electric airplanes. For which one presumably needs a boatload of electricity. Isn't nuclear power up to the task, at least in principle?
This was already known in the 60s, but that did not prevent the AI community to hype things even more extravagantly than today. How much longer before the next AI Winter?
I believe it has been ascertained that, once a sufficiently large number of people start using this, the end result is that traffic jams move from one location to a different one, and then back, as people readjust. Thus, instead of having a huge traffic jam in a location, we end up with a round-robin succession of not significantly smaller traffic jams in several different locations.
Many scams involve not only stupidity on the scammee's side, but also greed and dishonesty. The classical Nigerian scam is a good example - to fall for it you have to stupid, greedy and dishonest, all at the same time. It amazes me that so many who fall for that kind of scam are not utterly embarrassed to report it to the police. Well, I seem to recall that main characteristic of Jordan Belfort, the so-called Wolf of Wall Street, is his complete and absolute lack of shame.
Semiconductors and superconductors would not have been possible with fundamental research in quantum mechanics carried out several decades before such phenomena were understood. Had it been up to you, such developments would have never taken place.
Or not. One can't help but feeling that the Linux flagship desktop offerings (Gnome and KDE) are more and more irrelevant with every passing year. Linux keeps spinning its wheels in the desktop, and the prospects are that this will remain true for the foreseeable future. I wouldn't be surprised those two offerings - big, ponderous, resource-hungry, my-way-or-the-highway (especially Gnome) - are contributing decisively to keep things the way they are as far as Linux's share of the desktop market is concerned. Well, at least, under Linux, there (still) are alternatives.
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Management often operates on perception.
Managers are, by and large, a waste. They certainly are when management is all they do.
As far as I am concerned, any job offer that involves working in an open space environment is a no-no.
The UK keeps taking steps toward a police state. This is the country where CCTV cameras are literally all over the place. George Orwell wouldn't be all that surprised about what is happening in his country.
The UK continuing in its steady descent toward a police state.
That's just GOP propaganda. The actual figures reveal that crime has been going down world over steadily for a few decades now. There have been local upticks in time, like (possibly) a current one, but the long-term trend is indisputable. But, do not believe me, and do not look up yourself the figures; just keep eating the Fox News garbage.
They can't shake off their authoritarian,Big Brother tendencies, but they do attempt to implement them poorly.
It's actually up 8% since yesterday. That's an awesome return for 1 day.
Because it is a gamble, not an investment. Gambling sometimes pays off. But it mostly does not.
Quite frankly, the rest of the world would take India and its government a bit more seriously if, instead of making big announcements to the effect that they can pee farther than anybody, they announced the investment in the implementation of a policy to supply with running water, electricity and sanitation to the more than 600 million Indian citizens who lack such basic services.
No. Like the Kin.
Nukes can work for cement, which just needs heat for the kiln. But nuclear aircraft? I don't think so.
There is already serious talk about electric airplanes. For which one presumably needs a boatload of electricity. Isn't nuclear power up to the task, at least in principle?
I like the traffic sign "Slow children at play".
This was already known in the 60s, but that did not prevent the AI community to hype things even more extravagantly than today. How much longer before the next AI Winter?
Who came up with the idea of naming it after a bureaucrat who knew practically nothing about astronomy?
I believe it has been ascertained that, once a sufficiently large number of people start using this, the end result is that traffic jams move from one location to a different one, and then back, as people readjust. Thus, instead of having a huge traffic jam in a location, we end up with a round-robin succession of not significantly smaller traffic jams in several different locations.
Many scams involve not only stupidity on the scammee's side, but also greed and dishonesty. The classical Nigerian scam is a good example - to fall for it you have to stupid, greedy and dishonest, all at the same time. It amazes me that so many who fall for that kind of scam are not utterly embarrassed to report it to the police. Well, I seem to recall that main characteristic of Jordan Belfort, the so-called Wolf of Wall Street, is his complete and absolute lack of shame.
Even if we get rid of unicode we still have the problem with sans-serif fonts. slashdot.org and sIashdot.org can be hard to tell apart.
That's an understatement. Without a microscope, in this font 'l' (lowercase L) and 'I' (uppercase i) are indistinguishable.
Brexit already did that. Remember? Its all plain sailing from here on out. lol
Does it not make one feel warm and fuzzy knowing that the Brits these days are not far behind the Americans when it comes to inveterate stupidity?
Gnome developers are constantly thinking of new ways of needlessly using all the resources available in your system.
Two more clowns who are about to learn about the Streisand effect the hard way.
What is $7M to Apple?
In a world where uncertainty is ripe, it's good to know that one can rely on MS and Mercedes drivers to do the stupid thing.
Semiconductors and superconductors would not have been possible with fundamental research in quantum mechanics carried out several decades before such phenomena were understood. Had it been up to you, such developments would have never taken place.
Is she still rich?
Are they crazy and/or stupid, or perhaps under the false impression that this still is the 20th century?
Or not. One can't help but feeling that the Linux flagship desktop offerings (Gnome and KDE) are more and more irrelevant with every passing year. Linux keeps spinning its wheels in the desktop, and the prospects are that this will remain true for the foreseeable future. I wouldn't be surprised those two offerings - big, ponderous, resource-hungry, my-way-or-the-highway (especially Gnome) - are contributing decisively to keep things the way they are as far as Linux's share of the desktop market is concerned. Well, at least, under Linux, there (still) are alternatives.