There is a Google Maps Go app, which is supposed to be lighter than the regular Google Maps. I have never tried it, though.
Another Google app to do something already done by an already existing app. A word of advice to Google: please change the name of this app. If you leave it as it is, it might not be sufficiently confusing.
That's an explanation that fits the facts in the madhouse that Google has always been, and which is becoming only more so. Leave things have done, by all means, but innovate at all costs.
In part, what happens is that all the "easy" problems have all already been solved. What is left is the stuff has been put aside for decades, or longer - because it is too difficult. I remember an article in Physics Today in the 80s. That article examined the claims of the day, which amounted to "Japan is going to leave the US behind soon in the science and technology fields". The author claimed that was not likely to happen, precisely for this reason. Which is the same reason why China is unlikely to pull it off either.
1,100 bits, assuming that error correction is not necessary. Which, as it happens, it is. Badly so. When this is taken into account, two orders of magnitude more qubits will be necessary. Quantum computing powerful enough to apply Shor to nontrivial cases is way further into the future than 5 years. In fact, it remains to be seen whether the error correction requirements for such instances are feasible with our current technology, or any technology in the foreseeable future.
Drop the exotic features idiocy until you solve the basics, Google. I am sick and tired of your stupid Android phones (all makes, all prices) failing for no particular reason. The latest: Gmail (your f**king flagship) predictably crashes on launching. It is not just me - look online. The best that people can come up with is the usual brute-force nonsense: clean app cache, reinstall the app, wipe system cache, factory reset. As annoying as all that is (factory reset? And the time I invested configuring and setting up your ridiculous device, what? Are you paying for it?) what is really irritating is that, year after year after year, in all Android phones (all makes, all price) you people still have no clue as to what is going when such things happen. The only thing you can suggest is to wave the chicken and to keep one's fingers crossed for luck. Aren't you supposed to be geniuses? PROVE IT, you clowns; build a robust system, not the fragile, flaky PoS that you have been pushing for about ten years now. And don't give me any crap about blaming third-party apps - we are talking your own dog food here.
You are rapidly becoming as useless and despicable as Microsoft. And you, Apple fans, don't gloat - things are not much better with your junk.
They should be accused of making shoddy products. They are supposed to be geniuses, and (e.g.) Android remains an unholy piece of crap, that sort of works, except when it doesn't, at which point nobody seems to know why, and the default remedy seems to be a factory reset. What a bunch of ridiculous clowns. As for the Apple fans, do not rejoice too much, for Apple's offerings in this space are at least as obnoxious and pathetic.
Art is whatever a society says it is. The Tate Gallery in London have such pieces of art as a pile of bricks. Thus, if a sufficiently large percentage of a society says that something is art, it is art.
They are good for party games, and grins and giggles. But, very little more. With very few exceptions, it is faster and more convenient to do things ourselves, than trying to get these devices to do things for you.
Are you aware of the fact that Cloudflare has access to ALL of your DNS queries? If you do not trust your ISP, Google, etc., why would you trust Cloudflare?
When you install Windows on your PC (or when you buy a PC with Windows already installed) you should be aware of the fact that you are getting a license from Microsoft to use your PC. I.e. they own it. Which implies that they will access it whenever they want, and they will do whatever they want, and whenever they want, with the data therein. If you don't like the deal then stop using Windows. If you insist in using Windows, shut the f**k up.
Using the Bixby voice interface to, say, show the contents of the refrigerator on the touchscreen, is going to take ten times as long as just opening the door and looking.
You make a very good point there. With the current personal assistants, not only are they quite limited in what they can do but, in addition, when they can do something, most of the time it is faster and easier if you just do it yourself.
Really, AI systems are remarkably stupid. A simple example: tell Google Assistant, or Alexa, NOT, under any circumstances, to give you the weather forecast. They both give you the weather forecast. Their understanding is so incredibly limited that it makes me wonder how much progress has there been, in this respect, within the last half century? What is regrettable (and this article is a breath of fresh air) is that too many in the AI community seem to have forgotten the lessons of history, and are repeating the same mistakes that ended up in the AI Winter. Probably just the first one, for we are likely to be entering another one soon.
For, the people who are abusing the net will not sign the contract and will carry on as before, whereas those who sign the contract do not abuse, and probably have not abused the net anyway.
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There is a Google Maps Go app, which is supposed to be lighter than the regular Google Maps. I have never tried it, though.
Another Google app to do something already done by an already existing app. A word of advice to Google: please change the name of this app. If you leave it as it is, it might not be sufficiently confusing.
That's an explanation that fits the facts in the madhouse that Google has always been, and which is becoming only more so. Leave things have done, by all means, but innovate at all costs.
What you are presenting is anecdotal, limited, personal evidence. Which, as evidence goes, is pretty useless an unconvincing.
Nobel prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine/physiology still retain their prestige.
In part, what happens is that all the "easy" problems have all already been solved. What is left is the stuff has been put aside for decades, or longer - because it is too difficult. I remember an article in Physics Today in the 80s. That article examined the claims of the day, which amounted to "Japan is going to leave the US behind soon in the science and technology fields". The author claimed that was not likely to happen, precisely for this reason. Which is the same reason why China is unlikely to pull it off either.
Paraphrasing Mandy Rice-Davis's immortal words, as relevant today as they were at the time.
Like Google. That's what the Internet needs.
1,100 bits, assuming that error correction is not necessary. Which, as it happens, it is. Badly so. When this is taken into account, two orders of magnitude more qubits will be necessary. Quantum computing powerful enough to apply Shor to nontrivial cases is way further into the future than 5 years. In fact, it remains to be seen whether the error correction requirements for such instances are feasible with our current technology, or any technology in the foreseeable future.
So far, it has proved to be good for money laundering and for speculation. What else?
Yes, Itanium was affected by Spectre. Unsure about meltdown.
My understanding is that Itanium is not vulnerable to either. Would you care to share a reference where it is explicitly said otherwise?
Drop the exotic features idiocy until you solve the basics, Google. I am sick and tired of your stupid Android phones (all makes, all prices) failing for no particular reason. The latest: Gmail (your f**king flagship) predictably crashes on launching. It is not just me - look online. The best that people can come up with is the usual brute-force nonsense: clean app cache, reinstall the app, wipe system cache, factory reset. As annoying as all that is (factory reset? And the time I invested configuring and setting up your ridiculous device, what? Are you paying for it?) what is really irritating is that, year after year after year, in all Android phones (all makes, all price) you people still have no clue as to what is going when such things happen. The only thing you can suggest is to wave the chicken and to keep one's fingers crossed for luck. Aren't you supposed to be geniuses? PROVE IT, you clowns; build a robust system, not the fragile, flaky PoS that you have been pushing for about ten years now. And don't give me any crap about blaming third-party apps - we are talking your own dog food here.
You are rapidly becoming as useless and despicable as Microsoft. And you, Apple fans, don't gloat - things are not much better with your junk.
If this assistant is anything like the Google Assistant, expect frustration and cockups galore.
They should be accused of making shoddy products. They are supposed to be geniuses, and (e.g.) Android remains an unholy piece of crap, that sort of works, except when it doesn't, at which point nobody seems to know why, and the default remedy seems to be a factory reset. What a bunch of ridiculous clowns. As for the Apple fans, do not rejoice too much, for Apple's offerings in this space are at least as obnoxious and pathetic.
Art is whatever a society says it is. The Tate Gallery in London have such pieces of art as a pile of bricks. Thus, if a sufficiently large percentage of a society says that something is art, it is art.
They are good for party games, and grins and giggles. But, very little more. With very few exceptions, it is faster and more convenient to do things ourselves, than trying to get these devices to do things for you.
Are you aware of the fact that Cloudflare has access to ALL of your DNS queries? If you do not trust your ISP, Google, etc., why would you trust Cloudflare?
When you install Windows on your PC (or when you buy a PC with Windows already installed) you should be aware of the fact that you are getting a license from Microsoft to use your PC. I.e. they own it. Which implies that they will access it whenever they want, and they will do whatever they want, and whenever they want, with the data therein. If you don't like the deal then stop using Windows. If you insist in using Windows, shut the f**k up.
What he doesn't tell you is that, being obnoxious like Google (Don't Be Evil) actually makes humanity's problems worse. Thanks, Pichai.
Using the Bixby voice interface to, say, show the contents of the refrigerator on the touchscreen, is going to take ten times as long as just opening the door and looking.
You make a very good point there. With the current personal assistants, not only are they quite limited in what they can do but, in addition, when they can do something, most of the time it is faster and easier if you just do it yourself.
Really? Can Bixby really be that useless? For, Google A and Alexa are good for little more than party games and grins and giggles.
What's the weather like in Moscow today? Miserable, as usual, I am guessing.
Really, AI systems are remarkably stupid. A simple example: tell Google Assistant, or Alexa, NOT, under any circumstances, to give you the weather forecast. They both give you the weather forecast. Their understanding is so incredibly limited that it makes me wonder how much progress has there been, in this respect, within the last half century? What is regrettable (and this article is a breath of fresh air) is that too many in the AI community seem to have forgotten the lessons of history, and are repeating the same mistakes that ended up in the AI Winter. Probably just the first one, for we are likely to be entering another one soon.
For, the people who are abusing the net will not sign the contract and will carry on as before, whereas those who sign the contract do not abuse, and probably have not abused the net anyway.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
They are three different fads.