When doctors, who spend 5+ years studying and training, get largely replaced by machines then how long will it take them to retrain into a role that a computer still can't do (biochemist perhaps)?
It will take very little time to train the doctor to sling burgers and fries. That's the crux of the problem.
Work that could be done may be limitless but the willingness of those with money to pay for it is not. You mention biotech as an alternative but who is investing in biotech w/out the possibility of making piles of money? We have problems because pharmaceuticals that lack potential for large profits don't get research $$$. The need is there but the money isn't.
Capitalism does a great job of allocating resources efficiently. It seems to be a lot less effective at distributing wealth when there is a surplus of labor and the increasing level of automation reduces the need for human labor at nearly all levels.
Are the French legal guidelines broader than the US legal guidelines. Broader than what the NSA and CIA are known to do? Narrower than what the French are known to do?
Thanks to Snowden we know the US agencies have exceeded their legal boundaries (or at the very least operated in secret to avoid any legal or constitutional challenge.) What is the situation in France WRT their intelligence agencies and their laws.
Several weeks ago I was driving from Michigan to Indiana on an interstate highway. Ordinarily my carrier (Verizon) has good coverage along interstate highways and I had a strong signal but was unable to place a call. I tried several times and nothing happened after I dialed the number and pressed the call button until the phone reported something like "unable to place the call - try again later." I wonder if the ISP was monitoring cell phones in the area or if Verizon's equipment was just fubar.
I was with you until the last paragraph. Many production cars will transition to oversteer when the throttle is abruptly closed by an inexperienced driver. By inexperienced driver I mean anyone without performance driving training. They go into a curve a little too hot and the car starts to understeer. They turn the wheel and the car continues to plow on. They turn the wheel more and lift off the throttle. The weight transfers to the front, the already turned front wheels bite and snap the car deep into the corner.
Watch for skid marks on big sweepers. They usually go toward the inside of the curve, illustrating this point.
These are the same people who got caught falsifying data to meet their own political agenda. They keep 'creating' data from different sources. They may be right in some capacity but they've lied too many times be believable. And I'm still waiting for all the dire predictions from the 80's and 90's I grew up with happening.
Did you even read that Wikipedia article? Here's a quote: "Eight committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct"
Thanks for the citation but I suggest that you read it first as it does not support your conclusion.
They invented a wonderful device for people like you, it's called a HORN. You wait 1-2 seconds for them to move,...
Absolutely! But that's a couple seconds to confirm that they're idiots and then a couple seconds for them to respond. If it is a short left turn signal, it may already change to red before the idiot moves out of the way. I doubt that their inattention would be construed as justification for me to urn the red light.
Texting at red lights too often turns into texting at green lights. I really hate sitting through a light cycle because the idiot in front of me hadn't noticed that the light had changed.
Probably none. But I don't think the picture is as dire as you paint it because the change from "driver" cars to driver-less cars isn't going to be instant. It's not like all truckers are gonna lose their jobs tomorrow or next years. It's gonna be a gradual process over the next ten or maybe twenty years.
Problem is that not only drivers are losing jobs to automation. Lots of jobs are affected. That means more people are chasing fewer jobs and that drives pay down. Why do you think income inequality is growing so fast? We are not inventing new jobs as fast as old jobs are going away.
Dave Cutler moved from DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) to MSFT to help manage the development of NT which at the time was a derivative of OS/2. At one point it was named NT OS/2. It did not serve MSFT to retain the OS/2 moniker though much of the code lived on. Early NT error messages identified the OS as OS/2. Little or none probably remains today, but that's where NT came from.
In any case, NT and VMS were as similar as apples and oranges.
That's my recollection. Hard to find citations though other than to point out that Dave Cutler was project manager for NT which was well under way on his arrival.
Why on earth would people who eat different foods and have different taste profiles and come from different ethnic heritages be expected to like wines equally.
...
There is a tremendous difference at the lower end because many of the less expensive wines are either
a) Just bad (and just about anyone can tell this) b) or they are "Thin" (watered down, one note) which anyone can taste pretty quickly and easily in comparison to a good wine.
But there are plenty of wines good enough for 14-18 a bottle.
...
And why give truly great wine to people who can't tell the difference anyway (i.e. most of us).
Raises hand. That would be me. I don't know how to buy wine in the first place except to know that some wines are sweeter than others and there are reds vs. whites and the pink ones that fall in between.
Of course, that means I don't have to spend a lot of money on wine in order to be happy with my purchase. I suppose I do better selecting beer which I consume several times in a month. If this app gives me some way to evaluate wine in the first place it could be a win for me. However I'm a little skeptical that a chemical analysis can characterize the flavor sufficiently to accomplish this goal. The other obstacle to this endeavor is the sheer number of wines tat seem to be available.
There are studies that show "conservatives" here in the USA will buy CFL bulbs on their own (if they think) but as soon as you label them "green" or with other labels and slogans that have been associated as belonging to the enemy tribe, they will fuck themselves just to not have anything to do with the opposing tribe.
Ooh, how I would love to see a citation for that one...
This sounds eerily similar to a line from "Who Killed the Electric Car." It was spoken by a Ford executive and was along the lines of "... and we found that we were making the cars that people want." In other words we don't need to do anything different. That was before foreign car manufacturers started eating Ford's lunch because they were actually making the cars that people wanted.
To draw out the car analogy to something that makes me sick to the pit of my stomach, imagine, if you will, that your town had to choose a car manufacturer. Once the choice was made, you had the choice to buy that manufacturer's car - or not. No other choice. What would happen to quality vs. price?
Fortunately for us there is choice and auto manufacturers have to meet market demands or face loss of market share or government bailout. Unfortunately for us, we do not have much choice when it comes to cable service.
Seriously, though. I don't really get it. An act that is supposed to bring joy and fun is considered worse than an act that supposedly brings grief and pain? Is it me, or is something wrong with this?
Remember, the Puritans came to what would become the USA in order to practice their religious beliefs.
While you're waiting, interesting fact about the infamous "Assault Weapons Ban" that cost the Democrats the 1994 election: it was passed with almost unanimous support in the Senate. Republicans and Democrats alike supporting it in overwhelming numbers.
Here's the vote recorded at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d103:HR03355:@@@R 8/21/1994 Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by recorded vote: 235 - 195 (Roll no. 416). 8/25/1994 Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 61-38. Record Vote No: 295.
Hardly unanimous. I didn't bother to read the rest of your comment since it seemed to start with bad information.
You start by doing the most obvious thing, that is making sure all their software is up to date.
That's a little problematic on Windows, no? You have to open each app ever installed and figure out how to check for updates. Definitely a non-trivial issue. (One of the benefits of Linux package management is there is a single spot to update all S/W installed within the package management framework.)
I don't know how they are going to enforce it, though, even with a lot of complaints, since you'd need a recording of the entire show plus commercials to know if it was a violation.
I have a copy of tonight's Colbert Report on my DVR with an obnoxiously loud Belvidere Vodka commercial. Who do I submit it to?
I watched the Blu-Ray version of "Snow White and the Huntsman" a couple days ago. I don't usually watch the extra content on the disk but I did try to look at some of it on this disk. I found instead of extra content a message that told me to buy the retail version of the title if I wanted to view any of the extras.
I'm left wondering if that is a result of a cut rate deal between Netflix and the studio or if it is part of a licensing issue. I should probaby report the disk as defective because the extra content was missing just to see how Netflix would respond.
One risk for riders is to follow someone more skillful than themselves. That can result in getting in over their head and resulting in a crash. I suppose that's the risk the GP alludes to.
OTOH, the app could simply satisfy someone's curiosity about their riding. I suspect I would discover that I don't lean near as far as I think I do.;)
I walked in about 1/2 hour after the polls opened, signed my name and got a paper ballot. I filled it in after agonizing over a couple referenda, had it scanned and was on my way in no more than ten minutes.
Bonus: Someone brought in a bowl of candy, no doubt left over from Halloween.
Once I got home I posed the question on my buddies Facebook wall "Do you know how easy it is for someone who ever lived in Indiana to return and vote?" (He favors the other presidential candidate.:D )
I once walked down from about the half way point and my legs were sore for three days. Making it to the top is an accomplishment that no one can ever take away.
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When doctors, who spend 5+ years studying and training, get largely replaced by machines then how long will it take them to retrain into a role that a computer still can't do (biochemist perhaps)?
It will take very little time to train the doctor to sling burgers and fries. That's the crux of the problem.
Work that could be done may be limitless but the willingness of those with money to pay for it is not. You mention biotech as an alternative but who is investing in biotech w/out the possibility of making piles of money? We have problems because pharmaceuticals that lack potential for large profits don't get research $$$. The need is there but the money isn't.
Capitalism does a great job of allocating resources efficiently. It seems to be a lot less effective at distributing wealth when there is a surplus of labor and the increasing level of automation reduces the need for human labor at nearly all levels.
Are the French legal guidelines broader than the US legal guidelines. Broader than what the NSA and CIA are known to do? Narrower than what the French are known to do?
Thanks to Snowden we know the US agencies have exceeded their legal boundaries (or at the very least operated in secret to avoid any legal or constitutional challenge.) What is the situation in France WRT their intelligence agencies and their laws.
Several weeks ago I was driving from Michigan to Indiana on an interstate highway. Ordinarily my carrier (Verizon) has good coverage along interstate highways and I had a strong signal but was unable to place a call. I tried several times and nothing happened after I dialed the number and pressed the call button until the phone reported something like "unable to place the call - try again later." I wonder if the ISP was monitoring cell phones in the area or if Verizon's equipment was just fubar.
I was with you until the last paragraph. Many production cars will transition to oversteer when the throttle is abruptly closed by an inexperienced driver. By inexperienced driver I mean anyone without performance driving training. They go into a curve a little too hot and the car starts to understeer. They turn the wheel and the car continues to plow on. They turn the wheel more and lift off the throttle. The weight transfers to the front, the already turned front wheels bite and snap the car deep into the corner.
Watch for skid marks on big sweepers. They usually go toward the inside of the curve, illustrating this point.
These are the same people who got caught falsifying data to meet their own political agenda. They keep 'creating' data from different sources. They may be right in some capacity but they've lied too many times be believable. And I'm still waiting for all the dire predictions from the 80's and 90's I grew up with happening.
Did you even read that Wikipedia article? Here's a quote: "Eight committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct"
Thanks for the citation but I suggest that you read it first as it does not support your conclusion.
And slipshod editing.
They invented a wonderful device for people like you, it's called a HORN. You wait 1-2 seconds for them to move,...
Absolutely! But that's a couple seconds to confirm that they're idiots and then a couple seconds for them to respond. If it is a short left turn signal, it may already change to red before the idiot moves out of the way. I doubt that their inattention would be construed as justification for me to urn the red light.
Bravo!
Texting at red lights too often turns into texting at green lights. I really hate sitting through a light cycle because the idiot in front of me hadn't noticed that the light had changed.
Probably none. But I don't think the picture is as dire as you paint it because the change from "driver" cars to driver-less cars isn't going to be instant. It's not like all truckers are gonna lose their jobs tomorrow or next years. It's gonna be a gradual process over the next ten or maybe twenty years.
Problem is that not only drivers are losing jobs to automation. Lots of jobs are affected. That means more people are chasing fewer jobs and that drives pay down. Why do you think income inequality is growing so fast? We are not inventing new jobs as fast as old jobs are going away.
Ummm. No.
Dave Cutler moved from DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) to MSFT to help manage the development of NT which at the time was a derivative of OS/2. At one point it was named NT OS/2. It did not serve MSFT to retain the OS/2 moniker though much of the code lived on. Early NT error messages identified the OS as OS/2. Little or none probably remains today, but that's where NT came from.
In any case, NT and VMS were as similar as apples and oranges.
That's my recollection. Hard to find citations though other than to point out that Dave Cutler was project manager for NT which was well under way on his arrival.
Why on earth would people who eat different foods and have different taste profiles and come from different ethnic heritages be expected to like wines equally.
...
There is a tremendous difference at the lower end because many of the less expensive wines are either
a) Just bad (and just about anyone can tell this)
b) or they are "Thin" (watered down, one note) which anyone can taste pretty quickly and easily in comparison to a good wine.
But there are plenty of wines good enough for 14-18 a bottle.
...
And why give truly great wine to people who can't tell the difference anyway (i.e. most of us).
Raises hand. That would be me. I don't know how to buy wine in the first place except to know that some wines are sweeter than others and there are reds vs. whites and the pink ones that fall in between.
Of course, that means I don't have to spend a lot of money on wine in order to be happy with my purchase. I suppose I do better selecting beer which I consume several times in a month. If this app gives me some way to evaluate wine in the first place it could be a win for me. However I'm a little skeptical that a chemical analysis can characterize the flavor sufficiently to accomplish this goal. The other obstacle to this endeavor is the sheer number of wines tat seem to be available.
There are studies that show "conservatives" here in the USA will buy CFL bulbs on their own (if they think) but as soon as you label them "green" or with other labels and slogans that have been associated as belonging to the enemy tribe, they will fuck themselves just to not have anything to do with the opposing tribe.
Ooh, how I would love to see a citation for that one...
http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/news_events/news-releases/rick-larrick-energy-efficient-products/#.UYARyMqcWUN
QED
This sounds eerily similar to a line from "Who Killed the Electric Car." It was spoken by a Ford executive and was along the lines of " ... and we found that we were making the cars that people want." In other words we don't need to do anything different. That was before foreign car manufacturers started eating Ford's lunch because they were actually making the cars that people wanted.
To draw out the car analogy to something that makes me sick to the pit of my stomach, imagine, if you will, that your town had to choose a car manufacturer. Once the choice was made, you had the choice to buy that manufacturer's car - or not. No other choice. What would happen to quality vs. price?
Fortunately for us there is choice and auto manufacturers have to meet market demands or face loss of market share or government bailout. Unfortunately for us, we do not have much choice when it comes to cable service.
That looked like one long river of lava!
It would of had it been funnier.
These are cuts in the rate of spending increases! Not budget cuts as we all know them.
This is such bullshit.
Budgets for the last two years are 5.5 billion and for 2013, 5.1 billion. I presume this is before sequestration.
Where's the spending increase?
Where's the bullshit?
Seriously, though. I don't really get it. An act that is supposed to bring joy and fun is considered worse than an act that supposedly brings grief and pain? Is it me, or is something wrong with this?
Remember, the Puritans came to what would become the USA in order to practice their religious beliefs.
Just by voicing my words with a British accent!
The true meaning of AI. ;)
While you're waiting, interesting fact about the infamous "Assault Weapons Ban" that cost the Democrats the 1994 election: it was passed with almost unanimous support in the Senate. Republicans and Democrats alike supporting it in overwhelming numbers.
Here's the vote recorded at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d103:HR03355:@@@R
8/21/1994 Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by recorded vote: 235 - 195 (Roll no. 416).
8/25/1994 Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 61-38. Record Vote No: 295.
Hardly unanimous. I didn't bother to read the rest of your comment since it seemed to start with bad information.
You start by doing the most obvious thing, that is making sure all their software is up to date.
That's a little problematic on Windows, no? You have to open each app ever installed and figure out how to check for updates. Definitely a non-trivial issue. (One of the benefits of Linux package management is there is a single spot to update all S/W installed within the package management framework.)
Next you install FileHippo Update Checker and tell it to ignore beta releases.
Does this solve the problem for all installed software on Windows?
I don't know how they are going to enforce it, though, even with a lot of complaints, since you'd need a recording of the entire show plus commercials to know if it was a violation.
I have a copy of tonight's Colbert Report on my DVR with an obnoxiously loud Belvidere Vodka commercial. Who do I submit it to?
If you can buy it, then you can rent it.
I watched the Blu-Ray version of "Snow White and the Huntsman" a couple days ago. I don't usually watch the extra content on the disk but I did try to look at some of it on this disk. I found instead of extra content a message that told me to buy the retail version of the title if I wanted to view any of the extras.
I'm left wondering if that is a result of a cut rate deal between Netflix and the studio or if it is part of a licensing issue. I should probaby report the disk as defective because the extra content was missing just to see how Netflix would respond.
One risk for riders is to follow someone more skillful than themselves. That can result in getting in over their head and resulting in a crash. I suppose that's the risk the GP alludes to.
OTOH, the app could simply satisfy someone's curiosity about their riding. I suspect I would discover that I don't lean near as far as I think I do. ;)
I walked in about 1/2 hour after the polls opened, signed my name and got a paper ballot. I filled it in after agonizing over a couple referenda, had it scanned and was on my way in no more than ten minutes.
Bonus: Someone brought in a bowl of candy, no doubt left over from Halloween.
Once I got home I posed the question on my buddies Facebook wall "Do you know how easy it is for someone who ever lived in Indiana to return and vote?" (He favors the other presidential candidate. :D )
I once walked down from about the half way point and my legs were sore for three days. Making it to the top is an accomplishment that no one can ever take away.