Because who owns the network controls the phone baseband processor, the baseband processor has full control over the phone, more (!) control than the OS (Android or iOS)
OK, I would like to say something: why do you think he deserves it ?
It's his principles who got this open source revolution we have now to work at all. If you are on Slashdot there is a high chance that Linux and open source are at least part of what you support. So why make fun of him ? Or say he deserves it ? I would give him some respect instead.
You do understand that the GPL of the Linux kernel made sure that the companies (even competitors) could/would want to work together on Linux ?
And it was Linux and the GNU tools and compiler that got this ball rolling in a big way.
You might not agree with him or some issues or all issues, but why make fun of someone ?
Actually, in a lot of places, the new "peakers" that are being build are not natural gas anymore, but batteries and ultra-capacitors. So things are changing in a big way for fossil fuel.
But an other way to look at it: they are still increasing the use of fossil fuel, because for many decades still roughly 80% of our energy supply comes from fossil fuels and this is still the case. It's just that demand keeps increasing too.
"that is not exactly because of automation. It is because the devices being repaired became so cheap it was cheaper to buy a new one then pay someone to repair them"
I wonder if some parts have become so small repair will never be both economically viable and still advantageous to society.
"Re UBI is not that much more expensive than current taxes IF implemented as a replacement That has to give every citizen new money they are not getting now. Such new money will have to be created by new taxes."
Actually, UBI is also a big cost reduction on the side of the government in most countries, a lot less stuff to administer. I thought a lot of people in the US would prefer a smaller government ?
Now, I'm not gonna claim UBI is cheaper.
"People will just spend their UBI and then want more support to make up for the new normal of their UBI spending."
Yeah, something like that is what I'm worried about. Especially if the price of houses goes up and the amount people were getting would not provide what was intended.
One of the things I wonder about is if prefab and similar (for example more 3D printing) will get a lot cheaper and take away a whole bunch of these jobs.
Get money out of politics and things will get back to something more normal. At least 90% of the people in the US believe this to be a problem, so it's clearly bipartisan. Do something about it.
Any economist will agree with you on: technology grows the pie like nothing else.
There are 4 problems:
- This will benefit some people, many more times than others. Which can be fine (it's not important how much 'the 1%' makes), unless the lowest paid don't get paid enough anymore.
- Everyone always says: new types of jobs will be created. Well, it has happened so far, the worry is: what if it doesn't happen ? Which law of nature or any other can give us these guarantees ?
- 4% unemployment might or might not be true, lots of people disagree on the method used to measure this. The bigger problem is: quality of the jobs has been going down over time. Quality in this case means: the job security, benefits, etc.
- the rate of change: the rate of change which is coming will be much greater than in the past. The best solution for this would be education. But education is already behind right now.
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Of course they want to know where more people are that don't have Facebook yet.
Actually, it's simper than that, finding from a study from France from years ago:
people who pirate the most also buy the most tickets, DVDs, merchandise, etc.
You can put a chips under an electron microscope, but it won't help you:
https://www.itnews.com.au/news...
Because who owns the network controls the phone baseband processor, the baseband processor has full control over the phone, more (!) control than the OS (Android or iOS)
My guess is these same security conscious IT folks also store a great deal of their wealth in bank accounts.
Which actually has the same problem (except for deposit insurance, you hope).
OK, I would like to say something: why do you think he deserves it ?
It's his principles who got this open source revolution we have now to work at all. If you are on Slashdot there is a high chance that Linux and open source are at least part of what you support. So why make fun of him ? Or say he deserves it ? I would give him some respect instead.
You do understand that the GPL of the Linux kernel made sure that the companies (even competitors) could/would want to work together on Linux ?
And it was Linux and the GNU tools and compiler that got this ball rolling in a big way.
You might not agree with him or some issues or all issues, but why make fun of someone ?
Actually, in a lot of places, the new "peakers" that are being build are not natural gas anymore, but batteries and ultra-capacitors.
So things are changing in a big way for fossil fuel.
But an other way to look at it: they are still increasing the use of fossil fuel, because for many decades still roughly 80% of our energy supply comes from fossil fuels and this is still the case. It's just that demand keeps increasing too.
I'm still amazed when people say airbnb is so innovative:
https://www.couchsurfing.com/
My guess is Facebook uses HHVM, but a quick look around on the web didn't tell me how that related to normal PHP.
Isn't Facebook using HHVM ?
https://www.defenseindustrydai...
"modify the radio power output outside of manufacturer specs"
Pretty certain you are not allowed to do that in the US because of other laws and regulations.
Why not ? :-)
https://www.openmotors.co/down...
It might be a niche, but you'd want everyone to find their niche. So a bit of promotion isn't wrong.
Reminds me of this discussion, especially about how things collapse when people think the game is fixed and not fair:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
"that is not exactly because of automation. It is because the devices being repaired became so cheap it was cheaper to buy a new one then pay someone to repair them"
I wonder if some parts have become so small repair will never be both economically viable and still advantageous to society.
"Cheap and disposable is an environmental nightmare and so solving that will probably create a lot of jobs in the future."
While it's true, what I was surprised about is how far we've already come:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
"Re UBI is not that much more expensive than current taxes IF implemented as a replacement
That has to give every citizen new money they are not getting now.
Such new money will have to be created by new taxes."
Actually, UBI is also a big cost reduction on the side of the government in most countries, a lot less stuff to administer. I thought a lot of people in the US would prefer a smaller government ?
Now, I'm not gonna claim UBI is cheaper.
"People will just spend their UBI and then want more support to make up for the new normal of their UBI spending."
Yeah, something like that is what I'm worried about. Especially if the price of houses goes up and the amount people were getting would not provide what was intended.
"Robots cannot do what these humans do."
One of the things I wonder about is if prefab and similar (for example more 3D printing) will get a lot cheaper and take away a whole bunch of these jobs.
If we can educate the poor and make them part of the first world or at least a lot closer: population growth would be a solved problem.
At the moment we are at 7 billion people on this planet and looks like 9 or 10 is were we are going to end up.
Supposedly we've already almost reached peak child: https://ourworldindata.org/pea...
Get money out of politics and things will get back to something more normal. At least 90% of the people in the US believe this to be a problem, so it's clearly bipartisan. Do something about it.
"eventually destroying the Soviet Union because it didn't embrace automation, everyone elsewhere moved on and found something else to do."
Nobody is suggesting not to embrace automation. It's a big productivity gain and can reduce cost.
It's looking better than I thought:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Any economist will agree with you on: technology grows the pie like nothing else.
There are 4 problems:
- This will benefit some people, many more times than others. Which can be fine (it's not important how much 'the 1%' makes), unless the lowest paid don't get paid enough anymore.
- Everyone always says: new types of jobs will be created. Well, it has happened so far, the worry is: what if it doesn't happen ? Which law of nature or any other can give us these guarantees ?
- 4% unemployment might or might not be true, lots of people disagree on the method used to measure this. The bigger problem is: quality of the jobs has been going down over time. Quality in this case means: the job security, benefits, etc.
- the rate of change: the rate of change which is coming will be much greater than in the past. The best solution for this would be education. But education is already behind right now.
What happens to the income of those plumbers, etc. when many more people think: yes, trades is where it's at.
The only reason I think this is the case is because there is a shortage. What happens when the opposite is true ?