I am not demanding anything. I am suggesting that people take care of their loved ones. Heaven forbid that actually interferes with their life. But I guess if you don't love your parents enough to take care of them when they are starving, that says more about you than it does me for making a suggestion that you take care of your parents.
I'm glad you're posting AC, so that your parents can see how you really feel about them.
Except when you use the last of the Mayo, but didn't scan it "out" so your smart fridge thinks you have Mayo, when you don't. OR worse, the mayo is almost gone and the camera can't figure that out. And you still have to open the fridge to check the mayo (or lack thereof) anyway.
IMHO this is technology asking for a solution where one isn't needed.
" Of course there are going to be edge cases where said parents/in-laws live out-of-state"
If your parents are out of state/area, and are in need of care enough for you to have a "smart fridge" to make sure they have food, then you're not doing something right. Move them, or yourself to take care of them. We just did that do my mom. She didn't like it, but we did it anyway, because it was the right thing to do.
Arduino is closer to RealTime (think Analog) than PI. It all has to do with what the application is that you decided. If you need automated and precise controls you're gonna go Arduino, but if you don't , Pi would function well. And if you can keep your Pi clean, it might suffice even for some rudimentary near RealTime controls.
Having had this discussion with my FIL this weekend, it is easy to "get one of each" and see which one works best.
Saying "Clinton lies less" is like saying the demon lies less than Satan. Well sort of. There are different kinds of lies. Yes, Trump likes playing fast and loose with "facts" (often wrong/lying), but Hillary is pretty much capable of lying to people straight to their face, about things that are actually important. Like "It was an internet video" (Libya / Benghazi), and "no Secret information on my private unaccountable server". And she has been doing it since Watergate, and nobody on the left seems to even care.
But go ahead and crown her queen if you like. You get what you deserve.
An element that is so unstable that it can only exist for fractions of a second before total and complete decay is while an "element" is basically useless, except for theoretical applications (at this point). I would hold of naming and further identification until we can produce enough of it to be useful.
"Inspected food tends to be safe" - Tell that to Chipotle.
"You don't describe your building problems in a way that's linked to any government action." - Cracks due to poor designs inspected and passed by building inspectors is a "government action".
"Cars can fail" - Cars can fail. Tata makes crappy airbags that passed government inspections.
"Recalls are primarily government actions" - Assumption that no such service would exist without government intervention. A hefty lawsuit against bad product design has the same exact effect.
"If your car has a safety problem, would you prefer to have a way to get it fixed at no cost to you, or just not be told about it." - I would prefer the market decide how do deal with bad manufacturers. We have courts to cover faulty - dangerous designs.
"In other words, you're using binary thinking." - My thinking isn't limited to "Government or Somalia" logic, as is yours. There are PLENTY of alternatives to government intervention into all aspects of our lives. I prefer the creativeness of the marketplace to the lame binary choices of "Government or nothing" approach.
GMOs are not dangerous just because they're GMOs. Those things are tested.
- I rest my case. You have no idea how many products where tested and deemed "safe" that actually weren't. FDA is filled with drugs that were once "safe" that were proven otherwise with better techniques. Sorry, I don't trust neonicotinoids and "Roundup Ready" food type products. You can, if you want.
"On the other hand, if someone wants to sell food as organic and/or not GMO, they're making that claim to induce people to buy their product, so that claim needs to be verified to mean anything at all." - Backwards. Natural foods have a history (million years) where GMOs have almost none. Or, as I like to say, "You can eat anything you want, but not everything you eat is food"
The Economy under Bush failed primarily because of 9/11 and liberal mortgage laws passed by Frank Dodd under Clinton to create the whole sub-prime mortgage fiasco. The Bush wars didn't help either. But if you're going to go down that road, then blaming six bad years under Bush as all Bush's fault, then we can blame all seven years of Obama economy on Obama.
OR you can realize that it is really the whole R/D cabal that is to blame, and realize that both parties are "fixing it until it is really broken". Why we think the Politicians who are bought and paid for are capable of doing what is right for ALL Americans is beyond me.
The DNC candidates, all three of them, are white. Dirty, lying, rich, career politicians.
The Republicans, white non-politican (Trump), Two Hispanic Politicians, a Black Neurosurgeon, a White woman. Granted, they're all rich (Rubio maybe not). So there are at least three non-politicians running
The Left loves to cry "diversity", and mock the GOP for being "white" but this election cycle, there is nothing clearer than the fact that the DNC Plantation is in full force. People of Color need not apply. You may now proceed with crowning Hillary your candidate, because she is a woman (no other reason comes to mind).
Meanwhile, I'll continue to vote for people who can't win, simply because I won't vote for people who don't deserve to win.
Using Government guns to confiscate wealth is robbing people.
The idea that Government has a right to confiscatory taxation of the population, is itself evidence that it is nothing more than legalized strongarm robbery.
Taxes, all of them, are regressive. The rich pay to avoid taxes, move to tax havens and otherwise can spend money protecting their wealth, the middle class never does. Additionally, the rich have access to power structures, to carve out all the exemptions that they use to perform these tricks, where someone like me has NO access to any power.
And as long as liberal / socialists think they are helping people by taxing them to death (and after), they are going to be wrong. Taxes (all of them) should be 100% avoidable by anyone. Anything less is regressive.
Let me ask you a simple question. Can you separate what you are from what you think?
Be careful how you answer. Because the very same logic you can use to get people fired for "hate" can be used to get you fired for who you are. After all, if you're "gay" you are just thinking "wrong". It is more than just being "gay", it is even having "gay thought" (or fill in whatever other thing you are/think.
Bigotry is a dangerous road to go down. Anything that isn't viewed as normalized "thinking" is "bigotry" to someone else. Militant Gay Activists are bigots against Christians, simply for being who they are.
I picked gay, not because I am a bigot against gay people, but rather because being gay has VERY little to do with biology (or so I've been told). AND if it did have to do with biology, it would be a biological defect (like Downs Syndrome). Again, not that it matters.
The point being is that I find it very difficult for who want to stifle speech, because it doesn't fit the current narrative. Being gay was once treated that way, and now you're actively promoting the very same thing. The thing of it is, you probably don't even know you're doing it, even after I've explained it.
Which you won't have to do if you don't run as Admin and use Security Essentials / Windows Defender. As I said, the problem is that people think they need more than that, and they don't.
My best security tip, don't run as Administrator. Run everything as a limited user, and only install software from ADMIN account. Add in Windows Defender / Security Essentials, add in a Adblock / UBlock type protection and back up your data occasionally (regularly) and you're fine. Worst case I've seen, cleared by deleting said user profile.
The problem is, most people want to run everything as Admin because it is convenient.
My inspected food is laced with E.Coli My building is falling apart even after Architecture and reviews My cars regularly fail spectacularly (see recalls) And roads can be paved by Taxes on fuel (not siphoned off for progressive social programs).
Meanwhile natural foods and Non-GMOs need to be certified, but GMOs and foodlike products don't. You can buy whole raw milk or various other things because they are "too dangerous". In some places, it is illegal to grow your own food (and other "plants").
The fact that you're completely unable to make non-binary choices is your problem. All or nothing with you, and you think I am an idiot.
I am not opposed to government. I actually support a government that has a singular purpose, to protect the liberties of those that cannot protect themselves. This doesn't mean a "nanny state", but rather a government that serves to protect its citizens from tyrants, large and small. There are VERY few crimes that fall into this category.
I'm very much idealist in this regard. The purpose of the government, is the secure the blessings of liberty. Those blessings are being eroded in the name of safety and security all the time, by people who aren't really concerned about either, but rather using those concerns to control the masses.
Think of it this way, the citizens in general, are they afraid of their government or not? Personally, I do not trust the government a single bit. I don't trust those that have eroded liberties for everyone but themselves. I point to the current classic case, Hillary Clinton, who while trying to hide her public service email from everyone, including the public trust (government) is at the same time, wanting to back door Security on everyone's email (encryption) so the government can snoop. The government should not need to trust its citizens, but the citizens should be able to trust the government. Currently we are 100% backwards. And it is all done in the name of security and safety.
Or, take this example from the TSA, who won't let more than 5oz of liquids on a plane. Mind you, they wantonly toss those same "dangerous" larger capacity liquid containers into the same trash, right next to the high density choke point for travelers in airports. Further, the 5oz limit doesn't actually stop the dangerous combination chemical reactions, in a well coordinated terrorist plot. The only conclusion I have is that appearances are more important than reality.
And besides that, between 9-11 hijackings that will never happen again, and Paris Nightclub style attacks, it is much easier to go to high density population zones to mass kill people. Reality is not perception, and perception is not reality. Planes will still explode, rarely, on occasion (Egypt), and terrorists win with every tyrannical move to protect the people.
True liberty depends on eternal vigilance, and too many people want to abdicate their responsibilities as citizens and have someone in the government do their job for them. And I personally consider people like that a threat, more so than all the Jihadis in the world, because they seem so innocent as they give away their liberties.
So says the chicken AC. I don't post AC, so my views are easily traced. And simply because you disagree with my assessment, and hiding (chicken) behind AC status, you feel you can say anything and that it matters. Coward.
My employer expects me (part of my job description) to keep up with the latest trends in technology. I have to learn. I generally don't get paid to expand my skill set. On rare occasion, I have been sent off to additional training, but it is only because the Director insisted on it as part of expanding the department's capability.
And we're not talking day long trainings here, we're talking about 1-2 hours class on occasion, so that teachers can be more effective in their classes. We've offered training for "free" (open / scheduled) during off hours, and nobody has shown up. One of the reasons the teachers do show up is that there is "extra money" (bonus), and not actually to learn about whatever is being taught. In otherwords, they are in it for ONLY the money, and not because they want to learn.
The issue isn't being paid or not being paid, but rather the desire to learn. IMHO, many of the teachers do not want to learn, and are only taking the "Stipend" classes for the stipend. And it shows.
You won't be happy until the government protects you from all the imaginary boogiemen in your life. You are why I am a FIERCE Libertarian. You embrace tyranny simply because it offers "safety".
It is to counter the lame "Somalia/Libertarian" crap logic that is often tossed about. Binary strawman logic is fun, until it gets reversed on those that use it.
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I am not demanding anything. I am suggesting that people take care of their loved ones. Heaven forbid that actually interferes with their life. But I guess if you don't love your parents enough to take care of them when they are starving, that says more about you than it does me for making a suggestion that you take care of your parents.
I'm glad you're posting AC, so that your parents can see how you really feel about them.
Except when you use the last of the Mayo, but didn't scan it "out" so your smart fridge thinks you have Mayo, when you don't. OR worse, the mayo is almost gone and the camera can't figure that out. And you still have to open the fridge to check the mayo (or lack thereof) anyway.
IMHO this is technology asking for a solution where one isn't needed.
" Of course there are going to be edge cases where said parents/in-laws live out-of-state"
If your parents are out of state/area, and are in need of care enough for you to have a "smart fridge" to make sure they have food, then you're not doing something right. Move them, or yourself to take care of them. We just did that do my mom. She didn't like it, but we did it anyway, because it was the right thing to do.
Arduino is closer to RealTime (think Analog) than PI. It all has to do with what the application is that you decided. If you need automated and precise controls you're gonna go Arduino, but if you don't , Pi would function well. And if you can keep your Pi clean, it might suffice even for some rudimentary near RealTime controls.
Having had this discussion with my FIL this weekend, it is easy to "get one of each" and see which one works best.
Saying "Clinton lies less" is like saying the demon lies less than Satan. Well sort of. There are different kinds of lies. Yes, Trump likes playing fast and loose with "facts" (often wrong/lying), but Hillary is pretty much capable of lying to people straight to their face, about things that are actually important. Like "It was an internet video" (Libya / Benghazi), and "no Secret information on my private unaccountable server". And she has been doing it since Watergate, and nobody on the left seems to even care.
But go ahead and crown her queen if you like. You get what you deserve.
An element that is so unstable that it can only exist for fractions of a second before total and complete decay is while an "element" is basically useless, except for theoretical applications (at this point). I would hold of naming and further identification until we can produce enough of it to be useful.
"Inspected food tends to be safe" - Tell that to Chipotle.
"You don't describe your building problems in a way that's linked to any government action." - Cracks due to poor designs inspected and passed by building inspectors is a "government action".
"Cars can fail" - Cars can fail. Tata makes crappy airbags that passed government inspections.
"Recalls are primarily government actions" - Assumption that no such service would exist without government intervention. A hefty lawsuit against bad product design has the same exact effect.
"If your car has a safety problem, would you prefer to have a way to get it fixed at no cost to you, or just not be told about it." - I would prefer the market decide how do deal with bad manufacturers. We have courts to cover faulty - dangerous designs.
"In other words, you're using binary thinking." - My thinking isn't limited to "Government or Somalia" logic, as is yours. There are PLENTY of alternatives to government intervention into all aspects of our lives. I prefer the creativeness of the marketplace to the lame binary choices of "Government or nothing" approach.
GMOs are not dangerous just because they're GMOs. Those things are tested.
- I rest my case. You have no idea how many products where tested and deemed "safe" that actually weren't. FDA is filled with drugs that were once "safe" that were proven otherwise with better techniques. Sorry, I don't trust neonicotinoids and "Roundup Ready" food type products. You can, if you want.
"On the other hand, if someone wants to sell food as organic and/or not GMO, they're making that claim to induce people to buy their product, so that claim needs to be verified to mean anything at all." - Backwards. Natural foods have a history (million years) where GMOs have almost none. Or, as I like to say, "You can eat anything you want, but not everything you eat is food"
The Economy under Bush failed primarily because of 9/11 and liberal mortgage laws passed by Frank Dodd under Clinton to create the whole sub-prime mortgage fiasco. The Bush wars didn't help either. But if you're going to go down that road, then blaming six bad years under Bush as all Bush's fault, then we can blame all seven years of Obama economy on Obama.
OR you can realize that it is really the whole R/D cabal that is to blame, and realize that both parties are "fixing it until it is really broken". Why we think the Politicians who are bought and paid for are capable of doing what is right for ALL Americans is beyond me.
The DNC candidates, all three of them, are white. Dirty, lying, rich, career politicians.
The Republicans, white non-politican (Trump), Two Hispanic Politicians, a Black Neurosurgeon, a White woman. Granted, they're all rich (Rubio maybe not). So there are at least three non-politicians running
The Left loves to cry "diversity", and mock the GOP for being "white" but this election cycle, there is nothing clearer than the fact that the DNC Plantation is in full force. People of Color need not apply. You may now proceed with crowning Hillary your candidate, because she is a woman (no other reason comes to mind).
Meanwhile, I'll continue to vote for people who can't win, simply because I won't vote for people who don't deserve to win.
Using Government guns to confiscate wealth is robbing people.
The idea that Government has a right to confiscatory taxation of the population, is itself evidence that it is nothing more than legalized strongarm robbery.
Taxes, all of them, are regressive. The rich pay to avoid taxes, move to tax havens and otherwise can spend money protecting their wealth, the middle class never does. Additionally, the rich have access to power structures, to carve out all the exemptions that they use to perform these tricks, where someone like me has NO access to any power.
And as long as liberal / socialists think they are helping people by taxing them to death (and after), they are going to be wrong. Taxes (all of them) should be 100% avoidable by anyone. Anything less is regressive.
O'Malley had a Rally that had only one member.
Iowa caucuses are one for him to never Remember.
Let me ask you a simple question. Can you separate what you are from what you think?
Be careful how you answer. Because the very same logic you can use to get people fired for "hate" can be used to get you fired for who you are. After all, if you're "gay" you are just thinking "wrong". It is more than just being "gay", it is even having "gay thought" (or fill in whatever other thing you are/think.
Bigotry is a dangerous road to go down. Anything that isn't viewed as normalized "thinking" is "bigotry" to someone else. Militant Gay Activists are bigots against Christians, simply for being who they are.
I picked gay, not because I am a bigot against gay people, but rather because being gay has VERY little to do with biology (or so I've been told). AND if it did have to do with biology, it would be a biological defect (like Downs Syndrome). Again, not that it matters.
The point being is that I find it very difficult for who want to stifle speech, because it doesn't fit the current narrative. Being gay was once treated that way, and now you're actively promoting the very same thing. The thing of it is, you probably don't even know you're doing it, even after I've explained it.
Which you won't have to do if you don't run as Admin and use Security Essentials / Windows Defender. As I said, the problem is that people think they need more than that, and they don't.
It would. It would avoid running AVG invasionware masquerading as Virus Protection.
and obviously never been hit by CryptoLocker
My best security tip, don't run as Administrator. Run everything as a limited user, and only install software from ADMIN account. Add in Windows Defender / Security Essentials, add in a Adblock / UBlock type protection and back up your data occasionally (regularly) and you're fine. Worst case I've seen, cleared by deleting said user profile.
The problem is, most people want to run everything as Admin because it is convenient.
My inspected food is laced with E.Coli
My building is falling apart even after Architecture and reviews
My cars regularly fail spectacularly (see recalls)
And roads can be paved by Taxes on fuel (not siphoned off for progressive social programs).
Meanwhile natural foods and Non-GMOs need to be certified, but GMOs and foodlike products don't.
You can buy whole raw milk or various other things because they are "too dangerous".
In some places, it is illegal to grow your own food (and other "plants").
The fact that you're completely unable to make non-binary choices is your problem. All or nothing with you, and you think I am an idiot.
Okay, since you like to "DRINK!"
Everytime Bernie says "1%" (or variation 10%)
Everytime Bernie says "Fair Share" (or variation)
Everytime Bernie says "Tax the rich" (or variation, tax loophole etc)
You should be drunk by the middle of the next "debate" (aka DNC love fest)
Problem is, I am an adult and don't need your nanny state to protect me from your phantom boogiemen. Strawman attack aside.
"Feel the Bern"
DRINK!
I am not opposed to government. I actually support a government that has a singular purpose, to protect the liberties of those that cannot protect themselves. This doesn't mean a "nanny state", but rather a government that serves to protect its citizens from tyrants, large and small. There are VERY few crimes that fall into this category.
I'm very much idealist in this regard. The purpose of the government, is the secure the blessings of liberty. Those blessings are being eroded in the name of safety and security all the time, by people who aren't really concerned about either, but rather using those concerns to control the masses.
Think of it this way, the citizens in general, are they afraid of their government or not? Personally, I do not trust the government a single bit. I don't trust those that have eroded liberties for everyone but themselves. I point to the current classic case, Hillary Clinton, who while trying to hide her public service email from everyone, including the public trust (government) is at the same time, wanting to back door Security on everyone's email (encryption) so the government can snoop. The government should not need to trust its citizens, but the citizens should be able to trust the government. Currently we are 100% backwards. And it is all done in the name of security and safety.
Or, take this example from the TSA, who won't let more than 5oz of liquids on a plane. Mind you, they wantonly toss those same "dangerous" larger capacity liquid containers into the same trash, right next to the high density choke point for travelers in airports. Further, the 5oz limit doesn't actually stop the dangerous combination chemical reactions, in a well coordinated terrorist plot. The only conclusion I have is that appearances are more important than reality.
And besides that, between 9-11 hijackings that will never happen again, and Paris Nightclub style attacks, it is much easier to go to high density population zones to mass kill people. Reality is not perception, and perception is not reality. Planes will still explode, rarely, on occasion (Egypt), and terrorists win with every tyrannical move to protect the people.
True liberty depends on eternal vigilance, and too many people want to abdicate their responsibilities as citizens and have someone in the government do their job for them. And I personally consider people like that a threat, more so than all the Jihadis in the world, because they seem so innocent as they give away their liberties.
So says the chicken AC. I don't post AC, so my views are easily traced. And simply because you disagree with my assessment, and hiding (chicken) behind AC status, you feel you can say anything and that it matters. Coward.
My employer expects me (part of my job description) to keep up with the latest trends in technology. I have to learn. I generally don't get paid to expand my skill set. On rare occasion, I have been sent off to additional training, but it is only because the Director insisted on it as part of expanding the department's capability.
And we're not talking day long trainings here, we're talking about 1-2 hours class on occasion, so that teachers can be more effective in their classes. We've offered training for "free" (open / scheduled) during off hours, and nobody has shown up. One of the reasons the teachers do show up is that there is "extra money" (bonus), and not actually to learn about whatever is being taught. In otherwords, they are in it for ONLY the money, and not because they want to learn.
The issue isn't being paid or not being paid, but rather the desire to learn. IMHO, many of the teachers do not want to learn, and are only taking the "Stipend" classes for the stipend. And it shows.
You won't be happy until the government protects you from all the imaginary boogiemen in your life. You are why I am a FIERCE Libertarian. You embrace tyranny simply because it offers "safety".
It is to counter the lame "Somalia/Libertarian" crap logic that is often tossed about. Binary strawman logic is fun, until it gets reversed on those that use it.