*I DID NOT REQUEST LIMITS.* That is a complete mischaracterization. I asked only that you flag a joke as a joke. You can make the joke, just please don't leave it hanging out there without the context that guarantees everyone knows that it is a joke. That is not a limit on the humor you can make. Please refrain from making false claims about me. When there are malicious actors deliberately working to mislead as many people as possible, I do think it is reasonable to go a bit further to not aid those malicious actors.
> The doctors will complain. They're busy, yes. So are the rest of us. That's what happens when you run resources tight due to budgets.
Sure, but if the docs are the expensive, rare resource then it makes sense to move as many tasks off of them as possible. At some financial level, it would be cost effective to have one scribe per doctor. I don't think we're there yet, but it's completely a plausible scenario.
Real world example that has been making the rounds: "If you vote, you will be required to serve jury duty. If your job does not provide vacation time, you should avoid voting or you will end up having to choose between losing your job to serve on a jury or going to jail for failure to show up for jury duty." Haha... who would fall for that? Turns out a not-insignificant percent of the population. It sounds plausible, and people don't always have the ability to fact check it. If it gets enough traction among your friends network, it becomes true.
It happens all the time: someone stupid believes the post, then reposts it. Enough people repost it, even smart people start to think it is a real thing. Eventually, it gets picked up by someone reputable. Alternatively, someone reputable posts it as a joke, and so it gets taken seriously, bypassing the usual "is this serious?" sanity checks. This sort of disinformation campaign is exactly what happens when people announce "the polling places have moved" or "Late rules change! You must have such-and-such specific ID to vote!" (Both of those are real-world things that happen pretty much every election somewhere and do cause people to miss voting.)
It isn't the intellect of the first person who falls for it that is the problem -- it's the aggregate information environment's corruption that is the problem.
You did not put "JOKE" on this post. Without that, this is really not funny. We have serious problems with disinformation being circulated keeping people from the polls. This kind of borderline plausible post is exactly the kind of thing that other people are legitimately posting. In fact, maybe you were serious and others just flagged your post as "Funny".
Please, please, please use "" and "" tags on posts like these. It does not lesson the humor. It does lesson the confusion and strife.
Car queries its friend: the car coming the other direction. âoeHey, buddy, I see what looks like a moving granite wall!â âoeNah. I can see the other side. Itâ(TM)s a guy carrying one of those ACME Inflatable Lidar Disruptors. Feel free to take him out.â âoeThanks for the help. Happy commute!â âoeYou, too!â
That is not common maritime law. Small ships always have to yield to large ships. More mass means it cannot react quickly. I believe the same argument could apply here.
If you need to cross the street, summon a self-driving scooter that knows how to interface with the automobile network. And vote for the next county bond issue to add some crosswalks.
This is the first one to look at the global scope across species. And many of the previous papers Iâ(TM)ve seen clearly say that they cannot gauge the impact of climate change because of their lack of long-term study. They could see the pesticides having an impact, but it clearly wasnâ(TM)t the only factor. This one has the long-term data and was able to isolate against the changing climate patterns.
Yes. And one of the points of this research paper is that the impact of pesticides is not sufficient to account for all of the damage observed to insect species. There's an additional major cause.
But think of the fun when you have one on the operating table! âoeNow, Senator, next week, we will ask your constituents to choose between Marvin The Heart Surgeon and Bobo The Deranged Clown for your triple bypass. Would you care to change your vote on the net neutrality bill being voted on this afternoon?â
I use both PCs and Apples. All of my Apple laptops have lasted at least 6 years. Newest one is 3 years old, but thereâ(TM)s a 9-year-old still in service, despite wear and tear on the road (the old one gets pulled out for international travel... in case I trash it going through invasive customs). I can find similar quality PC laptops. Really havenâ(TM)t seen a quality problem with Apple. Now, if something does break, repairs are painful, but thatâ(TM)s been honestly surprisingly rare.
The way to appease regulators is exactly what Google did: stop using control in one product domain to force leverage in another domain. They now charge for something they used to give freely and as a result will have to compete against other market offerings.
If I understand EU refs right, Apple markets a complete device. When you buy it, thatâ(TM)s what you get. Google markets an OS to other companies and was applying rules that reached beyond first sale to those companies and bound what those companies could offer their customers. Itâ(TM)s fine to sell a closed device. Itâ(TM)s not fine to sell part of a device that comes with strings that affect the rest of the device.
This is virgin rainforest under heavy protection on island with minimal additional inputs from industry. Also, the study did NOT discount habitat loss or pesticides. The scientists investigated both of those options and found them to be notable but not the primary driver of the change. Go read the full article.
If you read the article, you will see that the study actually investigated the impact of catastrophes and habitat reduction as alternate sources of impact. They were contributing factors but not the primary driver in the data collected.
Well then, Slashdot, let's band together and make something shitty happen? "Burn it all down. Maybe they'll care about security in Internet 2.0 (or whatever version marketing says we're up to now)."
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> I'm not the same AC as the OP
Citation needed.
> that we must limit our humor, sarcasm, etc
*I DID NOT REQUEST LIMITS.* That is a complete mischaracterization. I asked only that you flag a joke as a joke. You can make the joke, just please don't leave it hanging out there without the context that guarantees everyone knows that it is a joke. That is not a limit on the humor you can make. Please refrain from making false claims about me. When there are malicious actors deliberately working to mislead as many people as possible, I do think it is reasonable to go a bit further to not aid those malicious actors.
The XKCD "10,000" effect works for both good things and bad: https://xkcd.com/1053/
> The doctors will complain. They're busy, yes. So are the rest of us. That's what happens when you run resources tight due to budgets.
Sure, but if the docs are the expensive, rare resource then it makes sense to move as many tasks off of them as possible. At some financial level, it would be cost effective to have one scribe per doctor. I don't think we're there yet, but it's completely a plausible scenario.
I think this is more non-voter intimidation. I'm not sure if that's illegal or not.
Real world example that has been making the rounds: "If you vote, you will be required to serve jury duty. If your job does not provide vacation time, you should avoid voting or you will end up having to choose between losing your job to serve on a jury or going to jail for failure to show up for jury duty." Haha... who would fall for that? Turns out a not-insignificant percent of the population. It sounds plausible, and people don't always have the ability to fact check it. If it gets enough traction among your friends network, it becomes true.
It happens all the time: someone stupid believes the post, then reposts it. Enough people repost it, even smart people start to think it is a real thing. Eventually, it gets picked up by someone reputable. Alternatively, someone reputable posts it as a joke, and so it gets taken seriously, bypassing the usual "is this serious?" sanity checks. This sort of disinformation campaign is exactly what happens when people announce "the polling places have moved" or "Late rules change! You must have such-and-such specific ID to vote!" (Both of those are real-world things that happen pretty much every election somewhere and do cause people to miss voting.)
It isn't the intellect of the first person who falls for it that is the problem -- it's the aggregate information environment's corruption that is the problem.
That should be "" and "" tags.
You did not put "JOKE" on this post. Without that, this is really not funny. We have serious problems with disinformation being circulated keeping people from the polls. This kind of borderline plausible post is exactly the kind of thing that other people are legitimately posting. In fact, maybe you were serious and others just flagged your post as "Funny".
Please, please, please use "" and "" tags on posts like these. It does not lesson the humor. It does lesson the confusion and strife.
Car queries its friend: the car coming the other direction. âoeHey, buddy, I see what looks like a moving granite wall!â âoeNah. I can see the other side. Itâ(TM)s a guy carrying one of those ACME Inflatable Lidar Disruptors. Feel free to take him out.â âoeThanks for the help. Happy commute!â âoeYou, too!â
That is not common maritime law. Small ships always have to yield to large ships. More mass means it cannot react quickly. I believe the same argument could apply here.
There is no driver in a self-driving car.
If you need to cross the street, summon a self-driving scooter that knows how to interface with the automobile network. And vote for the next county bond issue to add some crosswalks.
This is the first one to look at the global scope across species. And many of the previous papers Iâ(TM)ve seen clearly say that they cannot gauge the impact of climate change because of their lack of long-term study. They could see the pesticides having an impact, but it clearly wasnâ(TM)t the only factor. This one has the long-term data and was able to isolate against the changing climate patterns.
Yes. And one of the points of this research paper is that the impact of pesticides is not sufficient to account for all of the damage observed to insect species. There's an additional major cause.
But think of the fun when you have one on the operating table! âoeNow, Senator, next week, we will ask your constituents to choose between Marvin The Heart Surgeon and Bobo The Deranged Clown for your triple bypass. Would you care to change your vote on the net neutrality bill being voted on this afternoon?â
I use both PCs and Apples. All of my Apple laptops have lasted at least 6 years. Newest one is 3 years old, but thereâ(TM)s a 9-year-old still in service, despite wear and tear on the road (the old one gets pulled out for international travel... in case I trash it going through invasive customs). I can find similar quality PC laptops. Really havenâ(TM)t seen a quality problem with Apple. Now, if something does break, repairs are painful, but thatâ(TM)s been honestly surprisingly rare.
Maybe we could tear all the dollars we donate in half then see if their interest in repairing them goes up?
Would you rather repair a politician or throw one out?
When you have your own research paper to show thatâ(TM)s the case, please feel free to post it.
The way to appease regulators is exactly what Google did: stop using control in one product domain to force leverage in another domain. They now charge for something they used to give freely and as a result will have to compete against other market offerings.
If I understand EU refs right, Apple markets a complete device. When you buy it, thatâ(TM)s what you get. Google markets an OS to other companies and was applying rules that reached beyond first sale to those companies and bound what those companies could offer their customers. Itâ(TM)s fine to sell a closed device. Itâ(TM)s not fine to sell part of a device that comes with strings that affect the rest of the device.
This is virgin rainforest under heavy protection on island with minimal additional inputs from industry. Also, the study did NOT discount habitat loss or pesticides. The scientists investigated both of those options and found them to be notable but not the primary driver of the change. Go read the full article.
If you read the article, you will see that the study actually investigated the impact of catastrophes and habitat reduction as alternate sources of impact. They were contributing factors but not the primary driver in the data collected.
Well then, Slashdot, let's band together and make something shitty happen? "Burn it all down. Maybe they'll care about security in Internet 2.0 (or whatever version marketing says we're up to now)."