Tapping the cable is easier than figuring out what's inside. A huge amount of web traffic is encrypted, and most of the time it'll be Netflix and Porn. You would need massive datacenters to decrypt all of them, and then come up with an AI that could watch all of it and figure out if any of them contain hidden messages. Something like a high-contrast mask applied to a few seconds of video would be easily visible to a human, but near impossible to see with a machine.
Cheaper, yes, but there's a bit of risk. Genetically identical animals are all susceptible to the same diseases and environmental conditions. A virus that would have wiped out 5% of the herd before could now wipe out the entire herd, because the entire herd is equally susceptible to it. Combine this with globalization and the entire world could be suddenly out of sheep.
This has actually happened before with the "Gros Michel" banana cultivar that was all but wiped out by the Panama disease. The modern cultivar, Cavendish, has the same risks and will likely become unviable in the future due to disease. Hopefully we'll have another cultivar lined up by then.
What if I plug you into the matrix? You'll have everything you can possibly dream of. And no, your wants are not infinite. You cannot truly own the universe in any meaningful way, because at any one time, you can only interact with a minuscule fraction of it. So what you're really asking for is a piece of paper that says you own it, and that's not hard to get.
There are such things as jet cars than don't depend on wheel grip. You can reach 5 seconds with just one engine. Now if you don't care about dying, you can strap an SRB to your back and go even faster. And if you really, really don't care, you can use explosives in place of rocket fuel.
Even that's not enough. Google has offices all over the world. So to be truly representative of the population, Google should be 60% Asian, 16% African, 10% European, 8% North American and 5.6% South American.
Because despite being a tragedy that hurt hundreds of people, this is only 0.0000014% of the world. This could happen three times a day, everyday, and still not change the future in any measurable way.
Now virtual reality goggles? It might seem inconsequential right now, but that could actually change the world the same way cell phones did.
A lot of comments talking about the speed of assembly, but if you enjoy puzzles like sudoku, coding up a small executable in assembly can be much more challenging and rewarding. You have to work with a large number of variables in your head, keep track of memory locations, remember how the system calls work, etc. Not great if you're just trying to get things done, but it's definitely a good mental exercise.
It's worth mentioning that a 2011 Toyota Corolla is $14000 5 years ago and $11000 now. Sure, you might save a little more by going with used, but not that much. It just doesn't depreciate like the more expensive models.
You should also take into account the amount of time you spend on maintenance and wasted time when the car breaks down. It's probably not much if you're unemployed and enjoy working on the car, but if you rely on the car for work, you'll pay more for a newer car. If the car breaks down on the way to the airport or an important meeting with your client, you risk losing a lot.
This post was doing so well until the last half of the last sentence.
No, robots cannot be retrained. The left-front-wheel-attaching robot in an auto assembly is only ever going to attach the left front wheel to the car body. It would cost you many millions of dollars to reprogram it to attach the left rear wheel instead. You might as well build a new left-rear-wheel-attaching robot with that money.
Would you rather have someone qualified in 3 months or never? I suppose if you can't see past the next quarter, the choices are the same.
Moreover, unless your competitor has the exact same set of internal tools and processes as you, your training is not going to map perfectly to their needs.
Just end H1-B entirely and replace them with green cards. The only reason a company wouldn't hire a qualified US worker is because of cost. With green cards, immigrants would be free to choose better-paying jobs as soon as they land, so they would cost exactly the same as a US worker.
I agree. However, GM is a tool. Like all tools, it can be used to great effect, or it can be used badly. Categorically saying all GMO is safe is a ridiculous claim to make, almost as ridiculous as saying they're all bad. You can't make either claim without specifying exactly which genes were modified.
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Tapping the cable is easier than figuring out what's inside. A huge amount of web traffic is encrypted, and most of the time it'll be Netflix and Porn. You would need massive datacenters to decrypt all of them, and then come up with an AI that could watch all of it and figure out if any of them contain hidden messages. Something like a high-contrast mask applied to a few seconds of video would be easily visible to a human, but near impossible to see with a machine.
You realize that they are the ones writing the laws, right? Whatever they're doing is always going to be legal.
Cheaper, yes, but there's a bit of risk. Genetically identical animals are all susceptible to the same diseases and environmental conditions. A virus that would have wiped out 5% of the herd before could now wipe out the entire herd, because the entire herd is equally susceptible to it. Combine this with globalization and the entire world could be suddenly out of sheep.
This has actually happened before with the "Gros Michel" banana cultivar that was all but wiped out by the Panama disease. The modern cultivar, Cavendish, has the same risks and will likely become unviable in the future due to disease. Hopefully we'll have another cultivar lined up by then.
Well, the US government got a man on the moon in 8 years. Elon Musk doesn't even have a man in orbit after 14.
History says humans can't implement communism.
Can't implement communism... yet. There's no telling in 1000 years where we'll be. Maybe in the end it won't be a human doing it, but an AI.
Communism has killed far more people than all the 20th Century wars combined
I see this mentioned pretty often. Do you actually have a source?
What if I plug you into the matrix? You'll have everything you can possibly dream of. And no, your wants are not infinite. You cannot truly own the universe in any meaningful way, because at any one time, you can only interact with a minuscule fraction of it. So what you're really asking for is a piece of paper that says you own it, and that's not hard to get.
But what about the neutrinos?! I can't have neutrinos in my milk!
There are such things as jet cars than don't depend on wheel grip. You can reach 5 seconds with just one engine. Now if you don't care about dying, you can strap an SRB to your back and go even faster. And if you really, really don't care, you can use explosives in place of rocket fuel.
Even that's not enough. Google has offices all over the world. So to be truly representative of the population, Google should be 60% Asian, 16% African, 10% European, 8% North American and 5.6% South American.
Because despite being a tragedy that hurt hundreds of people, this is only 0.0000014% of the world. This could happen three times a day, everyday, and still not change the future in any measurable way.
Now virtual reality goggles? It might seem inconsequential right now, but that could actually change the world the same way cell phones did.
So you would pick Clinton or Trump over Tyson?
This sounds like an argument for robotic overlords.
Given how simple their "invention" is (basically some metal clips with elastic attached), I'm very surprised they even got the patent.
Talented engineers use whatever works. All of Google's on Perforce. Surprising? Yes, but apparently that works for them.
Even boarding a plane at all seems pretty stupid nowadays... they've got all these moron types in charge of security theater.
A lot of comments talking about the speed of assembly, but if you enjoy puzzles like sudoku, coding up a small executable in assembly can be much more challenging and rewarding. You have to work with a large number of variables in your head, keep track of memory locations, remember how the system calls work, etc. Not great if you're just trying to get things done, but it's definitely a good mental exercise.
So when their autopiloted Tesla smashes into your car and kills your family, I suppose that's for the greater good too?
It's worth mentioning that a 2011 Toyota Corolla is $14000 5 years ago and $11000 now. Sure, you might save a little more by going with used, but not that much. It just doesn't depreciate like the more expensive models.
You should also take into account the amount of time you spend on maintenance and wasted time when the car breaks down. It's probably not much if you're unemployed and enjoy working on the car, but if you rely on the car for work, you'll pay more for a newer car. If the car breaks down on the way to the airport or an important meeting with your client, you risk losing a lot.
If it really is 0 cost, why can't I buy them anywhere? Something doesn't add up.
This post was doing so well until the last half of the last sentence.
No, robots cannot be retrained. The left-front-wheel-attaching robot in an auto assembly is only ever going to attach the left front wheel to the car body. It would cost you many millions of dollars to reprogram it to attach the left rear wheel instead. You might as well build a new left-rear-wheel-attaching robot with that money.
Would you rather have someone qualified in 3 months or never? I suppose if you can't see past the next quarter, the choices are the same.
Moreover, unless your competitor has the exact same set of internal tools and processes as you, your training is not going to map perfectly to their needs.
Just end H1-B entirely and replace them with green cards. The only reason a company wouldn't hire a qualified US worker is because of cost. With green cards, immigrants would be free to choose better-paying jobs as soon as they land, so they would cost exactly the same as a US worker.
I agree. However, GM is a tool. Like all tools, it can be used to great effect, or it can be used badly. Categorically saying all GMO is safe is a ridiculous claim to make, almost as ridiculous as saying they're all bad. You can't make either claim without specifying exactly which genes were modified.