I don't know about all - Europe/EU seems to have done a great job restricting itself with data protection rules.
Folks line up around the blockchain to acquiesce their right to privacy to jester corporations that entertain them...
Political corruption always exists. Lobbying governments is a feature of fascism, in that powerful governments are petitioned by corporations to do their bidding... but I'd sooner jack off a bobcat with a handful of broken glass than believe governments are incapable of petitioning corporations to do their bidding, quid pro quo.
We (read every resident of a Western democracy) have been living in the kind of a surveillance state for the last decade as would have given the head of the KGB at the height of the Soviet Union an absolute erection.
The East German Stasi might be a better historical parallel, and it's really not so much an argument that we're better off than China as it is a testament to the similarities between all forms of government.
Information is power. Controlling your domestic populace is key to expanding your nation's international influence. One could successfully argue the chance of being voted out of office for being pro-surveillance in a western democracy is increasingly infinitesimal; yet, in China, the likelihood is virtually nil.
Yes, let's ask the folks whose business model is predicated on advertising sales to police it up, instead of applying a bit of common sense.
There are abuses on both sides of the transaction; with deceptive advertisers taking advantage of the gullible, and uninformed purchasers blaming the seller for their own ignorance.
Why would you even purchase something from a one-shot advertiser on the Facebook? Research a product you're interested in on as many sites as possible, and understand in advance that the internet practice of purchasing something you cannot 1st hold in your hands is an inexact science.
There are so many reputable ways to purchase goods from the internet that offer easy-peasy returns... if you are often unsatisfied with your purchases, remember that you are the common denominator.
Texas pretty much leads the nation in wind energy generation.
Sure, there's still a healthy oil extraction economy, but oil is a finite resource, and we'll all move past it eventually.
Technology and new extraction techniques for tight oil have prolonged the petroleum economy, much the same way innovations in agriculture have prolonged the inevitable human overpopulation disaster, but the can hasn't been kicked that far down the road.
It seems likely the unit of measure you're citing is barrel and there are 42 gallons in a barrel of oil, but the point is salient.
In the US, the break even point for existing wells is probably around $20 per barrel, depending on the company and the well's location; although a drop in price to even $30-35 bbl would all but halt new drilling exploits.
Nations with fewer environmental concerns and lower wages might get closer to $10-15 a bbl cost, but there certainly is a point at which oil & gas recovery makes no sense because it make no dollars.
Perhaps intuitive artificial intelligence has indeed been over-hyped by corporate spokesmen who have an interest in seeing it arrive sooner, rather than later; yet, its very future depends on the ability to mimic the current human overlords.
Consolidation of a lucrative emerging market is the way it's done, with internet companies being no exception, and the big fish generally eat the smaller fish... IBM letting go of intellectual property to Microsoft, Blockbuster not purchasing Netflix, etc., the exceptions rather than the rule.
The top companies in the world are internet-based, and they are all great gobblers of even borderline promising companies.
I suppose since this has graduated from a handy table saw attachment to the latest privacy breach in the hallowed name of the advertising dollar, I should express my indignation... really? the Hospital? you greedy Cretins.
What the next sacred domino?
Will I ultimately be getting offers to invest in cryptocurrency, coupons for dating sites, and amazing free trial programs for Pornhub when I post on/.?
It could also be argued that there are quite likely many more interested parties willing to participate in the influence-peddling game if it is above board, versus folks willing to break the law to influence political outcomes, thus driving up the amount necessary to purchase these favors.
With regard to government, we are probably much better off with as much transparency as we can get.
Perhaps if our appetite for conflict in what's leading the news cycle can be compartmentalized, like cartoon violence, then I suppose we have a chance to overcome its ravaging effect on our spirit.
Bad News is simply more prevalent today due to the number of 24 hour news feeds available to the average dumbass, AKA, the target market... the a.d. is overwhelmed with the amount of information sent his way, her way... frau - (r+a)ck, it's just important nowadays to be inclusive.
Soaking up bad news? Shite... that's just paying attention nowadays.
unless we're a bit too distracted and/or time-constrained by our busy little lives.
And if the people aren't paying attention, there is no law you can make that will get rid of corruption. Vigilance is the price of democracy.
Humans are flawed. At some point in the evolution of the current state of democracy, folks with enough sense to vote decided to accept a certain level of malfeasance in their elected representatives... the jury's still out on whether this is a calculated stipulation of the inherent weakness of humans, or a complete capitulation to the base animal we're still trying to evolve from.
Perhaps it's merely malaise. Legalized Bribery is the worst thing ever to happen to political campaigns, except for all other forms of bribery.
Political corruption always exists. Unlike cigar-smoke-stained backroom deals, if corruption of elected officials is above board, theoretically, we'd be aware of it as voters in a democracy and snuff it out at the ballot box... unless we're a bit too distracted and/or time-constrained by our busy little lives.
2. Because pilots are highly trained, they understand what an "autopilot" will and will not do for them.
Generally agree, though there are of course exceptions.
3. American drivers are not highly trained, and therefore don't generally understand what an "autopilot" will or will not do for them.
Agree.
4. Thus, there's no harm in a car manufacturer naming a highly limited driver assistance system "autopilot," and any overestimation of its capabilities by drivers based on that name is their own damn fault.
Huh, what?
Or, it's clear to most thinking mammals, and I'm including whales, dolphins, and at least one spider that new tech autopilot isn't yet the you don't have to pay attention driving mode.
Maybe the Tesla autopilot feature is just designed to cull out some of the stupid money.
It can't have escaped your home page that really dumb people can inexplicably have lots of money. It's bad enough that the rich intelligent people get to make policy for the rest of us. It's downright intolerable when the wealthy with IQ's south of room temperature get to do so.
When the person in the photo is a white man, the software is right 99 percent of the time.
Extrapolating this level of accuracy to Asian and African citizens, since world citizens of European descent have slipped below 10% of the total, would seemingly be in the interest of the Chinese.
Actually that's horseshit, given the makeup of the panel Obama was securing a conservative to keep it equal per the norm. Trump does not appoint anyone but Trump sycophants. That's a huge difference. Trump is a traitor.
Pai is a moron.
Is it your position that Obama's selection of the "conservative moron" Pai to keep it equal per the norm is in any way a defensible selection?
"Our side can do no wrong" is but the stance of a zealous parrot who lacks the funds to pay attention.
Long after the argument for removing or reinstating Pluto's planethood is settled, it's important to remember the people whose views really matter are the ones arguing for and against... the mainstream citizen is on the Facebook commenting on the lateset Kardashian thingie.
Pai was appointed to the FCC by Obama, and designated chairman by Trump, so it's not like one side of the aisle is more to blame than the other in this particular episode of "F*ck the Public".
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I don't know about all - Europe/EU seems to have done a great job restricting itself with data protection rules.
Folks line up around the blockchain to acquiesce their right to privacy to jester corporations that entertain them...
Political corruption always exists. Lobbying governments is a feature of fascism, in that powerful governments are petitioned by corporations to do their bidding... but I'd sooner jack off a bobcat with a handful of broken glass than believe governments are incapable of petitioning corporations to do their bidding, quid pro quo.
We (read every resident of a Western democracy) have been living in the kind of a surveillance state for the last decade as would have given the head of the KGB at the height of the Soviet Union an absolute erection.
The East German Stasi might be a better historical parallel, and it's really not so much an argument that we're better off than China as it is a testament to the similarities between all forms of government.
Information is power. Controlling your domestic populace is key to expanding your nation's international influence. One could successfully argue the chance of being voted out of office for being pro-surveillance in a western democracy is increasingly infinitesimal; yet, in China, the likelihood is virtually nil.
Ubiquitous surveillance is the goal of all governments... it's just that much easier to implement in the absence of democracy.
Yes, let's ask the folks whose business model is predicated on advertising sales to police it up, instead of applying a bit of common sense.
There are abuses on both sides of the transaction; with deceptive advertisers taking advantage of the gullible, and uninformed purchasers blaming the seller for their own ignorance.
Why would you even purchase something from a one-shot advertiser on the Facebook? Research a product you're interested in on as many sites as possible, and understand in advance that the internet practice of purchasing something you cannot 1st hold in your hands is an inexact science.
There are so many reputable ways to purchase goods from the internet that offer easy-peasy returns... if you are often unsatisfied with your purchases, remember that you are the common denominator.
Texas pretty much leads the nation in wind energy generation.
Sure, there's still a healthy oil extraction economy, but oil is a finite resource, and we'll all move past it eventually.
Technology and new extraction techniques for tight oil have prolonged the petroleum economy, much the same way innovations in agriculture have prolonged the inevitable human overpopulation disaster, but the can hasn't been kicked that far down the road.
It seems likely the unit of measure you're citing is barrel and there are 42 gallons in a barrel of oil, but the point is salient.
In the US, the break even point for existing wells is probably around $20 per barrel, depending on the company and the well's location; although a drop in price to even $30-35 bbl would all but halt new drilling exploits.
Nations with fewer environmental concerns and lower wages might get closer to $10-15 a bbl cost, but there certainly is a point at which oil & gas recovery makes no sense because it make no dollars.
$500 UBI a month for a select group of individuals, and $1000 a month for an even more select group of individuals.
Hmmm
Perhaps intuitive artificial intelligence has indeed been over-hyped by corporate spokesmen who have an interest in seeing it arrive sooner, rather than later; yet, its very future depends on the ability to mimic the current human overlords.
"Don't worry, youngone, only one more birthday and she's got this."
Consolidation of a lucrative emerging market is the way it's done, with internet companies being no exception, and the big fish generally eat the smaller fish... IBM letting go of intellectual property to Microsoft, Blockbuster not purchasing Netflix, etc., the exceptions rather than the rule.
The top companies in the world are internet-based, and they are all great gobblers of even borderline promising companies.
I don't know...
You can see how throttling your own advertised unlimited data delivery speed seems the polar opposite of net neutrality, right?
I suppose since this has graduated from a handy table saw attachment to the latest privacy breach in the hallowed name of the advertising dollar, I should express my indignation... really? the Hospital? you greedy Cretins.
What the next sacred domino?
Will I ultimately be getting offers to invest in cryptocurrency, coupons for dating sites, and amazing free trial programs for Pornhub when I post on /.?
It could also be argued that there are quite likely many more interested parties willing to participate in the influence-peddling game if it is above board, versus folks willing to break the law to influence political outcomes, thus driving up the amount necessary to purchase these favors.
With regard to government, we are probably much better off with as much transparency as we can get.
You're the dumbest human walking this planet
You sir, have spent valuable time shaming "the dumbest man on the planet"...
On the order of water running uphill, of the sun rising in the west, or of snow falling in the middle of summer,
you have just today won the internet.
As it has always been... even when the publus lacks a vote, their favor is curried by those in power.
If if bleeds, it leads.
Perhaps if our appetite for conflict in what's leading the news cycle can be compartmentalized, like cartoon violence, then I suppose we have a chance to overcome its ravaging effect on our spirit.
Bad News is simply more prevalent today due to the number of 24 hour news feeds available to the average dumbass, AKA, the target market... the a.d. is overwhelmed with the amount of information sent his way, her way... frau - (r+a)ck, it's just important nowadays to be inclusive.
Soaking up bad news? Shite... that's just paying attention nowadays.
unless we're a bit too distracted and/or time-constrained by our busy little lives.
And if the people aren't paying attention, there is no law you can make that will get rid of corruption. Vigilance is the price of democracy.
Humans are flawed. At some point in the evolution of the current state of democracy, folks with enough sense to vote decided to accept a certain level of malfeasance in their elected representatives... the jury's still out on whether this is a calculated stipulation of the inherent weakness of humans, or a complete capitulation to the base animal we're still trying to evolve from.
Perhaps it's merely malaise. Legalized Bribery is the worst thing ever to happen to political campaigns, except for all other forms of bribery.
Political corruption always exists. Unlike cigar-smoke-stained backroom deals, if corruption of elected officials is above board, theoretically, we'd be aware of it as voters in a democracy and snuff it out at the ballot box... unless we're a bit too distracted and/or time-constrained by our busy little lives.
Like. Dislike. Terms of endearment, or the lack thereof.
It's probably fair to say a largish percentage of we root, at least secretly, for our likes to succeed and our dislikes to fail epically.
So your argument in a nutshell:
1. Pilots are highly trained. Agree.
2. Because pilots are highly trained, they understand what an "autopilot" will and will not do for them. Generally agree, though there are of course exceptions.
3. American drivers are not highly trained, and therefore don't generally understand what an "autopilot" will or will not do for them. Agree.
4. Thus, there's no harm in a car manufacturer naming a highly limited driver assistance system "autopilot," and any overestimation of its capabilities by drivers based on that name is their own damn fault. Huh, what?
Or, it's clear to most thinking mammals, and I'm including whales, dolphins, and at least one spider that new tech autopilot isn't yet the you don't have to pay attention driving mode.
Maybe the Tesla autopilot feature is just designed to cull out some of the stupid money.
It can't have escaped your home page that really dumb people can inexplicably have lots of money. It's bad enough that the rich intelligent people get to make policy for the rest of us. It's downright intolerable when the wealthy with IQ's south of room temperature get to do so.
Facial recognition software is most likely to identify a person:
When the person in the photo is a white man, the software is right 99 percent of the time.
Extrapolating this level of accuracy to Asian and African citizens, since world citizens of European descent have slipped below 10% of the total, would seemingly be in the interest of the Chinese.
Actually that's horseshit, given the makeup of the panel Obama was securing a conservative to keep it equal per the norm. Trump does not appoint anyone but Trump sycophants. That's a huge difference. Trump is a traitor.
Pai is a moron.
Is it your position that Obama's selection of the "conservative moron" Pai to keep it equal per the norm is in any way a defensible selection?
"Our side can do no wrong" is but the stance of a zealous parrot who lacks the funds to pay attention.
Long after the argument for removing or reinstating Pluto's planethood is settled, it's important to remember the people whose views really matter are the ones arguing for and against... the mainstream citizen is on the Facebook commenting on the lateset Kardashian thingie.
Pai was appointed to the FCC by Obama, and designated chairman by Trump, so it's not like one side of the aisle is more to blame than the other in this particular episode of "F*ck the Public".