People do care. They weigh the benefits of using a service like Google and Facebook, against the cost to privacy that accompanies the use of those sites. People care about privacy, but they also care about getting free email, robust search, and social connections in a way that doesn't confuse them or cost them money.
Because it's not only going to be the low paying jobs we have to worry about. We are getting to the point that the people pushing the buttons; the middle management, administration, etc, are the jobs that are going to be automated.
That's not a good thing. It's not good for the poor, the middle, or the rich.
It's not a matter of if AI is as efficient as a human being, it's a matter of when it surpasses human efficiency. There is too much short term money to be made in creating AI that outthinks people. Companies focus on quarters; long term growth is considered a value-added feature, the important thing is improving income and reducing costs for the next quarterly report. They do this because they are rewarded for cutting costs and making more money every quarter.
Eventually, there needs to be a change, and it will probably require an overreach from one form of government or another. Mandate a reduction in the incentivization of quarterly targets? Make it so people can't pass their money along to their children after death, so people are forced to spend, and more of the wealth stays in circulation? Universal basic income? Something needs to change because our current system is not sustainable at all.
I can only speak for myself, but I don't really see a benefit to switching to Linux. I built the PC I am using. I have customized the experience so it works the way I want it to. I don't need to set up servers or anything. I have paid a lot of money for software and hardware that are not supported on Linux, only Windows, and OSX. Windows 10 is a smooth experience, and you can turn off the spyware features. I have never had to pay for windows 10, it was a free upgrade from a windows 7 license that I took from a computer that was being retired at work.
Some of the stuff that people are complaining about in this thread are artifacts from windows xp sp1. The world has moved on.
Definitely Star Wars saturation point. I saw the first new new Star Wars film, almost out of morbid curiosity. It was ok, but wasn't enough to make me want to see any of the others. I did appreciate the fact that the neither of the main characters were straight white males.
As it stands, every time I see a poster for a new star wars film I roll my eyes and think to myself "Do we really need another one of those?".
I can guarantee you the studio knows full well what the actual causes of failure were. They aren't going to start admitting that it was people being bored of star wars movies; they still have a lot of money invested in the property. If they actually blamed its lack of success on white males, it probably seemed the safest scapegoat for both the stockholders and consumers.
I used to do something similar, except I took every Wednesday off. It didn't matter how bad your week was, you were always one day away from a weekend.
Most of these companies try to give users as unobtrusive an experience as possible. That means reading as little as possible and not forcing users to confirm prompts if it can be avoided. While the majority of people on slashdot would rather be informed of minor changes, having one or two extra confirmation prompts can mean the difference between having over 50% market share and less than 5% market share.
This is what happens when you let the free market direct consumer culture.
The implementation is the only thing that matters, that is what people are going to be dealing with on a day to day basis. What the politicians say is all posturing, if you want to make an intelligent decision about who to support look at their history of action.
I haven't seen them rushing anything to market. Just because people started talking about it on facebook a couple years ago, doesn't mean they have only been working on the technology for 2 years. They have been working on this technology for a long time; it certainly isn't getting pushed out the door like wifi enabled toasters.
The 45-day window is nowhere near enough time to be able to determine a change in behaviour. Talking about shows, in particular, I will usually watch a show in the same pattern for the entire season. The download and search before watching the show is part of the viewing experience.
I won't try to assume I am the same as the rest of the population, however, I do know that context and patterns are important for people. I think I can make a pretty safe assumption that a lot of people watch TV in the same way.
If you want to be able to see a change in behaviour, you will have to release shows in the same time frame that they are released in both streaming and TV (no binge-watching on streaming, or all binge-watching on TV), and give people enough of a window to finish the season for a few different shows from beginning to end (90 - 120 days).
Funny, I noticed that they have a tendency to buy whichever affordable luxury item is the cheapest, which usually means everything they buy has been manufactured in China. The 'buy American' phase ended in the 80s.
Unfortunately, the current trend of public education seems to be to reduce funding and support privatization and/or charter schools. This leaves very few options on the table. Corporations and religious organizations are filling that void.
If you don't want big business and religion interfering in the education process, elect politicians that think education is a good use of your tax dollars.
4) Once people realize it is destroying their batteries, eating up electricity, slowing down their systems, creating heat, and kicking on louder fans, there will be a backlash.
You're giving most people too much credit. They won't look into why their browser is behaving slow and determine that it's because of a cryptocurrency miner. They will think there is something wrong with their computer and either ask someone to fix it or buy a new one that is more powerful.
This. In this circumstance, it looks like democracy is working exactly as intended. Complaining about an issue on facebook and slashdot does nothing if you don't back up that complaint with a vote during the next election.
I would say that only an idiot pays $750 for a phone that needs to go in a case. Part of the appeal of having a nice phone that you pay a lot of money for is what the phone looks like.
I have an htc one m9. I have dropped it hundreds of times, it's not in a case and it's screen is still in great shape.
How many people do you think own 2.5mm TRRS headphones. How is adopting that standard any better than getting people to buy a bluetooth headset or plugging in an adapter for apples jack of the day.
Do you also object to the headline, as robots aren't "taking" jobs, they're just being given jobs that used to belong to humans?
That's actually what's happening though. In a free market environment, you can't really get angry at the competition for being able to provide a similar service at a reduced price. Consumers will go where they are able to get the best product at the best price. Currently the cheapest/best product is being made by people in Asia, eventually it will be robots. If you don't want to get priced out of the market, make a better product, or a significantly cheaper one, or have your government regulate the industry so that it's too expensive to buy products that are made in Asia/Robotland.
At the rate things are going, in 50 years time, most of the educational curriculum will be trades after grade 7. Kids aren't going to need to learn computing unless they want to focus on that or have an aptitude. Likewise with math or any of the sciences.
There will be a strong focus on applied languages and history.
A strongly worded letter... is that what bin laden got? You guys seem to have mistaken diplomacy and careful communication for weakness. Just because someone isn't spazzing out in a public forum doesn't mean they aren't taking things seriously.
Trying to avoid commenting in this kind of thread, but I got to chime in here. Trackpads are definitely the worst of all input methods. Being the best of the worst is not really a selling feature.
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People do care. They weigh the benefits of using a service like Google and Facebook, against the cost to privacy that accompanies the use of those sites. People care about privacy, but they also care about getting free email, robust search, and social connections in a way that doesn't confuse them or cost them money.
Because it's not only going to be the low paying jobs we have to worry about. We are getting to the point that the people pushing the buttons; the middle management, administration, etc, are the jobs that are going to be automated.
That's not a good thing. It's not good for the poor, the middle, or the rich.
It's not a matter of if AI is as efficient as a human being, it's a matter of when it surpasses human efficiency. There is too much short term money to be made in creating AI that outthinks people. Companies focus on quarters; long term growth is considered a value-added feature, the important thing is improving income and reducing costs for the next quarterly report. They do this because they are rewarded for cutting costs and making more money every quarter.
Eventually, there needs to be a change, and it will probably require an overreach from one form of government or another. Mandate a reduction in the incentivization of quarterly targets? Make it so people can't pass their money along to their children after death, so people are forced to spend, and more of the wealth stays in circulation? Universal basic income? Something needs to change because our current system is not sustainable at all.
I can only speak for myself, but I don't really see a benefit to switching to Linux. I built the PC I am using. I have customized the experience so it works the way I want it to. I don't need to set up servers or anything. I have paid a lot of money for software and hardware that are not supported on Linux, only Windows, and OSX. Windows 10 is a smooth experience, and you can turn off the spyware features. I have never had to pay for windows 10, it was a free upgrade from a windows 7 license that I took from a computer that was being retired at work.
Some of the stuff that people are complaining about in this thread are artifacts from windows xp sp1. The world has moved on.
I am sure a lot of maladjusted people look like they turned out great. Until you find out they didn't.
Definitely Star Wars saturation point. I saw the first new new Star Wars film, almost out of morbid curiosity. It was ok, but wasn't enough to make me want to see any of the others. I did appreciate the fact that the neither of the main characters were straight white males.
As it stands, every time I see a poster for a new star wars film I roll my eyes and think to myself "Do we really need another one of those?".
I can guarantee you the studio knows full well what the actual causes of failure were. They aren't going to start admitting that it was people being bored of star wars movies; they still have a lot of money invested in the property. If they actually blamed its lack of success on white males, it probably seemed the safest scapegoat for both the stockholders and consumers.
I used to do something similar, except I took every Wednesday off. It didn't matter how bad your week was, you were always one day away from a weekend.
Most of these companies try to give users as unobtrusive an experience as possible. That means reading as little as possible and not forcing users to confirm prompts if it can be avoided. While the majority of people on slashdot would rather be informed of minor changes, having one or two extra confirmation prompts can mean the difference between having over 50% market share and less than 5% market share.
This is what happens when you let the free market direct consumer culture.
The implementation is the only thing that matters, that is what people are going to be dealing with on a day to day basis. What the politicians say is all posturing, if you want to make an intelligent decision about who to support look at their history of action.
Just confirmed a colleague, Siri won't work at all if you have your phone in airplane mode.
I haven't seen them rushing anything to market. Just because people started talking about it on facebook a couple years ago, doesn't mean they have only been working on the technology for 2 years. They have been working on this technology for a long time; it certainly isn't getting pushed out the door like wifi enabled toasters.
The 45-day window is nowhere near enough time to be able to determine a change in behaviour. Talking about shows, in particular, I will usually watch a show in the same pattern for the entire season. The download and search before watching the show is part of the viewing experience.
I won't try to assume I am the same as the rest of the population, however, I do know that context and patterns are important for people. I think I can make a pretty safe assumption that a lot of people watch TV in the same way.
If you want to be able to see a change in behaviour, you will have to release shows in the same time frame that they are released in both streaming and TV (no binge-watching on streaming, or all binge-watching on TV), and give people enough of a window to finish the season for a few different shows from beginning to end (90 - 120 days).
Funny, I noticed that they have a tendency to buy whichever affordable luxury item is the cheapest, which usually means everything they buy has been manufactured in China. The 'buy American' phase ended in the 80s.
Unfortunately, the current trend of public education seems to be to reduce funding and support privatization and/or charter schools. This leaves very few options on the table. Corporations and religious organizations are filling that void. If you don't want big business and religion interfering in the education process, elect politicians that think education is a good use of your tax dollars.
4) Once people realize it is destroying their batteries, eating up electricity, slowing down their systems, creating heat, and kicking on louder fans, there will be a backlash.
You're giving most people too much credit. They won't look into why their browser is behaving slow and determine that it's because of a cryptocurrency miner. They will think there is something wrong with their computer and either ask someone to fix it or buy a new one that is more powerful.
This. In this circumstance, it looks like democracy is working exactly as intended. Complaining about an issue on facebook and slashdot does nothing if you don't back up that complaint with a vote during the next election.
A breach like this should bankrupt a company.
I would say that only an idiot pays $750 for a phone that needs to go in a case. Part of the appeal of having a nice phone that you pay a lot of money for is what the phone looks like. I have an htc one m9. I have dropped it hundreds of times, it's not in a case and it's screen is still in great shape.
You can select groups of tabs and drag them to a new window, much in the same way.
How many people do you think own 2.5mm TRRS headphones. How is adopting that standard any better than getting people to buy a bluetooth headset or plugging in an adapter for apples jack of the day.
Do you also object to the headline, as robots aren't "taking" jobs, they're just being given jobs that used to belong to humans?
That's actually what's happening though. In a free market environment, you can't really get angry at the competition for being able to provide a similar service at a reduced price. Consumers will go where they are able to get the best product at the best price. Currently the cheapest/best product is being made by people in Asia, eventually it will be robots. If you don't want to get priced out of the market, make a better product, or a significantly cheaper one, or have your government regulate the industry so that it's too expensive to buy products that are made in Asia/Robotland.
At the rate things are going, in 50 years time, most of the educational curriculum will be trades after grade 7. Kids aren't going to need to learn computing unless they want to focus on that or have an aptitude. Likewise with math or any of the sciences. There will be a strong focus on applied languages and history.
Neither countries look like good options at this moment. Besides, you might want to consider the little grey area in between North Korea and the US?
A strongly worded letter... is that what bin laden got? You guys seem to have mistaken diplomacy and careful communication for weakness. Just because someone isn't spazzing out in a public forum doesn't mean they aren't taking things seriously.
Trying to avoid commenting in this kind of thread, but I got to chime in here. Trackpads are definitely the worst of all input methods. Being the best of the worst is not really a selling feature.