No it has well and truly been won by the people in countries which have been living fine for many years mass shooting free since the government took our guns. At this point most of us are just laughing at the other "It is my second amendment right to die senselessly" side.
For countries without guns, substitute cars/airplanes/poisons/knives/bombs/etc.. and you'll see my point. It's not what's used that's the problem. People will always find a way to harm one another. It's been like that since the beginning.
This gun debate is getting really old, and it's never going to be "won" by either side. Just like abortion, women/gay/minority rights. It all just gets recycled into one big round after another. Talking heads will use majority opinion to get elected on these issues for years to come.....Unless human beings wake tf up and realize they are responsible for their own actions. Period. It's not a "fair" world out there, there are plenty of crazies and just plain evil people out there that want to do harm (I would mostly gather because great harm had been done to them at some point in the past). So you have to be able to defend yourself. But the point is to raise as many children up to be ethical and respectful people.
I work with a small handful of open source project teams and Freenode is still the hub that most F/OSS developers use to communicate with each other. I head a project called "Cool Mic" (#coolmic, a livestreaming audio client for Icecast) and I've worked with the two primary developers for years. I've never met them IRL (they live in Germany, I live in California). I consider them good friends, along with the people in #icecast. My local LUG has a pretty active IRC channel as well.
I've seen countless bugs get squashed, users get instant support, and friends be made on IRC over the past 20 years and, at least with Freenode, it shows no signs of slowing down. If anything it's getting more popular. It speaks to the distributed nature of the Internet and how distribution (separate, independent channels for instance) truly serves to strengthen the network as a whole. Huge monolithic services like Facebook and Twitter only take away from what makes the Internet robust and resilient IMHO.
This works for me. But also, just give me a paper receipt from the electronic voting machine that I can verify my votes with, from a third party. Use blockchain for verifiability. Just use the word blockchain and govts will buy it.
People will always game the system. Shoving a chip under their skin isn't going to make much of a difference. Fire their asses and find better employees. Or find out why they feel the need to steal from the company and try to make them more honest. Idealist, I know. But still.
I've never used that technology, besides a colocation RFID badge at the datacenter where my servers are. I wouldn't ever use it to get anyone else in, that's just dumb and could get me kicked out for good.
If they don't want to give you money, then they have to deal with you having unobstructed access, even though you don't work there.
You could have thought of that.
No, that's a silly assumption. They would revoke your secret from the systems that give you access. You don't change access rights to a system by removing a chip from the user, you change or disable the secret on the authentication back end.
That said, I'm sure any doctor would remove a foreign body from your hand without needing your employer's approval.
Still to great inconvenience vs. simply removing a bracelet and putting it somewhere safe. What if your doctor is out for the week? Why have to spend 1-3 hours at the hospital or M.D. office? Seems like a silly argument to me. People would have to be pretty darn incompetent to require it to be embedded in their own bodies for the sake of "not losing it" or something.
1a) Yeah but you can't take it out yourself, can you? You need to have your employer do it for you. What if they have an issue with taking it out?
2a) This is true. But again, as I said, take some responsibility for your secrets. They can just as easily walk with the other person up to that soda machine and use their chip.
I'm sure there are a few industries where shoving a microchip under your skin would be "better" than simply wearing a bracelet with the same chip...but, I mean, why implant it? Sure it won't get lost, but seriously. Take some responsibility of your secrets and wear it instead of injecting it semi-permanently. I just don't see the point (aside from the aforementioned few industries).
So next we can expect him to reverse rules that mandate we don't just go nuking countries because we don't like them. Oh wait, Obama didn't make those rules, so he's probably cool with it.
This. "Robot" is a variable. It can be substituted with *anything*.
Children are ripe to take influence from almost anything to heart given the circumstances (namely if they trust, look up to or are intimidated by the influencer). They haven't had enough experience to stand up for themselves confidently in most cases, that's why we have parents/family, teachers and other trusted peers/role models.
And now robots / AI.
Here's the problem: Those who want to influence others will always try to find a way. The only thing we can do in this case is to build a body of engineers that stand for the ethical use of robots. I wouldn't say it'd be much different than the Free Software movement. There's probably already something like that out there. We need to rally behind these bodies and fight for the continued development of ethical and openly configurable robot/AI systems.
Yes, yes! Please express yourself! Be unique. Put the SAME DAMN sports team sticker on your car as everyone else in your city. What kind of coffee mug do you own? Yeti?! Me too brother, me too! How many people are in your family? How many pets? Oh, I can just look at the back window of your vehicle. Haha, I have the same sticker on mine. Aw look, you know someone that died, so you put a memorial sticker on the back of your car. I know someone that died too... where did you get that?! I need one, so I can be unique and expressive too. Where do your kids go to school? Are you proud of them? That is unique sentiment amongst parents. Salt Life? What is that? Please tell me all about it. I like your Honda... thanks for putting the giant Honda logo sticker on the back window, it makes me not have to look at the other 8 logos that the factory put on it.
I hate all of that shit too, but I hate oppression even more.
Favor the Lords of the masses, do not express yourself, do not talk to others about your interests, do not put stickers on your laptops and automobiles. Be a good sheep, please the Lords. Be normal. Carry on.
But I feel that capitalism works well for economy building. Once it's big, though, it's kind of run its course and needs to be modified to continue to satisfy the majority of CITIZENS (read: not "CONSUMERS"). I believe we're at that state right now.
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"It's a complicated world and the only way to deal with complexity is the open exchange of ideas."
This is a quote that Mr. Torvalds should be known for, forever. It applies to much more than just software.
If we want these events to stop happening, we are going to have to start caring for one another.
Exactly this. Thank you.
No it has well and truly been won by the people in countries which have been living fine for many years mass shooting free since the government took our guns. At this point most of us are just laughing at the other "It is my second amendment right to die senselessly" side.
For countries without guns, substitute cars/airplanes/poisons/knives/bombs/etc.. and you'll see my point. It's not what's used that's the problem. People will always find a way to harm one another. It's been like that since the beginning.
This gun debate is getting really old, and it's never going to be "won" by either side. Just like abortion, women/gay/minority rights. It all just gets recycled into one big round after another. Talking heads will use majority opinion to get elected on these issues for years to come... ..Unless human beings wake tf up and realize they are responsible for their own actions. Period. It's not a "fair" world out there, there are plenty of crazies and just plain evil people out there that want to do harm (I would mostly gather because great harm had been done to them at some point in the past). So you have to be able to defend yourself. But the point is to raise as many children up to be ethical and respectful people.
TL;DR: Respect is what's missing.
I work with a small handful of open source project teams and Freenode is still the hub that most F/OSS developers use to communicate with each other. I head a project called "Cool Mic" (#coolmic, a livestreaming audio client for Icecast) and I've worked with the two primary developers for years. I've never met them IRL (they live in Germany, I live in California). I consider them good friends, along with the people in #icecast. My local LUG has a pretty active IRC channel as well.
I've seen countless bugs get squashed, users get instant support, and friends be made on IRC over the past 20 years and, at least with Freenode, it shows no signs of slowing down. If anything it's getting more popular. It speaks to the distributed nature of the Internet and how distribution (separate, independent channels for instance) truly serves to strengthen the network as a whole. Huge monolithic services like Facebook and Twitter only take away from what makes the Internet robust and resilient IMHO.
This works for me. But also, just give me a paper receipt from the electronic voting machine that I can verify my votes with, from a third party. Use blockchain for verifiability. Just use the word blockchain and govts will buy it.
President Trump, is that you?
People will always game the system. Shoving a chip under their skin isn't going to make much of a difference. Fire their asses and find better employees. Or find out why they feel the need to steal from the company and try to make them more honest. Idealist, I know. But still.
Whatever you say.
I've never used that technology, besides a colocation RFID badge at the datacenter where my servers are. I wouldn't ever use it to get anyone else in, that's just dumb and could get me kicked out for good.
Or, stream your own music? There used to be lots of technologically-saavy on Slashdot who used to do this kind of stuff (I do).
Icecast works quite well for this.
Your statement directly contrasts your sig.
Too big. A ring is better.
A ring would be awesome too.
I don't follow. What I said would work.
If they don't want to give you money, then they have to deal with you having unobstructed access, even though you don't work there.
You could have thought of that.
No, that's a silly assumption. They would revoke your secret from the systems that give you access. You don't change access rights to a system by removing a chip from the user, you change or disable the secret on the authentication back end.
That said, I'm sure any doctor would remove a foreign body from your hand without needing your employer's approval.
Still to great inconvenience vs. simply removing a bracelet and putting it somewhere safe. What if your doctor is out for the week? Why have to spend 1-3 hours at the hospital or M.D. office? Seems like a silly argument to me. People would have to be pretty darn incompetent to require it to be embedded in their own bodies for the sake of "not losing it" or something.
1a) Yeah but you can't take it out yourself, can you? You need to have your employer do it for you. What if they have an issue with taking it out?
2a) This is true. But again, as I said, take some responsibility for your secrets. They can just as easily walk with the other person up to that soda machine and use their chip.
I'm sure there are a few industries where shoving a microchip under your skin would be "better" than simply wearing a bracelet with the same chip...but, I mean, why implant it? Sure it won't get lost, but seriously. Take some responsibility of your secrets and wear it instead of injecting it semi-permanently. I just don't see the point (aside from the aforementioned few industries).
Give the user the choice to take it off.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for the donations link!
So next we can expect him to reverse rules that mandate we don't just go nuking countries because we don't like them. Oh wait, Obama didn't make those rules, so he's probably cool with it.
This. "Robot" is a variable. It can be substituted with *anything*.
Children are ripe to take influence from almost anything to heart given the circumstances (namely if they trust, look up to or are intimidated by the influencer). They haven't had enough experience to stand up for themselves confidently in most cases, that's why we have parents/family, teachers and other trusted peers/role models.
And now robots / AI.
Here's the problem: Those who want to influence others will always try to find a way. The only thing we can do in this case is to build a body of engineers that stand for the ethical use of robots. I wouldn't say it'd be much different than the Free Software movement. There's probably already something like that out there. We need to rally behind these bodies and fight for the continued development of ethical and openly configurable robot/AI systems.
Yes, yes! Please express yourself! Be unique. Put the SAME DAMN sports team sticker on your car as everyone else in your city. What kind of coffee mug do you own? Yeti?! Me too brother, me too! How many people are in your family? How many pets? Oh, I can just look at the back window of your vehicle. Haha, I have the same sticker on mine. Aw look, you know someone that died, so you put a memorial sticker on the back of your car. I know someone that died too... where did you get that?! I need one, so I can be unique and expressive too. Where do your kids go to school? Are you proud of them? That is unique sentiment amongst parents. Salt Life? What is that? Please tell me all about it. I like your Honda... thanks for putting the giant Honda logo sticker on the back window, it makes me not have to look at the other 8 logos that the factory put on it.
I hate all of that shit too, but I hate oppression even more.
Favor the Lords of the masses, do not express yourself, do not talk to others about your interests, do not put stickers on your laptops and automobiles. Be a good sheep, please the Lords. Be normal. Carry on.
Thank you for your reply, it's nice to know I'm not alone in that line of thinking.
But I feel that capitalism works well for economy building. Once it's big, though, it's kind of run its course and needs to be modified to continue to satisfy the majority of CITIZENS (read: not "CONSUMERS"). I believe we're at that state right now.