Digital IDs should be brought in to end online anonymity that permits "mob rule" and lawlessness online
What... Like the fact when voting during an election, your vote is supposed to be anonymous
The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum is anonymous, forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vote buying. The system is one means of achieving the goal of political privacy.
At some point that is certain to happen. But so what? Humans are not in short supply. Billions more where those came from.In the early days of aviation, it was extremely risky. Passengers and pilots died on a routine basis, and often horrifically. Yet we didn't stop doing it or wring our hands in faux horror and insist that nobody try any more. It's not dangerous any more, so it's easy for us to forget how dangerous the early days of aviation were, from our cushy 21st century perspective.Space travel will be no different. People are going to die.... people who freely signed on board to take that chance.
Yup; I hereby volunteer to be the crash test dummy/spam in a can for their "proving" flight:)
It seems like a study is done every 7 years saying the same thing since the 80s? Before that it was cartoons...
It should go away soon... Gamers are getting older and this kinda crap is getting less and less traction as the non-gaming geriatrics are kicking the bucket. Politicians are starting to realise that gamers are a wealthy(ish) demographic, and that it doesn't pay to piss on or off; least they start loosing votes
SystemD is either a SysV init replacement or it's not. If it's not then it shouldn't be PID 1; If it IS then it shouldn't be doing all the crap that it currently does.
At ages 8-12 teach basic logic (Logo was good for this) IE: If this then that You can then add loops , very basic variable usage and simple Boolean logic
The important thing is to teach them how to think in a structured way and basic problem solving IE: If this problem is too big to handle chop it in half; Rinse repeat until you have a chunk you can handle Then show how most of these sub-chunks are actually the same thing and segue into functions Build the ideas and structures up organically
As mentioned above some basics on how computers actually work will be extreamly valuable to the kids later on Ben Eater is running a video series on builing up a basic CPU from simple logic (YouTube) Pointers and finite state machines are probably too heavy weight at that age Getting hung up on C vs JavaScript vs Python vs Java vs whatever is silly The chances are that the above languages will be relevant in 20 years is exceedingly low
Who knows what kind of mutations would best preserve human life here on Earth . . . or in Space . . . or on another planet? We're infants playing with power tools!
yes, but when everything becomes little more than a fashion choice, the only real loss will be that there will be little or no point in being prejudiced one way or the other.
Other than having poor fashion sense! So were still screwed;)
I buy one if I could overlay Q3 style textures over everything. Say selective overlays for different people:) Postman becomes zombies and add the sound effects for extra points It would make my morning commute to work a little more fun
Probably require more CPU horsepower than that little unit could provide and I suspect the batties would weigh a ton.
Amen brother! The current trend of hyper safety crap is holding us back. I'm not suggesting duct tapping "volunteers" to gunpowder rockets! But every large scale engineering project comes with a costs in lives Sky scrapers, dams hell people get killed making roads.
But space flight?
Oh no! can't do anything unless every single possible, improbable and impossible safety concern has been double and triple checked.
Risky manned mission to mars? Count me in! Might/probably get cancer as a result? Still count me in! One way trip? Ummmm, Yup still count me in:)
http://www.wizy.org/wiki/ZFS_on_FUSE Works ok on x86, sparc(Linux) version is there but had some problems a few version back, Haven't checked the latest build so the sparc(Linux) version might be ok now.
Carbon credits may be fine and good. Finding alternative energy sources strike me as a fine idea too. It's a cost, risk thing... If we spend billions or even trillions developing alternate energy sources to drive industry, farming etc, isn't that better than the risk of the alternative? IE: Worldwide environmental meltdown. At what point does it become not worthwhile? A what point is the risk so small that it's worth taking the chance?
And even if the west manages to pull it off. Are the oil producing countries suddenly going to go back to selling camels for a living? No I doubt it, they'll just sell cheap oil to the developing world.
Which brings me back to my main point. Too many people. A problem I don't think can be fixed. Large scale famine & disease will be the ONLY thing that brings the world pop back down. And if it may not happen in the near future. It might take a population of 10billion to do it. Can you image the scale of the disaster then?
And why oh why was my post modded flamebait? Was what I said so horrific? Or just not groupthink enough:)
It's a pity that the politicians decided to take an interest in science. As they've waded into the debate, good scientists have felt pressured into arguing with them. I'd like to take this opportunity to remind every one of... "Never argue with an idiot. They will will just drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience"
As for global warming, even if the experts are right (and I think they may well be) There is fuckall we can do about it. The basic problem is too many people who want the little luxuries of life, good food, water an SUV and 10 kids. Earths population is now what 6billion. I can remember as a kid when it was only 3.5billion In 20-30 years it will be 12+ billion. Assuming widespread disease, starvation etc doesn't bring these number down a little.
Lets face fact. Were done for. I strongly suggest investing in Tinned food and a shotgun. If they're right it might just save your life. If they're wrong, you still have some tinned food and a shotgun:) Buying land thats 100meters at least above sea level and a rowboat might also be a good idea.
Yup, people don't stop to think what OTHER uses a large high power microwave transmitter in orbit could be used for. Even if the Evil bastards(tm) don't use it that way, even a small error in positioning/targeting could fry up a nice large city somewhere.
Hmmm, smells like bacon, tastes like chiken, the OTHER white meat:)
This Ebert guy is a Film Critic. And like all Art Critics it's not art if it's not impenetrable to the general public. Art for them is self referential symbolism, etc etc bullshit, bullshit.
He plainly states he doesn't think Spider Man was art. And having seen some "Art" movies I'm inclined to agree with him. The simple rule is... "If it is widely enjoyed by the greater public, then it's NOT Art" These peoples very livelyhoods hinge on the fact that Art is an impenetrable fortress of bullshit. This is so they can write screeds and screeds of opinion pieces explaining to us boorish retards the meaning of the Art It's just a cash cow for them. Any anything that gets called Art with mass appeal is instantly attacked. They are after all only protecting their jobs.
I quite sure in the early days of film, there were detractors saying, "Yeah it's great and all, but it's not Art" Hell, I'm willing to bet that when Ug and Grunt were scraping bison pictures on cave walls, some smart arse at the back of the cave was saying, "Yeah, but is it Art?", I also suspect he got his head kicked in. Which could be why Art critics are the bunch of whiney arseholes they are today.
And to be fair, I think that the ONLY reason people are trying to hold Video games up as Art these days is to find some sort of defence from the "Video games are evil" Luddite's that seem to have the ear of the politicians. And if you stop to think about it. The fact that the fear of video games has brought together the left wing, limp wristed tree huggers and the right wing bible thumping knuckle draggers is testament to the ability of video games to unite people:)
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Digital IDs should be brought in to end online anonymity that permits "mob rule" and lawlessness online
What... Like the fact when voting during an election, your vote is supposed to be anonymous
The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum is anonymous, forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vote buying. The system is one means of achieving the goal of political privacy.
Democracy *IS* mob rule... right?
At some point that is certain to happen. But so what? Humans are not in short supply. Billions more where those came from.In the early days of aviation, it was extremely risky. Passengers and pilots died on a routine basis, and often horrifically. Yet we didn't stop doing it or wring our hands in faux horror and insist that nobody try any more. It's not dangerous any more, so it's easy for us to forget how dangerous the early days of aviation were, from our cushy 21st century perspective.Space travel will be no different. People are going to die.... people who freely signed on board to take that chance.
Yup; I hereby volunteer to be the crash test dummy/spam in a can for their "proving" flight :)
It seems like a study is done every 7 years saying the same thing since the 80s?
Before that it was cartoons...
It should go away soon... Gamers are getting older and this kinda crap is getting less and less traction as the non-gaming geriatrics are kicking the bucket.
Politicians are starting to realise that gamers are a wealthy(ish) demographic, and that it doesn't pay to piss on or off; least they start loosing votes
Literal violence
Literal.... “You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means”
Yeah how many Wolfenstein players are out in the streets shooting Nazis?
Might explain why there are so few running around in the wild ;)
SystemD is either a SysV init replacement or it's not. If it's not then it shouldn't be PID 1; If it IS then it shouldn't be doing all the crap that it currently does.
It looks like you are trying to kill yourself.
Would like help?
Exactly; Boot time dick measuring is a waste of time and leads to abominations like SystemD.
calcium carbonate (CaCO3).
I'm hopeful that JAI goes mainstream :)
(.)(.)
Would have been my preference.
***Hadoken***
At ages 8-12 teach basic logic (Logo was good for this)
IE: If this then that
You can then add loops , very basic variable usage and simple Boolean logic
The important thing is to teach them how to think in a structured way and basic problem solving
IE: If this problem is too big to handle chop it in half; Rinse repeat until you have a chunk you can handle
Then show how most of these sub-chunks are actually the same thing and segue into functions
Build the ideas and structures up organically
As mentioned above some basics on how computers actually work will be extreamly valuable to the kids later on
Ben Eater is running a video series on builing up a basic CPU from simple logic (YouTube)
Pointers and finite state machines are probably too heavy weight at that age
Getting hung up on C vs JavaScript vs Python vs Java vs whatever is silly
The chances are that the above languages will be relevant in 20 years is exceedingly low
> and uses those trade secrets to produce advanced steel products it could not make on its own
Airbus *cough* Boeing *cough*
The slippery slope is limited IMO to the designer baby issue.
But when radical gene therapy becomes available, the child wouldn't be stuck with what his/her parents wanted. so no worries.
Who knows what kind of mutations would best preserve human life here on Earth . . . or in Space . . . or on another planet? We're infants playing with power tools!
You say that like it's a bad thing!
yes, but when everything becomes little more than a fashion choice, the only real loss will be that there will be little or no point in being prejudiced one way or the other.
Other than having poor fashion sense! ;)
So were still screwed
I buy one if I could overlay Q3 style textures over everything. :)
Say selective overlays for different people
Postman becomes zombies and add the sound effects for extra points
It would make my morning commute to work a little more fun
Probably require more CPU horsepower than that little unit could provide
and I suspect the batties would weigh a ton.
Amen brother!
:)
:)
The current trend of hyper safety crap is holding us back.
I'm not suggesting duct tapping "volunteers" to gunpowder rockets!
But every large scale engineering project comes with a costs in lives
Sky scrapers, dams hell people get killed making roads.
But space flight?
Oh no! can't do anything unless every single possible, improbable and
impossible safety concern has been double and triple checked.
Risky manned mission to mars? Count me in!
Might/probably get cancer as a result? Still count me in!
One way trip? Ummmm, Yup still count me in
Mumble, mutter, grumble, Kids these days
http://www.wizy.org/wiki/ZFS_on_FUSE
Works ok on x86, sparc(Linux) version is there but had some problems
a few version back, Haven't checked the latest build so the sparc(Linux) version
might be ok now.
Enjoy!
Splitter!
Carbon credits may be fine and good.
:)
Finding alternative energy sources strike me as a fine idea too.
It's a cost, risk thing...
If we spend billions or even trillions developing alternate energy sources
to drive industry, farming etc, isn't that better than the risk of the alternative?
IE: Worldwide environmental meltdown.
At what point does it become not worthwhile? A what point is the risk so small that it's worth taking the chance?
And even if the west manages to pull it off. Are the oil producing countries suddenly going to go back to selling
camels for a living? No I doubt it, they'll just sell cheap oil to the developing world.
Which brings me back to my main point. Too many people. A problem I don't think can be fixed.
Large scale famine & disease will be the ONLY thing that brings the world pop back down.
And if it may not happen in the near future. It might take a population of 10billion to do it.
Can you image the scale of the disaster then?
And why oh why was my post modded flamebait?
Was what I said so horrific? Or just not groupthink enough
Some things to remember guys...
:)
:)
There are lies, damned lies and statistics.
It's a pity that the politicians decided to take an interest in science.
As they've waded into the debate, good scientists have felt pressured
into arguing with them. I'd like to take this opportunity to remind every one of...
"Never argue with an idiot. They will will just drag you down to their level,
then beat you with experience"
As for global warming, even if the experts are right (and I think they may well be)
There is fuckall we can do about it. The basic problem is too many people who
want the little luxuries of life, good food, water an SUV and 10 kids.
Earths population is now what 6billion. I can remember as a kid when it was only 3.5billion
In 20-30 years it will be 12+ billion. Assuming widespread disease, starvation etc doesn't bring
these number down a little.
Lets face fact. Were done for. I strongly suggest investing in Tinned food and a shotgun.
If they're right it might just save your life.
If they're wrong, you still have some tinned food and a shotgun
Buying land thats 100meters at least above sea level and a rowboat might also be a good idea.
So long and thanks for all the fish
Yup, people don't stop to think what OTHER uses a large high power microwave transmitter in orbit could be used for.
:)
Even if the Evil bastards(tm) don't use it that way, even a small error in positioning/targeting could fry up
a nice large city somewhere.
Hmmm, smells like bacon, tastes like chiken, the OTHER white meat
This Ebert guy is a Film Critic. And like all Art Critics it's not art if it's not
:)
impenetrable to the general public. Art for them is self referential symbolism, etc etc bullshit, bullshit.
He plainly states he doesn't think Spider Man was art. And having seen some "Art" movies I'm inclined to agree with him.
The simple rule is... "If it is widely enjoyed by the greater public, then it's NOT Art"
These peoples very livelyhoods hinge on the fact that Art is an impenetrable fortress of bullshit.
This is so they can write screeds and screeds of opinion pieces explaining to us boorish retards the meaning of the Art
It's just a cash cow for them. Any anything that gets called Art with mass appeal is instantly attacked.
They are after all only protecting their jobs.
I quite sure in the early days of film, there were detractors saying, "Yeah it's great and all, but it's not Art"
Hell, I'm willing to bet that when Ug and Grunt were scraping bison pictures on cave walls, some smart arse
at the back of the cave was saying, "Yeah, but is it Art?", I also suspect he got his head kicked in.
Which could be why Art critics are the bunch of whiney arseholes they are today.
And to be fair, I think that the ONLY reason people are trying to hold Video games up as Art these days is to find some
sort of defence from the "Video games are evil" Luddite's that seem to have the ear of the politicians.
And if you stop to think about it. The fact that the fear of video games has brought together the left wing, limp wristed tree huggers and the right wing bible thumping knuckle draggers is testament to the ability of video games to unite people
Something to be proud of in my book *hehe*