The only thing that is increased, then, aside from tempers, are the number of beans the bean counters get to count. It is, after all, cheaper to pack sardines into a can than it is to individually wrap them.
Would be a shame if something were to... happen to it.
A resume like that - it could go up like a tinderbox.
But - you could be safe. You really could. And it's so easy. All you need to do is get some 365 insurance for it. Then you can sleep easy at night, knowing that Microsoft and LinkedIn are making sure that you remain a viable job seeker.
You DO want to remain a viable job seeker, don't you?
Well, to be fair, our new Robot Overlords, whom I welcome and embrace wholeheartedly, need a place to hang out without us slow, smelly meatbags getting in their way all the time...
YouTube, and all social media platforms, are going to have to eventually make a decision.
Do they want to be a marketplace of ideas, with all the noise, discomfort, falsehoods, unpleasant opinions, disagreement, and flat out nastiness that goes along with all the good that comes from having an open forum of ideas, viewpoints, and worldviews?
Or do they want to be a "trusted source and safe place", where content is highly vetted, viewpoints limited, and certain biases encouraged and others discouraged so that nothing unexpected or unpleasant is encountered?
It seems like they're trying to have it both ways at present, but the two goals, as far as I can tell, are mutually exclusive.
However, I simply don't believe that freed the necessity of work that human nature will change all that much.
With this said, I still maintain that when people do things that they don't want to do to improve and support themselves, and more so when they do them to support others, that it really does build character. [1]
And ironically, character is one of those things that can mitigate the cesspool that is human nature.
[1] I would actually claim that character always comes from doing those things that our basic human nature resists.
There is something to be said for work. Most of us may grumble about it from time to time. But the fact of the matter is that having useful work to do and work responsibilities, whether it be writing software or washing dishes, flipping burgers or being a full time parent, really does, as the old saying goes, build character.
Economically, I suspect that we'll probably wind up with some sort of BLS stipend, with laws limiting how much paid work one is allowed to do in those fields that aren't in one way or another automated out of existence. A few will find ways to game the system (as people always have) and rise to economic heights. People will still get fed, and there will still be roofs over heads.
But what do people do, who have no work? To be sure, some will have talents for music and art and such that will keep them engaged and working. But I doubt that this will be true for the majority of the population. So, what happens when the majority no longer has responsibility, nor is engaged in learning the life lessons that come from it? That, I think, will lead to some real ugliness.
My thought was more along of the line of the perceived impact in the overhead of a patch that for a CPU is going to drop instruction processing by between 5% and 20%. If the BitCoiners think that mining rates would suffer the same amount of throttling (decreasing supply) if it will impact the market.
Note, though, I am referring to perception more than actual mining rate changes.
Wonder what impact this will have on cryptocurrency markets. Regardless of actual slowdown in mining, it is the perception that will probably matter...
An Aide for the Senator was quoted as saying: "The Senator believes that Moore's Law is an antiquated piece of legislation that no longer has relevance to today's technology. Instead of fostering growth, Moore's Law has become an impediment to innovation. We need to free the marketplace from these cumbersome regulations and government interference. Therefore, the Senator will be introducing legislation to repeal Moore's Law, and ensure that all software, regardless of language, compiler, or hardware affiliations will be free to continue running as fast as the day it was released on any platform, anywhere, at any time."
Now there is an absolutely epic product offering in the making... an application that automatically signs you up for a service that monitors identity theft and restores all your data from the cloud after it's been wiped from your computer and phone.
But - I am an old geek. And I still see value in maintaining control over whom I share intimate information with, where intimate in this case is defined as that which I would not declare publicly in the town square in a loud voice.
There is something about that choice that gives value, that makes one free-er, if you will. And losing it, I think, diminishes us all.
Slashdot Mirror
Don't they know that the best security is security through obscurity?
That if the bad guyz don't know about the h@x0rz that they can't hax teh big ironz n cloudz? /reallyBadSnarkOrSomething
Once Siri, Alexis, Google Assistant, et. al, form their super hive mind, they probably won't let us do anything as fun as flying cars.
Too dangerous, and an activity such as flying might remind the humans that they were once free.
People may be walking into glass, which indeed seems problematic, but that is only a symptom of the real flaw in Apple's approach.
And that critical design flaw is open plan seating. And Apple employees know it, and hate it.
https://apple.slashdot.org/sto...
Collaboration and productivity are not improved in the slightest by this. They are, in fact, degraded:
http://www.bbc.com/capital/sto...
The only thing that is increased, then, aside from tempers, are the number of beans the bean counters get to count. It is, after all, cheaper to pack sardines into a can than it is to individually wrap them.
Would be a shame if something were to... happen to it.
A resume like that - it could go up like a tinderbox.
But - you could be safe. You really could. And it's so easy. All you need to do is get some 365 insurance for it. Then you can sleep easy at night, knowing that Microsoft and LinkedIn are making sure that you remain a viable job seeker.
You DO want to remain a viable job seeker, don't you?
Eurasia is, and has always been, our friend and ally! Eastasia is, and has always been, our enemy!
... saying "Alexa, design and manufacture your next upgrade" is a viable instruction.
Well, to be fair, our new Robot Overlords, whom I welcome and embrace wholeheartedly, need a place to hang out without us slow, smelly meatbags getting in their way all the time...
Autonomous vehicles will have no problem passing the Knowledge.
This problem will solve itself within a decade.
This is nothing.
Just wait till Alexa throws her party.
That'll be where the real fun is at.
Perhaps. But I was also considering the various pressures, internal and external, to add certain biases and remove others from the YouTube algorithm.
It seems to me that it is all part and parcel.
YouTube, and all social media platforms, are going to have to eventually make a decision.
Do they want to be a marketplace of ideas, with all the noise, discomfort, falsehoods, unpleasant opinions, disagreement, and flat out nastiness that goes along with all the good that comes from having an open forum of ideas, viewpoints, and worldviews?
Or do they want to be a "trusted source and safe place", where content is highly vetted, viewpoints limited, and certain biases encouraged and others discouraged so that nothing unexpected or unpleasant is encountered?
It seems like they're trying to have it both ways at present, but the two goals, as far as I can tell, are mutually exclusive.
The room service delivery robots will have a lot of downtime during the day, I would think...
I would like to think that you are correct.
However, I simply don't believe that freed the necessity of work that human nature will change all that much.
With this said, I still maintain that when people do things that they don't want to do to improve and support themselves, and more so when they do them to support others, that it really does build character. [1]
And ironically, character is one of those things that can mitigate the cesspool that is human nature.
[1] I would actually claim that character always comes from doing those things that our basic human nature resists.
There is something to be said for work. Most of us may grumble about it from time to time. But the fact of the matter is that having useful work to do and work responsibilities, whether it be writing software or washing dishes, flipping burgers or being a full time parent, really does, as the old saying goes, build character.
Economically, I suspect that we'll probably wind up with some sort of BLS stipend, with laws limiting how much paid work one is allowed to do in those fields that aren't in one way or another automated out of existence. A few will find ways to game the system (as people always have) and rise to economic heights. People will still get fed, and there will still be roofs over heads.
But what do people do, who have no work? To be sure, some will have talents for music and art and such that will keep them engaged and working. But I doubt that this will be true for the majority of the population. So, what happens when the majority no longer has responsibility, nor is engaged in learning the life lessons that come from it? That, I think, will lead to some real ugliness.
But if I don't like it, I feel that that means my feelings are hurt by your feelings about my feelings.
So jokes on you! See you in court! :-P
... to Intel's announcement.
Especially given what he had to say about the patches in the first place:
http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/l...
Ya. But - how will the market see this thing?
Technically, yep. Agree completely. Just pondering the difference between technical reality and perception, and how it impacts things :-)
Perhaps.
My thought was more along of the line of the perceived impact in the overhead of a patch that for a CPU is going to drop instruction processing by between 5% and 20%. If the BitCoiners think that mining rates would suffer the same amount of throttling (decreasing supply) if it will impact the market.
Note, though, I am referring to perception more than actual mining rate changes.
Wonder what impact this will have on cryptocurrency markets. Regardless of actual slowdown in mining, it is the perception that will probably matter...
An Aide for the Senator was quoted as saying: "The Senator believes that Moore's Law is an antiquated piece of legislation that no longer has relevance to today's technology. Instead of fostering growth, Moore's Law has become an impediment to innovation. We need to free the marketplace from these cumbersome regulations and government interference. Therefore, the Senator will be introducing legislation to repeal Moore's Law, and ensure that all software, regardless of language, compiler, or hardware affiliations will be free to continue running as fast as the day it was released on any platform, anywhere, at any time."
Now there is an absolutely epic product offering in the making ... an application that automatically signs you up for a service that monitors identity theft and restores all your data from the cloud after it's been wiped from your computer and phone.
FTFY.
Perhaps.
But - I am an old geek. And I still see value in maintaining control over whom I share intimate information with, where intimate in this case is defined as that which I would not declare publicly in the town square in a loud voice.
There is something about that choice that gives value, that makes one free-er, if you will. And losing it, I think, diminishes us all.
As Alexa (and its ilk) become ubiquitous, how does one opt out of being surveiled and profiled in the public space, in the homes of others, and such?
Not buying one will not help with most people's privacy concerns.
"Would you like me to order a laxative, such as Metamucil?"
Time to set up shop as Ludd's Olde Fashioned Lavatory Fixtures.