We've handed the Town Square to a few powerful individuals and corporations.
And the denizens that are allowed to live in said Town Square loves their unilaterally declared regulation and iron fisted control.
What that those inside the town square should be wondering about is what is going to happen when there are more that have been pushed out of the town square than are allowed into the echo chamber it is becoming.
You have to be a PHB. I can just imagine the sort of requirements doc you might write:
- Software needs to have new features XYZ. - Must take full advantage of new hardware. - Must run faster on old hardware, while providing API's that access kernel functionality specific to new hardware. - Must be fully supported on all platforms. - Must be completely backwards compatible. - Must be able to send email and play MP3s.
I know that reading TFA is not standard practice, but:
Apple acknowledged in December that it had intentionally slowed iPhones with degraded batteries through software updates to avoid sudden shutdown problems, but denied it had ever done anything to intentionally shorten the life of a product.
In other words, the developers are building kernels, OS's, and apps for new hardware, not the old stuff. They do their best to patch things up, but it seems like you want Windows 10 to run on your 486, where XP screamed.
No? Then much as I really hate having to perfectly good hardware as often as it seems that I do, I am not sure that the incompetence and laziness of bloatware kernels and OS's is actually malicious per se.
Let's for the moment say that your premise is correct.
That those who have the intelligence and drive to build the things that make life better for a lot of people.
This means that there are two options. First, let them be nerds and build things and enjoy a better life.
Or try to get a "piece of their action" by trying to make them conform to your personal standards of etiquette and worldview to make room for those who can't really build things, but think it would be cool to build them. And then wake up one day and discover that no one is really making cool stuff anymore.
This isn't to say that there aren't a lot of kind, caring people who build cool stuff. But if you make the criteria for entrance into the field feeling based instead of intelligence based, you have created a non-sustainable situation that will wind up consuming itself.
This allows you to transition from private mode to collab mode in the blink of an eye!
And - even little kids know that if they are under the covers, the monster under the bed can't seem them. Same principle applies here.
I just can't understand why you and others are so cynical about this idea. You're so negative, I bet that you're going to object to the Model 2F - with attached feeding tube.
Here in the West, though, it'll be packaged up as a "depression detector". Or maybe there will be achievements for wearing it for X hours. Who knows. Regardless, the level of intrusion into not only lives, but very mind and soul itself, should bother us all.
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Freedom is slavery...
We've handed the Town Square to a few powerful individuals and corporations.
And the denizens that are allowed to live in said Town Square loves their unilaterally declared regulation and iron fisted control.
What that those inside the town square should be wondering about is what is going to happen when there are more that have been pushed out of the town square than are allowed into the echo chamber it is becoming.
But unless you limit freedom of speech, you don't have it. It's like with tolerance. You have to be intolerant of intolerance in order to be tolerant.
You shouldn't have the right to offend others.
Well, since you're obviously so good at doublethink, I suspect that you'll completely miss the point when I mention that I find this post offensive.
...freedom in the rest of the world includes freedom from disinformation and freedom from propaganda.
Perhaps if the disinformation and propaganda comes from your own government.
But defining freedom as only hearing things from other people that you believe to be true?
That is the exact opposite of freedom.
You must be a lot of fun at parties.
There is nothing mutually exclusive about "stop doing that" and "you need to pay for the real harm you did to me".
You are the product.
Exercise for the student: who are the users?
Gimme a break. Twitter sells rage while attempting to maintain a certain agenda.
You could have refused the upgrade.
But you wouldn't have been able to play the latest version of Candy Crush Saga.
You have to be a PHB. I can just imagine the sort of requirements doc you might write:
- Software needs to have new features XYZ.
- Must take full advantage of new hardware.
- Must run faster on old hardware, while providing API's that access kernel functionality specific to new hardware.
- Must be fully supported on all platforms.
- Must be completely backwards compatible.
- Must be able to send email and play MP3s.
I know that reading TFA is not standard practice, but:
Apple acknowledged in December that it had intentionally slowed iPhones with degraded batteries through software updates to avoid sudden shutdown problems, but denied it had ever done anything to intentionally shorten the life of a product.
In other words, the developers are building kernels, OS's, and apps for new hardware, not the old stuff. They do their best to patch things up, but it seems like you want Windows 10 to run on your 486, where XP screamed.
No? Then much as I really hate having to perfectly good hardware as often as it seems that I do, I am not sure that the incompetence and laziness of bloatware kernels and OS's is actually malicious per se.
... why YouTube, Facebook, et. al. aren't treated like the public square that they are?
There's a distinction that is missing in your reply.
In the case I am referencing, the individual went to the virtual edition of the seedy Motel 6 of his own choice and volition.
In the scenario you paint, there is a telescreen on the individual's wall, against the individual's choice and volition.
Two VERY different things.
Let's for the moment say that your premise is correct.
That those who have the intelligence and drive to build the things that make life better for a lot of people.
This means that there are two options. First, let them be nerds and build things and enjoy a better life.
Or try to get a "piece of their action" by trying to make them conform to your personal standards of etiquette and worldview to make room for those who can't really build things, but think it would be cool to build them. And then wake up one day and discover that no one is really making cool stuff anymore.
This isn't to say that there aren't a lot of kind, caring people who build cool stuff. But if you make the criteria for entrance into the field feeling based instead of intelligence based, you have created a non-sustainable situation that will wind up consuming itself.
"A recovered 98MB file underscores the risks of trusting personal info to strangers."
Well, perhaps.
Or maybe it should read:
"A recovered 98MB file underscores the risks of doing things that will destroy your reputation and marriage."
If you're not guilty, you have nothing to hide.
And unbreakable encryption only serves the Bad Guys (tm).
Or so we're told...
No, no - you're missing the point!
This allows you to transition from private mode to collab mode in the blink of an eye!
And - even little kids know that if they are under the covers, the monster under the bed can't seem them. Same principle applies here.
I just can't understand why you and others are so cynical about this idea. You're so negative, I bet that you're going to object to the Model 2F - with attached feeding tube.
But - I thought that the whole purpose of the open office was to facilitate communication.
How can this be a good idea?
Unless... it was never about communication and collaboration at all, but about the cost of office space.
But how could that be?
"I literally just can't..."
Not slaves, food.
(See also Larry Niven's short story, "Bordered In Black").
China's well on their way:
https://www.businessinsider.co...
And they've re-instated re-education camps:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/10...
Here in the West, though, it'll be packaged up as a "depression detector". Or maybe there will be achievements for wearing it for X hours. Who knows. Regardless, the level of intrusion into not only lives, but very mind and soul itself, should bother us all.
Oh, I think they understand it. Easier to get away with certain things when they can claim ignorance, though.
Why youze think youze need dis fire extinguisher when weez'll sell youze dis great insurance?
Cause sure would be a shame if sumthingz was to happen to dis nice shop here.
Two things mankind seems to be good at:
Dreaming up dystonian futures, and making them happen.
I wish people would stop building things that are going to wind up being used to control or kill us all.