It's just a typo, and actually, I can't fault them. The original quote from Samsung uses unicode character 13217 to display the "m2" unit symbol, but it just comes out as "m" in the press re-post. On Slashdot, the entire character is stripped.
Her email server had NO SSL CERT for the first 3 months of operation. And it was running early-2000 Microsoft Server, with the email web interface enabled. Oh, AND she connected her unsecured Blackberry to it, and used her mobile device on the tarmac in China when she got out of her plane.
She might as well put a big, red target on her back.
"More secure than the State Department"? Don't make me laugh.
Summary missed the big "aha" moment of the article, which was that academic researchers in new encoding techniques had been thinking that increasing the complexity of their algorithms by 3X was a hard limit, whereas production practitioners such as Netflix, Facebook, and Hulu were thinking that a 100x increase in complexity was the upper limit.
I think it quite revealing that "the story" here is about the media being investigated, and not about the fact that a highly-placed Senate staffer on the Intelligence Committee has been charged with lying to the FBI.
That's how you shape the news. These aren't the droids you're looking for. Look, a squirrel.
This article sums up perfectly everything I hate about the term "artificial intelligence." There's nothing artificial about it, and it isn't "intelligent" in any meaningful sense of that word.
is the Achilles Heel of climate science. Define "normal" for our climate. Is it normal for barrier reefs to die out? Apparently so. Now that humans are on the scene if we experience another loss of the reefs, would that still be normal?
Google's new morality is to use its products and services in order to influence the culture to adopt its beliefs. This is primarily seen in the SJW realm at the moment, but this is just for now. "Don't be evil" is too open-ended, even a white cis-gendered male's actions could fit into that definition. Their new motto is something like "Make the world Google." (Double points if you recognize the source of that motto.)
It's a minor deal, though, not a big deal. It's a mere blip in campaign advertising. The total ad buy was for $46K. Compare that to the $81 MILLION buy from Clinton and Trump.
OK, I can see Nolan's point about the benefits of an analog process that captures light 1:1 by directly transferring it to a medium. But the rub is in the playback of that medium, because that always introduces flaws and errors in the recreation.
For example, I absolutely hated going to most movie theaters 10 years ago because I was sure to run into images out of focus, color lamps misaligned, scratches in the film, stutter in the playback, limitations in sound reproduction, etc. A digital projection system produces a film that is just amazingly more stable and overall enjoyable by a factor of 10 over the old movie projection systems.
But sure, if I could see a fresh 70mm print on a calibrated projector, that would be worth some money. It's similar to the IMAX experience. I just love the opening of Dark Knight in an IMAX theater, where the film just throws you right into an IMAX helicopter shot, bam! You can literally feel your body slump forward. That's an awesome effect.
In the US, unions really only have any presence in the public sector. But the same kind of BS is still possible through excessive government regulation, something that absolutely plagues the US economy. A glaring example are the licensing regulations issued by state and local governments. They are hugely protective. Tennessee, for example, requires that barbers who shampoo hair to go to 70 days of training, pay a $140 fee and take two exams!
The UK is a democratic socialist country which believes that capitalism is inherently incompatible with equality and that the state, therefore, has the charter to step in and order everyone's lives about to make things fair.
So of course in a place where everyone waits for the government to tell them what to do, those books are staying right there on the floor until a maverick comes along with common sense and picks them up.
That kind of schtuff doesn't happen as much in the US, because individuals are expected to act independently.
As we've learned before, Google sees itself as being on some kind of social mission. They are not content to just give you good products and services, they intentionally USE those to influence you. I think this is an excellent case in point. If your skin color is not one that Outreachy likes, no internship for you. Likewise with your sexual preferences.
What does ANY of this have to do with writing good code? Absolutely nothing. It's all about Google and Friends using their platforms to force their belief systems on the rest of us.
It is very near time to ditch Google, to say nothing of the other technology giants. They're not content to stay in their lane and make good products, now they want to EVANGELIZE. If I want evangelism, I go to church.
You live any where in the world and you identify as a woman (cis or trans), trans man, or genderqueer person (including genderfluid or genderfree).
You live in the United States or you are a U.S. national or permanent resident living aboard, AND you are a person of any gender who is Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander"
So, there you go. If your skin color isn't acceptable, no internship for you.
The danger of letting people have things that not even the _courts_ can inspect is far, far greater than any benefits you can name. If you live in a civil society, the "civil" part of that is that everyone follows the law. We intentionally place ourselves under the law because we recognize that it is the best way to protect our own interests.
As Jefferson put it, a free government is one instituted with the consent of the people to protect their rights and interests.
Frankly, that isn't much of a problem as far as I'm concerned. Ozzie's proposal is that both the government and the manufacturer must independently agree to unlock a phone in the government's possession, a phone which the government irretrievably bricked in the process of making its request.
I like this idea. The government has no ability to decrypt without specific, limited permission from the device manufacturer. The manufacturer is not forced to grant their request. The device first has to come in the possession of the government in the first place, with all the 4th Amendment protections we already have in the law.
What's not to love? I have no issue with the government inspecting my property and even my very self -- as long as they are acting under the orders of the court. At some point, you have to trust your government.
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It's just a typo, and actually, I can't fault them. The original quote from Samsung uses unicode character 13217 to display the "m2" unit symbol, but it just comes out as "m" in the press re-post. On Slashdot, the entire character is stripped.
Her email server had NO SSL CERT for the first 3 months of operation. And it was running early-2000 Microsoft Server, with the email web interface enabled. Oh, AND she connected her unsecured Blackberry to it, and used her mobile device on the tarmac in China when she got out of her plane.
She might as well put a big, red target on her back.
"More secure than the State Department"? Don't make me laugh.
Mod parent up.
Summary missed the big "aha" moment of the article, which was that academic researchers in new encoding techniques had been thinking that increasing the complexity of their algorithms by 3X was a hard limit, whereas production practitioners such as Netflix, Facebook, and Hulu were thinking that a 100x increase in complexity was the upper limit.
Sorry, bad link. Use this:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/...
I think it quite revealing that "the story" here is about the media being investigated, and not about the fact that a highly-placed Senate staffer on the Intelligence Committee has been charged with lying to the FBI.
That's how you shape the news. These aren't the droids you're looking for. Look, a squirrel.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-ex-senate-staffer-charged-leak-investigation-20180607-story,amp.html
Two high-dpi screens that can display sheet music has been on the wish-list for years and years. If the price is south of $1.5KUSD, I'd buy one.
This article sums up perfectly everything I hate about the term "artificial intelligence." There's nothing artificial about it, and it isn't "intelligent" in any meaningful sense of that word.
is the Achilles Heel of climate science. Define "normal" for our climate. Is it normal for barrier reefs to die out? Apparently so. Now that humans are on the scene if we experience another loss of the reefs, would that still be normal?
Google's new morality is to use its products and services in order to influence the culture to adopt its beliefs. This is primarily seen in the SJW realm at the moment, but this is just for now. "Don't be evil" is too open-ended, even a white cis-gendered male's actions could fit into that definition. Their new motto is something like "Make the world Google." (Double points if you recognize the source of that motto.)
It's a minor deal, though, not a big deal. It's a mere blip in campaign advertising. The total ad buy was for $46K. Compare that to the $81 MILLION buy from Clinton and Trump.
It's a process argument. And we know the truth about those.
What we do know is that the total buy was $46K for the Russians vs. $81M for Clinton and Trump -- 1,760 times larger.
Yeah, we need to rally the country around the threat of Russian ad buyers, to be sure.
I may be mis-remembering this, but the NSA tapped 500M+ pin logs last year based on a court authorization to investigate just 40 people.
OK, I can see Nolan's point about the benefits of an analog process that captures light 1:1 by directly transferring it to a medium. But the rub is in the playback of that medium, because that always introduces flaws and errors in the recreation.
For example, I absolutely hated going to most movie theaters 10 years ago because I was sure to run into images out of focus, color lamps misaligned, scratches in the film, stutter in the playback, limitations in sound reproduction, etc. A digital projection system produces a film that is just amazingly more stable and overall enjoyable by a factor of 10 over the old movie projection systems.
But sure, if I could see a fresh 70mm print on a calibrated projector, that would be worth some money. It's similar to the IMAX experience. I just love the opening of Dark Knight in an IMAX theater, where the film just throws you right into an IMAX helicopter shot, bam! You can literally feel your body slump forward. That's an awesome effect.
In the US, unions really only have any presence in the public sector. But the same kind of BS is still possible through excessive government regulation, something that absolutely plagues the US economy. A glaring example are the licensing regulations issued by state and local governments. They are hugely protective. Tennessee, for example, requires that barbers who shampoo hair to go to 70 days of training, pay a $140 fee and take two exams!
The UK is a democratic socialist country which believes that capitalism is inherently incompatible with equality and that the state, therefore, has the charter to step in and order everyone's lives about to make things fair.
So of course in a place where everyone waits for the government to tell them what to do, those books are staying right there on the floor until a maverick comes along with common sense and picks them up.
That kind of schtuff doesn't happen as much in the US, because individuals are expected to act independently.
As we've learned before, Google sees itself as being on some kind of social mission. They are not content to just give you good products and services, they intentionally USE those to influence you. I think this is an excellent case in point. If your skin color is not one that Outreachy likes, no internship for you. Likewise with your sexual preferences.
What does ANY of this have to do with writing good code? Absolutely nothing. It's all about Google and Friends using their platforms to force their belief systems on the rest of us.
It is very near time to ditch Google, to say nothing of the other technology giants. They're not content to stay in their lane and make good products, now they want to EVANGELIZE. If I want evangelism, I go to church.
From https://www.outreachy.org/appl...
"Outreachy Eligibility Rules
You must meet one of the following criteria:
You live any where in the world and you identify as a woman (cis or trans), trans man, or genderqueer person (including genderfluid or genderfree).
You live in the United States or you are a U.S. national or permanent resident living aboard, AND you are a person of any gender who is Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander"
So, there you go. If your skin color isn't acceptable, no internship for you.
The danger of letting people have things that not even the _courts_ can inspect is far, far greater than any benefits you can name. If you live in a civil society, the "civil" part of that is that everyone follows the law. We intentionally place ourselves under the law because we recognize that it is the best way to protect our own interests.
As Jefferson put it, a free government is one instituted with the consent of the people to protect their rights and interests.
Frankly, that isn't much of a problem as far as I'm concerned. Ozzie's proposal is that both the government and the manufacturer must independently agree to unlock a phone in the government's possession, a phone which the government irretrievably bricked in the process of making its request.
I like this idea. The government has no ability to decrypt without specific, limited permission from the device manufacturer. The manufacturer is not forced to grant their request. The device first has to come in the possession of the government in the first place, with all the 4th Amendment protections we already have in the law.
What's not to love? I have no issue with the government inspecting my property and even my very self -- as long as they are acting under the orders of the court. At some point, you have to trust your government.
Biomass does NOT all magically convert back into CO2, that's daft.
And what do you think coal is made of?
And what do you call COAL?
Good gravy, this is the silly season for climate warming theories.