This is not about Musk, get your panties out of your crack, why did you even have to bring him up anyway? There are a lot of companies looking into self driving cars. Even if Musk and his unprofitable company died tomorrow - there will still be self driving cars at some point, because EVERYONE can see the value and EVERYONE is working towards it. EVERYONE except you, because you don't understand the technology. I can't cure your ignorance, only you can do that.
Correct, we haven't. But we have cured lots of other things, like dying from a fucking splinter because infection set in. But maybe we should just stop figuring out how to heal things until we figure out the common fucking cold conundrum. Maybe if more people dropped dead from the common cold there would be more funding for something which is, in essence, not a big fucking problem.
We haven't made fusion commercially viable.
Also true, but once again, the keyword that should be in that sentence is Yet - but maybe we should just give the fuck up and stop? I mean, it's not like it will solve all of humanities energy issues for centuries to come.
not all things are possible
Citation needed - and no, the bible doesn't count.
I think they are, the problem is mouth breathers like you standing in the way.
When they said they were going to put a man on the moon, people (like you) said it was impossible and it would never happen. They were wrong.
When they said they were going to create a huge accelerator and smash atoms into each other at really high speeds so they could crack them open to see what was inside, people (like you) said it would destroy the planet and end civilization as we know it. They were wrong.
When they set out to write a computer program that could beat grand masters at chess, people (like you) said it was impossible, that the game was too complicated. They were wrong.
Can you see how it follows now?
I can go on if you like, when they said that they were going to split the atom and create a single bomb that could destroy a city, people (like you) said it was impossible. They were wrong.
When they created the internal combustion engine, people (like you) said it would never replace a horse and buggy.They were wrong.
Do you perhaps drive for Uber or are you maybe a truck driver? Are self driving cars going to replace you?
If the above is true, then I think they should keep working on it. You and people like you are holding humanity back.
Get to the back of the bus.
Yeah, I think we are quibbling over the definition of landmark.
Let's google that quick...
an object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognized from a distance, especially one that enables someone to establish their location.
So you are quite correct in your interpretation, however, the second definition of it is
an event or discovery marking an important stage or turning point in something.
which is what the article is referring to, to which I say that I have never heard of Ampex before, so how does this fit the second definition? It's like saying we should never remove advertisements for VHS.
Thank you, "AI" is actually just algorithms running on a huge set of data. We've been doing that for years, the only real advancement is the cost and power of CPU's and data storage.
If I had mod points I would mod you up. It's a fucking sign, not some precious landmark. Maybe people in the "biz" actually knew what it was about, but to me it's just another garish glowing sign blocking the view.
As soon as we all switch to IPV6 and they stop NAT we will all be assigned our own IP address and we will all no longer be anonymous, but that day is a long way off, there are too many bits and pieces that cannot do IPV6 and that are too expensive to just switch off.
Which is why there is still so much COBOL code still in use. People who hate COBOL and want to replace it with a Java, C# etc. application instead are not aware of how complicated and involved the COBOL code is, also how much money it cost to write and get rid of all the bugs. Writing software is a time consuming thing, and since time = money writing software starts to get VERY expensive.
Yeah, they were, painfully so. I had to make minor changes to a program written in VB (yeah I know) in VS2003 - there was no SDK's for later versions of VS, so I either had to rewrite it or make the changes using VS2003 - and it sucked. I had forgotten how much VS has changed over the years (for the better).
All I am seeing is a lot of MS hate. But consider this. They have been doing their "patch Tuesday" stuff for a long time. Most times it works flawlessly, and no one even notices. When in a couple of cases PC's have problems... well that is what everyone remembers, and they label ALL of MS's updates as fucking useless. I would also like to point out that if you work in a company that has competent engineers they will test the updates on a series of test PC's before rolling it out to the rest of the corporation. Yes, they can do that MS has given them the tools, but lazy fucking engineers don't bother, so they end up causing widespread issues before they realize that update xyz is not compatible with us because we use hardware abc. Whose fault is that? MS? sure, because they released the update, but crashing all the PC's in a company, well, that's the fucking companies engineers fault for not properly testing first. There is a LOT of disparate hardware out there, the fact that windows update works for most people most of the time is fucking amazing, if you can't see that then all you want to do is hate MS. If you hate MS so much why are you even using windows?
i'm not, I am just amazed at how something that fucking obvious is overlooked. I get annoyed at grammar and spelling errors all the time (especially mine, so I try to proof read my own shit) and it's just annoying how someone can miss something so fucking obvious.
I see it all the time, but at least on/. I can comment on it. Most sites have removed the ability to comment. It spreads fake news apparently.
The reason things are being automated as much as they are is to solve a very big problem.
That problem is People.
People have labor laws, they have personal issues, they need to take a shit, they go on strike for more money.
Automating them away is a win for most companies.
Let me give you an example. My sister works for a large food retailer in their IT division. Every year around xmas time the pickers (guys in forklifts who load the trucks from the distribution center) go on strike for more money. It's the busiest and most lucrative time of the year for retailers. People get their bonuses, they are on leave (some of them) and it's fucking xmas, so there are presents to be bought and fuckit lets eat some cow etc. so it's important for them to keep the shelves stocked. Empty shelves means nothing to sell, which means no profit. Some stock in the distribution center also has a short shelf life, known as "fast moving consumer goods" and if they are not placed on the shelves within a limited time become garbage (think lettuce and tomatoes, meat etc.) So, when the pickers go on strike over the busiest and most lucrative time of the year it's BIG problem. Which is why they do it. Every fucking year. They get temp workers in who try to keep the shelves stocked, but there is violence etc. from the strikers so they have to then hire extra security to protect the temp workers. All of this costs money and a loss of profit. So they are automating the picking and removing the problem, and the problem is People. They are spending a vast amount of money NOW to remove all problems that humans add to the business in the future. Then there is "shrinkage" which is a nice way to say the fucking humans are stealing shit out of the warehouse. Remove the majority of humans and replace them with robots and theft becomes less of a problem. It's no fucking wonder that automation is advancing so rapidly and spreading so much, it's to remove the problem in the system, which is us.
I think you may have repeated yourself, I think you may have repeated yourself.
Fuck a duck, I would expect people posting articles to/. to actually fucking proof read their own shit.
which is much bigger than smellier than human poop.
Erm, not it's not, humans are omnivores, their poop smells way worse to me. Also as someone said further down the fresher human poop is the harder it is to get it off the bottom of your shoe (and sometimes the side, depending on the size of the turd). Not only that but human poop carries way more disease than horse poop.
Yeah, I did mention I use cash for small purchases, and a $100 anything (or part thereof) is a small purchase. I'm talking about walking around with $10,000 plus being a risky business, and yes, I have done that on occasion. I don't live in the US, and I doubt you can even comprehend the level of crime we have here.
People carried cash around for hudreds of years and they didn't all get robbed constantly
Maybe where you live, where I live the crime level is way higher than it was 10 years ago. Let me illustrate with a short story.
I was rewriting logistics software for a... logistics company, and while we were fine tuning the website and webservices and handheld software I was briefly reassigned to work from their distribution center so I would be onsite to trouble shoot any issues. That was in the middle of a light industrial area, while I was there (it was several months) I got to know the manager at a local fast food place really well, they made awesome chicken mayo sandwiches and they would deliver it to me at reception each day at lunch time. Yeah I am a creature of habit, shoot me. I also fixed their POS PC and then I made their POS software actually useful, but we ended up chatting a lot. Turned out that MANY of their customers would hide their money in their shoes, bra's anywhere they hoped people would not look when they were getting robbed. Result being is that she used to use a clothes clip to handle their money, the notes were sweaty and smelly and because she also needed to help out in the kitchen, washing your hands 200 times a day gets a bit old. The point being is that in broad daylight people were getting robbed going to buy fucking lunch. Report it to the cops, and fuckall happens, they don't even bother opening a case file.
the more you use plastic, the more you are EXPOSED to risk from some data breach
Not sure how you come to this conclusion, so now some hacker knows I bought a burger at xyz, how does that expose me more? I can understand that tracking companies will now show me more burger adverts from xyz, but I whilst I don't like that it does not increase my risk profile.
I don't like all the tracking going on, which is why I use cash unless it's a large amount. I don't use "loyalty cards", because at the end of the day they are "track you more cards" for very little actual gain. I would rather not get the free latte after you buy 200 latte's to cut down on my TRACKING profile. That would not raise my risk profile unless for some obscure reason the company wants personal credentials to other accounts, and if you are giving up that information then you deserve to be hacked. But perhaps you are not talking about that, perhaps you are saying hackers would now know that on Thursdays I always have a meeting in a particular suburb and buy coffee from xyz? I am not sure, please explain.
I have worked with people who have worked for these companies that amalgamate all this data into huge databases that is available for "market research", it's scary shit, which is why I try to use cash when I can. I have nothing to hide, but I don't want you to be able to peep into my bedroom window all the same.
Also just to be clear, even though my BALANCE in my debit card may be 10,000 you can only physically draw a certain amount from ATM's, I had that capped when I was forced to give up my pin with a gun to my head. You don't understand the level of crime here, people get followed home from banks and robbed in their driveways, the safer option is to use plastic, as much as that has it's own drawbacks.
Same here, and if you did they got confiscated and giving back at the end of the school day, which means you would not get a chance to play during lunch time. I could not afford one at the time, but someone lost his back battery cover (which holds the batteries in) and thought it was stuffed, so he gave it to me. A little work with a soldering iron and I had my own handheld.
They are too distracting. Just go to a family restaurant and see everyone on their fucking phones. Supposedly that's in an environment where there are no dry and boring lessons. Go to a bus stop and everyone waiting has their head bent down to their cellphones. They have had to put fucking stop signs and traffic lights in the pavements to stop people accidentally killing themselves. I would say that's a problem. Now we put those same devices in schools and you serious expect children to pay attention?
No, just certain neighborhoods, I am sure you have the same problem in the USA. You know, where it's dangerous to go. You racial prejudice is showing, although I hope it's mostly due to typical American stupidity.
Compared to Windows 10 where the user does not have to do anything. Windows will (in the background) download and install whatever is needed and when it's done you get a message to say "Your device is ready". *sarcasm*Yeah, Linux is way easier.*sarcasm*
Like I said, your knowledge of Windows seems a bit out of date.
select a (supplied by the manufacturer) PPD file
And if they didn't supply one? Because you can bet there is a driver for Windows. I tried (and ultimately gave the fuck up) trying to get a cheap ass Chinese MP3 player to sync with Linux. Was easier to dual boot in the end.
Now I am going to show some of my lack of recent Linux (Ubuntu in this case) experience. The last time I tried to change the resolution of a monitor (it had a weird ass resolution that was not one of the standard options, I forget what exactly) I had to edit files, and find out refresh rates and vertical and horizontal scan rates blah blah blah, all to change the fucking resolution. I use RPi's a LOT, and 9 times out of ten I have to manually edit files and run manual commands to do stuff that would be AUTOMATIC in Windows. Look, personally I don't have a problem with that, but then I am technical, my mother isn't. Until Linux becomes more user friendly it will always lose out to Windows for mainstream users. It's that fucking simple. Ubuntu tried, but ultimately failed.
managers think everything is so complicated and sophisticated
Because to them it is, most managers are there because they can herd cats, most of them are not technical. They may seem to have absorbed some of the technical bits, but they have actually only absorbed the terminology, they are fucking clueless about the technology. Some programmers make the transition to management successfully, but they are rare. I generally find that most managers that used to be programmers actually sucked at being programmers. Depending on the person these are sometimes the worst managers, because they think they know the technical aspect.
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This is not about Musk, get your panties out of your crack, why did you even have to bring him up anyway? There are a lot of companies looking into self driving cars. Even if Musk and his unprofitable company died tomorrow - there will still be self driving cars at some point, because EVERYONE can see the value and EVERYONE is working towards it. EVERYONE except you, because you don't understand the technology. I can't cure your ignorance, only you can do that.
Correct, we haven't. But we have cured lots of other things, like dying from a fucking splinter because infection set in. But maybe we should just stop figuring out how to heal things until we figure out the common fucking cold conundrum. Maybe if more people dropped dead from the common cold there would be more funding for something which is, in essence, not a big fucking problem.
Also true, but once again, the keyword that should be in that sentence is Yet - but maybe we should just give the fuck up and stop? I mean, it's not like it will solve all of humanities energy issues for centuries to come.
Citation needed - and no, the bible doesn't count.
I think they are, the problem is mouth breathers like you standing in the way.
Yeah, we do, it's called scientific progress.
The do follow, you just seem unable to keep up.
When they said they were going to put a man on the moon, people (like you) said it was impossible and it would never happen. They were wrong.
When they said they were going to create a huge accelerator and smash atoms into each other at really high speeds so they could crack them open to see what was inside, people (like you) said it would destroy the planet and end civilization as we know it. They were wrong.
When they set out to write a computer program that could beat grand masters at chess, people (like you) said it was impossible, that the game was too complicated. They were wrong.
Can you see how it follows now?
I can go on if you like, when they said that they were going to split the atom and create a single bomb that could destroy a city, people (like you) said it was impossible. They were wrong.
When they created the internal combustion engine, people (like you) said it would never replace a horse and buggy.They were wrong.
Do you perhaps drive for Uber or are you maybe a truck driver? Are self driving cars going to replace you?
If the above is true, then I think they should keep working on it. You and people like you are holding humanity back.
Get to the back of the bus.
Let's google that quick...
So you are quite correct in your interpretation, however, the second definition of it is
which is what the article is referring to, to which I say that I have never heard of Ampex before, so how does this fit the second definition? It's like saying we should never remove advertisements for VHS.
Thank you, "AI" is actually just algorithms running on a huge set of data. We've been doing that for years, the only real advancement is the cost and power of CPU's and data storage.
Then by your definition we should NEVER EVER remove ANY signs, because to someone somewhere they are a landmark.
If I had mod points I would mod you up. It's a fucking sign, not some precious landmark. Maybe people in the "biz" actually knew what it was about, but to me it's just another garish glowing sign blocking the view.
Yes, yes he does, because you can buy absolution.
I like it, but would probably rarely use the features so not really worth the price for me.
As soon as we all switch to IPV6 and they stop NAT we will all be assigned our own IP address and we will all no longer be anonymous, but that day is a long way off, there are too many bits and pieces that cannot do IPV6 and that are too expensive to just switch off.
Which is why there is still so much COBOL code still in use. People who hate COBOL and want to replace it with a Java, C# etc. application instead are not aware of how complicated and involved the COBOL code is, also how much money it cost to write and get rid of all the bugs. Writing software is a time consuming thing, and since time = money writing software starts to get VERY expensive.
Yeah, they were, painfully so. I had to make minor changes to a program written in VB (yeah I know) in VS2003 - there was no SDK's for later versions of VS, so I either had to rewrite it or make the changes using VS2003 - and it sucked. I had forgotten how much VS has changed over the years (for the better).
All I am seeing is a lot of MS hate. But consider this. They have been doing their "patch Tuesday" stuff for a long time. Most times it works flawlessly, and no one even notices. When in a couple of cases PC's have problems... well that is what everyone remembers, and they label ALL of MS's updates as fucking useless. I would also like to point out that if you work in a company that has competent engineers they will test the updates on a series of test PC's before rolling it out to the rest of the corporation. Yes, they can do that MS has given them the tools, but lazy fucking engineers don't bother, so they end up causing widespread issues before they realize that update xyz is not compatible with us because we use hardware abc. Whose fault is that? MS? sure, because they released the update, but crashing all the PC's in a company, well, that's the fucking companies engineers fault for not properly testing first. There is a LOT of disparate hardware out there, the fact that windows update works for most people most of the time is fucking amazing, if you can't see that then all you want to do is hate MS. If you hate MS so much why are you even using windows?
i'm not, I am just amazed at how something that fucking obvious is overlooked. I get annoyed at grammar and spelling errors all the time (especially mine, so I try to proof read my own shit) and it's just annoying how someone can miss something so fucking obvious. /. I can comment on it. Most sites have removed the ability to comment. It spreads fake news apparently.
I see it all the time, but at least on
The reason things are being automated as much as they are is to solve a very big problem.
That problem is People.
People have labor laws, they have personal issues, they need to take a shit, they go on strike for more money.
Automating them away is a win for most companies.
Let me give you an example. My sister works for a large food retailer in their IT division. Every year around xmas time the pickers (guys in forklifts who load the trucks from the distribution center) go on strike for more money. It's the busiest and most lucrative time of the year for retailers. People get their bonuses, they are on leave (some of them) and it's fucking xmas, so there are presents to be bought and fuckit lets eat some cow etc. so it's important for them to keep the shelves stocked. Empty shelves means nothing to sell, which means no profit. Some stock in the distribution center also has a short shelf life, known as "fast moving consumer goods" and if they are not placed on the shelves within a limited time become garbage (think lettuce and tomatoes, meat etc.) So, when the pickers go on strike over the busiest and most lucrative time of the year it's BIG problem. Which is why they do it. Every fucking year. They get temp workers in who try to keep the shelves stocked, but there is violence etc. from the strikers so they have to then hire extra security to protect the temp workers. All of this costs money and a loss of profit. So they are automating the picking and removing the problem, and the problem is People. They are spending a vast amount of money NOW to remove all problems that humans add to the business in the future. Then there is "shrinkage" which is a nice way to say the fucking humans are stealing shit out of the warehouse. Remove the majority of humans and replace them with robots and theft becomes less of a problem. It's no fucking wonder that automation is advancing so rapidly and spreading so much, it's to remove the problem in the system, which is us.
I think you may have repeated yourself, I think you may have repeated yourself. /. to actually fucking proof read their own shit.
Fuck a duck, I would expect people posting articles to
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, and Wozzie, and what about Linus?.
Sounds delicious, you are making me hungry.
Erm, not it's not, humans are omnivores, their poop smells way worse to me. Also as someone said further down the fresher human poop is the harder it is to get it off the bottom of your shoe (and sometimes the side, depending on the size of the turd). Not only that but human poop carries way more disease than horse poop.
Maybe where you live, where I live the crime level is way higher than it was 10 years ago. Let me illustrate with a short story.
I was rewriting logistics software for a... logistics company, and while we were fine tuning the website and webservices and handheld software I was briefly reassigned to work from their distribution center so I would be onsite to trouble shoot any issues. That was in the middle of a light industrial area, while I was there (it was several months) I got to know the manager at a local fast food place really well, they made awesome chicken mayo sandwiches and they would deliver it to me at reception each day at lunch time. Yeah I am a creature of habit, shoot me. I also fixed their POS PC and then I made their POS software actually useful, but we ended up chatting a lot. Turned out that MANY of their customers would hide their money in their shoes, bra's anywhere they hoped people would not look when they were getting robbed. Result being is that she used to use a clothes clip to handle their money, the notes were sweaty and smelly and because she also needed to help out in the kitchen, washing your hands 200 times a day gets a bit old. The point being is that in broad daylight people were getting robbed going to buy fucking lunch. Report it to the cops, and fuckall happens, they don't even bother opening a case file.
Not sure how you come to this conclusion, so now some hacker knows I bought a burger at xyz, how does that expose me more? I can understand that tracking companies will now show me more burger adverts from xyz, but I whilst I don't like that it does not increase my risk profile.
I don't like all the tracking going on, which is why I use cash unless it's a large amount. I don't use "loyalty cards", because at the end of the day they are "track you more cards" for very little actual gain. I would rather not get the free latte after you buy 200 latte's to cut down on my TRACKING profile. That would not raise my risk profile unless for some obscure reason the company wants personal credentials to other accounts, and if you are giving up that information then you deserve to be hacked. But perhaps you are not talking about that, perhaps you are saying hackers would now know that on Thursdays I always have a meeting in a particular suburb and buy coffee from xyz? I am not sure, please explain.
I have worked with people who have worked for these companies that amalgamate all this data into huge databases that is available for "market research", it's scary shit, which is why I try to use cash when I can. I have nothing to hide, but I don't want you to be able to peep into my bedroom window all the same.
Also just to be clear, even though my BALANCE in my debit card may be 10,000 you can only physically draw a certain amount from ATM's, I had that capped when I was forced to give up my pin with a gun to my head. You don't understand the level of crime here, people get followed home from banks and robbed in their driveways, the safer option is to use plastic, as much as that has it's own drawbacks.
Same here, and if you did they got confiscated and giving back at the end of the school day, which means you would not get a chance to play during lunch time. I could not afford one at the time, but someone lost his back battery cover (which holds the batteries in) and thought it was stuffed, so he gave it to me. A little work with a soldering iron and I had my own handheld.
They are too distracting. Just go to a family restaurant and see everyone on their fucking phones. Supposedly that's in an environment where there are no dry and boring lessons. Go to a bus stop and everyone waiting has their head bent down to their cellphones. They have had to put fucking stop signs and traffic lights in the pavements to stop people accidentally killing themselves. I would say that's a problem. Now we put those same devices in schools and you serious expect children to pay attention?
No, just certain neighborhoods, I am sure you have the same problem in the USA. You know, where it's dangerous to go. You racial prejudice is showing, although I hope it's mostly due to typical American stupidity.
*sarcasm*Yeah, Linux is way easier.*sarcasm*
Like I said, your knowledge of Windows seems a bit out of date.
And if they didn't supply one? Because you can bet there is a driver for Windows. I tried (and ultimately gave the fuck up) trying to get a cheap ass Chinese MP3 player to sync with Linux. Was easier to dual boot in the end.
Now I am going to show some of my lack of recent Linux (Ubuntu in this case) experience. The last time I tried to change the resolution of a monitor (it had a weird ass resolution that was not one of the standard options, I forget what exactly) I had to edit files, and find out refresh rates and vertical and horizontal scan rates blah blah blah, all to change the fucking resolution. I use RPi's a LOT, and 9 times out of ten I have to manually edit files and run manual commands to do stuff that would be AUTOMATIC in Windows. Look, personally I don't have a problem with that, but then I am technical, my mother isn't. Until Linux becomes more user friendly it will always lose out to Windows for mainstream users. It's that fucking simple. Ubuntu tried, but ultimately failed.
Because to them it is, most managers are there because they can herd cats, most of them are not technical. They may seem to have absorbed some of the technical bits, but they have actually only absorbed the terminology, they are fucking clueless about the technology. Some programmers make the transition to management successfully, but they are rare. I generally find that most managers that used to be programmers actually sucked at being programmers. Depending on the person these are sometimes the worst managers, because they think they know the technical aspect.