What strikes me with Hyperloop is Elon Musk's very limited investment. He does a bit of sponsoring (mostly through SpaceX) but he owns none of the companies involved.
What he own are companies that would be suppliers : Tesla for the batteries, and maybe motors, Solarcity for the solar panels he intends to put on the track, The Boring Company for the tunnels. Interestingly his design calls for batteries, which are not strictly necessary, and solar panels, which are nothing more than a nice addition, as for tunnels, I don't remember hearing about them before he founded his tunnel company. So my conspiracy theory is that he is using Hyperloop as a relatively inexpensive way of promoting his real, profitable companies.
- It just looks damn cool when done right (ok, subjective judgment) - It can be controlled with real hardware (ex: DJing software like Traktor tend to look like the real mixing table the user likely has) - When real hardware is emulated, it is natural that the software looks like the hardware it emulates (ex: a TB-303 soft synth will have the same buttons at the same locations as an actual TB-303). - Knobs are not that bad for screen-based interaction.
PCs tend to boot much faster now than a decade ago. Game consoles on the other hand... A friend of mine actually sold his PS3 for that reason, he is a casual gamer and didn't want to wait through endless loading screens and updates just for a quick play. In a sense, it is worse than just complaining every day.
It is a bit different than what you are asking but... A few years ago you could find cheap IPS 2560x1440 27" monitors from Korea. The Yamakasi Catleap was one of them. I don't know if you can find them anymore but they are certainly available used. These monitors were as dumb as a display can be. Single video input (DVI-D dual), a connector for the PSU, and 3 buttons : brightness up, down and power. That's all. No OSD, no scaler nor any kind of image processing, the graphics card has to take care of everything (which it does very well). A good thing is that because of the lack of complex processing on the monitor side, latency is very low.
There is no reason to allow someone to moderate in a discussion and then post anonymously. That's a bug - one that can be easily fixed.
Checking the "Post Anonymously" box is equivalent to logging out and then posting. This can also be achieved by loading the discussion in a private browser tab. So you have your reason : the workaround would be trivial.
Now back on topic. The bitcoin chain holds a record of every transaction. The IRS shouldn't have too hard a time now going back over years of transaction records. There's the flaw of bitcoin - if anonymity is broken, every transaction is on record, not just the most recent activity. And for bitcoin to work, every transaction needs to be recorded. And if history has taught us anything, it's that any encryption can be broken given enough resources and motivation. Just more proof that those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, I guess.
Anonymity never was a design goal for Bitcoin. It is just that the system doesn't requires personal information to function. And the crypto behind Bitcoin is pretty solid, AFAIK it is even quantum computer proof. And should the current algorithms break, it would be possible to update the protocol.
It there is a clear mistake on the wholesaler part and Lowe's clearly exploited it, then it could be prosecuted. Not "arrested" but a fine and damages are to be expected. In fact, even if there is no mistake, this could fall under anti-dumping laws. The issue with the couple is that they already resold the goods for a fraction of the price and thus, can't return them or pay back their debt.
This is not easy because pirates will deliberately try to trick your AI. It also has to run in reasonable time with few false positives. The speech-to-text approach for example could trigger if someone is just quoting some lines from a movie.
Women also produce testosterone. Some women even have more than some men. And while they produce less on average, women may also be more sensitive to some of its effects.
It it is really the case it doesn't make sense. The point of advertising is to have as much people seeing it as possible, so why limit access to it? I'm sure Netflix, Google and Amazon would love to have a deal that allows them to show Disney movies in exchange for promoting branded merchandise.
(Hint: Password complexity rules are a good way to prevent the dumbest of passwords from being used.)
No they are not. Checking over a list of common passwords is. Half of the time the rule abiding password just has an uppercase first letter and a number or symbol at the end. Yeah, it adds a bit or two of entropy but it isn't worth the annoyance.
Do not ask "what's best" because this question cannot be answered objectively. Each and everyone has their own view about what's best in a certain area. The best is what works best for you!
You shit on AMD, fine. I prefer Intel too. But you should be grateful that AMD is coming back, it will stimulate competition and hopefully result in better products from Intel.
The problem you mentioned was caused by AMD CPUs having no thermal protection and an exposed die, requiring you to be extra careful with your heatsink. So much that most shops had a "we don't take back burnt or chipped CPUs" sign. It is no longer the case. They addressed the issue with the Athlon X2, around 2005.
When that message got leaked it directly affected the company's image, and action had to be taken. It'd be far worse for Google not to do anything about it because that would be interpreted as Google sharing the message, which had too many assumptions, some very few valid criticisms, and sugarcoating of quite frankly some very nasty prejudice and sexism.
"Doing something about it" does not mean publicly firing the guy. I think a more appropriate response would be a statement affirming that this memo that is contrary to Google's views and that the problem is being dealt with internally. Then refuse to comment any further. In fact, Google shouldn't even have acknowledged the origin of this memo. These are internal matters, and how Google deal with it is none of our business.
Many speed bumps are actually illegal. Speed bumps are regulated, in particular, there is a maximum height that is often exceeded. If it is, you can claim damage. If it isn't, you are on your own.
At my local big box store (Carrefour), they even have 3 levels of generic brands for food : discount, standard and quality. Discount is obviously the cheapest and lowest quality, standard is on the same level as mid-range brands and quality is about the best you can find in a supermarket. There is a significant difference between each tier. I especially like the high tier : good quality at affordable price, stepping up means going to gourmet shops and paying at least double.
As for the actual supplier, it is usually identified by a code which you can look up the internet if you want. But considering that these are made to order, just because it is the same as one brand name doesn't mean the end result will be the same.
Today's modern mega-corporations are soulless monsters, inclined towards EVIL while seeking immortality and infinite profits. Human beings are meaningless cogs, and the only corporate goal is to find the cheapest cogs that can do the necessary work. The only gawd is profit.
Mega-corporations are not evil. Pure evil doesn't make profits. Profit is more important than the idea of good and evil. If anything, they would tend towards good, because it is better for PR. They don't just want the cheapest cogs, they want the most profitable cogs, and they are ready spend a lot for high quality cogs, if they can get return on investment. For the same reason that professional mechanics don't mind paying $20 for a single wrench when you can find a full pack for half the price at home depot.
It only works with PSA dealers, which are to real dealers what James Bond is to secret agents. To recognize a PSA dealer, look for someone super-creepy that for some reason, has no trouble staying where all the kids are. If you resist the urge to run the other way, you may get a pouch of some glowing substance ready for you to inject.
Cats and dogs eat plants *because* they are indigestible. It is how they purge themselves. It comes out mostly unaltered, along with whatever is causing trouble.
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Going through an automatic translator probably works.
I don't really believe that stylometry is as effective as the article says though.
What strikes me with Hyperloop is Elon Musk's very limited investment. He does a bit of sponsoring (mostly through SpaceX) but he owns none of the companies involved.
What he own are companies that would be suppliers : Tesla for the batteries, and maybe motors, Solarcity for the solar panels he intends to put on the track, The Boring Company for the tunnels. Interestingly his design calls for batteries, which are not strictly necessary, and solar panels, which are nothing more than a nice addition, as for tunnels, I don't remember hearing about them before he founded his tunnel company. So my conspiracy theory is that he is using Hyperloop as a relatively inexpensive way of promoting his real, profitable companies.
- It just looks damn cool when done right (ok, subjective judgment)
- It can be controlled with real hardware (ex: DJing software like Traktor tend to look like the real mixing table the user likely has)
- When real hardware is emulated, it is natural that the software looks like the hardware it emulates (ex: a TB-303 soft synth will have the same buttons at the same locations as an actual TB-303).
- Knobs are not that bad for screen-based interaction.
This is an interesting way to achieve a Godwin point.
PCs tend to boot much faster now than a decade ago.
Game consoles on the other hand... A friend of mine actually sold his PS3 for that reason, he is a casual gamer and didn't want to wait through endless loading screens and updates just for a quick play. In a sense, it is worse than just complaining every day.
Don't these TV have some kind of a parental lock feature designed to prevent the exact scenario you described? (kids messing with the settings)
It is a bit different than what you are asking but...
A few years ago you could find cheap IPS 2560x1440 27" monitors from Korea. The Yamakasi Catleap was one of them. I don't know if you can find them anymore but they are certainly available used.
These monitors were as dumb as a display can be. Single video input (DVI-D dual), a connector for the PSU, and 3 buttons : brightness up, down and power. That's all. No OSD, no scaler nor any kind of image processing, the graphics card has to take care of everything (which it does very well). A good thing is that because of the lack of complex processing on the monitor side, latency is very low.
There is no reason to allow someone to moderate in a discussion and then post anonymously. That's a bug - one that can be easily fixed.
Checking the "Post Anonymously" box is equivalent to logging out and then posting. This can also be achieved by loading the discussion in a private browser tab. So you have your reason : the workaround would be trivial.
Now back on topic. The bitcoin chain holds a record of every transaction. The IRS shouldn't have too hard a time now going back over years of transaction records. There's the flaw of bitcoin - if anonymity is broken, every transaction is on record, not just the most recent activity. And for bitcoin to work, every transaction needs to be recorded. And if history has taught us anything, it's that any encryption can be broken given enough resources and motivation. Just more proof that those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, I guess.
Anonymity never was a design goal for Bitcoin. It is just that the system doesn't requires personal information to function. And the crypto behind Bitcoin is pretty solid, AFAIK it is even quantum computer proof. And should the current algorithms break, it would be possible to update the protocol.
Robot apocalypse?
See here : https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/
Basically the rogue killerbots will most likely run out of fuel and ammunition rather quickly, or get stuck behind closed hangar doors.
It there is a clear mistake on the wholesaler part and Lowe's clearly exploited it, then it could be prosecuted. Not "arrested" but a fine and damages are to be expected. In fact, even if there is no mistake, this could fall under anti-dumping laws.
The issue with the couple is that they already resold the goods for a fraction of the price and thus, can't return them or pay back their debt.
RTFA
Google uses enormous resources to crack watermarking, and here's betting they invent watermark 2.0 next week.
"watermark 2.0" is right in the paper. It is nothing more than a slight warping that anyone can implement.
The watermarks were never meant to be perfect -- in fact, it was always easy for a graphic artist to manually remove them -- about ten minutes.
There is a link to a video of an artist doing exactly this. But as they said, it's tedious.
It's summer, and people are overheating and dying. Need to recall the human race.
Some Christians call it rapture.
This is not easy because pirates will deliberately try to trick your AI.
It also has to run in reasonable time with few false positives. The speech-to-text approach for example could trigger if someone is just quoting some lines from a movie.
May 1968 is a very significant date in France, marked by the youth protesting against authority.
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I'm not sure how it relates to a German paper though.
Women also produce testosterone. Some women even have more than some men.
And while they produce less on average, women may also be more sensitive to some of its effects.
It it is really the case it doesn't make sense.
The point of advertising is to have as much people seeing it as possible, so why limit access to it?
I'm sure Netflix, Google and Amazon would love to have a deal that allows them to show Disney movies in exchange for promoting branded merchandise.
(Hint: Password complexity rules are a good way to prevent the dumbest of passwords from being used.)
No they are not. Checking over a list of common passwords is.
Half of the time the rule abiding password just has an uppercase first letter and a number or symbol at the end. Yeah, it adds a bit or two of entropy but it isn't worth the annoyance.
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Do not ask "what's best" because this question cannot be answered objectively. Each and everyone has their own view about what's best in a certain area. The best is what works best for you!
You shit on AMD, fine. I prefer Intel too.
But you should be grateful that AMD is coming back, it will stimulate competition and hopefully result in better products from Intel.
The problem you mentioned was caused by AMD CPUs having no thermal protection and an exposed die, requiring you to be extra careful with your heatsink. So much that most shops had a "we don't take back burnt or chipped CPUs" sign. It is no longer the case. They addressed the issue with the Athlon X2, around 2005.
When that message got leaked it directly affected the company's image, and action had to be taken.
It'd be far worse for Google not to do anything about it because that would be interpreted as Google sharing the message, which had too many assumptions, some very few valid criticisms, and sugarcoating of quite frankly some very nasty prejudice and sexism.
"Doing something about it" does not mean publicly firing the guy.
I think a more appropriate response would be a statement affirming that this memo that is contrary to Google's views and that the problem is being dealt with internally. Then refuse to comment any further. In fact, Google shouldn't even have acknowledged the origin of this memo.
These are internal matters, and how Google deal with it is none of our business.
Many speed bumps are actually illegal. Speed bumps are regulated, in particular, there is a maximum height that is often exceeded.
If it is, you can claim damage. If it isn't, you are on your own.
At my local big box store (Carrefour), they even have 3 levels of generic brands for food : discount, standard and quality. Discount is obviously the cheapest and lowest quality, standard is on the same level as mid-range brands and quality is about the best you can find in a supermarket. There is a significant difference between each tier. I especially like the high tier : good quality at affordable price, stepping up means going to gourmet shops and paying at least double.
As for the actual supplier, it is usually identified by a code which you can look up the internet if you want. But considering that these are made to order, just because it is the same as one brand name doesn't mean the end result will be the same.
Today's modern mega-corporations are soulless monsters, inclined towards EVIL while seeking immortality and infinite profits. Human beings are meaningless cogs, and the only corporate goal is to find the cheapest cogs that can do the necessary work. The only gawd is profit.
Mega-corporations are not evil. Pure evil doesn't make profits. Profit is more important than the idea of good and evil. If anything, they would tend towards good, because it is better for PR.
They don't just want the cheapest cogs, they want the most profitable cogs, and they are ready spend a lot for high quality cogs, if they can get return on investment. For the same reason that professional mechanics don't mind paying $20 for a single wrench when you can find a full pack for half the price at home depot.
It only works with PSA dealers, which are to real dealers what James Bond is to secret agents.
To recognize a PSA dealer, look for someone super-creepy that for some reason, has no trouble staying where all the kids are. If you resist the urge to run the other way, you may get a pouch of some glowing substance ready for you to inject.
Cats and dogs eat plants *because* they are indigestible.
It is how they purge themselves. It comes out mostly unaltered, along with whatever is causing trouble.