All kidding aside, I think what the GP is saying is that regardless of whether or not the lower paid worker *ACTUALLY* has a valid grievance, they will in every case *PERCEIVE* that they have one. Personally I don't think I would engage in that kind of talk with any of my co-workers because while it is easy to understand the equal pay part, I think it's nearly impossible to objectively assess the equal work part. It might be easy in a factory setting where you each pump out 100 widgets a day, but no two people on my team have the exact same skill set... that's kind of the point: different skills make for a well rounded team.
My religion tells me that I should be a communist. I'm actually not calling socialism a bad thing, I'm just saying people need to evaluate their professed values and square them with the government we choose and the actions we outwardly do. I honestly believe that any system of government would work if men's hearts were pure, but none of them work because of the evils we allow to permeate our hearts (I'm looking at you greed).
Also good call about the democracy thing... I misspoke, and should have said capitalism. Easy to confuse the two.
Just had to say the hot dog thing is the absolute best comment on this thread, and perhaps the best on slashdot all year! Wish I had mod points for you.
Why are they even testing their cars on live streets at this point? Everyone agrees that at least level 4 is required to be truly safe and companies are still trying to master level 3. You can drive around with a bunch of sensors attached and feed the data into a simulation system and see how it reacts, you don't need the AI driving an actual to see if it will react appropriately.
I have to slightly disagree with this: As soon as a real world driver takes any kind of evasive action, the simulation can no longer "simulate" based on recorded data... because the data recorded after that point reflects the reaction of the driver, rather than the inevitability of not taking action. The system must be tested in the real world so that the sensors output agrees with the AI's decisions and actions. Example: if a pedestrian walks into the street, the car should slam on the brakes... if the car does so, the pedestrian may hear the screech of tires and jump back, changing the outcome. The data calls it a near miss, but the reality is without the intervention it's a failure. When training AI for positive reinforcement, you don't have to worry about introducing bias. When training an AI for negative reinforcement, as soon as the AI beings learning how to react, it changes the outcome, which prevents future learning about the negative state.
With that said, I think I'd prefer to see much more closed course testing before unleashing these systems on the unsuspecting public. The sad truth is I'm sure these self-driving companies all considered the cost of constructing a "realistic" closed course, including pedestrians, cyclists, bad weather, etc, and compared it to the cost of paying for the accidents that they cause in the real world. I'm sure their analysis showed it was cheaper to pay the insurance premiums for testing this on the public, which has brought us to this point.
I wonder how often crashes were occurring in Uber's closed course testing, and if they were constructing worst case scenarios (like a pedestrian darting into the road on a dark rainy night) to truly test the system.
I call foul: This is selection bias. You potentially drive past tens of thousands of drivers every time you take a trip of significant length on the highway, however you are only noticing the bad drivers because they so easily stand out from the crowd. So while what you said might be literally true:
I have a very low opinion of the driving ability of many people I see on the roads every time I drive somewhere
The implication that "many" represents a significant percentage is a fallacy.
Look, lets call a spade a spade here... he is asking for socialism. His platform is "democracy is dead." People need to get comfortable saying that, because that's what it is... if you are for UBI, you are a socialist.;)
The problem is... that with a few small hints as to how the technique works, a scientist can intuit the rest. It's not like someone gave Kim Jong the details on how to create a nuke... he started with what was publicly available, and stole what he could, and worked out the rest (or his scientists did)... it's no different with AI. Keeping a certain method or technology is only useful if that tech can't be reverse engineered, intuited, etc... I personally think the cat's out of the bag on this one.
I agree with what your saying here... but I just gotta point out that the world would be equally outraged if google was found guilty of putting a shine on the search results by hiding or depressing results for evil thoughts. I'm not saying there's a fix for this... and perhaps really what I'm saying is that THERE IS NO FIX for this, because humanity is messy, and like a flag in a stiff breeze - there is no equilibrium. We are instead doomed to vacillate back and forth furiously until we're frayed, ripped at the seams, and eventually destroyed.
What problem were they trying to solve? I don't get why they would bother to ban something that wasn't a problem... so what problems were being solved here? It just seems like the summary, and also the referenced article is phrased in a one sided way, or perhaps it really is one sided and this is the result of AirBNB refusing to pay a bribe?
Maybe I misunderstood the original article... If MS is offering nothing more than a start menu tile for a website, then my bad... but what would be the point of that? I thought we were talking about apps. The ability to access significant hardware resources is the ONLY thing that really distinguishes apps from websites. So I thought we were talking about software hosted on a third party website, that can be updated without Microsoft being aware of it, and having access to significant resources on my local machine. I wouldn't want any part of that situation.
The range has to be clear of all boats, so an external feed would require a second drone ship tailing the first... a difficult proposition, but not impossible. Probably not worth it, since it has nothing but entertainment value.
I think you might be overlooking the fact that the government the the ones asking for these bribes... and when they sense someone is getting out of line (like providing 1/5 the country's exports) and thinking they're all high and mighty, it's necessary for the government to remind these execs who is in charge. They slap their hand, then let them return to business as usual.
Please tell me they're going to name it Barricade. It's like let's patent a whole bunch of things that are already commonly available... but we'll package it _in_a_car_!
I came here to say exactly this! It assumes a steady state of production cost (in terms of pollution) and that's probably close to true for gas, meaning that production has probably tapped most efficiencies already. However, asserting that the production of electric energy will always be tied to consumption of fossil fuels is disingenuous. As renewables get cheaper per kW (which they pretty much have achieved now) the balance will shift... the old coal power plants will still run for a while, because they've already sunk the cost of building it, but soon the maintenance costs and environmental costs will be too much to bear and you'll see the old power plants shut down in favor of other energy production means. I'd be shocked if at this moment anywhere on the planet, someone was planning to build a new coal fired power plant.
How many of the notified/complaining users are in fact MORE Russian misinformation accounts that have not yet been discovered... and the outcry is simply a ploy to destabilize Facebook?
^^^ check the username. I'm familiar with pharmacogenetics and biosythetic pathways. Occam's razor: Which is more likely? Pharmacogenetics or bog standard drug abuse? GGP's post certainly sounds more like drug tourism than genuine inability to get relief. Everybody on this damned planet thinks they are a special snowflake that deserves some special consideration, due to their circumstances... GGP isn't special, he/she just wants others to think they are.
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Spoken like a true "Lower-paid worker" </snark>
All kidding aside, I think what the GP is saying is that regardless of whether or not the lower paid worker *ACTUALLY* has a valid grievance, they will in every case *PERCEIVE* that they have one. Personally I don't think I would engage in that kind of talk with any of my co-workers because while it is easy to understand the equal pay part, I think it's nearly impossible to objectively assess the equal work part. It might be easy in a factory setting where you each pump out 100 widgets a day, but no two people on my team have the exact same skill set... that's kind of the point: different skills make for a well rounded team.
My religion tells me that I should be a communist. I'm actually not calling socialism a bad thing, I'm just saying people need to evaluate their professed values and square them with the government we choose and the actions we outwardly do. I honestly believe that any system of government would work if men's hearts were pure, but none of them work because of the evils we allow to permeate our hearts (I'm looking at you greed).
Also good call about the democracy thing... I misspoke, and should have said capitalism. Easy to confuse the two.
Just had to say the hot dog thing is the absolute best comment on this thread, and perhaps the best on slashdot all year! Wish I had mod points for you.
Why are they even testing their cars on live streets at this point? Everyone agrees that at least level 4 is required to be truly safe and companies are still trying to master level 3. You can drive around with a bunch of sensors attached and feed the data into a simulation system and see how it reacts, you don't need the AI driving an actual to see if it will react appropriately.
I have to slightly disagree with this: As soon as a real world driver takes any kind of evasive action, the simulation can no longer "simulate" based on recorded data... because the data recorded after that point reflects the reaction of the driver, rather than the inevitability of not taking action. The system must be tested in the real world so that the sensors output agrees with the AI's decisions and actions. Example: if a pedestrian walks into the street, the car should slam on the brakes... if the car does so, the pedestrian may hear the screech of tires and jump back, changing the outcome. The data calls it a near miss, but the reality is without the intervention it's a failure. When training AI for positive reinforcement, you don't have to worry about introducing bias. When training an AI for negative reinforcement, as soon as the AI beings learning how to react, it changes the outcome, which prevents future learning about the negative state.
With that said, I think I'd prefer to see much more closed course testing before unleashing these systems on the unsuspecting public. The sad truth is I'm sure these self-driving companies all considered the cost of constructing a "realistic" closed course, including pedestrians, cyclists, bad weather, etc, and compared it to the cost of paying for the accidents that they cause in the real world. I'm sure their analysis showed it was cheaper to pay the insurance premiums for testing this on the public, which has brought us to this point.
I wonder how often crashes were occurring in Uber's closed course testing, and if they were constructing worst case scenarios (like a pedestrian darting into the road on a dark rainy night) to truly test the system.
I call foul: This is selection bias. You potentially drive past tens of thousands of drivers every time you take a trip of significant length on the highway, however you are only noticing the bad drivers because they so easily stand out from the crowd. So while what you said might be literally true:
I have a very low opinion of the driving ability of many people I see on the roads every time I drive somewhere
The implication that "many" represents a significant percentage is a fallacy.
Look, lets call a spade a spade here... he is asking for socialism. His platform is "democracy is dead." People need to get comfortable saying that, because that's what it is... if you are for UBI, you are a socialist. ;)
I believe I speak for everyone here when I say: "What... The... Hell?"
This is so eerie... I have guns, and a 4x4... AND I have access to sourceforge and git hub... I'm so conflicted right now!!!!!
The problem is... that with a few small hints as to how the technique works, a scientist can intuit the rest. It's not like someone gave Kim Jong the details on how to create a nuke... he started with what was publicly available, and stole what he could, and worked out the rest (or his scientists did)... it's no different with AI. Keeping a certain method or technology is only useful if that tech can't be reverse engineered, intuited, etc... I personally think the cat's out of the bag on this one.
No.... that's blockchain.
By my keypad doesn't have an eleven... it only has numbers zero through nine... how do you dial nine-eleven???? Aaaa!
I agree with what your saying here... but I just gotta point out that the world would be equally outraged if google was found guilty of putting a shine on the search results by hiding or depressing results for evil thoughts. I'm not saying there's a fix for this... and perhaps really what I'm saying is that THERE IS NO FIX for this, because humanity is messy, and like a flag in a stiff breeze - there is no equilibrium. We are instead doomed to vacillate back and forth furiously until we're frayed, ripped at the seams, and eventually destroyed.
What problem were they trying to solve? I don't get why they would bother to ban something that wasn't a problem... so what problems were being solved here? It just seems like the summary, and also the referenced article is phrased in a one sided way, or perhaps it really is one sided and this is the result of AirBNB refusing to pay a bribe?
I for one welcome our new truth determining overlords.
Maybe I misunderstood the original article... If MS is offering nothing more than a start menu tile for a website, then my bad... but what would be the point of that? I thought we were talking about apps. The ability to access significant hardware resources is the ONLY thing that really distinguishes apps from websites. So I thought we were talking about software hosted on a third party website, that can be updated without Microsoft being aware of it, and having access to significant resources on my local machine. I wouldn't want any part of that situation.
and that PWAs are hosted on the developer's server, so can be updated directly from there
I can't imagine any way that these apps would be compromised by hackers... not a single one!
There's a shortage of perfect in this world... t'would be a pity to damage yours.
As they say, "Payload = pay, but more payload != more pay"
The range has to be clear of all boats, so an external feed would require a second drone ship tailing the first... a difficult proposition, but not impossible. Probably not worth it, since it has nothing but entertainment value.
I think you might be overlooking the fact that the government the the ones asking for these bribes... and when they sense someone is getting out of line (like providing 1/5 the country's exports) and thinking they're all high and mighty, it's necessary for the government to remind these execs who is in charge. They slap their hand, then let them return to business as usual.
Please tell me they're going to name it Barricade. It's like let's patent a whole bunch of things that are already commonly available... but we'll package it _in_a_car_!
I came here to say exactly this! It assumes a steady state of production cost (in terms of pollution) and that's probably close to true for gas, meaning that production has probably tapped most efficiencies already. However, asserting that the production of electric energy will always be tied to consumption of fossil fuels is disingenuous. As renewables get cheaper per kW (which they pretty much have achieved now) the balance will shift... the old coal power plants will still run for a while, because they've already sunk the cost of building it, but soon the maintenance costs and environmental costs will be too much to bear and you'll see the old power plants shut down in favor of other energy production means. I'd be shocked if at this moment anywhere on the planet, someone was planning to build a new coal fired power plant.
How many of the notified/complaining users are in fact MORE Russian misinformation accounts that have not yet been discovered... and the outcry is simply a ploy to destabilize Facebook?
^^^ check the username. I'm familiar with pharmacogenetics and biosythetic pathways. Occam's razor: Which is more likely? Pharmacogenetics or bog standard drug abuse? GGP's post certainly sounds more like drug tourism than genuine inability to get relief. Everybody on this damned planet thinks they are a special snowflake that deserves some special consideration, due to their circumstances... GGP isn't special, he/she just wants others to think they are.
Spoken like a true drug addict.