This junk is finding it's way into Slashdot pretty often. Obviously this is not true. Let's all use less energy instead of pretending our lives are green (they're not).
How did Russia suddenly become enemy #1? The build up propaganda is incredible. They hacked the DNC? Lets stop this war that has been laid out in advanced. PLEASE REMEMBER: US, EU, and Russian military corporations think human life is expendable, this is all marketing.
The reason I work from home: To get away from all the idiots at work and get something done.
Reason managers don't like telecommuting: They think everyone's an idiot and wont work if not watched (unfortunately 85% true)
In tech a few people waste everyone's time. Silicon valley x5.
I understand, Bobby's surgeon was his mom, can I go back to work now!
San Francisco's issues would disappear if we cut down on sugar. The homeless using your car as a bathroom, the open selling of meth in the mission, all of it! Last mayor's race in SF was all about sugary drinks. Hope this fight goes on, we can win this!
We already have Inequality in our DNA....Its called tribalism. We are animals with base instincts. Family, community and education are the ways to evolve out of discrimination and cultural boundaries.
We have the highest number of 18-24 year olds in America with no job and a HS education or below. 60% are woman. With the insane college debt crisis we should be finding ways to educate and train woman for the workforce not promote prostitution. Proposition is a man's dream. The reality is increased prostitution is a bad sign for a society. Oakland is the human trafficking capital of America. In San Fran the politicians bicker over soda tax while the cops smoke cigarettes on the corner. Let's not promote abuse towards woman on tech sites.
Prediction: NX will use Amiibos instead of optical drive for games. At first it will unlock a download. In a few years all the games will come on Yoshii dolls.
I was at Baker beach on a Sunday when a family was flying a Quad Copter. A Dad and his kids having fun. Most people could see it was a family having a nice day out; but let me tell you - Some folks freaked the hell out and started accusing the Dad guy of filming them, etc. Some of it seemed like using the "drone" as an excuse to be belligerent in public.
As an engineer I think this is a big step I have not seen before. With easy access to 3D cad and low price 3d printing hopefully the term design engineer will be a thing of the past. Normally this robot would have to be properly designed for injection molded and machined parts. With 3d printing all of those constraints go away. I would define my job as designing around the constraints of a particular manufacturing process. 3D printing has very little constraints and uses low energy. I think that is called empowerment even though that word is annoying.
I remember reading Enders Game and thinking it was weird that the little kids slept naked. Then I read Seventh Son and Card managed to have a scene where Alvin Maker wasn't wearing any clothes in bed. I remember red flags going up with both books. Now Orson Scott Card is against same-sex marriage? Anybody else think this is strange? I'm not a psychologist but I play one on the internet.
It creeps me out to hear Orson Scott Card say these mean things. Especially in 2013. It's kinda sad. I mostly feel sorry for him because he has a lot of anger being channeled into his hate and it is affecting our community. That being said: I still really want to see the movie with Harrison Ford. It looks cool. Pretty much every artist I am a fan of has said something stupid or totally ignorant. News flash: most of Hollywood biggest stars never bothered to earn a GED. I am OK with Orson Scott Card pleading ignorance. Hopefully he will be exposed to a more enlightened view after all this.
On-Live or netflix are the future of consoles. The graphics are instantly upgradeable. I wouldn't be surprised if the next xbox has this capability built in. In two generations there will be no consoles. The "systems" will be built into tvs as an app much like netflix is on newer TV's. I think this is good. I am a Nintendo fan and they are known for their great controllers. Nintendo can still make awesome games and controllers but get out of the CPU/GPU manufacturing business; greatly reducing prices for consumers.
We do have an idea of how life evolved and the billions of genetic changes in a unique environment that have occurred to make us what we are today. Belief in alien life = a lack of basic scientific understanding. I blame religion in our society, basically saying "if there is no proof just make up something to fit what you want to believe" Listen to the candidates talk about science. It always turns into religious pseudo science.
Probably no life on other planets. Extra terrestrial life is a concept that became popular in the 60's and 70's pseudo-science new age period. During this time there were many crazy theories ranging from dolphin cities to crystal healing. The Drake equation came from this era.
The calculus of events that came to form life and then intelligence is unique. Our egos are more evolved then our intelligence. Recent theories are intelligence evolved from the part of the brain that controls speech. It is easy to forget that everything came from somewhere. I have noticed an "adam and eve" view of intelligence in that intelligence "popped" into existence.
Also, the belief in extra terrestrial life is too closely related to common religions ideas. The passionate belief in something that has never had a single shred of evidence is called faith. Theoretical physics, evolution, and paleontology all exist on theory as well but are based on observable evidence; they are examples of "soft science"; ideas that are constantly and purposely making past ideas obsolete. The search for extra terrestrial life does not fall into this category.
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This junk is finding it's way into Slashdot pretty often. Obviously this is not true. Let's all use less energy instead of pretending our lives are green (they're not).
This is obviously a ploy for funding. This is junk science at it's peak.
How did Russia suddenly become enemy #1? The build up propaganda is incredible. They hacked the DNC? Lets stop this war that has been laid out in advanced. PLEASE REMEMBER: US, EU, and Russian military corporations think human life is expendable, this is all marketing.
Scientists and legal experts! oh my! In the Guardian! Slashdot is fetting into drudge/huffington post territory.
The reason I work from home: To get away from all the idiots at work and get something done. Reason managers don't like telecommuting: They think everyone's an idiot and wont work if not watched (unfortunately 85% true) In tech a few people waste everyone's time. Silicon valley x5. I understand, Bobby's surgeon was his mom, can I go back to work now!
This is a much better way to present to people the reason to cap emissions and regulate automotive and truck efficiency.
Dude has cool job with friends with low pay. Dude get a good job at apple and all of a sudden is busy. Internet smears.
San Francisco's issues would disappear if we cut down on sugar. The homeless using your car as a bathroom, the open selling of meth in the mission, all of it! Last mayor's race in SF was all about sugary drinks. Hope this fight goes on, we can win this!
We already have Inequality in our DNA....Its called tribalism. We are animals with base instincts. Family, community and education are the ways to evolve out of discrimination and cultural boundaries.
We have the highest number of 18-24 year olds in America with no job and a HS education or below. 60% are woman. With the insane college debt crisis we should be finding ways to educate and train woman for the workforce not promote prostitution. Proposition is a man's dream. The reality is increased prostitution is a bad sign for a society. Oakland is the human trafficking capital of America. In San Fran the politicians bicker over soda tax while the cops smoke cigarettes on the corner. Let's not promote abuse towards woman on tech sites.
Vice is finding ways to make us feel guilty about air conditioning? I got the preachy creeps down my spine halfway through reading this. Human nature?
I dont understand. It seems the only risk is the author doesn't like whats happening.
Prediction: NX will use Amiibos instead of optical drive for games. At first it will unlock a download. In a few years all the games will come on Yoshii dolls.
I was at Baker beach on a Sunday when a family was flying a Quad Copter. A Dad and his kids having fun. Most people could see it was a family having a nice day out; but let me tell you - Some folks freaked the hell out and started accusing the Dad guy of filming them, etc. Some of it seemed like using the "drone" as an excuse to be belligerent in public.
Your job is being democratized by the Internet. It will eventually happen to everyone.
As an engineer I think this is a big step I have not seen before. With easy access to 3D cad and low price 3d printing hopefully the term design engineer will be a thing of the past. Normally this robot would have to be properly designed for injection molded and machined parts. With 3d printing all of those constraints go away. I would define my job as designing around the constraints of a particular manufacturing process. 3D printing has very little constraints and uses low energy. I think that is called empowerment even though that word is annoying.
Am I the only one who thinks Slashdot gets into pseudo-religious conspiracy territory when origin of life from mars....stuff .....is printed?
Look into Intel Xeon Phi. It is Intels version of an nivedia tesla. It does not require any special language and is made to program in like a normal intel processor. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/xeon/xeon-phi-detail.html
I remember reading Enders Game and thinking it was weird that the little kids slept naked. Then I read Seventh Son and Card managed to have a scene where Alvin Maker wasn't wearing any clothes in bed. I remember red flags going up with both books. Now Orson Scott Card is against same-sex marriage? Anybody else think this is strange? I'm not a psychologist but I play one on the internet.
It creeps me out to hear Orson Scott Card say these mean things. Especially in 2013. It's kinda sad. I mostly feel sorry for him because he has a lot of anger being channeled into his hate and it is affecting our community. That being said: I still really want to see the movie with Harrison Ford. It looks cool. Pretty much every artist I am a fan of has said something stupid or totally ignorant. News flash: most of Hollywood biggest stars never bothered to earn a GED. I am OK with Orson Scott Card pleading ignorance. Hopefully he will be exposed to a more enlightened view after all this.
On-Live or netflix are the future of consoles. The graphics are instantly upgradeable. I wouldn't be surprised if the next xbox has this capability built in. In two generations there will be no consoles. The "systems" will be built into tvs as an app much like netflix is on newer TV's. I think this is good. I am a Nintendo fan and they are known for their great controllers. Nintendo can still make awesome games and controllers but get out of the CPU/GPU manufacturing business; greatly reducing prices for consumers.
We do have an idea of how life evolved and the billions of genetic changes in a unique environment that have occurred to make us what we are today. Belief in alien life = a lack of basic scientific understanding. I blame religion in our society, basically saying "if there is no proof just make up something to fit what you want to believe" Listen to the candidates talk about science. It always turns into religious pseudo science.
Probably no life on other planets. Extra terrestrial life is a concept that became popular in the 60's and 70's pseudo-science new age period. During this time there were many crazy theories ranging from dolphin cities to crystal healing. The Drake equation came from this era. The calculus of events that came to form life and then intelligence is unique. Our egos are more evolved then our intelligence. Recent theories are intelligence evolved from the part of the brain that controls speech. It is easy to forget that everything came from somewhere. I have noticed an "adam and eve" view of intelligence in that intelligence "popped" into existence. Also, the belief in extra terrestrial life is too closely related to common religions ideas. The passionate belief in something that has never had a single shred of evidence is called faith. Theoretical physics, evolution, and paleontology all exist on theory as well but are based on observable evidence; they are examples of "soft science"; ideas that are constantly and purposely making past ideas obsolete. The search for extra terrestrial life does not fall into this category.