GREAT THEORY. Now...if these (insert country of origin) people can code for much less money and make things that work for that price then the market has decided how much something costs.
If they are unqualified, incapable etc then the product/service will fail because the price point is too low for the skill/resource required.
After all, if all services can be had for less by simply employing non-US staff then companies will move overseas.
It is certainly not some cut and dry scam like you present it.
Oh absolutely. If an AI or some program/robot can replace human functions I'm all for it. After all, repetitive accurate work is what machines do best.
Currently there are no AI alternatives to actual doctors. Until then...
"Right now H-1B visas are awarded by random lottery and many of you will be surprised to know that about 80% of H-1B workers are paid less than the median wage in their fields. Only 5% to 6%, depending on the year, of H-1B workers command the highest wage tier recognized by the Department of Labor..."
This is really upsetting as it does not support the idea that huge corporations are getting filthy rich by helping foreigners are stealing jobs. No one wants to hear this. H-1B is making Americans homeless. they must be hiredat all costs. Go away!
I'm sure that together we can find a simplistic, singular explanation to why foreginers are job thieves, theives, terrorists, rapists or just incompatible with US life (which are enabled by greedy US companies that don't wanna pay honest Americans, honest pay or in fact pay US tax because they're smart). #MAGA
Every time it's the same thing in ever country...foreginers steal jobs, bring crime, are uneducated, dirty, lazy, dishonest, have pagan/satanic (or worse, atheist) beliefs...and employers are always trying to brig them in to make the locals poorer and cheat them out of fair wages either directly or by dilluting the market, oversupplying etc etc...
Now...will this be trump's very first good policy and will it actually improve the H-1B programme overall? Will we finally start to have #toomuchwinning
The AI does not outperform a doctor. Does not outperform any doctor period.
It has managed to perform better than guidelines.
Now let's consider that the AI is basing this on data gathered by medical science. What it's outperforming in actuality is thus old prediction models.
Overall, quite happy about it but let's not pretend that AI had 5 hours of sleep in the last 48, had a shower, drove to work, checked on the kids and yet manage to perform all work duties admirably. -because then it might actually outperform a doctor.
Of why it's an awful idea to force all devices to listen out for the same fucking activation line. Some with "always on listening".
Will google now wake-up and let us train the assistant to trigger at whatever we want? -later matching it only to our voice so it's less likely to activate even if someone knows what we say to activate it.
I like the phrase; *white noise breathing* "Luke, this is your father." -let's use that.
Ever since the release of the SpyOS faith in Microsoft has never been higher.
Mopst user are of course at the mercy of self-updating, cannot be switched off crap that MS forces on them...Entrprise businesses however are far more sceptical.
Here's the nail in the coffin. Entprirse businesses KNOW it will be MUCH CHEAPER to simply NEVER PURCHASE WINDOWS 10.
Go on, convince them how there'll be "uuge savings".
How about we reverse this and start with, my data is MINE. You don;t touch it without a warrent or at least little thing called "probable cause". -start there.
This trend of turning ISPs into spies and intiatives that make no sense claim doing privacy is too complicated or expensive is really getting on my nerves.
No worries though, it just pushes more users to use encryption and learn better security practices. When all traffic is encrypted what wil lthey regulate then?
I thought to myself "Can AMD deliver 40% IPC improvement?! - this is going to be a failed Phenom launch isnt it??"
I was waiting for an Intel beating CPU from AMD since the Athlon Thunderbird C. I never bought Intel because of the underhanded tactics intel used to keep market share and bribe OEMs.
Not only has AMD delivered with Ryzen it has far exceeded all expectations from IPC to TDP to (optimized) gaming performance and just amazed on multithreaded anything.
To say that Ryzen and no doubt AMD's upcoming GPU will be a worthy upgrade for my FX-8350/R9 290X is an understatement.
I was never happier to pay top dollar for a CPU.
Congratualtions and well done AMD! (and it's about fucking time!)
If anyone that ever downloaded an MP3 without owning the original worked forked over the much praised reasonable fine of $750,00 then the music industry wouldn't be dying for decades now.
I'm beginning to think the music business is some sort of reanimating undead. It seems to be in a constant state of loss and on its last leg...if you believe some of these studios...
The industry lost millions because of radio. Lost millions because of bootlegs. Lost millions because of casette recorders, millions from CD burners, millions from MP3s and I guess more millions from music streaming sites and YouTube.
Oh! my bad, let's not forget "piracy" that "makes music available" and costs them more millions.
It always makes me wonder if there is so much loss making why does anyone bother to get into the music business and how can they stay in that industry for so many years and become stinking rich.
They keep looking at our pockets counting how much of that money is theirs because somehow they found a way we didn't buy all their shit...conveniently forgetting we paid double, triple and more with TV licences, cable/satellite subscriptions, radio tax if you pay seperately, CDs or records and paid for streaming services...what about our lost discounts?! -do I get a discount if I purchase the right to listen to the same shit on two different mediums?? $750,000 per instance please. Reasonable, right?
(How many songs on radio or TV etc could you have listened to for free on services you pay for while you read?)
Ideally they'd like us to pay on a per listen basis. You know, like when you go see an artist perform (as in see them work) and you pay for that -Right? cause the artist actually works for it. Only fair they get paid.
Hoever it seems clear that labels and studios want to record the work and still charge you the same rate as a performance, as if someone actually worked for it. After all, we're stupid, we don;t know the difference as we can hear the same...and there's a lot of work that goes into mastering and making CD copies...and artists are starving.
Of course they won't reduce prices, allow you to own high quality lossless copies or pay artists fairly; instead they all find all those ways they're theoretically losing money because of faux pas reasons....my heart aches for those poor poor souls.
Part of the reason is to make sure lying politicians cannot spread FUD to sway the dumb masses and make stupid decisions that are celebrated as massive successes due to sheer ignorance.
Those bureacrats cannot be elected classicly much like the House of Lords cannot be.
But sure Brits can keep saying how the EU has unelected officials because they could not vote the ones they don't like away and claim self-rule will be "democratic"...
Except that british rule is not democratic. The first past the post system, the House of Lords and the monarchy for "royal ascent" are certainly not democratic.
Heck the English will not give Scotland's and Northern Ireland's DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS the right to vote on wether the Brecit deal PM May will manage to get is agreeable to their people.
Surely you agree that is disgusting, ignorant hypocrisy.
It is entirely impossible to know for sure. There is no trade deal or the necessary preceeding "divorce deal" with the EU yet. This is why there's no consensus on what will happen, it's unknowable without the treaties, if any agreed.
This is why Brexit is such a potential fucking disaster. It is a leap of faith. It's *hoping* not KNOWING that Brexit will lead to prosperity for the UK.
We have a pretty good idea there will be short term turmoil due to uncertainty but who is to say what lays beyond?
It seems hypocritical that the slim majority English are anti-EU and yet insist on not giving democratically elected officials of the devolved goverments the same say on Brexit.
The Scottish people have voted by a significantly larger majority to stay in the EU and yet the unelected Theresa May will not allow Scotland fair and due democratic process.
The UK will fail without Scotland and so they keep a tight grip on Scottish rights...all the while The English speak of bringing sovereignty back from Brussels to Westminster.
How is that better for Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland? -bearing in mind the reluctance the PM has shown today to even acknowledge that her promise not to invoke article 50 before coming to an agreement with devolved governments was broken.
In the House of Commons today Theresa May was told in no uncertain terms that she did not reach an agreement with Scotland and that she broke her promise. Naturally there was nothing she could say beyond suggesting the will of the Scottish people was served via the UK government. Hypocrisy does not even begin to describe it when you consider First Minister Nicola Sturgen was elected by the Scottish people, unlike the unelected (by anyone)Theresa May.
She was laughed at during her speech when she said the UK has european values.
If it does have european values why is it divorcing Europe?! -obviously because it does not. More dupliciousness.
"Do as I say but do not do as I do" - is her message to the rest of the UK. "Stronger together" and "stronger united" she tells Wales, N.Ireland and Scotland whilst leaving the strongest union, the EU.
The BS does not stop there! -No because PM May said she will strive for a brexit deal that works for everyone, that secures the status of europeans in the UK, Brits in Europe all with a trade deal that gives access to the single market AND control of UK borders...
Now believe it or not I have huge respect for the fact Theresa May voted leave and is steering the ship to where the majority said they want to go; while forcing some of these Brexit "masterminds" to follow-through and do the work this mess has caused...but having said that: if PM May and the rest of them do not pull a fucking rabbit out of their magic and make Brexit at least "OK" it would set the country back years and this hubris would be remembered for centuries. Roll the dice baby, we all just became gamblers!
Europe, please accept the apologies of the 48% that wanted to stay.
Some rural old fools believed some lies they will have more local funds and will rule the waves again threw us under the bus.
(Statistically Brexit supporters tended to be older, rural and less educated so while imprecise it is apt)
You know how these big companies foster "local culture"? Because that's what makes us all "a family".
So some people end up believing it and because they and others believe it they become a community, they become a family.
isn't it normal for members of the community to have a say? -it can certainly be a win/win for both employee and employer.
Some C level execs think "culture" is the BS to feed the peasants so they work harder for free...that's even true to an extent but when those peasants unite; those managers which are arrogant and do think of rank and file as peasants often end up being circumvented.
Great employees have choices. Great companies need those employees. Often one without the other amounts to less.
Wouldn't you want to be in a company that actually takes note of how you think things should run if there'sa chance that it's actually a better way?!
There are few reasons to stay and give your best for a company that is all flash and no substance.
(It's late and I'm on morphine so apologies if this turned into a random rant)
Criticising a story is not criticising the existence of climate change. That's just you being trigger happy.
The story is just another alarmist anecdote about climate change.
Your true colours show through at last.
Yeah, about that beige..just stop for a moment and imagine a plane crashing to the ground; this plane is one of many and their fate is in question but this specific one is crashing and that cannot be altered. Yelling out how the plane is reaching the ground and is closer than ever is anecdotal and alarmist drivel.
This does not refute that the plane is crashing. It does not refute physics. It does not actually refute anything. Kiribati will be underwater and there is nothing that will change that.
Colour blind people can see shades of grey just fine. I think your analogy insult needs work.
If you failed to "get it" that's not because I take issue with climate change or due to my political persuasions nor my understanding of physics. That's just you.
You are factually incorrect as per the above and the analogy of colour blindness rings true. Shades of grey is demonstrably no substitute to the ability to observe the visible colour spectrum. You missed several.
Maybe you're right and my analogy still needs "work"...you know because there's a way to restore original colour from old black and white (read shades of grey) film.
TL;DR - If the sentences in bold do not appear in red, green or blue colour just assume you are without error and I'm still hard at work...
Let's not forget that most people do not have a 4k monitor.
(and that if this game had any sort of demanding graphics there's very few cards that will run 4k smoothly)
So the appeal is not only for die hard fans but a rare breed of them too...
I guess someone at blizzard ran the old cutscenes at their native 640x480 bink video glory and just couldn't stand it any longer.
The story is just another alarmist anecdote about climate change. You suggest this is "science" then contend that being science this is content that "nerds" are after...
The core of your argument is; "You should go somewhere else if you don't like what you read because." and then you say "Bro, do you even read?"
Please take this time to contemplate your own actions and if you don't like what you read apply reverse logic. This will help you smell what you're shoveling.
Let me use one of your lines as chances are that will register with you. "I don't really care if you like my opnion."
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GREAT THEORY. Now...if these (insert country of origin) people can code for much less money and make things that work for that price then the market has decided how much something costs.
If they are unqualified, incapable etc then the product/service will fail because the price point is too low for the skill/resource required.
After all, if all services can be had for less by simply employing non-US staff then companies will move overseas.
It is certainly not some cut and dry scam like you present it.
Oh absolutely. If an AI or some program/robot can replace human functions I'm all for it. After all, repetitive accurate work is what machines do best.
Currently there are no AI alternatives to actual doctors. Until then...
"Right now H-1B visas are awarded by random lottery and many of you will be surprised to know that about 80% of H-1B workers are paid less than the median wage in their fields. Only 5% to 6%, depending on the year, of H-1B workers command the highest wage tier recognized by the Department of Labor..."
This is really upsetting as it does not support the idea that huge corporations are getting filthy rich by helping foreigners are stealing jobs. No one wants to hear this. H-1B is making Americans homeless. they must be hiredat all costs. Go away!
I'm sure that together we can find a simplistic, singular explanation to why foreginers are job thieves, theives, terrorists, rapists or just incompatible with US life (which are enabled by greedy US companies that don't wanna pay honest Americans, honest pay or in fact pay US tax because they're smart). #MAGA
Every time it's the same thing in ever country...foreginers steal jobs, bring crime, are uneducated, dirty, lazy, dishonest, have pagan/satanic (or worse, atheist) beliefs...and employers are always trying to brig them in to make the locals poorer and cheat them out of fair wages either directly or by dilluting the market, oversupplying etc etc...
Now...will this be trump's very first good policy and will it actually improve the H-1B programme overall? Will we finally start to have #toomuchwinning
The AI does not outperform a doctor. Does not outperform any doctor period.
It has managed to perform better than guidelines.
Now let's consider that the AI is basing this on data gathered by medical science. What it's outperforming in actuality is thus old prediction models.
Overall, quite happy about it but let's not pretend that AI had 5 hours of sleep in the last 48, had a shower, drove to work, checked on the kids and yet manage to perform all work duties admirably. -because then it might actually outperform a doctor.
Of why it's an awful idea to force all devices to listen out for the same fucking activation line. Some with "always on listening".
Will google now wake-up and let us train the assistant to trigger at whatever we want? -later matching it only to our voice so it's less likely to activate even if someone knows what we say to activate it.
I like the phrase; *white noise breathing* "Luke, this is your father." -let's use that.
Ever since the release of the SpyOS faith in Microsoft has never been higher.
Mopst user are of course at the mercy of self-updating, cannot be switched off crap that MS forces on them...Entrprise businesses however are far more sceptical.
Here's the nail in the coffin. Entprirse businesses KNOW it will be MUCH CHEAPER to simply NEVER PURCHASE WINDOWS 10.
Go on, convince them how there'll be "uuge savings".
Must be the good shit.
How about we reverse this and start with, my data is MINE. You don;t touch it without a warrent or at least little thing called "probable cause". -start there.
This trend of turning ISPs into spies and intiatives that make no sense claim doing privacy is too complicated or expensive is really getting on my nerves.
No worries though, it just pushes more users to use encryption and learn better security practices. When all traffic is encrypted what wil lthey regulate then?
I thought to myself "Can AMD deliver 40% IPC improvement?! - this is going to be a failed Phenom launch isnt it??"
I was waiting for an Intel beating CPU from AMD since the Athlon Thunderbird C. I never bought Intel because of the underhanded tactics intel used to keep market share and bribe OEMs.
Not only has AMD delivered with Ryzen it has far exceeded all expectations from IPC to TDP to (optimized) gaming performance and just amazed on multithreaded anything.
To say that Ryzen and no doubt AMD's upcoming GPU will be a worthy upgrade for my FX-8350/R9 290X is an understatement.
I was never happier to pay top dollar for a CPU.
Congratualtions and well done AMD! (and it's about fucking time!)
If anyone that ever downloaded an MP3 without owning the original worked forked over the much praised reasonable fine of $750,00 then the music industry wouldn't be dying for decades now.
I'm beginning to think the music business is some sort of reanimating undead. It seems to be in a constant state of loss and on its last leg...if you believe some of these studios...
The industry lost millions because of radio. Lost millions because of bootlegs. Lost millions because of casette recorders, millions from CD burners, millions from MP3s and I guess more millions from music streaming sites and YouTube.
Oh! my bad, let's not forget "piracy" that "makes music available" and costs them more millions.
It always makes me wonder if there is so much loss making why does anyone bother to get into the music business and how can they stay in that industry for so many years and become stinking rich.
They keep looking at our pockets counting how much of that money is theirs because somehow they found a way we didn't buy all their shit...conveniently forgetting we paid double, triple and more with TV licences, cable/satellite subscriptions, radio tax if you pay seperately, CDs or records and paid for streaming services...what about our lost discounts?! -do I get a discount if I purchase the right to listen to the same shit on two different mediums?? $750,000 per instance please. Reasonable, right?
(How many songs on radio or TV etc could you have listened to for free on services you pay for while you read?)
Ideally they'd like us to pay on a per listen basis. You know, like when you go see an artist perform (as in see them work) and you pay for that -Right? cause the artist actually works for it. Only fair they get paid.
Hoever it seems clear that labels and studios want to record the work and still charge you the same rate as a performance, as if someone actually worked for it. After all, we're stupid, we don;t know the difference as we can hear the same...and there's a lot of work that goes into mastering and making CD copies...and artists are starving.
Of course they won't reduce prices, allow you to own high quality lossless copies or pay artists fairly; instead they all find all those ways they're theoretically losing money because of faux pas reasons....my heart aches for those poor poor souls.
Unfortunately such is the extent of the folly.
LOL - yes maybe if we launch the Make UK Great Again (MUGA) comparison some other brits will realise how ridiculous this faux pas "triumph" is.
Part of the reason is to make sure lying politicians cannot spread FUD to sway the dumb masses and make stupid decisions that are celebrated as massive successes due to sheer ignorance. Those bureacrats cannot be elected classicly much like the House of Lords cannot be. But sure Brits can keep saying how the EU has unelected officials because they could not vote the ones they don't like away and claim self-rule will be "democratic"... Except that british rule is not democratic. The first past the post system, the House of Lords and the monarchy for "royal ascent" are certainly not democratic. Heck the English will not give Scotland's and Northern Ireland's DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS the right to vote on wether the Brecit deal PM May will manage to get is agreeable to their people. Surely you agree that is disgusting, ignorant hypocrisy.
Rings true. I've not considered that. Shame I cannot mod you up.
It is entirely impossible to know for sure. There is no trade deal or the necessary preceeding "divorce deal" with the EU yet. This is why there's no consensus on what will happen, it's unknowable without the treaties, if any agreed. This is why Brexit is such a potential fucking disaster. It is a leap of faith. It's *hoping* not KNOWING that Brexit will lead to prosperity for the UK. We have a pretty good idea there will be short term turmoil due to uncertainty but who is to say what lays beyond? It seems hypocritical that the slim majority English are anti-EU and yet insist on not giving democratically elected officials of the devolved goverments the same say on Brexit. The Scottish people have voted by a significantly larger majority to stay in the EU and yet the unelected Theresa May will not allow Scotland fair and due democratic process. The UK will fail without Scotland and so they keep a tight grip on Scottish rights...all the while The English speak of bringing sovereignty back from Brussels to Westminster. How is that better for Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland? -bearing in mind the reluctance the PM has shown today to even acknowledge that her promise not to invoke article 50 before coming to an agreement with devolved governments was broken. In the House of Commons today Theresa May was told in no uncertain terms that she did not reach an agreement with Scotland and that she broke her promise. Naturally there was nothing she could say beyond suggesting the will of the Scottish people was served via the UK government. Hypocrisy does not even begin to describe it when you consider First Minister Nicola Sturgen was elected by the Scottish people, unlike the unelected (by anyone)Theresa May. She was laughed at during her speech when she said the UK has european values. If it does have european values why is it divorcing Europe?! -obviously because it does not. More dupliciousness. "Do as I say but do not do as I do" - is her message to the rest of the UK. "Stronger together" and "stronger united" she tells Wales, N.Ireland and Scotland whilst leaving the strongest union, the EU. The BS does not stop there! -No because PM May said she will strive for a brexit deal that works for everyone, that secures the status of europeans in the UK, Brits in Europe all with a trade deal that gives access to the single market AND control of UK borders... Now believe it or not I have huge respect for the fact Theresa May voted leave and is steering the ship to where the majority said they want to go; while forcing some of these Brexit "masterminds" to follow-through and do the work this mess has caused...but having said that: if PM May and the rest of them do not pull a fucking rabbit out of their magic and make Brexit at least "OK" it would set the country back years and this hubris would be remembered for centuries. Roll the dice baby, we all just became gamblers! Europe, please accept the apologies of the 48% that wanted to stay. Some rural old fools believed some lies they will have more local funds and will rule the waves again threw us under the bus. (Statistically Brexit supporters tended to be older, rural and less educated so while imprecise it is apt)
You know how these big companies foster "local culture"? Because that's what makes us all "a family". So some people end up believing it and because they and others believe it they become a community, they become a family. isn't it normal for members of the community to have a say? -it can certainly be a win/win for both employee and employer. Some C level execs think "culture" is the BS to feed the peasants so they work harder for free...that's even true to an extent but when those peasants unite; those managers which are arrogant and do think of rank and file as peasants often end up being circumvented. Great employees have choices. Great companies need those employees. Often one without the other amounts to less. Wouldn't you want to be in a company that actually takes note of how you think things should run if there'sa chance that it's actually a better way?! There are few reasons to stay and give your best for a company that is all flash and no substance. (It's late and I'm on morphine so apologies if this turned into a random rant)
Yeah I get it. They are futureproofing it for when 4k monitors are mainstream...
/sarcasm
Climate change is happening, whether or not you believe that extremes are anecdotes. Physics doesn't care about your trivial politics.
Bro, do you even read?
I never refuted climate change or questioned physics.
Yes, climate change is a thing. Yes it's gonna get worse before it gets better. I'm already braced for record breaking climate based phenomena thanks.
Kiribati is going underwater. Does anyone else care? *sigh*
It's been well publicised and a long time coming and no one gives a shit -> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
Criticising a story is not criticising the existence of climate change. That's just you being trigger happy.
The story is just another alarmist anecdote about climate change.
Your true colours show through at last.
Yeah, about that beige..just stop for a moment and imagine a plane crashing to the ground; this plane is one of many and their fate is in question but this specific one is crashing and that cannot be altered. Yelling out how the plane is reaching the ground and is closer than ever is anecdotal and alarmist drivel.
This does not refute that the plane is crashing. It does not refute physics. It does not actually refute anything. Kiribati will be underwater and there is nothing that will change that.
Colour blind people can see shades of grey just fine. I think your analogy insult needs work.
If you failed to "get it" that's not because I take issue with climate change or due to my political persuasions nor my understanding of physics. That's just you.
You are factually incorrect as per the above and the analogy of colour blindness rings true. Shades of grey is demonstrably no substitute to the ability to observe the visible colour spectrum. You missed several.
Maybe you're right and my analogy still needs "work"...you know because there's a way to restore original colour from old black and white (read shades of grey) film.
TL;DR - If the sentences in bold do not appear in red, green or blue colour just assume you are without error and I'm still hard at work...
Let's not forget that most people do not have a 4k monitor.
(and that if this game had any sort of demanding graphics there's very few cards that will run 4k smoothly)
So the appeal is not only for die hard fans but a rare breed of them too...
I guess someone at blizzard ran the old cutscenes at their native 640x480 bink video glory and just couldn't stand it any longer.
In a shocking turn of events that no one could have foreseen you concluded what you wanted to conclude.
You seem rather colour blind. All you managed to process was black or white.
Hopefully now that you have "uncoverd the truth" you can find peace.
Which is why I am so tired of this alarmist crap.
People with a hardon for stats are more bothered about someone refuting the data than the actual effects.
They'd rather argue with me about the relevence of my post then actually doing something about it...
But especially in America, people don't give a shit about anything that isn't happening to them personally.
So so true.
The story is just another alarmist anecdote about climate change. You suggest this is "science" then contend that being science this is content that "nerds" are after...
The core of your argument is; "You should go somewhere else if you don't like what you read because
Please take this time to contemplate your own actions and if you don't like what you read apply reverse logic. This will help you smell what you're shoveling.
Let me use one of your lines as chances are that will register with you. "I don't really care if you like my opnion."
I contend that your ability to translate English is rather limited.
Of course as you were only trying to help I should thank you, Mr PoopJuggler for that insight.
So you're saying that if I don't like your opinion I should go somewhere else.
Good stuff. Works both ways.
My interest levels of sea ice have gotten to an all time record low as well.
Yes, climate change is a thing. Yes it's gonna get worse before it gets better. I'm already braced for record breaking climate based phenomena thanks.
Kiribati is going underwater. Does anyone else care? *sigh*
...that if I pass that white line before it turns red, really REALLY fast itll be OK.