This mentality just demonstrates that the people responsible for planning the budget have no idea what they are doing. Why aren't these chumps more specific about what they WILL spend money on over the following 12 months?
And what do you think IS the point? I personally thought this was about scientific pioneering and exploration, which can be done without sending a human. Is there something I am missing?
Really? When I worked at a major supermarket chain, they were using fingerprint scanners for clocking on/off. That was 2004 and I doubt they were early adopters.
Articles discussing the "rise of the economic machines" come up very frequently, and every time I think "this is a good thing". Nobody wants to do these shitty jobs. These people will be available/forced to work on something that a human is better at performing. From a business point of view, robotic automation of labor lowers the cost of production. This in turn should result in lower prices for the consumer. Obviously this is very simplistic, but I believe there is a lot of truth to it. Technological advances are good for the human race.
If you grab a sample of 2 women and 2 men you may well find the women are taller, and you wont be able to say based on that sample if men or women are taller on average. But given 20 or 30 women and 20 or 30 men the answer becomes obvious.
Only if the sample is highly controlled. There are numerous other natural factors that contribute to a persons height. eg. race, diet, lifestyle, etc. Same goes for climate change. In order to make any sense of climate change data, we need to account for all of the variables involved.
Sure, ideally the purpose of government is to define and enforce the rules. The problem is that climate change is a global problem. It is not confined to the borders of your country. Unless there is international agreement on how to seriously address climate change, we will keep throwing coal into the steam engine as we all ride this machine to the edge.
Which field are we talking about here? If it is mathematics/science then I would definitely expect that software could be written to answer standardized questions.
Making any sense of the humanities? Now there is a field even intelligent beings struggle to comprehend...
A reactive approach screws everyone. This needs to be prevented before resources are unneccessarily wasted and the tentacles of BigGov extend any further. It is better to win without fighting - Sun Tzu.
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This mentality just demonstrates that the people responsible for planning the budget have no idea what they are doing. Why aren't these chumps more specific about what they WILL spend money on over the following 12 months?
What has this got to do with anything?
Neither the summary nor TFA mention the term engineering.
Also, your subject line is not only incomplete, but illogical...
Not to worry, those services are essential. It's the other services that have been shut down.
Perhaps you could enumerate these statements so that they can be chiseled onto stone tablets?
You are right, but that is not news for nerds and stuff that matters.
Forget everything you think you know about business planning for the future. All that matters is next quarter's profit.
Maybe it's because table tennis is the closest thing to a computer game that is socially acceptable at work.
And what do you think IS the point? I personally thought this was about scientific pioneering and exploration, which can be done without sending a human. Is there something I am missing?
"Biometrics is hot stuff"
Really? When I worked at a major supermarket chain, they were using fingerprint scanners for clocking on/off. That was 2004 and I doubt they were early adopters.
This technology is not new.
That wasn't his point. The point was the NSA cannot afford to break every key.
For every ten thousand people who are unable to appropriately evaluate risk, there will be an insurance broker ready to exploit them.
delete from articles where topic'news for nerds' and topic'stuff that matters';
Articles discussing the "rise of the economic machines" come up very frequently, and every time I think "this is a good thing". Nobody wants to do these shitty jobs. These people will be available/forced to work on something that a human is better at performing. From a business point of view, robotic automation of labor lowers the cost of production. This in turn should result in lower prices for the consumer. Obviously this is very simplistic, but I believe there is a lot of truth to it. Technological advances are good for the human race.
What's their incentive? Food is much cheaper now than decades past. This gives people time to spend on other stuff that is actually enjoyable.
If you grab a sample of 2 women and 2 men you may well find the women are taller, and you wont be able to say based on that sample if men or women are taller on average. But given 20 or 30 women and 20 or 30 men the answer becomes obvious.
Only if the sample is highly controlled. There are numerous other natural factors that contribute to a persons height. eg. race, diet, lifestyle, etc. Same goes for climate change. In order to make any sense of climate change data, we need to account for all of the variables involved.
Given your willingness to believe in your on lies, it's hard to believe you aren't running a fortune 500 co.
From the above list:
ODROID - $90
CubieBoard - $90
MK908 - $65
RPi - $30
How dare people vote with their dollars.
Don't get baited by this troll.
Kurzweil forgot to consider variance in the capacity of human minds to adapt to change.
As well as the possibility that we may not be able to perceive super-intelligent behaviour. Much like how ants are not aware of our intellect.
Sure, ideally the purpose of government is to define and enforce the rules. The problem is that climate change is a global problem. It is not confined to the borders of your country. Unless there is international agreement on how to seriously address climate change, we will keep throwing coal into the steam engine as we all ride this machine to the edge.
They wouldn't be so expensive if you didn't need to hire a driver.
Which field are we talking about here? If it is mathematics/science then I would definitely expect that software could be written to answer standardized questions.
Making any sense of the humanities? Now there is a field even intelligent beings struggle to comprehend...
A reactive approach screws everyone. This needs to be prevented before resources are unneccessarily wasted and the tentacles of BigGov extend any further.
It is better to win without fighting - Sun Tzu.
Dude I think this would be kinda hard to call "creating" when you are just using prebuilt snippets...
So, I guess you write everything in c/binary/butterflies/etc and don't use any existing libraries?
Isn't education at any level available for free online?
How about we separate education from qualification?