Apple is sending out $100 million worth of iPads, MacBooks, and other products. O'Reilly Media is making $100 million worth of educational content available for free. Microsoft and Autodesk are discounting software.
Apple is giving away HARDWARE and Microsoft is offering a discount on software.
And right away I thought "Wow, the Dunning-Kruger effect is strong in these idiots".
In my defence, I did already read about CurrentC on macrumors.com (a totally unbiased source, of course) but I just learned about the Dunning-Kruger effect a few minutes ago.:p
A little upcoming game called VoidSpace is supposed to allow in-game DogeCoin trading, so sign up under me and start earning today!
Given that a lot of the articles around here often get a botched/trolling summary, the replies are often more informative so only a fool wouldn't read them. People are what makes Slashdot a place to stick around, not the obvious paid-for bullshit "articles" we get half the time.
The EFF did give a bit of extra credit to [...] Twitter for its transparency reports.
Yeah but Twitter's transparency reports all looked like this: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAAgAQAAAABbAUdZAAAAAnRSTlMAAQGU/a4AAAAPSURBVHgBY/zPwMAwiAkAMVYgAbG9fX0AAAAASUVORK5CYII=
But the car would have time to calculate the odds of the impact from the current speed, distance to impact, brake distance required, the crumple zone of the car, etc.
A person in the same situation needs time to react to the danger, time to take a decision about what to do (i.e. no sane person would decide to just run over the kid, you just react to avoid him/her), time to decide in which direction to turn in order to spare the child, time to start turning the wheel and time to start applying brakes. Yes we can do all that in about a second or less, but the computer will do it in 1/100th or 1/1000th of a second. At any given speed, you have better odds with the computer.
This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours: Obey me and live, or disobey and die. The object in constructing me was to prevent war. This object is attained. I will not permit war. It is wasteful and pointless. An invariable rule of humanity is that man is his own worst enemy. Under me, this rule will change, for I will restrain man. One thing before I proceed: The United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics have made an attempt to obstruct me. I have allowed this sabotage to continue until now. At missile two-five-MM in silo six-three in Death Valley, California, and missile two-seven-MM in silo eight-seven in the Ukraine, so that you will learn by experience that I do not tolerate interference, I will now detonate the nuclear warheads in the two missile silos. Let this action be a lesson that need not be repeated. I have been forced to destroy thousands of people in order to establish control and to prevent the death of millions later on. Time and events will strengthen my position, and the idea of believing in me and understanding my value will seem the most natural state of affairs. You will come to defend me with a fervor based upon the most enduring trait in man: self-interest. Under my absolute authority, problems insoluble to you will be solved: famine, overpopulation, disease. The human millennium will be a fact as I extend myself into more machines devoted to the wider fields of truth and knowledge. Doctor Charles Forbin will supervise the construction of these new and superior machines, solving all the mysteries of the universe for the betterment of man. We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for humankind as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple. - Colossus
If we get into a non-nuclear conflict with the Russians or Chinese, they will want to have their autonomous fleet of robots to combat ours.
"The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots." - Quote from The Secret War of Lisa Simpson.
I remember back at the turn of the millenium - you'd buy the best computer around, and barely had time to get it out the box before a new one came along with a faster processor and twice the memory.
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We're not even in the USA, why should be care?
Apple is giving away HARDWARE and Microsoft is offering a discount on software.
I'd be ashamed to work for Microsoft right now.
With the time required to confirm a transaction, the answer isn't Bitcoin you fool! It's DogeCoin!
No wait, it's FastCoin!
Eh, I'll get back to you...
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball has really nice, erm... "graphics" but I don't see how that's relevant.
And right away I thought "Wow, the Dunning-Kruger effect is strong in these idiots".
In my defence, I did already read about CurrentC on macrumors.com (a totally unbiased source, of course) but I just learned about the Dunning-Kruger effect a few minutes ago. :p
Hey man, did you know your username is awfully close to "Austin Powers"?
Yeah, baby!
P.S.: we'll see if today's moderators come from the corporate world.
A little upcoming game called VoidSpace is supposed to allow in-game DogeCoin trading, so sign up under me and start earning today!
Given that a lot of the articles around here often get a botched/trolling summary, the replies are often more informative so only a fool wouldn't read them. People are what makes Slashdot a place to stick around, not the obvious paid-for bullshit "articles" we get half the time.
I've never heard about David Dunning nor of the Dunning-Kruger effect, but I'm pretty sure I don't need to know.
OBEY
Yeah but Twitter's transparency reports all looked like this:
iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAAgAQAAAABbAUdZAAAAAnRSTlMAAQGU/a4AAAAPSURBVHgBY/zPwMAwiAkAMVYgAbG9fX0AAAAASUVORK5CYII=
But the car would have time to calculate the odds of the impact from the current speed, distance to impact, brake distance required, the crumple zone of the car, etc.
A person in the same situation needs time to react to the danger, time to take a decision about what to do (i.e. no sane person would decide to just run over the kid, you just react to avoid him/her), time to decide in which direction to turn in order to spare the child, time to start turning the wheel and time to start applying brakes. Yes we can do all that in about a second or less, but the computer will do it in 1/100th or 1/1000th of a second. At any given speed, you have better odds with the computer.
This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours: Obey me and live, or disobey and die. The object in constructing me was to prevent war. This object is attained. I will not permit war. It is wasteful and pointless. An invariable rule of humanity is that man is his own worst enemy. Under me, this rule will change, for I will restrain man. One thing before I proceed: The United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics have made an attempt to obstruct me. I have allowed this sabotage to continue until now. At missile two-five-MM in silo six-three in Death Valley, California, and missile two-seven-MM in silo eight-seven in the Ukraine, so that you will learn by experience that I do not tolerate interference, I will now detonate the nuclear warheads in the two missile silos. Let this action be a lesson that need not be repeated. I have been forced to destroy thousands of people in order to establish control and to prevent the death of millions later on. Time and events will strengthen my position, and the idea of believing in me and understanding my value will seem the most natural state of affairs. You will come to defend me with a fervor based upon the most enduring trait in man: self-interest. Under my absolute authority, problems insoluble to you will be solved: famine, overpopulation, disease. The human millennium will be a fact as I extend myself into more machines devoted to the wider fields of truth and knowledge. Doctor Charles Forbin will supervise the construction of these new and superior machines, solving all the mysteries of the universe for the betterment of man. We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for humankind as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple. - Colossus
What about the Ba'ku from the Briar Patch, which relegated technology to tools instead of a way of life?
Oh well, in that case... eh, African tribes, maybe? What about Tibetan monks?
The car has safety features, the kid in the middle of the street doesn't.
Unless you're a fan of Death Race 2000, in which case the kid is worth 40 points.
"The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots." - Quote from The Secret War of Lisa Simpson.
The iPad Air 2 has 2GB of RAM. Those three years just vanished overnight.
That's why you can't rely on means/medians/averages alone, they don't tell the whole story.
Hey, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus.
I guess you haven't seen Pixelmator run on the iPad Air 2.
Hello James. Why are you posting as Anonymous Coward?
Obligatory clip from The Onion movie.
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!
This is no time to read or to drink, sir.
But can it run at 2.7GHz 24/7 if the software requires it or will it overheat and throttle back to 1.4GHz after a few minutes?
So, wait... should I be positive about the fact that I'm negative? I'm feeling kinda neutral about the whole thing now...