This really seems like a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
I agree. I was going to write something along the lines of "cry me a river";-) The market is changing and regardless of the causes, you either adapt or you fail.
and even hiring outside bilingual language consultants to further verify the machine's accuracy
Only natives or bilinguals (if they really are) can verify the translaion's accuracy -- until you get your neural networks trained up to that point, of course.
Well, if you look at the cost figures in real terms, youi'll find that adding inflation rates from 2005 till 2017 to the 2005 figure you get about $280 billion, so the real additional damage done - in 2017 dollars - is 20 billion.
But then again, with climate becoming more and more erratic, this is to be expected.
That is a solid commitment and if he pulls this off he may well make a difference. Separating the wheat from the chaff is a tough challenge, not only on facebook. If he manages to make facebook less prone to abuse then he may well be doing many users a favour. This will translate into increased confidence in facebook and thus improve his profits. I can't find a problem there.
Apart from being incredibly callous, these remarks say more about you than they do about the subject matter, which is not just about losing a language, a culture, a people. Its about how and why these things were lost. I definitely recommend to RTFA before issuing such inane comments.
Well, its not as if Cisco and Co are obliged to reveal their code. They choose to agree to the demand so as to be able to sell their products there. So that is just plain commercial interest - nothing inherently wrong there.
On a political level the adversary has a chance to spot and exploit possible flaws in said code to do Bad Things... different pair of shoes, isn't it, Donald.
Also, it is probable that the argument went at least partially toward the EU allowing the merger in the first place. All considered, they got away with a very light slap on the wrist. They are not even being obliged to undo it.
... but also their allies. NATO has strategic plans, even in times of relative peace, which will need to be adapted. I can imagine this being a major headache, since the other members will have to pick up the slack.
People will far more likely bitch about a product or service they're not happy with than recommend one which they like. I can't remember the exact proportion, but its about 1 to 5. So if you're unhappy you'll go tell 5 people, if you are you tell 1.
With this in mind, if you see any product with review averages in the 4 and 5 stars you *know* it has to be fake. The very fact that vendors pay for positive reviews only confirms this. They're - naturally - getting many more negative reviews than positive ones so they go pay someone to write something nice about their stuff so people will want to buy it.
This is in Amazon's interest, too, but only if it doesn't get out of hand, which apparently it has. People are skeptical about reviews and loudly complaining that false endorsement led them to buy things that turn out to be crap. Its happened to me.
So if you leave things go their 'natural' course you get too much negativity which is not representative and yet harms sales, and if you do paid reviews you get too much enthusiasm which ultimately harms sales, too, the logical thing to do is to just get rid of consumer reviews altogether and rely on traditional advertising which we consumers have learned to interpret so as to form a relatively accurate picture of what to expect.
Microsoft says their new approach "increases Windows operating system's ability to send telemetry data by pushing such functionality even on those users who up to now were able to avoid them by not installing the corresponding patches."
FTFY
The chief reason why Linux will probably not succeed on the desktop has nothing to do with any technical characteristics, merits, or lack thereof of the OS itself, but rather on the typical technical aptitude of computer users. Linux doesn't hold your hand the way that some other OS's might, and this can be intimidating for some people, but with the freedom that Linux gives to its users comes a great ability to control and customize your computer to behave exactly the way that you want.... in ways that Windows users probably cannot even imagine.
Not so much to do with hand-holding than with marketing budgets and vendor binding.
Installing and running Windows might be simpler than Linux, but not that much. Many distros have come a long way. The problem Linux faces is all the preinstalled machines. Buy an off-the-shelf desktop or laptop PC and it'll close to 100% likely be preinstalled with Windows.
I think they mean its controversial to limit this procedure to male embryos. Probably thinking this may be (politically rather than biologically) sexist. Nevertheless, as the summary correctly states, mitochondrial DNA is passed on via the female branch of a family. Therefore, if they fuck up anything, the issue stops with the male embryo in question as he won't pass on the potentially borked DNA to his offspring. Makes sense to me, that.
A lot of what is said here *is* right wing "bullshit", so AC has a point. Its very easy to fall into, too, given that - as you say - criminal behaviour often emanates from non-national residents. Look at recent events in Cologne (Germany) where bands of middle eastern foreigners assaulted German women.
What I find hard to understand is why this is not dealt with in a normal, law-abiding fashion. Sharia law in muslim ghettos is a no-no. Much more so if law enforcement personnel is getting attacked while they (lawfully) go about their jobs. Assaulting women is a no-no, too. So go send in the forces, apprehend the perps and process them duly. Its not as if they don't have enough practice with their national habituals...
Just don't use that as an excuse to judge every person belonging to an ethnic minority in your country as being a criminal. That leads to hate speech and we all know what happens then.
Yes, a Linux version of Sketchup would be really nice. I use it professionally and its pretty much useless with Wine (Sketchup itself has issues, then plugins won't work, LayOut is a mess...).
Seems silly to be so coy about such a study. Actually, the government should have commissioned it publicly and presented the expected results of a possible "Brexit" to the nation. That way people could make a much more informed decision when voting at the referendum.
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They could sell it to North Korea and make a few bucks.
This really seems like a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
I agree. I was going to write something along the lines of "cry me a river" ;-) The market is changing and regardless of the causes, you either adapt or you fail.
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This. This is the first thing that springs to mind: Stop whining, ditch Windows Mail and get on with your life.
and even hiring outside bilingual language consultants to further verify the machine's accuracy
Only natives or bilinguals (if they really are) can verify the translaion's accuracy -- until you get your neural networks trained up to that point, of course.
Well, if you look at the cost figures in real terms, youi'll find that adding inflation rates from 2005 till 2017 to the 2005 figure you get about $280 billion, so the real additional damage done - in 2017 dollars - is 20 billion. But then again, with climate becoming more and more erratic, this is to be expected.
That is a solid commitment and if he pulls this off he may well make a difference. Separating the wheat from the chaff is a tough challenge, not only on facebook. If he manages to make facebook less prone to abuse then he may well be doing many users a favour. This will translate into increased confidence in facebook and thus improve his profits. I can't find a problem there.
Apart from being incredibly callous, these remarks say more about you than they do about the subject matter, which is not just about losing a language, a culture, a people. Its about how and why these things were lost. I definitely recommend to RTFA before issuing such inane comments.
Well, its not as if Cisco and Co are obliged to reveal their code. They choose to agree to the demand so as to be able to sell their products there. So that is just plain commercial interest - nothing inherently wrong there.
On a political level the adversary has a chance to spot and exploit possible flaws in said code to do Bad Things... different pair of shoes, isn't it, Donald.
Also, it is probable that the argument went at least partially toward the EU allowing the merger in the first place. All considered, they got away with a very light slap on the wrist. They are not even being obliged to undo it.
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... but also their allies. NATO has strategic plans, even in times of relative peace, which will need to be adapted. I can imagine this being a major headache, since the other members will have to pick up the slack.
Looks like humans somehow need to believe in something supernatural.
People will far more likely bitch about a product or service they're not happy with than recommend one which they like. I can't remember the exact proportion, but its about 1 to 5. So if you're unhappy you'll go tell 5 people, if you are you tell 1.
With this in mind, if you see any product with review averages in the 4 and 5 stars you *know* it has to be fake. The very fact that vendors pay for positive reviews only confirms this. They're - naturally - getting many more negative reviews than positive ones so they go pay someone to write something nice about their stuff so people will want to buy it.
This is in Amazon's interest, too, but only if it doesn't get out of hand, which apparently it has. People are skeptical about reviews and loudly complaining that false endorsement led them to buy things that turn out to be crap. Its happened to me.
So if you leave things go their 'natural' course you get too much negativity which is not representative and yet harms sales, and if you do paid reviews you get too much enthusiasm which ultimately harms sales, too, the logical thing to do is to just get rid of consumer reviews altogether and rely on traditional advertising which we consumers have learned to interpret so as to form a relatively accurate picture of what to expect.
Microsoft says their new approach "increases Windows operating system's ability to send telemetry data by pushing such functionality even on those users who up to now were able to avoid them by not installing the corresponding patches."
FTFY
The chief reason why Linux will probably not succeed on the desktop has nothing to do with any technical characteristics, merits, or lack thereof of the OS itself, but rather on the typical technical aptitude of computer users. Linux doesn't hold your hand the way that some other OS's might, and this can be intimidating for some people, but with the freedom that Linux gives to its users comes a great ability to control and customize your computer to behave exactly the way that you want.... in ways that Windows users probably cannot even imagine.
Not so much to do with hand-holding than with marketing budgets and vendor binding. Installing and running Windows might be simpler than Linux, but not that much. Many distros have come a long way. The problem Linux faces is all the preinstalled machines. Buy an off-the-shelf desktop or laptop PC and it'll close to 100% likely be preinstalled with Windows.
Exactly this. And as a consequence qualified young professionals have left the country for greener pastures, like Germany.
This is possible thanks to a loophole in international tax law and hinges on staff in Dublin concluding all sales contracts.
Its not as if that loophole is new or anything...
...according to the computer model.
Says something about the model, then, doesn't it?
I think they mean its controversial to limit this procedure to male embryos. Probably thinking this may be (politically rather than biologically) sexist. Nevertheless, as the summary correctly states, mitochondrial DNA is passed on via the female branch of a family. Therefore, if they fuck up anything, the issue stops with the male embryo in question as he won't pass on the potentially borked DNA to his offspring. Makes sense to me, that.
A lot of what is said here *is* right wing "bullshit", so AC has a point. Its very easy to fall into, too, given that - as you say - criminal behaviour often emanates from non-national residents. Look at recent events in Cologne (Germany) where bands of middle eastern foreigners assaulted German women. What I find hard to understand is why this is not dealt with in a normal, law-abiding fashion. Sharia law in muslim ghettos is a no-no. Much more so if law enforcement personnel is getting attacked while they (lawfully) go about their jobs. Assaulting women is a no-no, too. So go send in the forces, apprehend the perps and process them duly. Its not as if they don't have enough practice with their national habituals... Just don't use that as an excuse to judge every person belonging to an ethnic minority in your country as being a criminal. That leads to hate speech and we all know what happens then.
I know we don't do this on /. but it'd be interesting to know the source of this.
Try: http://www.forbes.com/sites/st... Still the forbes site, but it seem to bypass the anti-adblock page.
Yes, a Linux version of Sketchup would be really nice. I use it professionally and its pretty much useless with Wine (Sketchup itself has issues, then plugins won't work, LayOut is a mess...).
Seems silly to be so coy about such a study. Actually, the government should have commissioned it publicly and presented the expected results of a possible "Brexit" to the nation. That way people could make a much more informed decision when voting at the referendum.