Or you know the boss/director guy saying he wants to be able to connect remotely from home, but doesn't know what a fucking VPN is. (which kind of dovetails into what you just said.)
So pretend a person is in a car accident and bleeds out. A procedure like this could be done to preserve the brain while the surgeons repair the wounds..
Or while waiting on blood transfusion, or a donor organ.
Your absolutely right, this has no practical application other than pig torture and every doctor's latent desire to emulate Frankenstein.
I'm not so sure; from the perspective of an ordinary Chinese (particularly those old enough to remember before the economic boom of the last 20-30 odd years) the party has greatly benefited their country. And when you're winning, you can get away with quite a lot.
Besides from the outside looking in; when they think of the West, what do you suppose their opinion is? (Hint: they probably see us as far more chaotic and disorderly -- they might actually prefer the kind of control outlined in the article.)
You know, a moderately sized 4k tv is now under $400. that's pretty reasonable, if you're going to be buying a new TV, why not?
That's the value proposition 8k and beyond will have to meet. BUT before the prices drop that level, manufacturing techniques and process need to improve -- and the only way to do that is.. making obscenely expensive panels that not many people want to buy.
But, you're right, people aren't going to (for the most part) chuck out a perfectly fine 1080p tv for 8k just because of the newness factor.
Not to mention on individual vehicles you get yahoos removing emission reducing equipment (such as catalytic converter) for a slight improvement in performance or those fucks in diesel trucks wanting to 'roll coal' and leave a huge smokescreen behind them.
This prediction makes Kurzweil seem sane. Simple and good enough almost always win out. That and the vast majority of people do not share that level of interest in privacy or security.
What about UI's that hide elements with absolutely fuck-all in the way of contextual clues as to where the anchor point to display the element is? Charming i tell you, absolutely charming.
But Detroit doesn't hold the same cachet among the people who want to buy Teslas. (then again the UAW might have made their lives hell had they tried to set up shop there?)
Fail in the US (particularly SV): lick your wounds, dust yourself off, and try again Fail in China: I'm not sure, but it probably involves a firing squad, and/or your entire family being disgraced for generations. (hyperbole or fact, you decide)
That's why we shouldn't worry too much about 'chinese innovation'.. not sure they're culture is really tolerant of what it takes to truly innovate (steal/borrow/iterate -- sure, but that just guarantees always being at least a step behind)
And besides, how many of the tech leaders in the past 60 odd years were the product of formalized, top-down education and control?
Accept the fact that copyright infringement will always exist; and it's extremely stupid and naive for content producers to believe they can stamp it out without the effects being felt in disproportionate fashion by every-day people who are not pirating?
Further, apps and services like this simply cannot exist without a bit of a safe-harbor. It's unreasonably stupid to expect them to self police every message, every file, looking for potential infringing content.
tl;dr: suck it up butter cup. Go after the people selling counterfeits if you wish, but personal use? C'mon.
the $64,000 question though is if one's circadian cycle can be adjusted over time.
If you're born a lark, are you destined to never become a pro-gamer, or simpson's marathon champion?
(in all seriousness, being a life-long 'night-owl', maintaining a 9-5 schedule has always been a struggle.. so really, if it were possible through diligence and suffering, I'd totally go for it.)
"labial attachments designed to obfuscate mastication devices, which can be retracted to mirror a range of human-like emotions such as levity or agitation."
pro-tip: anytime you're engaged in an illegal activity of ANY kind at scale; you will almost by definition be involved in money laundering. (unless you have shoe-boxes full of cash in your house.. which is probably illegal all by itself in 2018)
As an afficionado of trolling attempts; this one caught my eye. Notice the playful way in which he's attempting to elicit a response by hitting the key points of "think of the children" and then accusing those who disagree of being zealots. Then by calling out founding father's and using a bit of.. what can only be called "psychic wizardry" to ascertain what a group of people who died 200 odd years ago were actually thinking (despite them being very, very clear in the phrasing) he's attempting to reel you in by basically saying: "Hey, i'm just like you - a patriotic American! This shouldn't be controversial!"
But then he sadly botches the landing with that last sentence. Hitting the 'think of the children' trope yet again, he ruins the craftsmanship of the previous sentences.
All in all, i'd give it a 5/10. Good potential though, keep it up!
yeah, dairy has the unfortunate side effect of neutralizing capcaicin -- gotta use it pretty much straight away or else you run into what you described =/
Well the thing is, what is the value of the 'relationships' you create or maintain on facebook? More than likely, it's approaching 0. Trading 'likes' on what you ate for breakfast, or that killer workout you didn't actually do?
The one use I can see for it is keeping up on extended family; but again, there's other solutions that are less invasive (like.. email) -- BUT getting non-tech savvy people to participate would be a struggle.
99% of what I see on facebook could be replaced by imgur/r/dawww or just googling "cute animal pictures".
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in my experience, linux users are among the least likely to floss, ever.
Or you know the boss/director guy saying he wants to be able to connect remotely from home, but doesn't know what a fucking VPN is. (which kind of dovetails into what you just said.)
So pretend a person is in a car accident and bleeds out. A procedure like this could be done to preserve the brain while the surgeons repair the wounds..
Or while waiting on blood transfusion, or a donor organ.
Your absolutely right, this has no practical application other than pig torture and every doctor's latent desire to emulate Frankenstein.
I'm not so sure; from the perspective of an ordinary Chinese (particularly those old enough to remember before the economic boom of the last 20-30 odd years) the party has greatly benefited their country. And when you're winning, you can get away with quite a lot.
Besides from the outside looking in; when they think of the West, what do you suppose their opinion is? (Hint: they probably see us as far more chaotic and disorderly -- they might actually prefer the kind of control outlined in the article.)
You know, a moderately sized 4k tv is now under $400. that's pretty reasonable, if you're going to be buying a new TV, why not?
That's the value proposition 8k and beyond will have to meet. BUT before the prices drop that level, manufacturing techniques and process need to improve -- and the only way to do that is.. making obscenely expensive panels that not many people want to buy.
But, you're right, people aren't going to (for the most part) chuck out a perfectly fine 1080p tv for 8k just because of the newness factor.
yep.
Not to mention on individual vehicles you get yahoos removing emission reducing equipment (such as catalytic converter) for a slight improvement in performance or those fucks in diesel trucks wanting to 'roll coal' and leave a huge smokescreen behind them.
This prediction makes Kurzweil seem sane. Simple and good enough almost always win out. That and the vast majority of people do not share that level of interest in privacy or security.
you know what VW has that Tesla doesn't?
Many, many profitable quarters.
(My fucking god, whataboutism is the worst fucking form of argument, )
What about UI's that hide elements with absolutely fuck-all in the way of contextual clues as to where the anchor point to display the element is? Charming i tell you, absolutely charming.
And the award for the most insightful, succinct post of the day goes to AC. (what a waste)
That would be far too reasonable.
But Detroit doesn't hold the same cachet among the people who want to buy Teslas. (then again the UAW might have made their lives hell had they tried to set up shop there?)
*their.
What is preview, and how does one use it effectively?
Eh..
Fail in the US (particularly SV): lick your wounds, dust yourself off, and try again
Fail in China: I'm not sure, but it probably involves a firing squad, and/or your entire family being disgraced for generations. (hyperbole or fact, you decide)
That's why we shouldn't worry too much about 'chinese innovation' .. not sure they're culture is really tolerant of what it takes to truly innovate (steal/borrow/iterate -- sure, but that just guarantees always being at least a step behind)
And besides, how many of the tech leaders in the past 60 odd years were the product of formalized, top-down education and control?
Accept the fact that copyright infringement will always exist; and it's extremely stupid and naive for content producers to believe they can stamp it out without the effects being felt in disproportionate fashion by every-day people who are not pirating?
Further, apps and services like this simply cannot exist without a bit of a safe-harbor. It's unreasonably stupid to expect them to self police every message, every file, looking for potential infringing content.
tl;dr: suck it up butter cup. Go after the people selling counterfeits if you wish, but personal use? C'mon.
the $64,000 question though is if one's circadian cycle can be adjusted over time.
If you're born a lark, are you destined to never become a pro-gamer, or simpson's marathon champion?
(in all seriousness, being a life-long 'night-owl', maintaining a 9-5 schedule has always been a struggle.. so really, if it were possible through diligence and suffering, I'd totally go for it.)
How do you reconcile that with the importation of massive amounts of "diversity"?
Lips?
more like:
"labial attachments designed to obfuscate mastication devices, which can be retracted to mirror a range of human-like emotions such as levity or agitation."
pro-tip: anytime you're engaged in an illegal activity of ANY kind at scale; you will almost by definition be involved in money laundering. (unless you have shoe-boxes full of cash in your house.. which is probably illegal all by itself in 2018)
As an afficionado of trolling attempts; this one caught my eye. Notice the playful way in which he's attempting to elicit a response by hitting the key points of "think of the children" and then accusing those who disagree of being zealots. Then by calling out founding father's and using a bit of .. what can only be called "psychic wizardry" to ascertain what a group of people who died 200 odd years ago were actually thinking (despite them being very, very clear in the phrasing) he's attempting to reel you in by basically saying: "Hey, i'm just like you - a patriotic American! This shouldn't be controversial!"
But then he sadly botches the landing with that last sentence. Hitting the 'think of the children' trope yet again, he ruins the craftsmanship of the previous sentences.
All in all, i'd give it a 5/10. Good potential though, keep it up!
yeah, dairy has the unfortunate side effect of neutralizing capcaicin -- gotta use it pretty much straight away or else you run into what you described =/
i never understood why windows defaults to "hide extensions for known file types" -- in what god damn universe is that a GOOD idea?
Well the thing is, what is the value of the 'relationships' you create or maintain on facebook? More than likely, it's approaching 0. Trading 'likes' on what you ate for breakfast, or that killer workout you didn't actually do?
The one use I can see for it is keeping up on extended family; but again, there's other solutions that are less invasive (like.. email) -- BUT getting non-tech savvy people to participate would be a struggle.
99% of what I see on facebook could be replaced by imgur/r/dawww or just googling "cute animal pictures".
and not a single variation of 'disrupt' ? 9/10 though, well played sir.
Erm, sarcasm is sometimes lost in translation? I do absolutely see it as a problem.
Entirely my point good sir.