Please don't assume for even a second they had altruistic intentions with this. Sure the outcome *might* be 'good', but more than likely it'll function as a way to shovel people onto The Facebook, harvest user information, and be well positioned for advertising if/when these economies start to pick up.
I just had a rental from them while my car was in the shop -- Chrysler 200 -- it had the annoying as feck GPS / nav unit.
On vehicle start up, after about 5 seconds it would play a super annoying jingle followed by "Hertz!". No way to turn down the volume, disable it, or turn off the nav unit entirely.
Starting the car.. I felt like Peter on office space preparing to get shocked by the door handle.
Methinks that they went this route to stop people from going postal on that fucking thing, and destroying it. (After a week I was about to.)
Stow the outrage. that's not what i'm saying at all. I'm saying that the choice to use, or invest in fossil fuels should NOT be a political decision handed down by the UN.
Further, the effects of that choice would be disproportionately felt by the developing world.
Whenever an economic or scientific question becomes politicized, a pandora's box of unintended consequences is just waiting to jump out. The only saving grace to the UN pushing for divesting fossil fuel investments is that they are completely incompetent, and even more lacking in 'teeth'.
I'm not a huge fan of coal, but you know what I like even less? Squeezing poor countries (and by extension, poor people) -- the developed world can afford to pay more per KW/h, as well as put money into the R&D for alternatives; but assuming that a poorer country should waste capital on this green-washed lunacy, is akin to kicking the ladder out from underneath the developing world.
"The transmission works exactly like most manual transmissions found in any car or truck,” explained Harrell. “However, I can barely explain how it works. It’s fairly hard to grasp unless you assemble one or see an animation of one opened up.”
Only a completely autistic, pedantic twit would discount intuition, experience, and most importantly outcome -- in favor of setting the bar for 'understanding' at being able to lecture.
Again, he's saying basically "I can't put it into words, you have to see it first hand". (note, he did assemble one. after reverse engineering it. and printing one -- is this really not obvious to you?)
Also we don't have flying cars due to physics, and it being a shitty idea.
How many of us learned about anatomy by those rubber model torsos with removable organs?
Maybe it's not 'cheaper' for that particular engine/tranny, but I could see it being more cost effective to have a scaled down replica for use in instruction -- than the real thing.
the really interesting thing about predictions involving gadgets is that no one really seems to come out and just say it... that expensive gadget you're buying today will be a Chinese knockoff at 3x the capability in 5 years, and 1/10th the price. Meanwhile neither iteration will do anything even remotely concrete to improve your life.
there is absolutely nothing compelling about any gadget since the cell phone with texting capabilities that even comes close to warranting the attention the 'slashdot nerds' pay.
checking your email on the go? it's a curse. social media? even more of a curse. more like a plague. kill it with fire. navigation? mehh, maybe. But still serves to alienate people from their environment, why learn your surroundings if google maps can just turn by turn your ass there? Also sometimes exploring can be an exhilarating experience in and of itself.
or maybe the dude just realizes that the signal to noise ratio in your 'always connected 24/7' world leans heavily in the direction of pointless trivia.. and has more interesting things to be concerned with?
trackballs and wireless keyboards allow the best of both worlds.
Because honestly after sitting at a desk for 8 hours at work, sitting at a desk when I get home just seems to blur the line between recreation and work a bit too much.
Not sure, I'd never spend 10k for any jewelry. (Even supposing I had the money in the first place.) But at least a Rolex will hold it's value consistently, versus any kind of gadget (minus a few very rare collector type bits.)
Thanks Captain Autism. Is you're ability to completely and udderly ignore the point in loo of some miner mispelling or grammer misstake a learned skill, or something you were bourne with?
Yes, all those West Germans trying to break into the proletariat paradise... The citizens of East Berlin were lucky they had that wall to keep the impoverished, manipulated Westerners out.
Also, about the evils of capitalism.. I misplaced my child.. I was giving him a bath, and after I threw out the bath water, he just vanished.. any ideas?
You could start by explaining how you came to that conclusion? Repeating an assertion doesn't necessarily make it true (or convince anyone that they should agree with it.)
I never said don't teach programming, or logic, or problem solving. (Teaching Pascal for example, goes back a looong ways.)
My point was simply that programs like this treat coding as something that can be produced on an assembly line. It is the exact same thing as the push towards university education in the US. Yes you can confer many more degrees with a watered down, commoditized curriculum -- but the value of the 'thing' you were wanting more of, is now diminished.
Further, coding as a fundamental building block of the world we live in? How on earth do you figure that? I know I'm likely in the minority for holding this view on a technology website; but we still live in a very human oriented world -- the interaction between people is what matters. If you want a kid to be successful, teach them basic problem solving, logic, and how to interact with other people.
(Also since coding is one of the last fields where autodidaction is still possible, and not laughed out of the interview by some HR goon, your examples of NASA or a pharma company are pointless.)
this is just nonsense.
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This is just taking the facile view that coding is a means to an end. Step 1: learn to code Step 2: ???? Step 3: 90k year job at a startup. =/
It's no different than saying "all the good jobs require a college degree, therefore we should put EVERYONE through college, then everyone will get good jobs". No.
Telling kids that the key to getting a good job is by learning ruby, or JS, or whatever language; is just going to create an environment where there's a glut of substandard ruby and JS coders out there.
If you want kids to be successful, teach them to learn, and to think for themselves -- their interest and ambition is what will be the deciding factor, not cramming CS-lite education down their throats. Because, you can create shitty developers out of people who have no interest in the field, and are only there for a paycheck... but what's the point?
The state needs the ability to track the movement of the populace. If they had unlicensed cars on the road, people would be able to move about freely, without being surveiled. Imagine the safety implications there...
Also, they would lose an avenue for much needed recurring revenue, and something to hold over the head of criminals.
It's almost like you think you live in a free country?
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Please don't assume for even a second they had altruistic intentions with this. Sure the outcome *might* be 'good', but more than likely it'll function as a way to shovel people onto The Facebook, harvest user information, and be well positioned for advertising if/when these economies start to pick up.
I just had a rental from them while my car was in the shop -- Chrysler 200 -- it had the annoying as feck GPS / nav unit.
On vehicle start up, after about 5 seconds it would play a super annoying jingle followed by "Hertz!". No way to turn down the volume, disable it, or turn off the nav unit entirely.
Starting the car.. I felt like Peter on office space preparing to get shocked by the door handle.
Methinks that they went this route to stop people from going postal on that fucking thing, and destroying it. (After a week I was about to.)
Stow the outrage. that's not what i'm saying at all. I'm saying that the choice to use, or invest in fossil fuels should NOT be a political decision handed down by the UN.
Further, the effects of that choice would be disproportionately felt by the developing world.
Whenever an economic or scientific question becomes politicized, a pandora's box of unintended consequences is just waiting to jump out. The only saving grace to the UN pushing for divesting fossil fuel investments is that they are completely incompetent, and even more lacking in 'teeth'.
I'm not a huge fan of coal, but you know what I like even less? Squeezing poor countries (and by extension, poor people) -- the developed world can afford to pay more per KW/h, as well as put money into the R&D for alternatives; but assuming that a poorer country should waste capital on this green-washed lunacy, is akin to kicking the ladder out from underneath the developing world.
They are active participants, and are salivating at the chance for its expansion.
The simple heuristic is: unless they are explicitly against surveillance and government intrusion, they are for it.
It's a new, untapped growth industry. One in which the customer has literally infinitely deep pockets, and wields the power of the law.
Is this a real question? Seriously?
You mean you didn't go to Mengele Elementary School?
hmm, i think that's about 3/5 of a question sir. ...... what?
To quote from the article, which you also quoted:
"The transmission works exactly like most manual transmissions found in any car or truck,” explained Harrell. “However, I can barely explain how it works. It’s fairly hard to grasp unless you assemble one or see an animation of one opened up.”
Only a completely autistic, pedantic twit would discount intuition, experience, and most importantly outcome -- in favor of setting the bar for 'understanding' at being able to lecture.
Again, he's saying basically "I can't put it into words, you have to see it first hand". (note, he did assemble one. after reverse engineering it. and printing one -- is this really not obvious to you?)
Also we don't have flying cars due to physics, and it being a shitty idea.
only if you type in swear words.
a baby couldn't explain to you how breastfeeding works -- does that mean babies starve for lack of understanding?
acta non verba.
(his failure is in *explaining*, rather than *knowing* -- they are not the same thing, Einstein was wrong about that.)
How many of us learned about anatomy by those rubber model torsos with removable organs?
Maybe it's not 'cheaper' for that particular engine/tranny, but I could see it being more cost effective to have a scaled down replica for use in instruction -- than the real thing.
the really interesting thing about predictions involving gadgets is that no one really seems to come out and just say it... that expensive gadget you're buying today will be a Chinese knockoff at 3x the capability in 5 years, and 1/10th the price. Meanwhile neither iteration will do anything even remotely concrete to improve your life.
there is absolutely nothing compelling about any gadget since the cell phone with texting capabilities that even comes close to warranting the attention the 'slashdot nerds' pay.
checking your email on the go? it's a curse.
social media? even more of a curse. more like a plague. kill it with fire.
navigation? mehh, maybe. But still serves to alienate people from their environment, why learn your surroundings if google maps can just turn by turn your ass there? Also sometimes exploring can be an exhilarating experience in and of itself.
or maybe the dude just realizes that the signal to noise ratio in your 'always connected 24/7' world leans heavily in the direction of pointless trivia.. and has more interesting things to be concerned with?
trackballs and wireless keyboards allow the best of both worlds.
Because honestly after sitting at a desk for 8 hours at work, sitting at a desk when I get home just seems to blur the line between recreation and work a bit too much.
The Fox and the Grapes.
Not sure, I'd never spend 10k for any jewelry. (Even supposing I had the money in the first place.) But at least a Rolex will hold it's value consistently, versus any kind of gadget (minus a few very rare collector type bits.)
Thanks Captain Autism. Is you're ability to completely and udderly ignore the point in loo of some miner mispelling or grammer misstake a learned skill, or something you were bourne with?
You must be a real hit at parties.
When discussing paying $10,000 for a watch who's brand-name does not end in "olex", invoking Aesop's fables might be a bit presumptive.
Yes, all those West Germans trying to break into the proletariat paradise... The citizens of East Berlin were lucky they had that wall to keep the impoverished, manipulated Westerners out.
Also, about the evils of capitalism.. I misplaced my child.. I was giving him a bath, and after I threw out the bath water, he just vanished.. any ideas?
You could start by explaining how you came to that conclusion? Repeating an assertion doesn't necessarily make it true (or convince anyone that they should agree with it.)
I never said don't teach programming, or logic, or problem solving. (Teaching Pascal for example, goes back a looong ways.)
My point was simply that programs like this treat coding as something that can be produced on an assembly line. It is the exact same thing as the push towards university education in the US. Yes you can confer many more degrees with a watered down, commoditized curriculum -- but the value of the 'thing' you were wanting more of, is now diminished.
Further, coding as a fundamental building block of the world we live in? How on earth do you figure that? I know I'm likely in the minority for holding this view on a technology website; but we still live in a very human oriented world -- the interaction between people is what matters. If you want a kid to be successful, teach them basic problem solving, logic, and how to interact with other people.
(Also since coding is one of the last fields where autodidaction is still possible, and not laughed out of the interview by some HR goon, your examples of NASA or a pharma company are pointless.)
This is just taking the facile view that coding is a means to an end. Step 1: learn to code Step 2: ???? Step 3: 90k year job at a startup. =/
It's no different than saying "all the good jobs require a college degree, therefore we should put EVERYONE through college, then everyone will get good jobs". No.
Telling kids that the key to getting a good job is by learning ruby, or JS, or whatever language; is just going to create an environment where there's a glut of substandard ruby and JS coders out there.
If you want kids to be successful, teach them to learn, and to think for themselves -- their interest and ambition is what will be the deciding factor, not cramming CS-lite education down their throats. Because, you can create shitty developers out of people who have no interest in the field, and are only there for a paycheck... but what's the point?
you beat me to that one!
open thread, search for evil.
fuuuuck, too slow :(
Yeah well TI Calculators are not part of the IOT, so they're irrelevant.
Among the major epoch's of mankind, the IOT will stand shoulder to shoulder with the dawn of the MBA and the first marketing degrees.
Full speed ahead.
The state needs the ability to track the movement of the populace. If they had unlicensed cars on the road, people would be able to move about freely, without being surveiled. Imagine the safety implications there...
Also, they would lose an avenue for much needed recurring revenue, and something to hold over the head of criminals.
It's almost like you think you live in a free country?