Did it really increase the gamer's age? or is that just a function of.. time?
I'm 32. I got an NES in 2nd grade at age 7. After playing video games for so many years, buying a PS4 or Xbox doesn't seem that outlandish. But to a to a 32 year old back in 198x (or earlier for atari, etc) -- lacking that familiarity with video games and not spending gobs of their formative years zombifying themselves in front of a console, would they have been quite as inclined to purchase an NES or atari?
Sure the games are less kid oriented now, but that's only part of it.
Are you sure that hacking your roomba wouldnt be illegal? I'm sure there's some kind of esoteric clause in the TOS/EULA/70 page licensing agreement. and god help your soul if you try teaching other people to modify iRobot's intellectual property on their 'own' device.
replace 'hacking roomba' with 'jailbreaking* your phone' or "modifying your console's firmware"
greaaat, furnishing alcohol to these critters? You realize you're potentially liable for damages incurred due to inebriated wildlife right? You should at least start carding them.
yes but how would your theory explain regulatory capture? would it require a grand unifying theory, like the one that has eluded physicists for decades?
Well, think of it like this.. with limiting factors such as the speed of light, or planck length, those tend to be rather concrete 'limits' to technology. So unless our understanding of those limits is 'wrong', it's not like they can just be removed by some handwaving and dilithium crystals.
Your comparison to electronics 50 years ago was purely a lack of understanding of materials science. To create a transistor there's nothing in the fundamental physical laws that preclude its construction, thus requiring a workaround to construct.
show me a single nutrient (other than vitamin C) that you can't get from meat/dairy/eggs. If you're paranoid, sure toss in some green veggies -- but the idea that you can only get 'balanced' nutrition from vegetables doesn't compute.
don't be retarded and pedantic. when people discuss global warming the popular thing seems to be focusing in on carbon emissions. Not methane, not any of the other more potent greenhouse gasses, just CO2.
Clearly climate scientists have models with thousands (or more?) variables -- that is not what i was referring to. It's the Al Gore types of the world, or smug prius owners.
what i don't get, is that we're taking something as fantastically fucking complex as the global climate -- and using a single variable to explain / model it. That seems mind boggling naive to me.
To counter this; I have a 2014 ford fusion, and love it.
Sync works flawlessly over bluetooth with my cheap as shit tracfone (flip phone!) The 10 minute timeout thing is your own fault, just put the car in 'accessory mode', voila! (half turn of the key)
Mine has remote start/RFID fob, so the ignition thing is a non-issue.
The one thing i truly don't like about it is the leaving the car running in park causes the horn to honk if i stray more than 5 feet from the car (IE, checking the mail.) With a keyless entry code, or the fact that the door is unlocked, makes this useless -- and there's no way to disable it.
exactly. Even Imgur, one of the sites mentioned in this article (and not exactly an obscure site) is notorious for dodgy as shit ads, including interstitial ads that redirect you to some questionable content.
This poor guy was simply looking for work in order to be able to support his family back home. All he wanted was a better life.. I'm sure he's a hardworking, industrious, salt of the earth type... the type who made this country great!
Amnesty, a drivers license, and a green card folks. That's what this man needs, not a prison term.
I'm just hoping the data doesn't give some jackhole activist investor like Carl Icahn leverage to blackmail Netflix into selling advertisements.
Because you know, unrecognized revenue is the same thing as a loss, and Netflix has an obligation to its shareholders to maximize profits, or something.
So where would something like a beefed up version of Watson come into play? At some point wouldn't the machine's probabilistic outlook on the situation, based on a diagnostic ability far exceeding most (if not all) doctors -- be superior to the 'gut' instinct that a well trained doctor would posses?
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Did it really increase the gamer's age? or is that just a function of.. time?
I'm 32. I got an NES in 2nd grade at age 7. After playing video games for so many years, buying a PS4 or Xbox doesn't seem that outlandish.
But to a to a 32 year old back in 198x (or earlier for atari, etc) -- lacking that familiarity with video games and not spending gobs of their formative years zombifying themselves in front of a console, would they have been quite as inclined to purchase an NES or atari?
Sure the games are less kid oriented now, but that's only part of it.
they don't have enough money to be taken seriously.
Are you sure that hacking your roomba wouldnt be illegal? I'm sure there's some kind of esoteric clause in the TOS/EULA/70 page licensing agreement. and god help your soul if you try teaching other people to modify iRobot's intellectual property on their 'own' device.
replace 'hacking roomba' with 'jailbreaking* your phone' or "modifying your console's firmware"
*is the exemption to this still in place?
greaaat, furnishing alcohol to these critters? You realize you're potentially liable for damages incurred due to inebriated wildlife right? You should at least start carding them.
That mentality just reminds me of "Boxer" from Animal Farm.
yes but how would your theory explain regulatory capture? would it require a grand unifying theory, like the one that has eluded physicists for decades?
Well, think of it like this.. with limiting factors such as the speed of light, or planck length, those tend to be rather concrete 'limits' to technology. So unless our understanding of those limits is 'wrong', it's not like they can just be removed by some handwaving and dilithium crystals.
Your comparison to electronics 50 years ago was purely a lack of understanding of materials science. To create a transistor there's nothing in the fundamental physical laws that preclude its construction, thus requiring a workaround to construct.
yes, too big to fail.. infinite mass, wormhole.. singularity.. and we're right back where we started with this discussion.
Can you claim copyright infringement for a derivative work? Entitled to royalties at a minimum right?
Totally underrated post.
I think living in a country with sane health care practices has colored your perception.
show me a single nutrient (other than vitamin C) that you can't get from meat/dairy/eggs. If you're paranoid, sure toss in some green veggies -- but the idea that you can only get 'balanced' nutrition from vegetables doesn't compute.
I'd link to a wiki article on essential carbohydrates, but there isn't one. probably because they don't exist.
don't be retarded and pedantic. when people discuss global warming the popular thing seems to be focusing in on carbon emissions. Not methane, not any of the other more potent greenhouse gasses, just CO2.
Clearly climate scientists have models with thousands (or more?) variables -- that is not what i was referring to. It's the Al Gore types of the world, or smug prius owners.
what i don't get, is that we're taking something as fantastically fucking complex as the global climate -- and using a single variable to explain / model it. That seems mind boggling naive to me.
planetist! I identify as a planet-fluid life-form, and I'm now triggered. check your privilege.
To counter this; I have a 2014 ford fusion, and love it.
Sync works flawlessly over bluetooth with my cheap as shit tracfone (flip phone!) The 10 minute timeout thing is your own fault, just put the car in 'accessory mode', voila! (half turn of the key)
Mine has remote start/RFID fob, so the ignition thing is a non-issue.
The one thing i truly don't like about it is the leaving the car running in park causes the horn to honk if i stray more than 5 feet from the car (IE, checking the mail.) With a keyless entry code, or the fact that the door is unlocked, makes this useless -- and there's no way to disable it.
exactly. Even Imgur, one of the sites mentioned in this article (and not exactly an obscure site) is notorious for dodgy as shit ads, including interstitial ads that redirect you to some questionable content.
Because Bretton-Woods never happened, right?
would they even need that? vs decompiling the APK?
doesn't Bing supply yahoo's search results now? so it is.. literally Bing -- right?
This poor guy was simply looking for work in order to be able to support his family back home. All he wanted was a better life.. I'm sure he's a hardworking, industrious, salt of the earth type... the type who made this country great!
Amnesty, a drivers license, and a green card folks. That's what this man needs, not a prison term.
I'm just hoping the data doesn't give some jackhole activist investor like Carl Icahn leverage to blackmail Netflix into selling advertisements.
Because you know, unrecognized revenue is the same thing as a loss, and Netflix has an obligation to its shareholders to maximize profits, or something.
So where would something like a beefed up version of Watson come into play? At some point wouldn't the machine's probabilistic outlook on the situation, based on a diagnostic ability far exceeding most (if not all) doctors -- be superior to the 'gut' instinct that a well trained doctor would posses?
I always identified as a republican.. a moderate -- but still republican.
Not anymore. :(