That sort of a process creates spaghetti law, just the way doing the same thing in software creates spaghetti code.
In a way, the law is a lot like a software system that has undergone millions of upgrades, some minor, some major, and has been in continuous operation for several thousand years.
Just once I'd like to see a technological revolution where the CEOs are replaced by technology *before* the labor pool.
I have a feeling that many (though not all) CEOs and management are actually redundant, and have incomes purely because the MBA *class* protects its own.
Obviously there is no economic incentive to pay the largest salaries to people who are objectively some of the least productive.
I'll say that this alone is a reason to, more often than not, to simply stay home.
This is an area where I would really like to see a lot more dialogue. What do you consider extreme? In some places snow may occur only once every few years, and in some places snow is just a typical winter day. You can't decide not to do your job when it's an ordinary day, even if it's 'extreme' for other people.
If (Futurama-style) suicide booths were available, railway commuters would not need to suffer from delays
No, people who want to take their life can do so quietly if they want to. The narcissistic ones are making a statement about how much pain they are in, and the drama and/or nuisance is part of that.
These days, if someone votes differently, acts differently, they are a bigot
Many voters tune out everything the media says precisely because words like 'racist' have been used to describe an honest difference of opinion and no longer reliably convey any information. And now there's an air of panic because the politicians can't achieve any credibility with the voters, all while the politicians continue to insult each other and talk past each other, unable to hear anything that doesn't fit their preconceived stereotypes, and therefore never responding on the rare occasion that a legitimate point is brought up.
There are real villains out there. That's why it gets people's attention when politicians talk about villains, even though they actually only talk about decoy villains while they protect the actual villains.
I imagine the only argument for government investigation and/or intervention is if Facebook made a false representation by claiming it was accurately reflecting measurable trends when really it was knowingly and deliberately distorting the outcome.
I suspect that Facebook did kind of imply that, and it was a deceptive practice of sorts, but at the same time I think it unlikely that actual law-breaking can be proved.
This kind of tech always struck me as more about a cool technology than about security. I can't flawlessly imitate another person's gait any more than I can magically change my fingerprints to match theirs, but that's very different from circumventing the technology with another, perhaps low-tech, solution. (I believe James Bond did fake fingerprints back in the '60s or '70s.)
But there are potentially *two* questions that could be referred to. Begging the question can legitimately mean 1) re-asking the question instead of answering it 2) answering the question incompletely thus inviting an obvious follow-up question.
At the beginning of cinematic technology, the leading edge was a few minutes of poor-quality video on a screen smaller than the size of your hand. Cat videos were leading the way back then, too.
I'm imagining an infinite loop in which a PC which upgrades Windows and then the antivirus software correctly identifies Window as a virus and rolls back the 'upgrade'.
Recently I rented a car that had a radio that could not be turned off.
Now, since it was a rental, I gave up after five minutes with the owner's manual, so maybe there was some advanced feature that turned it off, and it was possible to turn the volume down to zero, but seriously, car designers need to rethink their assumptions about people's priorities.
I'd give anything to have an "elegantly simple" user interface that both Windows and many Linux distributions are forcing on users. It's 'futuristic' in the sense that we (hopefully) will come out of the current dark age and go back to "elegantly simple" and never make the same mistakes again.
Hey, Star Wars was a fantasy -- I can have a dream too.
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it has been slow enough that it's like hair growing.
People have been saying it since shortly after the September 11th attacks.
The US government hasn't been the least bit subtle about it.
It's like that quantum physics the young kids are talking about. That's never led anywhere.
That sort of a process creates spaghetti law, just the way doing the same thing in software creates spaghetti code.
In a way, the law is a lot like a software system that has undergone millions of upgrades, some minor, some major, and has been in continuous operation for several thousand years.
They simply have a different kind of enthusiasm. How else are they going to get their fix of narcissistic self-righteousness?
Just once I'd like to see a technological revolution where the CEOs are replaced by technology *before* the labor pool.
I have a feeling that many (though not all) CEOs and management are actually redundant, and have incomes purely because the MBA *class* protects its own.
Obviously there is no economic incentive to pay the largest salaries to people who are objectively some of the least productive.
if you're driving in an extreme weather situation
I'll say that this alone is a reason to, more often than not, to simply stay home.
This is an area where I would really like to see a lot more dialogue. What do you consider extreme? In some places snow may occur only once every few years, and in some places snow is just a typical winter day. You can't decide not to do your job when it's an ordinary day, even if it's 'extreme' for other people.
If (Futurama-style) suicide booths were available, railway commuters would not need to suffer from delays
No, people who want to take their life can do so quietly if they want to. The narcissistic ones are making a statement about how much pain they are in, and the drama and/or nuisance is part of that.
Then when they go home they'll infect others.
I suppose there's an argument to put them all in quarantine when they get back, but that has logistics issues too.
These days, if someone votes differently, acts differently, they are a bigot
Many voters tune out everything the media says precisely because words like 'racist' have been used to describe an honest difference of opinion and no longer reliably convey any information. And now there's an air of panic because the politicians can't achieve any credibility with the voters, all while the politicians continue to insult each other and talk past each other, unable to hear anything that doesn't fit their preconceived stereotypes, and therefore never responding on the rare occasion that a legitimate point is brought up.
"So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause..."
Don't forget Sith mind control. Much more elegant than the crude "advertising industry" and "lobbying" that our politicians use.
There are real villains out there. That's why it gets people's attention when politicians talk about villains, even though they actually only talk about decoy villains while they protect the actual villains.
I imagine the only argument for government investigation and/or intervention is if Facebook made a false representation by claiming it was accurately reflecting measurable trends when really it was knowingly and deliberately distorting the outcome.
I suspect that Facebook did kind of imply that, and it was a deceptive practice of sorts, but at the same time I think it unlikely that actual law-breaking can be proved.
You really think that Trump has some sort of consistent ideology which matches up with one of the 2 major political parties
Trump's ideology is 'listen to whatever some crazy rich guy financing the campaign says'.
That's exactly the ideology of the major parties. The only difference is that in Trump's case the crazy rich guy is himself.
he still broke the law and MUST be prosecuted
That's what pardons are for.
This kind of tech always struck me as more about a cool technology than about security. I can't flawlessly imitate another person's gait any more than I can magically change my fingerprints to match theirs, but that's very different from circumventing the technology with another, perhaps low-tech, solution. (I believe James Bond did fake fingerprints back in the '60s or '70s.)
a default judgement
Um, the plaintiff has to accept some responsibility for letting that happen.
potential weapons of math instruction.
Do not underestimate how much politicians are frightened by the thought of citizens becoming informed or even thinking for themselves.
"having the law on your side" has never stopped the government
I have to disagree that it's never stopped the government, though I will concede that it hasn't for a long time.
Most of the 'content' on YouTube is garbage, isn't it?
I.e. better than most of what's on television. (With a few exceptions on both sides.)
'Beg' means 'ask'.
But there are potentially *two* questions that could be referred to. Begging the question can legitimately mean
1) re-asking the question instead of answering it
2) answering the question incompletely thus inviting an obvious follow-up question.
At the beginning of cinematic technology, the leading edge was a few minutes of poor-quality video on a screen smaller than the size of your hand. Cat videos were leading the way back then, too.
I'm imagining an infinite loop in which a PC which upgrades Windows and then the antivirus software correctly identifies Window as a virus and rolls back the 'upgrade'.
- the fact that China *already* treats actual humans like replaceable meaningless bio-cogs
Same as most corporations.
The car is a great example
Recently I rented a car that had a radio that could not be turned off.
Now, since it was a rental, I gave up after five minutes with the owner's manual, so maybe there was some advanced feature that turned it off, and it was possible to turn the volume down to zero, but seriously, car designers need to rethink their assumptions about people's priorities.
I'd give anything to have an "elegantly simple" user interface that both Windows and many Linux distributions are forcing on users. It's 'futuristic' in the sense that we (hopefully) will come out of the current dark age and go back to "elegantly simple" and never make the same mistakes again.
Hey, Star Wars was a fantasy -- I can have a dream too.