Up front confession: haven't read the article, but unless the diaries are in the public domain, isn't this pretty cut and dry? If the diaries are in private hands, they're in private hands and you need permission to use their contents.
You mean a sociologist might not be great at reviewing (or even remotely qualified to review) the statistical merits of a paper?! My goodness!;-)
That's not to say that there are no sociologists who can understand the statistics, but I can't say that I'm surprised. Heck, I'm in physics and I couldn't tell you the appropriate time to use a p-value.
Glad I wasn't the only one thinking this. I read the article and thought that I had missed something since their "task" and "conclusions" we're so trite.
Are you implying that calling the police and reporting a false crime is free speech or have I misunderstood? Ever hear that phrase about yelling fire in a theater?
Ugh. People suck so hard. This type of shit bums me out so much. It's all I can do to not lose faith in people in my day-to-day interactions, and assclowns swatting people just kinda makes me want to move up on a mountain and start a farm.
How do you intend to celebrate (*ahem* gloat to your wife about) the funding of the Gentleman's (or ladies') single-use monocle since it is very nearly funded on the first day?
It is clear from its near immediate success that you have identified a large gap in the market that desperately needed filling.:-)
It's definitely clear that there's some preferential dice treatment happening, which is kinda messed up, but I for one really enjoy reading the comments on posts like this one. As a C programmer (for science, not mainstream code) I always learn a ton about security and good practices from the other slashdotters.:-)
This is going to be law enforcement's hydra: cut off one head and it's going to grow two more.
They're going to have to get more clever with how they fight this than the previously have. And that doesn't mean just shutting stuff like Tor and strong encryption down, because they'll also return stronger than they were.
How is this remotely acceptable? Essentially they've just said "we're going to bug your home and do whatever we want with the audio, hope that's cool with you."
My first thought exactly. It seems like an incredible over-complication when the goal is "simply" to fight fires. Don't they purpose build robots to walk like humans... and they still aren't really all that convincing?
Any robotics experts out there know why they'd want to have a biped do this? Not trying to rain on their parade (pun intended), but I'm really just curious why a humanoid was a necessary part of this solution.
The notion that liberties could be misused and potentially give way to lawbreaking behavior is never a justification for the repeal of liberty.
This (and everything you said) times infinity. The logic they're using to defend their arguments around spying on citizens and why they need to backdoor all encryption and security leads to such absurd conclusions that it's mind boggling. God forbid they actually have to go after the bad people (and work a little bit for it) and not just the normal folks.
I'd rather live in a world where crime exists and happens than sacrifice the rights of the rest of the population. These organizations are like leukemia: they are growing and growing and growing out of control, and when there's no longer any viruses (real criminals and crime) to attack they start damaging the rest of the body.
Anyone else *kinda* sick of hearing about drones? And 3d printing... Don't get me wrong. It's cool stuff, but we've kinda beaten it to death at this point.
I think we should find and post the list of politicians who are in the pockets of Comcast. I'm thinking a list of names, and each name is a link to the instance(s) where they pulled a stunt like this. Anyone who would spout talking points verbatim by a company (any company, but ESPECIALLY Comcast) without disclosing that the company wrote them would never get my vote. Let's get that knowledge out there.
Perhaps I should also add at this point that all comments and opinions are my own. I support Nvidia based on my own experience, but I receive no benefit from them as a result.
I work for a lab at UCLA. Our group currently has no industry affiliation. Previously, although not since I have been part of the group, we received funding from Siemens.
Also, just to add, from everything I've read out there as of right now the consensus is that AMD's support for OpenCL is better than Nvidia. That being said, performance is dependent on a lot of things (the programmer, the algorithms used, how the problem is parallelized, etc.) and the raw power of Nvidia GPUs can, in some cases, despite "less support," still be better. Personally, I would choose Nvidia over AMD given the chance to choose again.
I work in a lab that does CT image reconstruction (all gpgpu computing) as part of what we do. I've been the one to program it using OpenCL under Ubuntu (I insisted I use linux; windows was too infuriating) so I'll share my experience.
I have two Nvidia 780 GPUs in my machine (an Alienware Aurora R4) and getting everything running under linux was actually much smoother than my initial attempt to get OpenCL running under Windows 8, so I don't think you'll have too much trouble there. I use the binary blob from Nvidia and it has been pretty stable with the occasional driver crash for whatever reason (maybe once in a six month period, but things just restart and it's fine. It's usually my fault for writing shitty code). I personally really like this setup and the only thing that could make it better would be more GPUs and a great, solid open source driver.
I would say that if you're going to use Nvidia GPUs for GPGPU computing, consider learning CUDA. Syntactically it's very similar to OpenCL but the tools you have access to for debugging, profiling, and increasing performance as well as the overall stability of the programs seems to be much much better. I suppose we should expect that though from a proprietary language, on proprietary hardware, using a proprietary driver. I've heard that you can get better performance (read: speedups) using CUDA over OpenCL, but I've never tested that for myself, or seen proof firsthand.
I've learned OpenCL, and I like it's portability and openness, but I look at some of the stuff my friends can do with CUDA and I can't say that I'm not envious. Mainly what I'm referring to is Nvidia's NSight program, which can do OpenCL if you're willing to pay for the "pro" edition. Also, Nvidia GPUs are scalar based, so if much of you speedup would come from using OpenCL's vector structures, that won't happen on Nvidia GPUs the same way that it would on AMD. Programming might be more convenient, but performance will stay the same.
Cool. Glad that's what you were hoping for. Perhaps I can give a little more detail about what I do and do not like about Squarespace:
What I like/can see as a pro:
(1) Squarespace does make is so that a user has no need to understand code and can end up with a pretty good-looking website.
(2) Makes acquiring and setting up a domain name very easy
(3) It's all in one, as in, the user doesn't have to set up any of the "hard" stuff if they don't want to.
(4) There are a few ways to mess with the code back-end of a website for more control (but limited).
Ok, now for the cons:
(1) The drag and drop interface for content management is brutal for anyone used to formatting their stuff through code. This is largely the reason that I have not had a great experience. Having to click and drag stuff around has really limited the power of what squarespace can be.
(2) Over-automation of formatting in regards to image galleries and other graphical aspects of a website.
(3) The whole content editing interface, to me, feels like fisher-price handholding kind of stuff. I much preferred wordpress when I used to have a free site there.
All of these are things that will most likely improve as Squarespace matures and also very likely could have solutions that I just haven't found in my searching. As I previously mentioned, this is not my area of expertise or interest and I have no real desire to spend more of my limited hours learning it. I chose Squarespace because I wanted something simple and clean, but not necessarily idiot-proof.
To summarize: my experience was idiot-proofing over flexibility and power with limited recourse to go in and manually correct the code that was causing me trouble.
So users will have to decide what's more important to them. I'm already kinda in their ecosystem and have no desire to migrate all of that content away and while I like to complain about them, feel like it's not so bad that I'll spend a weekend starting a new site.
I should add that I use squarespace and hate it. I do NOT recommend it. Only for the stupidest of folks is it appropriate. Dunno what that says about me that I'm into year two of my subscription...
There will always be a place for knowing how to code anything from the ground up, just as there will always be someone who knows assembly despite the fact that 99.9% of folks, even talented programmers, will never have to deal with it. These people, while the may not be able to design the flashiest webpage ever using the hottest, flash-in-the-pan tools, are the core of what it's all built off of. They're talented.
Now the talented AND clever will build a tool that others can use to make their lives easier and then license it for use.
So no, the day isn't past, because there will always be ground level people, but yes for the rest of us. I stick close to the metal/silicon and know a lot in that area, but I also want a web page so I've never really bothered to learn anything web-oriented; I'd rather just pay someone to design and implement it and I'll just add the content.
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Up front confession: haven't read the article, but unless the diaries are in the public domain, isn't this pretty cut and dry? If the diaries are in private hands, they're in private hands and you need permission to use their contents.
You mean a sociologist might not be great at reviewing (or even remotely qualified to review) the statistical merits of a paper?! My goodness! ;-)
That's not to say that there are no sociologists who can understand the statistics, but I can't say that I'm surprised. Heck, I'm in physics and I couldn't tell you the appropriate time to use a p-value.
Damn! Got my hopes up.
"You won't believe what this weird thousand year old trick can do!..."
Glad I wasn't the only one thinking this. I read the article and thought that I had missed something since their "task" and "conclusions" we're so trite.
The conspiracy theorists were right! Damn!
Are you implying that calling the police and reporting a false crime is free speech or have I misunderstood? Ever hear that phrase about yelling fire in a theater?
Ugh. People suck so hard. This type of shit bums me out so much. It's all I can do to not lose faith in people in my day-to-day interactions, and assclowns swatting people just kinda makes me want to move up on a mountain and start a farm.
Maybe I'll do that anyways...
How do you intend to celebrate (*ahem* gloat to your wife about) the funding of the Gentleman's (or ladies') single-use monocle since it is very nearly funded on the first day?
:-)
It is clear from its near immediate success that you have identified a large gap in the market that desperately needed filling.
It's definitely clear that there's some preferential dice treatment happening, which is kinda messed up, but I for one really enjoy reading the comments on posts like this one. As a C programmer (for science, not mainstream code) I always learn a ton about security and good practices from the other slashdotters. :-)
This is going to be law enforcement's hydra: cut off one head and it's going to grow two more.
They're going to have to get more clever with how they fight this than the previously have. And that doesn't mean just shutting stuff like Tor and strong encryption down, because they'll also return stronger than they were.
How is this remotely acceptable? Essentially they've just said "we're going to bug your home and do whatever we want with the audio, hope that's cool with you."
This is bullshit.
Why does it need to be humanoid?
My first thought exactly. It seems like an incredible over-complication when the goal is "simply" to fight fires. Don't they purpose build robots to walk like humans... and they still aren't really all that convincing?
Any robotics experts out there know why they'd want to have a biped do this? Not trying to rain on their parade (pun intended), but I'm really just curious why a humanoid was a necessary part of this solution.
Seconded. Atomic browser is an OK alternative. Definitely more flexible than Safari but can't do all of the stuff desired.
I feel the OP's pain though. Browsing on iPhone in Safari sucks.
The notion that liberties could be misused and potentially give way to lawbreaking behavior is never a justification for the repeal of liberty.
This (and everything you said) times infinity. The logic they're using to defend their arguments around spying on citizens and why they need to backdoor all encryption and security leads to such absurd conclusions that it's mind boggling. God forbid they actually have to go after the bad people (and work a little bit for it) and not just the normal folks.
I'd rather live in a world where crime exists and happens than sacrifice the rights of the rest of the population. These organizations are like leukemia: they are growing and growing and growing out of control, and when there's no longer any viruses (real criminals and crime) to attack they start damaging the rest of the body.
Anyone else *kinda* sick of hearing about drones? And 3d printing... Don't get me wrong. It's cool stuff, but we've kinda beaten it to death at this point.
Did. Articles ain't lists though. Just thinking something a little more curated and easily referenced (instead of four separate articles).
I think we should find and post the list of politicians who are in the pockets of Comcast. I'm thinking a list of names, and each name is a link to the instance(s) where they pulled a stunt like this. Anyone who would spout talking points verbatim by a company (any company, but ESPECIALLY Comcast) without disclosing that the company wrote them would never get my vote. Let's get that knowledge out there.
Perhaps I should also add at this point that all comments and opinions are my own. I support Nvidia based on my own experience, but I receive no benefit from them as a result.
I work for a lab at UCLA. Our group currently has no industry affiliation. Previously, although not since I have been part of the group, we received funding from Siemens.
Also, just to add, from everything I've read out there as of right now the consensus is that AMD's support for OpenCL is better than Nvidia. That being said, performance is dependent on a lot of things (the programmer, the algorithms used, how the problem is parallelized, etc.) and the raw power of Nvidia GPUs can, in some cases, despite "less support," still be better. Personally, I would choose Nvidia over AMD given the chance to choose again.
I work in a lab that does CT image reconstruction (all gpgpu computing) as part of what we do. I've been the one to program it using OpenCL under Ubuntu (I insisted I use linux; windows was too infuriating) so I'll share my experience.
I have two Nvidia 780 GPUs in my machine (an Alienware Aurora R4) and getting everything running under linux was actually much smoother than my initial attempt to get OpenCL running under Windows 8, so I don't think you'll have too much trouble there. I use the binary blob from Nvidia and it has been pretty stable with the occasional driver crash for whatever reason (maybe once in a six month period, but things just restart and it's fine. It's usually my fault for writing shitty code). I personally really like this setup and the only thing that could make it better would be more GPUs and a great, solid open source driver.
I would say that if you're going to use Nvidia GPUs for GPGPU computing, consider learning CUDA. Syntactically it's very similar to OpenCL but the tools you have access to for debugging, profiling, and increasing performance as well as the overall stability of the programs seems to be much much better. I suppose we should expect that though from a proprietary language, on proprietary hardware, using a proprietary driver. I've heard that you can get better performance (read: speedups) using CUDA over OpenCL, but I've never tested that for myself, or seen proof firsthand.
I've learned OpenCL, and I like it's portability and openness, but I look at some of the stuff my friends can do with CUDA and I can't say that I'm not envious. Mainly what I'm referring to is Nvidia's NSight program, which can do OpenCL if you're willing to pay for the "pro" edition. Also, Nvidia GPUs are scalar based, so if much of you speedup would come from using OpenCL's vector structures, that won't happen on Nvidia GPUs the same way that it would on AMD. Programming might be more convenient, but performance will stay the same.
Hope that helps. Feel free to ask more questions.
Cool. Glad that's what you were hoping for. Perhaps I can give a little more detail about what I do and do not like about Squarespace:
What I like/can see as a pro:
(1) Squarespace does make is so that a user has no need to understand code and can end up with a pretty good-looking website.
(2) Makes acquiring and setting up a domain name very easy
(3) It's all in one, as in, the user doesn't have to set up any of the "hard" stuff if they don't want to.
(4) There are a few ways to mess with the code back-end of a website for more control (but limited).
Ok, now for the cons:
(1) The drag and drop interface for content management is brutal for anyone used to formatting their stuff through code. This is largely the reason that I have not had a great experience. Having to click and drag stuff around has really limited the power of what squarespace can be.
(2) Over-automation of formatting in regards to image galleries and other graphical aspects of a website.
(3) The whole content editing interface, to me, feels like fisher-price handholding kind of stuff. I much preferred wordpress when I used to have a free site there.
All of these are things that will most likely improve as Squarespace matures and also very likely could have solutions that I just haven't found in my searching. As I previously mentioned, this is not my area of expertise or interest and I have no real desire to spend more of my limited hours learning it. I chose Squarespace because I wanted something simple and clean, but not necessarily idiot-proof.
To summarize: my experience was idiot-proofing over flexibility and power with limited recourse to go in and manually correct the code that was causing me trouble.
So users will have to decide what's more important to them. I'm already kinda in their ecosystem and have no desire to migrate all of that content away and while I like to complain about them, feel like it's not so bad that I'll spend a weekend starting a new site.
Hope that helps!
I should add that I use squarespace and hate it. I do NOT recommend it. Only for the stupidest of folks is it appropriate. Dunno what that says about me that I'm into year two of my subscription...
I love these WILDLY speculative questions.
There will always be a place for knowing how to code anything from the ground up, just as there will always be someone who knows assembly despite the fact that 99.9% of folks, even talented programmers, will never have to deal with it. These people, while the may not be able to design the flashiest webpage ever using the hottest, flash-in-the-pan tools, are the core of what it's all built off of. They're talented.
Now the talented AND clever will build a tool that others can use to make their lives easier and then license it for use.
So no, the day isn't past, because there will always be ground level people, but yes for the rest of us. I stick close to the metal/silicon and know a lot in that area, but I also want a web page so I've never really bothered to learn anything web-oriented; I'd rather just pay someone to design and implement it and I'll just add the content.