I used to work in experimental nuclear physics. All the lab apparatus, ie the detectors, were designed and built by the physicists, primarily the grad student for a PHd thesis. Same goes for STMs. I used to know one of the physicists who designed and built one of the first STMs including designing the computer hardware from chip level, doing board design, etc. Not only that, but he wrote the software himself.
Many engineers do science, just like many scientists do engineering. Real life is messy like that and not segmented like college, even though some degrees like EE and physics share a majority of subjects, if not classes. When I got my EE degree I was able to apply the classes I'd taken through the physics department towards the enginering degree. Like E&M and waveguides. As far as I could tell, the covered the same material, but physics was more concerned with derivations while engineering was closer to practical work solving problems Lots of problems. Hundreds, maybe thousands each semester. Contrast this with physics whee you might solve a dozen problems a semester, but the answers can be a dozen or more pages long. Look at Paul Dirac, he had an engineering degree.
If Justin Beiber is paid $20M to endorse tasty treats dog food on a 30 second tv commercial, why should putting out a 30 second commercial on candidate not count as a $20M political contribution since that is what his time is valued at?
At the time, no one knew they needed a smartphone, there was little to no demands by people clamoring for a connected device that you could carry in your pocket. I know, because I was one of the few who were. I even built my own and wanted to sell them, but couldn't find anyone who was interested.
AI is a trained system, a matrix of weights. This is different from a program that says
for(;;){
if (desired_temp
turn_on_heater();
if (desired_temp >= sensor_temp() )
turn_off_heater();
}
Do you consider a mechanical governor to be artificial intelligence? This is how they work. The job of the governor is to keep speed constant regardless of load.
Maybe just a control system like how a governor regulates the speed on a steam engine. As the load is increased, the speed of the balls drop (centrifugal force) causing the steam valve to open more keeping the RPMs constant. It's an area of mathematics known as Control Theory and is hundreds of years old. More commonly known as feedback. This is used in everything from frequency tuning on your cable modem to cruise control in your car to rockets. It's somewhat math and differential equation heavy.
Very often where it is needed most, at home. I grew up with two neighbors, one whose family highly valued education and another who didn't to the point of not making their kids go to school. The truant officer always seemed to be going to their house and my parents were interviewed a couple of times. One is now a multi millionaire despite growing up the poorest of all of us and last I heard, the other is in jail. The one in jail has five kids living in the same house he grew up in, while the millionaire friend has three siblings who all attended ivy league schools.
Very true, but before engineers were going for the low hanging fruit on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Unless you have some sort of mental condition it's hard not to be up on the lower two steps if you live anywhere in the Western Civilization.
Everyone need the same pizza and warm bed, but to get into what makes people happy requires 7 billion or so different solutions, most of which do not involve any engineering. Some have argued that engineered solutions (eg, Buy more stuff) works in the wrong direction making people more disaffected.
burdened with education expenses for the rest of your life
The median college debt is $29k. Not only that, but
The college premium (the difference between the earnings of college graduates and high school graduates) is at its highest level ever.
This means that it is easier to pay of a loan now than if you had graduated in the 1970's, 80's or 90's.
34.4 percent graduated with no debt.
12.0 percent graduated with $1-$9,999 in debt.
18.2 percent graduated with $10,000-$19,999 in debt.
15.5 percent graduated with $20,000-$29,999 in debt.
8.9 percent graduated with $30,000-$39,999 in debt.
5.3 percent graduated with $40,000-$49,999 in debt.
5.3 percent graduated with $50,000-$99,999 in debt.
0.5 percent graduated with over $100,000 in debt.
I have a friend in a former soviet bloc country who makes the exact complaints. Not only that, they are far more racist, particularly against the Chinese for all of the imports into their country and how he can't go into a store anymore without being surrounded by Pagaminta Kinijoje.
What is there left to do in the short medium / term in the PC space? Isn't most PC class tech being driven by games, another waste of time? What applications would a 128bit processor open up?
Humans have between 7 and 22 senses (depending on what you count). When all of these have been integrated with a computer, then what?
Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. I'm basically settling land and have established a self sufficient high tech farm using solar and skills of ~30 years space experience (not exactly ignorant or simple). No one around me, closest neighbor over 1km away, no services except for dsl and dirt road. To be fair, most of the people around me are rather, well stoned and former Woodstock attendees. Should I be offended?
Actually, as people's lives improve, birthrates go down. This has been shown to be closely correlated with child survival rates above all else. Sanitation and clean water have a large impact on child survival rates.
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I would. What principles and methods do you think they use to ensure the bridge isn't going to fall down the first truck that drives over?
I used to work in experimental nuclear physics. All the lab apparatus, ie the detectors, were designed and built by the physicists, primarily the grad student for a PHd thesis. Same goes for STMs. I used to know one of the physicists who designed and built one of the first STMs including designing the computer hardware from chip level, doing board design, etc. Not only that, but he wrote the software himself.
Many engineers do science, just like many scientists do engineering. Real life is messy like that and not segmented like college, even though some degrees like EE and physics share a majority of subjects, if not classes. When I got my EE degree I was able to apply the classes I'd taken through the physics department towards the enginering degree. Like E&M and waveguides. As far as I could tell, the covered the same material, but physics was more concerned with derivations while engineering was closer to practical work solving problems Lots of problems. Hundreds, maybe thousands each semester. Contrast this with physics whee you might solve a dozen problems a semester, but the answers can be a dozen or more pages long. Look at Paul Dirac, he had an engineering degree.
If Justin Beiber is paid $20M to endorse tasty treats dog food on a 30 second tv commercial, why should putting out a 30 second commercial on candidate not count as a $20M political contribution since that is what his time is valued at?
At what time in history did people know they needed a smartphone?
At the time, no one knew they needed a smartphone, there was little to no demands by people clamoring for a connected device that you could carry in your pocket. I know, because I was one of the few who were. I even built my own and wanted to sell them, but couldn't find anyone who was interested.
What is an AI if it isn't an algorithm?
AI is a trained system, a matrix of weights. This is different from a program that says
for(;;){
if (desired_temp turn_on_heater();
if (desired_temp >= sensor_temp() )
turn_off_heater();
}
Intelligence is the outcome, not the process.
Do you consider a mechanical governor to be artificial intelligence? This is how they work. The job of the governor is to keep speed constant regardless of load.
I wonder what s/he/it considers them to be?
Maybe just a control system like how a governor regulates the speed on a steam engine. As the load is increased, the speed of the balls drop (centrifugal force) causing the steam valve to open more keeping the RPMs constant. It's an area of mathematics known as Control Theory and is hundreds of years old. More commonly known as feedback. This is used in everything from frequency tuning on your cable modem to cruise control in your car to rockets. It's somewhat math and differential equation heavy.
education is ignored
Very often where it is needed most, at home. I grew up with two neighbors, one whose family highly valued education and another who didn't to the point of not making their kids go to school. The truant officer always seemed to be going to their house and my parents were interviewed a couple of times.
One is now a multi millionaire despite growing up the poorest of all of us and last I heard, the other is in jail. The one in jail has five kids living in the same house he grew up in, while the millionaire friend has three siblings who all attended ivy league schools.
Everyone need the same pizza and warm bed, but to get into what makes people happy requires 7 billion or so different solutions, most of which do not involve any engineering. Some have argued that engineered solutions (eg, Buy more stuff) works in the wrong direction making people more disaffected.
Yeah, I get that, but all of the those are evolutionary improvements with relatively low productivity gains.
Why do you think land is no longer readily available today?
Forgot to add in the source: Five myths about college debt
burdened with education expenses for the rest of your life
The median college debt is $29k. Not only that, but
The college premium (the difference between the earnings of college graduates and high school graduates) is at its highest level ever.
This means that it is easier to pay of a loan now than if you had graduated in the 1970's, 80's or 90's.
34.4 percent graduated with no debt.
12.0 percent graduated with $1-$9,999 in debt.
18.2 percent graduated with $10,000-$19,999 in debt.
15.5 percent graduated with $20,000-$29,999 in debt.
8.9 percent graduated with $30,000-$39,999 in debt.
5.3 percent graduated with $40,000-$49,999 in debt.
5.3 percent graduated with $50,000-$99,999 in debt.
0.5 percent graduated with over $100,000 in debt.
happened in the US .... technology...
I have a friend in a former soviet bloc country who makes the exact complaints. Not only that, they are far more racist, particularly against the Chinese for all of the imports into their country and how he can't go into a store anymore without being surrounded by Pagaminta Kinijoje.
You're going to miss out on a lot of high paying jobs. Even the president was denied a cell phone.
spending a few days working on a math problem
Wasn't this known earlier as the MTV generation?
What is there left to do in the short medium / term in the PC space? Isn't most PC class tech being driven by games, another waste of time? What applications would a 128bit processor open up? Humans have between 7 and 22 senses (depending on what you count). When all of these have been integrated with a computer, then what?
than 2 years to break even.
2/16 of my LED bulbs have burned out in under 3 years.
consume a fraction of the energy
Make that North America. Canada uses more energy per capita than the US.
Climate hypocrites.
The two are not mutually exclusive.
Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. I'm basically settling land and have established a self sufficient high tech farm using solar and skills of ~30 years space experience (not exactly ignorant or simple). No one around me, closest neighbor over 1km away, no services except for dsl and dirt road. To be fair, most of the people around me are rather, well stoned and former Woodstock attendees. Should I be offended?
Actually, as people's lives improve, birthrates go down. This has been shown to be closely correlated with child survival rates above all else. Sanitation and clean water have a large impact on child survival rates.