I know a couple of truck drivers. From what I've been told, their job entails a lot more than just driving. Yesterday one was telling me problems they encountered when their truck was mis-loaded which I would assume is also a common problem.
Microseconds are not important at this scale. There is nothing that physically can react that fast. Milliseconds is sufficient and for that there are hundreds of sensors that meet the requirements.
We haven't developed robots yet that can diagnose and repair problems in other robots.
Sure we have. I've used software that finds errors in other software. I've written (a lot of) software that detects problems in hardware (both electrical (including electronic) and mechanical). It's common in the industry. Most robots that I've worked on have BIT (built in test) requirements that detect and diagnoses problems.
You can do things like monitor torque and motor current and run a real time comparison in the operational loop and log a fault, or shut down when a discrepancy is detected. Cross check oscillators, run real time Jtag monitoring.... Back up systems can be turned on. I'm sure you could automate LRU replacement, but for something that takes a person a minute (for something that may happen once in thirty years, I'm not sure it would be economically sound to do so.
So why is this not the responsibility of the person doing the workstation layout? If an industrial machine has a swinging circular saw blade that can reach 4m and someone tells you it is safe to work 3m away, then you get your arm cur off by said saw, why is it the fault of the saw manufacturer unless they misrepresented the reach?
They are both fictional. I don't think you can base much of real life on either. The Brave new world could have been a complete disaster, we just didn't read abuot those parts.
I own tons of production equipment. Literally. Some of that stuff is really heavy. And that's not including all the computer equipment that I own. Which exceeds that of many companies that I've worked for.
If I stick a webcam in front of an analog meter, couldn't it be considered a 'smart meter'? If so, is it the chips that measure current, an internet data corruption problem? Maybe a problem with the universe that makes all things that people don't like, not work properly. Is it a design problem, requirements problem, QA problem?
It's always a good idea to have a deep understanding of how hardware works when writing low level software. Like why you get an interrupt even when they are turned off or why your branches are doing what they're supposed to. Trying to debug faulty hardware, is a lot of fun, especially at the hardware level. Data spanning page boundaries are a lot of fun. And not every system in the world runs Intel. Quite the opposite is true.
So you are saying all of it should be offshored? I don't design circuits, but I work with the people who do and I'm expected to understand how circuits work well enough that I can write the software to interact with them. Like not enough filtering on an interrupt line leading to spurious interrupts when a light is turned on or off.
I have nothing online worth securing and no reputation to protect, randomly change account names and never look back. I know I'm not everyone, but am not all that uncommon, so for us, the answer is yes. I think if my password was the letter 'L', it would be safe for a long time, Obscurity through irrelevance.
Humans need to merge with computers and become pure energy so that we can become eternal.
How's that for another whacked out idea that has an almost infinite higher probability of succeeding. Stop watching so much tv and take some upper division physics classes.
Without patents, what would prevent large corporation with a large manufacturing base from buying a product from a startup competitor with limited resources, run it through a 3D scanner and mass producing a 100% clone of product that took $4million to develop? This isn't the 1950's anymore.
Value to innovation is an S-Curve: Improving a product takes time and many iterations. The first of these iterations provide minimal value to the customer but in time the base is created and the value increases exponentially. Once the base is created then each iteration is drastically better than the last. At some point the most valuable improvements are complete and the value per iteration is minimal again. So in the middle is the most value, at the beginning and end the value is minimal
Incumbent sized deals: The incumbent has the luxury of a huge customer set but high expectations of yearly sales. New entry next generation products find niches away from the incumbent customer set to build the new product. The new entry companies do not require the yearly sales of the incumbent and thus have more time to focus and innovate on this smaller venture.
How are you with patents for physical devices? Almost anything today can be trivially copied and some things take years to be developed (like tuning a circuit to control plasma).
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I know a couple of truck drivers. From what I've been told, their job entails a lot more than just driving. Yesterday one was telling me problems they encountered when their truck was mis-loaded which I would assume is also a common problem.
Microseconds are not important at this scale. There is nothing that physically can react that fast. Milliseconds is sufficient and for that there are hundreds of sensors that meet the requirements.
We haven't developed robots yet that can diagnose and repair problems in other robots.
Sure we have. I've used software that finds errors in other software. I've written (a lot of) software that detects problems in hardware (both electrical (including electronic) and mechanical). It's common in the industry. Most robots that I've worked on have BIT (built in test) requirements that detect and diagnoses problems.
You can do things like monitor torque and motor current and run a real time comparison in the operational loop and log a fault, or shut down when a discrepancy is detected. Cross check oscillators, run real time Jtag monitoring.... Back up systems can be turned on. I'm sure you could automate LRU replacement, but for something that takes a person a minute (for something that may happen once in thirty years, I'm not sure it would be economically sound to do so.
So why is this not the responsibility of the person doing the workstation layout? If an industrial machine has a swinging circular saw blade that can reach 4m and someone tells you it is safe to work 3m away, then you get your arm cur off by said saw, why is it the fault of the saw manufacturer unless they misrepresented the reach?
They are both fictional. I don't think you can base much of real life on either. The Brave new world could have been a complete disaster, we just didn't read abuot those parts.
Welcome to A Brave New World
I own tons of production equipment. Literally. Some of that stuff is really heavy. And that's not including all the computer equipment that I own. Which exceeds that of many companies that I've worked for.
So why is it no longer the means of production?
History and knowing a lot of people.
If I stick a webcam in front of an analog meter, couldn't it be considered a 'smart meter'? If so, is it the chips that measure current, an internet data corruption problem? Maybe a problem with the universe that makes all things that people don't like, not work properly. Is it a design problem, requirements problem, QA problem?
At the volumes they're talking about, I think it would take half an hour to fill even it they cut the tube in two.
Robots are cheap. I own a few, but not sure how many more I need since I enjoy doing most of the reaming work that's left.
What if a UBI does not work?
In which advanced countries in Africa?
Well, I have six fingers, so i'll say yes.
You can get free older yachts on craigslist.
My two favorite are my robotics clothes washer and robotic dishwasher. Those alone save me half a dozen hours of menial labor a week.
It's always a good idea to have a deep understanding of how hardware works when writing low level software. Like why you get an interrupt even when they are turned off or why your branches are doing what they're supposed to. Trying to debug faulty hardware, is a lot of fun, especially at the hardware level. Data spanning page boundaries are a lot of fun. And not every system in the world runs Intel. Quite the opposite is true.
largely offshored
So you are saying all of it should be offshored? I don't design circuits, but I work with the people who do and I'm expected to understand how circuits work well enough that I can write the software to interact with them. Like not enough filtering on an interrupt line leading to spurious interrupts when a light is turned on or off.
I have nothing online worth securing and no reputation to protect, randomly change account names and never look back. I know I'm not everyone, but am not all that uncommon, so for us, the answer is yes. I think if my password was the letter 'L', it would be safe for a long time, Obscurity through irrelevance.
NO, but I'll bet that they don't.
Humans need to merge with computers and become pure energy so that we can become eternal.
How's that for another whacked out idea that has an almost infinite higher probability of succeeding. Stop watching so much tv and take some upper division physics classes.
Without patents, what would prevent large corporation with a large manufacturing base from buying a product from a startup competitor with limited resources, run it through a 3D scanner and mass producing a 100% clone of product that took $4million to develop? This isn't the 1950's anymore.
Value to innovation is an S-Curve: Improving a product takes time and many iterations. The first of these iterations provide minimal value to the customer but in time the base is created and the value increases exponentially. Once the base is created then each iteration is drastically better than the last. At some point the most valuable improvements are complete and the value per iteration is minimal again. So in the middle is the most value, at the beginning and end the value is minimal
Incumbent sized deals: The incumbent has the luxury of a huge customer set but high expectations of yearly sales. New entry next generation products find niches away from the incumbent customer set to build the new product. The new entry companies do not require the yearly sales of the incumbent and thus have more time to focus and innovate on this smaller venture.
How are you with patents for physical devices? Almost anything today can be trivially copied and some things take years to be developed (like tuning a circuit to control plasma).
And they must always be evil. Everybody hates a winner. That's because they're all loosers.