No, not really I'm pretty insulated from these types of problems. I don't have a cellphone or tv an don't listen to news. I mostly read slashdot out of habit that I got in school. And live in a self sufficient off grid community. I'd rate my life as 9.5/10 since I don't have to share in all these self made problems. It's like sitting back and watching people screw themselves and not listening when you tell them not to do something stupid. Doesn't bother me.
My HP-41C calculator has artificial intelligence. It can multiply two-nine digit numbers faster than it takes me to type the question in. For those of you who do not know what an HP41 is, it's like a smart phone, but with buttons and a very small display. I use it a lot when I program the AI gcode on my cnc machine.
Sitting around a campfire is two way communication. You learn more about the people around you (probably your friends) and they about you. Watching tv is similar to a game where some company tries to convince you to buy their stuff while you have to convince yourself not to buy it.
Sorry. Most people I've talked to on the internet get pretty hostile when I suggest that cooking your own food is neither more expensive or time consuming than fast food.
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She died :( I was a big fan.
Ask the Amish. They seem to be doing well.
Which is which?
Enable ^c.
you don't even have a CLUE, do you?
No, not really I'm pretty insulated from these types of problems. I don't have a cellphone or tv an don't listen to news. I mostly read slashdot out of habit that I got in school. And live in a self sufficient off grid community. I'd rate my life as 9.5/10 since I don't have to share in all these self made problems. It's like sitting back and watching people screw themselves and not listening when you tell them not to do something stupid. Doesn't bother me.
Well, the data should be there. I haven't seen any, but Brin promised they'd be on sale by 2015.
My dog eats his own poo.
TOS had one in the 1960's. In fact, they devoted an entire character to walking around with one.
Apple should sue for copyright infringement. FWIW, I invented the iPhone before this guy.
https://science.slashdot.org/s...
The future is here now!
Yeah, the amish had the same worries.
My HP-41C calculator has artificial intelligence. It can multiply two-nine digit numbers faster than it takes me to type the question in. For those of you who do not know what an HP41 is, it's like a smart phone, but with buttons and a very small display. I use it a lot when I program the AI gcode on my cnc machine.
And I'm on myspace. I logged in twice over a decade ago.
I'm very anti-social. I collect friends at about one per decade, I'd have to stay inside all of the time.
Sitting around a campfire is two way communication. You learn more about the people around you (probably your friends) and they about you. Watching tv is similar to a game where some company tries to convince you to buy their stuff while you have to convince yourself not to buy it.
It's not conspiracy but willful ignorance.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
To be hypocritical, this describes the history arc of slashdot. 6/9 front page stories are about people right now.
Sorry. Most people I've talked to on the internet get pretty hostile when I suggest that cooking your own food is neither more expensive or time consuming than fast food.
That is the gist of a review of Independence Day that I just watched on youtube. Skip the movie, watch the trailer.
The medium is the message
negative effect one's ability to pay attention
Neil Postman wrote a book about this, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business . It is worth reading.
I believe the unabridged LOTR audiobook is something like 54 hours long.
True that. I did the first one once by accident and it was quite fun, but ultimately very expensive.
Skip works better. You can compress one of those shows into about 10-15 minutes of content.