That's obviously one law that's been obsoleted since the Founding Fathers couldn't have anticipated the arrival of the submachine gun and the shoulder-fired rocket.
With you except for the reference to btrfs and AAA video games. Whatever its technical merits or shortcomings, btrfs has yet to achieve the level of "integration" of systemd. You can happily run most modern GNU/Linux desktops without it. While some distros are using some of btrfs's more advanced features, these tend to be optional and extX remains the system default for practically all distros. Contrast that with systemd, which has its footprint in practically all the major distros released within the last few years.
The beauty of init scripts is that they are simply privileged shell scripts, and shell scripts are basically the same shell commands you would type in an interactive shell session but placed in a single file for automated execution. That's an oversimplification of course. Efficient shell scripting requires the use of flow control. But the point stands. What you learn from writing shell scripts, you can easily transfer to init scripts. I know that systemd has an init script compatibility mode, but using this feature negates most of the advantages systemd supposedly has over traditional init script based systems.
Most of the billion Android devices don't include busybox but a workalike program named toolbox, which has even less options than busybox. I read somewhere that Google didn't include busybox in their default Android builds because of the GPL. None of the Android userland is GPL-licensed. Busybox however is included in Linux-based consumer routers and many non-commercial Android forks like Cyanogenmod.
You joke, but systemd looks like a better fit for the Hurd, given its microkernel design. Systemd and Linux are both monolithic designs. Systemd could easily become one of the Hurd's Unix Replacing Daemons.
The solution is to either increase automation so that old people don't need to be supported by able-bodied young people or fix genetically the symptoms of aging so people can remain able-bodied, if not young-looking, until the day they decide to die.
China's last major war was with Vietnam in the 1970's if I recall correctly. What China does a lot these days is brinkmanship and saber-rattling. Accidents could still happen, and who knows where that would lead.
Wikipedia is the first thing that came to my mind when thinking of a non-exploitative alternative to IMDB. Unfortunately, Wikipedia has "notability" guidelines that are often poorly implemented. An article about an obscure indie movie has better chances of not getting deleted in IMDB.
Asking the devices which connect to this vast complex network of networks to detect, and then transparently fix problems in the infrastructure without the permission of the administrators is, well, it's absolutely the pinnacle of buzzword driven product management. Real pointy-haired boss territory.
Except that what Apple is doing with WiFi Assist is hardly so cryptic. Transparently switching from one network to another (both of which the user has permission to access) in order to maintain a data connection is hardly "the pinnacle of buzzword driven product management".
The problem is that Apple has made a lot of things so easy, users expect everything to be so easy. Apple has basically created this problem for itself. One solution that comes to mind is a nag-screen-like alert that warns users of a switch in network type. Make it red with a biohazard symbol to make sure nobody ignores it.
The bottom line is, no matter where the minimum wage lies, the day will come where we just don't have any work available for people like this guy - not because he's lazy, or doesn't want to work, but simply because he has no skills at tasks that a machine can't do better and cheaper. What do we do then? He still has to eat, as do his kids.How is he supposed to make a living, in a world where robots gather the raw materials, process them in factories, drive the delivery trucks, etc?
At some point we'll probably have to start talking about switching to a Guaranteed Basic Income, or something similar, because there just won't be enough demand for unskilled/low skilled human labor anymore.
I agree with you on the Basic Income, but why are you writing this in the third person? You make it sound like people doing smart work will be immune from the wage deflation. But how do you define smart from dumb? For example, in the past you needed to be a Woz to build a computer. Now you just slap together parts made by machines or cheap labor. Designing new computers will still require skill, but I see a time coming when the design is simply uploaded to a machine that can automatically cut, etch or print the necessary components. The designers or those who control the design tools will become the new 1%.
With harmful bacteria you have to be 100% efficient, or you're just contributing to their evolutionary progression. This still leaves the question of whether harmful bacteria are really 100% harmful. There are nasty bacteria on the ground that prevent us from getting overwhelmed by an avalanche of rotting corpses. Some of the dental bacteria might be there for a similar reason.
Maybe a better solution is not to kill the bacteria but to develop decay-resistant teeth or teeth coating.
In Soviet Russia the state administers you. Seriously, wouldn't the Canadian and Scandinavian Arctic be a better choice for any Big Data center operator who wants free cooling? The bottom of the ocean might be another option. Just be careful of the sharks.
Isn't bitcoin the most extreme of fiat currencies? A number with no physical value at all, not even worth the paper it's written on since it's not written at all.
I think you're using the term "fiat currency" as the opposite of gold and other commodities that have been used as money. According to Wikipedia and confirmed by various other online sources, fiat currency is any currency backed and regulated by government. Bitcoin is obviously not gold, but neither is it fiat money since its value isn't regulated nor directly influenced by any central government authority. The value of Bitcoin can of course still be manipulated by market forces or external events, such as a government ban on cryptocurrencies, but this is true of commodities as well.
Maybe the insects will object, but I don't mind naming moths after idiots. Besides I'm pretty sure there are common codes of decency that will prevent the use of really disgusting names with, say, embedded insults or four letter words.
I don't think it's simply greed. I think it's boredom with a dash of sadism, seeing others humbled, that drives the over-acquisitive rich. They don't have anything better to do than get rich.
Don't worry. MSU got it from the Trojan horse's mouth. According to Wikipedia, this is the company that built its empire on preventing the easy archival of the material they have now donated:
Rovi was known as Macrovision Solutions Corporation (Macrovision) until it changed its name in July 2009. In that era of the company they were known more for digital protection but now focus on metadata licensing.
I don't know if they're in the majority, but clearly there are billionaires who treat their wealth as a game. So for them getting richer is a goal in itself, like winning America's Cup or owning a champion sports team, which a number of them do. Besting a fellow 1%er in a corporate takeover would be a more satisfying endeavor than robbing the poor.
Even if we're mostly genetically the same, changes between the way we live and the way our paleo-ancestors lived make attempts to clone their diet and lifestyles bizarre at best and at worst harmful and not healthful. The paleo lifestyle is perfect for those who have to kill for their breakfast.
Most desktop computers are powerful enough play back HEVC through software decoding. Many newer ARM-based SoCs already include HEVC hardware decoding support for 720p and 1080p video, the most common video quality found in the web and the torrent scene. An example is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410:
1080p HD video playback and capture with H.264 (AVC)
720p playback with H.265 (HEVC)
DASH is supported
Most of the major Chinese semiconductor design companies already produce mid-range SoCs capable of decoding 4K HEVC.
Yahoo assumes that your phone is protected. This is going to be a problem between friends and lovers who love to share their stuff but not their social media accounts.
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That's obviously one law that's been obsoleted since the Founding Fathers couldn't have anticipated the arrival of the submachine gun and the shoulder-fired rocket.
With you except for the reference to btrfs and AAA video games. Whatever its technical merits or shortcomings, btrfs has yet to achieve the level of "integration" of systemd. You can happily run most modern GNU/Linux desktops without it. While some distros are using some of btrfs's more advanced features, these tend to be optional and extX remains the system default for practically all distros. Contrast that with systemd, which has its footprint in practically all the major distros released within the last few years.
The beauty of init scripts is that they are simply privileged shell scripts, and shell scripts are basically the same shell commands you would type in an interactive shell session but placed in a single file for automated execution. That's an oversimplification of course. Efficient shell scripting requires the use of flow control. But the point stands. What you learn from writing shell scripts, you can easily transfer to init scripts. I know that systemd has an init script compatibility mode, but using this feature negates most of the advantages systemd supposedly has over traditional init script based systems.
Most of the billion Android devices don't include busybox but a workalike program named toolbox, which has even less options than busybox. I read somewhere that Google didn't include busybox in their default Android builds because of the GPL. None of the Android userland is GPL-licensed. Busybox however is included in Linux-based consumer routers and many non-commercial Android forks like Cyanogenmod.
You joke, but systemd looks like a better fit for the Hurd, given its microkernel design. Systemd and Linux are both monolithic designs. Systemd could easily become one of the Hurd's Unix Replacing Daemons.
The solution is to either increase automation so that old people don't need to be supported by able-bodied young people or fix genetically the symptoms of aging so people can remain able-bodied, if not young-looking, until the day they decide to die.
China's last major war was with Vietnam in the 1970's if I recall correctly. What China does a lot these days is brinkmanship and saber-rattling. Accidents could still happen, and who knows where that would lead.
Wikipedia is the first thing that came to my mind when thinking of a non-exploitative alternative to IMDB. Unfortunately, Wikipedia has "notability" guidelines that are often poorly implemented. An article about an obscure indie movie has better chances of not getting deleted in IMDB.
You can get the same effect by dropping "nuclear" into any discussion.
I wish people would take the threat of gigantic boulders from outer space more seriously. The very existence of the human race is at stake.
Except that what Apple is doing with WiFi Assist is hardly so cryptic. Transparently switching from one network to another (both of which the user has permission to access) in order to maintain a data connection is hardly "the pinnacle of buzzword driven product management".
The problem is that Apple has made a lot of things so easy, users expect everything to be so easy. Apple has basically created this problem for itself. One solution that comes to mind is a nag-screen-like alert that warns users of a switch in network type. Make it red with a biohazard symbol to make sure nobody ignores it.
The bottom line is, no matter where the minimum wage lies, the day will come where we just don't have any work available for people like this guy - not because he's lazy, or doesn't want to work, but simply because he has no skills at tasks that a machine can't do better and cheaper. What do we do then? He still has to eat, as do his kids.How is he supposed to make a living, in a world where robots gather the raw materials, process them in factories, drive the delivery trucks, etc? At some point we'll probably have to start talking about switching to a Guaranteed Basic Income, or something similar, because there just won't be enough demand for unskilled/low skilled human labor anymore.
I agree with you on the Basic Income, but why are you writing this in the third person? You make it sound like people doing smart work will be immune from the wage deflation. But how do you define smart from dumb? For example, in the past you needed to be a Woz to build a computer. Now you just slap together parts made by machines or cheap labor. Designing new computers will still require skill, but I see a time coming when the design is simply uploaded to a machine that can automatically cut, etch or print the necessary components. The designers or those who control the design tools will become the new 1%.
With harmful bacteria you have to be 100% efficient, or you're just contributing to their evolutionary progression. This still leaves the question of whether harmful bacteria are really 100% harmful. There are nasty bacteria on the ground that prevent us from getting overwhelmed by an avalanche of rotting corpses. Some of the dental bacteria might be there for a similar reason. Maybe a better solution is not to kill the bacteria but to develop decay-resistant teeth or teeth coating.
In Soviet Russia the state administers you. Seriously, wouldn't the Canadian and Scandinavian Arctic be a better choice for any Big Data center operator who wants free cooling? The bottom of the ocean might be another option. Just be careful of the sharks.
Isn't bitcoin the most extreme of fiat currencies? A number with no physical value at all, not even worth the paper it's written on since it's not written at all.
I think you're using the term "fiat currency" as the opposite of gold and other commodities that have been used as money. According to Wikipedia and confirmed by various other online sources, fiat currency is any currency backed and regulated by government. Bitcoin is obviously not gold, but neither is it fiat money since its value isn't regulated nor directly influenced by any central government authority. The value of Bitcoin can of course still be manipulated by market forces or external events, such as a government ban on cryptocurrencies, but this is true of commodities as well.
Every extra should at the very least be given a free copy of the movie they're appearing in.
Maybe the insects will object, but I don't mind naming moths after idiots. Besides I'm pretty sure there are common codes of decency that will prevent the use of really disgusting names with, say, embedded insults or four letter words.
The program appears to be available only for Windows.
Yes, replace all the non-essential characters with zombie avatars!
I don't think it's simply greed. I think it's boredom with a dash of sadism, seeing others humbled, that drives the over-acquisitive rich. They don't have anything better to do than get rich.
all those CDs and DVDs.
Don't worry. MSU got it from the Trojan horse's mouth. According to Wikipedia, this is the company that built its empire on preventing the easy archival of the material they have now donated:
I don't know if they're in the majority, but clearly there are billionaires who treat their wealth as a game. So for them getting richer is a goal in itself, like winning America's Cup or owning a champion sports team, which a number of them do. Besting a fellow 1%er in a corporate takeover would be a more satisfying endeavor than robbing the poor.
It can also be used to transport people, often with fatal results. Or you can go eco and turn it into a modular pre-fab house.
Even if we're mostly genetically the same, changes between the way we live and the way our paleo-ancestors lived make attempts to clone their diet and lifestyles bizarre at best and at worst harmful and not healthful. The paleo lifestyle is perfect for those who have to kill for their breakfast.
Most of the major Chinese semiconductor design companies already produce mid-range SoCs capable of decoding 4K HEVC.
Yahoo assumes that your phone is protected. This is going to be a problem between friends and lovers who love to share their stuff but not their social media accounts.