You must be under 40 years old. The reason they used a synchronous motor in AC-powered electric clocks, initially, is because it didn't make any sense to have dozens of vacuum tubes, comprising an oscillator and a divider chain, along with a crystal oven to keep the oscillator from drifting over temperature, just to have a clock that's accurate. You take for granted that a SOT23-sized IC can run a 32.768kHz oscillator and give you a 1.0Hz output with single-digit PPM accuracy, and run off a single AA battery for a year.
Why the hell would I bother using some faux-Linux subsystem that runs under Windows? Isn't it just (excuse the unintentional pun) window-dressing at that point, making you feel falsely safe and cozy in your linux-wallpapered room inside the Microsoft prison? Won't there still be 'telemetry' (read as: spyware) and the usual Microsoft hegemony regardless?
If the browser drops it someone will write an add-on of some sort to allow you to manage them -- or you can just find the subdirectory they're in and delete them yourself.
Chances are though your cheaper 'competitive' Chinese phone will have all manner of spyware and backdoors baked right into the firmware (or maybe even the hardware) right from the factory -- even more so than the Chinese-made phones you're all using right now.
Oh, I recognize all too well that all so-called 'AI' in it's current state is extremely primitive, is completely over-hyped by marketing types and the media, and as a result too many people are going to put way too much trust in it, with predictably disasterous results. Guess everyone has to learn the hard way.
LOL maybe Apple will issue a DMCA takedown notice against that company and the government for reverse-engineering iPhones.
All kidding aside Apple will I'm sure just treat this like any other exploit uncovered and change their product to prevent it. Then they'll create a new tool. Welcome to the endless game of Security Whack-a-Mole.
Why do I need an 'open mind' about something that is a purely personal choice for me? I don't like or want e-books or an e-book reader, period. Does it make you angry or something that you can't force your preferences on someone else? Are you on the autism spectrum, or obsessive-compulsive, neurologically incapable of accepting that someone else may have a different viewpoint on something than you do? More to the point, do you have some sort of compulsive need to 'win arguments' when someone else expresses their difference of opinion about something, not matter how inconsequential it may be? If so perhaps you need to seek some professional help.
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That's nice. I still don't care. Are you trying to sell me on e-books? Don't bother, I don't want them, and I don't have any desire to discuss it.:-) I said what I wanted to say about it, and that's that.:-)
Don't really care what anybody says. I think e-books were and are still a solution looking for a problem. Even a damaged paper book is still legible most of the time. Your e-book file gets corrupted, you're out of luck, or if you drop your e-book reader and break it, you're likewise out of luck. Newer does not always mean better.
One of the many reasons why I hate E-books: not only can they be 'virtually burned' (i.e. deleted) without your permission, even if you paid for it, but it can be edited without your consent at any time. Give me paper books any day. Once I've got it, it's mine, you can't have it back.
..oh, almost forgot: electrical tape is available in a wide array of colors, so finding one that matches your phone, or your sense of aesthetics, shouldn't be a problem.:-)
If you're really worried about your camera being accessed without your knowledge, a small piece of electrical tape over it should take care of the problem, is 100% effective and trustworthy, and doesn't require redesign of your phone, installing any software, upgrading any software, or any technical know-how other than how to operate a pair of scissors and being able to distinguish between the sticky side and the non-sticky side. Also, time-proven, used to work just great on webcams.
There are vital illustrations missing from this story, which I'm more than happy to provide for the benefit of all Slashdot readers. You're welcome!:-)
DISCLAIMER: This is JUST MY OPINION. Agree or disagree all you like.
READ EVERY WORD CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU COMMENT.
Cognitive therapy, and learning how to deal with the shit that life hands you, is a better long-term strategy than taking pills.
Furthermore: the pharmaceutical industry dearly loves people buying medication from them forever. They've been pushing antidepressants for decades now, and HMOs would rather give you a bottle of pills than have you sit down with an expensive counselor or psychiatrist and talk your way through problems, learn how to deal with things on your own.
Antidepressant medications have a place for the clinically depressed, and as a short-term stop-gap while you're learning to deal with things on your own. But otherwise I do not think people should be taking them long-term.
Listen: many of us aren't so uninformed or ignorant of technical matters that we 'fear' things the way everyone else does. But the uninformed and ignorant of the world do 'fear' all sorts of things simply because they do not understand, or have been misinformed, whether by design or not. That is where the real problems could occur, and that's what we have to be careful not to perpetuate: misinformation, and irresponsible speculation about the future.
Never mind that numerous studies have been done showing that video games and movies don't have any impact on the behavior of normal, well-adjusted people, only people who already have mental illnesses or mental deficiences to start with, oh no! If Trump is going to ignore science on so many other issues then why the ever-loving fuck wouldn't he ignore the science on this issue, too? Anyone want to lay bets that Pence is as much behind this as possible, too?
I'm taking bets on how long it'll be until someone inadvertently creates a new genetic disease in some reckless attempt to cure something else.
Also taking lower-odds bets on how long until someone dies of cancer caused by gene modification 'therapy'.
Nope. Anyone who is spreading FUD over so-called AI is the real loser, and a criminal so far as I'm concerned. Fear of AI is more damaging than the damned things themselves.
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You must be under 40 years old. The reason they used a synchronous motor in AC-powered electric clocks, initially, is because it didn't make any sense to have dozens of vacuum tubes, comprising an oscillator and a divider chain, along with a crystal oven to keep the oscillator from drifting over temperature, just to have a clock that's accurate. You take for granted that a SOT23-sized IC can run a 32.768kHz oscillator and give you a 1.0Hz output with single-digit PPM accuracy, and run off a single AA battery for a year.
Why the hell would I bother using some faux-Linux subsystem that runs under Windows? Isn't it just (excuse the unintentional pun) window-dressing at that point, making you feel falsely safe and cozy in your linux-wallpapered room inside the Microsoft prison? Won't there still be 'telemetry' (read as: spyware) and the usual Microsoft hegemony regardless?
If the browser drops it someone will write an add-on of some sort to allow you to manage them -- or you can just find the subdirectory they're in and delete them yourself.
Yet you still use them, even knowing all this.
Chances are though your cheaper 'competitive' Chinese phone will have all manner of spyware and backdoors baked right into the firmware (or maybe even the hardware) right from the factory -- even more so than the Chinese-made phones you're all using right now.
Oh, I recognize all too well that all so-called 'AI' in it's current state is extremely primitive, is completely over-hyped by marketing types and the media, and as a result too many people are going to put way too much trust in it, with predictably disasterous results. Guess everyone has to learn the hard way.
LOL maybe Apple will issue a DMCA takedown notice against that company and the government for reverse-engineering iPhones.
All kidding aside Apple will I'm sure just treat this like any other exploit uncovered and change their product to prevent it. Then they'll create a new tool. Welcome to the endless game of Security Whack-a-Mole.
Why do I need an 'open mind' about something that is a purely personal choice for me? I don't like or want e-books or an e-book reader, period. Does it make you angry or something that you can't force your preferences on someone else? Are you on the autism spectrum, or obsessive-compulsive, neurologically incapable of accepting that someone else may have a different viewpoint on something than you do? More to the point, do you have some sort of compulsive need to 'win arguments' when someone else expresses their difference of opinion about something, not matter how inconsequential it may be? If so perhaps you need to seek some professional help.
They're not doing this to 'protect' anyone. They're doing it to facilitate their building of comprehensive profiles of all Facebook users.
There is also |\|o way you ca|\| totally stop use of the letter "|\|". Forums have bee|\| trying to stamp out words a|\|d phrases si|\|ce before the I|\|ternet bega|\|, a|\|d have always bee|\| u|\|successful i|\| the e|\|d.
How ca|\| anyo|\|e defe|\|d the Commu|\|ist Chi|\|ese gover|\|ment whe|\| they act the way they do?
That's what this sounds like. No thanks, I prefer an actual keyboard.
That's nice. I still don't care. Are you trying to sell me on e-books? Don't bother, I don't want them, and I don't have any desire to discuss it. :-) I said what I wanted to say about it, and that's that. :-)
Don't really care what anybody says. I think e-books were and are still a solution looking for a problem. Even a damaged paper book is still legible most of the time. Your e-book file gets corrupted, you're out of luck, or if you drop your e-book reader and break it, you're likewise out of luck. Newer does not always mean better.
Oh for fuck's sake.. if you're going to troll the Trump supporters, could you at least be bothered to try? That was pathetically weak.
I think if you evolve supercapacitors enough, you end up with essentially a Li+ battery. ;-)
One of the many reasons why I hate E-books: not only can they be 'virtually burned' (i.e. deleted) without your permission, even if you paid for it, but it can be edited without your consent at any time. Give me paper books any day. Once I've got it, it's mine, you can't have it back.
..oh, almost forgot: electrical tape is available in a wide array of colors, so finding one that matches your phone, or your sense of aesthetics, shouldn't be a problem. :-)
If you're really worried about your camera being accessed without your knowledge, a small piece of electrical tape over it should take care of the problem, is 100% effective and trustworthy, and doesn't require redesign of your phone, installing any software, upgrading any software, or any technical know-how other than how to operate a pair of scissors and being able to distinguish between the sticky side and the non-sticky side. Also, time-proven, used to work just great on webcams.
Did you forget to enclose your comment in tags, or tags? :-/
There are vital illustrations missing from this story, which I'm more than happy to provide for the benefit of all Slashdot readers. You're welcome! :-)
DISCLAIMER: This is JUST MY OPINION. Agree or disagree all you like.
READ EVERY WORD CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU COMMENT.
Cognitive therapy, and learning how to deal with the shit that life hands you, is a better long-term strategy than taking pills.
Furthermore: the pharmaceutical industry dearly loves people buying medication from them forever. They've been pushing antidepressants for decades now, and HMOs would rather give you a bottle of pills than have you sit down with an expensive counselor or psychiatrist and talk your way through problems, learn how to deal with things on your own.
Antidepressant medications have a place for the clinically depressed, and as a short-term stop-gap while you're learning to deal with things on your own. But otherwise I do not think people should be taking them long-term.
Listen: many of us aren't so uninformed or ignorant of technical matters that we 'fear' things the way everyone else does. But the uninformed and ignorant of the world do 'fear' all sorts of things simply because they do not understand, or have been misinformed, whether by design or not. That is where the real problems could occur, and that's what we have to be careful not to perpetuate: misinformation, and irresponsible speculation about the future.
Never mind that numerous studies have been done showing that video games and movies don't have any impact on the behavior of normal, well-adjusted people, only people who already have mental illnesses or mental deficiences to start with, oh no! If Trump is going to ignore science on so many other issues then why the ever-loving fuck wouldn't he ignore the science on this issue, too? Anyone want to lay bets that Pence is as much behind this as possible, too?
I'm taking bets on how long it'll be until someone inadvertently creates a new genetic disease in some reckless attempt to cure something else.
Also taking lower-odds bets on how long until someone dies of cancer caused by gene modification 'therapy'.
Nope. Anyone who is spreading FUD over so-called AI is the real loser, and a criminal so far as I'm concerned. Fear of AI is more damaging than the damned things themselves.