I cannot believe that politicians and police don't have qualified technical advisers to consult with on highly techical subjects. What I do believe is that they are not listening to them! They need to start listening.
Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking: encrypted to Facebook, who unencrypts it, scans it, re-encrypts it, and sends it to the actual recipient.
You're nuts to use Zuckerbook for anything at all anymore.
This is a binary issue: you either have encryption, or you don't, damnit!
Meanwhile criminals (and non-stupid people!) will use non-backdoored encryption and not give a fuck.
Criminals will also find the backdoor and have access to everything!
Why the ACTUAL FUCK can't these brainless idiots get this through their thick skulls!?
Chances are the Internet is going to die completely at some point anyway because of POLITICIANS and COPS anyway. Keep voting funds for your local Public Libraries, you'll likely soon need them.
The New Microsoft Feudalism: You own NOTHING, they own EVERYTHING, and you RENT IT from them. Don't like it? Starve, peasant.
Fuck you, Miscreant-o-soft, fuck you sideways with a rusty chainsaw. So glad I don't use ANY of your 'products' anymore.
..and now we see: most of what keeps getting hyped as 'AI' is marketing hype, just like I've been saying. Do you really want to trust your life to half-assed half-baked pieces of software?
Before the SDC fanboys go apeshit over this, let's put it in perspective.
An 'driverless bus' will operate on a set route, on a set schedule, making pre-determined stops at pre-determined locations. Compared to a so-called 'self driving car', this is closer to an elevator or a train than it is a 'driverless car'. The requirements placed on the so-called 'AI' running it are small in comparison. Furthermore I'm sure it'll run at a slow speed. The most complex thing it'll be asked to do is stop when something is in it's path. Overall this is nothing to get excited about, is not anything I'd consider a 'milestone'.
'Public transit' exists primarily for one purpose: so The Poor can get around in some way other than walking or riding a bike. People who can afford their own personal transportation, will afford it, even if it's slightly a financial burden to them, because the benefits outweigh everything else. Even The Poor, riding a bus, dream of the day they can afford their own car, and go where they want, when they want, by themselves. Unless basic human nature changes, 'public transit' isn't going to ever be considered 'attractive'. It's just not how we're wired.
Police and governments all over the world will love this; soon enough they'll quietly start making it law that no car be capable of exceeding some arbitrary speed.
Of course police will go as fast as they like, so no one will be able to outrun police. Or so they think. When speeds over 112mph are outlawed, only outlaws will be able to drive over 112mph
Same as with gun control. Criminals will not care and will modify their vehicles to drive as fast as they like, so they can outrun police.
This also means you, the law-abiding citizen, will not be able to outrun criminals, either. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
Bad precedent. I sure hope there's enough outrage from Volvo owners that they reverse course on this.
If you live in California and pay rent you know what I mean. If I seriously have to consider downgrading my standard of living and look for a sublet somewhere and live out of a single room in someone else's house, then things have gone horribly wrong around here.
Uh, do you not understand sarcasm? Why else would I use so many memes in so few words?
I'm not actually in favor of bullying to any degree, but I do think we're over-sensitized to it these days, especially while enduring the current 'Administration' in this country (U.S.). Was there any actual credible evidence to these 'threats', or was it just a bunch of misbehaving kids online pretending to be all big-and-bad? I'm not 100% sure, how could anyone be sure?
Real sorry if anyone took what I posted too seriously, it really was just sarcasm. Guess I should have used "</sarcasm>" on it.
So let me get this straight: some newbie playing some game on his Xbox gets trolled by some randos from the internet, it's super-effective, he's 100% taking the bait, and completely totally loses his shit over it, spergs out, calls Microsoft, maybe thinks about calling the FBI or Homeland Security or somesuch shit, and it ends up a news story? This kid is a total lolcow, practically a lolercoaster. Really, seriously, honestly, he needs to chill the fuck out, realize he's been trolled, laugh it off, grow up, and move on already.
It's time for Zuckerbook to DIE, plain and simple. Start by deleting your Facebook account and going back to actually being social with people you actually know.
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Glad to see there's still a little sanity left in the world.
Humanity would be better off leaving all so-called 'social media' and learning to actually interact with actual people live in person again.
I cannot believe that politicians and police don't have qualified technical advisers to consult with on highly techical subjects. What I do believe is that they are not listening to them! They need to start listening.
Pretty much this, yeah. It's insulting, really.
Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking: encrypted to Facebook, who unencrypts it, scans it, re-encrypts it, and sends it to the actual recipient.
You're nuts to use Zuckerbook for anything at all anymore.
Nope.
I disagree EXCEPT in the case of a huge city. Otherwise it's for The Working Poor. People who can afford a car, will have a car.
But the so-called 'AI' in this case is CRAP and everyone is starting to realize that, so it's stupid and doesn't deserve the word 'milestone'.
This is a binary issue: you either have encryption, or you don't, damnit!
Meanwhile criminals (and non-stupid people!) will use non-backdoored encryption and not give a fuck.
Criminals will also find the backdoor and have access to everything!
Why the ACTUAL FUCK can't these brainless idiots get this through their thick skulls!?
Chances are the Internet is going to die completely at some point anyway because of POLITICIANS and COPS anyway. Keep voting funds for your local Public Libraries, you'll likely soon need them.
The New Microsoft Feudalism: You own NOTHING, they own EVERYTHING, and you RENT IT from them. Don't like it? Starve, peasant.
Fuck you, Miscreant-o-soft, fuck you sideways with a rusty chainsaw. So glad I don't use ANY of your 'products' anymore.
If it's stupid or unimpressive then it devalues the word 'milestone'.
If that's the way they want to do things, then fine; get an axe, and chop all the lines connecting Russia. Isolate them. Problem solved.
..and now we see: most of what keeps getting hyped as 'AI' is marketing hype, just like I've been saying. Do you really want to trust your life to half-assed half-baked pieces of software?
Before the SDC fanboys go apeshit over this, let's put it in perspective.
An 'driverless bus' will operate on a set route, on a set schedule, making pre-determined stops at pre-determined locations. Compared to a so-called 'self driving car', this is closer to an elevator or a train than it is a 'driverless car'. The requirements placed on the so-called 'AI' running it are small in comparison. Furthermore I'm sure it'll run at a slow speed. The most complex thing it'll be asked to do is stop when something is in it's path. Overall this is nothing to get excited about, is not anything I'd consider a 'milestone'.
'Public transit' exists primarily for one purpose: so The Poor can get around in some way other than walking or riding a bike. People who can afford their own personal transportation, will afford it, even if it's slightly a financial burden to them, because the benefits outweigh everything else. Even The Poor, riding a bus, dream of the day they can afford their own car, and go where they want, when they want, by themselves. Unless basic human nature changes, 'public transit' isn't going to ever be considered 'attractive'. It's just not how we're wired.
Nice to see that others are also realizing how half-assed the so-called 'AI' is that the marketing people keep trotting out.
There is literally no reason to trust Facebook at all for anything.
Police and governments all over the world will love this; soon enough they'll quietly start making it law that no car be capable of exceeding some arbitrary speed.
Of course police will go as fast as they like, so no one will be able to outrun police. Or so they think.
When speeds over 112mph are outlawed, only outlaws will be able to drive over 112mph
Same as with gun control. Criminals will not care and will modify their vehicles to drive as fast as they like, so they can outrun police.
This also means you, the law-abiding citizen, will not be able to outrun criminals, either. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
Bad precedent. I sure hope there's enough outrage from Volvo owners that they reverse course on this.
"You live how far away from the worksite? Oh sorry we can't hire you"
Besides which it's EVERYWHERE IN CALIFORNIA not just the cities, mister.
If you live in California and pay rent you know what I mean. If I seriously have to consider downgrading my standard of living and look for a sublet somewhere and live out of a single room in someone else's house, then things have gone horribly wrong around here.
Uh, do you not understand sarcasm? Why else would I use so many memes in so few words?
I'm not actually in favor of bullying to any degree, but I do think we're over-sensitized to it these days, especially while enduring the current 'Administration' in this country (U.S.). Was there any actual credible evidence to these 'threats', or was it just a bunch of misbehaving kids online pretending to be all big-and-bad? I'm not 100% sure, how could anyone be sure?
Real sorry if anyone took what I posted too seriously, it really was just sarcasm. Guess I should have used "</sarcasm>" on it.
So let me get this straight: some newbie playing some game on his Xbox gets trolled by some randos from the internet, it's super-effective, he's 100% taking the bait, and completely totally loses his shit over it, spergs out, calls Microsoft, maybe thinks about calling the FBI or Homeland Security or somesuch shit, and it ends up a news story? This kid is a total lolcow, practically a lolercoaster. Really, seriously, honestly, he needs to chill the fuck out, realize he's been trolled, laugh it off, grow up, and move on already.
Never would, never will, will always fall short enough of the mark to never be trustworthy. Don't risk your life.
It's time for Zuckerbook to DIE, plain and simple. Start by deleting your Facebook account and going back to actually being social with people you actually know.