I'm not sure why people can't read or understand what the paragraph is talking about. In a nutshell, Google collects data on where you go via applications like google maps. It shouldn't be a mystery to anyone who uses it because how is is Google asking you to review a restaurant or business you visited. Google would like to provide data to advertisers and city planners but they can't give them the raw data even without names attached because if you can identify where and when someone was, there's a risk it could be used to track someone. Instead they make up a virtual city sort of like the Sims in sim city with similar overall habits to the original data so there's no risk of individuals being identified.
I'd partially question the reasoning behind this because it seems more political than science based. Although yes, a camera chip is a tad more complex than decades ago, I'm still willing to bet that if a manufacturing entity was crazy enough to insert spyware into such a chip that it would stand out like a sore thumb. You can't hide things entirely when you have scanning electron microscopes or X-ray technology. It's like asking the company constructing your house to build an actual secret passageway. A much more discrete way is to leave a lock on a window broken for example so that it doesn't look like you're making an obvious backdoor. The problem is on a chip the most likely way would be that it would leak a little EMI which would probably be only usable at extremely close range. I'm not saying this isn't impossible but it would be an impressive challenge.
The actual concept behind Google Glasses wasn't a bad idea par say. There are a lot of people who want overlay smart video technology. For something such as Car Navigation where it virtually pops up an arrow or indicator in your vision for where to go is a lot better for example than having people look at their GPS and then crash into things or people! Unfortunately both the ability to miniaturize this technology and battery isn't quite there yet so it was more of a test concept than a real device.
While it's great that there are lots of people considering learning the CS major, it worries me a little that there's a vast majority of people that do not realize that it is a type of job that never stops changing. If being a carpenter was like this it would be like needing to use a vastly new hammer that wouldn't even work the same way every couple of years. Some of the best CS folks are people who play / fiddle / learn the new technologies in their own spare time ontop of what they're taught. And don't think competent employers can't tell the difference, they can.
I actually almost thought it didn't have a screen either. Then it'd be called the cell brick. In all seriousness thou, if they aren't going to bother with replaceable battery then missing most ports with the exception of usb might actually be an advantage. You technically don't need speaker grills if you can integrate the piezoelectric speakers into or onto the surface. Probably wouldn't result in great sound quality.
I believe the message is more for paying commercial customers that use Gsuite. As for myself I'm actually a fan of Hangouts using it as an alternative texting service and a way to send pictures and files. Hangouts dialer still does free phone calls over WiFi for North American numbers.
I took an AI course as a University Graduate and discovered that it really is all math and that the Theory is by no means new. We just have far more powerful machines today that can do a lot more calculations for cheap. Most AI algorithms are simple pattern matching neural nets or genetic algorithms. We still don't have a good handle on what it means to be conscious or even what being self-aware really means despite knowing that ourselves. A lot of folks tend to believe in some magical take over the world AI but we're by no means near that yet.
I find it disappointing that people expect "free" services like Gmail, YouTube and Google Search and somehow expect it to be free when in reality systems like that cost millions of dollars to run / maintain and upgrade. It's like getting free coffee but complaining that the paper cup has advertising on it. The trade-off is to have to pay for everything.
When information is shared on the Internet it's too late, you'll never be able to completely remove it. Imagine trying to tell the public to disregard say the election of a politician or something "important" that happened in history. And google is just a search engine. It's like being upset at someone and trying to force your local phone company to de-list them from the white pages. Google despite their vast size is NOT the Internet. It's one of the most powerful search engines and tools you can use to find stuff on the Internet. The sooner people understand this the better.
I've flown RC toys and model rockets and am a little dismayed at the fact that in some countries (Canada) the drone usage laws are stupidly restrictive. However if you fly a drone into an airport that's just asking for trouble and not getting any sympathy from me. It's really too bad common-sense doesn't work for some folks. Some simple defences against drones might be a Net gun or a EMP Canon as most consumer drones won't be that well shielded. A hobbyist drone could be shielded against EMPs but that just makes it easier to catch the pranksters because it's customized.
Whales are near the top of the food chain and long lived mammals and so they tend to bio-accumulate a huge load of heavy metals and other toxins in the oceans. They're probably not really advisable things to eat on a regular basis if you value your health.
Wow, I'm surprised but I guess a broken analogue clock is right at least once in a day. I guess someone in Intelligence got through to Trump. Although Quantum processors are unproven so far, there are some hints that it could be used to rapidly break encryption which most of the world depends on. Still it might be a huge waste of money but I guess we'll see.
Sending people to Mars would be a technological challenge and a worthwhile feat to attempt. We'd likely learn something as well which would be our first step of Mankind actually exploring our solar system. I can't really agree with anyone living there thou. There's almost nothing on Mars that can be used as a resource which means it'd be too expensive to keep a colony there.
The whole problem with supersonic flight is that it's not efficient. The sonic boom and the aircraft heating up is a sign that you're pushing really hard against the fluid that is the atmosphere. If they can somehow magically eliminate the sonic boom and all the external heating from all that drag then you stand a chance to become more efficient. You need a whole lot more than epic engines to make this work. It's like slapping a truck engine into a small car and claiming that suddenly you can race in Formula 1.
Even if you don't care about CO2 and global climate change, there's still the localized issue of actual air pollution in cities especially which kills. I drive a plugin electric and notice gas fumes and other nasty things in the air from cars.
There's nothing wrong with reselling a returned item. It's a good form of recycling as it's better than tossing it into the dump. So long as the item is pretty much "new" I could care less. I've gotten refurbished Chromebooks before that you could swear were "new" because they were in such good shape.
The low weight is pretty impressive but I'm going to guess there's no discrete GPU if they didn't bother listing what it was which makes the specs on this laptop a lot more believable. Seems like an "ultralight" class 13 inch laptop that's been sized up to 17 inches so for the business travelling laptop that wants a huge screen.
I'm guessing the author never lived through the era when there were a lot more companies in existence for mechanical HDs than there are now. HD's can spontaneously die from a failed motor, electronics failure or catastrophic crash. Some small companies went completely under and were swallowed up by larger manufacturers due to massive defects. SSDs have gone through the same era as well with buggy firmware. Generally speaking thou if you stick to the big manufacturers like Samsung and Intel the chances of fatal issues goes down a lot. That said an SSD is not a guarantee of safe data. They're far more reliable but circuit failure or static electricity can kill SSDs. Besides, SSDs won't save you from an accidental erase all.
For humans to permanently live anywhere there needs to be a good reason to do so. The problem with Mars is there doesn't seem to be anything super valuable to justify landing there. Not to mention landings on Mars is extremely difficult. It's got just enough atmosphere to make it super dangerous and just not enough to slow you down properly. The scenery is pretty close to a red desert. Not super exciting if you've been there a while. I picture humanity is space stations colonies long before we decide to permanently live on Mars.
uPnP is almost useless in that it automatically allows your OS that supports it to crack a hole into the real world right through your NAT firewall. I've always disabled it because it sounds like a security risk and ontop of that in many cases it was pretty buggy.
As nice as it is to be able to reuse the boosters, you have to wonder how many times can they be reused before the risk of failure rises to the point where you're almost guaranteed to have an explosion? I'm guessing folks willing to risk the reused rockets probably get a discount from it.
Considering how badly some parents handle their kids (or in some cases not at all) then Google might actually do a better job there. Google's already everywhere on the Internet almost. The only way to avoid Google is to go to their competitors which are probably doing the exact same things or worse. It's in Google's best interests to ensure our kids have a good experience from the Internet and not a tragic or bad one.
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People collect rocks, so why not spreadsheets?
I'm not sure why people can't read or understand what the paragraph is talking about. In a nutshell, Google collects data on where you go via applications like google maps. It shouldn't be a mystery to anyone who uses it because how is is Google asking you to review a restaurant or business you visited. Google would like to provide data to advertisers and city planners but they can't give them the raw data even without names attached because if you can identify where and when someone was, there's a risk it could be used to track someone. Instead they make up a virtual city sort of like the Sims in sim city with similar overall habits to the original data so there's no risk of individuals being identified.
I'd partially question the reasoning behind this because it seems more political than science based. Although yes, a camera chip is a tad more complex than decades ago, I'm still willing to bet that if a manufacturing entity was crazy enough to insert spyware into such a chip that it would stand out like a sore thumb. You can't hide things entirely when you have scanning electron microscopes or X-ray technology. It's like asking the company constructing your house to build an actual secret passageway. A much more discrete way is to leave a lock on a window broken for example so that it doesn't look like you're making an obvious backdoor. The problem is on a chip the most likely way would be that it would leak a little EMI which would probably be only usable at extremely close range. I'm not saying this isn't impossible but it would be an impressive challenge.
The actual concept behind Google Glasses wasn't a bad idea par say. There are a lot of people who want overlay smart video technology. For something such as Car Navigation where it virtually pops up an arrow or indicator in your vision for where to go is a lot better for example than having people look at their GPS and then crash into things or people! Unfortunately both the ability to miniaturize this technology and battery isn't quite there yet so it was more of a test concept than a real device.
While it's great that there are lots of people considering learning the CS major, it worries me a little that there's a vast majority of people that do not realize that it is a type of job that never stops changing. If being a carpenter was like this it would be like needing to use a vastly new hammer that wouldn't even work the same way every couple of years. Some of the best CS folks are people who play / fiddle / learn the new technologies in their own spare time ontop of what they're taught. And don't think competent employers can't tell the difference, they can.
I actually almost thought it didn't have a screen either. Then it'd be called the cell brick. In all seriousness thou, if they aren't going to bother with replaceable battery then missing most ports with the exception of usb might actually be an advantage. You technically don't need speaker grills if you can integrate the piezoelectric speakers into or onto the surface. Probably wouldn't result in great sound quality.
I believe the message is more for paying commercial customers that use Gsuite. As for myself I'm actually a fan of Hangouts using it as an alternative texting service and a way to send pictures and files. Hangouts dialer still does free phone calls over WiFi for North American numbers.
I took an AI course as a University Graduate and discovered that it really is all math and that the Theory is by no means new. We just have far more powerful machines today that can do a lot more calculations for cheap. Most AI algorithms are simple pattern matching neural nets or genetic algorithms. We still don't have a good handle on what it means to be conscious or even what being self-aware really means despite knowing that ourselves. A lot of folks tend to believe in some magical take over the world AI but we're by no means near that yet.
I find it disappointing that people expect "free" services like Gmail, YouTube and Google Search and somehow expect it to be free when in reality systems like that cost millions of dollars to run / maintain and upgrade. It's like getting free coffee but complaining that the paper cup has advertising on it. The trade-off is to have to pay for everything.
When information is shared on the Internet it's too late, you'll never be able to completely remove it. Imagine trying to tell the public to disregard say the election of a politician or something "important" that happened in history. And google is just a search engine. It's like being upset at someone and trying to force your local phone company to de-list them from the white pages. Google despite their vast size is NOT the Internet. It's one of the most powerful search engines and tools you can use to find stuff on the Internet. The sooner people understand this the better.
I've flown RC toys and model rockets and am a little dismayed at the fact that in some countries (Canada) the drone usage laws are stupidly restrictive. However if you fly a drone into an airport that's just asking for trouble and not getting any sympathy from me. It's really too bad common-sense doesn't work for some folks. Some simple defences against drones might be a Net gun or a EMP Canon as most consumer drones won't be that well shielded. A hobbyist drone could be shielded against EMPs but that just makes it easier to catch the pranksters because it's customized.
Whales are near the top of the food chain and long lived mammals and so they tend to bio-accumulate a huge load of heavy metals and other toxins in the oceans. They're probably not really advisable things to eat on a regular basis if you value your health.
Wow, I'm surprised but I guess a broken analogue clock is right at least once in a day. I guess someone in Intelligence got through to Trump. Although Quantum processors are unproven so far, there are some hints that it could be used to rapidly break encryption which most of the world depends on. Still it might be a huge waste of money but I guess we'll see.
Sending people to Mars would be a technological challenge and a worthwhile feat to attempt. We'd likely learn something as well which would be our first step of Mankind actually exploring our solar system. I can't really agree with anyone living there thou. There's almost nothing on Mars that can be used as a resource which means it'd be too expensive to keep a colony there.
The whole problem with supersonic flight is that it's not efficient. The sonic boom and the aircraft heating up is a sign that you're pushing really hard against the fluid that is the atmosphere. If they can somehow magically eliminate the sonic boom and all the external heating from all that drag then you stand a chance to become more efficient. You need a whole lot more than epic engines to make this work. It's like slapping a truck engine into a small car and claiming that suddenly you can race in Formula 1.
Even if you don't care about CO2 and global climate change, there's still the localized issue of actual air pollution in cities especially which kills. I drive a plugin electric and notice gas fumes and other nasty things in the air from cars.
There's nothing wrong with reselling a returned item. It's a good form of recycling as it's better than tossing it into the dump. So long as the item is pretty much "new" I could care less. I've gotten refurbished Chromebooks before that you could swear were "new" because they were in such good shape.
The low weight is pretty impressive but I'm going to guess there's no discrete GPU if they didn't bother listing what it was which makes the specs on this laptop a lot more believable. Seems like an "ultralight" class 13 inch laptop that's been sized up to 17 inches so for the business travelling laptop that wants a huge screen.
I'm guessing the author never lived through the era when there were a lot more companies in existence for mechanical HDs than there are now. HD's can spontaneously die from a failed motor, electronics failure or catastrophic crash. Some small companies went completely under and were swallowed up by larger manufacturers due to massive defects. SSDs have gone through the same era as well with buggy firmware. Generally speaking thou if you stick to the big manufacturers like Samsung and Intel the chances of fatal issues goes down a lot. That said an SSD is not a guarantee of safe data. They're far more reliable but circuit failure or static electricity can kill SSDs. Besides, SSDs won't save you from an accidental erase all.
Seriously I'm not kidding, there's at least one crazy youtuber who built it out of parts from Lowe's and RC Model parts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
So while it doesn't fly very long, it most certainly works.
For humans to permanently live anywhere there needs to be a good reason to do so. The problem with Mars is there doesn't seem to be anything super valuable to justify landing there. Not to mention landings on Mars is extremely difficult. It's got just enough atmosphere to make it super dangerous and just not enough to slow you down properly. The scenery is pretty close to a red desert. Not super exciting if you've been there a while. I picture humanity is space stations colonies long before we decide to permanently live on Mars.
uPnP is almost useless in that it automatically allows your OS that supports it to crack a hole into the real world right through your NAT firewall. I've always disabled it because it sounds like a security risk and ontop of that in many cases it was pretty buggy.
As nice as it is to be able to reuse the boosters, you have to wonder how many times can they be reused before the risk of failure rises to the point where you're almost guaranteed to have an explosion? I'm guessing folks willing to risk the reused rockets probably get a discount from it.
Sooo... How much longer before I start seeing folks taping over their phone camera with a piece of electrical tape?
Considering how badly some parents handle their kids (or in some cases not at all) then Google might actually do a better job there. Google's already everywhere on the Internet almost. The only way to avoid Google is to go to their competitors which are probably doing the exact same things or worse. It's in Google's best interests to ensure our kids have a good experience from the Internet and not a tragic or bad one.