FTA: "However, 'it's no longer the case that only routine, codifiable activities are candidates for automation, and that activities requiring tacit knowledge or experience that is difficult to translate into task specifications are immune to automation,' the report says.
Huh? Was that abominable paragraph written by an idiot human, or rather the human's 'replacement algorithmic article-writer'?
It's formally called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, but don't let that deter from the fact it's part of the same ceremony and is a pretty big deal among economists.
It's even closer than you point out.
The bank donated the money to the Nobel Foundation in 1968. It is, technically speaking, a Nobel Prize. It only has their name tacked-on because of the plus-up to the Nobel Foundation –who decide independently on each year's awardee.
Back it up locally and encrypt the backup on an external drive.
then, either lock that in a safe-deposit box, have a friend hold it, or hide it in some random but physically secure location. A fire-proof safe in your basement would work.
It is the only way, if any still exists at all
And yes, I like to have access to 1990's emails sometimes. Or need to. The world does not need to see them. BTW, law enforcement, under USA PATRIOT or CISA or some court ruling, do not need a warrant to read any email older than one year.
The "CA Justice" app is great. Set it to record, and if anyone tries to operate your smartphone, it will immediately upload the recording to an ACLU server, along with date-time-GPS stamp, and later any info you want to add.
They have learned to keep their profile low —their venom never went away.
Wondering Out Loud: How did they continue to exist after that landmark legal case – the one in which they lost their headquarters and the giant estate on which it sat?
Lots of $$$ donations from dedicated bigots? I can't think of any other explanation. Can you?
Yep. Sony used to make some really great consumer electronics in the 1980's –like my Walk-Man that was the size of a cassette tape box.
That suddenly stopped in the mid 1990's. All consumer products nose-dived in usability, durability, customer service. . . I quit buying anything SONY in the mid-1990's, for these reasons alone.
And I'm glad I did. In the following decades, Sony's love of DRM killed what could have been great platforms (e.g. mini-disc), and then later puled the rootkit stunt with music CDs around 2005.
This just solidifies my choice to avoid anything SONY. This includes custom installs for large-budget specific-need customers. Any subcontracting bid with the word "SONY" in it — I dump it in the trash without reading any specs within the bid. Any bidder thinking that a SONY product is appropriate is too stupid to have their bid carefully reviewed. I'd use a SANY or COBY product before ever patronizing SONY. Let them die.
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But the idiots will keep believing it works. Or there is a 'truth serum'. Or that the FBI can read minds. Or whatever.
Or that a "gay bomb" can actually be developed.
Or that LSD might still, quite possibly be used as a mind-control agent.
The stupid. It hurts.
Polygraph operators can't detect that the magic devices they claim work are nothing but voodoo.
Does anyone know how many polygraph operators are also Scientologists or homeopathic medicine fans?
Really. If such a study has ever been done, by actual scientific researchers, then I would be thrilled to hear of its findings.
Aighearach: Quit your whining, we already have religious freedom for real religions. This is about religious freedom for satirical fake religions.
Oddly enough, "real religions" and "satirical fake religions" are equally valid, not only in the eye's of the legal system, but in their "truth."
Precisely. I challenge anyone here to describe the difference between a "cult" and a "religion".
I'll be reading War and Peace while I wait...
You can drive wearing a helmet with a visor which obscured visibility of your face, and many people (like racing drivers) do just that...
You mean like motorcyclists wear?
Correction: What most US States require motorcyclists to wear while operating a motorcycle.
Without my papers I am a non entity and have no right to walk the streets
That's not true...
CORRECT. If you are not operating a motor vehicle, you have no legal obligation to present a Driver's License.
Name and address ONLY. Nothing more.
R'Amen!
Yes. Plus, the CEO has final say in hiring a contractor, so
Huh? Was that abominable paragraph written by an idiot human, or rather the human's 'replacement algorithmic article-writer'?
The article disproves its own point for you.
Didn't the people who wrote the report read it? Or at least proof-read the parts that they wrote?
It's formally called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, but don't let that deter from the fact it's part of the same ceremony and is a pretty big deal among economists.
It's even closer than you point out.
The bank donated the money to the Nobel Foundation in 1968. It is, technically speaking, a Nobel Prize. It only has their name tacked-on because of the plus-up to the Nobel Foundation –who decide independently on each year's awardee.
Back it up locally and encrypt the backup on an external drive.
then, either lock that in a safe-deposit box, have a friend hold it, or hide it in some random but physically secure location. A fire-proof safe in your basement would work.
It is the only way, if any still exists at all
And yes, I like to have access to 1990's emails sometimes. Or need to. The world does not need to see them. BTW, law enforcement, under USA PATRIOT or CISA or some court ruling, do not need a warrant to read any email older than one year.
If these things don't drive along the road, but instead use the sidewalks, it constitutes the UK-equivalent of a private taking of a public good.
Sidewalks are for pedestrians, and sometimes bicycles (depending upon local laws &/or enforcement).
Yep, you're right.
In the US, your State's ACLU probably has an App.
The "CA Justice" app is great. Set it to record, and if anyone tries to operate your smartphone, it will immediately upload the recording to an ACLU server, along with date-time-GPS stamp, and later any info you want to add.
Other Apps:
You are correct in your post.
No need to post as AC.
To reiterate: The Director of the CIA still has and uses an AOL account.
Does he have a CompuServe email address, or perhaps GeoCities website, too? Perhaps a MySpace account? A hotmail or yahoo email account?
He is clearly so stupid and out-of touch with modern technology that he has no business in the spook industry.
Yes, the KKK is a terrorist organization.
They have learned to keep their profile low —their venom never went away.
Wondering Out Loud: How did they continue to exist after that landmark legal case – the one in which they lost their headquarters and the giant estate on which it sat?
Lots of $$$ donations from dedicated bigots? I can't think of any other explanation. Can you?
How is Anonymous a "criminal organization"?
I do not publish in Elsevier journals, nor do I ever accept 'invitations' to referee articles submitted to any Elsevier publication.
This has been my policy since the late 1990's.
Signed,
A physical scientist
Elsevier is based in the Netherlands, not the US.
Write your name & email on the page-edges with a Sharpie.
It is impossible to miss, and too much of a pain for a 'sloppy' lendee to remove.
Yep. Sony used to make some really great consumer electronics in the 1980's –like my Walk-Man that was the size of a cassette tape box.
That suddenly stopped in the mid 1990's. All consumer products nose-dived in usability, durability, customer service. . . I quit buying anything SONY in the mid-1990's, for these reasons alone.
And I'm glad I did. In the following decades, Sony's love of DRM killed what could have been great platforms (e.g. mini-disc), and then later puled the rootkit stunt with music CDs around 2005.
This just solidifies my choice to avoid anything SONY. This includes custom installs for large-budget specific-need customers. Any subcontracting bid with the word "SONY" in it — I dump it in the trash without reading any specs within the bid. Any bidder thinking that a SONY product is appropriate is too stupid to have their bid carefully reviewed. I'd use a SANY or COBY product before ever patronizing SONY. Let them die.
Hacksaw blades make fantastic bases for shivs. But they are also very useful for making other things
Yes, like making a rake for lock-picking,
or jamming a lock,
or jamming a door-jamb, such that it cannot open.
Ah, memories. Such good times were had.
I spilled a glass of wine on my laptop. It didn't go any faster. In fact, it died.
As truck_soccer suggested, you really do need a dictionary.
I have "sited" one for you. It is on my bookshelf.