Old buildings that needed too much maintenance or renovations to upkeep. Most Toys R Us stores in Silicon Valley were 30+ years old and the buildings sat on prime real estate. Developers would love to build more luxury housing at these locations.
AMD is coming out with the Athlon 200GE (Ryzen-based) processor for $55 to round out the low-end. Intel still haven't come out with a processor to compete with AMD's 32-core/64-thread Threadripper 2 processor.
I'm planning to switch from AMD to Intel for my next PC upgrade because the feature I want in a motherboard (dual ultra m.2 slots) are only available in an Intel motherboard. If an identical motherboard appears for AMD, I would go with Ryzen instead.
I've been hearing about COBOL being the new hot job ticket for 20+ years. I haven't seen anyone offer a training, boot camp or workshop in COBOL. You either already know COBOL because you worked in a COBOL shop or so out of luck in getting a COBOL job.
Never mind that Microsoft released a new version of Office for Windows every three years since 2007 (i.e., 2010, 2013, 2016, and, drumroll please, 2019).
Consumer software, chiefly Internet browsing and Microsoft Office. I can now do that across an iPhone, iPad and a ten-year-old gamining PC. If I want the exact same performance on my gaming PC with newer hardware, I could upgrade to a new motherboard, processor and RAM for $200 (RAM being the most expensive part). More money will just buy more cores. This isn't like 20 years ago where you needed a faster system to keep up with Windows. If anything, software is lagging behind the hardware.
The technology to make that happen is complete vaporware.
So was the technology for landing a man on the moon 60 years ago (ten years before Apollo 11). Former astronaut Dr. Mae Jeminson, who had a cameo on ST:TNG, advocates designing a starship in 100 years to leave the solar system because the technology for that doesn't exist and would be more transformative than the technology that came out of the Apollo program.
The Alpha Centuari space probe in 2069 will reach 10% of light speed for a 44 year journey. A trip to Vulcan would take a 176 years using the same technology.
Working in tech support. Reserved because they have to be nice to users. Neurotic because they know that one user will eventually snap from being put on hold, grab a fire ax and storm their bullpen.
The question, of course, is what the humans will do when there half as many jobs.
The opposite question is more likely: what will people do when jobs outnumber available workers? Retirees will outnumber workers in the U.S. in 2030. Healthcare and related industries will attract young talent. Good luck in trying to find someone to remodel your kitchen or mow your lawn.
Signboard person at street corner? Except the Subway store in my neighbor has an automated dummy who looks like a Subway employee with a wig moving the signboard back and forth.
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Sorry, I'm not Chris. I shit gold bricks, not soft yogurt.
Meanwhile, Super Micro stock has fallen nearly 36%. Anyone buying?
Old buildings that needed too much maintenance or renovations to upkeep. Most Toys R Us stores in Silicon Valley were 30+ years old and the buildings sat on prime real estate. Developers would love to build more luxury housing at these locations.
AMD is coming out with the Athlon 200GE (Ryzen-based) processor for $55 to round out the low-end. Intel still haven't come out with a processor to compete with AMD's 32-core/64-thread Threadripper 2 processor.
I'm planning to switch from AMD to Intel for my next PC upgrade because the feature I want in a motherboard (dual ultra m.2 slots) are only available in an Intel motherboard. If an identical motherboard appears for AMD, I would go with Ryzen instead.
Wouldn't it be easier to toss green pigment into the mixer to make concrete greener?
Try Have I Been Pwned website to check your email address against known data breaches.
I've been hearing about COBOL being the new hot job ticket for 20+ years. I haven't seen anyone offer a training, boot camp or workshop in COBOL. You either already know COBOL because you worked in a COBOL shop or so out of luck in getting a COBOL job.
throwing tennis balls and game consoles on the field
I can see someone throwing out a $20 controller. A $400 console, never!
Never mind that Microsoft released a new version of Office for Windows every three years since 2007 (i.e., 2010, 2013, 2016, and, drumroll please, 2019).
Consumer software, chiefly Internet browsing and Microsoft Office. I can now do that across an iPhone, iPad and a ten-year-old gamining PC. If I want the exact same performance on my gaming PC with newer hardware, I could upgrade to a new motherboard, processor and RAM for $200 (RAM being the most expensive part). More money will just buy more cores. This isn't like 20 years ago where you needed a faster system to keep up with Windows. If anything, software is lagging behind the hardware.
When your computer is fast enough to do everything that you need to get done in a reasonable amount of time, do you really need faster chips?
The technology to make that happen is complete vaporware.
So was the technology for landing a man on the moon 60 years ago (ten years before Apollo 11). Former astronaut Dr. Mae Jeminson, who had a cameo on ST:TNG, advocates designing a starship in 100 years to leave the solar system because the technology for that doesn't exist and would be more transformative than the technology that came out of the Apollo program.
The Alpha Centuari space probe in 2069 will reach 10% of light speed for a 44 year journey. A trip to Vulcan would take a 176 years using the same technology.
Andoria should be nearby to Vulcan. Time to order a case of Andorian ale.
I was so looking forward to an Alexa-powered microwave oven. Maybe it will do a better job at popcorn without the burning the kernels.
The shooting will put a damper on the company's four-day conference for next week.
I still have my PS One console that I got in 2000. My favorite PS1 title was Hogs of War, a World War I battle for the South Pigsific Ocean.
Working in tech support. Reserved because they have to be nice to users. Neurotic because they know that one user will eventually snap from being put on hold, grab a fire ax and storm their bullpen.
Or stop paying univeristy presidents high salaries that rival what CEOs make.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurensonnenberg/2017/07/17/the-top-paid-public-university-presidents/
Shouldn't a chip for your hand be implanted? Soldering a chip to your hand sounds painful.
If they were smart, they would be getting their Stanford MBA and writing the next hot app that will make them an overnight billionaire.
The question, of course, is what the humans will do when there half as many jobs.
The opposite question is more likely: what will people do when jobs outnumber available workers? Retirees will outnumber workers in the U.S. in 2030. Healthcare and related industries will attract young talent. Good luck in trying to find someone to remodel your kitchen or mow your lawn.
Name one job that doesn't use a machine?
Signboard person at street corner? Except the Subway store in my neighbor has an automated dummy who looks like a Subway employee with a wig moving the signboard back and forth.
Slow news day. Plus everyone is still dizzy from the Apple iPhone XS Max Headroom announcement.