Oh don't get me wrong, I think there are a lot of factors at play here that damage current and future generations but I don't think it's the availability of tech. The fact that tech cannot overcome the issues present is not tech's fault.
The Germans have a saying loosely translated: The fish stinks from the head.
I don't consider management to be employees anymore. I know it's not fair and sure as hell it isn't objective but in my opinion, a lot of upper management types are either greedy or try to push a personal agenda.
Companies with management that is not like that usually don't have these issues...
Whether you can motivate and excite yourself has very little to do with the availability of tools.
It depends on your mind. There are people out there building primitive shacks in the woods with stone axes.
Nothing is interesting in and of itself. It becomes interesting if our minds take interest, simple as that. If novelty is the only hook your mind is capable of, then you're plain fucked...
The amount of karmic justice happening right now is just great.
I'm very sorry for the employees who really bear the least of the responibility for what Google has been doing lately... but from a commercial PoV, it' could only have happened to a handful of more deserving companies.
I can only agree... I bought the same mobo off of ebay a few weeks back the replace my faulty one. Overclocked my i5-4670k gives me single core power I will be hard pressed to pull ahead of without investing several hundreds in a completely new system...
No, they probably have the same percentage of shitty individuals as any other loosely grouped mass of people.
If you look into a subculture long enough, you'll always be able to collect a shitton of asshattery, especially if you're not constrained by such thungs as context.
As a Swiss, I don't have much faith in the EU's version of democracy... not that ours isn't also going down the drain, mind you, but for me working democracy means that the voting populace is open and able to rational discussion instead of fear- and hate-mongering. It also means that the press is free (not just from the government but also from the agenda of stockholders).
I don't know a single country to date where I get that sense.
Yo whipslash... I think this one actually might have read the article... That wouldn't bode well for that anti-troll filter that was mentioned a while ago. Still, it seems to be somewhat more intelligent than the average troll.
While I mourn the loss of opportunity every living year of such a genius represents... I have to admit that I am interested to see what the Big Bang Theory makes of this.
We're bipedal, have two arms with five fingers each, a mouth, a nose, two eyes and two ears and our species has two sexes.
The proportions are also about accurate for most of us.
I think that's enough for first contact information. I mean where does it end? Do we need to tell them our social structures and capacity for empathy and destruction as well? I'd think those are info bits for a second or third contact...
We can make the next plaque with black or Asian people, I don't care.
Human curiosity draws us to new and exciting things. I'm not sure how driving a tricycle would interest anyone who already drives a grown-up bike on a daily basis.
This all seems kinda logical. If you're interested in topics outside of mainstream political view, there is no other choice than show you conspiracy theories... because every theory outside of mainstream has the potential to be a conspiracy theory until it's proven. I would go as far as to say that it is a pretty good guess that you'll find a conspiracy nut or two among people interested in flat tax or basic income.
My main gripe is just that the categories in which these algorithms group things are just too broad for my taste. Or, to be fair, I just might not know the right terms to look for.
This problem is most apparent when searching for porn, I must admit. Might be that porn consumers usually don't give as much of a damn or the algorithms are just not as good, I don't know.
His conclusion was basically "If we accept that women and men have differences in the environments they, on average, flourish best in, then perhaps we should provide different environments to different people!"
Sure it's simplistic... but so is "water is wet" and that rule of thumb still got us pretty far.
On the other hand, modern SJWs have to bend over backwards once or twice (a sight to see. It would be approproiate for variete!) to mold science to their worldview.
I think Damore was on point with his basic premise. A LOT of today's work culture is not good for a lot of women AND a lot of men as well. If "People who feel good do better work and making people feel good takes a bit of investment" is too far a stretch for people to wrap their minds around, then I'm very sorry, you just don't deserve quality products to sell.
Google has gotten too big for their britches and a certain amount of decline would do them well.
Same thing with clothing production. If child labor, child prostitution and death are the only three options, then the child labor is suddenly looking pretty darn good.
Of course shame on all of us that there are still places on the planet where those are the only options...
News outlets have just no grasp of the reality of internet existing.
Seriously, I wanted to have some better news sources than the free papers they keep on train stations. So I paid over 200 bucks for a subscription, digital mind you, to Neue Zuercher Zeitung.
They still showed me ads and paid content even when logged in. My subscription has now run out. I see no difference in the content.
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Oh don't get me wrong, I think there are a lot of factors at play here that damage current and future generations but I don't think it's the availability of tech. The fact that tech cannot overcome the issues present is not tech's fault.
The Germans have a saying loosely translated: The fish stinks from the head.
I don't consider management to be employees anymore. I know it's not fair and sure as hell it isn't objective but in my opinion, a lot of upper management types are either greedy or try to push a personal agenda.
Companies with management that is not like that usually don't have these issues...
Whether you can motivate and excite yourself has very little to do with the availability of tools.
It depends on your mind. There are people out there building primitive shacks in the woods with stone axes.
Nothing is interesting in and of itself. It becomes interesting if our minds take interest, simple as that. If novelty is the only hook your mind is capable of, then you're plain fucked...
The amount of karmic justice happening right now is just great.
I'm very sorry for the employees who really bear the least of the responibility for what Google has been doing lately... but from a commercial PoV, it' could only have happened to a handful of more deserving companies.
I can only agree... I bought the same mobo off of ebay a few weeks back the replace my faulty one. Overclocked my i5-4670k gives me single core power I will be hard pressed to pull ahead of without investing several hundreds in a completely new system...
No, they probably have the same percentage of shitty individuals as any other loosely grouped mass of people.
If you look into a subculture long enough, you'll always be able to collect a shitton of asshattery, especially if you're not constrained by such thungs as context.
Fake news everywhere ;).
Our Bundesrat is very open to bending over and taking it from just about anyone... so yeah, interesting marketing stunt on Kaspersky's side.
As a Swiss, I don't have much faith in the EU's version of democracy... not that ours isn't also going down the drain, mind you, but for me working democracy means that the voting populace is open and able to rational discussion instead of fear- and hate-mongering. It also means that the press is free (not just from the government but also from the agenda of stockholders).
I don't know a single country to date where I get that sense.
I'm not sure how this is even remotely relevant, a small anecdote aside, even if it was a subscription to Kink.com.
As if it was shameful or abnormal to read Penthouse. Or is it the gifting of it?
Four legs good, two legs bad?
Wait, that doesn't rhyme...
Yo whipslash... I think this one actually might have read the article... That wouldn't bode well for that anti-troll filter that was mentioned a while ago.
Still, it seems to be somewhat more intelligent than the average troll.
Interesting specimen for sure.
While I mourn the loss of opportunity every living year of such a genius represents... I have to admit that I am interested to see what the Big Bang Theory makes of this.
Those are not two names I usually associate with a good user experience... much less an improved one.
Unless, of course, you define a good user experience by not having to worry about lugging around that darned heavy wallet.
We're bipedal, have two arms with five fingers each, a mouth, a nose, two eyes and two ears and our species has two sexes.
The proportions are also about accurate for most of us.
I think that's enough for first contact information. I mean where does it end? Do we need to tell them our social structures and capacity for empathy and destruction as well?
I'd think those are info bits for a second or third contact...
We can make the next plaque with black or Asian people, I don't care.
Human curiosity draws us to new and exciting things. I'm not sure how driving a tricycle would interest anyone who already drives a grown-up bike on a daily basis.
This all seems kinda logical. If you're interested in topics outside of mainstream political view, there is no other choice than show you conspiracy theories... because every theory outside of mainstream has the potential to be a conspiracy theory until it's proven. I would go as far as to say that it is a pretty good guess that you'll find a conspiracy nut or two among people interested in flat tax or basic income.
My main gripe is just that the categories in which these algorithms group things are just too broad for my taste. Or, to be fair, I just might not know the right terms to look for.
This problem is most apparent when searching for porn, I must admit. Might be that porn consumers usually don't give as much of a damn or the algorithms are just not as good, I don't know.
I am a member of Goodreads and it's really bad at showing me stuff I like based on what I liked before.
But that's kinda to be expected... most of these systems seem to be based in tags and usually not very good ones at that.
Same thing with porn. Amazon is sometimes able to actually make worthwhile connections based on my browsing habits and previous purchases...
But all in all I have yet to encounter ONE SINGLE algorithm that is actually makes my live somewhat consistently easier.
Most seem to be no better than a placebo.
I am 36 but okay.
Will Linus Tech Tips drop TunnelBear as a sponsor or won't they?
His conclusion was basically "If we accept that women and men have differences in the environments they, on average, flourish best in, then perhaps we should provide different environments to different people!"
Sure it's simplistic... but so is "water is wet" and that rule of thumb still got us pretty far.
On the other hand, modern SJWs have to bend over backwards once or twice (a sight to see. It would be approproiate for variete!) to mold science to their worldview.
I think Damore was on point with his basic premise. A LOT of today's work culture is not good for a lot of women AND a lot of men as well. If "People who feel good do better work and making people feel good takes a bit of investment" is too far a stretch for people to wrap their minds around, then I'm very sorry, you just don't deserve quality products to sell.
Google has gotten too big for their britches and a certain amount of decline would do them well.
Don't worry, what you heard wasn't machine gun fire... only the jokes flying over your head. There were quite a few of them.
Same thing with clothing production. If child labor, child prostitution and death are the only three options, then the child labor is suddenly looking pretty darn good.
Of course shame on all of us that there are still places on the planet where those are the only options...
News outlets have just no grasp of the reality of internet existing.
Seriously, I wanted to have some better news sources than the free papers they keep on train stations. So I paid over 200 bucks for a subscription, digital mind you, to Neue Zuercher Zeitung.
They still showed me ads and paid content even when logged in. My subscription has now run out. I see no difference in the content.
I mean what the hell?
That's a function built into the player, not the medium.
I have two and almost rage-quit the game of life. How does one survive 8?
I played video games and watched TV. TV has turned to shit and since I have to work for a living, I lack energy for games. So yeah :D