.. said no rational being, ever. Those jumping in at $15k+ thinking they were going to make a killing did - only they killed themselves. Bubbles are for chumps.
This is what you do when what you really want is an "oil tax" but know your already heavily-taxed citizens wouldn't stand for it. NYC would have a leg to stand on if, before filing a lawsuit, they banned all internal combustion cars in the city as well as turning off all petrochemical heating in the and all electricity from petrochemical sources. Until then, this is just a joke.
..because it's always aliens. Seriously, Spacex should make a movie of all their successes and failures to encourage others to never, ever give up on their dreams. It's a shame Elon's too smart to run for office.
1/1/2019: Bitcoin just passed $1m per coin and governments worldwide have banned its use under penalty of death as it's too disruptive to existing economic norms. many "bit billionaires" are afraid of cashing in due to publicity and government scrutiny. Think this is unlikely, look at https://www.coindesk.com/price... (1 year) and do a linear regression of the trajectory. Makes tulips look like sawdust,
..and we're the sheep. The singularity will arrive not with a bang but with the soft sound of us ceding little bits of volition and self-determination to AI because they "know best" - and likely truly will. What scares me most is the blind human faith in algorithmic certainty, where "certainty" is far from certain.
Computational Astronomy, the confluence of past/current astronomical data with machine learning will truly transform what we think of as astronomy. With telescopes like LSST coming online in the next few years things are about to get really interesting.
Biggest mistakes? Letting a CFO set technical direction based on 'intuition' and/or something he/she heard at the club or read online. God save us from tunnel visionaries.
Who stands to win by the Balkanization of the World's most stable organizations? When the EU, NATO, the USA and other large/multi-national organizations fall, Russia, still smarting from the fall of the USSR, can rise in prominence. Putin already tried putting Humpty back together, tearing down everyone else is a parallel strategy.
I took a group of Millennials (14-17) on a wilderness hike in 2015 and discovered they had such an attachment to their phones that they'd rather carry them than other important gear like a knife or extra flashlight batteries. Sad/interesting to watch them go through withdrawal over the 10 days on the trail with no cell coverage and no AC outlets. Solar was a little help but no coverage was a killer for these kids. They continually checked their mostly dead and disconnected devices looking for signs of life.
If their French counterparts are like the US Millennials, expect some serious withdrawal symptoms.
Luddite [luhd-ahyt] noun 1. a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment. 2. someone who is opposed or resistant to new technologies or technological change.
Erdogan is modeling himself after something between Mussolini and Stalin, with a touch of the Shah thrown in. 'Purity' has been used for centuries as a convenient yardstick with which to measure one's competitors and find them lacking. Looks like he learned from the best at that game.
No, we need to save the Internet from the Internet Of insecure Things. Manufacturers of crap like this should be fined until they take security seriously.
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..and, after the BC bubble is over, so will Bitcoin be.
.. said no rational being, ever. Those jumping in at $15k+ thinking they were going to make a killing did - only they killed themselves. Bubbles are for chumps.
This is what you do when what you really want is an "oil tax" but know your already heavily-taxed citizens wouldn't stand for it. NYC would have a leg to stand on if, before filing a lawsuit, they banned all internal combustion cars in the city as well as turning off all petrochemical heating in the and all electricity from petrochemical sources. Until then, this is just a joke.
Non sequitur of the day.
..my ass.
Anyone using FB as a primary news outlet is obviously too dumb to vote. Sadly, there seem to be a lot of them..
..because it's always aliens. Seriously, Spacex should make a movie of all their successes and failures to encourage others to never, ever give up on their dreams. It's a shame Elon's too smart to run for office.
1/1/2019:
Bitcoin just passed $1m per coin and governments worldwide have banned its use under penalty of death as it's too disruptive to existing economic norms. many "bit billionaires" are afraid of cashing in due to publicity and government scrutiny. Think this is unlikely, look at https://www.coindesk.com/price... (1 year) and do a linear regression of the trajectory. Makes tulips look like sawdust,
..and we're the sheep. The singularity will arrive not with a bang but with the soft sound of us ceding little bits of volition and self-determination to AI because they "know best" - and likely truly will. What scares me most is the blind human faith in algorithmic certainty, where "certainty" is far from certain.
2017-1984=33. It just arrived in a different place and at a different time than Orwell envisioned.
Computational Astronomy, the confluence of past/current astronomical data with machine learning will truly transform what we think of as astronomy. With telescopes like LSST coming online in the next few years things are about to get really interesting.
Biggest mistakes? Letting a CFO set technical direction based on 'intuition' and/or something he/she heard at the club or read online. God save us from tunnel visionaries.
No, but "encouraging" the tribalization of all the other powers has the same effect.
Who stands to win by the Balkanization of the World's most stable organizations? When the EU, NATO, the USA and other large/multi-national organizations fall, Russia, still smarting from the fall of the USSR, can rise in prominence. Putin already tried putting Humpty back together, tearing down everyone else is a parallel strategy.
I get all my news on FB and Twitter.. said no well informed, rational person - ever.
I took a group of Millennials (14-17) on a wilderness hike in 2015 and discovered they had such an attachment to their phones that they'd rather carry them than other important gear like a knife or extra flashlight batteries. Sad/interesting to watch them go through withdrawal over the 10 days on the trail with no cell coverage and no AC outlets. Solar was a little help but no coverage was a killer for these kids. They continually checked their mostly dead and disconnected devices looking for signs of life.
If their French counterparts are like the US Millennials, expect some serious withdrawal symptoms.
Musk has made a large business by agilely doing what larger businesses can't seem to. What makes Boeing think they're different?
Luddite
[luhd-ahyt]
noun
1.
a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
2.
someone who is opposed or resistant to new technologies or technological change.
Literally payback. Apple has cherrypicked tax localities and laws to the point of absurdity.
Forgot a relevant link:
https://www.thoughtco.com/effe...
Let all major governments outlaw BC and see if its value rises or falls. There's economic theory supporting both trajectories.
Excellent idea. Companies should also directly bear the cost of damage and repairing credit.
The world's two worst customer service organizations will merge creating something truly evil. Just say no.
Erdogan is modeling himself after something between Mussolini and Stalin, with a touch of the Shah thrown in. 'Purity' has been used for centuries as a convenient yardstick with which to measure one's competitors and find them lacking. Looks like he learned from the best at that game.
No, we need to save the Internet from the Internet Of insecure Things. Manufacturers of crap like this should be fined until they take security seriously.