Thank you for this explanation! I am by no means a physicist but I continue to follow what I can. As a programmer, one concept I like to explore is that any perceived loss of entropy in our universe could simply be a tighter compaction of information with redundancy removed and described by a smaller process outside of our boundaries, much like a document is compressed by a compression algorithm. When you look at the resulting (compressed) output you see less information (bits) and what appears to be a random distribution or noise. Studies like this and your explanation help me to align my layman conjectures with the more rigorous theories and focused terminology used by those in the field. One of these days I really do hope I get to dig into the math on problems like these!
If I create a fake ID saying I am old enough to drink alcohol and use it that way, that's a victimless crime.
I guess you've never owned or managed a bar in the U.S. then. The onus is on the establishment to prevent underage drinking, and often heavy fines can be assessed even if the customer had what looked like a legitimate ID.
I believe the article overlooked one significant class of jobs that is extremely difficult to remove: those employed by the government (local, state, federal). An example for this story would be the Highway Patrol. It seems like their necessity will severely decrease, if not evaporate, if we're all in autonomous vehicles.
I for one want to see more forward-thinking politicians who are looking at the coming changes in technology and are interested in developing a road map towards peaceably reducing our government workforce, and that means figuring out an amicable solution for the newly laid-off workers!
It may very well not be cost-effective, but that's outside the scope of what I was addressing. "Too slow for any use" was just such an absolutist statement that I had to provide a counter-example.
Okay, I may not have phrased my question very well but I think you answered it indirectly. Does PowerShell only know how to deal with commands that are built on top of.NET, then? That is, let's say you install a program (not built with.NET) that outputs some binary blob to standard out (such as a video file or PNG image) then can the pipe operator still handle it? This is assuming of course that the program you're piping to knows how to handle this binary blob of data.
In Linux this is of course supported (the shell itself doesn't need to know anything about the data passed between processes) but there is no easy way to identify what type of data is getting passed, you just have to know what each command is expecting. In my web shell there is a little more flexibility because HTTP data is all identified with a MIME-type, so processes can have some smarter data handling./p.
The biggest difference between PS and bash is that PS streams are streams of objects, not necessarily text
That's very interesting. It's good to see Microsoft finally bring some modern concepts into their CLI. I have not taken the time to use PowerShell yet because I switched away from Windows some years ago and just haven't seen the need yet, but you give me a compelling reason why I might want to at least play around with it.
Now, based on your example, these "object" streams you speak of are still a certain class of object. They may be more than text but they are still something the shell has to be able to interpret (for property names, etc.), correct? Or will the I/O operators (pipe, redirection, etc.) pass _any_ data between processes (`cat movie.mpg | do_something`, for example) but the `where` command is limited to just scriptable objects?
I am interested in the behaviors of other shells because I am writing a shell of my own, for the web. The idea of a "web" shell is that it works with URIs and HTTP streams instead of simply local resources. It is designed as a webapp so you interact with it with a browser, follows a file hierarchy pattern similar to what you see in most Linux distros, and is modular so that additional transports (ftp, ssh, etc.) could be installed. It's nearing its first beta release so I invite you to have a look at it: IOVAR Web Shell.
Why are you people still even on Failbook in the first place?
Okay, I'll bite. It's just another medium for me to publicize who I am and what I'm all about. My profile has been public (as much as it can be; you may still have to log in) for years now, by choice. Now, I am a developer so I could easily roll out any of my own website solutions for a public online presence (and have in the past), but really the existing platforms like Facebook are simply (a) easier and (b) more connected. I don't have private discussions on Facebook. I want people to be able to find as much about me as they can.
True, not everyone is interested in publicizing pieces of their lives. Facebook is not to be used by anyone wishing to remain anonymous or to privately share details with select individuals. For that, there are more direct means of communication available. But, treat Facebook for what it is (a mostly public blog-type presence) and you can find utility in the service.
Interesting anecdote. But you fail to make your point that pot was actually harmful, unless you only meant it was harmful to your friendship.
Yes, smoking marijuana can change a personality. Perhaps only while under the effects or perhaps indefinitely, it just depends on the person. I liken it to an "eye-opening" experience for some people, that after smoking they now view and think about the world in a different way that makes it impossible to go back to their prior-to-smoking mindset.
Smoking pot is an experience, and for some, it is profound. Like any profound experience, you may be forever changed. Consider also that some people have been doing and thinking the same things for so long in their life that when finally introduced to new/altered perceptions they simply require a period of time to "tune out", look inward, organize the new and reorganize the old thoughts. This could be a day or this could take years. Or it could simply be an excuse for the person to finally do whatever it is they have always really wanted to do, possibly to the exclusion of those around them. I don't believe any of this is necessarily harmful. I believe much of this is enlightening.
1. The rights holders likely subcontract out the actual take-down notification services, perhaps more than one.
2. An infringing site today may be no longer infringing when the request is reviewed. That is, the site may change between the time the take-down request is generated and the time Google actually reviews it. How would Google know?
Each application captures the scroll events and handles them on their own. There is no system-wide setting. Perhaps a hardware abstraction layer could be written.
It seems earlier court decisions suggested that Monsanto had no rights after it made an initial sale. If this gets overturned then imagine the strengthening this might give to the First Sale Doctrine!
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I find your lack of [consistent site font] disturbing.
But his font was fixed-width. Could it be any more consistent?
Let's be honest. The job of YOUR car is to keep YOU safe...
And I foresee much competition on this level and a premium cost for the vehicle most likely to save its owner in a multi-party accident scenario.
Thank you for this explanation! I am by no means a physicist but I continue to follow what I can. As a programmer, one concept I like to explore is that any perceived loss of entropy in our universe could simply be a tighter compaction of information with redundancy removed and described by a smaller process outside of our boundaries, much like a document is compressed by a compression algorithm. When you look at the resulting (compressed) output you see less information (bits) and what appears to be a random distribution or noise. Studies like this and your explanation help me to align my layman conjectures with the more rigorous theories and focused terminology used by those in the field. One of these days I really do hope I get to dig into the math on problems like these!
If I create a fake ID saying I am old enough to drink alcohol and use it that way, that's a victimless crime.
I guess you've never owned or managed a bar in the U.S. then. The onus is on the establishment to prevent underage drinking, and often heavy fines can be assessed even if the customer had what looked like a legitimate ID.
I suggest we try hemp.
I believe the article overlooked one significant class of jobs that is extremely difficult to remove: those employed by the government (local, state, federal). An example for this story would be the Highway Patrol. It seems like their necessity will severely decrease, if not evaporate, if we're all in autonomous vehicles.
I for one want to see more forward-thinking politicians who are looking at the coming changes in technology and are interested in developing a road map towards peaceably reducing our government workforce, and that means figuring out an amicable solution for the newly laid-off workers!
and it gets the job done as fast as a shell script.
In other words, shell scripting needs to move to the web. I am working on making that happen: http://iovar.com/
I want something which is parametric and shows both drawn vector and under-lying code and which allows one to edit either representation.
Agreed! all sophisticated GUI applications should operate in a sort of "CAD" mode, where GUI actions are displayed as commands and vice-versa.
In this case, dishonest labor.
I think Joss Whedon would do great in the Star Wars universe. But I am very attached to my nuts.
It may very well not be cost-effective, but that's outside the scope of what I was addressing. "Too slow for any use" was just such an absolutist statement that I had to provide a counter-example.
If it takes 1 day per byte, then sorry, it's too slow for any use.
Not quite. You could, for example, store a daily temperature reading in one byte per day.
wait where am i? I thought you said mage-widening troll!
Okay, I may not have phrased my question very well but I think you answered it indirectly. Does PowerShell only know how to deal with commands that are built on top of .NET, then? That is, let's say you install a program (not built with .NET) that outputs some binary blob to standard out (such as a video file or PNG image) then can the pipe operator still handle it? This is assuming of course that the program you're piping to knows how to handle this binary blob of data.
In Linux this is of course supported (the shell itself doesn't need to know anything about the data passed between processes) but there is no easy way to identify what type of data is getting passed, you just have to know what each command is expecting. In my web shell there is a little more flexibility because HTTP data is all identified with a MIME-type, so processes can have some smarter data handling./p.
The biggest difference between PS and bash is that PS streams are streams of objects, not necessarily text
That's very interesting. It's good to see Microsoft finally bring some modern concepts into their CLI. I have not taken the time to use PowerShell yet because I switched away from Windows some years ago and just haven't seen the need yet, but you give me a compelling reason why I might want to at least play around with it.
Now, based on your example, these "object" streams you speak of are still a certain class of object. They may be more than text but they are still something the shell has to be able to interpret (for property names, etc.), correct? Or will the I/O operators (pipe, redirection, etc.) pass _any_ data between processes (`cat movie.mpg | do_something`, for example) but the `where` command is limited to just scriptable objects?
I am interested in the behaviors of other shells because I am writing a shell of my own, for the web. The idea of a "web" shell is that it works with URIs and HTTP streams instead of simply local resources. It is designed as a webapp so you interact with it with a browser, follows a file hierarchy pattern similar to what you see in most Linux distros, and is modular so that additional transports (ftp, ssh, etc.) could be installed. It's nearing its first beta release so I invite you to have a look at it: IOVAR Web Shell.
Why are you people still even on Failbook in the first place?
Okay, I'll bite. It's just another medium for me to publicize who I am and what I'm all about. My profile has been public (as much as it can be; you may still have to log in) for years now, by choice. Now, I am a developer so I could easily roll out any of my own website solutions for a public online presence (and have in the past), but really the existing platforms like Facebook are simply (a) easier and (b) more connected. I don't have private discussions on Facebook. I want people to be able to find as much about me as they can.
True, not everyone is interested in publicizing pieces of their lives. Facebook is not to be used by anyone wishing to remain anonymous or to privately share details with select individuals. For that, there are more direct means of communication available. But, treat Facebook for what it is (a mostly public blog-type presence) and you can find utility in the service.
Netbeans and Vim forever!
Interesting anecdote. But you fail to make your point that pot was actually harmful, unless you only meant it was harmful to your friendship.
Yes, smoking marijuana can change a personality. Perhaps only while under the effects or perhaps indefinitely, it just depends on the person. I liken it to an "eye-opening" experience for some people, that after smoking they now view and think about the world in a different way that makes it impossible to go back to their prior-to-smoking mindset.
Smoking pot is an experience, and for some, it is profound. Like any profound experience, you may be forever changed. Consider also that some people have been doing and thinking the same things for so long in their life that when finally introduced to new/altered perceptions they simply require a period of time to "tune out", look inward, organize the new and reorganize the old thoughts. This could be a day or this could take years. Or it could simply be an excuse for the person to finally do whatever it is they have always really wanted to do, possibly to the exclusion of those around them. I don't believe any of this is necessarily harmful. I believe much of this is enlightening.
/occasional smoker
Soles are imaginary anyway, so who cares?
But I'm looking right at my shoes! Look, but don't smell.
Did you seriously ask how would Google know that the content on a Google-indexed website has changed?
#facepalm
Google does not have the entire web every second. There are gaps.
It's a nice idea, but I see a couple problems:
1. The rights holders likely subcontract out the actual take-down notification services, perhaps more than one.
2. An infringing site today may be no longer infringing when the request is reviewed. That is, the site may change between the time the take-down request is generated and the time Google actually reviews it. How would Google know?
Each application captures the scroll events and handles them on their own. There is no system-wide setting. Perhaps a hardware abstraction layer could be written.
Genius.
It seems earlier court decisions suggested that Monsanto had no rights after it made an initial sale. If this gets overturned then imagine the strengthening this might give to the First Sale Doctrine!
This. If I had points today I'd mod parent up.