"rationally a good idea"? Now that's an oxymoron if I ever saw one. Good has nothing to do with rationality and everything to do with moral judgement.
My grandfather was deported in Auschwitz, after being reported as a Jew, by a "good" neighbour, to the Nazis during WW II. At the time it was a rational thing to do since it's what the goverment told people to do, and it was also good from the Nazis perspective. I've never known my grandfather, nor did my mother know her father, as my grandmother was still pregnant. That's just one example, among so many millions of others.
So tell me, how many people were led to an atrocious death by "rationally good snitchers"?
As an open source developper, I used to get a lot of negative feedback on the documentation, on how it was poorly written, lacking and generally unhelpful.
This got me to make the decision to write a real manual, which users of the software could use as a reference, which would bring answers to (most of) their questions and allow them to become sufficiently proficient in the software APIs and features.
What I hadn't realized was how long it would take: it took me 3 months to write a user's manual from scratch. During that time, I completely stopped writing code for the project, apart from bug fixing. I tried to apply what I thought a usable manual should be like, including navigation, code samples and links to relevant code documentation. It was one of the most frustrating time in my life, knowing that I shouldn't go back to coding because it would give me an excuse to stop writing the documentation.
The rewards came when this work was completed. All of a sudden, the project was able to mention an actual documentation without shame. We are able to answer many of the questions in the user forums by providing the relevant documentation link. We could also see an increase in the proficiency of our users, as they were asking more technically difficult questions, asking for features they wouldn't have thought about otherwise, and making suggestions on features we (the project team) had overlooked. This also transformed the feedback we received about the documentation itself, in a complete u-turn from what we got previously.
This turned out to be a win-win, both for the project team and for our users. Now, updating the documentation to keep up with the latest version of the software has been integrated into the development process. A feature or enhancement is not considered complete until it has been fully documented and tested.
What about giving control of the whole government to one citizen a week? Provided the citizen is chosen randomly, that could be a truly democratic government.
I know of some countries where this would be an incredible improvement of how the government works...
Now that is the real question here.
My best guess (I'm too lazy to llok it up) is that to to do it the old-fashioned way (you know, like having him watched by an agent) they would need a warrant.
Can anyone confirm?
1) People will be transformed into batteries (Matrix, anyone?)
2) Our access to anything will be controlled by those who own our biometric data
3) Not even our innermost mind will be granted a right to privacy
4) We'll be so poor that we will only be able to access the channels imposed to us
5) We will be forced to suffer all the crap they will send us (NB: personalized my ass)
... I click "like" from my country, and then travel to Thailand (I know, I'd be dumb to do that now, but I'm dumb anyway) ?
Could they charge me? Could they charge me before I even travel there?
... you could get arrested - or even executed - for not reporting jews to the local gestapo. Is this the same mindset I can see emerging here? Please, convince me it isn't.
Now who will guard the guardians? Another corrupt corporation, sold out to the financial industry?
When will we understand that, ultimately, all these so-called warchdogs are accountable to us, the people?
They always say "don't take it personally"so we don't have to face the fact it's our money and our life they are embezzling and disappearing into their pockets.
Well, when it's about my money or my life, that's personal enough to me, so I take it personally and I say everyone should consider doing the same and making it known, and demand accountability for all these fuckers.
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My grandfather was deported in Auschwitz, after being reported as a Jew, by a "good" neighbour, to the Nazis during WW II. At the time it was a rational thing to do since it's what the goverment told people to do, and it was also good from the Nazis perspective. I've never known my grandfather, nor did my mother know her father, as my grandmother was still pregnant. That's just one example, among so many millions of others.
So tell me, how many people were led to an atrocious death by "rationally good snitchers"?
By Programming, Motherfucker
Destination: void, by Frank Herbert.
This is what alighted my passion for artificial intelligence. It is still inspiring me in my life's work.
As an open source developper, I used to get a lot of negative feedback on the documentation, on how it was poorly written, lacking and generally unhelpful. This got me to make the decision to write a real manual, which users of the software could use as a reference, which would bring answers to (most of) their questions and allow them to become sufficiently proficient in the software APIs and features.
What I hadn't realized was how long it would take: it took me 3 months to write a user's manual from scratch. During that time, I completely stopped writing code for the project, apart from bug fixing. I tried to apply what I thought a usable manual should be like, including navigation, code samples and links to relevant code documentation. It was one of the most frustrating time in my life, knowing that I shouldn't go back to coding because it would give me an excuse to stop writing the documentation.
The rewards came when this work was completed. All of a sudden, the project was able to mention an actual documentation without shame. We are able to answer many of the questions in the user forums by providing the relevant documentation link. We could also see an increase in the proficiency of our users, as they were asking more technically difficult questions, asking for features they wouldn't have thought about otherwise, and making suggestions on features we (the project team) had overlooked. This also transformed the feedback we received about the documentation itself, in a complete u-turn from what we got previously.
This turned out to be a win-win, both for the project team and for our users. Now, updating the documentation to keep up with the latest version of the software has been integrated into the development process. A feature or enhancement is not considered complete until it has been fully documented and tested.
My 2 cents.
I, for one, welcome our new ball-shrinking overloards
I thought we were the parasites
What future do you want for your family?
Look at me and mine for a proof
I'll buy Popeye pi pies.
Can I get some excitment around me too? ...
I haven't been laid in a while
sorry for the inconvenience
Man, I would mod you up ++Insightful if I had points
I believe this is perfectly illustrated here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALbH63Ali9U
What about giving control of the whole government to one citizen a week? Provided the citizen is chosen randomly, that could be a truly democratic government. ...
I know of some countries where this would be an incredible improvement of how the government works
Now that is the real question here. My best guess (I'm too lazy to llok it up) is that to to do it the old-fashioned way (you know, like having him watched by an agent) they would need a warrant.
Can anyone confirm?
Well, I have nothing interesting to say, but it's an honor to reply to a member of the 3-digits club!
... but for me an Advil tablet will do just fine for travel
1) People will be transformed into batteries (Matrix, anyone?)
2) Our access to anything will be controlled by those who own our biometric data
3) Not even our innermost mind will be granted a right to privacy
4) We'll be so poor that we will only be able to access the channels imposed to us
5) We will be forced to suffer all the crap they will send us (NB: personalized my ass)
Sounds paranoiac?
Man, I was, like, so hoping it was another application of quantum physics.
... I click "like" from my country, and then travel to Thailand (I know, I'd be dumb to do that now, but I'm dumb anyway) ?
Could they charge me? Could they charge me before I even travel there?
... you could get arrested - or even executed - for not reporting jews to the local gestapo. Is this the same mindset I can see emerging here? Please, convince me it isn't.
MIT has tons of material on AI, on their OpenCourseWare site, especially in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science section.
... but we can still take it! muhaahahahah
Sounds more like wealth care than health care to me.
Now who will guard the guardians? Another corrupt corporation, sold out to the financial industry? When will we understand that, ultimately, all these so-called warchdogs are accountable to us, the people?
They always say "don't take it personally"so we don't have to face the fact it's our money and our life they are embezzling and disappearing into their pockets. Well, when it's about my money or my life, that's personal enough to me, so I take it personally and I say everyone should consider doing the same and making it known, and demand accountability for all these fuckers.