We can truly say it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. If we could all just grow up and use our technology for good, but we can't. Just like light and dark, yin and yang, the good of technology is always accompanied by the evil dark side.
My prediction for 2018 is that AI and machine learning are going to be applied to hacking. AI's will be trained to write code to exploit all things and the exploits will be endless. Humans won't even be able to understand the exploit code as the AI software churns them out. Further I predict human cloning will happen this year and that China/Russia/North Korea will test some pretty nasty hacks on Americas Banks, Stock Market, Telecommunications, and/or gas/electric/water. I also predict that US drug usage will continue to increase (opioids, weed, alcohol) and the life expectancy will continue to decrease and suicide rates will continue to increase. I also predict that based on an increased energy in the atmosphere that storms will continue to grow in intensity. I also predict there will be a war in North Korea due to an error in a rocket test hitting a US ally. Further I predict Russia will take over another ex-Russian republic and China will continue to flex it's military muscle.
7 billion people on the planet. Technology everywhere, and we still can't figure out to behave and share.
I was watching TV with a little child and she was horrified by the war videos on the news and she asked me, "Why is there war? Why are they fighting?"
My answer, "Because, Sharing is hard."
To all reading this, in 2018 do a better job of sharing, loving your neighbor, and using less plastic.
It is well known that our bodies constantly clean or weed out old cells and bad cells. If you have a cancer that is growing in you, just like fertilizing weeds in the garden things like sugar, IGF (insulin growth factor), and hormones are cancer fuel. Additionally, there is the lack of fiber in animal protein which causes food to sit in your gut longer and potentially cause issues and the increased risk of heart disease.
I proposing anything other eat more plants, feel better, be healthier. I also recommend checking out the movie.. But I totally agree with your sentiment, "Eat Healthy, Exercise, Die Anyway." for me it is the quality of life along the way.
Amazon deleted/disabled/broken an app installed by ME. Very rude, very rude indeed.
This is a problem.
Dear Amazon, I think there is a perceived ownership problem.
I own the device, not you.
I decide how to use the device, not you.
If you want to talk about shared ownership, we can potentially come to an agreement, but you just stepped over a line.
Don't mess with my stuff or how I have it configured.
If you look back in history, Sony tried idiotic moves similar to this deciding what content could work on what device and that they could install rootkits on customers PCs.
It took awhile, but the users figured it out and Sony devices fell out out of favor and market share was lost and never regained.
You have crossed a line and I will not purchase any more of your devices, unless I can jailbreak them and keep you out!
I have to agree, the frozen veggie burgers aren't the greatest. Bean Burgers, like Hummus need to be made fresh, and they also need a little bit of raw egg to hold them together.
If you are ever in the neighborhood, stop here for a Homemade Black Bean Burger, made fresh (with a little bit of egg), they bean burgers are amazing and as good as a hamburger. There are nothing like the frozen bean burger ilk. Try making them yourself and see how good they can be.
Even fast food is becoming plant based. As meat prices go UP UP UP and fast food prices stay at $1.99, they need to use filler in the meat. That filler is SOY bean, which incidentally, had the largest crop ever last year. Also, don't fear the SOY, you won't grow breasts or start singing alto.
Eat less meat, more plants. You will feel better, look better, and cut your cancer risk.
Well, I guess everything is going to get even flatter and less serviceable and upgradable.
The new 2018 MacBook Pro will have only one port called the USB-C-Flat and the case will be made of two-ply aluminum foil because everyone needs to keep their Mac in a manilla envelope. The entire machine will be made with a new revolutionary lamination process because pentalobe screws are ugly. The keyboard won't have actual keys of instead be a silkscreen over a giant touch pad. Yes, the keyboard and the touch pad will merge into one gloriously flat surface. The CPU, GPU, and RAM will be laminated into the aluminum and the whole case will become a giant glorious heatsink eliminating the needs for any fans. The battery will be a next generation ultra flat non-liquid electrolyte design. The entire $2000 compute can be recycled after two years by running it through a shredder and you can purchase another one.
Then Lenovo, HP, ASUS, and Acer will all copy this stupid new design,
I would so much like to be the head of design at Apple. I would make cool, modular stuff and there would be a Phat-Book Pro!
Johnny your ruining the laptop design world, please retire. It's time.
If you buy a DVD/BluRay your kid will want to watch it over and over. If you rent it, it has to go back to the store:) Family Video has most of the Disney stuff in the FREE section so it is just like going to the library and I don't have to store it and watch it endlessly. Just like the song in Frozen says, "let it go, let it go, I'm not holding on the DVDs and BluRays anymore."
I agree with you. I am a techie that started an MBA program but didn't finish because it made me ill. However, I learned enough from the program so thatI now can speak finance and can talk to the finance people about accounts, journals, depreciation, credits, debits, POs, AP, AR, EFT, 10K, SOX compliance, stock market concepts, etc... It helped me better craft project proposals since I know what numbers the MBA execs like to see like 5-year TCO and lifecycle predictions. I learned the technical side of finance, but the case-studies, the short-term profit inflation techniques, and the claw-your-way to the top mentality made me not want to finish since it was not the world I wanted to live in, oh, and I really don't like golf that much, mostly because I suck at it.
It is because all the Microsoft Developers run Mac OS/X with Windows as a Virtual Machine. Everyone wants to be the cool kid, but looks only get your so far.
Dude, I am with you on the keyboard. 3 the MacBookPro, especially the touchpad, hate the keyboard (mostly due to lack of keys). I have ranted on this repeatedly. I've been wondering if anyone would be interested in a kickstarter to fabricate a new bottom for the MacBookPro that would feature a full keyboard and be thicker with extra ports. I call it the PhatBook Pro. And while we are on the subject, I refuse to buy anything without at least on old school USB 2.0/3.0 port.
Hey Siri, "How many cylinders in a V6 engine?".... let me search that for you. Seriously? Hey Siri, "How many doughnughts are in a dozen doougnughts?" let me search that for you. Hey Siri, "What is the nominal size of a 2X4 board?", it's 2x4=8 Hey Siri, "What time is it on Mars?", I am sorry, I don't know where that is.
So yeah, I am thinking AI is perfect.
Seriously, there is no "I" in AI. There is no intelligence.
Microsoft copied United Drake and named it System Center. However, it is harder to configure and doesn't always work, but the NSA knows how to use its API to get whatever it needs, including your keystrokes.
Yes, relocation from aging parents just adds stress. Furthermore, unless the new company is paying relocation costs and selling your house for you, renegotiating your low mortgage rate then relocation can be expensive, painful, and exhausting.
I did a relocation and between 6% sales commission on the old house, closing costs, moving costs, and costs to fix up the new house it all adds up really quickly to the tune of more than you are going to be getting in terms of a raise over the course of the year.
I like this novel approach. If you can't move the people to the jobs, move the jobs to the people. If only there were some sort of technologies to make satellite offices a possibility in this modern age. I am looking at you Silicon Valley and your $5,000/month single-bedroom, rat infested, apartment over a Chinese restaurant.
WTF: "Teachers in government schools are rarely held to any standard."
I guess you don't live in Michigan.
Tenure is gone. Pensions are gone. Seniority is gone. Teachers are evaluated yearly according to a state approved evaluation model and if they are not ranked proficient two years in a row, they can now longer teach their grade or subject. Salaries are flat and losing ground against inflation. Health care costs are skyrocketing. Try living on $20,0000/year with a $3,000 health care deductible and student loan debt. Teaching standards increase every year and the standardized tests are a constant moving target.
There is so much accountability, that we are already in a teacher shortage situation and it is only going to get worse. The richer districts are already recruiting (stealing) the best from the poorer districts. Some schools will start the year tomorrow will long-term substitutes.
Keep on bashing teachers and schools, just look forward to a day where you can't find one for your local government or charter school. It won't matter though, the state will just allow alternative certification and it will allow anyone to jump into the classroom.
I believe and I do believe I am right, that a strong democracy is built on strong public education.
Unfortunately, our teachers and schools are under constant attack but Besty DeVoss has a plan, unlimited for-profit schools and vouchers. If we keep going, we can transform into a bigger mess than the healthcare system!
Education has been taking back seat to commercial enterprise for many years. If you haven't heard the term, Educational Industrial Complex and learned about Pearson, Common Core, Charter Schools etc... check it out.
The big difference is that new players are trying to wriggle in and get a piece of the pie vs. the current monopoly players.
So if you can't beat'em trumpet some crazy hardware specs and some nebulous onboard AI. A phone is nothing without tightly integrated software and this sounds like ancient Chinese smoke and mirrors. If they could use the AI to keep the Chinese government out of the phone and fix Android security issues, it might be special, but it will be another cheap, abandoned phone on the Android pyre.
The ASUS Merlin project created custom firmware for ASUS routers, maybe this is a limited opportunity to create custom firmware for the AT&T modems that can increase security and add features.
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If I've said it once.... I've said it a hundred times.
Our technology is evolving faster than our species.
Suicides of teen girls in the USA are up due to cell phones and social media.
Cell phones are killing our necks.
In addition to carrying a personal tracking device, governments are using and abusing any and all technology to spy on citizens
The Sun could wipe out our power grid with a direct hit from a geomagnetic storm, and utilities aren't doing anything to mitigate the risks.
5 Countries are destroying the ocean with plastics and covering the earth with asbestos.
And let's not forget about the Doomsday clock and Nuclear Weapons. We still have a cold war posture that could end badly.
We have governments with cheap gene editing tools CRISPR/CAS9 working to make designer pets that glow in the dark and super biological weapons
Video Game Addiction is rampant
The Internet is a Pandora's box of garbage and porn, bad behavior are shaping your minds through YouTube and other video streaming sites.
The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. There will be a tipping point and this will lead to global unrest.
We can truly say it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. If we could all just grow up and use our technology for good, but we can't. Just like light and dark, yin and yang, the good of technology is always accompanied by the evil dark side.
My prediction for 2018 is that AI and machine learning are going to be applied to hacking. AI's will be trained to write code to exploit all things and the exploits will be endless. Humans won't even be able to understand the exploit code as the AI software churns them out. Further I predict human cloning will happen this year and that China/Russia/North Korea will test some pretty nasty hacks on Americas Banks, Stock Market, Telecommunications, and/or gas/electric/water. I also predict that US drug usage will continue to increase (opioids, weed, alcohol) and the life expectancy will continue to decrease and suicide rates will continue to increase. I also predict that based on an increased energy in the atmosphere that storms will continue to grow in intensity. I also predict there will be a war in North Korea due to an error in a rocket test hitting a US ally. Further I predict Russia will take over another ex-Russian republic and China will continue to flex it's military muscle.
7 billion people on the planet. Technology everywhere, and we still can't figure out to behave and share.
I was watching TV with a little child and she was horrified by the war videos on the news and she asked me, "Why is there war? Why are they fighting?"
My answer, "Because, Sharing is hard."
To all reading this, in 2018 do a better job of sharing, loving your neighbor, and using less plastic.
Happy New Year!
I still occasionally eat meat, but not ever day or every meal. The goal is feel better and have a better quality of life, not achieve immortality.
As for studies, here is a very non-biased article with cited references at end.
It is well known that our bodies constantly clean or weed out old cells and bad cells. If you have a cancer that is growing in you, just like fertilizing weeds in the garden things like sugar, IGF (insulin growth factor), and hormones are cancer fuel. Additionally, there is the lack of fiber in animal protein which causes food to sit in your gut longer and potentially cause issues and the increased risk of heart disease.
I proposing anything other eat more plants, feel better, be healthier. I also recommend checking out the movie.. But I totally agree with your sentiment, "Eat Healthy, Exercise, Die Anyway." for me it is the quality of life along the way.
Did you microwave or cook them in a toaster oven? Toaster oven is the way to go.
Amazon deleted/disabled/broken an app installed by ME. Very rude, very rude indeed.
This is a problem.
Dear Amazon, I think there is a perceived ownership problem.
I own the device, not you.
I decide how to use the device, not you.
If you want to talk about shared ownership, we can potentially come to an agreement, but you just stepped over a line.
Don't mess with my stuff or how I have it configured.
If you look back in history, Sony tried idiotic moves similar to this deciding what content could work on what device and that they could install rootkits on customers PCs.
It took awhile, but the users figured it out and Sony devices fell out out of favor and market share was lost and never regained.
You have crossed a line and I will not purchase any more of your devices, unless I can jailbreak them and keep you out!
I look forward to your apology letter.
I have to agree, the frozen veggie burgers aren't the greatest. Bean Burgers, like Hummus need to be made fresh, and they also need a little bit of raw egg to hold them together.
If you are ever in the neighborhood, stop here for a Homemade Black Bean Burger, made fresh (with a little bit of egg), they bean burgers are amazing and as good as a hamburger. There are nothing like the frozen bean burger ilk. Try making them yourself and see how good they can be.
So for health reasons, I have had to change my diet. If you haven't tried this meat substitute, it is amazing....
Seven Grain Chicken Tenders
and you can get them at Target.
Even fast food is becoming plant based. As meat prices go UP UP UP and fast food prices stay at $1.99, they need to use filler in the meat. That filler is SOY bean, which incidentally, had the largest crop ever last year. Also, don't fear the SOY, you won't grow breasts or start singing alto.
Eat less meat, more plants. You will feel better, look better, and cut your cancer risk.
Well, I guess everything is going to get even flatter and less serviceable and upgradable.
The new 2018 MacBook Pro will have only one port called the USB-C-Flat and the case will be made of two-ply aluminum foil because everyone needs to keep their Mac in a manilla envelope. The entire machine will be made with a new revolutionary lamination process because pentalobe screws are ugly. The keyboard won't have actual keys of instead be a silkscreen over a giant touch pad. Yes, the keyboard and the touch pad will merge into one gloriously flat surface. The CPU, GPU, and RAM will be laminated into the aluminum and the whole case will become a giant glorious heatsink eliminating the needs for any fans. The battery will be a next generation ultra flat non-liquid electrolyte design. The entire $2000 compute can be recycled after two years by running it through a shredder and you can purchase another one.
Then Lenovo, HP, ASUS, and Acer will all copy this stupid new design,
I would so much like to be the head of design at Apple. I would make cool, modular stuff and there would be a Phat-Book Pro!
Johnny your ruining the laptop design world, please retire. It's time.
If you buy a DVD/BluRay your kid will want to watch it over and over. If you rent it, it has to go back to the store :) Family Video has most of the Disney stuff in the FREE section so it is just like going to the library and I don't have to store it and watch it endlessly. Just like the song in Frozen says, "let it go, let it go, I'm not holding on the DVDs and BluRays anymore."
I agree with you. I am a techie that started an MBA program but didn't finish because it made me ill. However, I learned enough from the program so thatI now can speak finance and can talk to the finance people about accounts, journals, depreciation, credits, debits, POs, AP, AR, EFT, 10K, SOX compliance, stock market concepts, etc... It helped me better craft project proposals since I know what numbers the MBA execs like to see like 5-year TCO and lifecycle predictions. I learned the technical side of finance, but the case-studies, the short-term profit inflation techniques, and the claw-your-way to the top mentality made me not want to finish since it was not the world I wanted to live in, oh, and I really don't like golf that much, mostly because I suck at it.
Microsoft is innovating in Software Licensing agreements and cloud lock-ins. I have MS stock and it is rocking!
It is because all the Microsoft Developers run Mac OS/X with Windows as a Virtual Machine. Everyone wants to be the cool kid, but looks only get your so far.
Dude, I am with you on the keyboard. 3 the MacBookPro, especially the touchpad, hate the keyboard (mostly due to lack of keys). I have ranted on this repeatedly. I've been wondering if anyone would be interested in a kickstarter to fabricate a new bottom for the MacBookPro that would feature a full keyboard and be thicker with extra ports. I call it the PhatBook Pro. And while we are on the subject, I refuse to buy anything without at least on old school USB 2.0/3.0 port.
What is this Theory X?
I am still using the Waterfall Model and IBM's Rational Rose Modeler. Does software development get any better?
Hey Siri, "How many cylinders in a V6 engine?" .... let me search that for you. Seriously?
Hey Siri, "How many doughnughts are in a dozen doougnughts?" let me search that for you.
Hey Siri, "What is the nominal size of a 2X4 board?", it's 2x4=8
Hey Siri, "What time is it on Mars?", I am sorry, I don't know where that is.
So yeah, I am thinking AI is perfect.
Seriously, there is no "I" in AI. There is no intelligence.
systemd is really, systemDrake! Wha ha ha!
Microsoft copied United Drake and named it System Center. However, it is harder to configure and doesn't always work, but the NSA knows how to use its API to get whatever it needs, including your keystrokes.
This is why I don't run Windows 10.
Yes, relocation from aging parents just adds stress. Furthermore, unless the new company is paying relocation costs and selling your house for you, renegotiating your low mortgage rate then relocation can be expensive, painful, and exhausting.
I did a relocation and between 6% sales commission on the old house, closing costs, moving costs, and costs to fix up the new house it all adds up really quickly to the tune of more than you are going to be getting in terms of a raise over the course of the year.
I like this novel approach. If you can't move the people to the jobs, move the jobs to the people. If only there were some sort of technologies to make satellite offices a possibility in this modern age. I am looking at you Silicon Valley and your $5,000/month single-bedroom, rat infested, apartment over a Chinese restaurant.
Hey, we have someone that actually read the article here! I am impressed! Must be to honor the first day back to school. :)
I used to use VPN on my Mac to connect to work until Apple broke PPTP in Sierra. I'm not bitter..... grrrr
As for pubilc wifi, I use OpenVPN back to my home router.
As for sending secrets to wikileaks, I use dual VPN (IP Vanish) and the tails OS through the TOR proxy.
Not exactly, as a teacher you take every student that runs, walks, limps, rolls, shrieks, or staggers through the door.
In industry, you get to pick and chose from a pool of candidates and can say, "You're fired."
Also, there are no raises or bonuses based on your performance, just stress and threats.
Companies/Industry tends to want to attract and retain talent to maximize profit.
Education is just going for burnout across the board since most of the managers (principals) are ex-football coaches.
WTF: "Teachers in government schools are rarely held to any standard."
I guess you don't live in Michigan.
Tenure is gone.
Pensions are gone.
Seniority is gone.
Teachers are evaluated yearly according to a state approved evaluation model and if they are not ranked proficient two years in a row, they can now longer teach their grade or subject.
Salaries are flat and losing ground against inflation.
Health care costs are skyrocketing. Try living on $20,0000/year with a $3,000 health care deductible and student loan debt.
Teaching standards increase every year and the standardized tests are a constant moving target.
Then if your school doesn't perform well on standardized tests, the state will shut you down, unless you are a charter, then you get a free pass.
You need to keep up with the times.
There is so much accountability, that we are already in a teacher shortage situation and it is only going to get worse. The richer districts are already recruiting (stealing) the best from the poorer districts. Some schools will start the year tomorrow will long-term substitutes.
Keep on bashing teachers and schools, just look forward to a day where you can't find one for your local government or charter school. It won't matter though, the state will just allow alternative certification and it will allow anyone to jump into the classroom.
There is also a shortage of bus drivers and substitute teachers.
I believe and I do believe I am right, that a strong democracy is built on strong public education.
Unfortunately, our teachers and schools are under constant attack but Besty DeVoss has a plan, unlimited for-profit schools and vouchers. If we keep going, we can transform into a bigger mess than the healthcare system!
Warning: Her kids might grow up to be president with skills like that.
Education has been taking back seat to commercial enterprise for many years. If you haven't heard the term, Educational Industrial Complex and learned about Pearson, Common Core, Charter Schools etc... check it out.
The big difference is that new players are trying to wriggle in and get a piece of the pie vs. the current monopoly players.
So if you can't beat'em trumpet some crazy hardware specs and some nebulous onboard AI. A phone is nothing without tightly integrated software and this sounds like ancient Chinese smoke and mirrors. If they could use the AI to keep the Chinese government out of the phone and fix Android security issues, it might be special, but it will be another cheap, abandoned phone on the Android pyre.
The ASUS Merlin project created custom firmware for ASUS routers, maybe this is a limited opportunity to create custom firmware for the AT&T modems that can increase security and add features.