Global warming is not so much driven by corruption, as we're prevented from acting by those who've drunk the "hoax" Kool-Aid. Republican politicians, many of whom admitted privately that they understand the problem, are beholden to their voters. That is the biggest impediment to the Republican Party, and thus the rest of us. But "our part" got fixed under the last administration. If Trump simply does nothing, we'll at least meet the Kyoto goals. You have a very short-sighted, not to mention selfish, view of the matter. No one is going to bring back the old industrial jobs because no one can. The very simple reason for that is that we can't compete on the wage level. And many of those old jobs are done by machines now, anyway. And yes, climate change is more important than the occasional "terrorist" attack. If you're worried about mass poverty, you should be worried about climate change. Sure, we have a number of years before it gets really bad, and there are other problems to solve, but they're not mutually exclusive. Either way, I don't see Trump being the one to solve them. He's not even in office yet, and he's already backed down from almost every major campaign promise he made - the great wall, "lock 'er up!", "drain the swamp", "ban the Muslims", "end Obamacare", and others. If those are some of the reasons you elected him, I would think that would give you some pause. Does it?
So many of the "television" apps require that I have a cable subscription to use them. So, while I applaud Apple for making it easier, what I really want is to pay a (reasonably modest) fee to get the "channels" I want without having a cable or satellite subscription.
Please?
I've never had a cable subscription, so I was very happy when HBO Go came out. It seems a bit pricey to me at $15 per month, but ok. A few more channels at that price and I'd be paying the cost of cable service. Between HBO Go and Netflix, and filling the gaps by torrenting, I'm satisfied. If they're in no hurry to provide a legit outlet, I can wait, too.
What strikes me is that Facebook is asking the very people that believe the fake news to point out it's fake news.
What I keep wondering is how the hell people can't tell the difference between real news and fake news? Do we really have this many people who can't read between the lines?
Yes, I'm being sorta rhetorical. I'm aware of the recent election. But, still...
I'm sure this will work perfectly, and everybody will respond honestly and accurately based on whether the story is factual, rather than whether or not it follows the correct political opinion.
Right. I think it'll come out as close as the recent election, with half voting up, and half voting down. That should be a big help to FB.
This is like defending some armed fucking nutjob because of Onion articles.
You don't understand. When he mentions John Stewart, he's been taught that all fact-based reporting is fake news, a.k.a., The Liberal Media. These people live in a kind of backwards-world, where well-informed people are stupid, Trump and his family are "classy", the Clintons are monsters capable of anything, and facts are liberal propaganda. So, haha, the Daily Show = fake news. That's why they can take an obvious troll story seriously. Their entire news diet is essentially trollery. And, that they could take this obvious nonsense seriously is what took everyone by surprise.
The son of Trump's likely National Security Advisor is one of those gullible simpletons
Not to mention the President-Elect, and other cabinet appointees. I don't know whether Pizzagate has come to his attention, but he's tweeted about fake news on more than one occasion.
People who actually believe it are in the minority and are simpletons or mentally ill.
Well yeah, 25% of the populace is a minority. Let's hope they limit their activism to yelling at the TV and radio. It's bad enough they vote without going out and conducting their own investigations.
"Many CEOs Believe Technology Will Make People Largely Irrelevant"
Yeah, as long as you don't need customers, workers are irrelevant. It's this fundamental misunderstanding of economics that's given us ridiculous policies where money is given to the rich instead of to the people who actually drive the economy. Even a lunatic like Henry Ford understood that high-earning workers benefitted himself, personally. It's a very short-sighted type of greed.
Oh... looks like the independent lab has shown that the TV is better than mine... time to throw my TV in the garbage...
Don't throw it out - put it on Craigslist so I can buy it, cheap. Got my last 55" 1080p LCD that way for $150. The guy wanted the lower latency of a newer model for gaming. Cool. That works for me. Then holler when the new tube is outdated. I'll be ready for a "new" one by then, too.
Yeah, I hear he's going to eat our babies, ban all birth-control, and put all Democrats into concentration camps too!!!!!!!
DID I MENTION THAT I'M TOTALLY RATIONAL, and in no way just a sore loser who is freaking out like a petulant child over losing an election?!?
Haha, that's funny because he's projecting Right-wing nut-job paranoia of forced abortions, banning guns, and FEMA camps onto the Left. I gotta say though, stuff like that is a lot funnier when it's true. There's plenty of stupidity on the Left nowadays, mainly in the form of the conservative impulse to regulate the lifestyles of others through coercive taxes and gun regulations, and a couple of phony science stances on second-hand smoke and vaccinations, but absurd paranoia is still mostly the province of the Right. As far as being sore losers, seriously, people are freaking out because Donald Trump was elected president, not because a Republican was. I keep wondering if the people who voted for him have any idea of who he is.
But where were these concerns about "government surveillance" not going away when Pres. Obama was expanding them rather than ending them like he promised in his first campaign.
People, rightly or wrongly, trusted Obama a lot more than they trust Trump. Certainly, Obama is a more mature person, and can handle criticism. I think these qualities lulled people into a greater sense of security. People were able to dismiss any valid criticism coming from the Right, because so much of the Right's criticisms were nonsense. Trump, on the other hand, is constantly lashing out at people, is incredibly immature, seems full of ridiculous ideas, and because of this, does not inspire confidence in most people.
"Some people can't exercise because they have a physical health condition that prevents them from doing so."
Odd how it doesn't prevent them heading off to buy a burger or doughnut isn't it?
Are you really that dense? Just because a person's in a wheelchair, you think they can't eat? Just because a person's fat doesn't mean they eat junk food, just as just because a person's skinny doesn't mean they eat a "healthy" diet. What I find really odd is that the level of comments in a science and technology site aren't much better than on YouTube.
It all depends on who gets murdered. If, for instance, a black gang member murders another black gang member, first off, probably no one will talk. And on the other end, no one will pursue it with much vigor. If, on the other hand, you murder a middle-class white person, a lot more effort will go into solving that crime. Witnesses will be more forthcoming. This is why big cities have a lower clearance rate for murders.
Yeah, and what kind of "sex crimes" are we even talking about? We already see kids getting arrested as "child pornographers" for sexting their BF or GF, and other such nonsense. Police seem to spend far more time and resources on policing consensual interactions than on actual crime. We need to get the government out of the personal morality business altogether.
I'm looking for a good Linux machine. I haven't bought anything other than a MBP in over a decade. I don't mind the price, I just want a fast, reliable laptop.
It's all about the specs. They all (PCs) use, more or less, the same parts. And to configure a machine to be comparable to a Mac, you're gonna end up paying a comparable price. Just pick reliable manufacturers, and look for the specs you want.
I don't know why you want to switch to Linux, but the reason I like Macs, and the thing that really sets them apart, is the OS. You have the ease of use, and all the other benefits that come with its GUI on one side, and on the other, the unix terminal. In other words, the best of both worlds. And, of course, if you have an iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, or the like, you have much better compatibility there. No one likes Apple, (except the fanboys). I've been using Apple computers since the eighties, and I don't like Apple. But I just can't imagine switching to Windows or Linux.
I was just talking to a friend today who has a Linux desktop, but also kept his MBP. He was talking about how he just doesn't have the time to always be futzing with the command line, and ends up just going to the MBP to get things done. Another friend I have loves it, and uses Linux exclusively, (I don't think he's ever had a Mac, though). You should hang on to both machines till you see how well Linux will work for you.
if you're using your computer and you didn't notice the paperback-sized device plugged into one of your USB ports, you may have other problems.
I walk into a lot of work places. What I see are a lot of those old "tower" boxes. You wouldn't see anything plugged into the back of one of those. Also, the device doesn't have to stay there forever. Not super-convenient, but workable. Also, the device is the size of a small cell phone, not the size of a paperback, and with a longer cable, and a little creativity, could be disguised and/or placed out of sight.
Well, uh, why is this doctor taking medical records home?
Really? You've never heard of people working from home? I think the takeaway of this article is that these giant cable companies, with their regional monopolies, don't need to compete by giving us what is clearly possible. Only those few cities which have decided to operate connectivity as a utility are providing fast internet.
...buying Internet capacity he doesn't need...
He seems to be putting it to good use. And our use always seem to catch up with our capabilities. I can remember getting a 4 GB hard disk, way back when, and thinking, "Man, I'll never fill this thing!" Now, of course, I'm watching 6 TB fill up. If everyone had 10 Gb/s service, who knows what uses would be found for it?
Compared to western leaders, he's pretty sane and is no bullshit. If you're crying about clandestine operations, the west is far more guilty *cough*clintonfoundation*cough*. That and the west blames Russia for all the problems when its their policy that is enslaving the poor.
You are so right! Putin makes Obama look like a raving lunatic. Mr. Putin always looks quite dignified, especially posing bare-chested on a horse. And that crooked Clinton Foundation! How are they allowed to get away with selling access to the Clintons, then using that money for black-bag operations like buying AIDS medicine, or books, (books!), for poor people? Lock her up, I say! What if all politicians gave access to big donors, and instead of using the money to fund their campaigns, used it help people? Wouldn't that be awful? Yes it would - it's un-American. Why can't they be more like the Trump Foundation and fund nice things - like paintings, or bailing out certain deserving job-creators in need? Sad.
...how stupid is this Jester? (S)he should be taking down IoT manufacturer's websites instead, because we *know* those are involved...
Right. There's no evidence it has anything to do with Russia. What is certain is that these companies - Qualcomm, Broadcom, Marvell, et al - knowingly put out insecure, and un-securable devices. Or rather, made the parts for manufacturers, who knowingly put out insecure, and un-securable devices. Incidentally, the person who published Mirai seems to be, at least, a fan of Japanese culture, if not Japanese herself. But, it's not known who launched the attack at this point.
That said, if you want to give the Russkies payback, there are plenty of real grievances to choose from.
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Global warming is not so much driven by corruption, as we're prevented from acting by those who've drunk the "hoax" Kool-Aid. Republican politicians, many of whom admitted privately that they understand the problem, are beholden to their voters. That is the biggest impediment to the Republican Party, and thus the rest of us. But "our part" got fixed under the last administration. If Trump simply does nothing, we'll at least meet the Kyoto goals.
You have a very short-sighted, not to mention selfish, view of the matter. No one is going to bring back the old industrial jobs because no one can. The very simple reason for that is that we can't compete on the wage level. And many of those old jobs are done by machines now, anyway. And yes, climate change is more important than the occasional "terrorist" attack. If you're worried about mass poverty, you should be worried about climate change. Sure, we have a number of years before it gets really bad, and there are other problems to solve, but they're not mutually exclusive.
Either way, I don't see Trump being the one to solve them. He's not even in office yet, and he's already backed down from almost every major campaign promise he made - the great wall, "lock 'er up!", "drain the swamp", "ban the Muslims", "end Obamacare", and others. If those are some of the reasons you elected him, I would think that would give you some pause. Does it?
So many of the "television" apps require that I have a cable subscription to use them. So, while I applaud Apple for making it easier, what I really want is to pay a (reasonably modest) fee to get the "channels" I want without having a cable or satellite subscription.
Please?
I've never had a cable subscription, so I was very happy when HBO Go came out. It seems a bit pricey to me at $15 per month, but ok. A few more channels at that price and I'd be paying the cost of cable service. Between HBO Go and Netflix, and filling the gaps by torrenting, I'm satisfied. If they're in no hurry to provide a legit outlet, I can wait, too.
You said "fake news". A segment of the population has become sensitive to that term as it relates to politics.
What strikes me is that Facebook is asking the very people that believe the fake news to point out it's fake news.
What I keep wondering is how the hell people can't tell the difference between real news and fake news? Do we really have this many people who can't read between the lines?
Yes, I'm being sorta rhetorical. I'm aware of the recent election. But, still...
I'm sure this will work perfectly, and everybody will respond honestly and accurately based on whether the story is factual, rather than whether or not it follows the correct political opinion.
Right. I think it'll come out as close as the recent election, with half voting up, and half voting down. That should be a big help to FB.
Maybe possibly some people know what satire is...
This is like defending some armed fucking nutjob because of Onion articles.
You don't understand. When he mentions John Stewart, he's been taught that all fact-based reporting is fake news, a.k.a., The Liberal Media. These people live in a kind of backwards-world, where well-informed people are stupid, Trump and his family are "classy", the Clintons are monsters capable of anything, and facts are liberal propaganda. So, haha, the Daily Show = fake news. That's why they can take an obvious troll story seriously. Their entire news diet is essentially trollery. And, that they could take this obvious nonsense seriously is what took everyone by surprise.
People who actually believe it are in the minority
Sure, but how about Conservative Facebook users who believe it? Are they in the minority?
Yeah. It's about 25% populace, and a little less than half the voters. Feel better?
The son of Trump's likely National Security Advisor is one of those gullible simpletons
Not to mention the President-Elect, and other cabinet appointees. I don't know whether Pizzagate has come to his attention, but he's tweeted about fake news on more than one occasion.
People who actually believe it are in the minority and are simpletons or mentally ill.
Well yeah, 25% of the populace is a minority. Let's hope they limit their activism to yelling at the TV and radio. It's bad enough they vote without going out and conducting their own investigations.
"Many CEOs Believe Technology Will Make People Largely Irrelevant"
Yeah, as long as you don't need customers, workers are irrelevant. It's this fundamental misunderstanding of economics that's given us ridiculous policies where money is given to the rich instead of to the people who actually drive the economy. Even a lunatic like Henry Ford understood that high-earning workers benefitted himself, personally. It's a very short-sighted type of greed.
Oh... looks like the independent lab has shown that the TV is better than mine... time to throw my TV in the garbage...
Don't throw it out - put it on Craigslist so I can buy it, cheap. Got my last 55" 1080p LCD that way for $150. The guy wanted the lower latency of a newer model for gaming. Cool. That works for me. Then holler when the new tube is outdated. I'll be ready for a "new" one by then, too.
Yeah, I hear he's going to eat our babies, ban all birth-control, and put all Democrats into concentration camps too!!!!!!!
DID I MENTION THAT I'M TOTALLY RATIONAL, and in no way just a sore loser who is freaking out like a petulant child over losing an election?!?
Haha, that's funny because he's projecting Right-wing nut-job paranoia of forced abortions, banning guns, and FEMA camps onto the Left. I gotta say though, stuff like that is a lot funnier when it's true. There's plenty of stupidity on the Left nowadays, mainly in the form of the conservative impulse to regulate the lifestyles of others through coercive taxes and gun regulations, and a couple of phony science stances on second-hand smoke and vaccinations, but absurd paranoia is still mostly the province of the Right.
As far as being sore losers, seriously, people are freaking out because Donald Trump was elected president, not because a Republican was. I keep wondering if the people who voted for him have any idea of who he is.
I'm firm believer in backups, so Awesome!
But where were these concerns about "government surveillance" not going away when Pres. Obama was expanding them rather than ending them like he promised in his first campaign.
People, rightly or wrongly, trusted Obama a lot more than they trust Trump. Certainly, Obama is a more mature person, and can handle criticism. I think these qualities lulled people into a greater sense of security. People were able to dismiss any valid criticism coming from the Right, because so much of the Right's criticisms were nonsense. Trump, on the other hand, is constantly lashing out at people, is incredibly immature, seems full of ridiculous ideas, and because of this, does not inspire confidence in most people.
more research is needed to determine whether similar findings could be replicated in people of other faiths, such as Catholics or Muslims.
Or favorite sports teams, or social movements, or fandoms, or whatever else makes people tick.
Eh, not quite the same thing. That stuff exists. And as far as further research being needed, I thought Tim Leary pretty much settled the question.
"Some people can't exercise because they have a physical health condition that prevents them from doing so."
Odd how it doesn't prevent them heading off to buy a burger or doughnut isn't it?
Are you really that dense? Just because a person's in a wheelchair, you think they can't eat? Just because a person's fat doesn't mean they eat junk food, just as just because a person's skinny doesn't mean they eat a "healthy" diet. What I find really odd is that the level of comments in a science and technology site aren't much better than on YouTube.
It all depends on who gets murdered. If, for instance, a black gang member murders another black gang member, first off, probably no one will talk. And on the other end, no one will pursue it with much vigor. If, on the other hand, you murder a middle-class white person, a lot more effort will go into solving that crime. Witnesses will be more forthcoming. This is why big cities have a lower clearance rate for murders.
Yeah, and what kind of "sex crimes" are we even talking about? We already see kids getting arrested as "child pornographers" for sexting their BF or GF, and other such nonsense. Police seem to spend far more time and resources on policing consensual interactions than on actual crime. We need to get the government out of the personal morality business altogether.
I'm looking for a good Linux machine. I haven't bought anything other than a MBP in over a decade. I don't mind the price, I just want a fast, reliable laptop.
It's all about the specs. They all (PCs) use, more or less, the same parts. And to configure a machine to be comparable to a Mac, you're gonna end up paying a comparable price. Just pick reliable manufacturers, and look for the specs you want.
I don't know why you want to switch to Linux, but the reason I like Macs, and the thing that really sets them apart, is the OS. You have the ease of use, and all the other benefits that come with its GUI on one side, and on the other, the unix terminal. In other words, the best of both worlds. And, of course, if you have an iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, or the like, you have much better compatibility there. No one likes Apple, (except the fanboys). I've been using Apple computers since the eighties, and I don't like Apple. But I just can't imagine switching to Windows or Linux.
I was just talking to a friend today who has a Linux desktop, but also kept his MBP. He was talking about how he just doesn't have the time to always be futzing with the command line, and ends up just going to the MBP to get things done. Another friend I have loves it, and uses Linux exclusively, (I don't think he's ever had a Mac, though). You should hang on to both machines till you see how well Linux will work for you.
just a run of the mill man in the middle attack? How is that novel? And, where's the part where they break into the actual computer?
Why not RTFA? You don't even have to google - the links are right at the top of this page.
if you're using your computer and you didn't notice the paperback-sized device plugged into one of your USB ports, you may have other problems.
I walk into a lot of work places. What I see are a lot of those old "tower" boxes. You wouldn't see anything plugged into the back of one of those. Also, the device doesn't have to stay there forever. Not super-convenient, but workable. Also, the device is the size of a small cell phone, not the size of a paperback, and with a longer cable, and a little creativity, could be disguised and/or placed out of sight.
Well, uh, why is this doctor taking medical records home?
Really? You've never heard of people working from home? I think the takeaway of this article is that these giant cable companies, with their regional monopolies, don't need to compete by giving us what is clearly possible. Only those few cities which have decided to operate connectivity as a utility are providing fast internet.
...buying Internet capacity he doesn't need...
He seems to be putting it to good use. And our use always seem to catch up with our capabilities. I can remember getting a 4 GB hard disk, way back when, and thinking, "Man, I'll never fill this thing!" Now, of course, I'm watching 6 TB fill up. If everyone had 10 Gb/s service, who knows what uses would be found for it?
You're right, you can't type a thorn! Yet you can type an eth, (Ð, ð). What's up with that?
Compared to western leaders, he's pretty sane and is no bullshit. If you're crying about clandestine operations, the west is far more guilty *cough*clintonfoundation*cough*. That and the west blames Russia for all the problems when its their policy that is enslaving the poor.
You are so right! Putin makes Obama look like a raving lunatic. Mr. Putin always looks quite dignified, especially posing bare-chested on a horse. And that crooked Clinton Foundation! How are they allowed to get away with selling access to the Clintons, then using that money for black-bag operations like buying AIDS medicine, or books, (books!), for poor people? Lock her up, I say! What if all politicians gave access to big donors, and instead of using the money to fund their campaigns, used it help people? Wouldn't that be awful? Yes it would - it's un-American. Why can't they be more like the Trump Foundation and fund nice things - like paintings, or bailing out certain deserving job-creators in need? Sad.
...how stupid is this Jester? (S)he should be taking down IoT manufacturer's websites instead, because we *know* those are involved...
Right. There's no evidence it has anything to do with Russia. What is certain is that these companies - Qualcomm, Broadcom, Marvell, et al - knowingly put out insecure, and un-securable devices. Or rather, made the parts for manufacturers, who knowingly put out insecure, and un-securable devices. Incidentally, the person who published Mirai seems to be, at least, a fan of Japanese culture, if not Japanese herself. But, it's not known who launched the attack at this point.
That said, if you want to give the Russkies payback, there are plenty of real grievances to choose from.
A British Supercomputer Can Predict Winter Weather a Year In Advance
Yeah, so can I: cold, with occasional snow and sleet.