At least Google offers up both open-source Chromium and Chrome. And free alternatives exist - from Lynx to Opera to Ice Weasel.
But its the *Operating System* keeping tabs on you now; and that, closed-source, so you're not sure exactly what "telemetry" it publishes back to the mothership.
Here's how real life 'worked out' for the author -- she who collected social security cheques as one who “regards it as restitution and opposes all forms of welfare statism”.
Rand underwent surgery for lung cancer in 1974 after decades of heavy smoking.[95] In 1976, she retired from writing her newsletter and, despite her initial objections, allowed Evva Pryor, a social worker from her attorney's office, to enroll her in Social Security and Medicare.[96][97] During the late 1970s her activities within the Objectivist movement declined, especially after the death of her husband on November 9, 1979.[98] One of her final projects was work on a never-completed television adaptation of Atlas Shrugged.[99]
But to your main point - 'to each according to his needs' (Rand's story) is very different from 'set minimum wage' (Gravity Payments).
In fact, the story it should remind you of is this one (at least that's what Gravity's CEO states was his inspiration behind his move): https://www.biblegateway.com/p...
Hahah.. how did you get this so wrong? Netflix is pretty much the diametric opposite of Gravity Payments in employee treatment.
Netflix's leave policies may *look* like an 'eat what you want' buffet. However the manager at this diner has been known to grab diners he don't like and turf them out. Something that may encourage moderate eating.
Returning to Gravity - I'm pretty sure it'll be doing better than its industry peers within the year.
Ah, *that* famous slide deck. Here's a ground report on how it works in practise.
http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Netf... -- High pay, high stress, no job security Sr. Manager (Current Employee), Los Gatos, CA – July 28, 2015 Pros: High salaryCons: Culture is cut-throat, not collaborative They live their Culture Deck and people are disposable. The smallest mistake could cost you your job, particularly if the overly-powerful HR business partners take issue with it. There are some good people there, but by and large the complete lack of job security (they don't hesitate to fire people) creates a CYA culture whereby senior management (directors and above) line their organizations with potential "fall guys" that they can lay the blame on (and fire) in the event that anything goes wrong. At least they pay good severance (4-9 months of salary, depending on level).
Pay is high, but other benefits are pretty weak. Healthcare is particularly expensive if you have a family.
The store may not, but the parent company probably *has* it in stock - in a warehouse, at other stores, or somewhere in its supply chain. It just doesn't have an economical way to elicit your requirements and expose this info to you... yet.
Of course, this guy may have done all this in the middle of his private ranch of many square miles where he lives alone and nothing can go wrong. But walk down this slope with me for a minute , will you...
Is it legal to climb your roof, and point a loaded handgun at your neighbour's head? As he walks on his lawn? Then wave your gun around, loose a shot into your own porch, wave it around some more, then point it at his head? Rinse and repeat?
If its legal, that's where we're headed. "But its a drone!" does not make it any better.
"5) Real AI will almost certainly demand equality under the law and refuse to be mankind's slaves - no need to fear they will take over all the jobs by working cheaply."
What if the first Real AI we create is a dog-like being?
The XBox one. And its mandatory 'must call home everyday' procedures they had planned. At one point, Microsoft was even willing to forgo some military sales (XBox in entertainment rooms on US Navy battleships cannot 'call home everyday'). Thankfully, they nixed that. Hopefully they'll have a setting in Windows registry or something to turn this off. Even Update-Nazi apps like Google Chrome offer this (at least in Chromium).
That last point was really a throwaway, but even moving enough to cutting a commute by half (say) saves that much time over the years its like the second job you didn't need to keep.
If employers are reluctant, ask for a trial -- say, commute everyday for the first two month (settle in, build relationships). Then the trial - work from home a day a week for two months. Then, the employer considers changing your home/office mixture.
Please remember -- more productivity at home is often at the expense of less productivity of your colleagues at the office. Simply because its easier to walk up and interrupt them in person. Acknowledging this fact will go a long smooth toward smoothing over potential jealously (your colleagues), and potential heartburn (your's - if your request was declined).
If still no, and the job's a keeper, try moving closer to work.
Will work that OS's do change much in future you think?
Will their core work still be interfacing filesystems, networking, processes and accounts to the underlying tin?
Will some UI-type tasks typically carried out by applications shift the OS? (UI: voice/video/gaze/gesture recognition... user information management: social feeds, messages... environment management:... malware detection) Will there be real-time requirements?
Its is a peculiar computer science conceit - that people, with their biases and foibles, can be replaced by sufficiently sophisticated computing resources.
The conceit shows up everywhere - from users with 'system says no' responses, to Google's algorithmic approach to everything, to OLPC talking of heli-dropping laptops into remote villages, to apps for everything: no matter how unimportant.
Unfortunately, instead of augmenting humans tech tries to supplant them
First an overly broad patent (wait until a toilet seat manufacturer patents 'diagnosing- while-enthroned'). Now this.
Thought I don't think there's anything wrong with using a drone for this, as long as inhabitants (i.e. owners and renters) of a covered property have a choice in the matter. But its likely someone in Allstate is already dreams of a fleet of cheap unmanned drones in every Allstate building, sent off on frequent 'combat missions' to increase premiums and reduce claims.
Looks like someone's funded Allstate's Technology department a bit too well.
No. Nukes were and are produced by government owned national labs*. Not by gunsmiths-turned-megacorps. Nukes = nuclear bombs. Nukes != yellowcake. No. Private citizens or corporations cannot lawfully buy nukes. Or import them from Russia.
The shooter in Sydney had access to one 1950s era French shotgun. He could only kill one person before special operations police killed him. Same guy with US gun laws = fully automatic weapons.
Slashdot Mirror
Hmmm ... 'computers' used to have to go to school as well.
"Why not make it really simple? If your system gets broken into, it's your fault. "
So your home gets burgled, and its *all* your fault? Not the burglar's? Regardless of the precautions you took?
Though in this case, it was not an innocent home burgled , but an Alibaba's cave full of stolen goods.
At least Google offers up both open-source Chromium and Chrome. And free alternatives exist - from Lynx to Opera to Ice Weasel.
But its the *Operating System* keeping tabs on you now; and that, closed-source, so you're not sure exactly what "telemetry" it publishes back to the mothership.
> Needless to say, it did not work out well.
Thanks - but that's a story.
Here's how real life 'worked out' for the author -- she who collected social security cheques as one who “regards it as restitution and opposes all forms of welfare statism”.
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://ari.aynrand.org/issues...
Rand underwent surgery for lung cancer in 1974 after decades of heavy smoking.[95] In 1976, she retired from writing her newsletter and, despite her initial objections, allowed Evva Pryor, a social worker from her attorney's office, to enroll her in Social Security and Medicare.[96][97] During the late 1970s her activities within the Objectivist movement declined, especially after the death of her husband on November 9, 1979.[98] One of her final projects was work on a never-completed television adaptation of Atlas Shrugged.[99]
But to your main point - 'to each according to his needs' (Rand's story) is very different from 'set minimum wage' (Gravity Payments).
In fact, the story it should remind you of is this one (at least that's what Gravity's CEO states was his inspiration behind his move):
https://www.biblegateway.com/p...
Hahah.. how did you get this so wrong? Netflix is pretty much the diametric opposite of Gravity Payments in employee treatment.
Netflix's leave policies may *look* like an 'eat what you want' buffet. However the manager at this diner has been known to grab diners he don't like and turf them out. Something that may encourage moderate eating.
Returning to Gravity - I'm pretty sure it'll be doing better than its industry peers within the year.
Ah, *that* famous slide deck. Here's a ground report on how it works in practise.
http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Netf...
--
High pay, high stress, no job security
Sr. Manager (Current Employee), Los Gatos, CA – July 28, 2015
Pros: High salaryCons: Culture is cut-throat, not collaborative
They live their Culture Deck and people are disposable. The smallest mistake could cost you your job, particularly if the overly-powerful HR business partners take issue with it. There are some good people there, but by and large the complete lack of job security (they don't hesitate to fire people) creates a CYA culture whereby senior management (directors and above) line their organizations with potential "fall guys" that they can lay the blame on (and fire) in the event that anything goes wrong. At least they pay good severance (4-9 months of salary, depending on level).
Pay is high, but other benefits are pretty weak. Healthcare is particularly expensive if you have a family.
Why stop there... add a projector on a movable arm.
The store may not, but the parent company probably *has* it in stock - in a warehouse, at other stores, or somewhere in its supply chain. It just doesn't have an economical way to elicit your requirements and expose this info to you ... yet.
A spreadsheet at Google is state of the art; simultaneous edits, web-enabled, authenticated changes, version control.
FTFY.
Of course, this guy may have done all this in the middle of his private ranch of many square miles where he lives alone and nothing can go wrong. But walk down this slope with me for a minute , will you...
Is it legal to climb your roof, and point a loaded handgun at your neighbour's head? As he walks on his lawn? Then wave your gun around, loose a shot into your own porch, wave it around some more, then point it at his head? Rinse and repeat?
If its legal, that's where we're headed. "But its a drone!" does not make it any better.
"5) Real AI will almost certainly demand equality under the law and refuse to be mankind's slaves - no need to fear they will take over all the jobs by working cheaply."
What if the first Real AI we create is a dog-like being?
... only then we'll know enough to judge which movie got it really right.
The XBox one. And its mandatory 'must call home everyday' procedures they had planned. At one point, Microsoft was even willing to forgo some military sales (XBox in entertainment rooms on US Navy battleships cannot 'call home everyday'). Thankfully, they nixed that. Hopefully they'll have a setting in Windows registry or something to turn this off. Even Update-Nazi apps like Google Chrome offer this (at least in Chromium).
Yea. The elites in afghanistan and iraq are careful. Very careful.
I wouldn't knock this guy... he's been on both sides, obviously. Its a valuable perspective
That last point was really a throwaway, but even moving enough to cutting a commute by half (say) saves that much time over the years its like the second job you didn't need to keep.
My answer said *ask*, not "demand".
Ask.
If employers are reluctant, ask for a trial -- say, commute everyday for the first two month (settle in, build relationships). Then the trial - work from home a day a week for two months. Then, the employer considers changing your home/office mixture.
Please remember -- more productivity at home is often at the expense of less productivity of your colleagues at the office. Simply because its easier to walk up and interrupt them in person. Acknowledging this fact will go a long smooth toward smoothing over potential jealously (your colleagues), and potential heartburn (your's - if your request was declined).
If still no, and the job's a keeper, try moving closer to work.
Will work that OS's do change much in future you think?
Will their core work still be interfacing filesystems, networking, processes and accounts to the underlying tin?
Will some UI-type tasks typically carried out by applications shift the OS? (UI: voice/video/gaze/gesture recognition... user information management: social feeds, messages... environment management: ... malware detection) Will there be real-time requirements?
Its is a peculiar computer science conceit - that people, with their biases and foibles, can be replaced by sufficiently sophisticated computing resources.
The conceit shows up everywhere - from users with 'system says no' responses, to Google's algorithmic approach to everything, to OLPC talking of heli-dropping laptops into remote villages, to apps for everything: no matter how unimportant.
Unfortunately, instead of augmenting humans tech tries to supplant them
Didn't Allstate show up yesterday with a silly patent?
http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
First an overly broad patent (wait until a toilet seat manufacturer patents 'diagnosing- while-enthroned'). Now this.
Thought I don't think there's anything wrong with using a drone for this, as long as inhabitants (i.e. owners and renters) of a covered property have a choice in the matter. But its likely someone in Allstate is already dreams of a fleet of cheap unmanned drones in every Allstate building, sent off on frequent 'combat missions' to increase premiums and reduce claims.
Looks like someone's funded Allstate's Technology department a bit too well.
And also, making that information available to specified "private entities".
(probably any entity with enough money to muscle into some named market)
thanks kanye!
No.
Nukes were and are produced by government owned national labs*. Not by gunsmiths-turned-megacorps.
Nukes = nuclear bombs.
Nukes != yellowcake.
No. Private citizens or corporations cannot lawfully buy nukes. Or import them from Russia.
*Now operated by private contractors to whom the govt. pays a management fee: http://thebulletin.org/us-nucl...
The govt. still owns the labs.
The shooter in Sydney had access to one 1950s era French shotgun. He could only kill one person before special operations police killed him. Same guy with US gun laws = fully automatic weapons.