Indeed, there are books and websites dedicated to old laws that would seem crazy by normal standards but are still on the books. They've never been removed, it's just that they ceased to be prosecuted. Perhaps pot use will fall under this.
The problem is, though, those laws are still on the books. They could be used for malicious or targeted prosecution. How about getting fined for bothering bullfrogs in Arizona, or a 30-day sentence for flirting in Little Rock Arkansas?
Dropping prosecution is a good start, but eventually outdated laws need to be removed.
Good for you, but I don't see the assumption that the "average" trucker doesn't have an electronics degree etc is insulting. It's not just truckers. A *lot* of people specialize and tend to get sunk into a particular career/education path.
Sure, some of them will be able to fall back onto some other skill. Some will be able to turn hobbies into great jobs. It happens, but not that frequently.
I was starting school as the lumber industry began to fall back in my home province. Some of those guys moved to an IT path and were great at it. I know another guy who became an electrician. Whatever the outliers, there were *lots* of people in my class (coming from the lumber industry) who had no place in IT. They simply couldn't grasp the concepts, or - when they did - there were struggling in the face of others who had more aptitude. So why choose IT? There were simply no more jobs in the industry they'd worked for 20+ years... or at least none that would pay the bills. Everyone was being told "IT is the future of jobs" so they ended up in my program. But frankly, people who'd been working in remote locations for half their lives or more simple didn't have enough exposure or grasp of technology for that industry. It ended up swamping classes with people who dropped out, or barely passed tests by studying 24/7 but who had no real aptitude for the work in a real-life situation.
If the human-driven transportation industry started to be replaced by automation, how many "truckers" would find themselves in dire straights? I'd guess it would be similar to the lumber industry. Some people would move to [industry that supposedly has jobs] but find themselves without an aptitude. Some would drop out, some would scrape through. Others would find a natural skill for something else and do OK. There would be lots though who would simply find themselves struggling to find relevance in the current job market, and go through hell for it.
It's not about being incapable of doing anything else. It's being capable of doing something else that pays the bills and has job opportunities available before you go bankrupt. When you've got a wife, kids, and mortgage, it's not easy to just pick up and move on. Education is expensive and takes time. Other skills may not necessarily equal any sort of immediate job opportunity. It's not that you're incapable, it's that the opportunities might not exist for the average person, especially when the markets would be saturated by your fellows also suddenly looking for work and have bills to pay.
You can't personally consume, but you could have a small army of concubines popping out kids who do. For some of the world's hyper-wealthy, this isn't far from reality either...
Such a system will collapse because the top 1% needs the rest of the population to buy the products they make
But why do they need this? Who will control manufacturing?
Imagine a future like this: quality food is grown, maintained and harvested in optimal conditions by robots. Most common items are created by robots, similar to 3d printing but on a high-quality industrial scale (perhaps assembly by nano-bot). If a rich person wants something, he/she grabs a catalog item and simply has it assembled by nanobots. There's not even a need to buy materials as the bots can simply disassemble+reconstitute almost anything as raw materials. Bots are also optimal for defence, as any intruders can be taken apart in a manner similar to the building materials with no evidence that they even existed.
Of course the "normal" people can't afford nanobots. They're reduced to a near survival. Perhaps they have to purchase products from the wealthy (who again, control everything). Perhaps the rich don't even need them, as - again - they can have whatever they want built for them.
The only thing normals would be useful for (to the rich) would be entertainment, or to think up ideas for new "toys" for the rich. Some form of movies or music might exist, but likely those high up would probably not even have even see a normal person much less interact with one.
Which extensions? The only special extensions I've used are ones that are in the C++ draft but not current-version. You generally have to add special flags to use them.
That would be the middle of the three E's (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish). Stupid as it sounds for people to use OS-specific extensions in many circumstances, it's not exactly uncommon.
Indeed. Playing something like BF4 and getting ganked five times a minute by some foul-mouthed little bastard who insists on insulting both one's skills and parentage isn't going to do much for reducing stress levels...
Actually, what *IS* the point, except to get attention?
What did they expect to gain from this? What was the cause? If it's due to actions in a foreign country, then what does terrorism against the public accomplish? More militarization and privacy restrictions probably aren't going to help reduce US foreign influence (except in cases of perhaps spreading it a bit thin).
I've never understood the logic in targeting civilians as opposed to those in power who actually make decisions or wield influence/money (not that I support either),
Actually, I wonder if there's a Snowden (well, NSA) link here.
From what I've read, MS is now known (though previously suspected) to pass on access and backdoors to the NSA. Hereto, it stands that the NSA - and by extension the US gov't - has some stake in ensuring that MS continues to live on. With the push for "secure computing", it seems that backdoors and lock-in may be integrated down to the hardware level. Maybe MS doesn't give a f*** because they don't expect they'll have to, as sometime in the not-so-far future people will be even more locked into their OS than now.
Portable languages, I agree that MSVC++ is definitely a bit of lock-in... but toolkits are starting to be fairly cross-platform, with LeadWerks, Unity, and many others supporting not only Mac but also Linux and mobile devices.
Depending on your tools, it may be a matter of using different IDE's/compilers for different OS's, but it's still doable.
We don't have to eat them. I heard the polar bears in the north are having trouble getting food due to the melt-off. Maybe polar-bears would like anti-vaxxers?
Higher overall payment, but a lower per-unit cost. If the costs of energy were to increase, then in theory energy-saving would become more desirable (and hopefully more common).
Eventually it reaches a trade-off where paying extra better home insulation, more efficient appliances, etc is more affordable than paying for extra power.
Phonetic spelling fails in some ways because various words that sound very close (or the same) have different meanings. Which witch is which, and all that.
Instead of watching the same file, a decent machine (and internet connection) these days can transcode video and stream out to your remote significant-other.
I used to get my girlfriend (now wife) to login to my VPN and then we'd fire up a movie with voice-chat on a different channel.
So when you "donate" to a project IndieGoGo gets the money immediately? I suppose that works well for them as an operational cost (and frankly, at an individual contribution rate most people aren't likely to make much interest,).
If you're worried about that, then the Kickstart model might work better. Your "pledge" doesn't get charged to your account (credit card/paypal/etc) until the project reaches the minimum funding+cutoff date.
Does this money actually go to a project before it reaches the end-date? The details on the site don't really mention either way. On KS projects, your donation is more of a pledge, which only goes through if the target is made by the end-date of the project.
In reducing the obvious trolls yet, but it also stifles opinions that go against the common groupthink. Some of them manage to get through, but often intelligent, well-laid-out ideas get buried under propaganda and zealotism.
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Indeed, there are books and websites dedicated to old laws that would seem crazy by normal standards but are still on the books. They've never been removed, it's just that they ceased to be prosecuted. Perhaps pot use will fall under this.
The problem is, though, those laws are still on the books. They could be used for malicious or targeted prosecution. How about getting fined for bothering bullfrogs in Arizona, or a 30-day sentence for flirting in Little Rock Arkansas?
Dropping prosecution is a good start, but eventually outdated laws need to be removed.
That's depressing. The Eloi of this world are likely to be pretty fat and unhealthy. They wouldn't taste very good...
Good for you, but I don't see the assumption that the "average" trucker doesn't have an electronics degree etc is insulting. It's not just truckers. A *lot* of people specialize and tend to get sunk into a particular career/education path.
Sure, some of them will be able to fall back onto some other skill. Some will be able to turn hobbies into great jobs. It happens, but not that frequently.
I was starting school as the lumber industry began to fall back in my home province. Some of those guys moved to an IT path and were great at it. I know another guy who became an electrician. Whatever the outliers, there were *lots* of people in my class (coming from the lumber industry) who had no place in IT. They simply couldn't grasp the concepts, or - when they did - there were struggling in the face of others who had more aptitude. So why choose IT? There were simply no more jobs in the industry they'd worked for 20+ years... or at least none that would pay the bills. Everyone was being told "IT is the future of jobs" so they ended up in my program. But frankly, people who'd been working in remote locations for half their lives or more simple didn't have enough exposure or grasp of technology for that industry. It ended up swamping classes with people who dropped out, or barely passed tests by studying 24/7 but who had no real aptitude for the work in a real-life situation.
If the human-driven transportation industry started to be replaced by automation, how many "truckers" would find themselves in dire straights? I'd guess it would be similar to the lumber industry. Some people would move to [industry that supposedly has jobs] but find themselves without an aptitude. Some would drop out, some would scrape through. Others would find a natural skill for something else and do OK. There would be lots though who would simply find themselves struggling to find relevance in the current job market, and go through hell for it.
It's not about being incapable of doing anything else. It's being capable of doing something else that pays the bills and has job opportunities available before you go bankrupt. When you've got a wife, kids, and mortgage, it's not easy to just pick up and move on. Education is expensive and takes time. Other skills may not necessarily equal any sort of immediate job opportunity. It's not that you're incapable, it's that the opportunities might not exist for the average person, especially when the markets would be saturated by your fellows also suddenly looking for work and have bills to pay.
You can't personally consume, but you could have a small army of concubines popping out kids who do.
For some of the world's hyper-wealthy, this isn't far from reality either...
Such a system will collapse because the top 1% needs the rest of the population to buy the products they make
But why do they need this? Who will control manufacturing?
Imagine a future like this: quality food is grown, maintained and harvested in optimal conditions by robots. Most common items are created by robots, similar to 3d printing but on a high-quality industrial scale (perhaps assembly by nano-bot). If a rich person wants something, he/she grabs a catalog item and simply has it assembled by nanobots. There's not even a need to buy materials as the bots can simply disassemble+reconstitute almost anything as raw materials. Bots are also optimal for defence, as any intruders can be taken apart in a manner similar to the building materials with no evidence that they even existed.
Of course the "normal" people can't afford nanobots. They're reduced to a near survival. Perhaps they have to purchase products from the wealthy (who again, control everything). Perhaps the rich don't even need them, as - again - they can have whatever they want built for them.
The only thing normals would be useful for (to the rich) would be entertainment, or to think up ideas for new "toys" for the rich. Some form of movies or music might exist, but likely those high up would probably not even have even see a normal person much less interact with one.
Which extensions? The only special extensions I've used are ones that are in the C++ draft but not current-version. You generally have to add special flags to use them.
That would be the middle of the three E's (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish). Stupid as it sounds for people to use OS-specific extensions in many circumstances, it's not exactly uncommon.
Indeed. Playing something like BF4 and getting ganked five times a minute by some foul-mouthed little bastard who insists on insulting both one's skills and parentage isn't going to do much for reducing stress levels...
In other words, if somebody tells you he/she is driving, and you continue to text, then you may be liable.
So if I send a text saying
"Call me when you get to [destination]" or "Call me when you're not driving"
what's my liability there?
Actually, what *IS* the point, except to get attention?
What did they expect to gain from this? What was the cause?
If it's due to actions in a foreign country, then what does terrorism against the public accomplish? More militarization and privacy restrictions probably aren't going to help reduce US foreign influence (except in cases of perhaps spreading it a bit thin).
I've never understood the logic in targeting civilians as opposed to those in power who actually make decisions or wield influence/money (not that I support either),
Actually, I wonder if there's a Snowden (well, NSA) link here.
From what I've read, MS is now known (though previously suspected) to pass on access and backdoors to the NSA. Hereto, it stands that the NSA - and by extension the US gov't - has some stake in ensuring that MS continues to live on. With the push for "secure computing", it seems that backdoors and lock-in may be integrated down to the hardware level. Maybe MS doesn't give a f*** because they don't expect they'll have to, as sometime in the not-so-far future people will be even more locked into their OS than now.
Portable languages, I agree that MSVC++ is definitely a bit of lock-in... but toolkits are starting to be fairly cross-platform, with LeadWerks, Unity, and many others supporting not only Mac but also Linux and mobile devices.
Depending on your tools, it may be a matter of using different IDE's/compilers for different OS's, but it's still doable.
Odd as it might seem, I can like somebody (or some corp) without fully trusting them.
Like a fun buddy who you wouldn't want to introduce to your sister...
We don't have to eat them. I heard the polar bears in the north are having trouble getting food due to the melt-off. Maybe polar-bears would like anti-vaxxers?
for less than 10 grand
Well then, I'll just head on down to WalMart and drop the extra $8k I have sitting around on a generator...
Oh wait.. anyone want to lend me 8K?
Higher overall payment, but a lower per-unit cost.
If the costs of energy were to increase, then in theory energy-saving would become more desirable (and hopefully more common).
Eventually it reaches a trade-off where paying extra better home insulation, more efficient appliances, etc is more affordable than paying for extra power.
Phonetic spelling fails in some ways because various words that sound very close (or the same) have different meanings.
Which witch is which, and all that.
For a more amusing example, see here
I don't know about being "born" able to do so, but hopefully most people around here can read the shortcut that's listed beside a menu item.
History... Recently Closed Tabs...
Yup, the last one has a CTRL+SHIFT+T shortcut listed beside it.
Instead of watching the same file, a decent machine (and internet connection) these days can transcode video and stream out to your remote significant-other.
I used to get my girlfriend (now wife) to login to my VPN and then we'd fire up a movie with voice-chat on a different channel.
I think you misspelled "shudder", though perhaps you meant to use "cry"
So when you "donate" to a project IndieGoGo gets the money immediately?
I suppose that works well for them as an operational cost (and frankly, at an individual contribution rate most people aren't likely to make much interest,).
If you're worried about that, then the Kickstart model might work better. Your "pledge" doesn't get charged to your account (credit card/paypal/etc) until the project reaches the minimum funding+cutoff date.
I've only used KS etc, rather than Indiegogo.
Does this money actually go to a project before it reaches the end-date? The details on the site don't really mention either way.
On KS projects, your donation is more of a pledge, which only goes through if the target is made by the end-date of the project.
It seems to work pretty well for Slashdot
In reducing the obvious trolls yet, but it also stifles opinions that go against the common groupthink. Some of them manage to get through, but often intelligent, well-laid-out ideas get buried under propaganda and zealotism.
The question is, where to go? At this rate we'll probably you'd probably need to flee the damn planet to find any real freedom/liberty.