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  1. Re: Of course you should merge the guts if you can on Users Don't Want iOS To Merge With MacOS, Apple Chief Tim Cook Says (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's as simple as being the same OS with a modified UI.

    A lot of the core system is open source, and you can look through it as I have. Even up to the UI layer (Cocoa/OpenStep) things are very similar, with obvious differences because the UI components need to be different, and other less obvious differences (probably because some developer thought it would be better to 'fix' some things, and also because they were working very, very quickly to get iOS out and sometimes the work feels hasty).

  2. Re:Regarding this Human Level Intelligence AI on Kurzweil Predicts Universal Basic Incomes Worldwide Within 20 Years (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 1

    once an organization reaches HLI++, what will they do? Put that in an Alexa, or Siri? Put that in enterprises to relieve human workers? Doubt it. This is such a big step, that "program" will either be co-opted by an army, or its pricey (closely controlled) services be sold to selected people.

    All of the above and more: it will be in your microwave, in your washing machine, and in your car.

  3. Re:Rationality is not rewarded on Kurzweil Predicts Universal Basic Incomes Worldwide Within 20 Years (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 1

    Systemd tends to run on whatever assumption works for the material benefit of the people in power.

    FTFY.

  4. Yes, really. The last paragraph you wrote shows you are at least a little aware, so there is still hope for you to become unblinded by partisanship. :)

  5. Even if we agreed we wanted it on Kurzweil Predicts Universal Basic Incomes Worldwide Within 20 Years (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I admire his optimism. Even if we agreed we wanted it exactly at this moment, it would take 20 years to finally agree on how we'd want it to look. One side would be arguing, "Only the private sector can operate the program efficiently! Contract it out!" The other side would be saying, "I will burn my bra if it's not single-payer! Because that's what we have in Europe!" And a small, but attention grabbing group would say, "the whole thing needs to follow the Bitcoin-standard!" Because gold-standard is so 20th century.

    Then some clown (probably Steve Urkel) would somehow get elected and unexpectedly negotiate a peace with the robots.

  6. Assange said it wasn't a government actor. Others with connections to Wikileaks have said it was a leak from inside the DNC (which wouldn't be surprising, there are of course members in the DNC who get annoyed by corruption).

    It's worth noting that there are several sets of emails, and keeping track of them all and where they came from can be confusing.

  7. Here's a tip: if a clown can beat you, the problem isn't the clown ...

    Quote of the day.

  8. Trump did look like the easiest candidate to beat. He ran rallies uncomfortably similar to those of Hitler,

    You need to break yourself out of your cognitive biases on this one, mate. As soon as you start comparing people to Hitler, you've gone off the deep-end of the partisan swamp. Likewise if you compare the candidate to the Antichrist. Only people who already agree with you will agree with you.

    Trump did not look like Hitler, it's your biases that are distorting the view.

  9. The DNC did the same thing after Watergate. That was a pretty successful lawsuit, and they gained a lot from it.

    What happened with that lawsuit? I didn't know about it.

  10. Re: You can all thank Trump on North Korean Leader Says He Will Suspend Arms Tests, Shut Nuclear Test Site (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh, how recent exactly do you consider modern?

  11. Now that Choa is gone, AoA just doesn't have it any more.

  12. I have serious doubts that a peace treaty will happen, of course I could be wrong, but in any case Trump did good so far.

  13. Re: Of course you should merge the guts if you can on Users Don't Want iOS To Merge With MacOS, Apple Chief Tim Cook Says (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    The OSes actually are merged, unless that's changed recently. They both use the same kernel. Of course, as you move up the stack the frameworks are more and more different until you get to the GUI. But even the GUI api's are similar in a lot of ways.

  14. Re: Is there some real science behind it? on AI Helps Grow 6 Billion Roaches at China's Largest Breeding Site (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    In my experience, cultures that have been stable longer have better traditional cures than cultures that haven't. Some cultures will give you a stomach cure that makes you worse.

  15. Re: Why does basic income keep appearing here? on Finland Is Killing Its Basic Income Experiment (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah but a lot of those immigrants are actually really conservative. Once they realize that Republicans aren't actually any more racist than Democrats, then Democrats will be in trouble.

  16. Re: Trade war could break out too on ZTE Exports Ban May Mean No Google Apps, a Death Sentence For Its Smartphones (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I want to point out that the US has defaulted twice on its debt in the last hundred years. History says they will default again.

  17. Re: Corporate deatch sentence? on ZTE Exports Ban May Mean No Google Apps, a Death Sentence For Its Smartphones (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ...They get better.

  18. Re: What skills are required? on AI Researchers Are Making More Than $1 Million, Even at a Nonprofit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You can't use someone else's engine if you want to invent new AI. Some tools like twnsorfoow can help, but if you want to make a million in annual salary you have to be able to do more than train a NN.

  19. Re: Peter Norvig on AI Researchers Are Making More Than $1 Million, Even at a Nonprofit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Who else do you think of? I think of Donald Knuth for sure

  20. Peter Norvig on AI Researchers Are Making More Than $1 Million, Even at a Nonprofit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Peter Norvig is probably worth mentioning, since he is one of the biggest names in AI, one of the biggest names in programming, and almost certainly is making millions at Google. He's the kind of guy who could create Bitcoin in his spare time if he wanted to.

  21. Re:What skills are required? on AI Researchers Are Making More Than $1 Million, Even at a Nonprofit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Right now it's all deep-learning neural networks, so linear algebra combined with calculus and statistics (of course, statistics with calculus), and C++ kinds of parallel processing. If you can do all that then the theoretical parts are things you can get caught up on in six months.

  22. But the reality is, things are getting worse faster than they're getting better.

    Wow, no. In your made up universe, it is. Meanwhile back in the real world pollution controls are improving pretty much everywhere and we no longer put lead in gasoline.

  23. Re:Easy to calculate on Since 2016, Half of All Coral In the Great Barrier Reef Has Died (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    The point of Zeno's thought experiment (and his others) wasn't to show that time and space were broken, but rather to show that logic (especially the logic they used at the time) was broken. And indeed he was correct, as Godel showed.

  24. Re: More bad news on Since 2016, Half of All Coral In the Great Barrier Reef Has Died (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    So true. I don't understand all the pessimism *and anger* in America. Go skydiving and clear your mind. It's a great place!

  25. Re: Work/Life balance on The Higher Your Salary, the More Time Your Employer Will Pay You Not To Work (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    It's probably ambiguous like much of language, but when we say 3 weeks we mean 15 days, and although that can be confusing the first time you hear it, once you know, then you know (again, like much of human language).