Yeah, Business Insider just went down a notch of respect in my view.
I like this graph from the article. I'll bet that drop in wages has more to do with Brexit than with anything systemic. But the article makes it seems like a deep conspiracy.
It's not a lie. The government measures unemployment in many different ways, and economists are all familiar with the disadvantages of each method. Anyone who has taken a basic economics course knows the different methods. Anyone who has read the Wikipedia page knows the different methods (note to ignoramuses: please be familiar with the information on that page before commenting).
(Personally though, I have trouble feeling sorry for people who can't even bother to look for a job once a month.)
No doubt Woz could code circles around me for what he was coding for. That's not why I or any of my peers write code. It's a tool to get a job done and move on to the next job.
Woz would get done and move on to the next job faster than you in any language.
You would probably find that you are unhappy with his review of systemd.
In fact, since systemd has turned into a kind of tribal warfare, where facts don't matter and sides are the only thing, someone who comes with a fact-based argument would likely be rejected by both sides.
If you think you can write a better systemd, then do it. Frankly, it's not that hard, the main thing people want is an easy way to write init scripts. You don't need to include a time-server. The difficulty is gettiing the UI correct (that is, making it easy for system builders to write init scripts).
Edward Markey is a member of the democratic party, so at this point he has no power whatsoever in congress. It's great that he feels this way but unless he can convince enough other people to care, then he's just pissing in the wind (ie, pandering to his base).
Makes perfect sense if you realize it's not AI, it's actually machine learning that is being called AI.
Machine learning is a form of AI. The proper way to make the point you are trying to make is to say, "That's just weak AI. They aren't even trying to make strong AI." Then you can lead into a discussion of why weak AI will never take over the planet.
No lol. The key question to ask in evaluating art is, "What was communicated by that art?" In the case of AI art, the answer is, "a bunch of derivative crap." Though frankly that describes a lot of human created art as well, AI art has not reached the level of human crap.
In fact, if you can get a thousand like-minded people who actually want to talk to your politician (instead of signing some kind of online poll), there is also a very good chance the politician will want to talk to you. Especially if you can speak rationally instead of emotionally.
Someone pointed out to me that the first jobs lost to computers were not unskilled jobs, they were the highly skilled jobs of people who were very, very good at math (a job that was known, not coincidentally, as a "computer"). Even today, computers can calculate the trajectory of a rocket going to the moon far more easily than they can fold laundry. So you shouldn't think that AI will first replace low-skilled jobs. One of the most common attempts at applying AI has been diagnosis by doctors. That's not a low-skill job.
The Chinese workforce becomes more and more skilled every year. They have time to adjust.
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Yeah, Business Insider just went down a notch of respect in my view.
I like this graph from the article. I'll bet that drop in wages has more to do with Brexit than with anything systemic. But the article makes it seems like a deep conspiracy.
It's not a lie. The government measures unemployment in many different ways, and economists are all familiar with the disadvantages of each method. Anyone who has taken a basic economics course knows the different methods. Anyone who has read the Wikipedia page knows the different methods (note to ignoramuses: please be familiar with the information on that page before commenting).
(Personally though, I have trouble feeling sorry for people who can't even bother to look for a job once a month.)
You could probably spend an afternoon to make a clone that is more suited to your taste in every way.
Sounds psycho-somatic.
How old is your oldest computer?
Just because we haven't figured out how to communicate with species on our own planet
We have figured out how to communicate with them, and we do communicate. The GP gave you a number of examples but for some reason you ignored them.
Switch to VGA mode and write directly to video memory. Not to everyone's taste, but you know, give me complete control.
So petulant. You must be a joy to work with.
I'm not. I'm a pain, but I get stuff done.
I bought myself a head start with TensorFlow. How portable is your code going to be?
btw of course assembly isn't portable. That is definitely an advantage of Python.
No doubt Woz could code circles around me for what he was coding for. That's not why I or any of my peers write code. It's a tool to get a job done and move on to the next job.
Woz would get done and move on to the next job faster than you in any language.
If I can access the libraries from assembly, and am provided with a decent set of macros, I will beat you if you use Python.
It's not the language, it's the coder.
I am reminded that Wozniak used to hand-assemble his assembly code. And he would still have coded circles around you.
In many cases, self-signed certificates will be more secure than that.
That's a good point.
You would probably find that you are unhappy with his review of systemd.
In fact, since systemd has turned into a kind of tribal warfare, where facts don't matter and sides are the only thing, someone who comes with a fact-based argument would likely be rejected by both sides.
If you think you can write a better systemd, then do it. Frankly, it's not that hard, the main thing people want is an easy way to write init scripts. You don't need to include a time-server. The difficulty is gettiing the UI correct (that is, making it easy for system builders to write init scripts).
Follow the Unix philosophy and it has a good chance of being accepted by the larger community.
So, here is my history with PHP. Some time mid-90s (I thought it was 95 or 96,
You're not wrong.
Because party now equates directly to political power?
Because he is a member of the party that has essentially zero power right now. That has potential to change, but it won't for a couple years.
Actually it's not his "job" to make you care, it's yours.
It's no one's job, it's no one's responsibility. But if no one does it, then nothing will get done.
Edward Markey is a member of the democratic party, so at this point he has no power whatsoever in congress. It's great that he feels this way but unless he can convince enough other people to care, then he's just pissing in the wind (ie, pandering to his base).
Makes perfect sense if you realize it's not AI, it's actually machine learning that is being called AI.
Machine learning is a form of AI. The proper way to make the point you are trying to make is to say, "That's just weak AI. They aren't even trying to make strong AI." Then you can lead into a discussion of why weak AI will never take over the planet.
Yeah. AI has made art.
No lol. The key question to ask in evaluating art is, "What was communicated by that art?" In the case of AI art, the answer is, "a bunch of derivative crap." Though frankly that describes a lot of human created art as well, AI art has not reached the level of human crap.
The claim of the techno-pessimists is the opposite: That improving tech will lead to lower living standards for many people.
That's a good observation. Nice.
be particularly skeptical when presented with evidence confirming what you already believe.
Oh yeah, that's a quote worth remembering.
When was the last time you tried to donate money to your preferred politician?
It's physically impossible for your senator to talk to every person in his/her district. However, if you find a thousand (or even a hundred) like-minded people, pool in a hundred bucks each, your senator will be extremely eager to talk to you.
In fact, if you can get a thousand like-minded people who actually want to talk to your politician (instead of signing some kind of online poll), there is also a very good chance the politician will want to talk to you. Especially if you can speak rationally instead of emotionally.
Most people don't care when the lobbying is on 'their' side. As long as most people don't care, it will continue to happen.
They have to make up for choosing the 'wrong' party last election.
Someone pointed out to me that the first jobs lost to computers were not unskilled jobs, they were the highly skilled jobs of people who were very, very good at math (a job that was known, not coincidentally, as a "computer"). Even today, computers can calculate the trajectory of a rocket going to the moon far more easily than they can fold laundry. So you shouldn't think that AI will first replace low-skilled jobs. One of the most common attempts at applying AI has been diagnosis by doctors. That's not a low-skill job.
The Chinese workforce becomes more and more skilled every year. They have time to adjust.