While it's seems convenient and sketchy to magically find money after it was stolen, is it possible that MtGox is just that incompetent?
Funny story: I remember going online once, only to randomly end up in some sort of exchange. It was magic. There were spontaneous gatherings of bitcoins popping into and out of existence. A person called 'MagicTux' kept telling me over and over that the future was now.
I cannot ever recall a group of scientists like these folks be so opposed and go to the lengths they do to squelch any and all dissenting views.
I cannot ever recall groups of people who are not experts in a field so fervently trying to discredit the experts in that field, and to disprove the science in that field, all while using anything but the generally accepted methods of that field.
I don't see wildlife biologists using historical populations of wolves to try to disprove Einstein's theory of relativity. I don't see archaeologists using ancient mummy wrapping techniques to try to disprove the theory of solar spot formation. But here we have a political scientist using statistics from economic data to try to discredit the theory that more energy in a weather system will cause more energetic events. It's getting to be so ridiculous that I bet in the near future we *will* see a wildlife biologist using historical wolf populations to disprove that the globe is heating up, or that it is but man is not the cause, or that man is the cause but you can't do anything about it anyway, or that you could, but it's actually better for everybody so don't do anything, or please, just anything but not to burn less oil.
You guys that deny climate change is happening (or whatever your flavor of denialism is taking on these days), do you ever wonder if by buying into what these guys are saying that you're just playing the stooge?
Sooner or later, Watson will be not just equal to the human team, but will far surpass it.
And then that multidisciplinary team of geneticists, oncologists, toxicologists, and general practitioners can retrain to get jobs fixing robots right alongside the truck drivers and warehouse workers.
No, this statement was provocative hyperbole that equates controlled use of energy resources to industrial accidents. It's like calling every infamous head of state "Hitler"...
...so what would we call Hitler, then?
A convenient way to dismiss someone's argument with which you disagree, but really have no basis for your disagreement.
Our worst fears about what the NSA was/is doing to privacy and our constitution have been realized and you are trying to trivialize it. Just because you're tired of hearing about it and want to move on to the next thing doesn't mean the rest of us don't feel that this is one of the most important things that has happened in our government during our lives. We need to focus on this shit like crazed lunatics if we are going to clean it up.
Aye, strap a patch to your head where your eye previously hung out 4-6 inches from your face and rested on the bridge of your nose, if that doesnt get you the eye strain of faked streoscopic vision and the refresh rate will. Arrr matey.
I'm thinking not long. Although tempting, I don't want to be the guinea pig.
I learned how to fix and improve computers through tinkering (which I would consider a form of hacking). What usually would happen is I would try to upgrade something, break my computer, and then spend the next four hours trying to fix it. The problem here is that you would be breaking the 'fixer' with no time to google how to roll back the buggy changes.
Ha! The NSA has become that unsavory character that you meet in dark alleys to buy your drugs from. Still buying them, just denying it when you go to NA. Lots of corporations in NA (No-spying Anonymous) now.
Yeah! Let's weaken security on networks that most major financial transactions travel over, because we really have no problems with criminals committing fraud over these networks.
Yes Mr. Contractor, for the new ultra-hardened backdoor with super-duper locks I'd like you to leave the key over there under that rock. No, I'm sure only our RSA, NSA, TLA certified guys will be using it. How would anyone else know it's there?
... said Greenspan. 'You don't have to necessarily bring up the bottom if you bring the top down.'
Sounds like Greenspan is arguing for a CEO salary cap. I'd say 25 times the lowest paid contractor or worker in the CEO's organization cap on CEO pay would go a lot more toward lessening this income inequality.
Some rich people have this idea that they can live in their cozy-comfy enclaves, and let the rest of the world go to shit. In fact, not only to let it go, but to hasten it's demise through plunder. Sorry. If you're rich and you think of yourself this way, instead of imagining that you are separated on some island, picture a bulkhead of a ship with a wall built similar to the Titanic's (not going all the way to the top). You breathe the same air, eat food from the same farms and fish from the same ocean, and your shit goes to the same place. There are a lot more monkeys on the other side of that bulkhead wall than you've got on your side, and if you think you can isolate yourselves from the problems on the other side, well... you're gonna have a bad time.
Obviously in 2014 thinking machines were possible because humans existed. And in 2014 there was a significant science & engineering community actually trying to do it which believed it was possible soon. Microprocessors of sufficient power/weight were rapidly improving, neuromorphic engineering was reasonably understood, and it just took the Markrams et. al. to re-do some of the experiments correctly and have an insight & technology about controls & stability.
Robotics expert Alan Winfield offers a sobering counterpoint to Ray Kurzweil...
I like how the naysayers are depicted as sober, rational minded individuals while those who see things progressing more rapidly are shown as crazy lunatics. They are both making predictions about the future. Why is one claim more valid than the other? We're talking fifteen years into the future here. Do you think that the persons/people predicting that "heavier than air flying machines are impossible" only eight years before the fact were also the sober ones?
Lord Kelvin was a sober, rational minded individual. He was also wrong.
I also would never break any laws if I had the people who wrote the laws working for me.
Rich people who pay less of a tax rate than people who make a whole lot less aren't violating any laws, but they are surely fucking this country over, their flag-waving and jingoism notwithstanding.
Translation: I'm a fucking moron who fears and doesn't understand science.
You know, I don't usually support insults like this, but SuperKendall's post shows such a level of willful ignorance and misinformation that I think in this case MightyMartian isn't actually insulting him but stating a fact.
Did you just say that ~43% of Americans are mildly sociopathic? Because that's the number that has tried pot, which is still illegal everywhere in the US (federally). If you think everyone around you is a sociopath, you might want to shift your attention inward.
You really hate washing machines and tractors too? How much human work is lost because of machines?
Some... for now. What happens when all of the ~4,000,000 truck drivers in the US are out of a job due to automation. Oh, they'll go to work fixing robots.Mmm hmm. As someone who has been doing controls systems engineering for the last 10 years, I can tell you that these systems are getting better all of the time. I used to get calls at night and on weekends a lot. Now, very few calls. The hardware and software tools and upgrades make it so that the system is very robust. Now, very few calls.
And those truck drivers? Well, I can tell you that the electrical technician's (we have about the same amount as we did 10 years ago) workload has also decreased. Motor brushes are going away. Bearings are becoming sealed, or automated grease systems installed. Breakers: now know when they are able to trip the load, they can isolate the load to the least affected area, and they can minimize the damage because they are so fast. Things last longer because of materials engineering and computer modelling. These guys just don't have that much to do anymore (Kaizen boards, and PRTs notwithstanding, that shit is just make-work).
And really, have you met many truck drivers? Some are very intelligent, but the vast majority have a boring mindless job for a reason.
Take automated cars for instance: Taxicab drivers out of a job. But not only that. Maybe I and my neighbors sign up for a service where a self driving car is called up and arrives where you are in a matter of minutes. I'm not going to buy another car, that's just a waste of money. Also, less cars on the road because they are operating all of the time. Think about how much time your car just sits there. (There's a job at Ford that I've contemplated applying for, but this gives me pause.) And then, less accidents. Bye bye insurance middleman. Bye bye auto body repair guy.Oh yeah, don't forget to apply for a job fixing robots. Bye bye garages. I'm sure our houses will just become bigger.
I could keep typing along these lines, but maybe you could put your mind to this line of reasoning and come up with many more examples. Seriously, the near term future is vastly different than what we've been experiencing. But in the long term, that's a good thing. And the long term future is radically different.
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While it's seems convenient and sketchy to magically find money after it was stolen, is it possible that MtGox is just that incompetent?
Funny story: I remember going online once, only to randomly end up in some sort of exchange. It was magic. There were spontaneous gatherings of bitcoins popping into and out of existence. A person called 'MagicTux' kept telling me over and over that the future was now.
I cannot ever recall a group of scientists like these folks be so opposed and go to the lengths they do to squelch any and all dissenting views.
I cannot ever recall groups of people who are not experts in a field so fervently trying to discredit the experts in that field, and to disprove the science in that field, all while using anything but the generally accepted methods of that field.
I don't see wildlife biologists using historical populations of wolves to try to disprove Einstein's theory of relativity. I don't see archaeologists using ancient mummy wrapping techniques to try to disprove the theory of solar spot formation. But here we have a political scientist using statistics from economic data to try to discredit the theory that more energy in a weather system will cause more energetic events. It's getting to be so ridiculous that I bet in the near future we *will* see a wildlife biologist using historical wolf populations to disprove that the globe is heating up, or that it is but man is not the cause, or that man is the cause but you can't do anything about it anyway, or that you could, but it's actually better for everybody so don't do anything, or please, just anything but not to burn less oil.
You guys that deny climate change is happening (or whatever your flavor of denialism is taking on these days), do you ever wonder if by buying into what these guys are saying that you're just playing the stooge?
Sooner or later, Watson will be not just equal to the human team, but will far surpass it.
And then that multidisciplinary team of geneticists, oncologists, toxicologists, and general practitioners can retrain to get jobs fixing robots right alongside the truck drivers and warehouse workers.
No, this statement was provocative hyperbole that equates controlled use of energy resources to industrial accidents. It's like calling every infamous head of state "Hitler" ...
...so what would we call Hitler, then?
A convenient way to dismiss someone's argument with which you disagree, but really have no basis for your disagreement.
Our worst fears about what the NSA was/is doing to privacy and our constitution have been realized and you are trying to trivialize it. Just because you're tired of hearing about it and want to move on to the next thing doesn't mean the rest of us don't feel that this is one of the most important things that has happened in our government during our lives. We need to focus on this shit like crazed lunatics if we are going to clean it up.
So again, fuck you.
Aye, strap a patch to your head where your eye previously hung out 4-6 inches from your face and rested on the bridge of your nose, if that doesnt get you the eye strain of faked streoscopic vision and the refresh rate will. Arrr matey.
I learned how to fix and improve computers through tinkering (which I would consider a form of hacking). What usually would happen is I would try to upgrade something, break my computer, and then spend the next four hours trying to fix it. The problem here is that you would be breaking the 'fixer' with no time to google how to roll back the buggy changes.
i ben hakin my bren its ben rely gude. i wuz werried fur a bit butt my lernins ben rely takkin off.
Maybe IBM's sponsor is GHCQ.
Yes Mr. Contractor, for the new ultra-hardened backdoor with super-duper locks I'd like you to leave the key over there under that rock. No, I'm sure only our RSA, NSA, TLA certified guys will be using it. How would anyone else know it's there?
... said Greenspan. 'You don't have to necessarily bring up the bottom if you bring the top down.'
Sounds like Greenspan is arguing for a CEO salary cap. I'd say 25 times the lowest paid contractor or worker in the CEO's organization cap on CEO pay would go a lot more toward lessening this income inequality.
I would give a lot to meet you in a dark alley sometime...
What if he beat the shit out of you? Would you want your money back?
The belief you "deserve" a government-enforced monopoly over ideas or methods.
It's not a belief, they paid for it.
Paid for what?
They paid good fucking money for the laws that give them a perpetual monopoly over ideas and methods, and they expect fucking results.
Frankly, I'm more scared of moderators than our government...
Well, from what I gather from the leaks, the moderators are from the government. Who to be scared of now?
Some rich people have this idea that they can live in their cozy-comfy enclaves, and let the rest of the world go to shit. In fact, not only to let it go, but to hasten it's demise through plunder. Sorry. If you're rich and you think of yourself this way, instead of imagining that you are separated on some island, picture a bulkhead of a ship with a wall built similar to the Titanic's (not going all the way to the top). You breathe the same air, eat food from the same farms and fish from the same ocean, and your shit goes to the same place. There are a lot more monkeys on the other side of that bulkhead wall than you've got on your side, and if you think you can isolate yourselves from the problems on the other side, well ... you're gonna have a bad time.
Obviously in 2014 thinking machines were possible because humans existed. And in 2014 there was a significant science & engineering community actually trying to do it which believed it was possible soon. Microprocessors of sufficient power/weight were rapidly improving, neuromorphic engineering was reasonably understood, and it just took the Markrams et. al. to re-do some of the experiments correctly and have an insight & technology about controls & stability.
Hmm. I agree.
Neuroscientists know that the human brain is far more complex than any foreseeable microprocessor-based computer system ...
Henry Markram would like a word with you.
Robotics expert Alan Winfield offers a sobering counterpoint to Ray Kurzweil ...
I like how the naysayers are depicted as sober, rational minded individuals while those who see things progressing more rapidly are shown as crazy lunatics. They are both making predictions about the future. Why is one claim more valid than the other? We're talking fifteen years into the future here. Do you think that the persons/people predicting that "heavier than air flying machines are impossible" only eight years before the fact were also the sober ones?
Lord Kelvin was a sober, rational minded individual. He was also wrong.
Rich people who pay less of a tax rate than people who make a whole lot less aren't violating any laws, but they are surely fucking this country over, their flag-waving and jingoism notwithstanding.
Translation: I'm a fucking moron who fears and doesn't understand science.
You know, I don't usually support insults like this, but SuperKendall's post shows such a level of willful ignorance and misinformation that I think in this case MightyMartian isn't actually insulting him but stating a fact.
Ht Charles Stross
Did you just say that ~43% of Americans are mildly sociopathic? Because that's the number that has tried pot, which is still illegal everywhere in the US (federally). If you think everyone around you is a sociopath, you might want to shift your attention inward.
You really hate washing machines and tractors too? How much human work is lost because of machines?
Some ... for now. What happens when all of the ~4,000,000 truck drivers in the US are out of a job due to automation. Oh, they'll go to work fixing robots.Mmm hmm. As someone who has been doing controls systems engineering for the last 10 years, I can tell you that these systems are getting better all of the time. I used to get calls at night and on weekends a lot. Now, very few calls. The hardware and software tools and upgrades make it so that the system is very robust. Now, very few calls.
And those truck drivers? Well, I can tell you that the electrical technician's (we have about the same amount as we did 10 years ago) workload has also decreased. Motor brushes are going away. Bearings are becoming sealed, or automated grease systems installed. Breakers: now know when they are able to trip the load, they can isolate the load to the least affected area, and they can minimize the damage because they are so fast. Things last longer because of materials engineering and computer modelling. These guys just don't have that much to do anymore (Kaizen boards, and PRTs notwithstanding, that shit is just make-work).
And really, have you met many truck drivers? Some are very intelligent, but the vast majority have a boring mindless job for a reason.
Take automated cars for instance: Taxicab drivers out of a job. But not only that. Maybe I and my neighbors sign up for a service where a self driving car is called up and arrives where you are in a matter of minutes. I'm not going to buy another car, that's just a waste of money. Also, less cars on the road because they are operating all of the time. Think about how much time your car just sits there. (There's a job at Ford that I've contemplated applying for, but this gives me pause.) And then, less accidents. Bye bye insurance middleman. Bye bye auto body repair guy.Oh yeah, don't forget to apply for a job fixing robots. Bye bye garages. I'm sure our houses will just become bigger.
I could keep typing along these lines, but maybe you could put your mind to this line of reasoning and come up with many more examples. Seriously, the near term future is vastly different than what we've been experiencing. But in the long term, that's a good thing. And the long term future is radically different.
It's going to be hard to keep this shit straight.
Once we thought ourselves into an existence, (which we also thought up), then we had to invent hands.
And that my friends, is how you become a Job Creator.