See that star out there? See if you went to it at FTL speeds, want to know what happens? When you arrive, the local time of that star will be the time you seen it + your travel time. NO CAUSALITY BROKEN.
Would you mind sharing your amazing scientific discovery where you can have a consistent ordering of events with FTL travel? Don't forget to show how the events have the same order in all reference frames, not just one.
To properly understand sarcasm requires a very high level of understanding of the language, the situation being commented on, and human nature. The current levels of AI would only be able to understand context-free phrases like "Yeah, right" as sarcasm and maybe guess at others. Of course, sometimes sarcasm is also indistinguishable from sincerity, either on purpose or due to the speaker's incompetence, and even more so on the internet (Poe's Law).
Everyone knows that when you want to manipulate elections, you make large anonymous campaign contributions. And to manipulate public sentiment, have a couple guys own all the news media, and you can each do favors for each other. This way everything is legit.
It may simply be that different people are differently motivated to win. For example, if someone were offered $1 million if they win, but their opponent were offered only $1, I'd expect the one with the higher stake to both be more likely to win by skill or effort, and be more likely to cheat to win. This should be even more so if the more motivated person has been allowed more time to practice -- like perhaps a lifetime of really liking to win. Other people might only play for fun (teammates in highly competitive games hate such people) -- trying new/different strategies, spending less time thinking on their turn. Or worse, some people might have been playing merely because they got paid to do it for the study.
Similarly, reminding someone that they are a winner would serve as some motivation to win again.
How about you ask your daughter whether she'd rather be free to express herself, or have the certainty that if she receives an inappropriate twit, that the throw-away account used to make it will be banned (and might get her own main account banned if she writes a twit that offends someone).
That's without considering that those 20% are likely to be the most tech-savvy, and if they leave than they also stop recommending Wired/start recommending alternatives to their friends.
what exactly do you propose that they do instead? Just go bankrupt?
Fine by me. The internet was fine when it was more a hobby than a competition to get eyeballs and ad revenue at any cost.
How do you know which ads aren't abusive?
For one thing, the website hosting them should be willing to shoulder any costs from malware or fraudulent advertising. If they aren't willing to guarantee their content won't harm you (or your grandma, who will cheerfully click any "your computer has a virus" links), then you know they are abusive. Also, the ads shouldn't make the website unreadable.
Micropayments?
I'd actually be willing to do that, so long as the decision was mine (ie, my browser keeping track and confirming before sending anything). But not if they want more than the about 1/2 cent each ad is worth, or if they want the payment ahead of time.
Moreover, what exactly does "abusing ads for profit" mean?
It means sacrificing the site's quality in the name of profit. It means flashy ads that make the content unreadable. It means fake "Download" or "your computer has a virus" ads that my grandmother will click on and install malware. It means ads containing a fake "close" button meant to trick people into clicking on it. It means splitting your one page content into 10 ad-filled pages. It means all those other things that take away from the site, pop-ups, pop-unders, autoplaying noisy videos.
It's an important step if you want to eg make jet fuel on a nuclear powered aircraft carrier, or food in space, or plastics on Mars. Of course, I'd like to know how this compares to an algae + light process.
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See that star out there? See if you went to it at FTL speeds, want to know what happens?
When you arrive, the local time of that star will be the time you seen it + your travel time.
NO CAUSALITY BROKEN.
Would you mind sharing your amazing scientific discovery where you can have a consistent ordering of events with FTL travel? Don't forget to show how the events have the same order in all reference frames, not just one.
Nothing could be easier.
To properly understand sarcasm requires a very high level of understanding of the language, the situation being commented on, and human nature. The current levels of AI would only be able to understand context-free phrases like "Yeah, right" as sarcasm and maybe guess at others. Of course, sometimes sarcasm is also indistinguishable from sincerity, either on purpose or due to the speaker's incompetence, and even more so on the internet (Poe's Law).
Everyone knows that when you want to manipulate elections, you make large anonymous campaign contributions. And to manipulate public sentiment, have a couple guys own all the news media, and you can each do favors for each other. This way everything is legit.
It may simply be that different people are differently motivated to win. For example, if someone were offered $1 million if they win, but their opponent were offered only $1, I'd expect the one with the higher stake to both be more likely to win by skill or effort, and be more likely to cheat to win. This should be even more so if the more motivated person has been allowed more time to practice -- like perhaps a lifetime of really liking to win. Other people might only play for fun (teammates in highly competitive games hate such people) -- trying new/different strategies, spending less time thinking on their turn. Or worse, some people might have been playing merely because they got paid to do it for the study.
Similarly, reminding someone that they are a winner would serve as some motivation to win again.
Isn't decentralized internet really messy?
Facebook wants to spy on people who don't have internet access, too. Wouldn't want them to feel left out.
If you killing yourself would mean I'd see the acronym "SJW" less often on Slashdot, then by all means go right ahead.
How enlightened of you.
like so many other tech people, I'd worry about my email provider being controlled by the Chinese.
I'd worry more about email controlled by America. If nothing else at least the Chinese don't care what I do over here.
Maybe you need a closer look at what mobile OSs are like.
"This paper has virtually zero substance."
0.04 g/cm^3, to be precise.
I'm pretty sure cursing the editors is part of our community here.
These days you can't even count on your operating system to be free from malware.
How about you ask your daughter whether she'd rather be free to express herself, or have the certainty that if she receives an inappropriate twit, that the throw-away account used to make it will be banned (and might get her own main account banned if she writes a twit that offends someone).
Just wait til you hear my idea -- just do the shifting from a touchscreen! I'll link you the Kickstarter once I've filed the patent.
I guess it's time to shift gears and try something else.
Noone makes you go to an ad-supported website and read their content.
No one makes you step on a landmine either, but people still think they're in bad taste.
Twitter Launches Trust and Safety Council To Help Put End To Trolling
They already failed. What's next, the Orwellian Council of Freethinkers?
I suppose they could aim for all the geostationary satellites. That by itself would cause enough mess.
Somehow, I doubt that a satellite will explode if it gets hit by a grain of sand, even at orbital speeds.
"Wired to lose 20% of its readership"
That's without considering that those 20% are likely to be the most tech-savvy, and if they leave than they also stop recommending Wired/start recommending alternatives to their friends.
what exactly do you propose that they do instead? Just go bankrupt?
Fine by me. The internet was fine when it was more a hobby than a competition to get eyeballs and ad revenue at any cost.
How do you know which ads aren't abusive?
For one thing, the website hosting them should be willing to shoulder any costs from malware or fraudulent advertising. If they aren't willing to guarantee their content won't harm you (or your grandma, who will cheerfully click any "your computer has a virus" links), then you know they are abusive. Also, the ads shouldn't make the website unreadable.
Micropayments?
I'd actually be willing to do that, so long as the decision was mine (ie, my browser keeping track and confirming before sending anything). But not if they want more than the about 1/2 cent each ad is worth, or if they want the payment ahead of time.
Moreover, what exactly does "abusing ads for profit" mean?
It means sacrificing the site's quality in the name of profit. It means flashy ads that make the content unreadable. It means fake "Download" or "your computer has a virus" ads that my grandmother will click on and install malware. It means ads containing a fake "close" button meant to trick people into clicking on it. It means splitting your one page content into 10 ad-filled pages. It means all those other things that take away from the site, pop-ups, pop-unders, autoplaying noisy videos.
Having a package manager doesn't prevent third-party installers from working.
It's an important step if you want to eg make jet fuel on a nuclear powered aircraft carrier, or food in space, or plastics on Mars. Of course, I'd like to know how this compares to an algae + light process.
I don't know about you, but I'm not getting any cheap, shoddily made helium atoms.