What I fear most is the interaction of unpredictable human drivers
Never mind the human drivers, think about the hobos jaywalking and meth addicts riding fixies. The occasional AI vehicle will be less likely to run them down*. But when the majority (or all) vehicles are AI driven, one wino can bring traffic to a standstill. Actually, not a bad tactic for the cardboard sign guys. They have a captive audience and they won't let traffic move until everyone pays up.
*Just this morning, I watched a crack-head try to wander across a busy street. The reaction of the (human) drivers was just to blow their horns and get him to jump back on the sidewalk. Not the correct accident avoidance response, but one that takes traffic flow into account. The bums can't assume an optimal (AI) response from most vehicles. So they watch out (more or less). All of the proposals for AI improving traffic flow assume the use of either mesh networks or algorithms that can assume a 'correct' response of all vehicles. Fine, if all you have to worry about is drivers. But what about the pedestrians?
highly correlated with smokers, alcoholics and unwise drug use (of the kind further correlated with pre-existing neurological imbalance).
On the other hand, this neurological imbalance may very well be a symptom of a lack of sleep.
Sleep deprivation leads to a) caffeine-seeking behaviour, and b) sugary-snackâ"seeking behaviour,
Caffeine, when consumed in moderate amounts and when not used to artificially modify ones natural sleep cycle isn't really a problem. And if you read TFA, lack of sleep is linked to hyperglycaemia due to a loss of response to insulin. That makes sugary snack seeking behavior worse.
Some teenagers. And now I can pick them out of a crowd. All my night-owl classmates look like shit and are starting to die off in their 60s.
If it turns out that this really is a majority of teenagers, I suggest that we start looking for shared environmental factors. And I'd start with blue LEDs.
Learn to get to bed and go to sleep early enough to get the requisite sleep. Stop all this bullshit about 'Muh biologies' as an excuse to stay up later. And then complain that the school day* starts too early.
Aside from getting a head start practicing what will be required in one's employment career, I concur that late nights and less sleep are very unhealthy (based on my anecdotal observations). I have been involved with several groups that split between members preferring daytime activities to those who preferred later in the evening. Over the course of a few decades, the apparent age difference of the earlybirds vs the night owls has really started to stand out. With the 'sundowners' (to borrow a term from dementia studies) aging about 10 to 20 years more in appearance than the early risers.
*I suspect that this may be the faculty as much as the students. When I went to high school, some of our teachers came from a segment of society that felt it necessary to close the bars every night. And then bitch when they had to put up with the little monsters first thing in the morning.
... Verizon's problem here. They sell a plan to a customer who ventures outside their service area. And when outside, this customer must pay some third party provider for service. Verizon isn't making any money off these charges*. But then they aren't providing service either. If that revenue was worth chasing, then they'd build towers.
*It's not like customers are getting a great deal here. Roaming charges aren't cheap and I'm sure most customers would rather get Verizon native service.
but that does *not* necessarily mean they were generated outside of the Milky Way
Two things affect this assumption: One. If such high energy cosmic rays were produced in any great quantities within the Milky Way, the odds are that we would be able to observe their source and make some guesses about the mechanism of their generation. These hypothetical close-in sources would produce observable cosmic ray 'hot spots' in their distribution pattern. Two. The distribution of particles suggests that they are more likely attenuated by the matter in the Milky Way's disk and core than produced there.
Perhaps they are good. And the NSA doesn't want them adopted. But playing upon the suspicions of the rest of the world that they are a bunch of lying scum, they promoted them. Knowing that this would call the algorithms' security into question and get them rejected.
Since VW cheated on NOx emissions (questionable whether that is actually a harmful pollutant) but performs quite well on particulates, I'm not sure which way the blame should go.
Evidently, the authors of the study were not sure either, flip-flopping from NOx to particulate claims. Diesels optimized for low particulate levels tend to produce more NOx and vice versa. But when one is writing sensationalist articles, I suppose it's important to cover all the buzzwords.
Pretty scary stuff. The human race isn't going to be wiped out by global warming. We are all going to catch something incurable from one of those little ankle-biters crawling around the floor at Starbucks.
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"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn".
What I fear most is the interaction of unpredictable human drivers
Never mind the human drivers, think about the hobos jaywalking and meth addicts riding fixies. The occasional AI vehicle will be less likely to run them down*. But when the majority (or all) vehicles are AI driven, one wino can bring traffic to a standstill. Actually, not a bad tactic for the cardboard sign guys. They have a captive audience and they won't let traffic move until everyone pays up.
*Just this morning, I watched a crack-head try to wander across a busy street. The reaction of the (human) drivers was just to blow their horns and get him to jump back on the sidewalk. Not the correct accident avoidance response, but one that takes traffic flow into account. The bums can't assume an optimal (AI) response from most vehicles. So they watch out (more or less). All of the proposals for AI improving traffic flow assume the use of either mesh networks or algorithms that can assume a 'correct' response of all vehicles. Fine, if all you have to worry about is drivers. But what about the pedestrians?
And one hour of sleep during staff meetings is worth three at night.
highly correlated with smokers, alcoholics and unwise drug use (of the kind further correlated with pre-existing neurological imbalance).
On the other hand, this neurological imbalance may very well be a symptom of a lack of sleep.
Sleep deprivation leads to a) caffeine-seeking behaviour, and b) sugary-snackâ"seeking behaviour,
Caffeine, when consumed in moderate amounts and when not used to artificially modify ones natural sleep cycle isn't really a problem. And if you read TFA, lack of sleep is linked to hyperglycaemia due to a loss of response to insulin. That makes sugary snack seeking behavior worse.
"Seriously. I just tell people Iâ(TM)m a dolphin trainer. Itâ(TM)s better for everyone."
Space shuttle door gunner usually works for me.
Some teenagers. And now I can pick them out of a crowd. All my night-owl classmates look like shit and are starting to die off in their 60s.
If it turns out that this really is a majority of teenagers, I suggest that we start looking for shared environmental factors. And I'd start with blue LEDs.
Their union did.
We'll all have jobs as EMTs.
Learn to get to bed and go to sleep early enough to get the requisite sleep. Stop all this bullshit about 'Muh biologies' as an excuse to stay up later. And then complain that the school day* starts too early.
Aside from getting a head start practicing what will be required in one's employment career, I concur that late nights and less sleep are very unhealthy (based on my anecdotal observations). I have been involved with several groups that split between members preferring daytime activities to those who preferred later in the evening. Over the course of a few decades, the apparent age difference of the earlybirds vs the night owls has really started to stand out. With the 'sundowners' (to borrow a term from dementia studies) aging about 10 to 20 years more in appearance than the early risers.
*I suspect that this may be the faculty as much as the students. When I went to high school, some of our teachers came from a segment of society that felt it necessary to close the bars every night. And then bitch when they had to put up with the little monsters first thing in the morning.
They have to fly low so the door gunners can identify their targets.
So, WSL will include or support a fully functional X server? (Not just that Wayland crap.)
Bert appeared on an osama bin laden poster
The Muppets are joining the jihadists? No one is safe!
too many people now for what the economy can sustain.
So when we cut the number of people to the correct level for jobs, who will buy the products?
You could celebrate Pi day around the rest of the world on the 22nd of July.
*It's not like customers are getting a great deal here. Roaming charges aren't cheap and I'm sure most customers would rather get Verizon native service.
Face it. We live inside what is essentially an economic Iron Curtain.
You can run but you can't hide.
women who allow themselves to be bought by older men?
They do so for the wallet. If they want to reproduce, odds are they'll step out with the 19 y.o. pool boy.
but that does *not* necessarily mean they were generated outside of the Milky Way
Two things affect this assumption: One. If such high energy cosmic rays were produced in any great quantities within the Milky Way, the odds are that we would be able to observe their source and make some guesses about the mechanism of their generation. These hypothetical close-in sources would produce observable cosmic ray 'hot spots' in their distribution pattern. Two. The distribution of particles suggests that they are more likely attenuated by the matter in the Milky Way's disk and core than produced there.
that's because they are excellent algorithms.
Says you and the NSA.
Perhaps they are good. And the NSA doesn't want them adopted. But playing upon the suspicions of the rest of the world that they are a bunch of lying scum, they promoted them. Knowing that this would call the algorithms' security into question and get them rejected.
Since VW cheated on NOx emissions (questionable whether that is actually a harmful pollutant) but performs quite well on particulates, I'm not sure which way the blame should go.
Evidently, the authors of the study were not sure either, flip-flopping from NOx to particulate claims. Diesels optimized for low particulate levels tend to produce more NOx and vice versa. But when one is writing sensationalist articles, I suppose it's important to cover all the buzzwords.
Pretty scary stuff. The human race isn't going to be wiped out by global warming. We are all going to catch something incurable from one of those little ankle-biters crawling around the floor at Starbucks.
even if Tom Hanks plays the lead
Stand by for outrage when they select Idris Elba.
That's the key. You praise your kids for what they DO. Not what they are.