Evolution is just brute force trial and error with 99% collateral damage. There is nothing "intelligent" about it. The individuals unable to adapt to their environment without being Darwined out of existence are not intelligent either.
Much progress has been made at understanding C. elegans. The OpenWorm project has simulated the neuron to muscle pathway, and they estimate they are about 30% of the way to a complete simulation.
Simulating a fly brain will be a big step beyond that.
It just means that they don't know as much about computers and malware as you do.
It also means they are impervious to learning. Google tries to educate all their employees about security. There is a word for people that are ignorant, and are unwilling or unable to learn: dumb.
There will always be dumb people, so the smart thing to do is to fix the system not the people.
Because a scammer can call you and pretend to be tech support and say hey we just sent you a code read it to me.... Bam hacked.
That would only work for a very dumb implementation. You can authenticate with an app on your phone that receives a token, hashes it with both the code and a private key, and then sends it back. A scammer will need more than just the code. He will also need the phone.
But why does the key work better than authenticating with a mobile phone?
Both are "something you have" so what's the difference? Of course the phone is "something you already have" while the key is "something you have to buy".
JD.com is a Chinese Amazon, although not as big as Alibaba. They sell products from both China and the rest of the world to Chinese consumers. Germany is a huge exporter to China, so sure, plenty of German products are sold to Chinese consumers on JD.com.
Also papers with sensational results are more likely to be published and cited than papers with negative results. Nobody wants to read about the null hypothesis being confirmed.
I think they (banks, Visa, etc.) Want to skim every transaction.
That is true in America, but not everywhere. In China, WeChat and AliPay have zero transaction costs for either buyer or seller. The value of the data collected is enough, and competition keeps them from charging fees.
It's pretty obvious when your transactions get likes
At that point your first transaction is already public. The first time I used Venmo, I did not realize my transaction was public. It was a small reimbursement for something innocuous, but I was still surprised that other people could see it without my consent. There was no warning or notice that "the whole world is watching".
there's no way to tell if it's had false negatives
if GV declines to invest but other VCs invest successfully, then that is a clear false negative.
it's probably not very good at explaining why it came to a given conclusion
As long as it works, it isn't really necessary to get an explanation. Plenty of decisions are based on statistical analysis of outcomes, rather than understanding complicated internals.
A human VC may give you a long winded rationale for an investment, but the real reason is that he is having an affair with the target's CEO, or that he made a side investment with his own money. The algorithm works because it bypasses all the emotion and ulterior motives.
The 'juice' inside a coconut has always been called milk AFAIR.
Same with soy milk, which Asians have been making for millennia. The Chinese call it "dou nai", which means "bean milk". They avoid ambiguity by saying "niu nai" for "cow milk".
If you say "nai nai" it literally means "milk milk" but is actually the word for either "breast" or "grandmother". So you can tell a girl "I'd like to see your nai nai", and she gets offended, you can just say you wanted to meet her grandmother.
That is the OP's point. Up to gives no meaningful information
Yes it does. If it can be dropped "up to" 15 times, that tells you it is guaranteed to break on or before the 16th drop.
"Up to" specifies a maximum, not a minimum.
Will it always break by the 16th drop? Unlikely, because the article is poorly worded crap, but certainly not because the phrase "up to" lacks mathematical rigor.
the party itself does not. It does not "encompass" every ideology
Have you ever been to China? There are HUGE differences in how different regions are governed. Shanghai, which is more prosperous than much of Europe, is governed very differently than Harbin (China's Detroit).
but it may barely tolerate members who do.
Bo Xilai was dismissed from the communist party for advocating... communism.
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Do you think Darwin Award winners are smart?
Evolution is just brute force trial and error with 99% collateral damage. There is nothing "intelligent" about it. The individuals unable to adapt to their environment without being Darwined out of existence are not intelligent either.
Much progress has been made at understanding C. elegans. The OpenWorm project has simulated the neuron to muscle pathway, and they estimate they are about 30% of the way to a complete simulation.
Simulating a fly brain will be a big step beyond that.
This is more of natural selection... genetics takes time!
If an organism relies on genetics to solve every novel problem, then it is stupid.
Rather than pump the air out of the tube, treat the tube like a wind tunnel and blow air through the tube
That works for short distances and low speeds where airflow is laminar. At higher velocities, the airflow will become turbulent and drain energy.
Using air pressure for a long high speed tube like SF to LA would be insanely inefficient.
Pneumatic tubes have been around for centuries. There are good reasons that their applications are limited.
It just means that they don't know as much about computers and malware as you do.
It also means they are impervious to learning. Google tries to educate all their employees about security. There is a word for people that are ignorant, and are unwilling or unable to learn: dumb.
There will always be dumb people, so the smart thing to do is to fix the system not the people.
Because a scammer can call you and pretend to be tech support and say hey we just sent you a code read it to me.... Bam hacked.
That would only work for a very dumb implementation. You can authenticate with an app on your phone that receives a token, hashes it with both the code and a private key, and then sends it back. A scammer will need more than just the code. He will also need the phone.
But why does the key work better than authenticating with a mobile phone?
Both are "something you have" so what's the difference? Of course the phone is "something you already have" while the key is "something you have to buy".
JD.com is a Chinese Amazon, although not as big as Alibaba. They sell products from both China and the rest of the world to Chinese consumers. Germany is a huge exporter to China, so sure, plenty of German products are sold to Chinese consumers on JD.com.
There's nothing illegal about a government official buying a burner phone to call people with.
But it is illegal to use that phone for government business.
so they're not free any more...
Yes they are. There is only a fee if you are transferring from a credit card, which almost no one does.
I am safe. I have my phone default to "speaker" for all calls, so I never put it up to my ear.
Also papers with sensational results are more likely to be published and cited than papers with negative results. Nobody wants to read about the null hypothesis being confirmed.
I think they (banks, Visa, etc.) Want to skim every transaction.
That is true in America, but not everywhere. In China, WeChat and AliPay have zero transaction costs for either buyer or seller. The value of the data collected is enough, and competition keeps them from charging fees.
What if you used waste heat from something else?
280F is waste heat. 2800F is not.
It's pretty obvious when your transactions get likes
At that point your first transaction is already public. The first time I used Venmo, I did not realize my transaction was public. It was a small reimbursement for something innocuous, but I was still surprised that other people could see it without my consent. There was no warning or notice that "the whole world is watching".
water buffalo milk, which is the richest of any of the animals humans regularly use as a milk source.
Reindeer milk is over 40% fat.
Sounds to me like some dairy lobbyists have succeeded in pushing their agenda.
Also, Wisconsin is a swing state with plenty of dairy famers.
there's no way to tell if it's had false negatives
if GV declines to invest but other VCs invest successfully, then that is a clear false negative.
it's probably not very good at explaining why it came to a given conclusion
As long as it works, it isn't really necessary to get an explanation. Plenty of decisions are based on statistical analysis of outcomes, rather than understanding complicated internals.
A human VC may give you a long winded rationale for an investment, but the real reason is that he is having an affair with the target's CEO, or that he made a side investment with his own money. The algorithm works because it bypasses all the emotion and ulterior motives.
Also, your boy parts will be a lot less cancer prone.
So you are claiming that soy causes cancer in men? Citation needed.
The 'juice' inside a coconut has always been called milk AFAIR.
Same with soy milk, which Asians have been making for millennia. The Chinese call it "dou nai", which means "bean milk". They avoid ambiguity by saying "niu nai" for "cow milk".
If you say "nai nai" it literally means "milk milk" but is actually the word for either "breast" or "grandmother". So you can tell a girl "I'd like to see your nai nai", and she gets offended, you can just say you wanted to meet her grandmother.
That is the OP's point. Up to gives no meaningful information
Yes it does. If it can be dropped "up to" 15 times, that tells you it is guaranteed to break on or before the 16th drop.
"Up to" specifies a maximum, not a minimum.
Will it always break by the 16th drop? Unlikely, because the article is poorly worded crap, but certainly not because the phrase "up to" lacks mathematical rigor.
“Up to" means "less than".
I have up to a billion dollars in my pocket.
the party itself does not. It does not "encompass" every ideology
Have you ever been to China? There are HUGE differences in how different regions are governed. Shanghai, which is more prosperous than much of Europe, is governed very differently than Harbin (China's Detroit).
but it may barely tolerate members who do.
Bo Xilai was dismissed from the communist party for advocating ... communism.
That's like saying if there were only one model of car, everyone would like that model of car.
No. It's like saying if there were only one model of car, everyone would drive it, whether they like it or not.
So the selling point is that a libertarian has to join the communist party?
No. No one "has" to join the CCP. The vast majority do not.