I just enable cookies by default. More tracking means more relevant advertising, and better news link recommendations. The more Facebook and Google know about my preferences, the better.
If I don't want to be tracked, I just open an Incognito window. Incognito also works well for reading "First-3-Free" news websites, such as WaPo and the NY Times.
much better systems like chinese medicine. its work for thousands of years
When an American gets the flu, they get a prescription for antibiotics which work only as a placebo, with deleterious side effects in breeding antibiotic resistance.
When Chinese get sick, they take some ground up leaves, which also only work only as a placebo, but avoid the drawbacks.
What happens when they start selling them and the courts find that all liability is with the software/hardware manufacturer?
Then the manufacturer will pay for insurance, rather than each individual paying for their own. It will just be built into the price of the car, but will be less expensive and more efficient than the current system because of better transparency and lower transaction costs.
Consumers will win, since they will save money and hassle. Car manufacturers will win since "no-insurance-needed" cars will sell better. Insurance companies will lose, since they will be selling to informed manufacturers (who may opt to self-insure) rather than to confused consumers.
My guess is as folks start to realize they are mileage limited with long recharge times
I doubt if any Tesla owner was unaware of these issues before they bought the car.
they could get a REALLY NICE fossil fueled option for less money so they put it up for sale.
FF cars come with zero nerd-cred. Nobody cares. You have to park at the back of the lot, while the EVs get the premium parking spaces near the entrance.
Disclaimer: I am a very satisfied Tesla owner. Well, technically my wife owns it, but she lets me drive it if I wash the dishes everyday.
Yes, such a thing exists in European law: Your face is yours, and only yours, and anyone wanting to take a picture of it needs your permission to do so.
Bullcrap. There is no such "European law". There are laws in specific EU countries, but they vary. In general, you can photograph people in public without their explicit consent.
if you want to do ANYTHING with a picture that has me on it, you need my ok.
More bullcrap. If I take your photo legally, there is no European law prohibiting modification, with a few narrow exceptions such as pornography.
If you're running the algorithm on data you have no right to run it on, yes.
Who has the right to grant those rights? According to the plaintiffs, it is not the person who took the photograph and thus owns the copyright, but the person displayed in the image.
The lawsuit is not questioning Facebook's right to display the images, and running an algorithm on pixels is not a form of commercial use that requires a model release.
So there are criminal algorithms? I realize that we are all supposed to hate Facebook, so everyone is cheering for the plaintiffs, but is it really a good idea for particular matrix operations on an array of pixels to be illegal?
If the photo is online, then the "identifiable information" is already public.
At least in EU, it is very simple - you do not collect personally identifiable information about anyone without his/her permission.
Facebook didn't collect the information. The photographer did that.
In Japan, it is illegal to photograph someone without their permission, unless they are a public figure. In America, it generally is not. In Europe, the laws vary by country.
But either way, Facebook didn't take the photos. They just ran an algorithm on the pixels. Are algorithms illegal?
I look forward to thousands of dollars, as a non Facebook member if they used facial recognition on me in other peoples photos and recorded it in a database about me.
If you didn't take the photos, then you have no copyright over them, and no say in what is done with them.
What law do you think Facebook is violating?
The plaintiffs are trying to use an Illinois state law on biometrics, but that is a real stretch, and even if they win, the ruling may only apply if the processing or storage is done in Illinois, which is unlikely.
They would still need engines for maneuvering in port, and they could also use them if becalmed. Lack of wind is only a problem in the subtropical ridge or "horse latitudes" around 30 degrees N & S. Most shipping takes great-circle routes further north into the "roaring forties" or "furious fifties" where there is no lack of wind.
SkySails operate higher above sea level, where winds are stronger and more reliable. They can also be retrofitted onto existing ships.
Fortunately, there's always someone willing to be the "President-For-LIfe", or "Der Fuhrer", or whatever.
That often doesn't solve the problem. It is often said of the Fascists in Italy, that "At least Mussolini made the trains run on time"... but that was a lie. It was just propaganda. Italian trans actually continued to be unreliable.
Netflix original content now drives 20% of viewership.
Up from 12% a year ago. So the OC portion of their business is growing rapidly. According to TFA, they spent $8B on content last year, but it doesn't say how much they spent on licensed content vs original content. Their 2017 revenue was about $12B, so 2/3 of that went to pay for content.
There is a lot of truth in that. Infrastructure projects in China happen amazingly fast, and their ability to bulldoze through any local opposition is a big reason for that.
NIMBYism doesn't scale. Sure, you don't want the new sewage plant in your neighborhood, but neither does anyone else, and if it doesn't get built your toilet doesn't flush. Someone has to have the authority to make hard unpopular decisions, with decisiveness and finality. Very few democracies do that well.
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What happens when an accident happens because the owner did not do proper maintenence
Very few accidents are a result of deferred maintenance. Nearly all are from impaired driving and human error.
bad brakes, bald tires, mechanical failure, didn't take the vehicle in for updates, etc)?
Tesla brakes don't wear out. The automatic regen absorbs 95% of braking energy. The brake pads last the life of the car.
Updates are OTA.
There isn't really much mechanics to fail. The only moving part in an electric engine are the bearings.
Tires wear out faster, because of the fast acceleration, so that is an issue. But existing liability law already covers out-of-warranty abusive use.
What happens when someone damages your car? The manufacturer isn't going to cover that.
Why not? If they are selling "no insurance needed" as a feature, then of course they would cover it. Otherwise, you would buy something else.
I just enable cookies by default. More tracking means more relevant advertising, and better news link recommendations. The more Facebook and Google know about my preferences, the better.
If I don't want to be tracked, I just open an Incognito window. Incognito also works well for reading "First-3-Free" news websites, such as WaPo and the NY Times.
they can completely fuck over their business model by shutting down their access to process funds if they choose not to comply.
The feds can do that. The NY-AG can not.
The NY-AG's main focus is driving financial sector jobs out of NY, while building a platform for a run at the governorship.
much better systems like chinese medicine. its work for thousands of years
When an American gets the flu, they get a prescription for antibiotics which work only as a placebo, with deleterious side effects in breeding antibiotic resistance.
When Chinese get sick, they take some ground up leaves, which also only work only as a placebo, but avoid the drawbacks.
The Chinese way is better.
Why would anyone purchase non-existent driving software with their Tesla when, presumably, that feature could be purchased separately later
When my wife bought her Tesla, she was told it would cost much more than $3000 to buy full-autonomy later.
What happens when they start selling them and the courts find that all liability is with the software/hardware manufacturer?
Then the manufacturer will pay for insurance, rather than each individual paying for their own. It will just be built into the price of the car, but will be less expensive and more efficient than the current system because of better transparency and lower transaction costs.
Consumers will win, since they will save money and hassle. Car manufacturers will win since "no-insurance-needed" cars will sell better. Insurance companies will lose, since they will be selling to informed manufacturers (who may opt to self-insure) rather than to confused consumers.
My guess is as folks start to realize they are mileage limited with long recharge times
I doubt if any Tesla owner was unaware of these issues before they bought the car.
they could get a REALLY NICE fossil fueled option for less money so they put it up for sale.
FF cars come with zero nerd-cred. Nobody cares. You have to park at the back of the lot, while the EVs get the premium parking spaces near the entrance.
Disclaimer: I am a very satisfied Tesla owner. Well, technically my wife owns it, but she lets me drive it if I wash the dishes everyday.
Yes, such a thing exists in European law: Your face is yours, and only yours, and anyone wanting to take a picture of it needs your permission to do so.
Bullcrap. There is no such "European law". There are laws in specific EU countries, but they vary. In general, you can photograph people in public without their explicit consent.
if you want to do ANYTHING with a picture that has me on it, you need my ok.
More bullcrap. If I take your photo legally, there is no European law prohibiting modification, with a few narrow exceptions such as pornography.
Exactly. The lawsuit is questioning facebooks commercial use of the "biometric" (*) information gathered from the images.
Nope. The plaintiffs' case is based on an Illinois law that says nothing about "commercial use".
If you're running the algorithm on data you have no right to run it on, yes.
Who has the right to grant those rights? According to the plaintiffs, it is not the person who took the photograph and thus owns the copyright, but the person displayed in the image.
Fakebook IS making commercial use of the data.
The lawsuit is not questioning Facebook's right to display the images, and running an algorithm on pixels is not a form of commercial use that requires a model release.
... but the creation of new metadata.
So there are criminal algorithms? I realize that we are all supposed to hate Facebook, so everyone is cheering for the plaintiffs, but is it really a good idea for particular matrix operations on an array of pixels to be illegal?
If the photo is online, then the "identifiable information" is already public.
Did they sign a model release?
A model release is needed for commercial use of your likeness, not running an algorithm on the pixel data.
At least in EU, it is very simple - you do not collect personally identifiable information about anyone without his/her permission.
Facebook didn't collect the information. The photographer did that.
In Japan, it is illegal to photograph someone without their permission, unless they are a public figure. In America, it generally is not. In Europe, the laws vary by country.
But either way, Facebook didn't take the photos. They just ran an algorithm on the pixels. Are algorithms illegal?
I look forward to thousands of dollars, as a non Facebook member if they used facial recognition on me in other peoples photos and recorded it in a database about me.
If you didn't take the photos, then you have no copyright over them, and no say in what is done with them.
What law do you think Facebook is violating?
The plaintiffs are trying to use an Illinois state law on biometrics, but that is a real stretch, and even if they win, the ruling may only apply if the processing or storage is done in Illinois, which is unlikely.
I look forward to my free years' worth of Facebook Premium (tm) as compensation. (/s)
This ruling just means the case may proceed to trial. The plaintiffs now have a much higher hurdle in actually winning their case.
It is perfectly legal for me to look at a photo and recognize the people in the photo from my memory.
Why should it be illegal for the same thing to be done "on a computer"?
And yet, they enjoy their life while you're stuck wasting your limited time doing meaningless work.
No. The French are not happier.
If you are unemployed, you are not happier because your neighbor works shorter hours.
Unemployment rate in America: 4.1%
Unemployment rate in France: 9.2%
Density 28,491/sq mi (11,000/km2)
i'd say that's pretty damn crowded.
Meh. Metro Manila has four times that.
List of cities by population density
They do need wind, which isn't always available.
They would still need engines for maneuvering in port, and they could also use them if becalmed. Lack of wind is only a problem in the subtropical ridge or "horse latitudes" around 30 degrees N & S. Most shipping takes great-circle routes further north into the "roaring forties" or "furious fifties" where there is no lack of wind.
SkySails operate higher above sea level, where winds are stronger and more reliable. They can also be retrofitted onto existing ships.
So I'd say the French are fine actually with their 30 hour weeks - it seems fewer hours = more productive. Who knew?
Except the French are less productive
Fortunately, there's always someone willing to be the "President-For-LIfe", or "Der Fuhrer", or whatever.
That often doesn't solve the problem. It is often said of the Fascists in Italy, that "At least Mussolini made the trains run on time" ... but that was a lie. It was just propaganda. Italian trans actually continued to be unreliable.
Snopes: Mussolini made the trains run on time. False
Netflix original content now drives 20% of viewership.
Up from 12% a year ago. So the OC portion of their business is growing rapidly. According to TFA, they spent $8B on content last year, but it doesn't say how much they spent on licensed content vs original content. Their 2017 revenue was about $12B, so 2/3 of that went to pay for content.
Seems they want to blame this on democracy.
There is a lot of truth in that. Infrastructure projects in China happen amazingly fast, and their ability to bulldoze through any local opposition is a big reason for that.
NIMBYism doesn't scale. Sure, you don't want the new sewage plant in your neighborhood, but neither does anyone else, and if it doesn't get built your toilet doesn't flush. Someone has to have the authority to make hard unpopular decisions, with decisiveness and finality. Very few democracies do that well.
I'm curious what's considered an "obsolete CPU architecture" if a Powerbook 100 is still supported.
Obsolete = Nobody is stepping up to maintain the code.
Obviously someone still cares about the Powerbook 100 enough to do the maintenance work.
Proprietary software drops support when they no longer care. Open source drops support when you no longer care.
We will end up with 1% exclusively benefiting from all the increases in productivity
Exactly. Just like how the 1% prevented common people from owning cars, computers, cell phones, microwaves, and washing machines.