My gasoline car has a range of 410 miles and it can be refueled in under 5 minutes
If you regularly drive 400+ miles in one trip, your family only has one car, and it is important that you can refuel in only 5 minutes, rather than taking a 20 minute break after 6 hours of driving, then here is the solution to your problem: DON'T BUY AN ELECTRIC CAR.
For plenty of other people, electric cars work well.
There are examples of complex behavior in cetaceans that would be difficult to explain without assuming they can communicate. Here is a video of orcas (which are technically dolphins) using a complex coordinated activity to isolate and capture a crabeater seal. But that isn't even the most interesting part: First the adults perform the actions, while the junenile orcas watch, then they let the seal recover and climb back onto the ice. Then the juveniles give it a go. They screw it up. Then the adults go again, showing them how to do it right. The the juveniles try again. How could they do that without being about to "talk"?
If a minimum wage job doesn't pay a survival wage - and such is the consensus on US minimum wages -...
Not everyone is a head of household. The whole point of a minimum wage is for it to be a minimum, which means unskilled, entry level teenagers. If you come out of 13 years of free education (K-12) with no useful knowledge or skill other than flipping burgers, then maybe you should wait a while before starting a family.
In other words, their regular job doesn't pay a living wage
That depends on how you want to live. Even minimum wage in America is more than is earned by 80% of the world. People don't work a second job to survive, they do it to improve their life and afford extra things.
and neither does Uber or they would quit their regular job and do Uber full time.
Who wants to sit in a car seat for eight hours a day? Also, demand for rides has a peak in the morning, a peak in the afternoon, and a peak in the evening. Other times are dead. It makes no sense for all the drivers to work all the time. They would spend most of the time idle, earning nothing.
As someone who'd love an electric car, I'm already out of the running with a family of four children. I don't have the cash for a "second" car
Electric cars are still bleeding edge. The amount you save on gasoline, even over the full life of the car, will not pay for the premium price. You don't buy them to save money. You buy them to help change the world (and maybe for the convenience). If battery improvements continue at their current pace, the financial break even point is still five or ten years away.
Seems like all I hear about Tesla is "we're working to become awesome" and from their owners "it's true, they are awesome."
My wife has a Tesla. Yes, their customer support is awesome. So are their cars.
According the Wikipedia deletion log, that page was deleted once (in 2007), and the similar page MGTOW was deleted a few times after a contentious debate in 2006/2007.
This aggressive deletionism is the reason I stopped contributing to, and no longer donate to Wikipedia. If you are not interested in a particular topic, then DON'T READ ABOUT IT. But there is no reason to delete it just to spite the people that ARE interested. A paper encyclopedia has to be selective because paper has a significant cost, and shelf space is limited. But an online encyclopedia does not have those constraints. Even if Wikipedia was ten, or even a hundred times bigger, the cost of the disk space would be negligible.
I'm thinking that's a "browsing history" that needs clearing before Laura gets home...
Indeed. A big part of the plot is when Joe fails to clear that history with a detrimental effect on his marriage. He tries to explain that a man using a sexbot is no different in principle than a woman using a vibrator, but that analogy was not convincing.
Also, are some parts of Anita dishwasher safe?
Better than that. After the "action", she simply excuses herself and goes to the bathroom to clean herself up.
People do listen to him. Most Americans would be challenged to name a living Nobel laureate. But in China, everyone knows who Chen-ning Yang is. He is a national icon. He is as well known in China as Kim Kardashian is in America. When he married Weng Fan, it was huge news. An American equivalent would be like when Brad Pitt married Angelina Jolie.
If he is speaking out against the collider, that carries a lot of weight. There is no way he can just be silenced. He has too much stature for that. Even Xi Jinping would not want to butt heads with him.
Sorry, but I don't see anything wrong with that page. It certainly describes a real phenomena, that is going to get much worse as technology improves, and may even eventually be a threat to humanity's existence. Many guys would be willing to replace their GF with a sexbot. Have you ever seen the TV show "Humans"? Watch a few episodes, and then ask yourself: If you had to chose, would you rather live with Laura or Anita?
you're definitely exploiting the workforce, when you start judging employees with normal work-life balance against the yard-stick of the work-late'rs.
Perhaps. But auties have drawbacks like poor social skills and problems communicating, that offset their tendency to focus and work longer. Why is it "fair" when normals play to strengths, but "unfair" when auties do the same?
No thanks. I, like many autistic people, have no interest in reading fiction. And I think it is silly to cite a work of fiction in a discussion about reality. For a better insight into the world of Auties, try reading Thinking in Pictures, written by an autistic woman diagnosed as retarded, who went on to earn a PhD in engineering.
Your description of autistic people as helpless children, incapable of making their own life decisions, is paternalistic crap.
A flawed hiring strategy was passing over better candidates in favor of people with more social skills
Indeed. Having a group of people hammer a candidate with questions while they write solutions on a whiteboard is a terrible way to do interviews, and does not reflect the actual working environment. I prefer to keep interviews low stress, and if a candidate seems nervous, I offer to leave the room and give them 30 minutes or so to work on a problem in peace and quiet. I have hired several extremely introverted people that way, who have turned out to be great employees.
Is it exploitation if the employee wants to work late? Employment gives autistic people purpose and social engagement that is often lacking in other areas of their lives. So if they choose to work late with their co-workers rather than going home to sit in an empty apartment, why is that a bad thing? That decision should be theirs, not yours.
but I see this going to extremes.
You shouldn't. Rates of employment among autistic people vary widely by country. Some countries do a way better job of integrating these people than others. The Economist recently had a good article on the reasons for this. From the article: About 80% of autistic people are not employed. 87% of autistic youngsters who were given assistance to find a job, got one. Only 6% who did not receive support were successful. There is enormous potential for improvement, and we are a long, long way from "going to extremes".
Are they specifically looking for the rocking back and forth level of autism?
The "rocking" is often an indicator of neglect, often as a result of late diagnosis. An autistic child needs treatment, stimulation, and education. They should not be left in the corner to rock back and forth.
The "awkward, can't look you in the eye, bad grooming"? Or the "I'm always right and get insanely defensive"s?
Training and education can help here too. "Normals" learn social skills indirectly by observing those around them. Autistic people often need explicit rules and checklists: Greet people in the hallway. Smile and look people in the eye. No political discussions at work. Etc.
That's because we are INVADING space that was once not ours.
The animals are also invading. Prior to the 20th century, coyotes did not live east of the Mississippi River. Today, they are common from New England to Florida. It is estimated that hundreds live in New York City, subsisting on garbage and rats. Other animals, from raccoons to peregrine falcons, have also adapted to urban living.
I once saw a racoon and 3 cubs walking down Market St in San Francisco. I once saw a coyote on the Embarcadero. There is a family of possums living in the shed in my backyard.
Why is there any software AT ALL involved in the operation of a seatbelt? For fuck's sake, not everything needs to be computerized.
There are purely mechanical impact sensors, but MEMS modules are more reliable and require an electronic interface. Also, you don't want to wait till the impact to begin pretensioning. If sensors like cameras and radar can detect an imminent crash, they can begin tensioning the seatbelts, retracting the steering wheel, and even moving the seat back to give the airbags more room to deploy. Despite your Luddite opinion, these technologies have already saved thousands of lives.
I think TFA has the cause and effect backwards. Apple likely bought Beats because they were planning to remove the audio jack, expected Android to eventually follow their lead, and figured that, therefore, a bluetooth headphone company would be a good investment.
They didn't remove the audio jack because they own Beats. They bought Beats because they were planning to remove the jack.
b) blame it on a group of twenty other people who will die during the event.
How do you know they died? Considering all the other things the conspirators had to do, falsifying the flight manifest would not be particularly difficult.
Wants greater social tolerance and fiscal sanity; plans to vote for the candidate with a fantastical view of both.
You are missing the point. There is NO WAY that Gary is going to actually win, so his personal views and knowledge about specific issues are irrelevant. All that matters is the message that is sent to the two mainstream parties. I am voting for a direction, not a destination.
speech synthesis and so called "artificial intelligence", are too different things.
Accurate speech synthesis, with appropriate pronunciation and intonation, is absolutely a subset of AI. There is no way to do it with a dumb algorithm, such as a lookup table. No one has done it without machine learning.
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My gasoline car has a range of 410 miles and it can be refueled in under 5 minutes
If you regularly drive 400+ miles in one trip, your family only has one car, and it is important that you can refuel in only 5 minutes, rather than taking a 20 minute break after 6 hours of driving, then here is the solution to your problem: DON'T BUY AN ELECTRIC CAR.
For plenty of other people, electric cars work well.
There are examples of complex behavior in cetaceans that would be difficult to explain without assuming they can communicate. Here is a video of orcas (which are technically dolphins) using a complex coordinated activity to isolate and capture a crabeater seal. But that isn't even the most interesting part: First the adults perform the actions, while the junenile orcas watch, then they let the seal recover and climb back onto the ice. Then the juveniles give it a go. They screw it up. Then the adults go again, showing them how to do it right. The the juveniles try again. How could they do that without being about to "talk"?
Except that you are stranded for hours while your piece of shit electric recharges.
My electric car has a range of 240 miles. It can charge to 80% of that in 20 minutes. I have never been "stranded".
If you regularly drive long distances, then an electric car is not a good choice. They are not for everyone.
If a minimum wage job doesn't pay a survival wage - and such is the consensus on US minimum wages - ...
Not everyone is a head of household. The whole point of a minimum wage is for it to be a minimum, which means unskilled, entry level teenagers. If you come out of 13 years of free education (K-12) with no useful knowledge or skill other than flipping burgers, then maybe you should wait a while before starting a family.
In other words, their regular job doesn't pay a living wage
That depends on how you want to live. Even minimum wage in America is more than is earned by 80% of the world. People don't work a second job to survive, they do it to improve their life and afford extra things.
and neither does Uber or they would quit their regular job and do Uber full time.
Who wants to sit in a car seat for eight hours a day? Also, demand for rides has a peak in the morning, a peak in the afternoon, and a peak in the evening. Other times are dead. It makes no sense for all the drivers to work all the time. They would spend most of the time idle, earning nothing.
The "gig economy" is a symptom, not a solution
Then what is the solution?
As someone who'd love an electric car, I'm already out of the running with a family of four children. I don't have the cash for a "second" car
Electric cars are still bleeding edge. The amount you save on gasoline, even over the full life of the car, will not pay for the premium price. You don't buy them to save money. You buy them to help change the world (and maybe for the convenience). If battery improvements continue at their current pace, the financial break even point is still five or ten years away.
Seems like all I hear about Tesla is "we're working to become awesome" and from their owners "it's true, they are awesome."
My wife has a Tesla. Yes, their customer support is awesome. So are their cars.
According the Wikipedia deletion log, that page was deleted once (in 2007), and the similar page MGTOW was deleted a few times after a contentious debate in 2006/2007.
This aggressive deletionism is the reason I stopped contributing to, and no longer donate to Wikipedia. If you are not interested in a particular topic, then DON'T READ ABOUT IT. But there is no reason to delete it just to spite the people that ARE interested. A paper encyclopedia has to be selective because paper has a significant cost, and shelf space is limited. But an online encyclopedia does not have those constraints. Even if Wikipedia was ten, or even a hundred times bigger, the cost of the disk space would be negligible.
I'm thinking that's a "browsing history" that needs clearing before Laura gets home...
Indeed. A big part of the plot is when Joe fails to clear that history with a detrimental effect on his marriage. He tries to explain that a man using a sexbot is no different in principle than a woman using a vibrator, but that analogy was not convincing.
Also, are some parts of Anita dishwasher safe?
Better than that. After the "action", she simply excuses herself and goes to the bathroom to clean herself up.
People should listen to him.
People do listen to him. Most Americans would be challenged to name a living Nobel laureate. But in China, everyone knows who Chen-ning Yang is. He is a national icon. He is as well known in China as Kim Kardashian is in America. When he married Weng Fan, it was huge news. An American equivalent would be like when Brad Pitt married Angelina Jolie.
If he is speaking out against the collider, that carries a lot of weight. There is no way he can just be silenced. He has too much stature for that. Even Xi Jinping would not want to butt heads with him.
Case in point:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Sorry, but I don't see anything wrong with that page. It certainly describes a real phenomena, that is going to get much worse as technology improves, and may even eventually be a threat to humanity's existence. Many guys would be willing to replace their GF with a sexbot. Have you ever seen the TV show "Humans"? Watch a few episodes, and then ask yourself: If you had to chose, would you rather live with Laura or Anita?
you're definitely exploiting the workforce, when you start judging employees with normal work-life balance against the yard-stick of the work-late'rs.
Perhaps. But auties have drawbacks like poor social skills and problems communicating, that offset their tendency to focus and work longer. Why is it "fair" when normals play to strengths, but "unfair" when auties do the same?
Read "A Deepness In The Sky", by Vernor Vinge
No thanks. I, like many autistic people, have no interest in reading fiction. And I think it is silly to cite a work of fiction in a discussion about reality. For a better insight into the world of Auties, try reading Thinking in Pictures, written by an autistic woman diagnosed as retarded, who went on to earn a PhD in engineering.
Your description of autistic people as helpless children, incapable of making their own life decisions, is paternalistic crap.
It's fine that Microsoft wants to start hiring more autistic programmers.... Just as long as they hire them from INSIDE the U.S.
55% of Microsoft's sales are international. Global companies grow globally. Get over it.
A flawed hiring strategy was passing over better candidates in favor of people with more social skills
Indeed. Having a group of people hammer a candidate with questions while they write solutions on a whiteboard is a terrible way to do interviews, and does not reflect the actual working environment. I prefer to keep interviews low stress, and if a candidate seems nervous, I offer to leave the room and give them 30 minutes or so to work on a problem in peace and quiet. I have hired several extremely introverted people that way, who have turned out to be great employees.
Ah, it makes it easier to exploit employees.
Is it exploitation if the employee wants to work late? Employment gives autistic people purpose and social engagement that is often lacking in other areas of their lives. So if they choose to work late with their co-workers rather than going home to sit in an empty apartment, why is that a bad thing? That decision should be theirs, not yours.
but I see this going to extremes.
You shouldn't. Rates of employment among autistic people vary widely by country. Some countries do a way better job of integrating these people than others. The Economist recently had a good article on the reasons for this. From the article: About 80% of autistic people are not employed. 87% of autistic youngsters who were given assistance to find a job, got one. Only 6% who did not receive support were successful. There is enormous potential for improvement, and we are a long, long way from "going to extremes".
Are they specifically looking for the rocking back and forth level of autism?
The "rocking" is often an indicator of neglect, often as a result of late diagnosis. An autistic child needs treatment, stimulation, and education. They should not be left in the corner to rock back and forth.
The "awkward, can't look you in the eye, bad grooming"? Or the "I'm always right and get insanely defensive"s?
Training and education can help here too. "Normals" learn social skills indirectly by observing those around them. Autistic people often need explicit rules and checklists: Greet people in the hallway. Smile and look people in the eye. No political discussions at work. Etc.
That's because we are INVADING space that was once not ours.
The animals are also invading. Prior to the 20th century, coyotes did not live east of the Mississippi River. Today, they are common from New England to Florida. It is estimated that hundreds live in New York City, subsisting on garbage and rats. Other animals, from raccoons to peregrine falcons, have also adapted to urban living.
I must learn how to trip these manually, that would be a blast.
It is not hard. Just smack your front bumper with a sledgehammer.
In some cities, wilderness is increasing.
I once saw a racoon and 3 cubs walking down Market St in San Francisco. I once saw a coyote on the Embarcadero. There is a family of possums living in the shed in my backyard.
Why is there any software AT ALL involved in the operation of a seatbelt? For fuck's sake, not everything needs to be computerized.
There are purely mechanical impact sensors, but MEMS modules are more reliable and require an electronic interface. Also, you don't want to wait till the impact to begin pretensioning. If sensors like cameras and radar can detect an imminent crash, they can begin tensioning the seatbelts, retracting the steering wheel, and even moving the seat back to give the airbags more room to deploy. Despite your Luddite opinion, these technologies have already saved thousands of lives.
They should do over-the-air updates like Tesla does. Then there would be no need for a recall.
I think TFA has the cause and effect backwards. Apple likely bought Beats because they were planning to remove the audio jack, expected Android to eventually follow their lead, and figured that, therefore, a bluetooth headphone company would be a good investment.
They didn't remove the audio jack because they own Beats.
They bought Beats because they were planning to remove the jack.
b) blame it on a group of twenty other people who will die during the event.
How do you know they died? Considering all the other things the conspirators had to do, falsifying the flight manifest would not be particularly difficult.
Wants greater social tolerance and fiscal sanity; plans to vote for the candidate with a fantastical view of both.
You are missing the point. There is NO WAY that Gary is going to actually win, so his personal views and knowledge about specific issues are irrelevant. All that matters is the message that is sent to the two mainstream parties. I am voting for a direction, not a destination.
speech synthesis and so called "artificial intelligence", are too different things.
Accurate speech synthesis, with appropriate pronunciation and intonation, is absolutely a subset of AI. There is no way to do it with a dumb algorithm, such as a lookup table. No one has done it without machine learning.