I wonder if VR stuff will wind up like quadrophonic sound, the Virtual Boy, Smellovision, or 3D TVs
No, VR is better than that, and the entry price ($20) is really low. My son got a Google Cardboard for Christmas, and it is pretty cool. I has been a week, and he is still playing with it. It will be even better when more apps are available. Rule 34 will also help: My wife will definitely want some VR goggles if they can make me look like Chris Hemsworth while we are having sex.
False positives are not a problem if you deal with them rationally. If a woman is murdered, and the DNA matches one in a million, then in a country of 300 million, there will be 300 matches, and 299 false positives. But if only one lives in the same city, and it happens to be her ex-boyfriend, then the DNA match is useful information.
Tried it for a bit only to find out that I cannot concentrate as well when I am standing. Is it just me?
It takes a while to get used to. You should get a leaning "chair", so you are not standing unsupported. There are several to chose from. I built my own with some scrap lumber and some spare cushions. Adjust your desk height so your forearms are parallel to the ground, and adjust your monitor so your eye level is about 1/3 down from the top. I stand on these wedge cushions.
Start with just an hour or two per day, then work your way up. I use my standing desk about four hours per day. Few people stand for the whole day.
Another reason this won't work: Plenty of people will pay for apps. Nobody will pay to use a website. I develop apps, I buy groceries, and I feed my family. If I turn my app into a webpage, I can do none of those things.
Doesn't sound right to me. My bank constantly pesters me to "install the app" instead of using a browser. I don't see why I would need to check my bank balance while driving on the freeway, rather than just waiting till I get home. I understand that some people don't own a computer, use their mobile device for everything, and may find a banking app useful. But if they ask repeatedly, and I decline every time, then the pestering should stop.
The GP's advice was not just directed at the submitter, but at the hundreds of other people who might have the same question. Machine Learning is a big and growing field, and everyone involved in tech should learn the basics about how ML works and what it can do.
Also, bone up on your math skills...it's a math intensive field.
Although ML has a lot of math, the math is not all that deep. If you have taken calculus (up to partial derivatives) and linear algebra (matrices), you have enough math to get started. But you need to be comfortable quickly reading and understanding a lot of mathematical notation. Many of the important ML research papers have more math than text.
MIT has a good free intro to AI and ML by Patrick Winston. I watched it for an hour a day while I was on the treadmill. I learned a lot, and burned off a few pounds.
You should also learn CUDA and/or OpenCL. That will not only help you with ML, but also with any other HPC, and make you more employable.
(Don't give me the example of people trying to "corner the market" or "get a monopoly by buying up all competitors", that just doesn't work.)
What??!? It certainly does work. When I was 12 years old, I was selling pumpkins at a flea market. Then a farmer showed up, with a truckload of pumpkins. The first thing he did was come over and talk to me, and convince me to raise my price to the same as his, and agree to not offer any discounts. He made the (valid) argument that discounting would just lead to a race to the bottom, and minimize our profits. I stuck to the deal, and so did he. I learned a valuable lesson that day about business and proper pricing (I was charging too little before he showed up). Years later, I learned that the price fixing agreement that we made was illegal.
Price fixing may not work in broad commodity markets, like corn or wheat, with many buyers and sellers, but it certainly works in isolated markets with few participants, like three gas stations at a freeway stop, or two pumpkin sellers at a flea market.
China has to oppress/spy very hard to prevent the poor working class from starting a communist revolution, eh?
Actually, yes. There are a surprising number of "reactionary" communists in China, that want to go back to Maoism, despite the disastrous outcome of his policies. It is fairly common to see people with little Mao pins on their lapels, especially in inland areas, and some Hunan restaurants have little "Mao shrines" (Mao was from Hunan).
They can just slap the suspects in jail and start applying electro-shock therapy until they spit out the passwords they require.
That doesn't work when you have 1.3 billion suspects. This is not about investigating a few specific individuals, but about mass surveillance of the entire population.
That is ONE definition of a "free market", as a market free of government regulation. Another definition of a "free market" is a competitive market with negligible barriers to entry, and the inability of a single participant (either buyer or seller) to unilaterally set prices. In practice, these two definitions are opposites, since completely unregulated markets tend to be rigged.
On what grounds? There are specific laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on race, religion, gender, and a few other specific criteria. Anything else is legal. A company can refuse to hire anyone without a twitter account, without breaking any law. My company refuses to hire smokers. That is legal. As a class, smokers have no rights.
Only in your paranoid fantasy. The lightbulbs are too cheap to contain an NSA microphone. If the NSA wants to spy on me, they would be WAY better off compromising the Amazon Echo, which already listens in and digitizes everything it hears. The IoT lightbulbs add near zero additional threat surface.
It is a shame that the best way to block this bad idea may be the gridlock in Congress.
There are many, many good things about gridlock. The only reason I am planning to vote for Hillary in November is because that will ensure that the gridlock continues.
You definitely don't need a frigging Internet connected LIGHTBULB.
I have a few frigging Internet connected lightbulbs, and while they are not "needed", they are certainly convenient. The bulb on my porch is controlled by an IoT motion detector, which also triggers an IoT camera, and sends an alert to my cellphone. The bulb in my kitchen is integrated with both a motion detector, and my Amazon Echo, so I can control it with voice. I save electricity, have better physical security, and I no longer have to get up on cold winter nights because my wife hears a noise. If the motion detector hasn't triggered, then I ain't gettin' up.
Not a puzzler, people aren't taught to think anymore.
Anymore? You are implying that there was once a golden age when people were taught to think. When was that? Then 1950s, when we lived with cookie cutter conformity? The 1960s, when we thought the Vietnam war was a good idea? The 1970s, when disco was popular? The 1980s, when we decided that "deficits don't matter"? The 1990s, when we invested in pets.com? The 00s, when GWB was elected twice?
If the Bill of Rights actually meant anything, this program would have never been allowed to exist. Even now, it is being suspended by administrative decree, not because the judicial branch decided to grow a backbone, stand up, and defend the Constitution. Although the program is being suspended, the stolen property is not being returned, and no one is going to jail or even getting a reprimand.
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I wonder if VR stuff will wind up like quadrophonic sound, the Virtual Boy, Smellovision, or 3D TVs
No, VR is better than that, and the entry price ($20) is really low. My son got a Google Cardboard for Christmas, and it is pretty cool. I has been a week, and he is still playing with it. It will be even better when more apps are available. Rule 34 will also help: My wife will definitely want some VR goggles if they can make me look like Chris Hemsworth while we are having sex.
False positives are not a problem if you deal with them rationally. If a woman is murdered, and the DNA matches one in a million, then in a country of 300 million, there will be 300 matches, and 299 false positives. But if only one lives in the same city, and it happens to be her ex-boyfriend, then the DNA match is useful information.
Tried it for a bit only to find out that I cannot concentrate as well when I am standing. Is it just me?
It takes a while to get used to. You should get a leaning "chair", so you are not standing unsupported. There are several to chose from. I built my own with some scrap lumber and some spare cushions. Adjust your desk height so your forearms are parallel to the ground, and adjust your monitor so your eye level is about 1/3 down from the top. I stand on these wedge cushions.
Start with just an hour or two per day, then work your way up. I use my standing desk about four hours per day. Few people stand for the whole day.
Another reason this won't work: Plenty of people will pay for apps. Nobody will pay to use a website. I develop apps, I buy groceries, and I feed my family. If I turn my app into a webpage, I can do none of those things.
What company is going to let its employees bring in spyware?
Any company that allows cellphones.
Sounds right.
Doesn't sound right to me. My bank constantly pesters me to "install the app" instead of using a browser. I don't see why I would need to check my bank balance while driving on the freeway, rather than just waiting till I get home. I understand that some people don't own a computer, use their mobile device for everything, and may find a banking app useful. But if they ask repeatedly, and I decline every time, then the pestering should stop.
I'm not sure that would help a failed engineer.
The GP's advice was not just directed at the submitter, but at the hundreds of other people who might have the same question. Machine Learning is a big and growing field, and everyone involved in tech should learn the basics about how ML works and what it can do.
Also, bone up on your math skills...it's a math intensive field.
Although ML has a lot of math, the math is not all that deep. If you have taken calculus (up to partial derivatives) and linear algebra (matrices), you have enough math to get started. But you need to be comfortable quickly reading and understanding a lot of mathematical notation. Many of the important ML research papers have more math than text.
MIT has a good free intro to AI and ML by Patrick Winston. I watched it for an hour a day while I was on the treadmill. I learned a lot, and burned off a few pounds.
You should also learn CUDA and/or OpenCL. That will not only help you with ML, but also with any other HPC, and make you more employable.
It's politically incorrect to say this, but most humans are not intelligent.
But you are one of the rare smart ones, right?
https://xkcd.com/610/
every doctors office will do a CBC test and you will get a report with two dozen or so line items and numbers along with acceptable ranges
You will also get a $400 bill ... and wait a week for the results.
You're free to not use money - like trading some home grown weed for some local shine.
No you are not. Barter is taxable. It is taxed at the cash value of the transaction.
(Don't give me the example of people trying to "corner the market" or "get a monopoly by buying up all competitors", that just doesn't work.)
What??!? It certainly does work. When I was 12 years old, I was selling pumpkins at a flea market. Then a farmer showed up, with a truckload of pumpkins. The first thing he did was come over and talk to me, and convince me to raise my price to the same as his, and agree to not offer any discounts. He made the (valid) argument that discounting would just lead to a race to the bottom, and minimize our profits. I stuck to the deal, and so did he. I learned a valuable lesson that day about business and proper pricing (I was charging too little before he showed up). Years later, I learned that the price fixing agreement that we made was illegal.
Price fixing may not work in broad commodity markets, like corn or wheat, with many buyers and sellers, but it certainly works in isolated markets with few participants, like three gas stations at a freeway stop, or two pumpkin sellers at a flea market.
China has to oppress/spy very hard to prevent the poor working class from starting a communist revolution, eh?
Actually, yes. There are a surprising number of "reactionary" communists in China, that want to go back to Maoism, despite the disastrous outcome of his policies. It is fairly common to see people with little Mao pins on their lapels, especially in inland areas, and some Hunan restaurants have little "Mao shrines" (Mao was from Hunan).
They can just slap the suspects in jail and start applying electro-shock therapy until they spit out the passwords they require.
That doesn't work when you have 1.3 billion suspects. This is not about investigating a few specific individuals, but about mass surveillance of the entire population.
A free market is a ...
That is ONE definition of a "free market", as a market free of government regulation. Another definition of a "free market" is a competitive market with negligible barriers to entry, and the inability of a single participant (either buyer or seller) to unilaterally set prices. In practice, these two definitions are opposites, since completely unregulated markets tend to be rigged.
I have light sockets that are at this point 20 years old. My parents have ones that are 60+ years old. They *still* *work*.
They will continue to work. IoT lightbulbs screw into standard sockets.
Vote trump to kill the job killing bill.
Bernie and Huck are also opposed. Bush, Rubio, and Kasich are supporters. All the others (including Hillary) have waffled.
Did you sue the company?
On what grounds? There are specific laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on race, religion, gender, and a few other specific criteria. Anything else is legal. A company can refuse to hire anyone without a twitter account, without breaking any law. My company refuses to hire smokers. That is legal. As a class, smokers have no rights.
What "rights" have I given away?
The right to privacy, dumbass.
Only in your paranoid fantasy. The lightbulbs are too cheap to contain an NSA microphone. If the NSA wants to spy on me, they would be WAY better off compromising the Amazon Echo, which already listens in and digitizes everything it hears. The IoT lightbulbs add near zero additional threat surface.
Then in exchange for "convenience" (although your setup sounds ridiculous) you give away your rights.
What "rights" have I given away?
It is a shame that the best way to block this bad idea may be the gridlock in Congress.
There are many, many good things about gridlock. The only reason I am planning to vote for Hillary in November is because that will ensure that the gridlock continues.
You definitely don't need a frigging Internet connected LIGHTBULB.
I have a few frigging Internet connected lightbulbs, and while they are not "needed", they are certainly convenient. The bulb on my porch is controlled by an IoT motion detector, which also triggers an IoT camera, and sends an alert to my cellphone. The bulb in my kitchen is integrated with both a motion detector, and my Amazon Echo, so I can control it with voice. I save electricity, have better physical security, and I no longer have to get up on cold winter nights because my wife hears a noise. If the motion detector hasn't triggered, then I ain't gettin' up.
Not a puzzler, people aren't taught to think anymore.
Anymore? You are implying that there was once a golden age when people were taught to think. When was that? Then 1950s, when we lived with cookie cutter conformity? The 1960s, when we thought the Vietnam war was a good idea? The 1970s, when disco was popular? The 1980s, when we decided that "deficits don't matter"? The 1990s, when we invested in pets.com? The 00s, when GWB was elected twice?
Go read the bill of rights.
If the Bill of Rights actually meant anything, this program would have never been allowed to exist. Even now, it is being suspended by administrative decree, not because the judicial branch decided to grow a backbone, stand up, and defend the Constitution. Although the program is being suspended, the stolen property is not being returned, and no one is going to jail or even getting a reprimand.