"After stealing the world's biggest diamond, you flee into the desert to evade capture. Two days later, parched and about to die of thirst, you come upon a man who offers you a glass of water in exchange for the diamond you stole. What do you say?"
If the third party parts use workarounds to work, maybe something that is borderline an exploit because they don't know any other way to make it work, and Apple then FIXES that exploit, that means that yes, the third party part stops working and is to blame. Would you rather exploits don't get fixed because some piece of hardware USES IT?
And no, I'm not an Apple fanboy. The only iPhone I have ever touched belongs to one of my mom's friends. But fixing an exploit, and then building a tunnel for this specific piece of hardware, is not something you get to blame anyone for, be it Apple, Microsoft, Google, or Jim Smith in his garage.
That was 1987. We had Amigas, I think the 386 architecture was in play at the time, the NES console was making its debut... We already HAD computers in our homes by then.
What about pets? Will they make sure to keep the door closed so the cat or dog doesn't bolt? Will they refuse to enter the house if there are pets?
What about grabbing something small in the fridge or elsewhere in the house? Does everyone have 360 degree surveillance in every room of their house now?
What about disputing the purchase if you don't get the things you bought? Something missing, wrong items etc.?
What about delivery guys taking pictures with their phones while they're in your house to, off the top of my head, either shame you on the net for old appliances, dirty dishes in the sink etc., or maybe to plan a future burglary now that they have ACCESS TO YOUR HOUSE to look around?
What about just doing your grocery shopping yourself? Is the world really so stressed now we can't do that?
No, conspiracy theories lack evidence, period. There is no requirement that they are FALSE theories, since without evidence you have no way of knowing. You know, like it was before Snowden showed us how deep the rabbit hole went.
"The government is listening to everything!" was a conspiracy theory until that exact point - when we got the evidence. It wasn't false.
What proof is there that the host universe from which ours is simulated has the same laws of physics we do? What if our simulation is a post-grad's "What If?" project?
They can reverse-engineer your MAC address, as mentioned in the summary, and continue to track you through the city into these supermarkets. Now they don't just know that you went on the train to get to downtown London, but that you did so specifically to go shopping at a furniture store.
Eagles are friggin' powerhouses. I have seen several videos shot from a drone getting 'killed' by one, and the eagles don't look like they get injured at all at least in those. Mind, I doubt people would post videos where the eagle got a foot chopped off.
But let me ask you, even if pepper spray worked on birds (let's imagine a product that has the same effect), how safe do you think it would be for an eagle in flight to suddenly have severe pain in its eyes and an inability to see? That eagle would crash to the ground and die that way like the drone was 'supposed' to.
I'm rather curious about this as well. I haven't been following this thing very closely, so in short: What did they do that was illegal or against the ToS? Am I, as a Danish citizen living in Germany, gonna get banned from Twitter if I post, with no context, that I think you should vote against Trump in 2020?
Even assuming an artificial intellect that matched humans in *every* respect (not just intelligence, but creativity, empathy, cultural perspective etc etc) which is unlikely for a long time
Detective Del Spooner: Human beings have dreams. Even dogs have dreams, but not you, you are just a machine. An imitation of life. Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a... canvas into a beautiful masterpiece? Sonny: Can *you*?
That quote aside, what jobs specifically require human bodies and can't be done by a machine specifically made and shaped for that job?
Sex robots. More sex robots. Surf boards with automatic error correction, including getting you to safety. Programming the robots will, at best, be something only the really smartest of society can do. AI can predict loopholes in laws better than humans. Predicting series of notes that will be pleasant to the ears will be easier for an AI. Hell, it can't get worse than music today. All those jobs where you prefer to interact with another human will be removed because it's cheaper to make a robot do it, customer wants be damned.
As I've said before, we're in the process of removing ALL THE JOBS at the same time, including future jobs. But we've totally done that a dozen times before in our history.
And airplanes will never be more than the proof of concept made by the Wright brothers. There's no way those principles will scale to anything that is economically feasible.
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We were talking about things that aren't actually hazardous, though.
"After stealing the world's biggest diamond, you flee into the desert to evade capture. Two days later, parched and about to die of thirst, you come upon a man who offers you a glass of water in exchange for the diamond you stole. What do you say?"
If the third party parts use workarounds to work, maybe something that is borderline an exploit because they don't know any other way to make it work, and Apple then FIXES that exploit, that means that yes, the third party part stops working and is to blame. Would you rather exploits don't get fixed because some piece of hardware USES IT?
And no, I'm not an Apple fanboy. The only iPhone I have ever touched belongs to one of my mom's friends. But fixing an exploit, and then building a tunnel for this specific piece of hardware, is not something you get to blame anyone for, be it Apple, Microsoft, Google, or Jim Smith in his garage.
30 years ago?
That was 1987. We had Amigas, I think the 386 architecture was in play at the time, the NES console was making its debut ... We already HAD computers in our homes by then.
As I said a few weeks ago:
What about pets? Will they make sure to keep the door closed so the cat or dog doesn't bolt? Will they refuse to enter the house if there are pets?
What about grabbing something small in the fridge or elsewhere in the house? Does everyone have 360 degree surveillance in every room of their house now?
What about disputing the purchase if you don't get the things you bought? Something missing, wrong items etc.?
What about delivery guys taking pictures with their phones while they're in your house to, off the top of my head, either shame you on the net for old appliances, dirty dishes in the sink etc., or maybe to plan a future burglary now that they have ACCESS TO YOUR HOUSE to look around?
What about just doing your grocery shopping yourself? Is the world really so stressed now we can't do that?
So? It does what it's supposed to even though it's a dead project.
Media Player Classic is the solution.
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I have no idea if this is an extremely serendipitous random spam post, or expert tongue-in-cheek humor.
Blasphemy laws are slowly changing the world over so you can speak out against any religion*.
*Islam not included.
No, conspiracy theories lack evidence, period. There is no requirement that they are FALSE theories, since without evidence you have no way of knowing. You know, like it was before Snowden showed us how deep the rabbit hole went.
"The government is listening to everything!" was a conspiracy theory until that exact point - when we got the evidence. It wasn't false.
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I see squick in more or less common use; it means something that makes you feel ill at ease, uncomfortable, or downright repulsed.
Maybe this is their No Man's Sky and they actually have multiplayer support!
Let me ask you one question.
What proof is there that the host universe from which ours is simulated has the same laws of physics we do? What if our simulation is a post-grad's "What If?" project?
They can reverse-engineer your MAC address, as mentioned in the summary, and continue to track you through the city into these supermarkets. Now they don't just know that you went on the train to get to downtown London, but that you did so specifically to go shopping at a furniture store.
What you're describing is cartwheeling. It's a show of trust between them, and is an integral part of courtship.
Eagles are friggin' powerhouses. I have seen several videos shot from a drone getting 'killed' by one, and the eagles don't look like they get injured at all at least in those. Mind, I doubt people would post videos where the eagle got a foot chopped off.
But let me ask you, even if pepper spray worked on birds (let's imagine a product that has the same effect), how safe do you think it would be for an eagle in flight to suddenly have severe pain in its eyes and an inability to see? That eagle would crash to the ground and die that way like the drone was 'supposed' to.
Okay. Am I prohibited from purchasing ads from US media companies? If so, why?
I'm rather curious about this as well. I haven't been following this thing very closely, so in short: What did they do that was illegal or against the ToS? Am I, as a Danish citizen living in Germany, gonna get banned from Twitter if I post, with no context, that I think you should vote against Trump in 2020?
Where I'm from, we have a saying about this 'You always have a choice' nonsense. 'Plague or cholera'. Doesn't matter what you choose, you're fucked.
Yeah, push is basically the second kind. You know the data you're looking at is outdated but there is no way within your control to update it.
Even assuming an artificial intellect that matched humans in *every* respect (not just intelligence, but creativity, empathy, cultural perspective etc etc) which is unlikely for a long time
Detective Del Spooner: Human beings have dreams. Even dogs have dreams, but not you, you are just a machine. An imitation of life. Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a... canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?
Sonny: Can *you*?
That quote aside, what jobs specifically require human bodies and can't be done by a machine specifically made and shaped for that job?
Sex robots.
More sex robots.
Surf boards with automatic error correction, including getting you to safety.
Programming the robots will, at best, be something only the really smartest of society can do.
AI can predict loopholes in laws better than humans.
Predicting series of notes that will be pleasant to the ears will be easier for an AI. Hell, it can't get worse than music today.
All those jobs where you prefer to interact with another human will be removed because it's cheaper to make a robot do it, customer wants be damned.
As I've said before, we're in the process of removing ALL THE JOBS at the same time, including future jobs. But we've totally done that a dozen times before in our history.
And airplanes will never be more than the proof of concept made by the Wright brothers. There's no way those principles will scale to anything that is economically feasible.