Picking up garbage and recycling is one of the jobs that's going to be gone soon.
When I was a kid, the garbage trucks always had two workers. One did the driving, one hung on to the side and hopped off to grab the garbage cans, hauling them over to be unloaded into the truck. Now the trucks have a driver and an automated arm. The trucks run the same route every single week (well, two weeks here), so those routes can be programmed and planned into a driving AI. Say goodbye to the driver.
Over the course of the past five years or so I've seen every major newspaper in my country (Denmark) turn into tabloids, with extremely clickbaity article names, misinformation, mistranslations, butchered grammar, lack of understanding of the subject matter or even the metaphors they try to use...
It's pretty much as the article summary says - they are forced to crank out so much content with so little oversight, assistance or perhaps even education that it ends up a complete and untrustworthy mess.
Here are some quick translations of the top stories on the websites for each of the three biggest newspapers:
Ekstra-Bladet: Trump raging after boos: Ole Henriksen refuses to apologize! (Because an entire theater was booing at Mike Pence, but this one guy gets singled out because he's originally from Denmark) Fitnessbabe shares completely honest picture: This is what my body really looks like (Front page material right there)
BT: Friday is when it happens: Black Friday will beat all records (Why is Black Friday even a thing outside the US, let alone front page material a week in advance?) Famous Danes losing money: They have million dollar villas for sale - but no one wants to pay the price (Oh hey, we're still feeling a recession)
Berlingske Tidende: Check it yourself: Your part of the country reveals your taste in music And a special one just for subscribers: Men: "We want to do everything. So do our wives."
How are people supposed to take these newspapers seriously? How are we supposed to believe anything we read there?
Just two days ago there was an article about a guy who put up what he thought were satirical stories, with the main actors all having HIS OWN NAME.
And people still bought it.
With as little fact-checking as we see today, do you really think a journalist is gonna do a thorough WHOIS lookup on the domain before rushing to post, let alone the average internet surfer?
Those worries were because there were realistic alternatives to the browser at the time. Not so much true for the desktop OS, at least from the average user's point of view.
If the internet really is to be considered as a public space, censorship laws should be expanded to prevent outsourcing censorship to private companies which somehow makes it completely AOK.
It's basically the ultimate in pay-to-win. "Oh, you're poor and can only buy really cheap and crappy products? Let's reflect that in your escape from reality!"
It seems pretty unlikely that less than 0.1% of the total installations would be used at any given point in time. I mean, you can install on multiple machines to make things easier and faster, but THAT MANY?
Be careful with thinking it can't be traced with any certainty after getting dumped outside. Tracing with (some degree of) certainty is pretty much exactly what a tracking dog does - you give it a scent and it finds stuff that smells the same. This is not all that different.
You mean like checking your email, Facebook comments, or turning on an IM program?
You have no idea the trouble a bully will go to in order to win, do you? You know how it used to be that the bullied kid would get chased from school until the bullies caught him and beat him up? That is now EVERYWHERE ON THE INTERNET. So yeah, the victim of bullying should just go fully, completely and permanently offline. With the way the internet is used for everything today, you might as well tell him to go kill himself.
While I agree with you, it feels odd to me that Congress would be adopting the expected policies of the next President rather than the known policies of the current one.
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So if they had it shipped to a friend in New Hampshire and slipped him a ten dollar bill next time they saw him in return for the phone, then what?
Picking up garbage and recycling is one of the jobs that's going to be gone soon.
When I was a kid, the garbage trucks always had two workers. One did the driving, one hung on to the side and hopped off to grab the garbage cans, hauling them over to be unloaded into the truck. Now the trucks have a driver and an automated arm. The trucks run the same route every single week (well, two weeks here), so those routes can be programmed and planned into a driving AI. Say goodbye to the driver.
But remember, automation CREATES new jobs as per the article a couple of spots down the front page.
According to the very summary, automation creates new jobs - and automation, quote, "also ends up performing previously-nonexistent jobs".
So how many of those new jobs created do you really think are going to go to humans, who will demand such crazy things as not working 24/7?
Politiken demands I turn off my AdBlocker which is another no-go for me.
I completely agree, the last more than 17 times was the final straw.
I wish it was just slipping.
Over the course of the past five years or so I've seen every major newspaper in my country (Denmark) turn into tabloids, with extremely clickbaity article names, misinformation, mistranslations, butchered grammar, lack of understanding of the subject matter or even the metaphors they try to use ...
It's pretty much as the article summary says - they are forced to crank out so much content with so little oversight, assistance or perhaps even education that it ends up a complete and untrustworthy mess.
Here are some quick translations of the top stories on the websites for each of the three biggest newspapers:
Ekstra-Bladet:
Trump raging after boos: Ole Henriksen refuses to apologize! (Because an entire theater was booing at Mike Pence, but this one guy gets singled out because he's originally from Denmark)
Fitnessbabe shares completely honest picture: This is what my body really looks like (Front page material right there)
BT:
Friday is when it happens: Black Friday will beat all records (Why is Black Friday even a thing outside the US, let alone front page material a week in advance?)
Famous Danes losing money: They have million dollar villas for sale - but no one wants to pay the price (Oh hey, we're still feeling a recession)
Berlingske Tidende:
Check it yourself: Your part of the country reveals your taste in music
And a special one just for subscribers: Men: "We want to do everything. So do our wives."
How are people supposed to take these newspapers seriously? How are we supposed to believe anything we read there?
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Just two days ago there was an article about a guy who put up what he thought were satirical stories, with the main actors all having HIS OWN NAME.
And people still bought it.
With as little fact-checking as we see today, do you really think a journalist is gonna do a thorough WHOIS lookup on the domain before rushing to post, let alone the average internet surfer?
Wait, what happens to Firefox in the coming year to drop them to 0% market share?
Those worries were because there were realistic alternatives to the browser at the time. Not so much true for the desktop OS, at least from the average user's point of view.
If the internet really is to be considered as a public space, censorship laws should be expanded to prevent outsourcing censorship to private companies which somehow makes it completely AOK.
It's basically the ultimate in pay-to-win. "Oh, you're poor and can only buy really cheap and crappy products? Let's reflect that in your escape from reality!"
Indeed, miscounted the decimals. Not that "Less than 0.01% of the installations were in use!" sounds any better for their efficiency.
Why not both?
Is there some magical thing that says if something is collecting for advertisement purposes it can't be shared with intelligence agencies?
It seems pretty unlikely that less than 0.1% of the total installations would be used at any given point in time. I mean, you can install on multiple machines to make things easier and faster, but THAT MANY?
Be careful with thinking it can't be traced with any certainty after getting dumped outside. Tracing with (some degree of) certainty is pretty much exactly what a tracking dog does - you give it a scent and it finds stuff that smells the same. This is not all that different.
... he said on the internet.
Please give some insight on how to stay away from bullies on social media platforms where anyone can just create a new account if they get blocked.
'Actively seek out'
You mean like checking your email, Facebook comments, or turning on an IM program?
You have no idea the trouble a bully will go to in order to win, do you? You know how it used to be that the bullied kid would get chased from school until the bullies caught him and beat him up? That is now EVERYWHERE ON THE INTERNET. So yeah, the victim of bullying should just go fully, completely and permanently offline. With the way the internet is used for everything today, you might as well tell him to go kill himself.
Oh wait. Isn't that part of the bullying, too?
So you want a utopia where nothing bad ever happens?
Sure, I want that too - but I'm also a realist.
While I agree with you, it feels odd to me that Congress would be adopting the expected policies of the next President rather than the known policies of the current one.
You seem to not understand how that expression works.