In other words, it's perfect for the attention span and depth of engagement of the 'net generation' Falkvinge wishes to reach out to. If it can't be summed up in an image meme/slogan - they aren't interested.
I think the correct term nowadays is "millenial" which has the twin advantages of sounding cool and making no sense, thereby appealing to millenials.
I like this guy. Instead of bitching about adblock, he tries to adapt to it. More people should be willing to adapt to changing realities rather than crying to legislators so they can rig the game for them.
I suppose if you're a libertarian, then any article is just another excuse to blame the government.
"It is pretty easy for people to unknowingly sabotage their own side, because they go too far."
There is literally no such thing as "too far" when it comes to the freedom of the people. If you disagree, then you are a bad person. Sorry:(
The reason for your wariness is that the vast majority of other political parties advocate for something other than freedom.
When you have a political party that advocates something approaching pure freedom, then their political affiliation is no longer destructive. Freedom is good. Any thing which promotes freedom is a virtue, not a vice.
This is simply bollocks. You are perfectly "free" to write some white supremacist news involving a made up story about people with brown skin being sub-human (or whatever). That doesn't make it right.
Yeah, the horror of someone looking at your face in a public space like an airport. Next, they'll be saying you can't wank or shit in the departures lounge.
If I was really that worried about a supermarket knowing what I spend my money on, I'd pay in cash, never use the same shop twice in a row, and adopt a variety of simple disguises such as false beards or noses, and...oh wait. Of course I wouldn't because I really don't care.
As it is, receiving money off vouchers for things that I have bought recently does not exactly feel like I'm being watched by Big Brother.
I'd be more concerned about facial recognition used at a political rally rather than an innocent music festival as there's not much blackmail material therein.
I assume facial recognition is already used at most political rallies/demos as they tend to be in public.
Look, we won't hire this guy because he is stupid enough to go to macdonalds every sunday, and eats discussing chink food; he is probably a criminal because he was in that communist party rally and in that BSDM event --- he is a fucking faggot that was in that Gay Prade parade.
If you don't get a job because you go to macdonalds, eat chinese food, are a member of a legal political party or are gay - there's something very wrong with the company you're applying to in the first place.
Besides, it's the police that have this information, it's not publicly available like posting on facebook that you smoke crack.
"Grasping" a 1000x difference is easy. It's the difference between a millimeter and a meter.
I'm always a bit suspicious when the real world throws up coincidences like a metre being exactly 1000x a millimetre. The metric system rings all sorts of alarm bells in my mind, almost as though we're living in vast computer-generated holographic virtual reality simulation and sometimes the programmers forget to roughen up the edges a little for realism.
No, California does not have a 8:2 male to female ratio. On the other hand, does California have a 8:2 male to female software engineer ratio? Why, yes, it most likely does. If anything, the ratio is probably even higher.
If you are making willfully stupid arguments, you should hardly be surprised that people treat them as such.
There are two ways of looking at this.
The first is to say "that's just the way it is, women don't like software engineering" and the second is to say "surely in the long run there should be roughly the same number of male and female software engineers, so we need to encourage more women to train for them".
Since software engineering is easier than teaching or nursing, and much better paid, it is hardly surprising that a lot of male software engineers cling to the former view.
So on paper women get paid less overall, but it's because they choose jobs that pay less, or work less hours in order to support the family (eg Maternity leave).
In a civilized society, paternity leave should be the same as maternity leave. There are plenty of men who would choose to spend time with their children instead of working, if they could afford to.
Actualy a white's IQ level (which is used as a "base" also) is *on average* at 100, an (Chinese/Japanese/Korean/etc) Asian's is at 105 (other Asians, e.g., Indians, Arabs are much less than that, about 90), and a black's at 80...
Don’t forget natural disasters, too. A lot of tech jobs are in places with earthquakes (West Coast) or hurricanes (East Coast). Create disaster plans, and maintain enough water and food (test if it’s palatable) to live 3 to 7 days without resupply. Maybe more, depending on how long it takes to rebuild infrastructure where you live. And keep and learn the appropriate tools to keep your house working for that time.
A better alternative is to live somewhere sensible, like Belgium.
Companies whose primary revenue comes from advertising will see some of the largest reductions in revenue. Stay away from them unless they are incredibly well established and you have a seriously critical position.
Translation: leave any firm with high advertising revenue, unless it's Google.
One way - perhaps the best way - to prepare for the worst is to live below your means as a lifestyle choice. This is a very realistic option for almost everyone employed full-time in a technical field in the United States. If you don't have an emergency fund of 1-3 months of current living expenses, aggressively save until you do. Then set aside enough extra each month so you have enough cash on hand to last 9-12 months on an "austerity budget" plus enough cash on hand to do a proper job-search and/or get re-trained. The 9-12 month cushion is over and above paying your bills and credit cards on time and contributing a responsible amount towards your retirement and your kids' college fund. Raise your kids so they won't be emotionally burdened if you have to move to a smaller house/cheaper neighborhood/give up cable TV/etc. or if you have to work 2 jobs for awhile. You get the idea.
As a bonus, you never get to enjoy spending the money you're earning as there is always that nagging doubt that you should be saving more, so it becomes a positive feedback mechanism and by the age of fifty you are a rich, desperately unhappy miser.
Without going totally YOLO, it is in fact more or less impossible for most people to save that much without continuing to live like a student into their Thirties/Forties. And that doesn't work once you have a family.
This is Austin we are talking about. The worst that might happen is that growth might slow. Austin has too vibrant an economy and too many businesses to do anything but continue booming.
And that sort of compacent smugness is how bubbles and crashes happen.
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In other words, it's perfect for the attention span and depth of engagement of the 'net generation' Falkvinge wishes to reach out to. If it can't be summed up in an image meme/slogan - they aren't interested.
I think the correct term nowadays is "millenial" which has the twin advantages of sounding cool and making no sense, thereby appealing to millenials.
I like this guy. Instead of bitching about adblock, he tries to adapt to it. More people should be willing to adapt to changing realities rather than crying to legislators so they can rig the game for them.
I suppose if you're a libertarian, then any article is just another excuse to blame the government.
"It is pretty easy for people to unknowingly sabotage their own side, because they go too far." There is literally no such thing as "too far" when it comes to the freedom of the people. If you disagree, then you are a bad person. Sorry :(
Anything involving advertising is not free.
The reason for your wariness is that the vast majority of other political parties advocate for something other than freedom. When you have a political party that advocates something approaching pure freedom, then their political affiliation is no longer destructive. Freedom is good. Any thing which promotes freedom is a virtue, not a vice.
This is simply bollocks. You are perfectly "free" to write some white supremacist news involving a made up story about people with brown skin being sub-human (or whatever). That doesn't make it right.
"The business model is based around advertising, but those ads will simply be a watermark on the image."
And there is no simple way to automatically remove watermarks from images, as far as I know.
Yeah, the horror of someone looking at your face in a public space like an airport. Next, they'll be saying you can't wank or shit in the departures lounge.
As it is, receiving money off vouchers for things that I have bought recently does not exactly feel like I'm being watched by Big Brother.
If not, he's hilariously stupid.
I'd be more concerned about facial recognition used at a political rally rather than an innocent music festival as there's not much blackmail material therein.
I assume facial recognition is already used at most political rallies/demos as they tend to be in public.
Look, we won't hire this guy because he is stupid enough to go to macdonalds every sunday, and eats discussing chink food; he is probably a criminal because he was in that communist party rally and in that BSDM event --- he is a fucking faggot that was in that Gay Prade parade.
If you don't get a job because you go to macdonalds, eat chinese food, are a member of a legal political party or are gay - there's something very wrong with the company you're applying to in the first place.
Besides, it's the police that have this information, it's not publicly available like posting on facebook that you smoke crack.
"Grasping" a 1000x difference is easy. It's the difference between a millimeter and a meter.
I'm always a bit suspicious when the real world throws up coincidences like a metre being exactly 1000x a millimetre. The metric system rings all sorts of alarm bells in my mind, almost as though we're living in vast computer-generated holographic virtual reality simulation and sometimes the programmers forget to roughen up the edges a little for realism.
I believe the grandonymous one was executing a clever parody of global war..., er, climate change.
Well, no, it was a parody of climate change denialists.
Technically it was a tank analogy.
If it includes a car anywhere, it passes the minimum requirements for a "stupid slashdot car analogy."
Unfortunately, in this case it failed by being roughly appropriate and therefore not achieving full "stupid" status.
No, California does not have a 8:2 male to female ratio. On the other hand, does California have a 8:2 male to female software engineer ratio? Why, yes, it most likely does. If anything, the ratio is probably even higher.
If you are making willfully stupid arguments, you should hardly be surprised that people treat them as such.
There are two ways of looking at this.
The first is to say "that's just the way it is, women don't like software engineering" and the second is to say "surely in the long run there should be roughly the same number of male and female software engineers, so we need to encourage more women to train for them".
Since software engineering is easier than teaching or nursing, and much better paid, it is hardly surprising that a lot of male software engineers cling to the former view.
So on paper women get paid less overall, but it's because they choose jobs that pay less, or work less hours in order to support the family (eg Maternity leave).
In a civilized society, paternity leave should be the same as maternity leave. There are plenty of men who would choose to spend time with their children instead of working, if they could afford to.
I now have proof that time travel exists, as I appear to be back in the 1950s.
Actualy a white's IQ level (which is used as a "base" also) is *on average* at 100, an (Chinese/Japanese/Korean/etc) Asian's is at 105 (other Asians, e.g., Indians, Arabs are much less than that, about 90), and a black's at 80...
What's the average Greek IQ?
Somewhat less than the average Greek IOU.
Idiots like you give racism a bad name. Learn to write.
No, what gives racists a bad name is being racist.
Don’t forget natural disasters, too. A lot of tech jobs are in places with earthquakes (West Coast) or hurricanes (East Coast). Create disaster plans, and maintain enough water and food (test if it’s palatable) to live 3 to 7 days without resupply. Maybe more, depending on how long it takes to rebuild infrastructure where you live. And keep and learn the appropriate tools to keep your house working for that time.
A better alternative is to live somewhere sensible, like Belgium.
Companies whose primary revenue comes from advertising will see some of the largest reductions in revenue. Stay away from them unless they are incredibly well established and you have a seriously critical position.
Translation: leave any firm with high advertising revenue, unless it's Google.
I retired in my 30's and now travel the world.
If it was that simple everyone would do it. But I'm forgetting, like everyone else on slashdot you're a unique genius.
Do some due diligence and make sure the company you work for has solid sales and real profits.
i.e. it's not a start-up
One way - perhaps the best way - to prepare for the worst is to live below your means as a lifestyle choice. This is a very realistic option for almost everyone employed full-time in a technical field in the United States. If you don't have an emergency fund of 1-3 months of current living expenses, aggressively save until you do. Then set aside enough extra each month so you have enough cash on hand to last 9-12 months on an "austerity budget" plus enough cash on hand to do a proper job-search and/or get re-trained. The 9-12 month cushion is over and above paying your bills and credit cards on time and contributing a responsible amount towards your retirement and your kids' college fund. Raise your kids so they won't be emotionally burdened if you have to move to a smaller house/cheaper neighborhood/give up cable TV/etc. or if you have to work 2 jobs for awhile. You get the idea.
As a bonus, you never get to enjoy spending the money you're earning as there is always that nagging doubt that you should be saving more, so it becomes a positive feedback mechanism and by the age of fifty you are a rich, desperately unhappy miser.
Without going totally YOLO, it is in fact more or less impossible for most people to save that much without continuing to live like a student into their Thirties/Forties. And that doesn't work once you have a family.
This is Austin we are talking about. The worst that might happen is that growth might slow. Austin has too vibrant an economy and too many businesses to do anything but continue booming.
And that sort of compacent smugness is how bubbles and crashes happen.