... and then comes formatting issues: commas are use as decimal separators, dates are formatted in different was, depending on the desktop where the CSV or tab-separated file is generated, text values that look like numbers (item 00315) are stripped of leading zeroes.
Excel is a terrible data exchange source. That's it.
The average Canadian Liberal voter should already be aware of the slimeball Trudeau is, given his Finance Miniter's woes of the last few weeks, as well as his rejection of a motion that was meant for the Canadian parliament to act on tax evasion (motion M-42, presented by Gabriel Ste-Marie).
Canada's system mixes executive and legislative power in such a way that when the party's in power, it can do anything... And very often, the opposite of what their electoral platform stated. (For example, the current Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau, was elected on the promise that he'd change the electoral process, and now says that it's not a priority anymore, since he's so popular!)
... Most DVD-Rom drives allow you to change the region DRM only 2-5 times. In other words, you must buy specific equipment by region. Most people will just give up and satisfy themselves with Disney crap, giving up on broadening their culture.
In the end, I did the illegal thing: bought a cheap DVD player with a region hack and... hacked it!
This shows again how copyright laws are a nuisance to the spreading of culture. (Although I could hear the argument of those who claim that karaoke soundtracks are not the richest cultural expression.)
When I emigrated, I wanted to bring some DVDs from home (Europe) to my new land (America), but then I couldn't play them on local equipment because of region-DRM, once again meant to protect "copyrights" for products THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE anyways in America!
These laws must be rebalanced in order to allow dissemination of culture across country borders. Diversity enriches the whole community, whereas those laws are made to enrich just a few.
After trying to consolidate all my emails on Outlook and then losing a couple of years of archives because of a file corruption, in 2007, I did just that: set up an IMAP server (Dovecot), using MailDir format (which saves each e-mail in its own file). A regular job rsync's everything to another machine for simple backups.
Everything's was then migrated on a Plug Computer (low performance, but excellent power consumption).
The whole setup, from installing Debian to having the server running took less than 4 hours, using online guides.
Libraries don't PUSH Mein Kampf, people BORROW books. Still, the library is criminally liable (in Germany) if they make the copy of Mein Kampf available.
Should corporations (a.k.a "moral persons") have more rights than national citizens? Should they be allowed to ignore laws they don't like and replace them with "our corporate policies"? Or, should there be a new international framework to regulate internet communication, rather than trust self-regulation?
Managers of Facebook consider holocaust deniers to have higher morals than women breast-feeding. This is a typical example of what self-regulation will bring.
Facebook managers should face the same legal consequences than the publisher of a German newspaper publishing the same posts. Unless, of course, the answer to the initial question is Yes, in which case there is no reason to forbid sales of drugs through Internet...
The statistics are about "total water withdrawal", where "some portion may be returned for further use downstream". I guess that the water used to produce hydro-electriciy could be counted as water withdrawn.
In that case, since Canada is producing a lot of hydro-electric power, it could impact the statistics.
Tar sands, on the other hand, although an important source of water pollution, seems to come up to approximately 10 m3/capita/year. In this case, not the culprit...
Of course, the iPad and iPod users' privacy is protected should they use "free" Facebook, Google, etc., right?
Or do Apple clients not only pay up-front, but also get their privacy violated like everyone else?
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It's called marketing. An algorithm is worth x$, but when branded as AI, you decuplate the percieved value...
I've even seen M$ rebrand an inventory sorting algorithm as AI!!!
False! If the individual happens to be rich, they'll also get rewarded.
Stupid comment: the US would NEVER spy on Germany!!!
... and then comes formatting issues: commas are use as decimal separators, dates are formatted in different was, depending on the desktop where the CSV or tab-separated file is generated, text values that look like numbers (item 00315) are stripped of leading zeroes.
Excel is a terrible data exchange source. That's it.
... insurers?
The average Canadian Liberal voter should already be aware of the slimeball Trudeau is, given his Finance Miniter's woes of the last few weeks, as well as his rejection of a motion that was meant for the Canadian parliament to act on tax evasion (motion M-42, presented by Gabriel Ste-Marie).
If it was to be done by people, it just wouldn't have happened... And the world would be poorer from these great new masterpieces.
This really shows how much algorithms enrich our lives!
As it goes, in order to make a revenue, skills is not what will be required, but capital.
Canada's system mixes executive and legislative power in such a way that when the party's in power, it can do anything... And very often, the opposite of what their electoral platform stated. (For example, the current Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau, was elected on the promise that he'd change the electoral process, and now says that it's not a priority anymore, since he's so popular!)
We're a software company, not a taxi company.
Actually, Uber accepted to become a taxi company (and get a taxi licence) in Québec. So THEY ARE a taxi company (that also has a software division).
... Most DVD-Rom drives allow you to change the region DRM only 2-5 times. In other words, you must buy specific equipment by region. Most people will just give up and satisfy themselves with Disney crap, giving up on broadening their culture.
In the end, I did the illegal thing: bought a cheap DVD player with a region hack and... hacked it!
This shows again how copyright laws are a nuisance to the spreading of culture. (Although I could hear the argument of those who claim that karaoke soundtracks are not the richest cultural expression.)
When I emigrated, I wanted to bring some DVDs from home (Europe) to my new land (America), but then I couldn't play them on local equipment because of region-DRM, once again meant to protect "copyrights" for products THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE anyways in America!
These laws must be rebalanced in order to allow dissemination of culture across country borders. Diversity enriches the whole community, whereas those laws are made to enrich just a few.
After trying to consolidate all my emails on Outlook and then losing a couple of years of archives because of a file corruption, in 2007, I did just that: set up an IMAP server (Dovecot), using MailDir format (which saves each e-mail in its own file). A regular job rsync's everything to another machine for simple backups.
Everything's was then migrated on a Plug Computer (low performance, but excellent power consumption).
The whole setup, from installing Debian to having the server running took less than 4 hours, using online guides.
Whether or not Canada signs is depends greatly upon which party wins.
No matter which party wins, it will be signed. Libs, NDP or Conservatives will all bow down to banks and big money.
It sounds like Volkswagen DOES have the technology to be clean. So why wouldn't they enable this clean consumption mode by default???
Libraries don't PUSH Mein Kampf, people BORROW books. Still, the library is criminally liable (in Germany) if they make the copy of Mein Kampf available.
This is really the question that applies...
Should corporations (a.k.a "moral persons") have more rights than national citizens? Should they be allowed to ignore laws they don't like and replace them with "our corporate policies"? Or, should there be a new international framework to regulate internet communication, rather than trust self-regulation?
Managers of Facebook consider holocaust deniers to have higher morals than women breast-feeding. This is a typical example of what self-regulation will bring.
Facebook managers should face the same legal consequences than the publisher of a German newspaper publishing the same posts. Unless, of course, the answer to the initial question is Yes, in which case there is no reason to forbid sales of drugs through Internet...
Confidentiality
The statistics are about "total water withdrawal", where "some portion may be returned for further use downstream". I guess that the water used to produce hydro-electriciy could be counted as water withdrawn.
In that case, since Canada is producing a lot of hydro-electric power, it could impact the statistics.
Tar sands, on the other hand, although an important source of water pollution, seems to come up to approximately 10 m3/capita/year. In this case, not the culprit...
Society is not a restaurant.
If I was going to buy a drone, then I'd weaponize it and hunt with it directly!!!
No need to walk needlessly in dirty forests or swamps. All done from my cosy armchair, watching the TV and controlling the drone with my wii-mote.
I never thought I would miss Clippy's explanations so much...
Repartition of wealth is not a game of dice.
Humans have will, intelligence and tools that can bias probabilities in one direction or another.
Entropy is a law of physics. Economics is driven by humans and their greed, not by physics.
Of course, the iPad and iPod users' privacy is protected should they use "free" Facebook, Google, etc., right? Or do Apple clients not only pay up-front, but also get their privacy violated like everyone else?
What is sad is that ***WE*** (my generation, in their 40s, who used to play Assassin) have lost this ability. What became of us???