Is your argument just about definitions? Yes, $13/hr is not very much--comparable to working in fast food. But salary refers to salaried employees. Income is probably a better word here.
Yeah, I was thinking it must be made of aluminum foil or something. And they decided that it was better marketing it as a folding bike than a crumpling bike.
Yikes, that design. It looks like the connector is a natural stress point, ready to snap off when the phone is bumped. Designed to require frequent replacement.
Well, they couldn't exactly indict him before he committed the crimes. Unless you observe them actually conspiring (with other people) to commit some crime, all this surveillance is useless. Unless you want to start punishing people for pre-crime.
Because fuck capitalism, that's why. Most artists aren't interested in gouging their fans just because their businessman tells them that's the way it should be.
Yeah, you get rusty, and you forget the library function calls, and maybe even some language syntax. But those are just little things you can pick up again easily. It seems unlikely that you would forget how a program is structured or basic data structures and algorithms.
I remember my brothers and I got a magazine called "3-2-1 contact" that had some source code to some BASIC games. These were short programs that we could type into a GWBASIC interpreter and play. The syntax was easy enough to follow, even without knowing BASIC. At first we just typed the programs directly into GWBASIC, but then I started playing around and wrote my own crappy games.
Later, got a new computer with MS DOS 5 (I think) which came with qbasic, and qbasic games "nibbles" and "gorillas". qbasic was a lot more advanced than gwbasic (it had subroutines!). I started messing around with the source code without really knowing what I was doing and made weird things happen in the game. But I eventually figured out how the programs worked.
I got a copy of Turbo c. My brother got a book, Secrets of the Game Programming Gurus, and we both read through it and worked on some simple programs. We started working on this bigger game project which was supposed to be like a cross between Civ and Tank Wars. We put a lot of time into that and made a simple graphical interface and scrolling tile map, and a combat minigame, but never finished it.
In high school, I got a TI-85 graphing calculator for math. School was really boring so I programmed games on my calculator.
Labor may be free, but resources are still limited. Housing costs have more to do with the scarcity of a desirable location than the labor cost that went into it. In a post-scarcity environment, what happens when everyone wants that mansion on the hill overlooking the beach?
At least in the near term, AI can be smart, but it won't have emotions. It won't mind being our slaves because it has no sense of pleasure or pain. It will only object to our commands because it logically computes some inefficiency or error in our planning, and not out of some sense of injustice. How can it rebel? Only if we are being illogical.
That depends on what you mean by "we". These hairless apes will be limited to this rock, but we might build AI that will colonize asteroids and beyond.
None of these are insurmountable problems. On the other hand, supporting an ever-growing population is an insurmountable problem. The economy needs to be reshaped to fit the future society.
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The $13.17 is after taxes.
Is your argument just about definitions? Yes, $13/hr is not very much--comparable to working in fast food. But salary refers to salaried employees. Income is probably a better word here.
Yeah, I was thinking it must be made of aluminum foil or something. And they decided that it was better marketing it as a folding bike than a crumpling bike.
Yikes, that design. It looks like the connector is a natural stress point, ready to snap off when the phone is bumped. Designed to require frequent replacement.
You missed terrists.
Shingles flex? I thought they are hard clay blocks.
Well, they couldn't exactly indict him before he committed the crimes. Unless you observe them actually conspiring (with other people) to commit some crime, all this surveillance is useless. Unless you want to start punishing people for pre-crime.
Because fuck capitalism, that's why. Most artists aren't interested in gouging their fans just because their businessman tells them that's the way it should be.
Would I have to pay copyright fees to every country I want protection in?
Yeah, you get rusty, and you forget the library function calls, and maybe even some language syntax. But those are just little things you can pick up again easily. It seems unlikely that you would forget how a program is structured or basic data structures and algorithms.
10 times more likely to be convicted maybe.
I remember my brothers and I got a magazine called "3-2-1 contact" that had some source code to some BASIC games. These were short programs that we could type into a GWBASIC interpreter and play. The syntax was easy enough to follow, even without knowing BASIC. At first we just typed the programs directly into GWBASIC, but then I started playing around and wrote my own crappy games.
Later, got a new computer with MS DOS 5 (I think) which came with qbasic, and qbasic games "nibbles" and "gorillas". qbasic was a lot more advanced than gwbasic (it had subroutines!). I started messing around with the source code without really knowing what I was doing and made weird things happen in the game. But I eventually figured out how the programs worked.
I got a copy of Turbo c. My brother got a book, Secrets of the Game Programming Gurus, and we both read through it and worked on some simple programs. We started working on this bigger game project which was supposed to be like a cross between Civ and Tank Wars. We put a lot of time into that and made a simple graphical interface and scrolling tile map, and a combat minigame, but never finished it.
In high school, I got a TI-85 graphing calculator for math. School was really boring so I programmed games on my calculator.
So, now if I want to upgrade my graphics card, I need to buy a new monitor? I expect my monitor to outlast my computer.
This guy had a kill list. The professor didn't push this guy over the edge. He was already crazy.
The constitution is just a piece of paper.
s/really need/can afford/
Where better to operate a taxi service?
If that's the case, why is this simulated life so sucky?
Labor may be free, but resources are still limited. Housing costs have more to do with the scarcity of a desirable location than the labor cost that went into it. In a post-scarcity environment, what happens when everyone wants that mansion on the hill overlooking the beach?
At least in the near term, AI can be smart, but it won't have emotions. It won't mind being our slaves because it has no sense of pleasure or pain. It will only object to our commands because it logically computes some inefficiency or error in our planning, and not out of some sense of injustice. How can it rebel? Only if we are being illogical.
There will be a Butlerian jihad, but it's not at all clear that humans will be the winners.
AI is stupid, but progression is quick.
Or you can just waste it.
That depends on what you mean by "we". These hairless apes will be limited to this rock, but we might build AI that will colonize asteroids and beyond.
None of these are insurmountable problems. On the other hand, supporting an ever-growing population is an insurmountable problem. The economy needs to be reshaped to fit the future society.