Was expecting 0 hard evidence or actual citations, and was not disappointed. I know facts and reality are the archenemies of Republicans, but here is some actual you know, evidence, showing that your guy is full of shit. https://krugman.blogs.nytimes....
It very much is about money, if you read the article you would see that the biggest drops are in women 30 years of age, women(and their partners) who are facing crippling student debt, housing costs, and health care costs. Costs are certainly one of the reasons women aren't having as many children.
More precisely, smartphones combined with Amazon killed them. Internet shopping before the smart phone became ubiquitous wasn't really as big of a competitor to brick and mortar because if you wanted to browse then buy you had to go to the store, find what you wanted, note it down, then go home and order it and *maybe* you could save a little money. Enter the smart phone and now you can you can browse at the store, then quickly check online to see if you can find it cheaper.
Apple also has no qualms about promoting the crap out of something, then if it doesn't stick quickly deprecating and removing it, which can mean often times having to re-write entire apps because you bought into the Apple hype about a particular framework and it being the "future" of that kind of dev on mac. I ported a bunch of legacy stuff to Apple's "new" video editing/playback framework(whose name escapes me, this was a while back) only to have that framework totally scrapped and a completely new one put in its place.
Can you create an algorithm that is sufficiently hard so that coins don't flood the market but sufficiently energy efficient that we don't roast ourselves to death from greenhouse gasses mining computer money? I am opposed to crypto from a purely environmental standpoint, I think there are better things humanity could be spending its limited resources on than a bunch of calculations that prove you did a bunch of calculations.
Electricity consumption ensures that it cannot be created without cost, thereby preventing anyone from artificially increasing the supply.
Costs that are not only paid by the person doing bitcoin transactions, but paid for by all of humanity through increased natural resource usage and carbon emissions...
They actually are creating problems not only for consumers but for manufacturers and retail outlets as well. I think a lot of people are missing the asymmetric risk aspect of what these things are doing. Most retail outlets have relatively generous return policies meaning that bots buying up tons of these items assume almost no risk, if they can't scalp them they simply return them for a full refund.
Meanwhile retail outlets and especially manufacturers are stuck in a shitty situation. They can order/produce more to meet "demand"(even though the bots may still be able to sap up all the supply) but if they overshoot they simply cannot return the "unused" product for a full refund, they have to sit on the unsold inventory until it sells(if it does).
So when it comes to automation replacing jobs, why does the list of things we need more of never include "birth control"? If less humans are needed to handle current workloads, wouldn't one of the coping mechanisms be well, less humans? Maybe because it's not PC and people will accuse you of "genocide", but I think birth control is our last best hope(it's also why the only charities I ever donate to are ones that include birth control, it's not my fault if you cannot breed responsibly, I just want to make sure you have that option)
The people can also just switch platforms, well before Twitter there were shadowy forums in Japan where people who wanted to kill themselves in a group could congregate and plan their final exit. I remember as far back as 2003 reading about a group of people(at least 5 IIRC) who found each other using one of these services who all agreed to sit in a car together and inhale exhaust until they died.... Not sure why people in Japan find committing suicide easier if they do it with other people(or in a famous place, I've been to Japan's "suicide forest" and found a skeleton), I guess its less lonely....
And where did a guy get the idea to bring a gun to a pizza shop and almost shoot up a bunch of innocent people, oh yeah, Fox News and their right-wing cohorts. But I guess that is just an aberration since they support your side. Same with the guy that ran over a protester in Charlottesville, an aberration because he was on your side right? Your simplistic thinking and hypocrisy is shining bright, oh wait, you are a Republican, that is your whole identity.
Sorry I hurt your feelings little snowflake, but where exactly did you determine I'm an "SJW". I didn't refute the point because there was nothing to refute dispshit. You can't go making broad claims with 0 evidence to support it other than some guy who sells you fraudulent products says it's true. I know you don't like being told you are a dumbass snowflake, but you are a dumbass snowflake who sucks Jones' dick because you are too stupid to realize he is raping you.
Pffft.... you forgot that the Trumps are above the law, just like it was criminal for Hillary to use a private email server but its A-OK for the Trumps to do so while conducting government business. Silly person, Trumps are gods that are above the laws of you mere mortals!
Shocking that 2 man company that won a $300 no-bid contract to restore the power to Peurto Rico didn't get there first. Especially when those 2 men had connections to a Trump donor. Strange that. It's almost as if Trump is incredibly corrupt and giving massive amounts of money to his friends and supporters for doing nothing.
No, it's largely Chinese demand as a way to hide assets from the Communist government. China is heading for a Japan-style economic crash(their economy, much like Japan in the 80s, is built on piles of bad debt) and the rich know that when the shit finally hits the fan the CCP is going to get grabby, real grabby. Using bitcoin is a way to shield money from the CCP(foreign assets such as property is another way, which is why there is a huge boom of Chinese buying up property all over the world, away from the grabby hand of Uncle Xi)
Trump talked big game about China during the election, but has done absolutely nothing about China in the 8 months he has been president. Well, I guess thats not totally true he withdrew from the TPP which was formed mostly as a bulwark against China. Not really sure what he is doing, could be that Jared is making too much money off of China, could be that Trump needs Chinese money to fund more irresponsible tax cuts, could be because he is profoundly lazy, probably a combination of those factors.
Depends on the country really. In Germany most larger stores will happily handle 500 euro notes, and most ATMs will dispense them. However in a lot of other Euro zone countries they freak out if you hand them anything larger than a 50
A system can be "better than a human" a large percent of the time and still cause crashes. Look to aviation for the answer, crashes have become almost a thing of the past in most developed countries with high standards of maintenance because we have figured out how best to get the humans and the machines to work together. The automation takes over most of the grunt work and when it runs into problems it essentially makes the humans the "backup system".
Problem with cars is nobody wants to spend a lot of money on a fancy automation system only to be told they still have to pay attention to the road.
Not to mention that with first and last name and last 6 finding the first 3 is often quite simple(especially if they can get your IP address as well). There are a ton of background sites where for free you can, with reasonable accuracy, piece together where a person was born and thus can figure out the first 3. SSNs are terrible for so many reasons, one of the biggest is that they aren't random. If they were completely random strings then I could share a certain # of digits without it being relatively easy for you to figure out the rest, but that isn't true with SSNs.
Because if the CEO wants to take the lion share of the profits when things go good they better be willing to put their neck on the line when things go bad. Otherwise they are just thieves. I might be more willing to have sympathy for the CEO if they weren't making hundreds of times what the average worker wants.
TL;DR don't take the reward if you aren't willing to accept the risk.
I am hoping to keep my 2012 macbook pro going, but doubt I will get a mac when it dies. I got 16 gb of ram in 2012 and in 2017 I can max out a macbook pro with.....16gb of ram. Why would I plunk down that much cash for a machine that is barely faster than what I currently own? Apple needs to up the ram in its "professional" laptops to something I couldn't get 5 years ago if they expect me to put money into buying a new one.
Slashdot Mirror
I bet Captain Murphy sent them there so that Sparks could collect on their life insurance.
Was expecting 0 hard evidence or actual citations, and was not disappointed. I know facts and reality are the archenemies of Republicans, but here is some actual you know, evidence, showing that your guy is full of shit. https://krugman.blogs.nytimes....
It very much is about money, if you read the article you would see that the biggest drops are in women 30 years of age, women(and their partners) who are facing crippling student debt, housing costs, and health care costs. Costs are certainly one of the reasons women aren't having as many children.
More precisely, smartphones combined with Amazon killed them. Internet shopping before the smart phone became ubiquitous wasn't really as big of a competitor to brick and mortar because if you wanted to browse then buy you had to go to the store, find what you wanted, note it down, then go home and order it and *maybe* you could save a little money. Enter the smart phone and now you can you can browse at the store, then quickly check online to see if you can find it cheaper.
Apple also has no qualms about promoting the crap out of something, then if it doesn't stick quickly deprecating and removing it, which can mean often times having to re-write entire apps because you bought into the Apple hype about a particular framework and it being the "future" of that kind of dev on mac. I ported a bunch of legacy stuff to Apple's "new" video editing/playback framework(whose name escapes me, this was a while back) only to have that framework totally scrapped and a completely new one put in its place.
Can you create an algorithm that is sufficiently hard so that coins don't flood the market but sufficiently energy efficient that we don't roast ourselves to death from greenhouse gasses mining computer money? I am opposed to crypto from a purely environmental standpoint, I think there are better things humanity could be spending its limited resources on than a bunch of calculations that prove you did a bunch of calculations.
Not to mention the electronic exchange of dollars does not require massive amounts of natural resources....
Electricity consumption ensures that it cannot be created without cost, thereby preventing anyone from artificially increasing the supply.
Costs that are not only paid by the person doing bitcoin transactions, but paid for by all of humanity through increased natural resource usage and carbon emissions...
They actually are creating problems not only for consumers but for manufacturers and retail outlets as well. I think a lot of people are missing the asymmetric risk aspect of what these things are doing. Most retail outlets have relatively generous return policies meaning that bots buying up tons of these items assume almost no risk, if they can't scalp them they simply return them for a full refund.
Meanwhile retail outlets and especially manufacturers are stuck in a shitty situation. They can order/produce more to meet "demand"(even though the bots may still be able to sap up all the supply) but if they overshoot they simply cannot return the "unused" product for a full refund, they have to sit on the unsold inventory until it sells(if it does).
So when it comes to automation replacing jobs, why does the list of things we need more of never include "birth control"? If less humans are needed to handle current workloads, wouldn't one of the coping mechanisms be well, less humans? Maybe because it's not PC and people will accuse you of "genocide", but I think birth control is our last best hope(it's also why the only charities I ever donate to are ones that include birth control, it's not my fault if you cannot breed responsibly, I just want to make sure you have that option)
Apple's clown servers
Come now, I don't think Apple runs Windows Server
The people can also just switch platforms, well before Twitter there were shadowy forums in Japan where people who wanted to kill themselves in a group could congregate and plan their final exit. I remember as far back as 2003 reading about a group of people(at least 5 IIRC) who found each other using one of these services who all agreed to sit in a car together and inhale exhaust until they died.... Not sure why people in Japan find committing suicide easier if they do it with other people(or in a famous place, I've been to Japan's "suicide forest" and found a skeleton), I guess its less lonely....
And where did a guy get the idea to bring a gun to a pizza shop and almost shoot up a bunch of innocent people, oh yeah, Fox News and their right-wing cohorts. But I guess that is just an aberration since they support your side. Same with the guy that ran over a protester in Charlottesville, an aberration because he was on your side right? Your simplistic thinking and hypocrisy is shining bright, oh wait, you are a Republican, that is your whole identity.
Sorry I hurt your feelings little snowflake, but where exactly did you determine I'm an "SJW". I didn't refute the point because there was nothing to refute dispshit. You can't go making broad claims with 0 evidence to support it other than some guy who sells you fraudulent products says it's true. I know you don't like being told you are a dumbass snowflake, but you are a dumbass snowflake who sucks Jones' dick because you are too stupid to realize he is raping you.
You really need to stop listening to Alex Jones, here is a pro tip: He is deluding you so he can fleece your dumb gullible ass.
Pffft.... you forgot that the Trumps are above the law, just like it was criminal for Hillary to use a private email server but its A-OK for the Trumps to do so while conducting government business. Silly person, Trumps are gods that are above the laws of you mere mortals!
Shocking that 2 man company that won a $300 no-bid contract to restore the power to Peurto Rico didn't get there first. Especially when those 2 men had connections to a Trump donor. Strange that. It's almost as if Trump is incredibly corrupt and giving massive amounts of money to his friends and supporters for doing nothing.
No, it's largely Chinese demand as a way to hide assets from the Communist government. China is heading for a Japan-style economic crash(their economy, much like Japan in the 80s, is built on piles of bad debt) and the rich know that when the shit finally hits the fan the CCP is going to get grabby, real grabby. Using bitcoin is a way to shield money from the CCP(foreign assets such as property is another way, which is why there is a huge boom of Chinese buying up property all over the world, away from the grabby hand of Uncle Xi)
Nice try but I'm still choosing Leader over Mohammed, at least Leader has an amazing spaceship he won't show us.
Trump talked big game about China during the election, but has done absolutely nothing about China in the 8 months he has been president. Well, I guess thats not totally true he withdrew from the TPP which was formed mostly as a bulwark against China. Not really sure what he is doing, could be that Jared is making too much money off of China, could be that Trump needs Chinese money to fund more irresponsible tax cuts, could be because he is profoundly lazy, probably a combination of those factors.
Depends on the country really. In Germany most larger stores will happily handle 500 euro notes, and most ATMs will dispense them. However in a lot of other Euro zone countries they freak out if you hand them anything larger than a 50
A system can be "better than a human" a large percent of the time and still cause crashes. Look to aviation for the answer, crashes have become almost a thing of the past in most developed countries with high standards of maintenance because we have figured out how best to get the humans and the machines to work together. The automation takes over most of the grunt work and when it runs into problems it essentially makes the humans the "backup system".
Problem with cars is nobody wants to spend a lot of money on a fancy automation system only to be told they still have to pay attention to the road.
Not to mention that with first and last name and last 6 finding the first 3 is often quite simple(especially if they can get your IP address as well). There are a ton of background sites where for free you can, with reasonable accuracy, piece together where a person was born and thus can figure out the first 3. SSNs are terrible for so many reasons, one of the biggest is that they aren't random. If they were completely random strings then I could share a certain # of digits without it being relatively easy for you to figure out the rest, but that isn't true with SSNs.
Because if the CEO wants to take the lion share of the profits when things go good they better be willing to put their neck on the line when things go bad. Otherwise they are just thieves. I might be more willing to have sympathy for the CEO if they weren't making hundreds of times what the average worker wants.
TL;DR don't take the reward if you aren't willing to accept the risk.
I am hoping to keep my 2012 macbook pro going, but doubt I will get a mac when it dies. I got 16 gb of ram in 2012 and in 2017 I can max out a macbook pro with.....16gb of ram. Why would I plunk down that much cash for a machine that is barely faster than what I currently own? Apple needs to up the ram in its "professional" laptops to something I couldn't get 5 years ago if they expect me to put money into buying a new one.