They have not yet solved the problem of humans surviving several months of radiation in space yet -- I'd call that a "new technology that needs to be made", although I suppose 100 tons of lead shielding would probably do the job...
Getting rid of SIM cards would be a good thing. My friend was disabled, he asked the T-Mobile counter rep to install his SIM card for him in his new phone... the counter person broke the SIM card holder, then told my friend that it was HIS problem to find a replacement, T-Mobile wasn't responsible! I'd still like slots for Micro SDHC cards though.
When switching between T-Mobile and AT&T, I had to buy new SIM cards, which makes me wonder if this comes locked to a specific carrier. (The sad thing is when I switched back to T-Mobile, I had to buy another SIM card!)
Does it have a power button, or do you just wait for the battery to go dead? Using the touchscreen to turn something on means the touchscreen needs to constantly be drawing power...
Yes, they are slow. I bought my daughter a low-end Lenovo with only 32GBytes of flash for a "disk", and had severe problems because the latest Windows 10 Update requires 10GBytes of disk space. Had to plug in a USB drive, still only succeeded after 3 tries and doing massive cleanup of the disk.
For those that don't recognize it, the "Please tell me more about..." was a reference to Eliza ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... ), an "AI" psychiatrist which did a fairly good job at almost passing the Turing test using pretty simple pattern matching.
If you google a company you are thinking of working for, chances are reviews of it will show up on glassdoor.com -- meaning if you've never heard of it, either you've never changed jobs or you changed jobs without doing your homework!
The "more to the story" is: I slowed down at a signal because I couldn't see it as the sun was shining directly into it. The car behind the car behind me ran into the car behind me, knocking it into my car. The single woman driving the car that caused the accident (due to following too close) had no less than 6 kids all under the age of 6 in the car, many without seatbelts or car seats -- and no insurance! 2 of the kids got taken to the hospital. Apparently, the cops thought if they could blame the accident on somebody that actually HAD insurance, it would pay several thousand dollars worth of hospital bills and fix the woman's van. But of course, as soon as prosecutor looked at the case, it was marked "no complaint" -- but I still had to appear in court for them to tell me there were no charges.
Yep, it's real: a $600 power cable! Also hilarious, but available everywhere: HDMI cables with gold-plated connectors! For the uninitiated, HDMI is a _digital_ signal; it's either off or on, so there is zero degradation of signal to to impedance (down to the point where the signal is so bad it can't tell a 0 from a 1).
So maybe we should stop bailing out people that engage in self-harm, and just go ahead and let them die? Personally, I think anybody that got into the habit of injecting heroin probably wanted to die in the first place -- they just wanted to die happy.
Right, because there is NO DIFFERENCE between victimless crimes and crimes that actually harm people! (As a libertarian, I believe you have a right to harm yourself.)
Why do people insist on calling Expert Systems "AI"? These programs didn't figure out the rules themselves, they were programmed with an explicit set of rules by so-called "experts" who had all their own built-in biases!
That's a references to this Gizmodo article: https://gizmodo.com/audiophile...
Yeah, for short cable lengths, any sufficiently large diameter wire works fine.
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They have not yet solved the problem of humans surviving several months of radiation in space yet -- I'd call that a "new technology that needs to be made", although I suppose 100 tons of lead shielding would probably do the job...
Donald Trump, the "Fuck fiscal responsibility!" president!
Getting rid of SIM cards would be a good thing. My friend was disabled, he asked the T-Mobile counter rep to install his SIM card for him in his new phone... the counter person broke the SIM card holder, then told my friend that it was HIS problem to find a replacement, T-Mobile wasn't responsible! I'd still like slots for Micro SDHC cards though.
Because the Faraday cage would prevent the phone from RECEIVING calls? Likewise, shutting off digital data stops text messages, doesn't it?
When switching between T-Mobile and AT&T, I had to buy new SIM cards, which makes me wonder if this comes locked to a specific carrier. (The sad thing is when I switched back to T-Mobile, I had to buy another SIM card!)
Does it have a power button, or do you just wait for the battery to go dead? Using the touchscreen to turn something on means the touchscreen needs to constantly be drawing power...
So Black Mirror's "Nosedive" episode is real now? I can't wait!
I know, right? Watching porn would really suck on these toy computers!
Yes, they are slow. I bought my daughter a low-end Lenovo with only 32GBytes of flash for a "disk", and had severe problems because the latest Windows 10 Update requires 10GBytes of disk space. Had to plug in a USB drive, still only succeeded after 3 tries and doing massive cleanup of the disk.
For those that don't recognize it, the "Please tell me more about..." was a reference to Eliza ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... ), an "AI" psychiatrist which did a fairly good job at almost passing the Turing test using pretty simple pattern matching.
If you google a company you are thinking of working for, chances are reviews of it will show up on glassdoor.com -- meaning if you've never heard of it, either you've never changed jobs or you changed jobs without doing your homework!
"Hey guys, we need to you all post glowing reviews to make it easier for us to hire people to replace you at lower pay!"
"Ok, boss, will do!"
"AudioQuest - Diamond 6.6' High-Speed HDMI Cable: $1495.99" at Best Buy... and those are silver plated, not even gold plated! Yeah, "pennies"...
I, for one, welcome our new emotionless robot overlords!
The "more to the story" is: I slowed down at a signal because I couldn't see it as the sun was shining directly into it. The car behind the car behind me ran into the car behind me, knocking it into my car. The single woman driving the car that caused the accident (due to following too close) had no less than 6 kids all under the age of 6 in the car, many without seatbelts or car seats -- and no insurance! 2 of the kids got taken to the hospital. Apparently, the cops thought if they could blame the accident on somebody that actually HAD insurance, it would pay several thousand dollars worth of hospital bills and fix the woman's van. But of course, as soon as prosecutor looked at the case, it was marked "no complaint" -- but I still had to appear in court for them to tell me there were no charges.
Yep, it's real: a $600 power cable! Also hilarious, but available everywhere: HDMI cables with gold-plated connectors! For the uninitiated, HDMI is a _digital_ signal; it's either off or on, so there is zero degradation of signal to to impedance (down to the point where the signal is so bad it can't tell a 0 from a 1).
So maybe we should stop bailing out people that engage in self-harm, and just go ahead and let them die? Personally, I think anybody that got into the habit of injecting heroin probably wanted to die in the first place -- they just wanted to die happy.
Right, because there is NO DIFFERENCE between victimless crimes and crimes that actually harm people! (As a libertarian, I believe you have a right to harm yourself.)
Why do you think they call him "Weird Al"?
All your insurance is based on statistical risk assessment too... is it all invalid? Should you be in the same risk pool as alcoholics and meth users?
Yeah, I got arrested for getting rear-ended by another car once... sometimes you get into the legal system through no fault of your own!
Why do people insist on calling Expert Systems "AI"? These programs didn't figure out the rules themselves, they were programmed with an explicit set of rules by so-called "experts" who had all their own built-in biases!
Wouldn't they, uh... fall over?
Can you say "Monster Cable"?
That's a references to this Gizmodo article: https://gizmodo.com/audiophile... Yeah, for short cable lengths, any sufficiently large diameter wire works fine.