PetSmart has launched its own live streaming pet watching platform called FurView.
Bed Bath and Beyond has launched its own gaming service called Game on Thrones.
Sur La Table is launching a live streaming cooking platform...
Dollar Store is launching a new...
Pizza Hut is launching a new...
Google sort of got ahead of this by putting things under Alphabet.
Though I think as a company they are no better than FB regarding privacy, etc;
The problem with FB is that it owns the competing social media networks, and that in itself is a reason to break it up.
Amazon? Well they make their money from AWS, then there is their retail side, then their video/entertainment side, etc.
Why wait to break up Amazon? It is a mutating virus of a company taking over disparate industries. It has to happen sometime.
It feels like a ghost town with food still left on the table from months to years ago when the people just left and never came back.
Correct.
I use an account I made for someone else years ago, that I have the pw for.
I get on every once in a while, and from what I've seen, it is becoming more like MySpace all the time.
I recall an Isaac Azimov short story that implied that an automation could be a more fair judge than a human judge.
This is already happening.
There is judicial software used by the courts in some districts that recommends whether someone should get parole or not.
Judges and courts are already using this. And there have been instances of regrettable early releases of violent offenders.
This ecological atrocity finally
Caves in on itself...perhaps it's
All for the better
Lock your doors and say goodnight
As toxins leach out of sight
We're living in the new age
Of electronic security
Technocracy probable cause
Technocracy bending some laws
Living in fear making something
Of yourself is making fifty grand a year
The technology that spawned
Our every convenience
Creating more and more poison
Pledge of toxic allegience
Technocracy probable cause
Technocracy bending laws
All American clones
On and on their sermon drones
Rabbit at your career
It goes on all around you
Part of this insanity
Working for the technocracy
Technocracy probable cause
Technocracy bending some laws
There are limits to growth on this planet but
There is no limit to your Greed
or potential
to Exploit...
the end of Suffering
or just an Eternal scream
You are exactly right. And I would call it an Arms Race to the bottom.
Putin has said that whoever successfully deploys AI will control the world.
The Chinese are working feverishly to surpass the US in these emerging fields.
They will most likely take the lead as they don't have the "qualms" of conscious that we in the West do.
From the perspective of planners in the Pentagon, it makes perfect sense, from a military defense posture, to want to use AI as a weapon.
Is that morally right, or ethical?
So she got her 15 minutes of fame, but does it change anything? Aside from the headline, is there any effect?
Probably not.
It's kind of like the Senate hearing yesterday with all the heads of the pharmas getting grilled about drug prices.
A republican senator was annoyed by the answer from the Pfizer guy about how they manipulate patents to keep price gouging going.
The senator made a comment about how, since he was on the judiciary committee they would "take a look at that".
Sure you will.
How much does pharma contribute to their campaigns?
There was an article somewhere online a while back about this subject.
That the medium you consume content from matters quite a lot.
So watching a bluray versus random shit on NF or listening to an album, cd or rip versus random shit on Spotify.
I have a very low opinion of people who stream music...
I also lived through the cassette era, and I had a few bad experiences with them, but generally they were a fine way to listen to music.
Also, the type 2 and metal tapes were actually pretty good sound quality, especially through a decent stereo, whether that was in a car or in a home/apartment.
I think most people that post on here who complain about how bad the sound quality was were listening to cassettes on low quality decks/speakers.
An important thing people forget about is that in the 60's-90's, generally before digital audio really took over, there were a lot more "audiophiles" than there are now. Many people back then were interested in high quality audio, believe it or not.
Also, with cassettes, as with albums, at least you knew what you were listening to. It was YOUR CHOICE of music.
What do people listen to now? They don't even know: "I'm listening to Spotify".
People now have handed over their musical experience and taste to algorithms.
Sad.
If ever there was a slippery slope, you are on it.
lgw is absolutely correct here, and your "save the children" rationale doesn't work.
The free marketplace of ideas is what makes the US a "somewhat" free society.
The more people like you chip away the ability to share and discuss ideas, the closer we get to an autocratic/authoritarian state.
Judging by the amount of money people are paying to see them you could make a good argument that they are, at least by some metrics. Maybe not to art house snobs but they are good movies and many people rate them as their favorites. Ranking movies by the sum of the enjoyment they provide is not a silly metric. I have to admit I've watched The Avengers and Star Wars many more times and gotten far more enjoyment from them than Casablanca or Citizen Kane or whatever art house movie you think should be put on a pedestal.
Using that rationale, I wonder what your taste in music is like.
No, I'm just not one of those people who read Isaac Asimov as a kid and get a full head believing the future really can be predicted to ten decimal places of accuracy.
No amount of Asimov reading will save you when the affects of climate change negatively impact the the economy, water quality, the food supply, global politics, etc.
Sure, we can, and we are applying a critical eye. However, your verbose hairsplitting is a weak attempt to normalize Trump. At this point with all he has said and done that is not possible. So good college try there to appear to be the "voice of reason".
Whether Trump agrees with all or part of the report, whether him and his kids really understand the reality and gravity of the situation we are in regarding climate change, whether Trump is "really a good guy" when not holding a phone or in front of a camera, none of that matters. Blabbering on about nuances of the report and whether Trump agrees with sub-paragraph five or the chart on page 87 doesn't matter.
If he had been a reasonable person from the get go, if he had displayed a small amount of intelligence or curiosity regarding the science, then we might give him a pass, as you are attempting to do. Trump has consistently attacked science and scientists from before he was elected.
Trump burned his bridges long ago, and is stuck on his island, or to use another analogy, up shit creek without a paddle.
Those three 2017 storms caused at least $265 billion in damage,
The broken window sector of the economy is going to be Yuge! Remember: lost wages means lower unemployment figures!/s
What we will see is the financial straing of reacting to these events over burdening the states, counties, cities and federal governement(and insurance companies) to the point that it will be "every man for himself".
The fact that billionaires are all setting up "safe houses" in New Zealand, Canada and Ireland shows us that they can see the writing on the wall.
Slashdot Mirror
Stop creating division and lets all get back here in the middle!
I merely pointed out the obvious fallacy of your post.
I'm not creating division: I am a pragmatist, so I am in the middle.
Congrats on a well played yet obvious false equivalency argument.
In other news:
PetSmart has launched its own live streaming pet watching platform called FurView.
Bed Bath and Beyond has launched its own gaming service called Game on Thrones.
Sur La Table is launching a live streaming cooking platform...
Dollar Store is launching a new...
Pizza Hut is launching a new...
Google sort of got ahead of this by putting things under Alphabet.
Though I think as a company they are no better than FB regarding privacy, etc;
The problem with FB is that it owns the competing social media networks, and that in itself is a reason to break it up.
Amazon? Well they make their money from AWS, then there is their retail side, then their video/entertainment side, etc.
Why wait to break up Amazon? It is a mutating virus of a company taking over disparate industries. It has to happen sometime.
by not patronizing cash only establishments.
Is it cash only?
I thought they just wanted places to also accept cash.
Whats wrong with that?
It feels like a ghost town with food still left on the table from months to years ago when the people just left and never came back.
Correct.
I use an account I made for someone else years ago, that I have the pw for.
I get on every once in a while, and from what I've seen, it is becoming more like MySpace all the time.
I recall an Isaac Azimov short story that implied that an automation could be a more fair judge than a human judge.
This is already happening.
There is judicial software used by the courts in some districts that recommends whether someone should get parole or not.
Judges and courts are already using this. And there have been instances of regrettable early releases of violent offenders.
Be careful what you wish for.
Yes, and Technocracy is quite possibly the greatest punk/thrash crossover album of all time
This ecological atrocity finally
Caves in on itself...perhaps it's
All for the better
Lock your doors and say goodnight
As toxins leach out of sight
We're living in the new age
Of electronic security
Technocracy probable cause
Technocracy bending some laws
Living in fear making something
Of yourself is making fifty grand a year
The technology that spawned
Our every convenience
Creating more and more poison
Pledge of toxic allegience
Technocracy probable cause
Technocracy bending laws
All American clones
On and on their sermon drones
Rabbit at your career
It goes on all around you
Part of this insanity
Working for the technocracy
Technocracy probable cause
Technocracy bending some laws
There are limits to growth on this planet but
There is no limit to your Greed
or potential
to Exploit...
the end of Suffering
or just an Eternal scream
I am pretty sure a majority in the UK wand to get rid of changing the clocks.
Get Harry Potter to do it.
It is the UK after all.
You are exactly right. And I would call it an Arms Race to the bottom.
Putin has said that whoever successfully deploys AI will control the world.
The Chinese are working feverishly to surpass the US in these emerging fields.
They will most likely take the lead as they don't have the "qualms" of conscious that we in the West do.
From the perspective of planners in the Pentagon, it makes perfect sense, from a military defense posture, to want to use AI as a weapon.
Is that morally right, or ethical?
The problem with that assumption is that "AI rebels against human control".
Rebels? Really?
We increasingly hand over control of our lives to algorithms even now.
Before there will be a need to rebel AI or whatever you want to call it, will already be completely in control.
So she got her 15 minutes of fame, but does it change anything? Aside from the headline, is there any effect?
Probably not.
It's kind of like the Senate hearing yesterday with all the heads of the pharmas getting grilled about drug prices.
A republican senator was annoyed by the answer from the Pfizer guy about how they manipulate patents to keep price gouging going.
The senator made a comment about how, since he was on the judiciary committee they would "take a look at that".
Sure you will.
How much does pharma contribute to their campaigns?
There was an article somewhere online a while back about this subject.
That the medium you consume content from matters quite a lot.
So watching a bluray versus random shit on NF or listening to an album, cd or rip versus random shit on Spotify.
I have a very low opinion of people who stream music...
I also lived through the cassette era, and I had a few bad experiences with them, but generally they were a fine way to listen to music.
Also, the type 2 and metal tapes were actually pretty good sound quality, especially through a decent stereo, whether that was in a car or in a home/apartment.
I think most people that post on here who complain about how bad the sound quality was were listening to cassettes on low quality decks/speakers.
An important thing people forget about is that in the 60's-90's, generally before digital audio really took over, there were a lot more "audiophiles" than there are now. Many people back then were interested in high quality audio, believe it or not.
Also, with cassettes, as with albums, at least you knew what you were listening to. It was YOUR CHOICE of music.
What do people listen to now? They don't even know: "I'm listening to Spotify".
People now have handed over their musical experience and taste to algorithms.
Sad.
If ever there was a slippery slope, you are on it.
lgw is absolutely correct here, and your "save the children" rationale doesn't work.
The free marketplace of ideas is what makes the US a "somewhat" free society.
The more people like you chip away the ability to share and discuss ideas, the closer we get to an autocratic/authoritarian state.
Judging by the amount of money people are paying to see them you could make a good argument that they are, at least by some metrics. Maybe not to art house snobs but they are good movies and many people rate them as their favorites. Ranking movies by the sum of the enjoyment they provide is not a silly metric. I have to admit I've watched The Avengers and Star Wars many more times and gotten far more enjoyment from them than Casablanca or Citizen Kane or whatever art house movie you think should be put on a pedestal.
Using that rationale, I wonder what your taste in music is like.
Who can take this site seriously?
People who think superhero films are the height of film making.
Yes, but most of these are sunk costs.
They're paying for it with liquid assets.
Most of their initial costs will be fluid.
No, I'm just not one of those people who read Isaac Asimov as a kid and get a full head believing the future really can be predicted to ten decimal places of accuracy.
No amount of Asimov reading will save you when the affects of climate change negatively impact the the economy, water quality, the food supply, global politics, etc.
You are correct.
However, the only reason cord cutting isn't cheap is the same reason people are on FB:
FOMO.
Why aren't people ok with just NF or Prime?
I talk to people who have like 4, 5 or 6 different streaming services for content.
WTF!?
Why?!?
Sure, we can, and we are applying a critical eye. However, your verbose hairsplitting is a weak attempt to normalize Trump. At this point with all he has said and done that is not possible. So good college try there to appear to be the "voice of reason".
Whether Trump agrees with all or part of the report, whether him and his kids really understand the reality and gravity of the situation we are in regarding climate change, whether Trump is "really a good guy" when not holding a phone or in front of a camera, none of that matters. Blabbering on about nuances of the report and whether Trump agrees with sub-paragraph five or the chart on page 87 doesn't matter.
If he had been a reasonable person from the get go, if he had displayed a small amount of intelligence or curiosity regarding the science, then we might give him a pass, as you are attempting to do. Trump has consistently attacked science and scientists from before he was elected.
Trump burned his bridges long ago, and is stuck on his island, or to use another analogy, up shit creek without a paddle.
Those three 2017 storms caused at least $265 billion in damage,
The broken window sector of the economy is going to be Yuge! Remember: lost wages means lower unemployment figures! /s
What we will see is the financial straing of reacting to these events over burdening the states, counties, cities and federal governement(and insurance companies) to the point that it will be "every man for himself".
The fact that billionaires are all setting up "safe houses" in New Zealand, Canada and Ireland shows us that they can see the writing on the wall.
At the very least there is obstruction.
Trump has admitted as much.
Brilliant comment and right on the money.
Well done!
There's a reasonable justification for a cultural component though
"cultural component"... sure.
That argument could easily be made.
But we weren't discussing culture.
Perhaps you should go back and read the posts again.