Every system will choose a cure over a treatment, for reasons including cost... you're not going to stay in business making cures all the time.
Wait, what? Is this a "system" vs. business thing?
socializing R&D (public universities do this to an extent), but it's not clear that they'll do a better job of drug development than drug companies
Theoretically socializing (= government) will reward cures over treatment because they generate more revenue (e.g. cure = more taxes paid). Clearly for business this isn't the case.
that most people who don't read/. are going to end up assuming this was just an unavoidable accident caused by a crazy old homeless woman
I'd think most people would assume that a human driver would have a better view. That the accident was unavoidable would be due to Uber relying exclusively on such poor video (if that indeed was what they did). Most people would also put some blame on the "crazy [or inebriated] old homeless woman" who couldn't be bothered to cross in a legal fashion and wouldn't yield to a car that clearly had no intention of slowing down.
putting a human safety driver in the seat for 200 hours doing nothing except take over on a seconds notice is safety theater
I think the engineers or, God forbid, management should do stints as safety drivers. Not just to eat their own dog food but to give them more performance insight than the basic data recordings likely provide. One would think they'd also be more motivated to pay attention (well the engineers at least). Any engineer not paying attention as a safety driver isn't likely paying the necessary attention to their code/design.
I think that's part of the issue. The unlit street portion in the video was too dark (zero information) and I'm guessing not likely what a typical driver would've seen. To be driving at that speed with zero information of what's in front of you at that short distance is a recipe for trouble. If the victim wasn't inebriated into total indifference it's possible she assumed she was visible to the driver who wouldn't dare hit her regardless of who had right of way.
As a Constitutional scholar, I'm sure Obama was aware that he would not win in court if he attempted to shut Gitmo down without congressional approval.
Not being a constitutional law professor I'd argue that as Commander-in-Chief he'd have a lot firmer standing closing Gitmo than some of his other executive actions. It was likely a low priority with him, having more symbolic than practical substance. Something perhaps more politically beneficial to rue than to act upon.
But it'll be the white-collar middle class jobs that go this time
Inexpensive computing has already eliminated many clerical white-collar middle class jobs. These workers then either have to learn a new more hands-on trade or move up to a professional status. Moving to a hands-on trade for the middle class can be lateral, e.g. construction related and appliance repair or a step down, e.g. janitorial and elder care. Too many lateral moves saturates the market lowering wages, or they spur regulated entry. AI starts to push into the professional realm, e.g. medical and legal, where there aren't many lateral hands-on opportunities. Their great white hope (if you will) is likely regulation.
If you want to call it science the code should be reviewed and published before results from it are.
...only 6% of the presenters shared the algorithm's code...Researchers say there are many reasons for the missing details: The code might be a work in progress, owned by a company, or held tightly by a researcher eager to stay ahead of the competition. It might be dependent on other code, itself unpublished. Or it might be that the code is simply lost, on a crashed disk or stolen laptop - what Rougier calls the "my dog ate my program" problem.
Amazing.
...the training data for an algorithm can influence its performance.
It's frustrating. Trump's fundamental belief du jour is military good, everything else bad. There's no option for discussion, let alone argument. This is what he's being told his core supporters believe so he's along for the ride. What he said in the past about military waste be damned.
You've got to wonder how their autocomplete algorithm works and even why it would bother with a ridiculously open ended, e.g. Are x question - unless such questions are not that open ended, which would be interesting.
If, as seems likely, you were good at your job you should be. Personally I've got a lot respect for repair people who rapidly resolve issues and share information with their customers. Sharing information can result in fewer service calls being made and when they are they contain more useful specifics.
There's the notion that passing the test signals an ability roughly correlated with character and intelligence that provides a first pass filter for applicants. Whether greater emphasis on this notion is still worth the premium is certainly debatable.
Their exponential increase risk of death due to physical decay likely just gets pushed out and may get very steep when it hits. My understanding from TFA is that the environment poses the greatest risk of death, i.e. their long lives only occur in the lab. My guess is that from an evolutionary standpoint either you mature early, reproduce in quantity and die soon (environment plus early age related decay) or you cut back on reproduction and stick around a little longer - assuming the environment permits it.
Many of the accounts identified by The Times appear to violate Twitter s own policies, but remained active on the social media platform for years, each retweeting and promoting Devumi customers.
(Emphasis mine) If a company has policies it can't adequately enforce it should be held liable for, at minimum, false advertising. Either enforce the policies or abandon them. Enforcing policies only when it suits them commercially should fail any test of adequate enforcement.
I assumed he had a government Twitter account to be used when he needed to broadcast information to his staff/reports. So instead of contacting one person he'd broadcast/tweet the false alarm notification to his staff who'd then disseminate it through various channels, including a public facing account. So it would add a delay but the internal tweet kicks the dissemination industry into action.
cars are going at maximum speed with minimum safe distance between them
Optimum speed is maximized (up to the speed limit) for a given traffic volume. Increase the volume and the optimum speed drops. Not sure where the summary "driving wrong" assertion comes in. People behave in a distribution with most probably following the safe distance at a decent clip. It's been my experience that when traffic volume hits a critical level a few drivers operating enough outside the average have an exaggerated affect. Automated cars will dramatically narrow the distribution of driving behavior.
I belong to a couple of dozen Yahoo Groups... [that support small obscure hardware and software markets]
This, plus the advantage of having several of recent posts from these Groups visible on a single browser tab accessible via a uniform interface. Some vendors are moving to their own private forums that have unique interfaces and navigation setup. There's a definite trade-off.
Unfortunately for most people it's not that simple. If you're not running the dishwasher regularly (small household) the dirty dishes can sit in it for awhile. Encrusted food is much harder to clean despite what's advertised. And even with a large household there's also the issue of rinsing dishes before they're loaded. Again that's frequently advertised that that's not necessary - but if that were the case there would be no need for garbage disposals. So the practical reality is that for many people 'dishwashers' are either built in drying racks or glorified sanitizers. So it's likely that Mr. Schmidt's kitchen staff is still doing a lot by hand.
There's a trade-off to consider if your code's to be shared (ever share your Matlab code with someone who doesn't use it) and a crude GUI which you get with Excel that you have to develop from scratch with the software you cite.
If developers are that "good" they are typically kept in development to ensure continuing product quality. Promotion to management is usually driven more by articulate ambition than any particular technical skill, stimulated by the pay and perks which are mostly a relic of the unskilled labor era, especially for lower levels of management.
the unholy triumvirate of US weapons manufacturers, government procurers and military brass
This triumvirate has been around since Eisenhower. I think the issue is that (systems) management has not kept pace with complexity. A symptom is that there's a rush to build/sell hardware before adequate development and testing has been performed. We're also seeing this with GMD.
I'd say technology lulls management into a false sense of security by making production smarter and more efficient. Since the man on watch has less to do, he can work longer shifts and tours - until he can't (if that indeed was part of the cause) and there's a wake-up call. Unfortunately in the US Navy's case there seems to have been a few. Another wake-up call?
It's not really about physical age, glasses take care of that. When you're not at work and away from a desktop what activity that requires continually staring at a small screen is better than the alternatives?
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Wait, what? Is this a "system" vs. business thing?
Theoretically socializing (= government) will reward cures over treatment because they generate more revenue (e.g. cure = more taxes paid). Clearly for business this isn't the case.
I'd think most people would assume that a human driver would have a better view. That the accident was unavoidable would be due to Uber relying exclusively on such poor video (if that indeed was what they did). Most people would also put some blame on the "crazy [or inebriated] old homeless woman" who couldn't be bothered to cross in a legal fashion and wouldn't yield to a car that clearly had no intention of slowing down.
I think the engineers or, God forbid, management should do stints as safety drivers. Not just to eat their own dog food but to give them more performance insight than the basic data recordings likely provide. One would think they'd also be more motivated to pay attention (well the engineers at least). Any engineer not paying attention as a safety driver isn't likely paying the necessary attention to their code/design.
video ! = eyes
I think that's part of the issue. The unlit street portion in the video was too dark (zero information) and I'm guessing not likely what a typical driver would've seen. To be driving at that speed with zero information of what's in front of you at that short distance is a recipe for trouble. If the victim wasn't inebriated into total indifference it's possible she assumed she was visible to the driver who wouldn't dare hit her regardless of who had right of way.
Not being a constitutional law professor I'd argue that as Commander-in-Chief he'd have a lot firmer standing closing Gitmo than some of his other executive actions. It was likely a low priority with him, having more symbolic than practical substance. Something perhaps more politically beneficial to rue than to act upon.
Inexpensive computing has already eliminated many clerical white-collar middle class jobs. These workers then either have to learn a new more hands-on trade or move up to a professional status. Moving to a hands-on trade for the middle class can be lateral, e.g. construction related and appliance repair or a step down, e.g. janitorial and elder care. Too many lateral moves saturates the market lowering wages, or they spur regulated entry. AI starts to push into the professional realm, e.g. medical and legal, where there aren't many lateral hands-on opportunities. Their great white hope (if you will) is likely regulation.
Amazing.
Fair enough, that's why it's reviewed first.
It's frustrating. Trump's fundamental belief du jour is military good, everything else bad. There's no option for discussion, let alone argument. This is what he's being told his core supporters believe so he's along for the ride. What he said in the past about military waste be damned.
You've got to wonder how their autocomplete algorithm works and even why it would bother with a ridiculously open ended, e.g. Are x question - unless such questions are not that open ended, which would be interesting.
If, as seems likely, you were good at your job you should be. Personally I've got a lot respect for repair people who rapidly resolve issues and share information with their customers. Sharing information can result in fewer service calls being made and when they are they contain more useful specifics.
There's the notion that passing the test signals an ability roughly correlated with character and intelligence that provides a first pass filter for applicants. Whether greater emphasis on this notion is still worth the premium is certainly debatable.
Their exponential increase risk of death due to physical decay likely just gets pushed out and may get very steep when it hits. My understanding from TFA is that the environment poses the greatest risk of death, i.e. their long lives only occur in the lab. My guess is that from an evolutionary standpoint either you mature early, reproduce in quantity and die soon (environment plus early age related decay) or you cut back on reproduction and stick around a little longer - assuming the environment permits it.
(Emphasis mine) If a company has policies it can't adequately enforce it should be held liable for, at minimum, false advertising. Either enforce the policies or abandon them. Enforcing policies only when it suits them commercially should fail any test of adequate enforcement.
I assumed he had a government Twitter account to be used when he needed to broadcast information to his staff/reports. So instead of contacting one person he'd broadcast/tweet the false alarm notification to his staff who'd then disseminate it through various channels, including a public facing account. So it would add a delay but the internal tweet kicks the dissemination industry into action.
So wouldn't making the recyclers more efficient reduce their costs as well? I suppose they're missing
Or would efficiency overcome the raw material source?
Optimum speed is maximized (up to the speed limit) for a given traffic volume. Increase the volume and the optimum speed drops. Not sure where the summary "driving wrong" assertion comes in. People behave in a distribution with most probably following the safe distance at a decent clip. It's been my experience that when traffic volume hits a critical level a few drivers operating enough outside the average have an exaggerated affect. Automated cars will dramatically narrow the distribution of driving behavior.
I assumed he meant the drop as a percent of the labor force.
This, plus the advantage of having several of recent posts from these Groups visible on a single browser tab accessible via a uniform interface. Some vendors are moving to their own private forums that have unique interfaces and navigation setup. There's a definite trade-off.
Unfortunately for most people it's not that simple. If you're not running the dishwasher regularly (small household) the dirty dishes can sit in it for awhile. Encrusted food is much harder to clean despite what's advertised. And even with a large household there's also the issue of rinsing dishes before they're loaded. Again that's frequently advertised that that's not necessary - but if that were the case there would be no need for garbage disposals. So the practical reality is that for many people 'dishwashers' are either built in drying racks or glorified sanitizers. So it's likely that Mr. Schmidt's kitchen staff is still doing a lot by hand.
Surprised the study didn't extend to include left/right footedness in football (aka soccer) and maybe kick boxing. Laterality isn't limited to hands.
There's a trade-off to consider if your code's to be shared (ever share your Matlab code with someone who doesn't use it) and a crude GUI which you get with Excel that you have to develop from scratch with the software you cite.
If developers are that "good" they are typically kept in development to ensure continuing product quality. Promotion to management is usually driven more by articulate ambition than any particular technical skill, stimulated by the pay and perks which are mostly a relic of the unskilled labor era, especially for lower levels of management.
This triumvirate has been around since Eisenhower. I think the issue is that (systems) management has not kept pace with complexity. A symptom is that there's a rush to build/sell hardware before adequate development and testing has been performed. We're also seeing this with GMD.
I'd say technology lulls management into a false sense of security by making production smarter and more efficient. Since the man on watch has less to do, he can work longer shifts and tours - until he can't (if that indeed was part of the cause) and there's a wake-up call. Unfortunately in the US Navy's case there seems to have been a few. Another wake-up call?
It's not really about physical age, glasses take care of that. When you're not at work and away from a desktop what activity that requires continually staring at a small screen is better than the alternatives?