Eh, that is a bit like saying all programmers do is type stuff into an IDE, hit 'run', and show off that the thing compiled.
Getting paid big bucks is not about making one or two pretty graphs, but about taking lots of data, figuring out which pieces can be pulled together for what insights, then structuring those insights into an actionable narrative that consumers of the reports can then turn around and do things with.
The best paid ones probably do not even interact with the data directly, but have data engineers doing the heavy lifting itself.
Yeah, but is a new and larger wave of people who would not normally ride bikes. If nothing else, bike riders tend to stop such behavior after they have been doing it for a while so there is a certain equilibrium within that community.
The major difference is that with all those other examples there is no arms race for power usage. The more energy you sink into mining the bigger the payoff you get, and the system can support essentially an infinite amount of energy input. So energy usage will always scale up to match energy cost, while in those other domains energy usage is a cost that only drives down profit.
The problem with BTC is that it is designed to use as much power as possible, with an arms race of whoever is willing to throw more power at it getting a bigger slice of the cumulative pie. It can not get any less power intensive because there is a financial incentive to out spend your competitors.
One way to think about it is that BTC needs to do all the same things in terms of power usage as the current banking network AND large amounts of expensive math on top of it. The power cost for mining is in addition to the power consumed by doing stuff the banking system also does.
So.. is this just some cynical ploy to get their customers to foot the bill for server costs rather than pay to have someone maintain a traditional database with redundancy?
I fail to see how this helps with 'transparency' when they would be the ones actually inputting all the transactions, so they can still put garbage in.
Would this do anything to change that though?
I have not heard of anyone complaining about FedEx changing data, but instead bad data getting into their system in the first place.
The place I saw Klout getting used the most was in hiring, people wanting to 'verify' that you had influence. I can recall job postings having minimal Klout scores or simply having you input your Klout score as part of your application.
So it was seeing some use as an HR tool for cutting down on job applications.
Eh, even in non-electric cars people can make this mistake.
I can recall years ago when I was picking up my car from the mechanic and they had left it in drive or something with no emergency break set, so when I turned the key the car lurched forward into the one in front of it.
I doubt people care about pluto itself much, but the debate steps on both nationalism (since Pluto was discovered by an American and children loved it) and intellectualism (standards body vs citizen scientists), so it is symbolic of a pair of much deeper social conflicts going on.
Each automated process has its own limits in where and how effectively it can be used. The concern here isn't necessarily that it is a fundamentally new capability, but that the improvements (when combined with other emerging technologies) will open up new and troubling uses that were impractical using older technologies.
Just the other day I was looking at used Regina Music Boxes and companies that were even producing new disks for them, and got to listen to one in person as part of a historical demo.
Sometimes it isn't about something being technically superior, but fun and interesting to operate.
I know people who still do things like wet plate photography even though it has been outdated for a century or more, or who work on older cars, or even smith their own tools. For that matter, I know people who actually have a horse and buggy and enjoy the hell out of riding in it.
I am always amazed at how touchy technophiles can be if people fail to be into the latest and greatest of whatever they obsess over.
At this point they are probably trying to target the trend setters. If the tech gets some traction there then there will be a market for producing cheaper versions for people to play with.
I was on a couple of 'neighborhood' websites for my area and ended up leaving in disgust at how they handled 'safety'. People kept taking pictures of random teenagers and posting 'warnings' about how 'a black youth was going door to door asking to mow lawns' or 'black youths were playing in the street' or 'black man asked white teenager for directions back to the highway and drove off when I ran out of my house screaming at him'.
Even though we live in a VERY safe area, the forums were filled with hysterical threads about how every (white) resident was in constant danger from those dang darkies in their neighborhood.
Ahm.. both MI5 and the CIA were well aware there were not WMDs. You are confusing the presentations made by politicians to the public with what the agencies were actually saying.
Which is a very deep problem since one of the reasons the US has done so well in the business world is we are considered a very stable country with politics that move at glacial speeds. That kind of staticness makes planning and investing a lot easier. If the US starts being seen as unpredictable, that takes away a lot of the advantages of doing business here.
We are already past the point of cryptocurrency having any gain for the average person. It has mostly moved over to amateurs attempting to transition to being a new generation of bankers and true believers underwriting their rise.
Finding the guy to collect is pretty easy, or more accurately, your telco does not need to find them. All it needs to know is what telco connected to their network to bother one of their customers, and charges them. That telco then needs to track down whoever is using their network and costing them money.
The thing that could really defeat robocalls is 'caller pays'. As long as the robocaller is doing it for free and only the recipient pays in minutes, they will just find ways around whatever people come up with.
Google stops spam, but enables telemarketers. They are also perfectly happy serving you scams in form of advertisements.
Robocalls were also less frequent when telecoms were more regulated, but after the shakeup a few years ago telecoms have had the option of caring a lot less.
Sadly a lot of telcos bundle services in such a way that you pretty much have to buy a landline if you want sane prices on things like internet.
I think about a month after getting my landline I ended up unplugging it, but it is still cheaper to have it as a part of a bundle than switch to internet only.
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Eh, that is a bit like saying all programmers do is type stuff into an IDE, hit 'run', and show off that the thing compiled. Getting paid big bucks is not about making one or two pretty graphs, but about taking lots of data, figuring out which pieces can be pulled together for what insights, then structuring those insights into an actionable narrative that consumers of the reports can then turn around and do things with. The best paid ones probably do not even interact with the data directly, but have data engineers doing the heavy lifting itself.
Yeah, but is a new and larger wave of people who would not normally ride bikes. If nothing else, bike riders tend to stop such behavior after they have been doing it for a while so there is a certain equilibrium within that community.
The major difference is that with all those other examples there is no arms race for power usage. The more energy you sink into mining the bigger the payoff you get, and the system can support essentially an infinite amount of energy input. So energy usage will always scale up to match energy cost, while in those other domains energy usage is a cost that only drives down profit.
The problem with BTC is that it is designed to use as much power as possible, with an arms race of whoever is willing to throw more power at it getting a bigger slice of the cumulative pie. It can not get any less power intensive because there is a financial incentive to out spend your competitors.
One way to think about it is that BTC needs to do all the same things in terms of power usage as the current banking network AND large amounts of expensive math on top of it. The power cost for mining is in addition to the power consumed by doing stuff the banking system also does.
BTC, by design, is as expensive to create and operate as possible. It is going to be difficult for anything to be as bad at the same scale of usage.
Plenty of people dislike both Assange and the CIA.
So.. is this just some cynical ploy to get their customers to foot the bill for server costs rather than pay to have someone maintain a traditional database with redundancy? I fail to see how this helps with 'transparency' when they would be the ones actually inputting all the transactions, so they can still put garbage in.
Would this do anything to change that though? I have not heard of anyone complaining about FedEx changing data, but instead bad data getting into their system in the first place.
The place I saw Klout getting used the most was in hiring, people wanting to 'verify' that you had influence. I can recall job postings having minimal Klout scores or simply having you input your Klout score as part of your application. So it was seeing some use as an HR tool for cutting down on job applications.
Eh, even in non-electric cars people can make this mistake. I can recall years ago when I was picking up my car from the mechanic and they had left it in drive or something with no emergency break set, so when I turned the key the car lurched forward into the one in front of it.
But.. but.. elitist socialists hate america and amatures who are the real source of innovation!
I doubt people care about pluto itself much, but the debate steps on both nationalism (since Pluto was discovered by an American and children loved it) and intellectualism (standards body vs citizen scientists), so it is symbolic of a pair of much deeper social conflicts going on.
Each automated process has its own limits in where and how effectively it can be used. The concern here isn't necessarily that it is a fundamentally new capability, but that the improvements (when combined with other emerging technologies) will open up new and troubling uses that were impractical using older technologies.
At which point, who needs the human anymore?
Just the other day I was looking at used Regina Music Boxes and companies that were even producing new disks for them, and got to listen to one in person as part of a historical demo. Sometimes it isn't about something being technically superior, but fun and interesting to operate. I know people who still do things like wet plate photography even though it has been outdated for a century or more, or who work on older cars, or even smith their own tools. For that matter, I know people who actually have a horse and buggy and enjoy the hell out of riding in it. I am always amazed at how touchy technophiles can be if people fail to be into the latest and greatest of whatever they obsess over.
At this point they are probably trying to target the trend setters. If the tech gets some traction there then there will be a market for producing cheaper versions for people to play with.
I was on a couple of 'neighborhood' websites for my area and ended up leaving in disgust at how they handled 'safety'. People kept taking pictures of random teenagers and posting 'warnings' about how 'a black youth was going door to door asking to mow lawns' or 'black youths were playing in the street' or 'black man asked white teenager for directions back to the highway and drove off when I ran out of my house screaming at him'. Even though we live in a VERY safe area, the forums were filled with hysterical threads about how every (white) resident was in constant danger from those dang darkies in their neighborhood.
Ahm.. both MI5 and the CIA were well aware there were not WMDs. You are confusing the presentations made by politicians to the public with what the agencies were actually saying.
Which is a very deep problem since one of the reasons the US has done so well in the business world is we are considered a very stable country with politics that move at glacial speeds. That kind of staticness makes planning and investing a lot easier. If the US starts being seen as unpredictable, that takes away a lot of the advantages of doing business here.
We are already past the point of cryptocurrency having any gain for the average person. It has mostly moved over to amateurs attempting to transition to being a new generation of bankers and true believers underwriting their rise.
Finding the guy to collect is pretty easy, or more accurately, your telco does not need to find them. All it needs to know is what telco connected to their network to bother one of their customers, and charges them. That telco then needs to track down whoever is using their network and costing them money.
The thing that could really defeat robocalls is 'caller pays'. As long as the robocaller is doing it for free and only the recipient pays in minutes, they will just find ways around whatever people come up with.
Google stops spam, but enables telemarketers. They are also perfectly happy serving you scams in form of advertisements. Robocalls were also less frequent when telecoms were more regulated, but after the shakeup a few years ago telecoms have had the option of caring a lot less.
Sadly a lot of telcos bundle services in such a way that you pretty much have to buy a landline if you want sane prices on things like internet. I think about a month after getting my landline I ended up unplugging it, but it is still cheaper to have it as a part of a bundle than switch to internet only.