Script kiddies using somebody else's black box cannot explain how these systems work. These are self proclaimed experts and are certainly not really experts or creators of good code.
Today's well designed neural networks and other machine learning systems can certainly be fully understood and debugged.
I miss the days when computer viruses and hackers were not a threat. Back in the late 70's and early 80's the systems were so primitive the was no way for external users to get into your systems.
Maybe this is part of the attraction I have for the Arduino.
"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."
What we are living through is a full attack on journalism and truth. Those who are working to that goal seek to create an environment where they can get away unspeakable social atrocities. I remember a time when liars were reviled and never trusted. Today they are given a wink when they pour out alternate facts. Its hard to imagine how a democracy can survive if its voters don't have reliable sources of unbiased facts.
Notifications. Yes I know, you can get Notifications on your phone. It's hard to describe the convenience of being able to glance at your wrist. That's the killer app.
It does a shitload of other stuff t, but frankly Notifications alone make it worth wearing. Some other things I use a lot - reminders, alarms, timers, fitness tracking. My personal favorite is temperature readout from the Weber bluetooth thermometer for grilling; it sounds silly, but man it's nice to have.
Grid scale storage could be a good dumping ground for worn out lithium ion batteries that don't work to full capacity. People complain if the batteries don't have the full range for a car, but these batteries may still be useful for grid scale storage during that part of their life cycle.
I assume you meant to say "lower" and not "low". Natural gas is better than coal, no doubt, but when coupled with all the methane that leaks before we get it, its still a greenhouse gas problem.
You've missed my point completely, so I'll restate it.
Regardless of how stupid the Democrats were (and it's pretty breathtaking), it was illegal and unethical to access their private systems and spread biased and potentially untrue information.
Here is a simple analogy. If a neighbor leaves their doors unlocked, it's illegal and unethical to go into their home and take their stuff to prove a point about security, and then appoint yourself the moral police by showing the world their offensive porno collection you've stolen.
You're damned right I'm outraged. The selection of our elected officials has been tainted through illegal and unethical methods.
It's not about Democrats vs. Republicans, it's about influencing elections and breaking the law with illegal access of private systems.
Regardless of who was behind Wikileaks documents related to US politics, they were almost entirely anti-Democrat. Anybody who thinks that Republicans don't have a comparable amount of dirty laundry is delusional. Why anyone would trust the veracity of these 'leaked" documents and the motivations of those responsible is beyond me.
I would think, however unlikely, that if the Russian government is not directly responsible, they should be highly motivated at this point to help bring those responsible to justice. There has to be some response and it has to be now because it is unlikely to occur after President Trump becomes our President.
There is a right way and a wrong way to fix the system. Breaking the law, being a traitor, and using unscrupulous means to win an election are lazy self-serving shortcuts that none of us should ever support.
As technical professionals, many of us have the capability of accessing private systems. Don't do it. It's illegal and unethical. If you want to change the system do it the right way through legal means, otherwise you become worse than those you oppose.
I think its cool that a guy with essentially unlimited resources wants to get his hands dirty and do something real for himself. It sounds like he didn't use an army of developers to develop a commercial product, but that he whipped up something on his own to gain a better understanding of what the challenges are for machine learning and a home control system.
Q) Why would you use lasers to measure differences between matter and anti-matter?
A) Because lasers can be controlled and tuned excite the electrons and positrons to just the right amount of energy for them to jump to their next energy state and when that energy is released can be measured to verify the accuracy of the mathematical model of the atom in question. Since you don't have a lot of anti-matter to play with, one needs a very well controlled light source with a high degree of precision and accuracy.
Q) As far as I know, the only difference between the two is supposed to involve the weak force rather than the electromagnetic force (on which light is based).
A) Antimatter exhibits the same properties of all forces the same way as matter. Antimatter particles however have opposite charge and spin in relation to matter. E.g. the electron has an opposite negative charge compared to the positron which is positively charged and the quarks that make up a proton have the opposite spin and charge compared to its antimatter counterpart the anti-proton.
Bonus)... the weak force rather than the electromagnetic force (on which light is based)
A) It has been shown that the weak force which regulates radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus is actually a special case of the electromagnetic force.
Intelligent machines may very well make many jobs obsolete, but will spawn even more jobs that humans do well and frankly will prefer to do. The massage chair did not eliminate the masseuse.
>No, they do not. Batteries are an expensive and inefficient waste of money and energy, when you have a grid connection.
Power companies shortly will no longer be required to purchase electricity from homeowners, so the grid is not a storage alternative. Additionally, batteries are a backup solution in the event the grid doesn't supply power.
>There are innumerable electricians out there, and they're all certified for such tasks.
Absolutely correct. That's why Solar City certifies, trains and hires local electricians like the one that installed my connection to charge my car.
Homes with solar panels need batteries. Electric cars need batteries. The gigafactory makes batteries for both. Electric cars need electrical service for charging at homes and businesses. SolarCity specializes in delivering qualified installation services. They did a great job installing my electrical service for my car. The sharing of engineering, marketing and sales resources are obvious synergy.
The vast majority of the affected shareholders agreed and it was their decision to make. They can sell their stock if they think its a bad idea.
Maybe it should go out to a competitive bid. Perhaps with investments in robots, they can be made more cheaply here. Maybe they can be made in multiple places. They already build Macbooks here.
The important political reality here is the electoral college. If there is to be change made politically, it needs to be in the minds of the rural voter not white baby boomers. It is the rural voter who has placed a leading climate change denier in charge of the EPA, not simply white baby boomers. Electoral college votes are assigned to locality, not age or race.
As a 56 year old white male who happens to be an environmentalist and supporter of sustainability, I'm understandably concerned about the broad brush being used here.
I think to discriminate and place blame on an entire generation and race is wrong on every level. It does not address the true factors requiring consideration to implement change. I've spent my life trying to leave the world a better place and it really sucks to be in the crosshairs of people who haven't really thought this through.
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Script kiddies using somebody else's black box cannot explain how these systems work. These are self proclaimed experts and are certainly not really experts or creators of good code.
Today's well designed neural networks and other machine learning systems can certainly be fully understood and debugged.
I miss the days when computer viruses and hackers were not a threat. Back in the late 70's and early 80's the systems were so primitive the was no way for external users to get into your systems.
Maybe this is part of the attraction I have for the Arduino.
Well said. Reactor designs have always been influenced by weapons design.
In the computer word a lot happens in a year. Are they seriously just starting now?
Much of the H1B law already prohibits the abuse we see, but the government specifically chooses to not enforce and punish the illegal activity.
"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."
What we are living through is a full attack on journalism and truth. Those who are working to that goal seek to create an environment where they can get away unspeakable social atrocities. I remember a time when liars were reviled and never trusted. Today they are given a wink when they pour out alternate facts. Its hard to imagine how a democracy can survive if its voters don't have reliable sources of unbiased facts.
Brilliant! If we can get everyone to see the light as you do, we can eliminate man made global warming and achieve peace on earth.
Notifications. Yes I know, you can get Notifications on your phone. It's hard to describe the convenience of being able to glance at your wrist. That's the killer app.
It does a shitload of other stuff t, but frankly Notifications alone make it worth wearing. Some other things I use a lot - reminders, alarms, timers, fitness tracking. My personal favorite is temperature readout from the Weber bluetooth thermometer for grilling; it sounds silly, but man it's nice to have.
Grid scale storage could be a good dumping ground for worn out lithium ion batteries that don't work to full capacity. People complain if the batteries don't have the full range for a car, but these batteries may still be useful for grid scale storage during that part of their life cycle.
I totally agree. It makes no sense to me when people say we can address pollution issues by switching to natural gas. IMHO it's frakking ignorant.
I assume you meant to say "lower" and not "low". Natural gas is better than coal, no doubt, but when coupled with all the methane that leaks before we get it, its still a greenhouse gas problem.
only a small fraction of those care enough to vote.
first page in a google search says "The atoms used in silicon chip fabrication are around 0.2nm"
You've missed my point completely, so I'll restate it.
Regardless of how stupid the Democrats were (and it's pretty breathtaking), it was illegal and unethical to access their private systems and spread biased and potentially untrue information.
Here is a simple analogy. If a neighbor leaves their doors unlocked, it's illegal and unethical to go into their home and take their stuff to prove a point about security, and then appoint yourself the moral police by showing the world their offensive porno collection you've stolen.
You're damned right I'm outraged. The selection of our elected officials has been tainted through illegal and unethical methods.
It's not about Democrats vs. Republicans, it's about influencing elections and breaking the law with illegal access of private systems.
Regardless of who was behind Wikileaks documents related to US politics, they were almost entirely anti-Democrat. Anybody who thinks that Republicans don't have a comparable amount of dirty laundry is delusional. Why anyone would trust the veracity of these 'leaked" documents and the motivations of those responsible is beyond me.
I would think, however unlikely, that if the Russian government is not directly responsible, they should be highly motivated at this point to help bring those responsible to justice. There has to be some response and it has to be now because it is unlikely to occur after President Trump becomes our President.
There is a right way and a wrong way to fix the system. Breaking the law, being a traitor, and using unscrupulous means to win an election are lazy self-serving shortcuts that none of us should ever support.
As technical professionals, many of us have the capability of accessing private systems. Don't do it. It's illegal and unethical. If you want to change the system do it the right way through legal means, otherwise you become worse than those you oppose.
I think its cool that a guy with essentially unlimited resources wants to get his hands dirty and do something real for himself. It sounds like he didn't use an army of developers to develop a commercial product, but that he whipped up something on his own to gain a better understanding of what the challenges are for machine learning and a home control system.
Good catch. I should have said "an aspect of the electro-weak force." instead of "a special case of the electromagnetic force."
Q) Why would you use lasers to measure differences between matter and anti-matter?
... the weak force rather than the electromagnetic force (on which light is based)
A) Because lasers can be controlled and tuned excite the electrons and positrons to just the right amount of energy for them to jump to their next energy state and when that energy is released can be measured to verify the accuracy of the mathematical model of the atom in question. Since you don't have a lot of anti-matter to play with, one needs a very well controlled light source with a high degree of precision and accuracy.
Q) As far as I know, the only difference between the two is supposed to involve the weak force rather than the electromagnetic force (on which light is based).
A) Antimatter exhibits the same properties of all forces the same way as matter. Antimatter particles however have opposite charge and spin in relation to matter. E.g. the electron has an opposite negative charge compared to the positron which is positively charged and the quarks that make up a proton have the opposite spin and charge compared to its antimatter counterpart the anti-proton.
Bonus)
A) It has been shown that the weak force which regulates radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus is actually a special case of the electromagnetic force.
Intelligent machines may very well make many jobs obsolete, but will spawn even more jobs that humans do well and frankly will prefer to do. The massage chair did not eliminate the masseuse.
>No, they do not. Batteries are an expensive and inefficient waste of money and energy, when you have a grid connection.
Power companies shortly will no longer be required to purchase electricity from homeowners, so the grid is not a storage alternative. Additionally, batteries are a backup solution in the event the grid doesn't supply power.
>There are innumerable electricians out there, and they're all certified for such tasks.
Absolutely correct. That's why Solar City certifies, trains and hires local electricians like the one that installed my connection to charge my car.
Homes with solar panels need batteries. Electric cars need batteries. The gigafactory makes batteries for both. Electric cars need electrical service for charging at homes and businesses. SolarCity specializes in delivering qualified installation services. They did a great job installing my electrical service for my car. The sharing of engineering, marketing and sales resources are obvious synergy.
The vast majority of the affected shareholders agreed and it was their decision to make. They can sell their stock if they think its a bad idea.
If it's like installing the charger for a Tesla in your garage, SolarCity will take care of the installation and electrical work.
The synergy makes sense. I like the roof idea.
Maybe it should go out to a competitive bid. Perhaps with investments in robots, they can be made more cheaply here. Maybe they can be made in multiple places. They already build Macbooks here.
The important political reality here is the electoral college. If there is to be change made politically, it needs to be in the minds of the rural voter not white baby boomers. It is the rural voter who has placed a leading climate change denier in charge of the EPA, not simply white baby boomers. Electoral college votes are assigned to locality, not age or race.
As a 56 year old white male who happens to be an environmentalist and supporter of sustainability, I'm understandably concerned about the broad brush being used here.
I think to discriminate and place blame on an entire generation and race is wrong on every level. It does not address the true factors requiring consideration to implement change. I've spent my life trying to leave the world a better place and it really sucks to be in the crosshairs of people who haven't really thought this through.