I feel like society really has it's priorities out of order. So many people are concerned for an actress while people in their own nations are homeless and getting neither proper nutrition nor appropriate medical treatment. To top it all off, they are shunned, scorned and accused of simply being lazy.
However, I understand celebrity (especially sci-fi centric celebrity) has it's appeal but if we want to talk about it, we should talk about the most likely cause: heart disease. It is the most common killer of people (in the US) and while the cause is seemingly mysterious, it's quite well known it's because of the amount of meat we consume. Meals shouldn't have more than 10% of meat but various industries have changed it so that it seems like it should be 80%. The overconsumption of meat is killing millions of people and I'm sure Carrie Fisher will become one of them soon enough.
While most people start thinking, "oh what a breath of fresh air, the government getting it right for once," I worry, "have aliens infiltrated our government? Because it seems like they are listening experts and making logical conclusions.";)
...The game's changed and you could have changed with it, made it a place where you could have made a profit (albeit smaller) but smarter people beat you to the punch. Now you all bleed at the altar of Apple, Amazon, and Google while we go around the corner and get what we want for nearly free.
You're saying that a company that is infamous for skirting the law and screwing people over is skirting the law and screwing people over?! How unpredictable!;)
I think Microsoft hasn't gone far enough with shoving Win10 onto all their users. I mean, there are still people willing to put up with Microsoft, so their job isn't done yet. Their "Switch to Linux" program has done plenty to piss some people off but they haven't pissed off all of their users enough that they are willing to jump ship.;)
What I want is an arm mounted computer that is thin and flexible like a cloth yet stays in the perfect adhered to your arm and never runs out of power. What you want is a toy.
Smartwatches have a huge potential but there are significant issues that need to be addressed first.
The first problem is the screen: it takes too much power, it's far too small, doesn't harvest energy from ambient light and can only flex two dimensions at once. The second problem is the CPU: it takes about 1000x more power than it should and isn't even stateful. QCA based CPUs would solve these issues. The third is the wristband: it doesn't keep the watch perfectly in place and it's quite the bother. Have the back of the watch exploit van der Waals forces and that should solve it.
So yeah, the only thing Google really needs to do is improve display, electronics and manufacturing processes. If Google really presses their engineers then they could have a sweet prototype ready for CES 2047!;)
The basic issue is there is a war being waged between media companies. The basic issue is that old media companies like the fat checks they get from cable providers but new online services cannot afford to write said fat checks. The result is that online services began creating their own content because it was much cheaper than licensing it. When there was some exclusive hits like on Netflix, old media decided they needed to quash the rebellion by putting out something that is equally as attractive to avoid people jumping ship. Both sides are upping their game so that customers won't be tempted to switch media providers and thus the media company war.
The funny thing is, the old media companies could have avoided all of this if their demands weren't so unreasonable.
petroleum has some pretty nifty properties besides energy production that I'd really love to keep having easy access to. Like, cheap plastics.
Unfortunately, petroleum based plastics do not degrade fast enough, they just break into smaller pieces and eventually end up in the ecosystem. The pacific plastic soup is proof of this. A much better plan is to switch over completely to bioplastics which actually do degrade.
Burning it for energy is kinda like using our limited helium reserves for toy balloons.
It should be noted that less than 0.001% of helium used is actually used for recreation and it can be re-harvested from the atmosphere if we really wanted to get it back.
Google's stated goal has always been "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." Which in the past has always meant returning the results that people were looking for. They now face the problem of truthiness which has disproven the fundamental theory behind Google, that feedback loops from users selecting links will correctly identify which information should be returned. In short, Google has to figure out how to counter the self-delusion of the internet and it's users. It's no wonder they are thinking about it deeply because they are going to need create something like IBM's WATSON to sort reality from delusion.
This actually isn't the first time they've run this experiment. The first time was back in 2005 but things didn't go as planned. What happened was really a cautionary tale because one scientist had their cat ("Schrodinger") at the lab and was enjoying the warm anti-matter containment unit. When the scientists began the experiment, the cat spotted the laser and lunged at it, coming into direct contact with the anti-matter. It was a mess and Schrodinger the cat was very very dead while the lab and experiment destroyed. After that, people started saying that you have to harness anti-matter with a cat or as one person put it, "grab them by the pussy.";)
If you recall, Musk previous stated that mining would have to be done on Mars. I think it's likely that he's working on automated mining because boring is one facet of mining. It could also be used to make underground tunnels on Mars between modules.
Seriously, there are much better options than this stupid shit. All you have to do is make the battery removable. Do that and you solve 99% of the problems associated with batteries!
A) What kind of measures does this system take to mitigate the propagation of false information? B) What would prevent data collection by third parties?
From everything I've read, there are no intrinsic defenses that ensure accuracy or privacy.
that confusion of scale is like comparing a pond ripple to a tsunami.
A drop of water won't damage a rock but a drop of water per second will quickly wear away a rock. In the same way, damage isn't caused by one microeathquake, it's the cumulative effect of hundreds or thousands of them over years.
Have they done anything to address the issue of the earthquakes this can produce? Earthquakes (especially large numbers of microearthquakes) are why geothermal energy is off the table because it damages all of your buildings and infrastructure. To make things worse, the effects of lots of earthquakes on wildlife isn't well understood.
This article is another example of this: it's a forum for people to wail about how awful Drumpf will be, because they can see the future with perfect clarity.
Which part of the summary or article points toward anything that is negative?
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I feel like society really has it's priorities out of order. So many people are concerned for an actress while people in their own nations are homeless and getting neither proper nutrition nor appropriate medical treatment. To top it all off, they are shunned, scorned and accused of simply being lazy.
However, I understand celebrity (especially sci-fi centric celebrity) has it's appeal but if we want to talk about it, we should talk about the most likely cause: heart disease. It is the most common killer of people (in the US) and while the cause is seemingly mysterious, it's quite well known it's because of the amount of meat we consume. Meals shouldn't have more than 10% of meat but various industries have changed it so that it seems like it should be 80%. The overconsumption of meat is killing millions of people and I'm sure Carrie Fisher will become one of them soon enough.
Wake up, society! You've got it all wrong!
Weeping and at gunpoint. ;)
While most people start thinking, "oh what a breath of fresh air, the government getting it right for once," I worry, "have aliens infiltrated our government? Because it seems like they are listening experts and making logical conclusions." ;)
...The game's changed and you could have changed with it, made it a place where you could have made a profit (albeit smaller) but smarter people beat you to the punch. Now you all bleed at the altar of Apple, Amazon, and Google while we go around the corner and get what we want for nearly free.
Burn in hell you corporate, backward assholes. ...
Stop, my penis can only get so erect. ;)
You're saying that a company that is infamous for skirting the law and screwing people over is skirting the law and screwing people over?! How unpredictable! ;)
I think Microsoft hasn't gone far enough with shoving Win10 onto all their users. I mean, there are still people willing to put up with Microsoft, so their job isn't done yet. Their "Switch to Linux" program has done plenty to piss some people off but they haven't pissed off all of their users enough that they are willing to jump ship. ;)
What I want is an arm mounted computer that is thin and flexible like a cloth yet stays in the perfect adhered to your arm and never runs out of power. What you want is a toy.
Smartwatches have a huge potential but there are significant issues that need to be addressed first.
The first problem is the screen: it takes too much power, it's far too small, doesn't harvest energy from ambient light and can only flex two dimensions at once.
The second problem is the CPU: it takes about 1000x more power than it should and isn't even stateful. QCA based CPUs would solve these issues.
The third is the wristband: it doesn't keep the watch perfectly in place and it's quite the bother. Have the back of the watch exploit van der Waals forces and that should solve it.
So yeah, the only thing Google really needs to do is improve display, electronics and manufacturing processes. If Google really presses their engineers then they could have a sweet prototype ready for CES 2047! ;)
The basic issue is there is a war being waged between media companies. The basic issue is that old media companies like the fat checks they get from cable providers but new online services cannot afford to write said fat checks. The result is that online services began creating their own content because it was much cheaper than licensing it. When there was some exclusive hits like on Netflix, old media decided they needed to quash the rebellion by putting out something that is equally as attractive to avoid people jumping ship. Both sides are upping their game so that customers won't be tempted to switch media providers and thus the media company war.
The funny thing is, the old media companies could have avoided all of this if their demands weren't so unreasonable.
What makes you think psychological turmoil isn't a natural side-effect of ...
I don't think he has psychological issues, I think he has psychiatric issues.
And we thought Stallman was crazy
Being correct and being crazy are not mutually exclusive! He could make his points in a ways consistent with social norms or he can stand outside and yell at people while wearing a sign like a crazy person.
I think his concerns are valid and he's correct on many things but I also think he could use some psychiatric help.
petroleum has some pretty nifty properties besides energy production that I'd really love to keep having easy access to. Like, cheap plastics.
Unfortunately, petroleum based plastics do not degrade fast enough, they just break into smaller pieces and eventually end up in the ecosystem. The pacific plastic soup is proof of this. A much better plan is to switch over completely to bioplastics which actually do degrade.
Burning it for energy is kinda like using our limited helium reserves for toy balloons.
It should be noted that less than 0.001% of helium used is actually used for recreation and it can be re-harvested from the atmosphere if we really wanted to get it back.
Because we use UTF16, you insensitive clod!
Google's stated goal has always been "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." Which in the past has always meant returning the results that people were looking for. They now face the problem of truthiness which has disproven the fundamental theory behind Google, that feedback loops from users selecting links will correctly identify which information should be returned. In short, Google has to figure out how to counter the self-delusion of the internet and it's users. It's no wonder they are thinking about it deeply because they are going to need create something like IBM's WATSON to sort reality from delusion.
"EU,,, u is tots rong. Were u get ur news, facebook?" ;)
This actually isn't the first time they've run this experiment. The first time was back in 2005 but things didn't go as planned. What happened was really a cautionary tale because one scientist had their cat ("Schrodinger") at the lab and was enjoying the warm anti-matter containment unit. When the scientists began the experiment, the cat spotted the laser and lunged at it, coming into direct contact with the anti-matter. It was a mess and Schrodinger the cat was very very dead while the lab and experiment destroyed. After that, people started saying that you have to harness anti-matter with a cat or as one person put it, "grab them by the pussy." ;)
If you recall, Musk previous stated that mining would have to be done on Mars. I think it's likely that he's working on automated mining because boring is one facet of mining. It could also be used to make underground tunnels on Mars between modules.
Seriously, there are much better options than this stupid shit. All you have to do is make the battery removable. Do that and you solve 99% of the problems associated with batteries!
A) What kind of measures does this system take to mitigate the propagation of false information?
B) What would prevent data collection by third parties?
From everything I've read, there are no intrinsic defenses that ensure accuracy or privacy.
that confusion of scale is like comparing a pond ripple to a tsunami.
A drop of water won't damage a rock but a drop of water per second will quickly wear away a rock. In the same way, damage isn't caused by one microeathquake, it's the cumulative effect of hundreds or thousands of them over years.
Have they done anything to address the issue of the earthquakes this can produce? Earthquakes (especially large numbers of microearthquakes) are why geothermal energy is off the table because it damages all of your buildings and infrastructure. To make things worse, the effects of lots of earthquakes on wildlife isn't well understood.
This article is another example of this: it's a forum for people to wail about how awful Drumpf will be, because they can see the future with perfect clarity.
Which part of the summary or article points toward anything that is negative?
However, if you write to it in German then it's exposed as plain old Nazi... with daddy issues. ;)
I feel like every time Apple scratches their collective butt that there is a post about it on Slashdot.
Do not buy products that make no attempt to conform to standards. This pretty much means all Apple products are out.