The guy's name is Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow. How does he expect people to take him seriously?
I agree completely! I mean, everyone knows that Disco is dead. Does he really think people are going to just believe he's a zombie? If they did then wouldn't they just try to decapitate him immediately?
find a way to bring them back to earth so we can study what space did to them (and thus make the next one better)
We actually have already had missions that were to specifically test materials in space. Further study is executed on the ISS. Leave the science to the scientists.
so that we can put them somewhere the public can have a better understanding of what we learned?
We always build more than just one. We have plenty of duplicates to put on display.
With our launch systems likely to continue to get cheaper and cheaper per kilo, maybe we should start working on a system for refueling and maintenancing some of our current sats in operation.
This would be a good idea if we were sending up the same types of satellites each time. However, our instrumentation has become significantly more advanced with each new mission. It's like trying to repair a PC with a Pentium II after getting a PC with an AMD EPYC which has over 1000x the computing power. It's not worth going through the effort of fixing these things.
Yes, it's running out of fuel but it's also been operating for about a decade. "In 2013, Kepler’s primary mission ended when a second reaction wheel broke" which means this won't really be a big loss since it's been minimally functional for good while. The good news is that the James Webb Space Telescope is on track to be operational in about 18 months.
Putting a full computer in a phone actually resulted in a more useful device, enough to dismiss the dismal battery life. The real problem here is that putting a computer in a watch doesn't actually increase the utility of the watch but still results in dismal battery life. Fixing either problem will vastly increase people's interest in these computer watches.
Now that that's cleared up, we can get back to blaming the NRA and scary looking guns.
Nobody blame the murder machines for people being murdered by them! That's just scapegoating! The real problem (humans) can never be fixed so we should never try!
Maybe I'm completely wrong here but I actually read the legal text and it appears that this is a response to the Microsoft debacle where Microsoft is refusing to fork over data because it's stored outside the US. From what I can tell, it would be used for a reciprocal agreements to disclose overseas data, meaning if the EU law enforcement wanted access to XYZ stored in the US that the company would have to comply and vice-versa.
I really do apologize for not being instantly outraged but in true/. fashion I didn't bother to RTFA.;)
Why has/. stooped to the level of publishing UFO conspiracy bullshit? I call it bullshit because it lacks any substance of real information. "The video is of something... but we don't know what exactly but it's definitely a thing!" Great... when you find out what it is then you will have a story. Until then you should stfu.
Intel has a long history of anti-competitive behavior. One needs only search "Intel anti-competitive behavior" or see their Wikipedia page to recognize that it's a persistent and ongoing. Yes, they have brought advances to the semiconductor field but they have always behaved in the most unethical manner possible to subvert the competition.
He's surrounded by a set of people with a very traditional mindset, which has been driven by the PR machine of the telco industry, who believe it is their duty in Washington to oppose any regulation, whatever it is.
Untrue. If you consider actual strong AI (human level capable or above), which maybe takes 50 years or 200 but it is comming
If you consider the context then people thinking their job won't be replaced is correct because they do not expect to be working for 50 or 200 years. Always remember context because almost anything out of context is both true and false.
If your job is exploration then you have already been replaced. Sorry astronauts and divers.:(
If your job is to assist someone else in a well defined procedural manner then your job has already or is in the process of being eliminated. This covers everything from prostitutes to builders to lawyers to robot maintenance engineer. Really, it's most jobs.
If your job is create procedures for someone/something else (generally computer based design jobs) to carry out then the number of people doing your job will be reduced due to AI assistance making fewer people more productive.
If your job is to diagnose broken systems then your job is secure until systems stop breaking. If the systems in question are human psyches then you are likely the last to be replaced.
If your job is to upset other people, I got terrible news: people do that shit for free on the internet.;)
How is this a loophole? The cryptocurrency exchange/system is working as envisioned.
This is a legit question because the answer is that it's a loophole for Chinese law. More specifically, China has several laws that are designed to empower the government to prevent money from leaving China (and thus it's economy). Cryptocurrencies enable people to convert their money into a form that can be electronically transferred then converted back into another currency, completely undermining their efforts to keep wealth inside China.
What would be a reason for the Russians to do this?
If you bothered to even read part of TFA:
Analysts surmise the disruption was retaliation against the International Olympic Committee for banning the Russian team from the Winter Games due to doping violations. No officials from Russia’s Olympic federation were allowed to attend, and while some athletes were permitted to compete under the designation “Olympic Athletes from Russia,” they were unable to display the Russian flag on their uniforms and, if they won medals, their country’s anthem was not played.
I'm not buying it.
Yeah, there are a lot of things that people refuse to believe because it makes them uncomfortable but hey, you keep on believing the Earth is flat and the moon landing was faked.
Here's a worry: he hasn't spoken a bad word about Russia which is actively working to undermine our democracy. What makes you think he would do anything to fend off China?
I find it amusing that every time China takes a step in this direction the news outlets decry fears of human rights abuses. Like, say, Guantanamo Bay, the Collateral Murder [wikileaks.org], and every Snowden revelation have never happened.
You would have a point if not for the fact that China's level of authoritarianism is enough to make even the most security paranoid republican blush and they are pushing toward a dystopian future of new extremes. China is opening newre-education camps and I do point out that they are new because, surprise! They had Re-education through labor from 1957 and only started to shut them down in 2013. China doesn't even release the number of prisoners it executes because "that's none of our business". However, the thousands of people on death-row are "donate" their livers annually but China promises it was all voluntary and they promised to stop doing it.
You should really learn more about China because it has a history human rights violations that should be taken lightly.
fraud has dropped 70 percent from September 2015 to December 2017 for those retailers that have completed the chip upgrade, according to Visa.
For years credit card companies allowed people to be defrauded because it was cheaper for them. When they were forced to use better security they tell us "Surprise, it's more secure! Who knew? Nobody knew!" Assholes, all of them.
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The guy's name is Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow.
How does he expect people to take him seriously?
I agree completely! I mean, everyone knows that Disco is dead. Does he really think people are going to just believe he's a zombie? If they did then wouldn't they just try to decapitate him immediately?
Serious questions need serious answers, people! ;)
find a way to bring them back to earth so we can study what space did to them (and thus make the next one better)
We actually have already had missions that were to specifically test materials in space. Further study is executed on the ISS. Leave the science to the scientists.
so that we can put them somewhere the public can have a better understanding of what we learned?
We always build more than just one. We have plenty of duplicates to put on display.
With our launch systems likely to continue to get cheaper and cheaper per kilo, maybe we should start working on a system for refueling and maintenancing some of our current sats in operation.
This would be a good idea if we were sending up the same types of satellites each time. However, our instrumentation has become significantly more advanced with each new mission. It's like trying to repair a PC with a Pentium II after getting a PC with an AMD EPYC which has over 1000x the computing power. It's not worth going through the effort of fixing these things.
Yes, it's running out of fuel but it's also been operating for about a decade. "In 2013, Kepler’s primary mission ended when a second reaction wheel broke" which means this won't really be a big loss since it's been minimally functional for good while. The good news is that the James Webb Space Telescope is on track to be operational in about 18 months.
You know it's bad when "Company begrudgingly agrees to hold up it's end of the deal" becomes a "good" headline.
Putting a full computer in a phone actually resulted in a more useful device, enough to dismiss the dismal battery life. The real problem here is that putting a computer in a watch doesn't actually increase the utility of the watch but still results in dismal battery life. Fixing either problem will vastly increase people's interest in these computer watches.
Now that that's cleared up, we can get back to blaming the NRA and scary looking guns.
Nobody blame the murder machines for people being murdered by them! That's just scapegoating! The real problem (humans) can never be fixed so we should never try!
Wounding patterns of military rifle bullets (spoiler alert: they cause massive damage compared to regular bullets)
Maybe I'm completely wrong here but I actually read the legal text and it appears that this is a response to the Microsoft debacle where Microsoft is refusing to fork over data because it's stored outside the US. From what I can tell, it would be used for a reciprocal agreements to disclose overseas data, meaning if the EU law enforcement wanted access to XYZ stored in the US that the company would have to comply and vice-versa.
I really do apologize for not being instantly outraged but in true /. fashion I didn't bother to RTFA. ;)
Why has /. stooped to the level of publishing UFO conspiracy bullshit? I call it bullshit because it lacks any substance of real information. "The video is of something... but we don't know what exactly but it's definitely a thing!" Great... when you find out what it is then you will have a story. Until then you should stfu.
Intel has a long history of anti-competitive behavior. One needs only search "Intel anti-competitive behavior" or see their Wikipedia page to recognize that it's a persistent and ongoing. Yes, they have brought advances to the semiconductor field but they have always behaved in the most unethical manner possible to subvert the competition.
I look forward to the rise of AMD.
He's surrounded by a set of people with a very traditional mindset, which has been driven by the PR machine of the telco industry, who believe it is their duty in Washington to oppose any regulation, whatever it is.
The foolish abide by absolutist beliefs.
Microsoft doesn't innovate, they copy.
Again you have a false premise.
False premise? It's based on what you wrote! Why are you giving me a premise only to accuse me of using a false premise when I use it?
Most people think strong AI is 5 years away, maybe 10 tops
Most people think it won't take their job either. That just makes them wrong twice over.
Untrue. If you consider actual strong AI (human level capable or above), which maybe takes 50 years or 200 but it is comming
If you consider the context then people thinking their job won't be replaced is correct because they do not expect to be working for 50 or 200 years. Always remember context because almost anything out of context is both true and false.
But Christ people, even if your job somehow _isn't_ the one automated away everybody else is going to be gunning for the few jobs left ya know?
Look on the bright side! This is going to make Purge Day so much simpler this year! ;)
If your job is exploration then you have already been replaced. Sorry astronauts and divers. :(
If your job is to assist someone else in a well defined procedural manner then your job has already or is in the process of being eliminated. This covers everything from prostitutes to builders to lawyers to robot maintenance engineer. Really, it's most jobs.
If your job is create procedures for someone/something else (generally computer based design jobs) to carry out then the number of people doing your job will be reduced due to AI assistance making fewer people more productive.
If your job is to diagnose broken systems then your job is secure until systems stop breaking. If the systems in question are human psyches then you are likely the last to be replaced.
If your job is to upset other people, I got terrible news: people do that shit for free on the internet. ;)
It's not stupid, it's just different from what you're used to.
We've done a lot of bad shit and yet somehow this is proving to be one of the darker chapters of our nation's history.
Tariffs alone would be stupid.
Tariffs without cause (e.g. protectionism) are always stupid.
Quashing H1B's alone would be stupid.
H-1B visas have been abused to no end. Quashing them now is actually a fairly sane idea. The president has made no efforts to do so.
Extra scrutiny to foreign investment alone would be stupid*.
Actually, that's just called prudence. Why do you think there is a Committee on Foreign Investment in the first place?
All of the above plus a hefty corporate tax cut might actually lead to an improvement.
In a different economy, maybe. However, in our economy, it's going to hurt far more than it helps. FYI, there are no winners in trade wars.
How am I supposed to write myself a new minivan now?!
How is this a loophole? The cryptocurrency exchange/system is working as envisioned.
This is a legit question because the answer is that it's a loophole for Chinese law. More specifically, China has several laws that are designed to empower the government to prevent money from leaving China (and thus it's economy). Cryptocurrencies enable people to convert their money into a form that can be electronically transferred then converted back into another currency, completely undermining their efforts to keep wealth inside China.
google are so hard! https://www.manpagez.com/man/1...
What would be a reason for the Russians to do this?
If you bothered to even read part of TFA:
Analysts surmise the disruption was retaliation against the International Olympic Committee for banning the Russian team from the Winter Games due to doping violations. No officials from Russia’s Olympic federation were allowed to attend, and while some athletes were permitted to compete under the designation “Olympic Athletes from Russia,” they were unable to display the Russian flag on their uniforms and, if they won medals, their country’s anthem was not played.
I'm not buying it.
Yeah, there are a lot of things that people refuse to believe because it makes them uncomfortable but hey, you keep on believing the Earth is flat and the moon landing was faked.
While all you septics are worry about Trump
Here's a worry: he hasn't spoken a bad word about Russia which is actively working to undermine our democracy. What makes you think he would do anything to fend off China?
I find it amusing that every time China takes a step in this direction the news outlets decry fears of human rights abuses. Like, say, Guantanamo Bay, the Collateral Murder [wikileaks.org], and every Snowden revelation have never happened.
You would have a point if not for the fact that China's level of authoritarianism is enough to make even the most security paranoid republican blush and they are pushing toward a dystopian future of new extremes. China is opening new re-education camps and I do point out that they are new because, surprise! They had Re-education through labor from 1957 and only started to shut them down in 2013. China doesn't even release the number of prisoners it executes because "that's none of our business". However, the thousands of people on death-row are "donate" their livers annually but China promises it was all voluntary and they promised to stop doing it.
You should really learn more about China because it has a history human rights violations that should be taken lightly.
There was no collusion. NO COLLUSION!
I even believe him this time. ;)
fraud has dropped 70 percent from September 2015 to December 2017 for those retailers that have completed the chip upgrade, according to Visa.
For years credit card companies allowed people to be defrauded because it was cheaper for them. When they were forced to use better security they tell us "Surprise, it's more secure! Who knew? Nobody knew!" Assholes, all of them.