Politics is entertainment these days. The orange dude Made America Laugh Again. His recent tweets about the "Vietnam vacation" almost made me crash laughing while listening to the news driving to work. (Let's just hope he doesn't break something important.)
A general rule of life is "all things in moderation". If you do too much of ANYTHING, it usually causes problems or risk. Too much exercise, such as running or weight lifting, even appears to be detrimental. If you spend most of your free time gaming, you are probably screwing yourself over. Same applies to coffee, alcohol, porn, trolling slashdot, you name it. Mix it up, get out more. (Yes, I am pulling a Shatner skit here. Deal with it.)
But why would the black holes be distributed significantly differently than stars, and have "outer" orbits?
Most visible stars are caused by relatively recent compressions and/or concentrations of gas, and the concentration is heavier toward the center of a galaxy. Thus, relatively speaking, there could be more black holes outside the visible disk of a galaxy than stars.
But this would also imply the majority of black holes did not form from stars, at least not in the way we see them form now. If the black-holes formed from typical stars, their distribution (galactic orbits) would be roughly the same as visible stars.
The theory they formed in the primordial ooze that was common before most galaxies formed may account for this: their galactic orbits would then be further out than most galaxy-born stars. Such holes would eventually be captured by galaxies but would on average have outer orbits, as gravity-captured objects tend to. This could give the "hidden heavy halo" effect seen in Hubble gravity lensing and star-orbit patterns.
I suspect he'll settle out of court with Google and work instead on a book deal. He's obviously stirred up a lot of interest and attention; might as well vent more formally and make some cash off it.
It's also in Google's interest to not have it go to court to avoid bad publicity.
They should probably use multi-factor and multi-technique AI to plug such gaps.
I wonder what would happen if the words on the sign, as perceived by the bot, contradicted the shape and color of the sign. If a human saw a sign with the shape and color of a stop-sign but with garbled or unexpected lettering, generally they will slow way down as a precaution, and assume it's probably a stop sign. Hopefully bot cars do the same when they encounter conflicting signs, but not so often as to cause pile-ups.
A benefit of such processing is that bot-cars can easily report suspicious signs to authorities, if the car co offers reports to local authorities. If multiple bot cars report the same problem, then likely there's something odd going on. Kids or slimebag promoters often stick music concert ads on signs around here, sometimes obscuring the text.
Have a very attractive lady(s) walk on the side of the road. I guarantee there will eventually be a smashup. Most men are suckers that way. I've had multiple close calls due to such "distractions". Plus, it's not illegal to arrange such, unlike sign tampering.
Hmmm, let's see if bot-cars are distracted by R2D2 in lingerie.
Watching video sucks when I want the news quickly.
Many younger people watch news and shows at double-speed. If the UI allows one to jump around easier, it could be navigated and absorbed as fast as typical text reading.
I'd personally like a brain implant to avoid typing and perhaps eye-ball-based reading: skip the middle-man. The research on "barely intrusive" implants looks promising.
The penalty for over-spinning AI is small while the upside is an increase in stock price. I suppose if you keep hyping your products, smart investors will see a pattern and ignore the hype, but there's still plenty of lazy and clueless investors whom it works on.
The work world is a social institution for good or bad and that's difficult to change. Humans are social animals and social issues often override raw merit. That would be very difficult to filter out of the interview process, other than maybe written exams, which most westerners agree is a limiting way to evaluate people.
And "diversity" can be defined as accepting bigots (among others). I'm not sure ostracizing bigots is a good idea, although I don't personally want to be around them. But accepting "diversity" may mean being forced to work with people who make you uncomfortable one way or another. Given a choice, most people gravitate toward like-minded and like-cultured peopled. Thus, if you want diversity, you gotta force mixing, meaning you may end up working with people who don't like your food, culture, accent, skin-color, etc.
I personally find that it's more of an individual-to-individual chemistry than culture or race. Certain personalities gel better.
I imagine such systems would first be tested on cargo flights where there's no passengers to get killed. Sure, bugs happen, but humans are not perfect either. The system could get as reliable as a human, if not more so simply by experience building such systems over time and regression testing with prior rough-areas on simulators.
Thus, bugs may cause one-off problems every now and then, but hacking could crash thousands of planes at once because it could be triggered all once, before there's time to study and plug the problem.
Can anybody put a solid number on the risk? What if Kimmie J. U. hacks into bunches of them and we all fall down one day?
Perhaps it's like nuclear power: statistically safer over the long-run than most alternatives, but the results of problems are high profile and have an emotional twist to them. Asthma deaths from gas/coal don't have the same "news punch" as 3-eyed fish.
Technology can and does fail, due to bugs or intrusion. I want a human as a backup. Backup systems are usually a good thing, especially when you are thousands of feet high.
Accurate sales-figures are hard to come by and Apple spins their sales figures. I'm going by my memory and quotes I find in books about the industry. For example, PET folks interviewed described being in panic by the burst of Apple II sales from spreadsheets and went into Sputnik-Response-Mode to either catch up or switch strategies and try to be a consumer-only company.
Either way, it could be argued that Apple II and Apple Co. outlived TRS in large part because of spreadsheet momentum. What-If histories are always subject to debate. In people's minds, Apple II was synonymous with spreadsheets for a while regardless of at-the-time merit.
That's what I was thinking. But if the decoy decision is local, then problems at real speed bumps at other places outside your jurisdiction is arguably not your problem. Let them ruin their suspension.
My wife often puts clocks ahead to trick the family into getting ready on time. When we get accustomed to the inflated time, she shifts it even more. Eventually somebody puts them back to normal in protest and everybody is late for a day or two. Rinse, repeat.
Whether it's overall better than always-honest clocks in terms of being on time is hard to say. At least she has some control over which days we are likely to be on-time, being her work schedule varies a bit. (We had to drive kids to school sometimes, so if they were late, we were also.)
This is ridiculous - something a twentysomething writer would come up with, thinking he was being clever
Indeed. I used paper maps all the time for about 3 decades. Might as well write about "life before cars" or "what's it like to be a cowboy". In this case you don't even have to try it yourself, just ask us fogies, we're still here!
I do have an odd little "lost" story, though. Once on a lone biz trip to Washington DC area I decided to do some sight-seeing. On my way back to my motel, I ended up lost as my paper maps were failing me. I spotted a big hotel/restaurant/ball-room and decided to stop in for help (and pee).
There were rows and rows of long dinner tables with appetizers on them ready to be eaten, but NO PEOPLE! I kept walking around looking for a person, anybody, but came up empty. It was like a ghost-town with hungry ghosts.
I was about to give up and leave, when I turned a corner and nearly collided into a dinner servant. We were both very surprised and stared at each other wide-eyed. She gave me directions, thankfully, and I was on may way. She was the only person I encountered there. The tune "Hotel California" always brings up that memory.
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Ruby on Rails? I know the feeling.
Politics is entertainment these days. The orange dude Made America Laugh Again. His recent tweets about the "Vietnam vacation" almost made me crash laughing while listening to the news driving to work. (Let's just hope he doesn't break something important.)
You must be a software tester.
A general rule of life is "all things in moderation". If you do too much of ANYTHING, it usually causes problems or risk. Too much exercise, such as running or weight lifting, even appears to be detrimental. If you spend most of your free time gaming, you are probably screwing yourself over. Same applies to coffee, alcohol, porn, trolling slashdot, you name it. Mix it up, get out more. (Yes, I am pulling a Shatner skit here. Deal with it.)
But why would the black holes be distributed significantly differently than stars, and have "outer" orbits?
Most visible stars are caused by relatively recent compressions and/or concentrations of gas, and the concentration is heavier toward the center of a galaxy. Thus, relatively speaking, there could be more black holes outside the visible disk of a galaxy than stars.
But this would also imply the majority of black holes did not form from stars, at least not in the way we see them form now. If the black-holes formed from typical stars, their distribution (galactic orbits) would be roughly the same as visible stars.
The theory they formed in the primordial ooze that was common before most galaxies formed may account for this: their galactic orbits would then be further out than most galaxy-born stars. Such holes would eventually be captured by galaxies but would on average have outer orbits, as gravity-captured objects tend to. This could give the "hidden heavy halo" effect seen in Hubble gravity lensing and star-orbit patterns.
but then get repressed and take out the place out of pent up hormones.
I suspect he'll settle out of court with Google and work instead on a book deal. He's obviously stirred up a lot of interest and attention; might as well vent more formally and make some cash off it.
It's also in Google's interest to not have it go to court to avoid bad publicity.
"Cheapo" AI image training leaves what may be called artifacts or gaps that can be exploited with carefully crafted decoys.
They should probably use multi-factor and multi-technique AI to plug such gaps.
I wonder what would happen if the words on the sign, as perceived by the bot, contradicted the shape and color of the sign. If a human saw a sign with the shape and color of a stop-sign but with garbled or unexpected lettering, generally they will slow way down as a precaution, and assume it's probably a stop sign. Hopefully bot cars do the same when they encounter conflicting signs, but not so often as to cause pile-ups.
A benefit of such processing is that bot-cars can easily report suspicious signs to authorities, if the car co offers reports to local authorities. If multiple bot cars report the same problem, then likely there's something odd going on. Kids or slimebag promoters often stick music concert ads on signs around here, sometimes obscuring the text.
Have a very attractive lady(s) walk on the side of the road. I guarantee there will eventually be a smashup. Most men are suckers that way. I've had multiple close calls due to such "distractions". Plus, it's not illegal to arrange such, unlike sign tampering.
Hmmm, let's see if bot-cars are distracted by R2D2 in lingerie.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
They actually chose "Covfefe" but it leaked out at the Whitehouse.
Many younger people watch news and shows at double-speed. If the UI allows one to jump around easier, it could be navigated and absorbed as fast as typical text reading.
I'd personally like a brain implant to avoid typing and perhaps eye-ball-based reading: skip the middle-man. The research on "barely intrusive" implants looks promising.
Gee, they also blocked "Streisand Effect" ;-)
The penalty for over-spinning AI is small while the upside is an increase in stock price. I suppose if you keep hyping your products, smart investors will see a pattern and ignore the hype, but there's still plenty of lazy and clueless investors whom it works on.
If there is a pilot on board, it would probably make sense to let them do say 25% of the flying to keep their skills up.
The work world is a social institution for good or bad and that's difficult to change. Humans are social animals and social issues often override raw merit. That would be very difficult to filter out of the interview process, other than maybe written exams, which most westerners agree is a limiting way to evaluate people.
And "diversity" can be defined as accepting bigots (among others). I'm not sure ostracizing bigots is a good idea, although I don't personally want to be around them. But accepting "diversity" may mean being forced to work with people who make you uncomfortable one way or another. Given a choice, most people gravitate toward like-minded and like-cultured peopled. Thus, if you want diversity, you gotta force mixing, meaning you may end up working with people who don't like your food, culture, accent, skin-color, etc.
I personally find that it's more of an individual-to-individual chemistry than culture or race. Certain personalities gel better.
I imagine such systems would first be tested on cargo flights where there's no passengers to get killed. Sure, bugs happen, but humans are not perfect either. The system could get as reliable as a human, if not more so simply by experience building such systems over time and regression testing with prior rough-areas on simulators.
Thus, bugs may cause one-off problems every now and then, but hacking could crash thousands of planes at once because it could be triggered all once, before there's time to study and plug the problem.
When you are married you have to choose your battles carefully. It's better to keep your own "secret" clock and shuddup.
I just solved that by inventing the Grope-A-Matic.
Can anybody put a solid number on the risk? What if Kimmie J. U. hacks into bunches of them and we all fall down one day?
Perhaps it's like nuclear power: statistically safer over the long-run than most alternatives, but the results of problems are high profile and have an emotional twist to them. Asthma deaths from gas/coal don't have the same "news punch" as 3-eyed fish.
Technology can and does fail, due to bugs or intrusion. I want a human as a backup. Backup systems are usually a good thing, especially when you are thousands of feet high.
Accurate sales-figures are hard to come by and Apple spins their sales figures. I'm going by my memory and quotes I find in books about the industry. For example, PET folks interviewed described being in panic by the burst of Apple II sales from spreadsheets and went into Sputnik-Response-Mode to either catch up or switch strategies and try to be a consumer-only company.
Either way, it could be argued that Apple II and Apple Co. outlived TRS in large part because of spreadsheet momentum. What-If histories are always subject to debate. In people's minds, Apple II was synonymous with spreadsheets for a while regardless of at-the-time merit.
That's what I was thinking. But if the decoy decision is local, then problems at real speed bumps at other places outside your jurisdiction is arguably not your problem. Let them ruin their suspension.
My wife often puts clocks ahead to trick the family into getting ready on time. When we get accustomed to the inflated time, she shifts it even more. Eventually somebody puts them back to normal in protest and everybody is late for a day or two. Rinse, repeat.
Whether it's overall better than always-honest clocks in terms of being on time is hard to say. At least she has some control over which days we are likely to be on-time, being her work schedule varies a bit. (We had to drive kids to school sometimes, so if they were late, we were also.)
Indeed. I used paper maps all the time for about 3 decades. Might as well write about "life before cars" or "what's it like to be a cowboy". In this case you don't even have to try it yourself, just ask us fogies, we're still here!
I do have an odd little "lost" story, though. Once on a lone biz trip to Washington DC area I decided to do some sight-seeing. On my way back to my motel, I ended up lost as my paper maps were failing me. I spotted a big hotel/restaurant/ball-room and decided to stop in for help (and pee).
There were rows and rows of long dinner tables with appetizers on them ready to be eaten, but NO PEOPLE! I kept walking around looking for a person, anybody, but came up empty. It was like a ghost-town with hungry ghosts.
I was about to give up and leave, when I turned a corner and nearly collided into a dinner servant. We were both very surprised and stared at each other wide-eyed. She gave me directions, thankfully, and I was on may way. She was the only person I encountered there. The tune "Hotel California" always brings up that memory.
Don't knock it until you try it.