In an online political discussion, one conservative complained about Obama's alleged excess snooping. I pointed out that Bush and Trump are pretty much pro-snoopers also.
At first (s)he seemed to argue otherwise, but after a lot of probing on my part, the truth finally came out: He was more nervous with a Democrat snooping than a Republican. It wasn't the snooping itself, but WHO was snooping.
I can see how the personal trust issue can play a part, but to keep switching the laws back and forth depending on which party is in power is not realistic.
and that 3-year-olds should be able to create their own genders.
Why would you want gov't regulating genders? I thought you people didn't like gov't intervention?
Trump hasn't indicated any mandate to regulate such anyhow.
where people don't buy into the idea that all white people are evil racists...
Filtering immigrants based on religion is just on such a track in my book, along with other rude comments Mr. T has made without apologies. For some odd reason, many conservatives don't see it that way, and that concerns me.
It didn't give a single concrete example of AI helping coding in significant ways. The AI of Siri-like assistants had been in labs already in the mid 70's. That's a 3+ decade lead between lab and commercial success. If code-helping AI is coming soon, I would expect drafts of it in labs already.
I can envision AI identifying possible bug candidates by analyzing code (to be verified by humans), but I wouldn't call that revolutionary.
Indeed! Love him or hate him, he is entertaining. If you love him, he's entertaining at Making America Great Again; and if you hate him, he's comparable to one or more of the following:
1. Slow-motion train wreck 2. Batman villain in action 3. A 5-year-old who's had too much cake and ice-cream
If anyone invests their money based upon stories like this, they deserve what they get.
Well, there's little evidence Trump is into austerity, he has a better Congressional chance of passing an infrastructure bill than Obama did, and both GOP and Trump like a really large military.
All investments are guesses, and even not investing is typically based on guesses of events or lack of. Therefore, it makes sense to see where the stars are aligned and aim your boat that way.
Technology and globalization have "cheapened the middle" of almost every industry. Get used to it.
The most popular performers will do well, and even get bigger access to global markets, but the middle-ground is being hollowed out because the Internet gives consumers more choice and more access to old-but-good material. And, many amateurs give out works for free either to promote them or because money is not their goal. This gives for-profit performers competition who work for peanuts.
Concert, venue, wedding, and bar performances are probably the best source of music wages, not recordings.
The rich get richer, the rest stagnate. Welcome to the club!
I'd rather have the last mile be a public utility, giving me a wider choice of providers. If the providers don't have to run wire to every customer's house, merely to a routing node, many more will be able to enter the market.
Our current specimens of oligopolies here suck rotting bundles of moldy maggot-filled pig feces on a good day.
Like everything else, Trump has been all over the map on related issues. He's hinted about dealing with problems caused by oligopolies keeping out competition, but also talks a lot of about deregulation in general.
Most Federal regulations were put in place because somebody was abusing the system, not out of the sheer euphoria of socialism. The trick is to get rid of or scale back a given regulation without re-inviting the abuse that triggered it.
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Are you by chance related to Marie Antoinette?
Do you have evidence of this? (Ironic, since you just got on my case for not presenting sources.)
(I'll ignore the general ranting, being it lacks specifics.)
Quote: "Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
In an online political discussion, one conservative complained about Obama's alleged excess snooping. I pointed out that Bush and Trump are pretty much pro-snoopers also.
At first (s)he seemed to argue otherwise, but after a lot of probing on my part, the truth finally came out: He was more nervous with a Democrat snooping than a Republican. It wasn't the snooping itself, but WHO was snooping.
I can see how the personal trust issue can play a part, but to keep switching the laws back and forth depending on which party is in power is not realistic.
BOTH were shitty candidates. But Trump is just too child-like to be making serious decisions.
Why would you want gov't regulating genders? I thought you people didn't like gov't intervention?
Trump hasn't indicated any mandate to regulate such anyhow.
Filtering immigrants based on religion is just on such a track in my book, along with other rude comments Mr. T has made without apologies. For some odd reason, many conservatives don't see it that way, and that concerns me.
You are drama-queening it. They pretty much just said it doesn't hurt to verify.
Dog whistle for dyslexic racists?
Clippy: "It looks like you're trying to write a new OS! Would you like an induced heart attack, or to be buried next to Jimmy Hoffa?"
It didn't give a single concrete example of AI helping coding in significant ways. The AI of Siri-like assistants had been in labs already in the mid 70's. That's a 3+ decade lead between lab and commercial success. If code-helping AI is coming soon, I would expect drafts of it in labs already.
I can envision AI identifying possible bug candidates by analyzing code (to be verified by humans), but I wouldn't call that revolutionary.
Our election was a rigged demo
It's just that each side blames different riggers.
Indeed! Love him or hate him, he is entertaining. If you love him, he's entertaining at Making America Great Again; and if you hate him, he's comparable to one or more of the following:
1. Slow-motion train wreck
2. Batman villain in action
3. A 5-year-old who's had too much cake and ice-cream
Just can't turn your eyes away.
No, just of one being elected.
Because you have to be a bot to read it. Human readers are obsolete, so they don't cater to them anymore.
Next up: QR-Code road signs.
This is all part of PizzaGate's grand kid swiping scheme. I just knew it!
Because a prez has veto power, he/she does have a lot of influence over spending, though.
How do I invest in chaos and confusion? I KNOW that's going up.
I don't believe the president has direct control over the money supply, but it's kind of a murky area as it's designed with some checks and balances.
Well, there's little evidence Trump is into austerity, he has a better Congressional chance of passing an infrastructure bill than Obama did, and both GOP and Trump like a really large military.
All investments are guesses, and even not investing is typically based on guesses of events or lack of. Therefore, it makes sense to see where the stars are aligned and aim your boat that way.
(I myself am investing in pussy guards.)
Technology and globalization have "cheapened the middle" of almost every industry. Get used to it.
The most popular performers will do well, and even get bigger access to global markets, but the middle-ground is being hollowed out because the Internet gives consumers more choice and more access to old-but-good material. And, many amateurs give out works for free either to promote them or because money is not their goal. This gives for-profit performers competition who work for peanuts.
Concert, venue, wedding, and bar performances are probably the best source of music wages, not recordings.
The rich get richer, the rest stagnate. Welcome to the club!
Indeed that is true. Crony capitalism.
I'd rather have the last mile be a public utility, giving me a wider choice of providers. If the providers don't have to run wire to every customer's house, merely to a routing node, many more will be able to enter the market.
Our current specimens of oligopolies here suck rotting bundles of moldy maggot-filled pig feces on a good day.
Like everything else, Trump has been all over the map on related issues. He's hinted about dealing with problems caused by oligopolies keeping out competition, but also talks a lot of about deregulation in general.
Most Federal regulations were put in place because somebody was abusing the system, not out of the sheer euphoria of socialism. The trick is to get rid of or scale back a given regulation without re-inviting the abuse that triggered it.
Why is it I feel like I just lost a slashdot debate, without having any clue as to what the debate was about.
I am a cat, you insensitive clod!