serious meditative practice needs to be done with an proper teacher and inside a proper community to avoid these very issues.
So it's like Agile: if it's not working then you are not spending enough on expensive gurus and consultants, and if you are spending a lot and not getting results, then you are using the WRONG expensive gurus and consultants, and should switch to the expensive guru who is pointing this out to you.
In other words, it may be a self-reinforcing Sisyphus racket, or at least could end up that way in the wrong guru hands. Proceed With Caution.
I've also read meditation appears to make people less ambitious. One might argue as long as it makes one content it doesn't matter. Being confident and lazy won't necessarily harm you and others.
I thought the main goal of meditation was achieving "inner" peace? If increased confidence provides that, then you arguably have gained inner peace.
Of course some people are over-confident, which often leads to jerk-hood, but it might also provide confidence to those who lacked it before. Thus, increased confidence in itself is not necessarily "bad". It may "fix" some and "break" others.
It may also have other benefits or changes that counter-act the problems of over-confidence. For example, if it does make one both over-confident and lazy, the person may be too lazy to rub in their greatness. Too lazy to say, "Neener neener, I'm better than you, loser!"
Part of it is back then consumers expected things to last longer such that manufacturers payed more attention to durability and repair-ability.
For one, products were relatively more expensive. If you pay a lot for something, you kind of expect it to last a while. The "disposable" mentality had not kicked in yet. You had well known and long living brands like Maytag and Hoover that had a reputation for lasting. Now the brands come and go like stray cats.
A combination of automation and China's low manufacturing costs, perhaps due to subsidies to gain market share, made replacement costs less than repair casts such that the consumer was pretty much forced to choose replacement over repair. And if something is cheap enough, you are less upset if it breaks or is hard to repair.
I wish it were easier to repair stuff these days. A lot of things that are in otherwise good shape except for a single fatal bad part results in having the toss the entire thing; it's cheaper to buy a new one than pay for repairs.
And they are often only designed to last 3 years. We have a Japanese-brand microwave oven from the late 90's that still works and is used often. You don't see durability like that now. [Insert git-off-my-lawn joke here.]
It seems they are geared toward physics simulations. In that sense, a "super-computer" is something that runs typical/common physics simulations well. They may be poor fits for other applications, such as running Google's index & search engine.
I wonder, is hardware optimized for physics simulations also well-suited for cryptography, such as code cracking?
Garbage is in the eye of the beholder. If you feed people's fantasies and paranoias, they come back for more, even if their fantasies and paranoias are, well, odd.
They should make a series about two Federation human newbies stationed on a Klingon ship. A man and a woman. The culture clashes would be fun and interesting. The Earth man can date a Klingon woman, and he always walk out of their room with bruises but smiling.
pushing a divisive leftist narrative and agenda? We've seen numerous movies and video games where faux 'diversity' has been crammed in solely to try to promote a leftist agenda.
I don't get something about these kinds of claims. Maybe you can explain it. If the right is worried that the left controls Hollywood and most entertainment, why don't they make their own studios and produce right-leaning content?
John Wayne remakes/clones, Leave it to Beaver reboots, The Osmonds: The Next Generation, Lawrence Welk in Space, Hee Haw II, NASCAR++, Thurston Howell's Island, whatever floats your boats.
It's not like the right doesn't have start-up money; they probably have more than the left. Stop complaining and make your own.
Completely fake. The topics were prearranged, and yes they were "assigned on the spot" but there was a predetermined list. IBM is desperately trying to sell their AI snakeoil. If AI worked, why not have it solve REAL problems that people will pay for, rather than parlor tricks like plying Go, and Chess and other games?
Orange-bot Translation: "Fake bot, totally rigged. Crooked cheaters knew question list ahead of time. IBM is total snake oil, believe me! If it really were smart, it would do something important, like build a wall and make evil Canada pay for it. Chess is for low-energy losers; audience snores. Total Zee's, so sad."
(Warning: political rant ahead) Sorry, but I don't find conservatives particularly logical either. The Kansas tax-cut experiment showed that tax cuts can hurt the budget far far more than economic benefits, if any. Spinners claimed the unemployment rate dropped because of the tax-cuts, but it was dropping for the nation in general. Suckers fell for that argument. Tax-cuts are their dogma; it's not based on empirical observation.
It does beg the question: what exactly is a "super-computer"? The boundaries seem fuzzy to me, based on being tuned for an intent rather than physical characteristic.
That's how you make a really crappy supercomputer.
That's my point: setting a record, and being useful/good are not necessarily the same thing.
Maybe the cheap-and-easy version can perform a very narrow set of calculation types faster than anything and set a record doing those narrow things.
It's roughly comparable to a USA "muscle car" compared to European sports cars. On a straight road, the relatively cheap muscle car may out-perform the expensive European sports cars in certain categories. But throw in some curves and the muscle car slumps. You can set numeric or very specific records without being "generally" or "widely" good. (US happens to have more straight roads than Europe, I'd note.)
I am not claiming that's what actually happened, I just floated the possibility that there is some "inflation" going on for bragging rights. Humans and egotistical governments do that sometimes.
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Uh, I hope they know what "cross-play" means.
I promise to actually pay for my copy of Microsoft Office if Gates or Nadella put that on. Deal?
I prefer finger gestures.
So it's like Agile: if it's not working then you are not spending enough on expensive gurus and consultants, and if you are spending a lot and not getting results, then you are using the WRONG expensive gurus and consultants, and should switch to the expensive guru who is pointing this out to you.
In other words, it may be a self-reinforcing Sisyphus racket, or at least could end up that way in the wrong guru hands. Proceed With Caution.
I've also read meditation appears to make people less ambitious. One might argue as long as it makes one content it doesn't matter. Being confident and lazy won't necessarily harm you and others.
I thought the main goal of meditation was achieving "inner" peace? If increased confidence provides that, then you arguably have gained inner peace.
Of course some people are over-confident, which often leads to jerk-hood, but it might also provide confidence to those who lacked it before. Thus, increased confidence in itself is not necessarily "bad". It may "fix" some and "break" others.
It may also have other benefits or changes that counter-act the problems of over-confidence. For example, if it does make one both over-confident and lazy, the person may be too lazy to rub in their greatness. Too lazy to say, "Neener neener, I'm better than you, loser!"
Part of it is back then consumers expected things to last longer such that manufacturers payed more attention to durability and repair-ability.
For one, products were relatively more expensive. If you pay a lot for something, you kind of expect it to last a while. The "disposable" mentality had not kicked in yet. You had well known and long living brands like Maytag and Hoover that had a reputation for lasting. Now the brands come and go like stray cats.
A combination of automation and China's low manufacturing costs, perhaps due to subsidies to gain market share, made replacement costs less than repair casts such that the consumer was pretty much forced to choose replacement over repair. And if something is cheap enough, you are less upset if it breaks or is hard to repair.
I wish it were easier to repair stuff these days. A lot of things that are in otherwise good shape except for a single fatal bad part results in having the toss the entire thing; it's cheaper to buy a new one than pay for repairs.
And they are often only designed to last 3 years. We have a Japanese-brand microwave oven from the late 90's that still works and is used often. You don't see durability like that now. [Insert git-off-my-lawn joke here.]
Sorting and re-processing the heaps might be a job for AI.
I thought our daily catch looked a bit too upbeat.
This might explain Fermi's Paradox
It seems they are geared toward physics simulations. In that sense, a "super-computer" is something that runs typical/common physics simulations well. They may be poor fits for other applications, such as running Google's index & search engine.
I wonder, is hardware optimized for physics simulations also well-suited for cryptography, such as code cracking?
Garbage is in the eye of the beholder. If you feed people's fantasies and paranoias, they come back for more, even if their fantasies and paranoias are, well, odd.
Entire show wouldn't be that, it would be kind of a side issue. Anyhow, can't please everyone.
such as the Toddler in Chief.
Even military school couldn't prevent his spoilage.
Do you mean spying in a "read-only" sense, or potential sabotage?
I'm sure the USA looks for holes in other countries' infrastructure to use in case of a conflict. Maybe even "add" holes for future use. Who knows.
They should make a series about two Federation human newbies stationed on a Klingon ship. A man and a woman. The culture clashes would be fun and interesting. The Earth man can date a Klingon woman, and he always walk out of their room with bruises but smiling.
I don't get something about these kinds of claims. Maybe you can explain it. If the right is worried that the left controls Hollywood and most entertainment, why don't they make their own studios and produce right-leaning content?
John Wayne remakes/clones, Leave it to Beaver reboots, The Osmonds: The Next Generation, Lawrence Welk in Space, Hee Haw II, NASCAR++, Thurston Howell's Island, whatever floats your boats.
It's not like the right doesn't have start-up money; they probably have more than the left. Stop complaining and make your own.
How dare they do to us what we are probably doing to them.
Orange-bot Translation: "Fake bot, totally rigged. Crooked cheaters knew question list ahead of time. IBM is total snake oil, believe me! If it really were smart, it would do something important, like build a wall and make evil Canada pay for it. Chess is for low-energy losers; audience snores. Total Zee's, so sad."
(Warning: political rant ahead) Sorry, but I don't find conservatives particularly logical either. The Kansas tax-cut experiment showed that tax cuts can hurt the budget far far more than economic benefits, if any. Spinners claimed the unemployment rate dropped because of the tax-cuts, but it was dropping for the nation in general. Suckers fell for that argument. Tax-cuts are their dogma; it's not based on empirical observation.
I know a lot of humans who fit that definition, some in high places.
It does beg the question: what exactly is a "super-computer"? The boundaries seem fuzzy to me, based on being tuned for an intent rather than physical characteristic.
On review, I worded my original poorly, implying that such shenanigans were the rule instead of the exception. My apologies.
That's my point: setting a record, and being useful/good are not necessarily the same thing.
Maybe the cheap-and-easy version can perform a very narrow set of calculation types faster than anything and set a record doing those narrow things.
It's roughly comparable to a USA "muscle car" compared to European sports cars. On a straight road, the relatively cheap muscle car may out-perform the expensive European sports cars in certain categories. But throw in some curves and the muscle car slumps. You can set numeric or very specific records without being "generally" or "widely" good. (US happens to have more straight roads than Europe, I'd note.)
I am not claiming that's what actually happened, I just floated the possibility that there is some "inflation" going on for bragging rights. Humans and egotistical governments do that sometimes.