Serious question: Why are there no competitors to Facebook? Even if they charged a few bucks a month, you would think that there would have at least been some entrepreneurs who would have made a go at competing in that marketplace. Why hasn't Google taken the social thing more seriously and tried to make Google Plus more of a thing. You got the sense that their heart was never really in it.
Some of you guys are developers, so what's the story? Is there some technical hurdle that prevents anyone from going up against the Zuck? You'd think this would be a perfect time to take a run at him.
I'm liking the new completely unhinged, pants-shitting crazy Donald Trump. It's like watching John Belushi's last films. You knew he wasn't going to last much longer, and nothing could be done to save him from himself, but it was going to be an entertaining ride down to the end.
For example, yesterday Trump tweeted out this:
"Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!"
"Get ready Russia" is not something you want to hear Trump saying in the context of "nice and new and "smart"" missiles".
So, today, of course, he said:
"Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at all! In any event, the United States, under my Administration, has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS. Where is our “Thank you America?”"
Wait, what? Dude, you literally said, "the missiles are coming". WTF? And a few hours before that,
"Big show tonight on @seanhannity! 9:00 P.M. on @FoxNews"
So now the President of the United States is cutting promos for Hannity.
The Constitution exists to define the limits of government. It does not enumerate your rights.
Yes, this is what the brochure says, but if it was really true, why is it acceptable for the government to restrict the rights of non-citizens?
If rights truly are endowed by the Creator, and if "all men" are equal in the eyes of that Creator, then don't all men qualify equally?
At some point, the origin myth of the United States of America falls apart and you realize the language of the Declaration was hype and the belief in the Constitution as some magical document is misplaced. Accept that it was just a tool to codify the aristocracy and slavery, and the flowery language of "rights" was just to dazzle the yahoos. And the rights you believe are guaranteed are only guaranteed as long as it's convenient for people with money and power.
The fact is, these people are individually human scum. They don't keep their word. They don't respect others. They connive, cheat, and otherwise mess up lives.
He won the electoral college vote fairly. You need to get over it, snowflake.
I am 13. Judging from the fact that all the ads I ever see are for drug treatment centers and "learn to code" packages, I think Slashdot may be collecting my data.
Another I've seen in the news is "forgetting" a child inside a car until s/he dies with the excessive heat. This is absurd but, as a former programmer, I can very well understand how urgent things can prevent us from doing what's important.
I imagine that a lot of programmers get left to die every year. Management simply forgets they're there and the next thing you know, they're left in the office for the weekend and they simply expire from neglect and overdose of Kirkland coffee and nut bars.
People have gotten off on tickets with dashcam footage. I bet the car in question has that and more
We've seen what kind of dashcam footage self-driving car companies use. The kind that is doctored to try to show no culpability on the part of their vehicle.
Cruise says its data shows the person was far away enough from the vehicle and the car did nothing wrong..
No shit? The last time I got a speeding ticket, I told the judge that according to the data collected by me, I was actually driving within the posted limits and it was actually a different orange Challenger with white racing stripes that the cop must have seen doing 96 in a 55 zone. It was bullshit, of course, and the judge didn't buy it, but I'm comforted knowing that high-tech self-driving car companies use the same type of lame excuses that I do when they get traffic tickets.
I wonder if they use an AI to come up with their excuses.
And you know, of course, that during the same period of the Obama presidency, the Dow went up by a larger percentage, right? Sixty-one percent, in the first year, in fact.
Overall, the total increase in the Dow during the Obama administration was 231%.
Thanks. Some time ago, I worked on a project that used subvocalization to create formants and envelopes to synthesize spoken (and sung) words. I was working on the synthesis part and not the subvocalization part, which I still don't quite understand. I didn't see what happened to the project because I moved on to something else.
I'm actually not racist at all on an individual level. To me it's an important distinction.
So, if I understand correctly, you're saying that you can be civil to black people individually, but you are also aware that they are inferior as a race.
That's interesting. I'm sure black people are thrilled with you.
Nobody seems to remember all the Affordable Care Act fallout starting in mid-2010. If it wasn't for the amount of fear and uncertainty, the recovery that started to materialize in July
Apparently, you don't seem to remember it either. Job growth, wage growth and GDP growth started in 2010 and did not stop going up for six years.
and wages continued to fall until 2013 and didn't start rising until 2014.
Wow, you really don't remember that time at all, do you? Wage growth started rising in 2010 and continued going up throughout the rest of Obama's term. In fact, wage growth was not negative at any point in Obama's term in office. From 2010, wage growth continued to accelerate and didn't start a downward trajectory until the month Trump was elected and has continued to fall. Wage growth now is lower than it was in at any time in 2016, and to find wage growth as low as it is today, you have to go back to December of 2014.
Are you talking about the 40% increase in the stock market since he took office
The Dow was 19,826 on the day Donald Trump took office, and it's 24,005 as of a few minutes ago. Now math is not my best subject, but I'm not sure that's a 40% increase.
Oops, make that 23,963 as of 10:58am PST.
For the record, the economic growth during the Obama Administration was faster and steadier. He was the first president since before WWII to not take us into a recession at any point in his presidency.
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Serious question: Why are there no competitors to Facebook? Even if they charged a few bucks a month, you would think that there would have at least been some entrepreneurs who would have made a go at competing in that marketplace. Why hasn't Google taken the social thing more seriously and tried to make Google Plus more of a thing. You got the sense that their heart was never really in it.
Some of you guys are developers, so what's the story? Is there some technical hurdle that prevents anyone from going up against the Zuck? You'd think this would be a perfect time to take a run at him.
How can they live with such small dicks?
There is no constitutional right to vote. We are told that constantly by Republicans.
That's what I said. It's the "origin myth". It was false when it was written and it's false today.
What do you think "codified" means?
Where is the "right to vote for your state government" enumerated in the constitution?
I'm liking the new completely unhinged, pants-shitting crazy Donald Trump. It's like watching John Belushi's last films. You knew he wasn't going to last much longer, and nothing could be done to save him from himself, but it was going to be an entertaining ride down to the end.
For example, yesterday Trump tweeted out this:
"Get ready Russia" is not something you want to hear Trump saying in the context of "nice and new and "smart"" missiles".
So, today, of course, he said:
Wait, what? Dude, you literally said, "the missiles are coming". WTF? And a few hours before that,
So now the President of the United States is cutting promos for Hannity.
This is just the best.
Yes, this is what the brochure says, but if it was really true, why is it acceptable for the government to restrict the rights of non-citizens?
If rights truly are endowed by the Creator, and if "all men" are equal in the eyes of that Creator, then don't all men qualify equally?
At some point, the origin myth of the United States of America falls apart and you realize the language of the Declaration was hype and the belief in the Constitution as some magical document is misplaced. Accept that it was just a tool to codify the aristocracy and slavery, and the flowery language of "rights" was just to dazzle the yahoos. And the rights you believe are guaranteed are only guaranteed as long as it's convenient for people with money and power.
If they can figure out a way to work "machine learning" and "blockchain" into this story, I could win jargon bingo and it's barely noon.
Yes. We are the Nicolas Bourbaki of Slashdot commenters.
Excuse me, but I'm management. I get $0.75, plus an extra $0.25 whenever I can trigger an Anonymous Coward.
And that's not counting quarterly bonuses or benefits.
He won the electoral college vote fairly. You need to get over it, snowflake.
Wait, who are we talking about?
https://youtu.be/bSfqNEvykv0
Are you calling me an unreliable narrator?
I am 13. Judging from the fact that all the ads I ever see are for drug treatment centers and "learn to code" packages, I think Slashdot may be collecting my data.
Yes, just speak to Evgeny ...uh...Smith in HR. He will give you employment package and summary of benefits.
I imagine that a lot of programmers get left to die every year. Management simply forgets they're there and the next thing you know, they're left in the office for the weekend and they simply expire from neglect and overdose of Kirkland coffee and nut bars.
"Random YouTube guys facts are true but peer-reviewed study from journal Nature is not."
https://www.nature.com/article...
We've seen what kind of dashcam footage self-driving car companies use. The kind that is doctored to try to show no culpability on the part of their vehicle.
So, your expert testimony is that a corporation would totally never lie when their business is involved?
Noted. You may step down.
No shit? The last time I got a speeding ticket, I told the judge that according to the data collected by me, I was actually driving within the posted limits and it was actually a different orange Challenger with white racing stripes that the cop must have seen doing 96 in a 55 zone. It was bullshit, of course, and the judge didn't buy it, but I'm comforted knowing that high-tech self-driving car companies use the same type of lame excuses that I do when they get traffic tickets.
I wonder if they use an AI to come up with their excuses.
And it's been downhill ever since.
And you know, of course, that during the same period of the Obama presidency, the Dow went up by a larger percentage, right? Sixty-one percent, in the first year, in fact.
Overall, the total increase in the Dow during the Obama administration was 231%.
Thanks. Some time ago, I worked on a project that used subvocalization to create formants and envelopes to synthesize spoken (and sung) words. I was working on the synthesis part and not the subvocalization part, which I still don't quite understand. I didn't see what happened to the project because I moved on to something else.
So, if I understand correctly, you're saying that you can be civil to black people individually, but you are also aware that they are inferior as a race.
That's interesting. I'm sure black people are thrilled with you.
https://youtu.be/8wcSSLo9TIs
Can someone who's read the article please tell me if we're talking about some kind of mindreading horseshit or subvocalization?
It's Friday and I've been drinking since 11am and I really can't be bothered to click the link.
Apparently, you don't seem to remember it either. Job growth, wage growth and GDP growth started in 2010 and did not stop going up for six years.
Wow, you really don't remember that time at all, do you? Wage growth started rising in 2010 and continued going up throughout the rest of Obama's term. In fact, wage growth was not negative at any point in Obama's term in office. From 2010, wage growth continued to accelerate and didn't start a downward trajectory until the month Trump was elected and has continued to fall. Wage growth now is lower than it was in at any time in 2016, and to find wage growth as low as it is today, you have to go back to December of 2014.
https://www.frbatlanta.org/chc...
Oops, make that 23,783, as of 12:01 PST.
The Dow has dropped 724 points and it's still a ways to go before the bell.
This has been the longest the Dow has gone without reaching a new high in five years. Since Trump's tax bill passed, the DOW has lost 3000 points.
The Dow was 19,826 on the day Donald Trump took office, and it's 24,005 as of a few minutes ago. Now math is not my best subject, but I'm not sure that's a 40% increase.
Oops, make that 23,963 as of 10:58am PST.
For the record, the economic growth during the Obama Administration was faster and steadier. He was the first president since before WWII to not take us into a recession at any point in his presidency.
Oops, make that 23,941 as of 11:01am PST.