that there exists a small number of judges that are still willing to defy the Department of Justice. This was the correct ruling. DoJ needs a good swift kick in the balls as a reminder that, as much as it wants to, it cannot violate the constitution.
This sounds a lot like corporate speak. I am sure they really have stretched the definition of carbon neutral to nearly its breaking point. How can you tell a marketing professional is lying? Their lips are moving.
This makes for an interesting read. However, there is no point in actually getting our panties in a bunch because there is nothing we can do to really stop Yellowstone from erupting. When it decides to go off, it's going to go off with a bang. Certainly there will be warnings but a volcanic explosion of this magnitude is an extinction level event. The eruption of Mt. St. Helens will look like the proverbial cherry bomb in a toilet by comparison. I guess I am not going to worry about what I do not have control over.
You could roll your own VPN by purchasing a VPS and routing your traffic through it but even that will only give you a little bit more privacy. At some point the data that you send will have to be decrypted in order to be sent out to the internet at large. Authorities can see the point at which the decryption is taking place and trace it back to that end-point IP address. It is a trivial matter to see who the IP address belongs to. The VPS provider could then be issued a subpoena to get your information. The whole VPN thing is really misunderstood. It's really a way to make it harder for an ISP to grab and monetize your browsing data or even a way to protect your identity on an untrusted network.
that someone has the courage to speak up. This addicition to live, real-time information is not healthy psychologically and physiologically. Every time I try to disconnect from the internet, the longest I've ever been able to make it has been 3 days.
This sounds an awful lot like "corporate speak." It sounds like an HR buzzword. "Oh, we're just concentrating jobs...." I hate articles like this that insult my intelligence and assume that I have no critical thinking skills. Well, maybe they hope that I do not have critical thinking skills. With eCommerce, there are fewer people needed as it is all about automation. In a brick and mortar store, you have salespeople. In an eCommerce setup, the salesperson is totally bypassed as you do your own shopping and check out when you want. Some stores do offer a pop-up chat where you can ask questions but this person is likely a shared commodity among several eCommerce stores. This is why sometimes the person at the other end of the chat takes some times to answer you. I don't believe this study has any merit whatsoever. What happens to all of the peripheral jobs that brick and mortar stores create? There are people that needed to maintain the spaces and service them when needed. If the store is in a mall, then the stores support the various services like security, cleaning staff, and maintenance technicians.
Pesticide resistance happens naturally, how about we help bees become resistant to pesticides by GMO-ing them? (And do this multiple times in multiple ways with diverse bee genotypes, so that we aren't producing a bee monoculture.)
Or at least breeding them for that? Rapidly develop pesticide resistant honeybees? And while we are at it, why not help them become resistant to mites/viruses?
I *like* eating. We need bees, why not help them out?
--PeterM
What about some unintended consequences that actually make things worse?
It is that technology ultimately does not help everyone and really contributes to the wealthy elite more than anything. If we look at the internet as a technology, there is still a large divide in access between those that live in densely populated areas and rural areas. Rural areas are often the last to get broadband and it is still slow when compared to the more urban areas. Often the only reason that rural areas even get internet access at all is because of some tax incentive, otherwise they would still be stuck on dialup. Nobel prizes are ones that are given to work that benefits people no matter what their socioeconomic status is. When you win a Nobel prize, you really have achieved something that benefits all of humanity. Giving out Nobel prizes for technology, in my opinion, degrades the value.
Google is facing a real uphill battle to get into a saturated market. I see no real benefit to buying Google hardware because you get tied to their platform. I could see a purchasing a dirt cheap, sub 200.00 laptop but not at those prices.
Is there really a need for self-driving cars? I guess the answer is yes if you stand to profit from removing the human element of your business. It's true that you can have self-driving cars delivering pizzas or Chinese food but what happens when there aren't humans to order these goods and services because no one earns enough money to buy them. I know that Uber and Lyft positively get wet dreams over not having to pay a driver and worry about said driver's reliability. But, what happens when there are few humans to purchase the services?
AI is fascinating but we really do need to steer carefully and ask ourselves what are we doing. As automation increasingly enters our lives, so does the rapid decline of jobs. The human population continues to rise faster than there are means to support it. Thus far no one (at least in the United States) is willing to discuss the eventual need for a Universal Basic Income. We are heading down a very slippery slope towards large scale unemployment.
Equifax just showed the world their absolute ineptitude and now the IRS wants to give them a contract with sensitive information!? Oh boy! Now I have seen absolutely everything. Lightning may strike me dead because I really and truly can see nothing more.
To pay more than 150-200 bucks for a smartphone is just patently stupid. Don't claim that you somehow "need" it because that's bullshit. You want it so others will be envious of you.
They're learning that it is impossible to be all things to all people. It is better to have a few core products and excel at them (No pun intended) rather than try to be a jack of all trades and shitty at most.
This works until the prison bartering and bribery system catches up. Prison guards can be bribed to have certain "favors" done. The bottom line is that there is no perfect solution. The best possible solution is take the profit out of prison operation.
Apparently you're not a student of history. Prison colonies have been done before, and magically, the problem has not been solved. Any more brilliant ideas, Sherlock?
No, just, no. The problem is the for profit prison system. For a supposedly free nation, we incarcerate a lot of people. It's a shame none of our elected officials grasp this concept. It's gotten to the point where our own system is so corrupt that many of the folks in power should be in prison.
My definition of what constitutes criminality has changed in response to our elected leadership. It's amazing how closely tied the definition of crime is to socioeconomic status.
I doubt we will really see Linux on the corporate desktop any time soon but we will see it powering more and more kiosks and self-serving style computing. I can see Linux powering things like vending machines and kiosks selling services.
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that there exists a small number of judges that are still willing to defy the Department of Justice. This was the correct ruling. DoJ needs a good swift kick in the balls as a reminder that, as much as it wants to, it cannot violate the constitution.
This sounds a lot like corporate speak. I am sure they really have stretched the definition of carbon neutral to nearly its breaking point. How can you tell a marketing professional is lying? Their lips are moving.
This makes for an interesting read. However, there is no point in actually getting our panties in a bunch because there is nothing we can do to really stop Yellowstone from erupting. When it decides to go off, it's going to go off with a bang. Certainly there will be warnings but a volcanic explosion of this magnitude is an extinction level event. The eruption of Mt. St. Helens will look like the proverbial cherry bomb in a toilet by comparison. I guess I am not going to worry about what I do not have control over.
Newsflash: It's a remake!
You could roll your own VPN by purchasing a VPS and routing your traffic through it but even that will only give you a little bit more privacy. At some point the data that you send will have to be decrypted in order to be sent out to the internet at large. Authorities can see the point at which the decryption is taking place and trace it back to that end-point IP address. It is a trivial matter to see who the IP address belongs to. The VPS provider could then be issued a subpoena to get your information. The whole VPN thing is really misunderstood. It's really a way to make it harder for an ISP to grab and monetize your browsing data or even a way to protect your identity on an untrusted network.
that someone has the courage to speak up. This addicition to live, real-time information is not healthy psychologically and physiologically. Every time I try to disconnect from the internet, the longest I've ever been able to make it has been 3 days.
In my not-so-humble opinion good journalism is an oxymoron. Good journalism died a long time ago.
sick and tired of the fucking Amazon brand! Is anyone else with me?
This sounds an awful lot like "corporate speak." It sounds like an HR buzzword. "Oh, we're just concentrating jobs ...." I hate articles like this that insult my intelligence and assume that I have no critical thinking skills. Well, maybe they hope that I do not have critical thinking skills. With eCommerce, there are fewer people needed as it is all about automation. In a brick and mortar store, you have salespeople. In an eCommerce setup, the salesperson is totally bypassed as you do your own shopping and check out when you want. Some stores do offer a pop-up chat where you can ask questions but this person is likely a shared commodity among several eCommerce stores. This is why sometimes the person at the other end of the chat takes some times to answer you. I don't believe this study has any merit whatsoever. What happens to all of the peripheral jobs that brick and mortar stores create? There are people that needed to maintain the spaces and service them when needed. If the store is in a mall, then the stores support the various services like security, cleaning staff, and maintenance technicians.
Pesticide resistance happens naturally, how about we help bees become resistant to pesticides by GMO-ing them? (And do this multiple times in multiple ways with diverse bee genotypes, so that we aren't producing a bee monoculture.)
Or at least breeding them for that? Rapidly develop pesticide resistant honeybees? And while we are at it, why not help them become resistant to mites/viruses?
I *like* eating. We need bees, why not help them out?
--PeterM
What about some unintended consequences that actually make things worse?
Marketing is legalized lying.
It is that technology ultimately does not help everyone and really contributes to the wealthy elite more than anything. If we look at the internet as a technology, there is still a large divide in access between those that live in densely populated areas and rural areas. Rural areas are often the last to get broadband and it is still slow when compared to the more urban areas. Often the only reason that rural areas even get internet access at all is because of some tax incentive, otherwise they would still be stuck on dialup. Nobel prizes are ones that are given to work that benefits people no matter what their socioeconomic status is. When you win a Nobel prize, you really have achieved something that benefits all of humanity. Giving out Nobel prizes for technology, in my opinion, degrades the value.
Google is facing a real uphill battle to get into a saturated market. I see no real benefit to buying Google hardware because you get tied to their platform. I could see a purchasing a dirt cheap, sub 200.00 laptop but not at those prices.
Is there really a need for self-driving cars? I guess the answer is yes if you stand to profit from removing the human element of your business. It's true that you can have self-driving cars delivering pizzas or Chinese food but what happens when there aren't humans to order these goods and services because no one earns enough money to buy them. I know that Uber and Lyft positively get wet dreams over not having to pay a driver and worry about said driver's reliability. But, what happens when there are few humans to purchase the services?
AI is fascinating but we really do need to steer carefully and ask ourselves what are we doing. As automation increasingly enters our lives, so does the rapid decline of jobs. The human population continues to rise faster than there are means to support it. Thus far no one (at least in the United States) is willing to discuss the eventual need for a Universal Basic Income. We are heading down a very slippery slope towards large scale unemployment.
You idiot! Wish I had moderator points to give you a Troll -1
Equifax just showed the world their absolute ineptitude and now the IRS wants to give them a contract with sensitive information!? Oh boy! Now I have seen absolutely everything. Lightning may strike me dead because I really and truly can see nothing more.
To pay more than 150-200 bucks for a smartphone is just patently stupid. Don't claim that you somehow "need" it because that's bullshit. You want it so others will be envious of you.
They're learning that it is impossible to be all things to all people. It is better to have a few core products and excel at them (No pun intended) rather than try to be a jack of all trades and shitty at most.
Hubris, ego, and ass covering are responsible for the delay. The head shed was concerned about its own collective assess and jobs.
This works until the prison bartering and bribery system catches up. Prison guards can be bribed to have certain "favors" done. The bottom line is that there is no perfect solution. The best possible solution is take the profit out of prison operation.
Apparently you're not a student of history. Prison colonies have been done before, and magically, the problem has not been solved. Any more brilliant ideas, Sherlock?
No, just, no. The problem is the for profit prison system. For a supposedly free nation, we incarcerate a lot of people. It's a shame none of our elected officials grasp this concept. It's gotten to the point where our own system is so corrupt that many of the folks in power should be in prison. My definition of what constitutes criminality has changed in response to our elected leadership. It's amazing how closely tied the definition of crime is to socioeconomic status.
I doubt we will really see Linux on the corporate desktop any time soon but we will see it powering more and more kiosks and self-serving style computing. I can see Linux powering things like vending machines and kiosks selling services.
So it's going to be an electric car that truly sucks! LOL!