Within 20 to 30 years, unless civilization collapses first, people will not be able to compete with automated processes in any but a very few fields. All means of production will become automated.
So, how does the economy work then? With no one able to be gainfully employed how does the oligarchy continue to make money and stay in power?
We need a new economic theory, and I have seen none that involve zero value. So, the obvious solution? The oligarchy takes the products to improve their lives, and the rest of humanity is left to die trying to scratch out a living on the burned out husk of our planet. The oligarchy will be much happier with us gone so they can turn their robots lose to turn the world into one large park for them to play in.
I think that is true, but only after beam A reaches location B - so, if we wanted FTL communications with Alpha Centura we would have to wait 4 years before we could start sending.
We have been engaged in combat for 214 of the last 230 years - or there about. We are the most war loving country in history despite claiming to want pease.
This "lets tell everyone how bad Apple is" has been going on for as long as there has been an Apple computer. For years the punch line was "Apple is about to go out of business". Now it is Apple sucks at game.
Uh, Apple is not just here, it is on and off the most successful company in the history of the world. You know why? Because PEOPLE LIKE APPLE PRODUCTS AND SUPPORT. Geeks don't need or want it - fine. But this may come as a surprise to a few here, but Apple is not and never has been in business to make geeks happy. They are in business to make money, and they are very good at that.
Tell me again how wonderful Samsung phones are, and then lets compare profitability - you see that is why corporations exist, not so you can shove a memory card in your phone, but to make a profit. Apple makes money - because the average person likes their product and their support.
Not everyone likes Apple - DUH, does everyone like Ford or Chevy? DUH. To constantly for decades bring up these lame dog whistles about how Apple won't do this, or my home built is better is just proving you do not have a clue.
Bicycles make lousy snowboards, I think we should all boycott Canondale.
Where any attempt to advance technology will be met with skepticism and ridicule by people that know little or nothing about what they are talking about.
You realize your comment makes no sense? He is being granted immunity so he doesn't need to be pardoned. And if she is ever charged with a Federal crime the chance of her being elected goes to some place around zero.
So far all of the so call "issues" she has legally are simply allegations by the opposing political party, no charges have ever been filed.
Oh, and I am not a HRC supported, I am for Bernie, but your comment just made not sense at all, so I assume you are a Trump supporter.
I came to Slashdot many years ago to read about new and exciting technology and when an announcement was made or a proposal was evaluated there was a lot of excitement by everyone, criticism was common, but it was constructive criticism, almost as if the readers were interested and excited.
Now days, not so much, most posts are either haters that hate everything, or people trying to out negative everyone else by pointing out how "it will never happen".
I wont bother to check all your math, since you blew it in the first line: At $10/hr she would be making $20,400 per year gross, not $35K. There are 2040 work hours in a normal year, (40x51) if per chance she worked 52 weeks with NO days off at all, it would still come out to $20,800.
So, bzzzt, not interested in the rest of your justification.
I am not sure what planet you live on, governments tell companies what they can and can not do all the time, and should. DO you have seat belts, air bags, catalytic convectors? Does your refrigerator not have a locking dock, does your new house have lead based paint, do you kids toys have lead based paint, do you drink clean water? I could go on for hours, but you would simply say they should do any of that stuff, people should take care of painting their own homes and processing their own water...
Good reply, but I expect wasted, since the OP you replied to was simply echoing a sad old meme that never was true - it's just fun to hate on leftists and way to hard to figure why.
They are not worried about a replacement putting them out of business. They will run out of oil (that is affordable to recover) long before any new tech can be scaled up to the levels they are at now.
My prediction is a bad decade or so when they finally admit they can't keep up with demand and society goes into major withdrawal pains. At that point some government will need to step in a fund a set of alternatives to pick up the slack.
Well, I can't debate your number since I don't know where you get them, but my 42inch LG display costs about $9/year if it is run for 5 hours a day. If the display is on 24 hours a day, which would be pretty stupid design, then that could come out to $45/year or $22/year if the power scales down to 27 inch.
I expect that the cameras and display use less energy in a year than a 40w incandescent bulb does in a few minutes (that might be a slight exaggeration - but not much) and then there is the cost of re-cooling the interior after you let all that hot air rush in.
I am certain this is more energy efficient by a LONG shot, that does not make it more reliable or cost effective.
No, it can not be users selectable unless cars that have chosen the user first mode are not allowed on public roadways. When you drive on public roadways you accept that you have to obey certain "rules of the road", such as speed limits. I do not want anyone (obviously some hackers are going to hack the cars, but that is a very small percentage) being able to override the safety and rules of the road features built into the autonomous cars. That also impacts insurance issues, since someone that choose unsafe options would have to prove they can pay for potential damages.
I don't understand your point, Apple doesn't have to invent, it refines, that is ALL it does, and in refining it makes products that YOU hate and the rest of the world LOVES.
You make an excellent point, however, I would suggest that there are many more examples of "successful" open source projects that have poorly designed interfaces than successful commercial closed source projects.
The issue I think is it is hard to get motivated to put the effort into UI design if your expected market is mostly geeks and maybe at best a few thousand users. If you are on a budget with a target audience of millions then it is easier to find the "time" or "motivation".
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Within 20 to 30 years, unless civilization collapses first, people will not be able to compete with automated processes in any but a very few fields. All means of production will become automated.
So, how does the economy work then? With no one able to be gainfully employed how does the oligarchy continue to make money and stay in power?
We need a new economic theory, and I have seen none that involve zero value. So, the obvious solution? The oligarchy takes the products to improve their lives, and the rest of humanity is left to die trying to scratch out a living on the burned out husk of our planet. The oligarchy will be much happier with us gone so they can turn their robots lose to turn the world into one large park for them to play in.
I think that is true, but only after beam A reaches location B - so, if we wanted FTL communications with Alpha Centura we would have to wait 4 years before we could start sending.
We have been engaged in combat for 214 of the last 230 years - or there about. We are the most war loving country in history despite claiming to want pease.
Agreed, they haven't been just a computer company for a long time.
This "lets tell everyone how bad Apple is" has been going on for as long as there has been an Apple computer. For years the punch line was "Apple is about to go out of business". Now it is Apple sucks at game.
Uh, Apple is not just here, it is on and off the most successful company in the history of the world. You know why? Because PEOPLE LIKE APPLE PRODUCTS AND SUPPORT. Geeks don't need or want it - fine. But this may come as a surprise to a few here, but Apple is not and never has been in business to make geeks happy. They are in business to make money, and they are very good at that.
Tell me again how wonderful Samsung phones are, and then lets compare profitability - you see that is why corporations exist, not so you can shove a memory card in your phone, but to make a profit. Apple makes money - because the average person likes their product and their support.
Not everyone likes Apple - DUH, does everyone like Ford or Chevy? DUH. To constantly for decades bring up these lame dog whistles about how Apple won't do this, or my home built is better is just proving you do not have a clue.
Bicycles make lousy snowboards, I think we should all boycott Canondale.
Where any attempt to advance technology will be met with skepticism and ridicule by people that know little or nothing about what they are talking about.
You realize your comment makes no sense? He is being granted immunity so he doesn't need to be pardoned. And if she is ever charged with a Federal crime the chance of her being elected goes to some place around zero.
So far all of the so call "issues" she has legally are simply allegations by the opposing political party, no charges have ever been filed.
Oh, and I am not a HRC supported, I am for Bernie, but your comment just made not sense at all, so I assume you are a Trump supporter.
I came to Slashdot many years ago to read about new and exciting technology and when an announcement was made or a proposal was evaluated there was a lot of excitement by everyone, criticism was common, but it was constructive criticism, almost as if the readers were interested and excited.
Now days, not so much, most posts are either haters that hate everything, or people trying to out negative everyone else by pointing out how "it will never happen".
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I wont bother to check all your math, since you blew it in the first line: At $10/hr she would be making $20,400 per year gross, not $35K. There are 2040 work hours in a normal year, (40x51) if per chance she worked 52 weeks with NO days off at all, it would still come out to $20,800.
So, bzzzt, not interested in the rest of your justification.
I am not sure what planet you live on, governments tell companies what they can and can not do all the time, and should. DO you have seat belts, air bags, catalytic convectors? Does your refrigerator not have a locking dock, does your new house have lead based paint, do you kids toys have lead based paint, do you drink clean water? I could go on for hours, but you would simply say they should do any of that stuff, people should take care of painting their own homes and processing their own water...
But, whatever works for you.
Nope, I recall the first flat screen TVs at big box stores were $16,000.
This is pretty cheap for a startup. Once enough buy them, then companies will begin investing in volume production to bring the price down.
I question the form factor, other than playing a game, I can't see wearing that anywhere for any reason - but, I could be wrong.
Good reply, but I expect wasted, since the OP you replied to was simply echoing a sad old meme that never was true - it's just fun to hate on leftists and way to hard to figure why.
They are not worried about a replacement putting them out of business. They will run out of oil (that is affordable to recover) long before any new tech can be scaled up to the levels they are at now.
My prediction is a bad decade or so when they finally admit they can't keep up with demand and society goes into major withdrawal pains. At that point some government will need to step in a fund a set of alternatives to pick up the slack.
Uh, I hate to break the news to you, but that day is already here. The oligarchs can do as they wish to you or anyone else.
How do they propose to prove that the IT Tech knew something not reported?
I maybe developing digital brain replacements running windows 12... could happen, maybe...
Oh, sorry, this is slashdot, Android is good, Apple is bd.
Well, I can't debate your number since I don't know where you get them, but my 42inch LG display costs about $9/year if it is run for 5 hours a day. If the display is on 24 hours a day, which would be pretty stupid design, then that could come out to $45/year or $22/year if the power scales down to 27 inch.
I expect that the cameras and display use less energy in a year than a 40w incandescent bulb does in a few minutes (that might be a slight exaggeration - but not much) and then there is the cost of re-cooling the interior after you let all that hot air rush in.
I am certain this is more energy efficient by a LONG shot, that does not make it more reliable or cost effective.
No, it can not be users selectable unless cars that have chosen the user first mode are not allowed on public roadways. When you drive on public roadways you accept that you have to obey certain "rules of the road", such as speed limits. I do not want anyone (obviously some hackers are going to hack the cars, but that is a very small percentage) being able to override the safety and rules of the road features built into the autonomous cars. That also impacts insurance issues, since someone that choose unsafe options would have to prove they can pay for potential damages.
You beat me to it, I was going to simply say, if it was profitable, it would already be done.
Closing that place - it was a total lie and waste of money lining contractors pockets.
I don't understand your point, Apple doesn't have to invent, it refines, that is ALL it does, and in refining it makes products that YOU hate and the rest of the world LOVES.
Sucks to be you.
Maybe you mean property tax bill? Not IRS tax bill, I am sure you wouldn't be speaking out of your butt on Slashdot.
You make an excellent point, however, I would suggest that there are many more examples of "successful" open source projects that have poorly designed interfaces than successful commercial closed source projects.
The issue I think is it is hard to get motivated to put the effort into UI design if your expected market is mostly geeks and maybe at best a few thousand users. If you are on a budget with a target audience of millions then it is easier to find the "time" or "motivation".