I just wonder how long it will be until the virus "discovers" a carrier..
Someone who is immune enough to not show symptoms, but can still carry the virus enough to infect others.

See typhoid Mary.

As long as we're being pedantic, the current chair was reappointed by Obama, after she was appointed by Bush. She donated to McCain, Romney, and the republican party. http://www.campaignmoney.com/p...

So let's just call it even.

CPB is required, by law, to be strictly objective, and has internal reviews to ensure objectivity. That is a better deal than you will get from Fox, MSNBC, WSJ, or NYT.

You are right that CPB != NPR, but they are tightly bound, and the exact relationship is complex. Regardless, there are plenty of conservatives in my city who listen to NPR and donate to local stations. The attempts to defund CPB and NPR have been defeated through bipartisan efforts.

I think if you actually listened to NPR, you would be surprised at how neutral and accurate the reporting is, and you would notice how the liberal slant of, say, salon.com is *not* present.

You know the board of directors for the Corp for Public Broadcasting is, by law, an even split between Republicans and Democrats, right?

I think *your* bias is showing.

I think it's hilarious that facebook paid 2 billion for Oculus, while Magic Leap has far superior tech and seems to value itself around 1.6 billion.

Here are two possible explanations:
1. Zuckerberg is an idiot CEO who overpays for things (he did pay 20 billion for whatsapp, after all).
2. Zucker knows his stock is way overpriced, so he is actually getting a better deal than it appears. Most of the Oculus acquisition is paid for with fb stock.

Either way, another very smart move by Google.

Kurzweil and academics like Jordan seem to have very different ideas about when we will solve the problems of intelligence.

Kurzweil says things like the "design of the human brain, while not simple, is nonetheless a billion times simpler than it appears, due to massive redundancy". He has predicted (as I understand it) that by 2029, we will have completely reverse engineered the brain.

In the interview, Jordan said, "but it's true that with neuroscience, it's going to require decades or even hundreds of years to understand the deep principles." This is in line with what other academics like Pinker say.

I think Jordan would not take Kurzweil's timelines seriously.. I know Kurzweil had some early accomplishments, but many of his predictions just seem naive.

The law still hasn't come to terms with product liability for software. That's a huge hurdle that will need to be crossed before we can trust software with life-or-death situations.

I looked into a law degree a couple years back. You either get a Big Law job (starting at 125-135, with raises depending on what business you bring in, with many lawyers getting very infrequent raises), or you work for yourself (average was in the mid-70s).

A lot of things about the graph are misleading. There are *plenty* of people with law degrees who either cant find work as an attorney, scrape by in bottom-feeder roles (real estate and probate law), or work contract-to-contract.

Also, 103-200 is a huge range.

Don't worry, in 20 years your only choice will be google.

Think that's hyperbole?

http://fiber.google.com/about2

I'm a big fan of google right now, but let's see how long "don't be evil" lasts once Larry and Sergey have moved on, and MBA brain damage is calling the shots.

Answer:
When either one does viciously illegal shit, they get away without punishment, and somebody else pays the fine!

Can we please choose a role model for children in CS who is not ethically challenged?

Zuckerberg may have escaped arrest when he stole passwords to build his hot-or-not website (he should have been arrested), but he was clearly caught red handed.

Combine that with all the dishonesty and contempt for individual privacy he has expressed, and I would feel like a parental failure if my kids turned out like him.

This is the first thing you learn if you study biologically inspired design.

Dont just mimic the form of the system. Understand what makes the system work (how it functions and why that is effective), and copy that.

Its like early attempts at flying machines that flapped big wings, but of course didnt fly. The important thing wasn't the flapping wings, it was lift.

There are important principles behind what makes the brain work, but its not as simple as building a neural network.

Figures - I write a dozen thoughtful posts that get no love, but when I take a brain shart on a post, that gets the mod points.