why was the government employee even flying the drone at 3AM?
To be fair, when you're drunk at 3am flying a quadrocopter into the white house is one of the more sane choices people can make. At least he kept his pants on when he was doing it.
The government should defend the Constitution instead of tear it apart.
Unfortunately the constitution and the associated bill of rights were intended to be limits upon the government so it is not surprising to see the government tearing at those walls. It is after all in it's nature to try to expand it's power, much like fire will continue to seek more fuel or a wild animal will feed again.
What is rather disappointing is to see the people, who are supposed to be the ultimate checks on the government, react with such antipathy towards these encroachments on their rights. The constitution and bill of right was designed so that they was a constant struggle between the will of the governments insatiable lust for power over the governed and the citizens desire to be free of the encumbrance of the government. But lately the people have abandoned their post and thrown their lot behind whoever has a letter behind their name that pleases them the most.
Ya know, I am starting to think that is true. For all these articles and tumblr postings and tweets decrying the low population of women and minorities in STEM and especially comp sci I have not seen much from those leading the charge for more enrollment in computer science. If these leaders encouraged their followers ( a good portion of which are college age or soon to be) to switch majors to CS this diversity problem would be solved within 2-6 years. And there is more than enough scholarships to finance it even. But alas I think this is less about making a change and more about making noise.
Companies that don't hire the best employees fail.
False. Just look at the board of directors of many companies - the companies survive based on inertia and cronyism, not merit.
Sorry, but I think the OP was referring to down in the trenches where the real work is done and production matters. Though you are probably right about the so called leadership positions. After hearing about some of Balmers escapades I am sure we could replace most of them with gorillas and no one would notice.
What is the diversity of the active slashdot user base? Maybe we could have a poll limited to logged-in people only to keep people from tilting the stats?
Perhaps, but what would be the cowboy neal option?
I'm sorry, I'm not putting that in my mouth.
Universal response to a fag in your mouth: Light the end on fire. The problem will take care of itself no mater what country you are in.
AI's will not be WEIRD, not 'evil'. They will want to do strange things, not kill us, or hurt us. They won't try to kill us, but instead try to create a massive, network devoted to deciding which species of from has more bacteria in it's toe.
OMG, they'll be grad students! It's worse than I thought!
Gold comes from mines? I always believed it came from pawn shops and elderly relatives.
I thought it came from Fox news...damn you Gretchen Carlson! You damn minx, you shall not fool me again!
Unfortunately, security is a cost center
Security is a cost center in the same way that insurance is a cost center. It is a current investment to reduce the risk and impact of future losses. No sane large business runs without insurance, yet plenty treat security as an after thought even though they serve almost the same function.
As a matter of fact I would predict insurance policies to require some security effort as a part of coverage fairly soon, since it could be argued that not securing your data is a form of negligence now a days.
Can I just think that taking orders from your invisible imaginary friend is a case for a shrink, no matter what you call him?
My headmate is Dr. Freud, and for some strange reason he tells me I like cigars. Your move.
You aren't in the middle of nowhere, you're at the Starbucks which means you are within easy reach of professionals
When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.
Let's be honest, guns are a tool and the only restrictions they need are just as with cars. Make sure people know how to use them, can demonstrate they can use them, and we're golden.
I would venture to guess more violence has been committed due to the spoken or written word than has ever been committed because someone possessed a weapon and felt an irrational drive to use it. Shall we also licence the first amendment as well?
Socioeconomic imbalance doesn't cause terrorism. That's a myth.
Of course not, extreme socioeconomic imbalance causes revolutions. And history is written by the winners so why would they call them selves terrorists?
That would be new, a Governor that committed his felonies before being elected to office. Hell, I'd vote for him, at least he's honest.
I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"
