Comment Re:If you cannot make it, fake it (Score 1) 260
Tell that to the voting populace in the USA. People don't bother to feel "puzzled or shameful or anything" as long as they're told it's okay not to.
Comment Re:Nice (Score 1) 900
That hasn't stopped any politician to date. Either way, if these things work out, Trump's approval rating will radically reverse.
Comment Re:The greatest evolutionary adaptation is: (Score 1) 245
It's true. If you look at the total biomass of mammals it's all cattle, humans and pets, and the odd elephant thrown in for irony.
I read that as "the odd elephant thrown in for ivory" at first. Nearly spit my drink all over my computer...
Comment Re:Tesla apparently doesn't understand how NTSB wo (Score 1) 160
Tesla should have a great deal less than 2 deaths under their belt to be on par with human safety levels.
That is a strong assertion from someone who says "I can't find any stats".
Human drivers kill about 15 people per billion miles.
Tesla Autopilot has driven more than 1.3 billion miles, and has killed two people. So the fatality rate is roughly a tenth that of humans. That is a lot better than "on par" with humans.
How many of that 1.3 billion miles is on populous roads though? Are they counting test track miles or only public roads? Is this self driving in the manner of a smart cruise control or truly self driving? I don't know the numbers but I find it hard to believe they truly have 1.3 billion miles of legit fully self driving miles on populated roads.
Comment Re:Serious question (Score 1) 154
KC BBQ
Laurene Powell Jobs's Organization to Take Majority Stake in The Atlantic (nytimes.com) 84
Emerson Collective, the organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in The Atlantic magazine, with full ownership possible in the coming years. From a report: David G. Bradley, chairman of Atlantic Media, will retain a minority stake and intends to continue running the magazine for the next three to five years. After that, Emerson Collective may purchase Mr. Bradley's remaining interest. "While I will stay at the helm some years, the most consequential decision of my career now is behind me: Who next will take stewardship of this 160-year-old national treasure?" Mr. Bradley, 64, wrote in a note to employees. "To me, the answer, in the form of Laurene, feels incomparably right." The leadership of The Atlantic, including Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief; Bob Cohn, the president; and Hayley Romer, the publisher, will remain unchanged and will continue to run the publication's daily operations (could be paywalled). The deal, which Mr. Bradley announced to the staff on Friday morning, also includes The Atlantic's digital properties, events business and consulting services. Mr. Bradley will continue to fully own the rest of Atlantic Media's properties, which include the National Journal Group and the digital media organization Quartz. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Comment Re:Really getting old (Score 1, Insightful) 389
A lot of people here seem to have their identity tied up very strongly with the idea that some men they don't know and have never met didn't harass anyone.
Wow. In the last 40 years there has grown a massive academic framework, new vocabulary, new "disciplines", new courses of study, and thousands if not millions of people who make a very good living based on the theory that there is and has always been an oppressive patriarchy that incidentally "hurts men too". And you don't think most or all of those people don't have their identity wrapped up in this belief?
Man, go to any college campus in the U.S. and challenge anyones beliefs on this topic and see what happens to you.
Comment Get the Patches (Score 1) 76
Comment Re:strong til ... (Score 1) 175
Show me a game that isn't bottlenecked by the GPU. Artificially creating a set up where the cpu becomes the bottleneck is like the OPPOSITE of real world testing. It's a stupid way judge (or buy) a CPU.
Comment Re:This card is basically their former 1199$ card (Score 3, Interesting) 151
The smart money is waiting for Vega.
Comment Re:"Indentured Servitude" looks a bit different (Score 5, Insightful) 318
FALSE.
The jobs overseas are *already* much cheaper than what the H1B's are getting paid. If it were possible to have these jobs overseas ---they would already be there---, and that is cold hard fact. The jobs going to H1B are jobs that require face-to-face interaction with people here in the United States.
The 'alternate fact' here is the obvious bluff from tech companies (Let us play by our rules or we'll ship jobs overseas). The only response that has any integrity is "Well, take your goddamn ball and GO home then."
Comment Re:Metrics cannot replace understanding (Score 1) 229
oh, just realized the video is on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Comment Re:Metrics cannot replace understanding (Score 2) 229
Corporations like Rand sold governments and corporations on the idea that you can mathematically model people and their worth. The world has been going downhill ever since. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Comment Poverty (Score 1) 460
Comment Re:Something feels off about this. (Score 1) 540
If your business model doesn't pay people what they're worth, then you don't have a good enough business model. If your startup idea is compelling, people will work for less in exchange for equity.
Whoever pays the most should get the best workers. I don't understand why you would want it any other way. Isn't that the way it works for management?
