Comment Re:Here's the thing (Score 5, Insightful) 60
Can anyone here with a straight face state they truly believe "The View" is a newscast?
Comment Re: Eh, well, why not? (Score 1) 192
Simple biology.
Comment Re:Better than an art degree tbh (Score 1) 192
Who gets to decide what's worthless?
Statistics do....
We track what jobs earn what...how many people get accepted in to what jobs on graduation....so, we only offer student loans to degrees that give the student the absolute highest chance of getting a good paying job, one what will allow them to pay off the loans in a reasonable manner.
Comment Re:If he is found guilty (Score 5, Interesting) 181
However, in this case...I don't think the govt has a case against him.
If they never got into the phone, how do they know there was evidence on there? How could they proved he wiped evidence if they had no clue what might be on there?
It also sounds like at the time, he wasn't under arrest? He had asked for a lawyer and had been refused?
He's not under any compulsion to give a password is he? They had the phone, nothing forced the authorities to trust anything he said....they could have tried forensics like they'd do if they had a safe and tried a safecracker to get in if the suspect didn't want to give the combination.
I just don't see the case they have....or if they do it has implications far wider for common citizens and their privacy.
Comment Re:Better than an art degree tbh (Score 1) 192
You think only people that make millions pay back student loans?
No, please be serious.
BUT...we do have an incredible number of students that can NOT pay off their loans...hence all this call to have the US Tax payers pay their loans for them ie. loan forgiveness.
We need to quit giving out student loans and scholarships to people seeking worthless degrees....where these kids get into significant debt for fields that lead to jobs that do not pay enough for them to get that loan paid off....basically they become indentured servants for much of their adult life in a manner of speaking.
Let's met out student loans only to those pursuing degrees that are in fields that at least give them a fighting chance to earn enough money upon graduation and actually secure good jobs.
If you want to study underwater basket weaving, then find, do it on your own dollar, but no loaning of money to take worthless classes that do not need to meaningful jobs that earn $$ enough to pay the loans off AND lead to a happy level of livelihood and lifestyle.
Comment Re:Better than an art degree tbh (Score 1) 192
You think influencers don't make money? Why do you imagine people keep doing it?
Sure I do....just like some people become multi-million dollar NBA basketball players, or earn millions doing Only Fans.
I believe that % of people after that goal that attain it are incredibly small.
Again, not massive enough success to risk hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loan debt they'll likely never pay off...
Comment Re: AI skeptic, but... (Score 1) 128
It's fair to say that small models are far less useful than large ones. They have some use, but ultimately are unsuitable for many tasks.
When you say "small models"....what size range are you talking about that you tested?
Comment Re:AI break down (Score 1) 128
This also allows people to keep more privacy options as that their data needn't leave their private hardware at home.
I think growth in this area may lead to part of a bubble crash of the larger AI landscape.
This is already in the hands of of knowledgeable tinkerers....it won't be long till it is a click install app for the masses that have the hardware and Apple is already making that at prices MUCH less than buying NVIDA GPUs and windows.....
I don't know if this was by design or happy accident for Apple, but they got the leap on everyone with this.....we're just now seeing competitors come out with small AI designed boxes with this type of shared memory structure set up.
Comment Re: Eh, well, why not? (Score 1) 192
Are you saying gender isn't real?
I believe we have a LONG established class on this....Biology.
Comment Re:Eh, well, why not? (Score 2) 192
You really can't see why studying human social behavior and history could help in a job where you're dealing with the general public?
I don't see where "Gender Studies" would apply to any job really....no.
Comment Re:Better than an art degree tbh (Score 1) 192
I really hope to God there's no scholarships or Federal student loan money for this drivel.
I"m not against it being offered...hell, anyone should be able to study anything but stuff like this needs to be on their own dollar.
Let's tie Student Loans and such to degrees that actually stand a realistic chance for the masses studying it to EARN money after college with said degree.
Let's stop enabling kids to take on crippling loans to study things that don't give them a chance in hell of earning a living high enough to ever pay the fucking loan off, eh?
Comment Re:Great news! (Score 1) 83
If even a quarter of what I've heard about Oracle's offerings being over-budget, never-on-time, never-on-spec shitshows is actually true,
In general this is NOT for Oracle services...this is site wide (for all of DOW) for enterprise database and other software licensing....
There are contractors for each branch and project that use and maintain databases and most of them are Oracle....lots of legacy systems and always something new on the horizon....but Oracle generally is NOT doing any work.
Comment Re:Pay up (Score 1) 159
'79 928 says "Hello."
Ah...that sounds nice.
Do you still have it?
I lost my 930 in Katrina.....at one point on Google Maps I saw the black monster floating in my back yard....
Comment Re:Yeah, no (Score 1) 159
Reminds me of swapping out the radio in cars. Maybe people could bring that back? I did that on nearly every car I've owned.
Indeed I remember doing that...and used to LOVE to custom configure my cars audio system.
I research and save and save and get a new head unit, then save...get the amp, new speakers...etc.
I dunno...I guess today's youth isn't as interested in audio fidelity...but I sure miss it.