mariusz79

We really need some open source OS for smartphones, or rather some smartphones that support anything you throw at them.

Elizabeth Holmes from Theranos didn't seem to have any problem with getting funding..

It seems that this is current modus operandi in the business world.

it will be tried, but it's really impossible to implement. first reason - you can't force all countries to do the same. second - how do you define automation? will i need to pay taxes on scripts I use to automate some of my jobs? Will I need to pay automation tax on my roomba? or dishwasher? If the robot does not replace any worker, but makes job or current workers easier and faster will it be taxed?

People tend to forget about one thing - in previous industrial revolutions jobs changed, but people were added and removed from the pool slowly and predictably. This time automatons not only take jobs from people, they are also in a sense added to the economy as additional workers.

Think about it this way - previously if someone came up with a more efficient way to do a given job, out of 10 people 9 lost employment, but you still needed that one person to do the job. With automation you get rid of 10 people, and add one additional "worker" to the pool of workers. So now 10 people have to compete not only with themselves but also with one robot that can do job of 10 people.

What's better to end up in the final end state later, or lose customers because your software is crashing and is harder to maintain because you're introducing totally new way to do stuff?

Wouldn't it be easier to build a new plane around the new engine, do some flight tests and after it's ready transfer all passengers?

I might be wrong but I think this was created mainly to monitor progress in AI research. If someone uses OpenAI Universe and can get better results than virtually everyone else, they will be able to get to them first.

But not on a rocket that flew five times.

The list of features is missing one important item - Using these we will be better able to monitor your indoor whereabouts.

nah, it's just a selfsploit.

Hitler was born 04/20. I believe 88 refers to H being 8th letter of the alphabet. (HH = 88)

I don't think I'm exaggerating. When you read this article, and read what corporations are doing, and politicians are advocating, it's easy to see where this is going. In addition to that you have ICANN stewardship transfer, which might make it easier for other countries to influence how the Internet works. We also have growing number of hacks/leaks that will be used to push the "need for firewalls" and "warnings" from experts that "someone" if probing our defences. It all does not make me hopeful that we can keep the internet free.

I think it is safe to say that by 2020 the Internet as we know it today will not exists. All we will have is a bunch of walled gardens, under full surveillance from both the government and corporations. And most people will not even notice or care.

Is that Master Plan stuff a new fad?

Soon at a Hacker News near you:

Master Plan considered harmful.

Yeah. Like I'm a second-hand vegan. I eat animals that eat plants :)

RTFA

download MSFTFREEEbooks.txt and run wget -i MSFTFreeEbooks.txt --content-disposition --trust-server-names

it will, if you require that the data is shared and can be analyzed by another group. In some cases it will slow down the progress initially, but I think in the long term we would be getting much better results.

I've got a simpler solution - scientific paper should not be considered valid until another team replicates the findings. That would quickly get rid of all of the fake results, plus would weed out all of the research that nobody really cares about. Also require that all data is shared, and that until your results are not verified or replicated by a team from another university/country you don't get any more funds.

I remember when in school I was being told how bad was the life of people in feudal Europe because of all the taxes that kings, church and local lords took from people.. I wonder what would these people think about our, much higher, taxes.

The show must go on.

NSA should have a copy...

Hopefully if the big boys get burned by trolls, they will finally decide to do something about the current patent system.

One patent troll has to pay another patent troll.. Good.

Maybe Roman toilets are overrated, but 2000 years later, countries like India still don't have them.

I would add activated carbon filter to remove even more stuff