Yup, that's probably exactly how it works. I bought Ghost Recon: Wildlands off of Steam, and all steam does is launch the Ubisoft client. So I can....launch the Ubisoft DRM client and run GR:W that way instead if I wanted to. It was weird and ultimately pointless, except for marketing I guess.
Yes!
What I remember was, in the theater to see Fellowship on opening night, and seeing "Wingnut Films" and being like, OMG, I cannot believe he made it this far...
I found this counter-argument very intellectually interesting. Is the real value of the human brain in knowledge work:
a) synthesis, the combining of information and creating new information of increased gestalt value
or
b) experience-based situational overlays, and using that to feed decision making
The second one is almost exactly what AI aims to solve, in terms of training AIs to make decisions.
They both also rely heavily on pattern recognition. a) because you are seeking patterns and relationships to create new information and b) you are trying to recognize patterns to relate and compare to experiences, to make judgement calls on best-value decisions.
That's actually a really good idea, pragmatically. But think of the headline. "Google pays $250M to move the undesirables away." That would never fly.
Maybe, "Google pledges $250M to help improve the lives of families struggling in Silicon Valley"?
Don't keep me in suspense...what's your photography company's website?
Oh wait, I read you comment more closely. You're saying that the exact case I presented "goes away" if there's complete automation. I gotcha now. Sorry, haven't had coffee yet.
I was totally with you except for this line:
The only way it can be different, is when money is literally made up out of thin air. (Like stock markets, bank loans, abused crypto-currencies, etc)
There's actually a different, better way that money is made out of thin air, and its the basis of classical capitalism.
Let's say I have a pile of wood worth $10, and some metal worth $10. Its only $20, right? But if I build 10 hammers out of those piles and sell them for $3 each, I've just created $10 out of thin air. Because of my skill and effort.
Not all production and services do this, but many do.
Well, at least NASA's site still says its humans.
and to be honest I think more people would trust NASA than the State of Wisconsin or whatever.
To be honest I'm a little surprised and a lot pleased that the NASA site clearly lays out its humans that are the cause. Yeah, yeah, we'll see what happens with the new administration, but no matter what a lot of Slashdotters think I still have a lot of respect for the individual scientists and engineers at NASA.
I wonder who else you miss
An important thing to note about building your software team....there is probably no magical must-have person out there. I'm really happy with the team I built, so yeah it doesn't matter who I've missed. I'm sure I've missed lots of good people, but I only have so many slots to fill and there are more good engineers than there are slots.
So for the networking (or rather the reluctance to do it) its not a question of "clueless company misses good people". Its "What do I do personally to maximize my probability of getting a job?". If you're not willing to network, then your probability just went down. As a hiring manager, I don't really care. I already have more resumes than positions to fill.
An honest question, maybe you'll actually see my reply. My son is 8 and I've always suspected he might be on the spectrum, but all his teachers always assured me everything was fine so he didn't need any help. But everything you describe seems to fit him to a T.
Do you have any web links to any resources or anything that go in to more detail on this, and what maybe I can do to help?
Thanks in advance.
Ouch!
After watching, a serious question? How do you first respond to that? That's like, way more than a single fire truck could handle I think. Even one of those big ones at the airport with the special foam? What is the procedure to get that fire and stuff under control? Helicopter foam drops?
Absolutely untrue. Check out this story:
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/hack-brief-isis-data-breach-identifies-22000-members/
In case you actually read your replies, or someone else in a similar situation reads this, in all sincerity I have two questions.
What is it you really have experience in and know how to do? (programming, sysadmin, welding, etc)
Where do you live?
Cause in my neck of the woods, we seriously cannot hire enough people. I'm sitting on 2-3 developer vacancies and 3 IT/sysad vacancies. And yes I do the interviewing and hiring. And yes I hire junior people with the intent to train and grow them. And yes I hire senior people if they are smart and can get things done, not if they have technology X on their resume.
So I am honestly curious, cause its been 6-9 months now and I cannot find people.
Hell, we've all done that. Check out this lovely gem:
#!/bin/perl
system("rm $foo/$bar");
Not my finest hour, either.
Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith. - Paul Tillich, German theologian and historian
