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811.
by motters 16y ago
Automation has greatly reduced the amount of agricultural work, and jobs today which we regard as central to the economy are also likely to be eventually automated. Probably what constitutes "work" will change, and things we regard as recr
812.
by motters 16y ago
That's a good point. You might be able to have a rotating beam passing over a crop, although if aimed at the crop it might have a negative effect due to the surface water heating aspect. Perhaps there are particular frequencies which migh
813.
by motters 16y ago
A lot of things are likely to change over the next few decades, so I wouldn't bank on retiring in the same way that people have done in recent history. The whole notion of retirement is actually quite a modern concept, which really only ar
814.
by motters 16y ago
Possibly the Times removing itself from view as far as most internet users are concerned might be a good thing for rival sites. It means that there are slightly fewer advertising slots on news sites, which could increase their value. Cert
815.
by motters 16y ago
Well, I'm sure there are plenty of newsophiles out there, otherwise there would be no market for 24 hour news TV channels.
816.
by motters 16y ago
Well I can confirm that their decision to erect a paywall directly led to me no longer visiting their site. It will be interesting to see whether the paywall works for them, but these things were tried and failed in the past so I expect the
817.
by motters 16y ago
I am the same, and the effect of music on the productivity of workers has been known for a long time. However, music which is primarily focused on lyrics or just listening to speech (eg. audio books) can be quite disruptive, and in most ca
818.
by motters 16y ago
Interesting, that means that a very high proportion of UK citizens are connected to the internet, since the population is about 60 million.
819.
by motters 16y ago
Some hilarious marketing speak here: "You must first gain clarity about your personal brand" I chuckled at the pompous language, but it probably is true that "digital dirt" can harm your reputation, and that many people will Google (or Duck
820.
by motters 16y ago
Agree. Software algorithms should not be patentable.
821.
by motters 16y ago
Non-notable programmers of the world unite! (and take over)
822.
by motters 16y ago
Not before time.
823.
by motters 16y ago
In hindsight if you do enough searching you can always find people who predicted, or appeared to predict, future events.
824.
by motters 16y ago
Well one thing is clear. If you put DRM onto your product then I, for one, will not buy it.
825.
by motters 16y ago
It sounds like a good idea, and something I might try in future apartment searches because in previous jobs it has always taken quite some time to find a desirable place to live. However, there are some niggles at the back of my mind - or p
826.
by motters 16y ago
I tend to agree. One of the difficult problems with using AI for market predictions is that the market includes human psychology in the loop, which is not always rational and there are factors which are difficult to include within the mode
827.
by motters 16y ago
Having tried to do this sort of thing in the past, I'm fairly skeptical. Maybe if you're trading in large volumes over short spaces of time you can make money with AI, but at least in my simulated runs with small scale investment the resul
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Curiosity Mars rover in construction(youtube.com)
1 points by motters 16y ago|0 comments
829.
by motters 16y ago
Whatever the personal scruples of Julian Assange may be, I support the overall aims of Wikileaks to allow whistle blowers to post information in the public interest, exposing wrong doing, corruption, human rights violations or war crimes.
830.
Open Core Is Bad For You(computerworlduk.com)
1 points by motters 16y ago|0 comments
831.
by motters 16y ago
The beauty of Creative Commons is that the more stringently copyright is policed the more the public will have little option but to engage with media under CC licenses. People naturally want to share things which they find entertaining with
832.
Why large IT development projects are problematic(cs.bham.ac.uk)
26 points by motters 16y ago|1 comments
833.
The Planck length(youtube.com)
1 points by motters 16y ago|0 comments
834.
by motters 16y ago
I imagine that once the leak is fixed the politicians and the media will move on, leaving the fishing communities high and dry, and facing a marine ecosystem collapse similar to the aftermath of Exxon Valdez. BP will probably do some extrem
835.
by motters 16y ago
Dumping Microsoft would be a smart move, not only in terms of saving money on licenses but also in order to increase the governments IT procurement options (freedom from lock-in). Ideally to maximize return on investment any software writt
836.
by motters 16y ago
Sounds like an excellent idea. In the UK the open rights group should be pushing for this sort of legislation, to replace the Digital Economy Act.
837.
by motters 16y ago
Looks cool. You can never have enough tables.
838.
by motters 16y ago
Thanks to automation the number of people employed as farm labourers has fallen dramatically within the previous century. The farm worker endures a hard life of continual struggle, with the constant threat of technological unemployment han
839.
by motters 16y ago
Version controlled laws would be a great idea. You could have an rss feed for each law and subscribe to any changes or make comments on the changes. So all this sort of technology exists now, and what's to be done is more about assembling
840.
by motters 16y ago
What's the standard procedure with zombies? Do you have to stake them through the heart, like vampires?

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