Your comments about the EU explain why the British voted for Brexit. The EU is over bearing and technocratic. Pedro Domingos made an interesting observation: 'America innovates, China replicates, Europe regulates.'
I think the innovation in the US may go the way of the dodo, possibly as a result of education devaluation (or hyperinflation)? My old industry keeps crying for STEM grads, but the underage technical recruiters who manage to find my old resumes in filing systems keep sending out "secretary" stuff. By "secretary" stuff, I mean documentation and managing support for legal texts. All the good design work is withheld, to be done by PhD's. Employers can request PhD - only applicants for jobs that only require a decent 4-year degree due to the large glut of PhDs.
Innovative minds need to be found and nurtured. Not to say that a PhD can't be innovative, but some of them have had all inventiveness clobbered out of them due to the process (I'm being sympathetic -- my first Master's was paid for by General Electric while I was working full time ... painful!). A friend of the family was a terrific inventor back in the day, successfully ignoring that he was dismissed from a name-brand engineering school because he failed the swimming test.
Good question, I don't know. My wife does the listings, so I'll ask her.. but it may be against the rules of the group to even have a price on what should be "free".
Great stuff as always. Your discussion about energy and data centers is right in line with a lot of stuff Doomberg is looking at right now. I also read an article about photonic chips that may need far less energy - which would be real alternative to operating the AI revolution.
There's something I read about years ago called "reversible computing" or something like that. Theoretically, it could use a fraction of the energy that current chips use if we could make it work. I gotta look that up again 🤔
One of our best cats (as in, he got along with everyone but could wave the paw effectively at the bossy cats) was a Freecycle cat - but we made sure to pick him up on time!
I also gave away stuff on Freecycle (a kayak! a really big storage bin!). I think some websites work very well for a time, then some sort of disrespect creeps in, as you mentioned. I now spend some energy trying to find agencies who can use free stuff to help us declutter - but it does take time & effort, as well as a willingness for the agency volunteers to discuss their wish list.
The chip ban seems much more interfering than the EU's attempt of protecting its citizens. Banning TikTok while leaving Facebook unchecked also seems much more critical (i.e. recapturing TikTok users to American services). Haven't read your opinions on those, but surely they must be as scathing as those on the EU. Nvidia banning translation layers for CUDA software will be overlooked...
Your comments about the EU explain why the British voted for Brexit. The EU is over bearing and technocratic. Pedro Domingos made an interesting observation: 'America innovates, China replicates, Europe regulates.'
I think the innovation in the US may go the way of the dodo, possibly as a result of education devaluation (or hyperinflation)? My old industry keeps crying for STEM grads, but the underage technical recruiters who manage to find my old resumes in filing systems keep sending out "secretary" stuff. By "secretary" stuff, I mean documentation and managing support for legal texts. All the good design work is withheld, to be done by PhD's. Employers can request PhD - only applicants for jobs that only require a decent 4-year degree due to the large glut of PhDs.
Innovative minds need to be found and nurtured. Not to say that a PhD can't be innovative, but some of them have had all inventiveness clobbered out of them due to the process (I'm being sympathetic -- my first Master's was paid for by General Electric while I was working full time ... painful!). A friend of the family was a terrific inventor back in the day, successfully ignoring that he was dismissed from a name-brand engineering school because he failed the swimming test.
I don’t have Facebook, but can you list things in ‘Buy Nothing’ as “$X or free if you pick it up”?
Good question, I don't know. My wife does the listings, so I'll ask her.. but it may be against the rules of the group to even have a price on what should be "free".
Major congratulations on two Hobart's! It's well deserved. Please keep up the good work :)
Thank you Tiko! I appreciate you reading and the support! 💚 🥃
You'll get your Hobart, just keep going
Great stuff as always. Your discussion about energy and data centers is right in line with a lot of stuff Doomberg is looking at right now. I also read an article about photonic chips that may need far less energy - which would be real alternative to operating the AI revolution.
There's something I read about years ago called "reversible computing" or something like that. Theoretically, it could use a fraction of the energy that current chips use if we could make it work. I gotta look that up again 🤔
Re: Alexa whisper
We've used as a sound machine for kids for years. Discovered the whisper when sneaking in late.
(Playlist: relaxing children's clasical)
We have dedicated white noise machines that are based on a kind of internal fan rather than a speaker, we've used them for 10+ years, they're great.
One of our best cats (as in, he got along with everyone but could wave the paw effectively at the bossy cats) was a Freecycle cat - but we made sure to pick him up on time!
I also gave away stuff on Freecycle (a kayak! a really big storage bin!). I think some websites work very well for a time, then some sort of disrespect creeps in, as you mentioned. I now spend some energy trying to find agencies who can use free stuff to help us declutter - but it does take time & effort, as well as a willingness for the agency volunteers to discuss their wish list.
I grew up with cats. My wife is allergic, so we don't have pets anymore, but I loved them!
The chip ban seems much more interfering than the EU's attempt of protecting its citizens. Banning TikTok while leaving Facebook unchecked also seems much more critical (i.e. recapturing TikTok users to American services). Haven't read your opinions on those, but surely they must be as scathing as those on the EU. Nvidia banning translation layers for CUDA software will be overlooked...