True. But Violynne does circle around a strange but long recognized sociological phenomenon: that highly oppressed societies tend to have a more actual free exchange of opinion and ideas than less oppressed ones. It's just done in secret.
"Does the word conspire always have a negative connotation? ...I think it kind of does."
Yes. It's not even a connotation, it's a denotation. I know you didn't want a dictionary definition, but the dictionary does cover this. It's a conspiracy when two or more people collude to do something illegal or harmful. "Conspiracy" is always negative.
"Good programers also design for unforeseen conditions."
Not really. If you can design for a circumstance, it's not "unforseen". What good programmers actually do is design their software so that it fails gracefully rather than catastrophically so that when the unforeseen circumstance happens, the damage is not made worse.
"Sometimes even arguing with a person of Jewish descent, on well... anything at all (weather, physics, chemistry, favorite sports team, etc.) can get you labeled as antisemitic."
This is the purest form of BS I have seen today. I've had plenty of arguments with Jewish folks (mostly scientists), and never once has anyone slapped an antisemitic label on me.
Probably because their ancestry and/or religion was never a component of any of the arguments.
"What matters is deciding whether to believe in your own eyes or in the lies of authority."
False dichotomy. The available evidence for controlled demolition is (to be the most charitable I can be) sketchy. But that doesn't mean I believe the government's story.
Re: We Need to Aim for Perfection not this Crap Story
Perfection is impossible. Not all accidents are caused by human error, and when talking about dealing with the real world in this was, computers are not infallible even when there is no programming error.
Even if all vehicles were automated and the programming perfect, accidents will inevitably happen for a ton of reasons. There would be far fewer of them, maybe so few that any accident at all becomes newsworthy, but they will occur.
I can see how working for a celebrity gossip paper is a step down, but let's not forget that by every measure over the past couple of decades, the NE consistently rates at the top in terms of factual accuracy. They pretty much have to, because they primarily report (insulting) celebrity gossip and as a result they get sued a lot. If they couldn't prevail in court, they'd be out of business.
In terms of credibility, it's hard to do better than the National Enquirer. Now, if only they'd report on stuff that is actually important.
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Re: How do we define conspiracy?
Yes. It's not even a connotation, it's a denotation. I know you didn't want a dictionary definition, but the dictionary does cover this. It's a conspiracy when two or more people collude to do something illegal or harmful. "Conspiracy" is always negative.
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Re: Re: Imagination Gap
Not really. If you can design for a circumstance, it's not "unforseen". What good programmers actually do is design their software so that it fails gracefully rather than catastrophically so that when the unforeseen circumstance happens, the damage is not made worse.
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Re: Get the fuck off the road
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That's right, which is why most Germans are not guilty of war crimes, nor are they to blame for them.
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Ohpleaseohplease
Oh, please tell me that Google complied with those particular takedown notices.
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Re: Makes sense to me
Facepaper
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This is the purest form of BS I have seen today. I've had plenty of arguments with Jewish folks (mostly scientists), and never once has anyone slapped an antisemitic label on me.
Probably because their ancestry and/or religion was never a component of any of the arguments.
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Re: if it quacks like a duck, it must be a rabbit
False dichotomy. The available evidence for controlled demolition is (to be the most charitable I can be) sketchy. But that doesn't mean I believe the government's story.
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The possibilities for evil are equally endless and should not be ignored when deciding whether or not to embrace the technology.
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Re: Captain Obvious
Absolutely, if there was a very good reason for it (such as avoiding killing a bunch of people).
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C'mon, messenger
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So the cars will never exceed 5 MPH? Nobody would buy or use one of those.
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Re: We Need to Aim for Perfection not this Crap Story
Even if all vehicles were automated and the programming perfect, accidents will inevitably happen for a ton of reasons. There would be far fewer of them, maybe so few that any accident at all becomes newsworthy, but they will occur.
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Re: Re: Slippery Slope
I can see how working for a celebrity gossip paper is a step down, but let's not forget that by every measure over the past couple of decades, the NE consistently rates at the top in terms of factual accuracy. They pretty much have to, because they primarily report (insulting) celebrity gossip and as a result they get sued a lot. If they couldn't prevail in court, they'd be out of business.
In terms of credibility, it's hard to do better than the National Enquirer. Now, if only they'd report on stuff that is actually important.
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