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Elukka
Feb 18, 2011

For All Mankind

raditts posted:

that post is extra lol considering GPS, the internet, and any "science missions" worth a drat thus far were developed by the public sector.
Ok, with less snark, SpaceX is like half funded by the public sector which is also their biggest customer. The government does this because they're interested in launching their stuff, like science missions, cheaper. SpaceX has potential to be cheaper because their approach is pragmatic and as simple as possible, and they don't unnecessarily complicate things with cutting-edge gadgets like spaceplane stuff or microwaves or lasers which everyone else tends to do for some reason. It was funny to me that someone would rag on them for that. It's not a FREE MARKETS thing.

Oh wait this isn't the spaceflight thread.

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OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

BattleMaster posted:

anyone with qualifications knows it's a load of crap

Pretty much put this in the thread title

opus111
Jul 6, 2014

lol goons will get huffy and shout at each other about pretty much anything.

Stux
Nov 17, 2006

opus111 posted:

lol goons will get huffy and shout at each other about pretty much anything.

gently caress you

Cumslut1895
Feb 18, 2015

by FactsAreUseless

opus111 posted:

lol goons will get huffy and shout at each other about pretty much anything.

You insensitive shitbreath

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012

opus111 posted:

lol goons will get huffy and shout at each other about pretty much anything.

*gets huffy* gently caress YOU OPUS

it is
Aug 19, 2011

by Smythe

Mange Mite posted:

http://www.fastcompany.com/3042248/the-gig-economy-wont-last-because-its-being-sued-to-death

"Independent contractors" acting like employees are suing a bunch of startups for misclassification and I'm glad of it

Hmm 20-30% labor cost savings for 1099s

What I've learned from this article is that "gig economy" is a bad and frustrating phrase.

moron izzard
Nov 17, 2006

Grimey Drawer

Ambrose Burnside posted:

3d printing a bicycle is such a dumb and inappropriate application of the technology carried 100% by "in 50 years well just print houses and our breakfasts" idiot tech hype, it is super worth mercilessly clowning on

I bet there's some pretty terrible 4th grade science projects we could be dredging up too. (or maybe we could just focus on actually poo poo tech companies trying to sell us poo poo)

also didn't china already 3d print a house out of pulped construction waste last year

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

opus111 posted:

lol goons will get huffy and shout at each other about pretty much anything.

look at this chucklefuck

it is posted:

What I've learned from this article is that "gig economy" is a bad and frustrating phrase.

the austin, tx economy

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

A Yolo Wizard posted:

so didn't china already 3d print a house out of pulped construction waste last year

the chinese regularly do this on the streets of hong kong

Kobayashi
Aug 13, 2004

by Nyc_Tattoo
Jfc etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx7O_h09HKA

.random
May 7, 2007


Does Sony really count as a startup?

However, I feel like "augmented" will become a new euphemism someday.

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Concerned Citizen
Jul 22, 2007
Ramrod XTreme

oh ok thanks for clearing that up

naem
May 29, 2011

.random posted:

I feel like "augmented" will become a new euphemism someday.



*in nerd voice* "I never asked for this"

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time
Microsoft's visor is even bigger and uglier, but at least it only showed people using it in their own home or office. Yes, Sony, let's all walk around like we forgot to take off our 3D glasses after the movie ended and stroke our pucks.

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
Somehow even goober-ier than Glass.

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

What is the Matrix 🌐? We just don't know 😎.


Buglord

Concerned Citizen posted:

oh ok thanks for clearing that up

You're welcome, I'm always happy to help

3 DONG HORSE
May 22, 2008

I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

Germstore posted:

Microsoft's visor is even bigger and uglier, but at least it only showed people using it in their own home or office. Yes, Sony, let's all walk around like we forgot to take off our 3D glasses after the movie ended and stroke our pucks.

Microsoft's version is also not meant to be taken outside. It's meant for actual work since it creates holograms inside the field of vision. The glasses combined with Kinect will lead to some very interesting developments.

Nonsense posted:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/17/tech/mars-one-final-100/

Mars One: 'We're all going to die, but it's important what you do before you die'

I can't argue against that logic. That's pretty much how new places get explored. Rich benefactors and a bunch of poor people with nothing better to do

suck my woke dick
Oct 10, 2012

:siren:I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!:siren:

Put this cum-loving slave on ignore immediately!

old dog child posted:

Microsoft's version is also not meant to be taken outside. It's meant for actual work since it creates holograms inside the field of vision. The glasses combined with Kinect will lead to some very interesting developments.


I can't argue against that logic. That's pretty much how new places get explored. Rich benefactors and a bunch of poor people with nothing better to do

alternatively, beating the russians

Ambrose Burnside
Aug 30, 2007

pensive

A Yolo Wizard posted:

I bet there's some pretty terrible 4th grade science projects we could be dredging up too. (or maybe we could just focus on actually poo poo tech companies trying to sell us poo poo)

also didn't china already 3d print a house out of pulped construction waste last year

its always worth making fun of tech nerds with zero comprehension of manufacturing constraints/suitability and materials properties trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. a manufacturing technology thats slow and expensive and exerts no control over the physical properties of the feedstock, but which excels at one-offs/prototypes, challenging geometries and custom-tailored dimensions and contours, is never going to be an intelligent or commercially-viable approach to manufacturing entire bicycles, or the vast majority of other items in ones life

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time
I'm putting a Kickstarter together to sells a pack of all the things you'd make with a 3d printer before never touching it again. At the base funding level you get a small yoda head, a tiny vase, two chess pieces (our choice), a slightly bigger yoda head, and a frog.

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012

old dog child posted:

<thing> combined with Kinect will lead to some very interesting developments.

heard that about a million times before and it never has.

moron izzard
Nov 17, 2006

Grimey Drawer

Ambrose Burnside posted:

its always worth making fun of tech nerds with zero comprehension of manufacturing constraints/suitability and materials properties trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. a manufacturing technology thats slow and expensive and exerts no control over the physical properties of the feedstock, but which excels at one-offs/prototypes, challenging geometries and custom-tailored dimensions and contours, is never going to be an intelligent or commercially-viable approach to manufacturing entire bicycles, or the vast majority of other items in ones life

Yes a school project by some engineering undergrads that got a little too much publicity is definitely the same thing as someone trying to design a product for actual sale/use

Ambrose Burnside
Aug 30, 2007

pensive
it is one of many dumb and bad 3d printing projects/ventures, a, trend, if you will, that i was referencing in general, their poo poo just happened to fall apart on camera

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

old dog child posted:

Microsoft's version is also not meant to be taken outside. It's meant for actual work since it creates holograms inside the field of vision. The glasses combined with Kinect will lead to some very interesting developments.

porn porn porn

the bitcoin of weed
Nov 1, 2014

etalian posted:

porn porn porn

microglass + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6WBBXxScrk
= brave new world?

guidoanselmi
Feb 6, 2008

I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest post. No lies whatsoever.

.random posted:

Does Sony really count as a startup?

However, I feel like "augmented" will become a new euphemism someday.



looks like my username's wife's glasses



except not really and terrible

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012
Silicon Valley season 2 promo is worth reviving this thread for -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwTonKwwzYM

can't fuckin wait.

DanAdamKOF
Feb 11, 2007

So is the show pretty good? I saw the first episode but it felt like some sort of Big Bang Theory, except all the "hey I know that" jokes were of tech stuff.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

DanAdamKOF posted:

So is the show pretty good? I saw the first episode but it felt like some sort of Big Bang Theory, except all the "hey I know that" jokes were of tech stuff.

Yes it's a pretty hilarious takedown of the Messianic tech industry but takes a few episodes to develop.

The creator Mike Judge did work in Silicon Valley for a few years before he became disillusioned with the SV work culture.


etalian fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Feb 27, 2015

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012

DanAdamKOF posted:

So is the show pretty good? I saw the first episode but it felt like some sort of Big Bang Theory, except all the "hey I know that" jokes were of tech stuff.

It's good and hilarious. In other words, nothing like Big Bang Theory.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

thathonkey posted:

It's good and hilarious. In other words, nothing like Big Bang Theory.

For starts it doesn't even have a laugh track.

also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2prsYbV1TkM

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

BBT was actually decent to start out with. I mean I went in expecting to hate it as much as people now do but for those first 20 or so episodes I enjoyed it.

I wish I could enjoy it now because there is nothing more satisfying than seeing spergs use the term "nerd blackface" unironically

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012

WhyteRyce posted:

I wish I could enjoy it now because there is nothing more satisfying than seeing spergs use the term "nerd blackface" unironically

Only redeeming part.

opus111
Jul 6, 2014

WhyteRyce posted:

BBT was actually decent to start out with. I mean I went in expecting to hate it as much as people now do but for those first 20 or so episodes I enjoyed it.

I wish I could enjoy it now because there is nothing more satisfying than seeing spergs use the term "nerd blackface" unironically

its still funny. iwatch it religously .

Lawrence Gilchrist
Mar 31, 2010

I'm a little late for the one month anniversary.

http://www.theawl.com/2015/01/re-new-wired-offices
Before Scott Dadich: http://www.wired.com/2012/08/google-maps-street-view-wired-newsroom

a man who confuses a bio with a resume posted:

WIRED Ones:

That strip club booth is totally not for the VIPs and the parties senior management will be throwing. It's for you. It's your office, after all. Don't compare it with the space we made with the leftover money: [url]http://jimlynch.com/other-musings/a-takedown-of-wireds-editor-in-chief-scott-dadich/[url]

Thank you,

Scott

Lawrence Gilchrist fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Feb 27, 2015

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
edit: I think I missed some sarcasm.

3 DONG HORSE
May 22, 2008

I'd like to thank Satan for everything he's done for this organization

thathonkey posted:

heard that about a million times before and it never has.

it actually has, maybe go read something if it doesn't strain you too much

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012

quote:

In late 2014, we identified a one-time access of an Uber database by an unauthorized third party. A small percentage of current and former Uber driver partner names and driver’s license numbers were contained in the database. Immediately upon discovery we changed the access protocols for the database, removing the possibility of unauthorized access. We are notifying impacted drivers, but we have not received any reports of actual misuse of information as a result of this incident.

Uber takes seriously our responsibility to safeguard personal information, and we are sorry for any inconvenience this incident may cause. In addition, today we filed a lawsuit that will enable us to gather information to help identify and prosecute this unauthorized third party.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/27/uber-database-breach-exposed-information-of-50000-drivers-company-confirms/

gee thanks for reporting it 2 months later. at least they are sorry for the "inconvenience" of losing a poo poo ton of personal data :laugh:

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Pookum
Mar 5, 2011

gaming is life
its crazy how many supposedly high tech companies have data leaks. I used to work for a company that notified people they had their info breached. Kaiser permanente the bay area hospital had a huge leak and so did cisco.friggin cisco. all of your personal info is out there unprotected on some companies servers that you did business with years ago. it happens monthly.


haha i just googled kaiser permanente data breach and apparently they had a 4th HIPA breach, a computer was infected with malware for 2 1/2 years before someone noticed.

Pookum fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Feb 28, 2015

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