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I read a fantastic book about this:
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, Martin Ford, eBook - Amazon.com[^]
written by someone with vast experience in the field:
"Martin Ford is the founder of a Silicon Valley-based software development firm. He has over 25 years experience in the fields of computer design and software development."
It details how cheap robots which can do vast work are becoming.
Even companies like Kroger Grocery have robots which load pallets with product and load pallets on trucks.
Has anyone else read this great book?
It's quite balanced and very readable.
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I just added it to my books library on Google. Looks very interesting.
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gardnerp wrote: added it to my books library on Google
It's a fascinating account of what robots can do, how inexpensive they are becoming and the reality that they will be a part of everyday life soon -- and in some cases are already there behind the scenes.
The technology is rising fast.
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Plenty more time made available for posting to CP Lounge. Yippee!
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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First job will be to teach them to post to CP Lounge.*
*Or are I/we already there?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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As I see the main problem is about the value of those jobs...The humans doing those jobs creating value and for that getting paid...for sure the robots will create the same value (otherwise no one would use them) but those lost their job will get nothing of that value...As no payment made no taxation in place...
So by 2020 we will have a few millions more to take care of, but no income to do so...A Brave New World?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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gardnerp wrote: But can they click captchas?
You'd better hope not. If they can sign up for eleventy jillion tech site distribution lists on their own, your job'll be on the chopping block.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Donald Trump gets his own blustery programming language[^]
Quote: TrumpScript is mostly defined by what it won't do.
Rice University students Chris Brown and Sam Shadwell have created TrumpScript, a Python-based programming language that takes Donald Trump's philosophy a little too literally. For a start, it won't deal with either floating point numbers or any number smaller than 1 million -- America doesn't do anything halfway or deal with the small stuff, you see. It also won't allow users from China or Mexico (you can't even use import statements), insists on ending programs with "America is great" and refuses to admit to most of its failures.
I wonder if we can get it not to run for POTUS.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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How long does thermite take?
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Add some jQuery to make it even faster. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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gstolarov wrote:
I bet he can do it in under 1 sec in C# & Win 10!
So - you're giving robots a gender?*
I thought that particular honor was reserved for inflatable . . .
*When you think about, giving a robot a gender can be really philosophically messed up.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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If only I had 6 hands, I would also solve it very fast too. 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Now it takes longer to randomize it than to solve it. 
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Smart K8 wrote: Now it takes longer to randomize it than to solve it. 
One can guess it can also randomize the cube, and as quick as it solves it; 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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What's the most common programming mistake beginners make? I still make some of these
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0) Using Java instead of C#, C++, C, Swift, Python, Ruby, Javascript, F#, Visual Basic, Scala, Pascal, Lisp, FORTRAN, COBOL, Plain English, etc...
OK, Just kidding about the last one on the list. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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was that last bit sarcasm?
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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It's the internet. Who can tell.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: OK, Just kidding about the last one on the list.
Why? Etc[^] is probably more usable than Java 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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<<hefts a="" large="" trout="">>
*thwap*
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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ewww, that stinks!
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Looks like these mistakes are 'language-independent', meaning that they're the same in most computer languages.
Beginners will always be beginners. 
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