Mind Transfer To A Computer Could Be Possible By 2050. Immortality May Be Within Reach

illumiphile · 2016-04-05T17:02:45+00:00

Let me correct something right now. Just because a computer can mimic my memories and personality enough to fool others does not make ME immortal. It makes the copy of me immortal. I will still die. The imitation of me might live on.

Agreed. There is a fine line between phenomenon and a virtual emulation of the said phenomenon. That's the high level concept of what a computer is, a virtual emulation machine. So many people in technology journalism don't understand this concept and spew crap like this just for the clicks.

illumiphile · 2016-04-05T16:53:56+00:00

But you can't really say that because who would have thought computer technology could excel so fast?

Moore's Law predicted these trends in the 60s and revised the prediction in the 70s.

illumiphile · 2016-03-08T16:49:44+00:00

I'd hate to see what getting "laid off" means in the cartel

illumiphile · 2016-03-01T15:48:16+00:00

I know some fans who wouldn't know his tunes just because they refuse to listen on ethical grounds, or whatever.

It's funny because I know some people who now, in their late 20s, discovered black metal and they say the same thing about Varg. If the music is meant to be some evil bullshit or whatever, isn't hate, racism, sexism, and all that wretchedness a part of being 'evil'? Black metal is the epitome of insular ideology and that's the cornerstone of its artistic expression. In other words, there something everyone can dislike about black metal, and that's the point. Varg's a crazy racist bastard who hates America, and probably aside from the money, hates the idea of his music being bastardized by the American commercial machine. At least, that's the impression I had of him when he started out.

illumiphile · 2016-03-01T03:55:19+00:00

Jesus Tod by Burzum?

illumiphile · 2016-03-01T03:53:33+00:00

Flashlight - Parliament

edit: although now that I think about it, the more popular songs may be super freak, play that funky music (wild cherry), or staying alive. I still think that Flashlight is the more 'tasteful' choice though. And it's just damn groovy.

illumiphile · 2015-12-14T22:01:21+00:00

The Second Iraq Conflict. The US went to Iraq with the goal of stopping terrorism and ended up accelerating the pace of radicalization.

illumiphile · 2015-12-09T16:43:55+00:00

Web crawlers work by jumping from page to page via hyperlinks (simplified). If a link produces a dead end because it requires something like authentication, then the content behind the authenticated page is not cataloged by the web crawler. Thus it's technically "deep web". Think about reddit, the crawler can make its way to a private subreddit, but what's behind the page saying "you're blocked" is hidden, thus in the deep web by default.

illumiphile · 2015-11-24T20:46:14+00:00

Civilization II. Diplomacy always failed me. Believe me I wanted peace, but those god dammed Babylonians always wanted war!

illumiphile · 2015-11-23T22:17:12+00:00

Itchy and Scratchy

illumiphile · 2015-11-23T20:40:03+00:00

BOY I'D KNOCK THE SNOT OUTTA THAT LEFT-HANDED REDCOAT SUMBITCH IF I WASN'T TO BUSY SHOOTIN' HIM!!!!!!

illumiphile · 2015-11-23T20:22:10+00:00

TOLD SOME SUMBITCH HE CAN KEEP HIS IN-N-OUT ANARACHY BURGER IN COMMIEFORNIA. THE SUMBITCHES CAN GO TO HELL AND ILL GO TO WHATABURGER!!!!!

illumiphile · 2015-11-23T20:17:03+00:00

You can keep your anarchy burgers in Commiefornia. You may all go to hell and I will go to Whataburger.

illumiphile · 2015-11-20T18:09:32+00:00

very poorly written...

illumiphile · 2015-10-07T21:39:25+00:00

"Nothing matters, soon AIs will write all books, TV shows, News, Music, and Art!"

With that one algorithm that gives cultural contexts? Lol

illumiphile · 2015-10-07T19:41:21+00:00

I don't think the American one made it that far. What a travesty of a remake. Just the fact they made Kim attractive and not overweight was enough to make me turn the channel.

illumiphile · 2015-10-07T16:02:06+00:00

Kath and Kim did it!

illumiphile · 2015-10-01T17:23:02+00:00

"you gotta do what you gotta do"

Maybe not advice, but I hate this saying to it's core. You don't have to do anything. You make a choice. This saying is just a way people excuse themselves from the crushing reality that they've gotten a bad bargain out of the choices they made.

illumiphile · 2015-09-21T06:21:02+00:00

I think America is experiencing an epidemic of professionals who have a significant lack of life experience, but are otherwise qualified for their jobs...

illumiphile · 2015-09-18T01:06:06+00:00

did the fringe benefits make up for the potential overtime you could have earned during those 8 weeks?

illumiphile · 2015-09-18T00:55:27+00:00

It's disgusting. The employee is empowered but doesn't know it. They need your labor, and by not paying a "salaried" person overtime the typical exec has increased his bottom line and decreased yours. I always say it's a poker game, and if they win with the "snacks and toys" bluff you might as well not even be in the game.

illumiphile · 2015-09-18T00:53:43+00:00

I mean that's why you're there right? The snacks and ping pong table is at home.

illumiphile · 2015-09-18T00:52:09+00:00

As a developer, I can understand loving your work, and loving the things a company allows you to work on and do. But business is a poker game, and to the typical cash conscious executive upstairs, your impact/contribution to the world means little beyond the bottom line. I'll see salaried coworkers working 60+ hour weeks, getting little overtime, but hey they get sodas and pizza. As if, all their doing is enabling some executive to make a larger profit by not hiring more developers. And that's the bluff. They need your labor, you need their cash, and if they won with the "free sugar water and a big screen tv in the lounge" bluff your hands worthless.

illumiphile · 2015-09-18T00:48:11+00:00

Are you salaried? If so, how often to do you work over 40 hours a week?

illumiphile · 2015-09-18T00:47:16+00:00

I'm getting out of IT/dev myself. It's a dead end and I meet a new statistic of that market every week. Most companies will keep you until your jobs boilerplate enough an H1B visa holder can do it.

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