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> when Salesforce invented the CRM for example Huh? If that was not a joke, here is the history of CRM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_relationship_manageme...

You know, they could also be used to keep invaders out of Ukraine. But for sure, that is not what billionaires have in mind for them.

Good for the employees, they are organized in a union. This is not so typical for IT workers, at least. Meaning, in most other settings the clown show can continue for quite a whil…

Why worry if you can have an army of AI controlled combat robo dogs and drones? /s Now, times are becoming "interesting" again, unfortunately.

Still, I guess if you would care you could let the LLM perform loops with pangram tests, changing the text till it scores well enough.

"As long as" does a lot of work here, considering language barriers and (in my experience) generally less knowledge in off-shored centers.

Arguably Sudan is a different caravan. And the totally destitute in most industrialized countries are a small minority. So, currently people can keep the mindset that they still ha…

But does human nature allow one member of the caravan having (a lot of) water, while everyone else goes thirsty?

And if you believe in the fair distribution of the benefits of automation and AI in the population. IMHO, this belief is the more unrealistic one, at least in the short term.

You first heard about this effect with the phrase "computer says no".

Claims from maintenance contracts in B2B depend on classifications like this. So, it is absolutely worth categorizing, for certain businesses.

On the other hand they would never be able again to leave their bunkers, given that it is not hard to assemble a DIY drone and equip it with some explosives.

> The capital-owning class owns the political apparatus That is not nearly so uncontested, not even in the US. Did you forget how all the tech bros went to Trump's inauguration, bo…

I am not sure anything is scaring anyone into urgency as long as breaches are no great issue for the company (in contrast to their customers and/or affected third parties). Also, m…

If you are that pedantic you could also ask if he is living without a mobile phone, without a car and without any modern electrical appliance phoning home. So, probably him being o…

As long as the costs (monetary and otherwise) of breaches are not (by and large) hitting shareholders and the C level, why would they pay for better security? And why would politic…

Wait till there are organ harvesting bots. Only half joking, I am afraid.

Yes, that is typical for a certain kind of management. Only costs that are visible and easily measurable are taken into account. Invisible costs or costs that are hard to measure a…

There is a difference between hard and soft DRM. Soft DRM can be only some watermark, not keeping you from creating copies for your own devices. Hard DRM aims to prevent any copyin…

Well, if we are talking the worldwide software development industry, FAANG-like salaries are a tiny exception. There are so many places without strong worker rights and without a h…

Be careful what you are wishing for. All the leisure time you would want while having no job or money could be the future we are heading for.

*the whole industry in countries without strong worker rights

Maybe for ebook readers, but not for books.

If there is mass starvation that kind of lethargy can quickly change.

At least you would need a sort of creative continental gerrymandering. ;)