From: Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Lists composed of equal number and kind of elements
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:20:10 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <77c45508-f9a0-4e27-a056-2c5ba54b3fb4@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87egjrzffx.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com>
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 11:13:48 AM UTC+5:30, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
> Rusi writes:
>
> > On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:03:02 AM UTC+5:30, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
> >> Emanuel Berg writes:
> >>
> >> > "Pascal J. Bourguignon"
> >> > writes:
> >> >
> >> >>>> So he doesn't need a fully general solution.
> >> >>> OK, good point.
> >> >>
> >> >> Not really.
> >> >>
> >> >> I mean, ok, always implementing the most specific
> >> >> solution to customers' request is a good way to
> >> >> ensure job security.
> >> >>
> >> >> But if your purpose is to change the world really,
> >> >> and not just giving lip service to Silicon Valley
> >> >> mantras, then you will implement the most general
> >> >> solution so you don't have to do anything else when
> >> >> the customer or another comes with a variant of
> >> >> their problem, and so eventually we can leave
> >> >> programs and robots work for us.
> >> >
> >> > The purpose is always to change the world (or some
> >> > part of it, which is the same). But that robot thing
> >> > I don't want ever to happen because then what will *I*
> >> > do all days (and nights)? That would be
> >> > super-depressing!
> >>
> >> You will write the programs you want in the language you want, instead
> >> of having to write the programs your boss wants you to write, in the
> >> language he wants you to write programs in.
> >
> > Heh Pascal!
> > Is there any emacs function that also gives salaries?
>
> You don't need a salary once you have robots doing our jobs.
>
> If you need something, you go to the Amazon.com web site, order the
> stuff you want, and the robots build or grow it and deliver it to your
> place with googlecars. Robots don't need salary, so you don't have to
> pay them to work for you.
>
> Now you may ask what about the transition period when not everything is
> robotisized yet? It's why we need universal revenue. So we may stop
> working for capitalistic corporations, and instead work on the resource
> based robotic production and distribution system.
Awww... You've spoilt my day Pascal!
I was sure you would have an elisp magic spell to pay salaries
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-29 6:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-27 7:11 Lists composed of equal number and kind of elements Andreas Röhler
2015-07-27 13:17 ` Drew Adams
2015-07-27 15:35 ` Andreas Röhler
2015-07-27 23:31 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-07-27 23:52 ` John Mastro
2015-07-27 23:55 ` Fwd: " John Mastro
2015-07-27 23:56 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.7498.1438041516.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-07-28 14:34 ` Barry Margolin
2015-07-28 21:11 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.7571.1438118111.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-07-28 21:37 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-07-29 2:16 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-07-29 7:21 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-07-29 22:57 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-07-29 23:04 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.7584.1438136310.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-07-29 4:32 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-07-29 5:31 ` Rusi
2015-07-29 5:43 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-07-29 6:20 ` Rusi [this message]
2015-07-29 15:45 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-07-29 7:18 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-07-29 10:06 ` Andreas Röhler
2015-07-29 22:45 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-07-28 1:07 ` Drew Adams
2015-07-28 21:10 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.7570.1438117959.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-07-28 21:34 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-07-28 21:37 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] <mailman.7450.1437981102.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-07-28 17:10 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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