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you have no idea what Adobe is doing?

The last one shows the Ai Selection and as cool as it seems at first, somehow they show an example where the all magical Ai clearly fucked up on the lady's other arm selection. It does make one wonder what's the "fuck up frequency" of the tool, given that a article made to put the tool in the best light possible is showing a problem.

Definitely. Because it is Neural.

Are you really so ignorant of image and video editing that you have no idea what Adobe is doing?

Do you even listen to yourself?

No I don't talk to myself, I just post informative information based on what I actually know, from reading, developing, and actually using real world applications.

Maybe you should get out more. Or maybe you are out too much, and that's why the modern digital world is eluding you so badly? I mean, Jesus Christ buddy, your response makes you look like you have Alzheimers or something.

I'll let you have the last response out of pity.

I want more detail on this "5 trllion operations per second". Considering the GTX 1080 is a 9 teraflop card , I am pretty skeptical that the A12 is pushing ~60% of that.

Hmm, let's see... recent terror attacks in the west:
Salman Ramadan Abedi (British)
Anis Amri (Tunisian)
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel (Tunisian)

- and yet neither Britain nor Tunisia were on Trump's proposed travel restriction list.

Meanwhile, in the USA, domestic terrorism is alive and well.

(Note, this isn't a political point. All this was going on before Trump. But the idea that simply keeping out people from a few countries, apparently hand-picked for their non-involvement with violence to date, will do anything to help is just bizarre.)

The data plans have become very affordable. I don't find the need to ever use "free" wi-fi. I use wi-fi at home, and then it is the standard data plan from t-mobile. I don't even use the free wi-fi provided by my employer at work. ( No, no, I am not Visvesvaraya, the legendary minister of Maharajah of Mysore who kept two sets of candles and made sure he did not use the government issued candles while attending to personal work. Just simply privacy concerns, why even let the employer know my browsing habits? )

Every assertion you have made is lacking the critical thinking 'Why?'

Why is a 97% cash based economy "just ridiculous?"

What is ridiculous and why is it bad?

It's bad because it facilitates corruption on multiple levels. Go to a store to buy something and inevitably the question pops up of whether you want a bill. The vendor offers you a discount if you pay cash and don't ask for a bill because that way he evades sales tax on that transaction. Most people would gladly pay cash and take the discount. With a card swipe the vendor has no choice but to account for the transaction and pay the tax on it. Multiply this across every store in the market, add gas stations, hospitals, basically anywhere money changes hands in cash and imagine the scale of tax evasion. Many people feel a sense of unfairness at the prospect of their income tax being deducted at source (@marginal 30%) when traders and business owners are getting by paying only a fraction of what they're supposed to.

Why should people not be allowed to purchase specific items with cash? Who decides that and why?

The majority of those paying cash aren't doing so just for the pleasure of it. They're doing it for a very specific purpose - to evade taxes. If the indirect tax net is broadened by discouraging these "off the books" transactions the government would be able (in theory at least) to rationalise direct taxes for the middle class who currently bear a good share of the income tax burden. Consider that over 50% of total tax revenues come from direct taxes (i.e. income tax) which are paid by less than 5% of the population. Note: this isn't the top 5% either.

Why is India an "annoying neighbor?" Why does that matter? Why is that relevant to what they do within their borders with their own currency system?

Okay, I'll count this one as a reading comprehension fail. My point was that India has an annoying neighbour that actively counterfeits Indian currency.

Why does it matter if people "can't be bothered to use the banking system?"

It matters because the promotion of a shadow economy has several drawbacks including rising tax rates, constraints on public sector spending and making econometric figures unreliable

Why is the banking system better? What does it provide that cash does not to the people that prefer cash?

How about security from theft and opportunities to earn interest?

Why do you believe interests rates dropping would be a good thing for people that can't take advantage of it?

It doesnt matter what I believe. The fact is lower interest rates are a significant factor in promoting and sustaining overall economic growth and economic growth leads to reduction in poverty levels

Why do you think that interest rates dropping would naturally lead to better infrastructure?

Not interest rates but increased tax revenues means more public funds available for infrastructure projects.

Why should someone that has cash let other people make money off of their work?

Oh I don't know - maybe because they benefit from public services like roads, sanitation and public healthcare?

Your post is

See here. So good luck with that. There are limits to the amount of pollution folks will tolerate. China and India have long since reached those limits.

Given the every increasing pollution levels in Delhi, I don't know if India has actually reached their limit yet...

As a depressing example...

A news site in India already called "First!" on that idea.

Would it be better to try for an automatic first post by linking to Tech2?

That one is also slashdotted, so here's another one.

http://www.firstpost.com/livin...

Victim is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
Culprit is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
and
http://www.firstpost.com/livin...

http://www.firstpost.com/livin...

http://www.tech.firstpost.com/...

Some factors to consider:

1. The Android Ones are a hard sell in India and nobody cares about Stock vs Proprietary Android. The Xiaomi Redmi 1S which sells for less than these phones and has much better specs is a huge hit in India. I bought one about a week ago for ~Rs. 6000 ($100) in a flash sale, and its already out of stock at all major online retailers. To top that, there's news of an even cheaper (~Rs. 4000) Xiaomi phone with a 4G modem coming soon. I did look at the Android One phones when I was shopping, but ended up getting the Xiaomi because of the better build quality and necessary luxuries like a scratchproof screen and non-shitty camera which the Android Ones lack. Also, there are better featured phones (with older Android in some cases) available in the same price bracket as the Android Ones from these same manufacturers. My servant bought a 6 inch Micromax phablet a month ago for ~Rs. 7000. (Yes, I'm not one of the aforementioned 'class-conscious' assholes, although they do exist). Btw, CyanogenMod works well on the Xiaomi and I now have a fully functional portable ScummVM gaming console - something that my iDevices and Samsung Androids from the past 4 years haven't been able to do without bricking/breaking warranty.

2. Brick-and-mortar mobile stores are a lot less regulated and organized, and come in way more shapes and sizes than the article makes them out to be. For instance, a lot of "mom-and-pop" phone shops in India will gladly sell you pirated software and content, non-licensed Chinese parts, and no-name Chinese phones. If you're unlucky, they'll even sell you refurbished items as new. These are highly independent wheeler dealers who do what it takes to make a profit. The real effect of this stocking ban will be that only big-name mobile shops such as those run by the major cellular carriers or the equivalents of Best Buy here in India will not stock the Android Ones, but the countless little shops will still do it.

3. Online shopping has reached critical mass only just now, i.e. the Diwali 2014 season. The technology and players have been around for a long time - I made my first online purchase here in 2000, but India-friendly options such as cash-on-delivery and zero-fee cash transfers have only recently come up. Trust is a huge issue here when not buying face-to-face from a person, because we don't have faith in the due process getting our money back if something goes wrong. If you buy face-to-face, you can at least go and rough up the guy who sold you the defective item, or so the argument went. But, times are changing, and people don't want to pay the "brick-and-mortar tax" anymore. Big retail in India is shit-scared, and there's possibly even corporate psychological warfare going on against e-commerce:
Story 1 Story 2.

Actually it's about equality.

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I am sorely disappointed. There seems to be a lot of racism here. Here's some more: http://www.firstpost.com/world...

Honestly, I am unable to comprehend why there's so much racism. The US is known for ensuring racism doesn't happen as compared to a lot of other place.

POOR.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/836...
RACIST.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
UNCIVILIZED.
http://www.firstpost.com/livin...
UNTOUCHABLE.
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com...
POLLUTED.
http://www.theatlanticcities.c...

Remember how I said the future might make a fool of you? Seems Google thinks that desktop quaility gaming has come to mobile. And the demo certainly looks impressive. Probably not on QC chips in the near future, but certainly on the Nvidia K1 and Erista. Remember, both of these are (or will be) >= Intel HD4400 Graphics. That is more power than most people on Steam have.

Patriotism ain't got shit to do with it, the second the money became electronic the people lost. the reason they lost is unlike in decades past being able to move billions in a nanosecond gave the banksters and their elite buddies the ability to truly destroy a nation's economy, simply move a large chunk out when things are shaky followed by a "we have no confidence in" statement and watch Rome burn. Like it or not the government (mainly Ronnie Raygun and his deregs, but Clinton killing Glass Steagal certainly helped) has allowed the banksters to grow to the point that when the financial market DOES collapse, which it will, the bubble has grown too big to be deflated slowly without massive political fallout so politicians will kick the can down the road until it blows up, it WILL make the great depression look like a flash crash.

BTW if you thought patriotism was a "thing" a few decades ago you haven't read "War is a racket" written by U.S. General Smedley Butler in the 1930s! here is an excerpt, see if it sounds familiar..

I helped make Mexico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.

Perhaps sales are slowing down because of market saturation.

Perhaps iPad is getting its ass kicked by Android.

Funny, that's what they said the first time people gut suckered into buying cheap Chinese Android tablets.

Perhaps sales are slowing down because of market saturation.

Perhaps iPad is getting its ass kicked by Android.

Must be nice to live on that planet where Apple doesn't suck. New stats today say Apple has fallen even further behind.

Noone in their right mind would take a full QWERTY keyboard with keys the size of pin heads literally.

Do you mean these guys?

I'm sorry, I forgot to include the links to the two new articles that I mentioned in my previous comment.

Here they are ...

http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/india-to-launch-orbiter-to-mars-next-week--29838.html [indiatvnews.com]

http://www.firstpost.com/india/will-isro-mars-mission-start-an-indo-china-space-race-1211933.html [firstpost.com]

do as you say no?
http://www.firstpost.com/india/why-western-criticism-of-indias-mars-mission-is-blatant-racism-1224419.html/
would not want anyone to accuse the west of hypocrisy, now would we?

According to the various articles I got online, it is claimed that the cost for India's Mars expedition program is around $83 millions.

http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/india-to-launch-orbiter-to-mars-next-week--29838.html

http://www.firstpost.com/india/will-isro-mars-mission-start-an-indo-china-space-race-1211933.html

How can it be so cheap ?

Indians are morally corrupt by birth (Caste system) for the past 3000 years.
http://www.firstpost.com/world/painting-india-red-why-the-global-racism-map-is-wrong-789019.html

Anti-Pakistan is a cheap tool/trick used by https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_caste people to promote their hegemony over https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_caste people in India.

People in Bhutan(17), Sri Lanka(22), Pakistan(24) are happier than India(35).
http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-worlds-10-happiest-countries/20110610.htm

Casteism is taught in schools from 6th class itself in India.
http://www.greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?id=30817&cat=10&scat=25
http://tehelka.com/karnataka-how-a-government-job-spelt-doom-for-37-dalit-families/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/90-per-cent-of-people-vote-on-caste-lines-Katju/articleshow/18117893.cms
http://www.firstpost.com/india/wont-eat-in-vessels-cleaned-by-dalit-woman-say-children-in-gujarat-school-615541.html

If you really want to help them, please write to http://petitions.whitehouse.gov/ and http://pmindia.nic.in/feedback.php seeking Independent Nation for 300 million India's Untouchable People as per Congressman Trent Franks House Concurrent Resolution 139.
http://rediff.com/news/2007/may/03touch.htm
http://www.change.org/petitions/independent-nation-for-300-million-india-s-untouchables

I think this is the current plan:

The new mobile OS will presently only work on the Google Nexus Phone, (the one which was released by Samsung). Ubuntu will release an open-source code as a file and users can install it on their Nexus phone. The OS will replace Android once you install it.

No, it really isn't doing fine. Instead of the usual uptick in sales with a new Windows release, PC sales dropped 21% during the month after Windows 8 was released.

That means PC sales aren't doing fine, not that Windows 8 isn't doing fine. In fact, that sort of a drop makes perfect sense -- Windows 8 was cheap and runs very nicely on existing PCs. The problem isn't Windows 8, its that PC manufactures are struggling (and have been for years) to justify the constant upgrade cycle. Until my photo library ticked over 400GB, my six year old laptop worked fine for me. I had to get a new PC when I needed more storage space than a laptop would handle. But for most people? If you don't need the latest-and-greatest, why would you have bought a new PC in the last five years?

40 million Windows 8 licenses sold in the first few weeks were 40 million people who didn't need to buy a new PC. That's a win for Microsoft, and a fail for the PC makers.

No, it really isn't doing fine. Instead of the usual uptick in sales with a new Windows release, PC sales dropped 21% during the month after Windows 8 was released.

Pilot's unions put the kibosh on that.

Once in a while I'll find a good CVR recording - makes for some interesting listening. Seeing the terror in a pilot's face as he's about to eat dirt would be priceless.

Here's one from 2006 where a business jet clipped a 737. The 737 crashed - the business jet landed safely.

http://www.firstpost.com/topic/organization/boeing-new-embraer-legacy-600-business-jet-n600xl-cockpit-voice-recording-part-12-video-a5DPElgPpWI-692-1.html

India is an uncivilized nation for your girl child.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-is-fourth-most-dangerous-place-in-the-world-for-women-poll/1/141639.html
1. Every 22 minutes a rape.
2. The conviction rate is below 25%.
3. Police refuse to register victim's complaint.
4. Insane politicians are saying gang-rape is consensual sex.
5. Rapist family members visit victim's house to show off their caste=hegemony.
http://ncrb.gov.in/CD-CII2011/cii-2011/Chapters.htm
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main54.asp?filename=Ne061012Dalit.asp
http://www.firstpost.com/india/a-rape-every-22-mins-what-makes-us-so-complacent-489080.html

And more recently, a 14 year old girl is shot in the head by the Taliban for daring to campaign for women's rights (where else, but in Pakistan).

Dear self proclaimed 'peaceful' Muslims, where the fuck were you during these episodes orchestrated by your co-religionists in the name of your wonderful religion? Where were the masses of allegedly moderate Muslims protesting at the gates of the embassies of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia for aiding and funding these terror groups?

What? The ENTIRE NATION OF PAKISTAN took a day of prayers in response to this episode. There were protests against it across Pakistan. Prayer leaders condemned the attacks. Schools were closed. Rallies against the attacks were held in all the major cities. I don't know how you missed that.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19913201

He probably did miss it because he watches Faux News and reads conservative blogs to find out his 'facts". And especially Faux News think it more "Fair and Balanced" to report on a protest by a small fringe group of people that report to the 'wrong' religion than to report on the vast majority of said group that would be thought of as reasonable. If they reported the other way round, then they would have trouble maintaining the delusion that the other side is evil and therefore we are good.

And more recently, a 14 year old girl is shot in the head by the Taliban for daring to campaign for women's rights (where else, but in Pakistan).

Dear self proclaimed 'peaceful' Muslims, where the fuck were you during these episodes orchestrated by your co-religionists in the name of your wonderful religion? Where were the masses of allegedly moderate Muslims protesting at the gates of the embassies of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia for aiding and funding these terror groups?

What? The ENTIRE NATION OF PAKISTAN took a day of prayers in response to this episode. There were protests against it across Pakistan. Prayer leaders condemned the attacks. Schools were closed. Rallies against the attacks were held in all the major cities. I don't know how you missed that.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19913201

9/11 - the one big terror attack that brought Islamic terrorism to the fore
2004 - Madrid
2006 - London and Bombay.
26/11 2008 - Again, Bombay, the Taj Hotel attacks.
And more recently, a 14 year old girl is shot in the head by the Taliban for daring to campaign for women's rights (where else, but in Pakistan).

Dear self proclaimed 'peaceful' Muslims, where the fuck were you during these episodes orchestrated by your co-religionists in the name of your wonderful religion? Where were the masses of allegedly moderate Muslims protesting at the gates of the embassies of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia for aiding and funding these terror groups?

There's a complete sepulchral silence around these episodes, but one fucking cartoon or film and suddenly all these assholes get butthurt.

If you want to see how the media will report this, visit http://www.firstpost.com/tech/publish-ad-that-samsung-didnt-copy-ipad-uk-judge-to-apple-382705.html

"See even the judge knows that a Samsung tab is not cool and that the iPad is cooler. It seems Apple’s not only lost the case against Samsung in the UK but it has lost face thanks to the ridiculous ad order."

Ethics in journalism? What's that?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57414373-64/sonys-fall-and-japans-hang-ups/?tag=mncol;editorPicks http://www.firstpost.com/business/sony-gets-beaten-by-apple-samsung-innovation-sees-2-9-bn-loss-201493.html I was there, I know how business is done in Japan, its not efficient. The Chinese simply lack the know-how, I'm sure they'll catch up though.

You are not worried about North Korea because you do not live within strike range of their weapons. Those of us who do live near them are worried because North Korea has enough toys on their hand that they can cause serious mayhem on their way out, and regularly threaten to do just that. And if you truly do not fear them, you are welcome to move to Seoul, which is right next door to their artillery battery.

Head of Google India just tried to convince the adamant govt that it is impossible to censor content in India as the content/Internet has no borders.
Good luck to Google and others for convincing the Kapil Sibal this time.

Even so, it's unfortunate the social networks we all have come to love, don't much care...

http://www.firstpost.com/tech/twitter-facebook-say-no-to-internet-blackout-over-sopa-185851.html

thnx Zutterfag, ALL THE SOCCER MOMS that vote dumbass senators like the ones trying to pass sopa ONLY have a fb account, but they don't get to feel the pain, instead its the intellectuals who use wikipedia.

An analysis here suggests that the target of Internet censorship was against political blasphemy rather than any generic web censorship. Its worse than a state trying to censor the web as consistent with their national policies; in this case the 'ruling government' is molding laws as it sees fit to its political advantages. Only one of the so called complaints by the ministers was deemed a national security threat.

Actually, it was a 4 year old girl against an astrologer and an investment analyst - see here, and here's an article about random vs expert portfolios.