Why Your Online Impersonation of a 16-year Old Girl Won't Last Long

assuming too much by roman_mir · 2014-02-20 11:31 · Score: 5, Interesting

I am sure you can pick up on general mood of a person, I am sure you can pick up various clues, but if somebody is set on hiding themselves by providing false information, I don't think you'll be able to identify them without what NSA calls 'meta data', as in pattern of your behaviour. I don't think it will be possible to do a better job than guessing at about 50/50 chance ratio about a person's age and gender if the person in question is actively trying to portray something he or she is not in a single conversation. From a pattern of behaviour? Yes. From a single conversation? ... this assumes too much about people. It assumes that 16 y.o. girls are also not pretending to be something they are not as well...

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Re:assuming too much by rasmusbr · 2014-02-20 11:47 · Score: 1

Men v.s. women ought to be fairly simple as long as we're dealing with untrained writers. Women use social words like pronouns and verbs about people more often than men. Women are also, arguably, slightly better writers than men on average because they make more of an effort in primary school.
Re:assuming too much by AnttiV · 2014-02-20 11:59 · Score: 1

This is generally true (probably, I haven't done any scientific testing) and because of that any analysts and/or analytic program assume as much - which is why almost 95% of the time those instances define me as a female based on social behaviour in games/chats and texts that I write (stories, etc).
So while it is fairly simple to do it that way, it is also assuming too much as people are rarely, if ever, so one-sided that any clinical analysis could determine their age or sex short of looking into their pants. (which doesn't always work either, so what the heck :)
Re:assuming too much by Sique · 2014-02-20 11:59 · Score: 2

Women are also, arguably, slightly better writers than men on average because they make more of an effort in primary school.
... which just means that an slightly above average man can impersonate an average woman.

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Re:assuming too much by geekoid · 2014-02-20 12:29 · Score: 2

What a pile of crap.

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Re:assuming too much by Nutria · 2014-02-20 12:42 · Score: 1

which is why almost 95% of the time those instances define me as a female
Well, 5% of men like what women like, so that shouldn't be terribly surprising.

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Re:assuming too much by thunderclap · 2014-02-20 16:23 · Score: 2

If I had mod points I would mod that funny because: I get it. Also there is actually a group of grown adult men who love MLPFIM (my little pony: friendship is magic)
Google bronies if you are curious.
Re:assuming too much by thunderclap · 2014-02-20 16:24 · Score: 1

What a pile of crap.
What? A Congressman? Where?
In Washington, where else?
Re: assuming too much by lucm · 2014-02-20 18:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Gotcha, you're a dude. Girls never use "btw": they use "fyi" with a whiny, self-righteous sarcastic undertone.
Thinking of that, this applies to flamboyant gay males as well.
So you are either an overweight straight guy in his early 30s or a Perl script written by an overweight straight guy in his early 30s.

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Re:assuming too much by rasmusbr · 2014-02-20 19:59 · Score: 1

Nonsense. Men don't have to act a certain way, and neither do women.
That's true, of course. Men could all grow their hair long and women could all cut theirs short, but in reality it's the other way around in many cultures.
Studies about differences between men and women are just that - studies about differences. They usually don't find the mechanisms that cause the differences.
Re:assuming too much by canadiannomad · 2014-02-20 20:08 · Score: 3, Interesting

Even if someone got a program that was "pretty good" at figuring out age and gender, I strongly doubt they could make it accurate enough not to be a huge civil liberties problem.
IF someone were to make a program that was 99% accurate, that would still be some 3million 16 year old girls in the US getting their houses raided in case they are a perv. (ok they aren't likely to raid on evidence like that alone, but they might use it as probable cause to 'dig deeper' into who she is... and if she caused the false flag then she is likely an outlier who the gov't wants to know more about anyway, for retraining... I'll go don my tinfoil hat now.)

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Re:assuming too much by allcoolnameswheretak · 2014-02-20 21:47 · Score: 2

Really? Look up any live performance of a boy band on YouTube and then show me the equivalent with gender-reversal.
Except Japan doesn't count. Japanese are aliens.
Re:assuming too much by serviscope_minor · 2014-02-20 22:05 · Score: 1

Also there is actually a group of grown adult men who love MLPFIM (my little pony: friendship is magic)
That is entirely, 100% true.
Google bronies if you are curious.
Or just wait for more of us to come out of the woodwork here.

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Re:assuming too much by Megol · 2014-02-20 23:56 · Score: 1

Currently in the "western" world yes. But there are and have been a lot of cultures where men often have longer hair than women. One current example: Sikhs. One not so current: Celts.
Another example of a skewed view is the use of cosmetics. Men have used cosmetics in many cultures, that they don't in current "western" world is more of an exception than a rule. One example: Samurais, another: European upper class up to the ~1800s.
The same applies to things like having long fingernails (also nail polish - but that is a cosmetic) and even the use of pantyhose.
TL;DR what is seen as explicit manly/female is strongly colored by the _current_ fashions of ones culture.
Re:assuming too much by flyneye · 2014-02-20 23:56 · Score: 1

Yeah, but who cares what a 16 yr. old girl has to say about anything?

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Re:assuming too much by TheCarp · 2014-02-21 01:31 · Score: 1

Well, exactly.... its a base rate fallacy.
The false positive vs flase negatives are two different error conditions. A 95% accuracy is great, if you have only 4 suspects, and you are pretty sure one of them has to be the one, and a 95% accurate test separates out one of them.... awesome.
However, unless there are many more people pretending to be 16 year old girls than 16 year old girls, which seems highly unlikely.
That said, judging age can be hard. There was a small group of people that I used to IRC with in my early 20s. After about 3 or 4 years of nearly daily interaction in channel, I was showing off something that revealed my age, and one of them said "hey we are the same age, I always thought you were much older, in your 30s". Funny thing was, I thought the same thing about him.
Of course at this point, I am not even sure how I would impersonate a 16 year old girl, I don't think I could keep it up long except maybe by finding some 16 year old girl's facebook page and using it as a source material.
Then again, for all I know, maybe someone out there thinks I sound like a 16 year old girl now.

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Re:assuming too much by rasmusbr · 2014-02-21 04:19 · Score: 1

Sure that's true, but it probably doesn't matter as long as we're talking about analyzing English text written by people in 2014 +/- 10 years or so.
The important thing to remember is that statements about the difference about men and women should not automatically be taken to say anything about the underlying mechanisms. In case of hair length it's surely a cultural thing, probably originating when men had to cut their hair short in order to not have accidents when they worked in factories in the 1850-1950 industrial age in the west. It is perhaps not a coincidence that short haircuts on women became fashionable after WW1 when many women had worked in factories.
Re:assuming too much by mpe · 2014-02-21 04:54 · Score: 1

Men v.s. women ought to be fairly simple as long as we're dealing with untrained writers. Women use social words like pronouns and verbs about people more often than men. Women are also, arguably, slightly better writers than men on average because they make more of an effort in primary school.

IIRC the "Turing Test" was originally posed as if it were possible to tell the difference between a man and a woman. Rather than between a human and a computer.
The other issue is that someone attempting to decieve may deliberatly alter how they use language. Plenty of "con artists" have no formal training...
Re: assuming too much by jess_wundring · 2014-02-21 05:17 · Score: 1

Bzzzt. You're wrong, lucm.
I'm female and use btw much more than fyi. They mean different things for gosh sakes.
FYI you're informing
BTW you're clarifying or adding an addendum. :P
Re: assuming too much by lister+king+of+smeg · 2014-02-21 19:32 · Score: 1

Gotcha, you're a dude. Girls never use "btw": they use "fyi" with a whiny, self-righteous sarcastic undertone.
Thinking of that, this applies to flamboyant gay males as well.
So you are either an overweight straight guy in his early 30s or a Perl script written by an overweight straight guy in his early 30s.
no she is a 16 year old girl pretending to be an overweight straight guy in his early 30s pretending to be a 16 year old girl. :-D
Its meta-trolling all the way down.

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Re:assuming too much by rpstrong · 2014-02-22 06:28 · Score: 1

... which just means that an slightly above average man...
That should be a, not an. You must be a guy.
Re: assuming too much by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2014-03-04 23:53 · Score: 1

They mean different things for gosh sakes.
For gosh sakes? I never noticed that...

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If you want to read a summary that makes sense by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-20 11:34 · Score: 5, Funny

here's your chance to write one.

Re:If you want to read a summary that makes sense by infinitelink · 2014-02-20 14:11 · Score: 1

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Re:If you want to read a summary that makes sense by pitchpipe · 2014-02-20 18:52 · Score: 1

On the classic slashdot site the summary made sense!
Nah, I'm kidding: even there it was gibberish.

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Wow, what a great racket by EmagGeek · 2014-02-20 11:35 · Score: 4, Insightful

I wish I could shell out 300 euro to have my next million-euro commercial product crowdsourced

Re:Wow, what a great racket by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-20 11:59 · Score: 2, Informative

You don't give source code.
and the note : By submitting your software you retain full copyrights. You agree to grant us usage rights only for the purpose of the PAN competition. We agree not to share your software with a third party or use it for other purposes than the PAN competition.
Now that doesn't mean they won't use it. But it is easy to get it to call home if the date on the machine is 6 months later, or start some other more subtle problems. reverse the sexes, give data directly from the randomiser. Whatever you feel like.
If they are using it for anything else, you can have them.

Seriously why doesn't NSA pay for this instead? by WillAffleckUW · 2014-02-20 11:41 · Score: 1

Why do we have to help them train the replacement twitter scanners after the EU is trying to cut off their direct pipeline?

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The FBI is screwed! by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-20 11:41 · Score: 1

How are they going to catch pedophiles now?

Re:The FBI is screwed! by Garridan · 2014-02-20 12:14 · Score: 2

Hire and train real 13 year-old girls to seduce 'predators' online and lure them into an IRL meeting. Duh.
Re:The FBI is screwed! by allo · 2014-02-20 22:14 · Score: 1

I guess its the same problem. A girl hired for such a trap WILL behave other than a normal girl. maybe its not even recognized by the software then.
Re:The FBI is screwed! by meta-monkey · 2014-02-21 01:50 · Score: 1

Must have been...15 years ago or so, there was an SNL skit involving chat rooms in which a naked and hairy Chris Elliot pretended to be "Clair the filthy slut," a 16 year old cheerleader. Whenever I see anyone online claiming to be a young girl, I immediately think of a naked and hairy Chris Elliot.

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This is a software contest by mbone · 2014-02-20 11:41 · Score: 5, Informative

For those puzzled by the description here, this is a software contest, with a 300 Euro prize :

An award of 300 euros for the best performing approach to author profiling (age and gender identification) is sponsored by Atribus (Corex).

Re:This is a software contest by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-20 11:59 · Score: 2, Funny

What they forget to mention is that if your program also identifies ethnicity, you will be fined for racism.

Headline by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-20 11:44 · Score: 1

>Why Your Online Impersonation of a 16-year Old Girl Won't Last Long

This is one of those posts where I have to read the summary, isn't it.

hi i'm chris hansen by Joe_Dragon · 2014-02-20 11:49 · Score: 1

So you like to chat with 16 year old girls on line?

Broken Slashadvert Yet again by danknight48 · 2014-02-20 11:52 · Score: 3, Insightful

I'am sick of descriptions and subjects written in gibberish. Reminds me of spam emails.

Do you have a big cock, how big can your cock get?
Win £xxx pounds if your cock can be bigger than their cock.
Is your cock hidden? can people see your cock? CLICK HERE NOW!

How the fuck did this get authed? Not only is it the worst subject and description i've seen in a while, its an insult to the readers here. Seriously we are here for a reason, we dont have an attention span of a fish.
Oh yeah thats right, its a Slashadvert supplied by Corex.

No offence, but if this shit carries on, i may as well start reading my spam emails. Target your audience, not Facebook muppets ffs.

Re:Broken Slashadvert Yet again by thunderclap · 2014-02-20 16:33 · Score: 1

I'am sick of descriptions and subjects written in gibberish. Reminds me of spam emails.

Do you have a big cock, how big can your cock get?
Win £xxx pounds if your cock can be bigger than their cock.
Is your cock hidden? can people see your cock? CLICK HERE NOW!
How the fuck did this get authed? Not only is it the worst subject and description I've seen in a while, its an insult to the readers here. Seriously we are here for a reason, we don't have an attention span of a fish.
Oh yeah thats right, its a Slashadvert supplied by Corex.
No offense, but if this shit carries on, i may as well start reading my spam emails. Target your audience, not Facebook muppets ffs.
For the record, my rooster is the biggest in the entire state. However, when I post pictures of it people get deeply offended. They sware I stroked by rooster so it stands taller and more robust. Hey, how else are you to get fresh eggs from your hens but by having the most spirited rooster. So Thats what I always send those spam emails. Never won any prizes though. As for the topic, Twitter will reveal all you really need to act like a teen if you follow enough of them.

*points algorithm at 4chan* by Guppy · 2014-02-20 11:54 · Score: 1

Researcher A: This... This c-can't be right!

Researcher B: What's not right?

Researcher A: Apparently, 4chan really is populated by little girls.

Researcher C: *posting anonymously on /a/* See guys, I told you -- wearing a skirt makes it work. Also, Check'Em.

Re:*points algorithm at 4chan* by thunderclap · 2014-02-20 16:34 · Score: 1

what I want to know is why is your 9 yr old wearing a fedora?
Re:*points algorithm at 4chan* by meta-monkey · 2014-02-21 01:55 · Score: 1

Does she have a neckbeard?

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Wow by Charliemopps · 2014-02-20 12:15 · Score: 1

According to the research, 83% of slashdot posters are 16yr old girls. Go figure.

Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-20 16:44 · Score: 1

According to the research, 83% of slashdot posters are 16yr old girls. Go figure.
Well that explains Slashdot beta doesn't it.
Re:Wow by Megol · 2014-02-20 23:58 · Score: 1

Don't be so condescending of 16yr old girls.

What about the following sites? by knorthern+knight · 2014-02-20 12:27 · Score: 3, Interesting

The "dialectizer" http://www.rinkworks.com/diale... "translates" English to Redneck, Jive, Cockney, Elmer Fudd, Swedish Chef, Moron, Pig Latin, or Hacker. And there's an English to Ebonics translator at http://joel.net/EBONICS/Transl... so it won't be that difficult to get a translator that outputs 16-year-old-girl talk.

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OMG! Ponnies! by Tablizer · 2014-02-20 12:28 · Score: 1

OMG!!! Ponnies!

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Re:OMG! Ponnies! by Obfuscant · 2014-02-20 12:34 · Score: 1

OMG!!! Ponnies!
I got the "OMG", but I have no idea what a "ponny" is. Am I showing my age?
Re:OMG! Ponnies! by PPH · 2014-02-20 12:40 · Score: 1

Its like a pony except with two humps instead of one.

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Re:OMG! Ponnies! by Tablizer · 2014-02-20 13:07 · Score: 1

It's a small denomination of BitCoin.
And not enuf to buy a reel spailchekker

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metadata by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-20 13:08 · Score: 1

screw the text content

timestamp, frequency and timing in general will give away much more information

Re:metadata by TWX · 2014-02-20 14:45 · Score: 1

You mean, because all of the texts will be sent in several eight-minute windows separated by 52 minute gaps?

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Stereotyping by phmadore · 2014-02-20 13:19 · Score: 2

Seems like it will be based too much on stereotypes. When I was 16, I typed in proper case (I wanted most of all to be a writer, and I used every opportunity to improve my grammar and typing), used big words in context, and did not easily use emoticons.

I suppose over time they could develop something keener, but if you're going to base it on the mean of all people in a certain age bracket, there will be enough exceptions to render the most useful applications of the software irrelevant.

Re:OMG! Spelling Natzis! by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-20 13:20 · Score: 1

OMG! Spelling Nutzis!

I could see a bunch of ways... by tlambert · 2014-02-20 13:26 · Score: 1

I could see a bunch of ways to make tons of money from this, starting with selling it to FaceBook for $19B.

Why would I publish it for 300 Euro again? I know they *claim* it's not published, but if they didn't sign an NDA, you're not going to get a patent out of it outside the U.S., and you're not going to have any protection against them just using your algorithms.

This is a really silly contest.

Gender Genie? by brit74 · 2014-02-20 14:36 · Score: 1

Didn't Gender Genie already attempt to do this? https://www.google.com/search?...
(I say "attempt" because I found that even in cases where I wasn't trying to fool it, it would often come up with the wrong gender.)

Style leaves a lot of clues by godrik · 2014-02-20 14:37 · Score: 2

A friend of mine was working on sentiment analysis. They studied the content of yahoo answer and it was quite interesting all the correlations that you can make. The study is of course not enough to provide a direct identification, but it shows how many parameters you need to keep in mind when building a "virtual identity".
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/...

Just what I need ... by MacTO · 2014-02-20 14:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Now both people and computers will call me a girl.

Re:My wife by The+Grim+Reefer · 2014-02-20 14:54 · Score: 1

You remind me of my wife, and this kind of "logic" is why women are arguably slightly worse writers.

If you think that is nonsense, than the whole original sexist line of argument is as well.

So what's your excuse?

yeah anyone who can, won't for 300€ by raymorris · 2014-02-20 15:08 · Score: 2

Three hundred euro? The contest sparks my interest, but 300 is about what it would take to get me to fill out the entry form. To develop an effective NEW algorithm, code it, and test it in HOPES of winning the prize? Maybe for 300,000, maybe. 3,000,000 would be more like it.

I've developed exactly two truly innovative products. One I sold over $1 million worth, the other still provides $3,000 / month in net income . Why would I, or anyone skilled and innovative, touch this for 300 euro?

It'll be fine by russotto · 2014-02-20 15:57 · Score: 1

I managed to get my impersonation of a 16-year-old girl into the training set.

Re:WTF is this bullshit ? by mtthwbrnd · 2014-02-20 16:07 · Score: 1

I second that!

Re:Tired of Slashdot? Come to comp.misc on Usenet! by thunderclap · 2014-02-20 16:26 · Score: 1

Honestly no one uses usenet anymore for anything but porn and piracy.

I could not help myself... by rts008 · 2014-02-20 17:03 · Score: 1

Your comment run through the "Jive" filter at the link you provided:

Your Text, Dialectized (jive)
De "dialectizer" http://www/ so cut me some slack, Jack.rinkwo'ks.com/diale... [rinkwo'ks.com] "translates" English t'Redneck, JIBE, Cockney, Elma' Fudd, Swedish Chef, Mo'on, Pig Latin, o' Hacker. Ah be baaad... And dere's an English t'Ebonics translato' at http://massa/ l.net/EBONICS/Transl... [Massa' l.net] so's it won't be dat difficult t'get some translato' dat outputs 16-year-old-goat rap.
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Then that out put filtered with the "Elmer Fudd":

Your Text, Dialectized (fudd)
Youw Text, Diawectized (jive)
De "diawectizew" http://www/ [www] so cut me some swack, Jack.winkwo'ks. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! com/diawe... [winkwo'ks. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! com] "twanswates" Engwish t'Wedneck, JIBE, Cockney, Ewma' Fudd, Swedish Chef, Mo'on, Pig Watin, o' Hackew. Ah be baaad... And dewe's an Engwish t'Ebonics twanswato' at http://massa/ [massa] w.net/EBONICS/Twansw... [Massa' w.net] so's it won't be dat difficuwt t'get some twanswato' dat outputs 16-yeaw-owd-goat wap.
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Then, since a moose once bit my sister, that output run through the "Swedish Chef" filter:
Your Text, Dialectized (bork)

Yuoov Text, Deeevectized (jeefe-a)

De-a "deeevectizoo" http://vvv/ [vvv] su coot me-a sume-a sveck, Jeck.veenkvu'ks. Um gesh dee bork, bork! Ooh, det scvooy vebbeet! cum/deeeve-a... [veenkvu'ks. Um gesh dee bork, bork! Ooh, det scvooy vebbeet! cum] "tvunsvetes" Ingveesh t'Vedneck, JIBE, Cuckney, Ivme' Foodd, Svedeesh Cheff, Mu'un, Peeg Veteen, oo' Heckoo. Eh be-a beeed. Bork bork bork!.. Und dooe's un Ingveesh t'Ebuneecs tvunsvetu' et http://messa/ [messa] v.net/IBONICS/Tvunsv... [Messe' v.net] su's it vun't be-a det deefffficoovt t'get sume-a tvunsvetu' det ooootpoots 16-yeev-oovd-guet vep.
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Aannd, then run that output back through the "Jive" filter:

Your Text, Dialectized (jive)
Yo' Text, Dialectized (bo'k)
Yuoov Text, Deeevectized (jeefe-a)
De-a "deeevectizoo" http://vvv/ [vvv] su coot me-a sume-a sveck, Jeck. Ya' know?veenkvu'ks. Um gesh dee bo'k, bo'k! Right on! Ooh, det scvooy vebbeet! Right on! cum/deeeve-a. WORD!.. [veenkvu'ks. Um gesh dee bo'k, bo'k! Right on! Ooh, det scvooy vebbeet! Right on! cum] "tvunsvetes" Ingveesh t'Vedneck, JIBE, Cuckney, Ivme' Foodd, Svedeesh Cheff, Mu'un, Peeg Veteen, oo' Heckoo. 'S coo', bro. Eh be-a beeed. Bo'k bo'k bo'k! Right on!.. Und dooe's un Ingveesh t'Ebuneecs tvunsvetu' et http://messa/ [messa] v. Man!net/IBONICS/Tvunsv. Man!.. [Messe' v. Man!net] su's it vun't be-a det deefffficoovt t'get sume-a tvunsvetu' det ooootpoots 16-yeev-oovd-guet vep. Jes hang loose, brud.
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All of that proves that.....I'm easily entertained.
Too bad there was not a Japanese anime filter as well. :-)

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A couple of rules to live by. by dietdew7 · 2014-02-20 17:30 · Score: 2, Funny

1. You can assume that someone is female if they act like a man without reason or accountability. 2. Anyone that shows interest in you sexually is an undercover police officer.

But sexism is totally okay? by dutchwhizzman · 2014-02-20 18:04 · Score: 1

Really, these people need their dick sizes predicted by comments on SlashDot. Maybe then they'd understand that any form of profiling is equally bad, regardless of what you profile on.

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Mission Suspect by Borg+Bucolic · 2014-02-20 18:22 · Score: 2

What kind of person is willing to spend 300 euros for detecting 16 year olds online, mmmm?

Wrong by Karmashock · 2014-02-20 21:02 · Score: 1

Computers are very bad at judging these things. It isn't their strength.

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Re:this will only make it EASIER to impersonate by allo · 2014-02-20 22:17 · Score: 1

your approach is "genetic programming", some sort of unsupervised learning / reeinforcement learning.

Re:OMG! Spelling Natzis! by allo · 2014-02-20 22:18 · Score: 1

grammar nazi, its called a grammar nazi

Nice try NSA by stewsters · 2014-02-21 02:40 · Score: 1

You are going to have to pay me more than 300 euro for that. ~400 should do it.

Age is not all they are looking for by stewsters · 2014-02-21 02:46 · Score: 1

Just read the competition, and thought I should point this out:

participants will be asked to classify the author of a set of tweets as journalist, politician, activist, professional, client, company, authority or citizen, since the fact of belonging to a certain category could determine the importance of the user's opinions.

If you submit a solution, know that it will be used to classify journalist and activist communications.

Just So I'm On the Same Page as Everybody Else by LifesABeach · 2014-02-21 03:17 · Score: 1

What's my motovation to hide as a 16 year old girl?

Re:Just So I'm On the Same Page as Everybody Else by lister+king+of+smeg · 2014-02-21 20:18 · Score: 1

What's my motovation to hide as a 16 year old girl?
To troll some nsa perverts into using their laptop camera exploits into think they are getting are going to spy/perv on a 16 year old female and instead get a naked neckbearded broney wearing a pantomime hoarse head while pulling a goatsx?

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Turing test success1 by astar · 2014-02-21 06:02 · Score: 1

Look at the original proposal by Turing. I imagine Turing was very conscious about gender issues since after winning wwii for the old boy network they decided he was a felon. It seems to me the five eyes gives us Turing test success and...wait for it ... means that is not really what we meant by human intelligence.

Re:US$16 billion vs EU$300 by lister+king+of+smeg · 2014-02-21 20:08 · Score: 1

I have come to the conclusion that it is because the world is filled with f*cking morons and that most people in charge of large sums of cash are the stupidest of the whole lot. I mean Whatsapp is a crippled xmpp chat app making no profit and it gets sold for tens of billions of dollars and I watch tv and see economists say whatsapp should have held longer because they could have gotten more money... what the hell. half to three quarters the people on slashdot could write a better chat app and none of us would make enough money off of it to pay for the webhosting for it. How much longer can it be until this mobile/cloud version of the .com bubble bursts and the market gains some sanity?

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Yes, but what if I impersonate a 100 y/o woman? by Dabido · 2014-02-22 20:29 · Score: 1

Togged to the bricks, and all they offer me is a trip for biscuits. Just wanted a ring-a-ding ding and some Bruno slips me a Micky Finn in a clip joint. Next thing I know, I'm waking up in a flop with some Lunger wearing iron who suddenly runs to the window and starts drilling beans at a tin can full of Joes. So I make tracks before the coppers turn up with a meat wagon and someone ends leaving in a Chicago overcoat.

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