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  1. Re:This tech's going to happen sooner or later on Orlando Police End Test of Amazon's Real-Time Facial 'Rekognition' System (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We are all being oppressed by this technology. Watching people naturally has a chilling effect on their interactions. It's one of the reasons so many people leave small towns for the anonymity of the big city.

    Sure, authoritarian governments already do ti. And so do factories. Both of those... seem bad and should be stopped. Not expanded.

  2. Re:Did they share the wrong NDA? on Nvidia Looks To Gag Journalists With Multi-Year Blanket NDAs (hardocp.com) · · Score: 1

    Far better to just strike it from the contract to begin with than try to get the contract partially fixed later.

  3. Re:Did they share the wrong NDA? on Nvidia Looks To Gag Journalists With Multi-Year Blanket NDAs (hardocp.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, I mean, I get why the company would want it. I've just never seen anyone willing to sign such an open-ended NDA. I've seen people willing to sign one measured in years, but never eternal.

  4. Re:NDAs have an expiration date? on Nvidia Looks To Gag Journalists With Multi-Year Blanket NDAs (hardocp.com) · · Score: 1

    Or earlier stage the technology. I fully understand when people who have $ and are trying to hire their tech team want an NDA.

  5. Re:Did they share the wrong NDA? on Nvidia Looks To Gag Journalists With Multi-Year Blanket NDAs (hardocp.com) · · Score: 1

    An NDA without a termination date? I mean, for an ongoing employee, sure the termination date is based on when the employer/employee relationship ends. But open-ended like that?

  6. Re:Now we get to see... on Facebook Reverses Its Crypto Ad Ban (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    You get to see which currencies he invests in, in real time.

  7. Re:Why have we let ourselves come to this? on Fortnite is Generating More Revenue Than Any Other Free Game Ever (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    It's not how long it took someone to make, it's what its worth to you. It's pretty reasonable to spend 10 or 20 dollars for something that enhances something you play 20 hours a month.

  8. More like "free as in soda". So you tell your kids that they can have a soda. And then they spend 5 grand on bendy straws and colored ice and stickers for the cup upgrades. Only they get them from trading card packs, so there's fun gambling involved too, causing some adults to put everything into getting that one skin.

  9. Most of my deadlines are driven by real things.

  10. Re:And HBO blocks John Oliver in Canada... on China Blocks HBO After John Oliver's Last Week Tonight Mockery of Xi Jinping (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    we recognize attempts at humor, as long as it is in good taste (i.e., nothing about minorities, race, religion, sexual orientation or the like).

    I'm trying to figure out... are you saying that "bad taste" jokes are illegal in Canada, or not likely to be met with laughter?

  11. The one invented by/invested in by the researchers.

  12. Re:It's not really comedy on China Blocks HBO After John Oliver's Last Week Tonight Mockery of Xi Jinping (scmp.com) · · Score: 1

    I think he used to call himself a libertarian, and now calls himself a democrat. At any rate, he doesn't really seem to care about the fiscal side of the equation, so libertarian and democrat have a lot of overlap.

  13. Re:while a good secure browser is important on NYT: 'Firefox Is Back. It's Time to Give It a Try.' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Even if you opt into giving Facebook some information (e.e.g name,address, friend list) you may not want them to follow you everywhere on the web. There are valid reasons to give some sites some types of personal information. Insisting that people do all or nothing is part of the reason that FB et al can spy on its users throughout the web and have that considered okay, as opposed to overstepping what their users agreed to.

  14. Re:Can there be too much privacy protection? on NYT: 'Firefox Is Back. It's Time to Give It a Try.' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a pretty horrendous attitude. Apps need to be brought to heel, not have the competing tech (Websites) dragged down to their level of lack of privacy/control.

  15. Re:This is how the Japanese have done gambling on The Rise of the Video-Game Gambler (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    If the prizes are worthless, why is the Yakuza paying cash for them?

    They own the pachinko machines. The point is that they can play a game where you can win a $0.10 stuffed bear 1 time in 150, for a dollar a play. Their store across the street buys the bear for $100. Now, it's a slot machine that the police cannot shut down.

  16. A new feature came out on Google is Adding Anti-Tampering DRM To Android Apps in the Play Store (androidcentral.com) · · Score: 1

    Will you still be allowed to sideload unsigned apps (say, for your own testing)?

    Coincidentally google just released a "special internal test build" track in the Google Play store that doesn't go through malware scanning and "is only for use within your organization", but has a much faster go-live time.

  17. Re:"a lot of the fans would have hated it" on George Lucas's Terrible Idea for Star Wars Episodes 7-9 (indiewire.com) · · Score: 1

    It's the switch that's impossible. If there had been microscopic bits of cells the whole time, it's fine.

  18. Re:Yeah - it's dumb. on George Lucas's Terrible Idea for Star Wars Episodes 7-9 (indiewire.com) · · Score: 1

    why did they commit the same error several times over with the NEW sequels also?

    Becauae JJ Abrams is an idiot who has public said many times that he thinks that's good storytelling. And every project he's ever worked on has had the same errors.

  19. Re:Alt Headline: on Oracle Plans To Switch Businesses to Subscriptions for Java SE (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    if Microsoft with all its resolve to open up .NET can't really grab a piece of Java's significant penetration

    What makers you think it's not? Cause I'm seeing new projects started in C#, not Java.

  20. Re:Did they have it written into a contract on Bethesda Sues Warner Bros, Calls Its Westworld Game 'Blatant Rip-Off' of Fallout Shelter (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    which is surely the case here

    It is. From the complaint:

    Under the agreement, all Behaviour work product of any kind, including code, designs, artwork, layouts, and other assets and materials for FALLOUT SHELTER were authored and owned by Bethesda ab initio as works made for hire

  21. Re:Globalization is great on Supreme Court Backs Award of Overseas Patent Damages (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget how Hollywood was founded.

    How?

  22. Re:Did they have it written into a contract on Bethesda Sues Warner Bros, Calls Its Westworld Game 'Blatant Rip-Off' of Fallout Shelter (polygon.com) · · Score: 2

    Generally the law is that whoever writes the code keeps the copyright, unless someone else paid them to write it (ie: a work for hire) and the contract did not state otherwise. So if they wrote the game and then sold it to Bethesda, they're OK. If Bethesda contracted them to write it and wrote in the contract that they can keep the copyrights, then they're OK. But the most likely scenario here is that Bethesda contracted them, and the contract did NOT say they can keep the copyright, which would mean Bethesda wins.

    You have it backwards. Work for hire has to be specified as such. So, unless it's written into the contract that they couldn't re-use the cod e(by making it work for hire), they can.

  23. Re:Isn't there a rule or something that would cove on That Tablet On The Table At Your Favorite Restaurant Is Hurting Your Waiter (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    While its true people are more likely to comment if the comment is bad, they are also more likely to leave and never come back than leave a negative comment. Which means that the business doesn't know why people stop coming.

  24. Re:I remember a lot of people defending Uber on Uber Driver Was Streaming Hulu Just Before Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash, Says Police (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If United has a pilot don a blindfold, and had no copilot to take over, I would also blame them. However, the situation of "be a daredevil while landing" and "when bored, turn on a tv show" are very different things. It is foreseeable that when bored people will watch TV.

  25. Re: I remember a lot of people defending Uber on Uber Driver Was Streaming Hulu Just Before Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash, Says Police (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    It's already legal for companies to do so (turn off/do not bring).