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  1. Re:This probably won't help on FCC Approves Next-Gen ATSC 3.0 TV Standard (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    How will the new TV with ATSC 3.0 broadcast TV spy/target ads at me if it isn't on Wifi or ethernet?

    The ATSC 3.0 boxes broadcast info back along portions of the TV spectrum that the channel you are watching owns and has licensed to you for that purpose.

  2. Re:Business Model Plan on MoviePass Reveals Annual Subscription For $6.95 a Month (slashfilm.com) · · Score: 1

    Now they're probably burning through venture capital trying to grow large enough to negotiate those deals before they self destruct.

    My only question is if they have 1 year of capital to burn. Some companies (e.g. Twitter) can go for many years without turning a profit.

  3. Re:A movie a day on MoviePass Reveals Annual Subscription For $6.95 a Month (slashfilm.com) · · Score: 1

    There are usually several released a week. How many I want to see varies, but the ones I want to see in a theater are pretty rare. But the number that I want to watch "once they hit Netflix" is much higher. This would change that dynamic greatly.

  4. Re:For what it's worth on MoviePass Reveals Annual Subscription For $6.95 a Month (slashfilm.com) · · Score: 1

    Did they bump it up in the middle of the payment period, or at the end of it?

  5. Re:Serial Killer or Suicide Service Provider? on Jack Dorsey Responds To Serial Killer Who Found His Victims Through Suicidal Twitter Posts (nhk.or.jp) · · Score: 2

    There is a reason why even most people who support right to die assisted suicides support a rigorous process of confirming that it's a real, persistent desire. Many suicidal thoughts, and even attempts, are temporary (not that that should discourage people from seeking help if someone is thinking about, threatening or attempted suicide; many are not without help).

    This person didn't do that. So, yeah, he's a serial killer.

  6. Re:Totally different model of behavior on Apology After Japanese Train Departs 20 Seconds Early (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Okay, so 15-20 minutes late. And then that can make you miss another connection or something. My point is that 20 seconds early can be the difference in like 30 minutes in someone's life.

  7. Shipped, not in service. IIRC, there were quite a few given out as part of signing up for some other service.

  8. Does this mean I can finally jailbreak the hardware to talk to a different (local) server? Because the hardware is nice...

  9. Re:Damn you Japan! on Apology After Japanese Train Departs 20 Seconds Early (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Eek, I apologize to all for the use of "you're" when I clearly intended "your".

  10. Re:Damn you Japan! on Apology After Japanese Train Departs 20 Seconds Early (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You're language, both profane and lack of a concurrent French translation, offend me. Please apologize, eh?

  11. Re:Totally different model of behavior on Apology After Japanese Train Departs 20 Seconds Early (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    If it leaves 20 seconds early, that means that I may have to wait on the platform for an hour (or whatever) til the next train, because I was going to be there on time. It's way worse than leaving 20 seconds late (which can be made up in transit).

  12. Re:Why do they feel confident of that end result? on Walmart Is Raising Prices Online To Increase In-Store Traffic (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    ..so charge $10 to ship it? I

    They're new ad program is free shipping of everything, all the time, no membership program (like Prime) required.

    I've done a lot of price comparisons online, and on some things WalMart was the clear winner.

  13. Re:How about using real shipping costs? on Walmart Is Raising Prices Online To Increase In-Store Traffic (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Coincidentally, these price hikes for online items coincide with WalMart initiating a "free shipping on everything online" program. So, almost like they just bake in the shipping costs instead of having a sneaky method of trying to get people in the store.

    But of course, they aren't going to ship from Chicago to Atlanta. A huge part of WalMart's success is their ability to cheaply (logistically) move stuff around the country.

  14. Re:Another problem with the Internet of Things on Amazon Key Flaw Could Let Rogue Deliverymen Disable Your Camera (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    You know, they make steel doors.

  15. Re:Current state of problems with IoT on Consumers Are Holding Off On Buying Smart-Home Gadgets Due To Security, Privacy Fears (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    The reason they don't want ot implement security is two-fold. First, the average consumer has no way to judge the security of various devices, so it's not going to increase sales now.. Second, it's kinda like the airlines all fucking you in unison. IF all of the IoT devices have the same shitty security, then it's not a point of difference, and no manufacturer needs to do it.

  16. Re:"Again"... not on Amazon Is Cutting Prices at Whole Foods Again (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    So a basket of only 110 items will always be a basket of "notable" items

    Whoa, they could be 110 random items (which probably would show an incrase,as "unnoticed items getting a hike" outnumber "noticed items getting a discount" in your system. Or it could be a literal basket of the 110 things they would buy, which would again notice higher priced items(assuming that they real were things "bought together).>[?

  17. Re:Slashdot defeats uBlock, yet again on Amazon Is Cutting Prices at Whole Foods Again (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, it still is a defeat. Amazingly, even hated ads work. Even ads that lead to re-hashing reasons its horrible work. Hell, even ads that lead to strong condemnation work.

    Ads are a hundreds of billions of dollar industry precisely because they work, even when (especially when?) smart people think they are cleverly above being influenced by them.

  18. Re:With these price cuts on Amazon Is Cutting Prices at Whole Foods Again (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The price cuts are there because Amazon has never been about turning a profit today. It's about growing until it has a percentage of everything.

  19. Re:Out of date article^W summary on Without Humans, Artificial Intelligence Is Still Pretty Stupid (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    *slow clap for humanity*

    Yes, in a discussion about how to play Go and how computers learn to play Go somehow who created computers, who invented Go, and who paid the powerbill was somehow considered an irrrelevent detail. The point is, the article said (paraphrased) "AI (read as NN) cannot learn without humans in the loop in applications from Go to...." Which is wrong, because less than a month ago was an article about how AI (read as NN) without a human in the loop was superior to AI (read as NN) with a human in the loop, in the domain of Go.

  20. If someone was willing to sue on your behalf (you get to participate in the upside if they win), why on earth would you come forward? To get fired when the case gets filed and/or when the case loses?

  21. Re:Out of date article^W summary on Without Humans, Artificial Intelligence Is Still Pretty Stupid (wsj.com) · · Score: 0

    You're arguing about whether playing Go is AI or not. It's not adding anything, since you (or people who thinks like you) post the same response anytime anyone talks about AI.

    It's nonresponsive since I was talking about how the summary used Go as an example of needing humans to help train the NN, and the /. article from last month was about how the NN trained itself without the humans just fine.

  22. Out of date article^W summary on Without Humans, Artificial Intelligence Is Still Pretty Stupid (wsj.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    FTFS:

    Whether it's winning at games like Go

    Yet last month we heard that human-in-the-loop AI is actually inferior to human-less AI for Go.

  23. Re:Ajit Pai the corporate whore on Ads May Soon Stalk You on TV Like They Do on Your Facebook Feed (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I mean, he technically worked for Trump. Technically, Muller works for Trump too (as an executive branch employee/contractor). He was an independent agency head who pretty much could ignore any directives from Trump and the only penalty he would face was not getting another term as head (which he wasn't gonna get anyway.)

  24. Re:Ajit Pai the corporate whore on Ads May Soon Stalk You on TV Like They Do on Your Facebook Feed (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Why did he quit? I get that he was going to be replaced, but he had 1 year left in his term. That's one year longer we wouldn't have had to be fucked over like this....

  25. Re:You got your C code in my browser! on All Major Browsers Now Support WebAssembly (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that already exists, if you search for it.