Lol, "making an aimbot is trivial". So, old quakeworld bots are tic tac toe players, and modern bots are systems that balance a number of complex objectives? Is that what you're getting at?
Teaching bots to miss convincingly was the first problem we had to solve back when we were constructing quakeworld bots. It's hard for me to believe that it's some kind of news when bots defeat humans.
This is great! I thought being a founder of something was an indelible historical event, but apparently, you can step down from being a founder! I'm going to go found some evil groups right away...once I step down, I won't be a founder any more, so I will be absolved forever. Awesome!
I'm horrified by the lack of attention to grammar in Slashdot headlines. Some may find my reaction horrifying, but I'm fairly certain they are overreacting.
...Geeks I know here in Germany have moved to Chrome OS and everything in the cloud....
By "geeks" I assume you mean people who bite heads off chickens in a carnival sideshow. I don't know any geeks (as in, people using computers for fun) who don't have at least _some_ data and hardware that they purposefully and protectively keep local. (See my sig.)
Take your cynical attitude and ram it straight up your stinkhole. I for one am willing to give it a try, who knows, it may be better than nothing at all. We don't need your anti-social rants here, please die in a fire.
You are calling anti-Facebook sentiments "anti-social"? Do you know what anti-social means? It means you. I didn't see the guy you are rebutting telling anyone to die, much less in a fire. Look up anti-social in a dictionary before you type more.
You say my opinion doesn't mean much to you, but then you describe your use case. So, I'm going to assume you do want an opinion after all. Your use case makes sense, provided the host of the servers that collect and weight the autocomplete results is truly a trusted provider. I assume you have vetted your provider appropriately, to the extent that accidentally typed passwords or other secrets that may wind up in a search box are not a concern for you. Personally, I do not make these assumptions about every user of Google's autocomplete. I think the majority of them, if pressed, would give an answer that comes down to appeal to common belief/popularity as their reason for trusting Google.
Post after post about unfair downmod= 2. Inflammatory language from others + downmods, many. Mobile users and casual viewers aren't going to use parent links. It isn't a perfect system, and it works well enough for you, but may still need improvement for other users. Please consider that.
Well, I guess we can expect this not to get modded up, even though it's absolutely true. Good observation. Moderation is clearly broken when I'm modded down as a flamebait troll because I asked what is essentially the framing question of this branch of the discussion, with the result that anyone viewing the forum with a filter at higher than -1 sees a series of disconnected comments and not the question I asked.
I'm in favor of eliminating all auto-complete. I believe that in all cases, the implementers of auto-complete gain information manipulation powers that are not perceived clearly by the users of auto-complete. Does that make me pro-censorship? Does it make me anti-user? Does it make sense to view this as a left or right wing American politics issue? Why am I seeing Cowards posting from those two sides, calling me names, as if I asked something dangerous?
They should prevent exploitation of their algorithms in general, not just when it suits some particular vocal group.
I agree with this. It's interesting that my question was modded down. Who was afraid of my question? Anonymous cowards, I assume, who use their logged on sessions to mod things down they don't like to see, and their AC sessions to make actual comments when they are bok bok bok chicken.
I never use autocomplete on anything, for multiple reasons. If you use autocomplete, please stop doing that. You're part of the problem. This is my opinion, and it represents what I believe. Deal with it.
So, Google has no obligation to prevent its services from being leveraged by those who understand how it works from exploiting search suggestions as a means of disseminating their personal views. Is that what you're saying?
Whatever the new authors want to do. Canonicity is something fans use to make themselves mad and start fights. It's a fun time for some, and an alternately funny or sad thing to watch. Look at what's happened to Star Wars fan dialogue because of notions of canonicity interacting with personality worship. Bronies welcome, anti-bronies welcome too, is what I say. Whatever the author wants to do, as long as characters are true to their natures, it should all work out.
I agree that this is misinformation, or perhaps disinformation. Apple is trying to avoid a knee-jerk reaction from investors who don't understand what this actually means. I can't really blame them. Tech speculators are superstitious and foolish.
I support EFF proudly and donate regularly, and have for years. If you depend on the Internet for any part of your livelihood, I encourage you to do the same. It wasn't invented to be a surveilled shopping mall. It's supposed to be for you, individually, to use as you will. EFF helps you in this effort.
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Lol, "making an aimbot is trivial". So, old quakeworld bots are tic tac toe players, and modern bots are systems that balance a number of complex objectives? Is that what you're getting at?
Teaching bots to miss convincingly was the first problem we had to solve back when we were constructing quakeworld bots. It's hard for me to believe that it's some kind of news when bots defeat humans.
I don't have to defend my observation. I've stepped down.
This is great! I thought being a founder of something was an indelible historical event, but apparently, you can step down from being a founder! I'm going to go found some evil groups right away...once I step down, I won't be a founder any more, so I will be absolved forever. Awesome!
I can't help it.
I'm horrified by the lack of attention to grammar in Slashdot headlines. Some may find my reaction horrifying, but I'm fairly certain they are overreacting.
"Get in, get out again, and no one gets hurt."
...That is all.
...Geeks I know here in Germany have moved to Chrome OS and everything in the cloud....
By "geeks" I assume you mean people who bite heads off chickens in a carnival sideshow. I don't know any geeks (as in, people using computers for fun) who don't have at least _some_ data and hardware that they purposefully and protectively keep local. (See my sig.)
Word.
Take your cynical attitude and ram it straight up your stinkhole. I for one am willing to give it a try, who knows, it may be better than nothing at all. We don't need your anti-social rants here, please die in a fire.
You are calling anti-Facebook sentiments "anti-social"? Do you know what anti-social means? It means you. I didn't see the guy you are rebutting telling anyone to die, much less in a fire. Look up anti-social in a dictionary before you type more.
You say my opinion doesn't mean much to you, but then you describe your use case. So, I'm going to assume you do want an opinion after all. Your use case makes sense, provided the host of the servers that collect and weight the autocomplete results is truly a trusted provider. I assume you have vetted your provider appropriately, to the extent that accidentally typed passwords or other secrets that may wind up in a search box are not a concern for you. Personally, I do not make these assumptions about every user of Google's autocomplete. I think the majority of them, if pressed, would give an answer that comes down to appeal to common belief/popularity as their reason for trusting Google.
Post after post about unfair downmod= 2. Inflammatory language from others + downmods, many. Mobile users and casual viewers aren't going to use parent links. It isn't a perfect system, and it works well enough for you, but may still need improvement for other users. Please consider that.
I find your perception of what autocomplete does as an overall system to be lacking.
Well, I guess we can expect this not to get modded up, even though it's absolutely true. Good observation. Moderation is clearly broken when I'm modded down as a flamebait troll because I asked what is essentially the framing question of this branch of the discussion, with the result that anyone viewing the forum with a filter at higher than -1 sees a series of disconnected comments and not the question I asked.
I'm in favor of eliminating all auto-complete. I believe that in all cases, the implementers of auto-complete gain information manipulation powers that are not perceived clearly by the users of auto-complete. Does that make me pro-censorship? Does it make me anti-user? Does it make sense to view this as a left or right wing American politics issue? Why am I seeing Cowards posting from those two sides, calling me names, as if I asked something dangerous?
They should prevent exploitation of their algorithms in general, not just when it suits some particular vocal group.
I agree with this. It's interesting that my question was modded down. Who was afraid of my question? Anonymous cowards, I assume, who use their logged on sessions to mod things down they don't like to see, and their AC sessions to make actual comments when they are bok bok bok chicken.
I never use autocomplete on anything, for multiple reasons. If you use autocomplete, please stop doing that. You're part of the problem. This is my opinion, and it represents what I believe. Deal with it.
So, Google has no obligation to prevent its services from being leveraged by those who understand how it works from exploiting search suggestions as a means of disseminating their personal views. Is that what you're saying?
...Fillion isn't giving up the rights...
This made me laugh. Does CanHasDIY know something I don't? Does Fillion own the rights? Funny stuff if true, funny stuff if false.
Thanks for proving my point, Coward. It's fun to watch. At first.
Whatever the new authors want to do. Canonicity is something fans use to make themselves mad and start fights. It's a fun time for some, and an alternately funny or sad thing to watch. Look at what's happened to Star Wars fan dialogue because of notions of canonicity interacting with personality worship. Bronies welcome, anti-bronies welcome too, is what I say. Whatever the author wants to do, as long as characters are true to their natures, it should all work out.
I agree that this is misinformation, or perhaps disinformation. Apple is trying to avoid a knee-jerk reaction from investors who don't understand what this actually means. I can't really blame them. Tech speculators are superstitious and foolish.
Lol! The fact that you can still troll is evidence that the "electronic frontier" is still very much alive. Enjoy being a coward about it.
I support EFF proudly and donate regularly, and have for years. If you depend on the Internet for any part of your livelihood, I encourage you to do the same. It wasn't invented to be a surveilled shopping mall. It's supposed to be for you, individually, to use as you will. EFF helps you in this effort.