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  1. Cambridge Analytica started off as 'research' on Suit To Let Researchers Break Website Rules Wins a Round (axios.com) · · Score: 0

    TFA notes this as well. This is an area where I say the ACLU is wrong, if their cause has a good case then they can make an arrangement with the service provider rather they flaunt a right to 'break the rules'.

  2. What's the big deal with the anti-GMO movement. on CRISPR-Altered Plants Are Not Going To Be Regulated (For Now) (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It just ends up as proteins and starches when you eat it. Now if they produced some kind of chemical that ended up as poisonous that's a different story. The only reason you'd prefer one over the other as an end user is either taste or cost.

    It's just a more engineered version of why the Irish nearly replaced their entire crop with potatoes back in the day. They were easier to plant and produced good yield... until they didn't. Variety is the space of life after all.

  3. Re:I think some need to learn basic math on Duolingo To Silicon Valley Workers: Move To Pittsburgh, Where You Can Actually Afford a Home (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    For in-house IT, on site is one of the few reasons they're not outsourced.

    Software Engineering is a different beast all together.

    Source: my company outsourced 75% of the IT department and I never noticed given how well they speak English for the few times I contact them (pc/laptop upgrade, my dumb butt locking myself out of the intranet).

  4. More accurately? ... on AI Predicts Your Lifespan Using Activity Tracking Apps (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    So you're telling me that people's lifespan were measured accurately? That assumes they they died as predicted within the test phase.

    Given it's Russia they'd need a vodka sensor for that

  5. Sounds like a smarter pruning branch analysis? on AI Tool, Which Has Digested Nearly Every Reaction Ever Performed, Can Invent New Ways To Create Complex Molecules (nature.com) · · Score: 2

    What it's doing is a deep learning version of what can be done by a pruning branch analysis by working the reactions in reverse. The sections of indecision in reactions are replaced by the AI decision formed from data dumps as opposed to some programmed heuristic.

    It's not a huge leap in AI or VI or whatever someone wants to call it these days, but it's a good application of 'deep learning'.

  6. It seems that Google is attempting to establish some kind of 'even-handed' approach. The company remains overwhelmingly liberal, but it seem they're cutting the edges off for provocative discussion. The most radical 10% liberals are edged out but still 50% -> 100% on the conservative scale are edged out leaving only the most centrist conservatives as 'last ones standing'.

    Google has a right to cultivate their own corporate culter, you can't tell a private company how to run its business. I'm just enjoying the view into the fishbowl here, and seeing a mini culture war.

  7. ARM64 drivers but can't support 64 bit application on Microsoft Finally Documents the Limitations of Windows 10 on ARM (thurrott.com) · · Score: 0

    Now that's an interesting predicament, what kind of shenanigans is going on under the hood there MS..

  8. I'd prefer that I know what code I'm running. Windows as so many back doors that the user isn't made aware of. I on the other-hand know every open port and remote connection going out, I'd rather virtualize Windows in isolation, and for when that doesn't cut it, I have a windows drive that's on my 'hot eject' SATA port for.. reasons.

  9. So you're trying to spin this as a conspiracy on Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't see why you got voted 'interesting' The leader of the 'Republic of Florida' Militia which advocates for white civil rights and an ethnostate confirmed we was a member but insisted he acted on his own. That same leader then walked those statements backward as the law enforcement agency that monitors the group can't confirm his membership either. For those not researching into it look up the 'Republic of Florida' Militia and decide for yourself before you believe an internet troll. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/f...

  10. Re:How does this compare with Google's? on MIT Develops New Chip That Reduces Neural Networks' Power Consumption by Up to 95 Percent (mit.edu) · · Score: 1

    It's probably funded by a company or the team/professor is working on Patenting it. This is typical of emergent technology not funded with public money.

  11. Re:Not everyone can afford bluetooth headphones on Rejoice: Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone Looks To Keep the Headphone Jack Alive (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Many in the working class bracket have it subsidized by their phone plan. Everyone wants the newest thingy, and in addition, phone companies want to lock in a 2 year contract.

    There's also a slew of low cost android phones also sold by samsung that have a jack which is a market apple ignored. Apple is focused on the top of the market, but Samsung is targeting both high and low. The Iphone-C was a disaster, but Samsung has success on both top and bottom of the wealth brackets.

  12. Not everyone can afford bluetooth headphones on Rejoice: Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone Looks To Keep the Headphone Jack Alive (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Some people forget, that not everyone has a cushy job. This targets the market where bluetooth headphones/ear-buds are expensive to replace.

    Ear buds on a jack are 15-20 bones compared to 40-70 for a decent bluetooth headphones. There's also the matter of bluetooth interference for audiophiles where a line-jack will be preferred (pending environment).

  13. An interesting prospect, but also an edge case on 'Sinking' Pacific Nation Tuvalu Is Actually Getting Bigger (phys.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This assumes that enough vulnerable locations will have such wave and storm patterns to be able to replenish what is lost by what is essentially a global flat raise of sea levels.

  14. That's like suing the post office... on Twitter Can't Be Blamed For 2015 ISIS-Linked Killings, Court Rules (sfgate.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For delivering letters laced with anthrax. You can't have the messenger also be your body guard or poison tester.

  15. Automation takes time on Tesla Employees Say Gigafactory Problems Are Worse Than Known (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Automation engineering is a science. The time Tesa 'estimated' was woefully wrong, but those saying it's impossible or that Tesa will never make this viable may well be eating their own words soon.

  16. Damit Japan on Japan's Latest Sensation is a Cryptocurrency Pop Group (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Stop being weird.

  17. In addition.. on Fake 'Inbound Missile' Alert Sent To Every Cellphone in Hawaii (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Funny part is that there was a prompt for "are you sure?"

  18. Metal? Somewhere a C kernel programmer is laughing.

  19. How dare you lock your door! on FBI Calls Apple 'Jerks' and 'Evil Geniuses' For Making iPhone Cracks Difficult (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    - FBI

  20. Well..... they're not wrong on Microsoft Halts Bitcoin Transactions Because It's An 'Unstable Currency' (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    It's just not stable enough do to the inability to scale it. The number of bit coin in existence is capped and we're feeling those repercussions as transactions are mere fractions of btc now.

  21. Re:Identity of a billion Indians worth only $8 on Personal Data of a Billion Indians Sold Online For $8, Report Claims (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    This both looks and sounds bad.

  22. Re:Smart move by Google on $30 Unlocked Android Smartphones To Launch in India This Month (factordaily.com) · · Score: 1

    Well one-laptop-per-child was attempting make the power of a laptop affordable, but a laptop needs more power to do useful work than a smart phone does to do its primary function.

    Now I assume that they already have some kind of old cheap flip-phones, but a basic smart phone has a few more features, and increased portability. The ability for instance to take a photo with an affordable hand-held device that you would normally have on you (phone vs dedicated camera) can make a world of difference in rural areas to document some abuses.

  23. Smart move by Google on $30 Unlocked Android Smartphones To Launch in India This Month (factordaily.com) · · Score: 1

    They're getting smartphones to those who couldn't otherwise afford it. As India grows, they'll have a smart phone preference. I equate this to free cigs for soldiers in WWII except in this case it isn't free, but cheap and affordable; for some this could be a week's pay, and within reach.

    You can say a bunch of things about google, but getting these handsets to the cheapness of $30 opens a lot of windows for those who had none before.

  24. Can't even write good code on Trump's Website Is Coded With a Broken Server Error Message That Blames Obama (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Jesus... Reliant on 'plugin' frameworks with little actual work, such that the few parts they can do they f'up. Error messages are usually the parts you want fail safe

  25. For big tech companies, acqui-hires and copying of start up tech something big conventional companies can't do. Changing a product lineup or adding features for physical products or other established services is difficult. For a tech company, introducing new features is second nature, see Snapchat and Facebook for example.

    Big tech companies leverage their market dominance such that new startups need an increasingly high bar to vault to complete.