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  1. Re:Another European white elephant.... on Airbus Is Giving Up On the A380 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Your argument would have carried more weight had you used the word 'met' instead of 'meeted'. Are you from the USA?

  2. They don't need to. I am pretty sure the FB app has access to WhatsApp chats in any case. They are only 'end-to-end' encrypted, not at the actual 'ends'.

  3. They should already be doing this for EU (GDPR) citizens!

  4. The 90s wants its article back... on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Manage Your Inbox? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I think it was origianlly called 'Information Overload'...

  5. Re:speaks to the greater potential of this researc on A Neural Network Can Learn To Recognize the World It Sees Into Concepts (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    The timing is interesting as even journalists are starting to turn against what passes for 'AI' these days...I forsee an AI winter next year..

  6. Re:For all of the hype on Netflix Password Sharing May Soon Be Impossible Due To New AI Tracking (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Absolutely, this is definitely *not* AI. I am beginning to tire of all this...

  7. Re:Interesting solution applied to the wrong probl on New Web App Uses Machine Learning To Analyze, Repair Your Technical Resume (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Speeling?? Goddamn hypocrite here :-)

  8. Re:Interesting solution applied to the wrong probl on New Web App Uses Machine Learning To Analyze, Repair Your Technical Resume (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed, but you'd be rejected for not speeling it right; it's 'restaurateurs'.

  9. Re:Just like Facebook on Google Accused of 'Trust Demolition' Over Health App (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. I am conviced that the FB app sees WhatsApp conversations too; via the 'app family' facility in iOS and data sharing in Android. After all, they only state encrypted end-to-end, the 'ends' are plaintext.

  10. The NHS don't realise how valuable their data are! on Google Accused of 'Trust Demolition' Over Health App (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Really, the NHS should have an in-house data exploitation centre. Research should be invited (and the data 'rented out') but should be done on the premises, using NHS hardware; the data should never leave.

  11. I don't get why drivers are so resentful! on Cyclists Are Faster Than Cars And Motorbikes in Cities and Towns, Study Says (forbes.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They are not the ones getting cold, rained-on and run over by drivers. They are the ones sitting in their warm coccoons with their entertainment systems.

  12. No because you should be using your mirrors *and* checking your blind spot. In the UK filtering is totally legal.

  13. In the UK, the bike is invincible in the sense that it may be anywhere on the road, in any lane and in the primary position, and is also not subject to speed limits.

  14. Actually cyclists in the UK *are* allowed to split lanes and ride anywhere in the road. They are also not technically subject to speed limits. However, they must stop at red lighs and zebra crossings. However many crossroads are being adapted to allow cyclists through on the pedestrian crossing cycle if it is safe to do so.

  15. Can I just correct you there? He had *no* brakes at all. Pedal resistance is not adequate (I know this form riding a fixie on a track - if you tried to brake you would snap your ankles). Anyway, he was a complete bellend and it was the fact he wasn't wearing a helmet either, that killed the woman (their heads collided, if he had been wearing a helmet she would also have been protected to a certain extent).

  16. Re: Simple, clearly label all advertising as adver on Can Facebook Keep Large-Scale Misinformation From the Free World? (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    and stop carrying any other media.

  17. Simple, clearly label all advertising as adverts a on Can Facebook Keep Large-Scale Misinformation From the Free World? (sfgate.com) · · Score: 2

    It is the only way their current business model will survive.

  18. I was just thinking the other day that this feature should be part of the SMTP standard, or at least most email clients!

  19. Re:Hello Captchas on UK ISP Tests SIM Card That Forces All of Your Mobile Data Through Tor (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Well they'll soon be very good at identifying chimneys, fire hydrants and buses :-)

  20. UK Steps Towards Zero-Carbon Economy on UK Steps Towards Zero-Carbon Economy (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    "UK Steps Towards Zero-Carbon Economy" - ha they've just restarted fracking in the North West! Against the wishes of everyone in the area :-(

  21. Re:Counter-point on As Companies Embrace AI, It's a Job-Seeker's Market (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    > There is zero evidence that AI is "putting people out of work". How many people do you know that have lost their jobs to deep learning? Sigh: another person who thinks AI only refers to bloody deep learning. There are 1000s of other 'AI' approaches out there - for example the 'fuzzy logic' and expert systems that have removed flight engineers for the cockpit...

  22. Re: Interesting field, but.. on As Companies Embrace AI, It's a Job-Seeker's Market (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    That sounds to me like you're ignoring the 1000s of other AI techniques that *aren't* ANN/gradient descent!

  23. Re:Keyboards aren't the only problem on The New and Improved MacBook Keyboards Have the Same Old Problems (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    It's because they are just crap these days.

  24. The UK is Practicing Cyberattacks on The UK is Practicing Cyberattacks That Could Black Out Moscow (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    No! UK is *Practising* Cyberattacks.

  25. Re:Outsourced Filtering on The EU Can Still Be Saved From Its Internet-Wrecking Copyright Plan (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    "vwith say MD5+SHA256" - no, this would not cover anything with even minute changes to the file (you wouldn't need both hashes btw). You would need to use a CTPH (Context triggered piecewise hashing) or fuzzy model, like SSDeep or photoDNA. Computationally expensive... And that's before you even look at text...