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  1. Re:Caling it... on Next Big Windows Update Will Bring Hardware-Accelerated AI (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Artificially Simulated Stupidity would.

  2. Re:Hardware acceleration? on Next Big Windows Update Will Bring Hardware-Accelerated AI (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    They did include an architectural diagram in the article. The hardware part is WindowsML -> DirectML which will utilize the GPU and/or the AVX-512 instruction set of the CPU, or any possible future chip created with ML in mind.

  3. Re:Morons on FBI Paid Geek Squad Repair Staff As Informants (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Even if you didn't put it there and had no idea it existed?

  4. Re:Fingerprinting is replacing tracking on The Slow Death of the Internet Cookie (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    This, and they are also selling hoards of information about you between themselves. I wonder if for any company that keeps my fingerprint in a database, could I legally request any data associated with that fingerprint. It doesn't seem all that unreasonable to me.

  5. Re:Who uses Kali Linux? on Kali Linux For WSL Now Available in the Windows Store (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    Kali is generally meant to be run live as far as I know. So having all the packages installed is important.

  6. Re:Sounds like mostly hype on Ubisoft is Using AI To Catch Bugs in Games Before Devs Make Them (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You just basically repeated what was said in the article but don't seem to get the gaping plot holes.

    You seem to think the idea of identifying a pattern in source code that is directly responsible for creating a bug is a "simple" task. They are talking about creating code "signatures". How? If anything, the article should be on that alone. But it's completely ignored. Also, there is this implied assumption that all bugs can be identified eventually by connecting them to previous bugs. Really? So if a characters shirt is the wrong color, the AI is going to know this based on patterns in previous code? That's what they said, isn't it? 6 out of every 10 bugs, but more learning is gonna make it 100 percent!!!!

  7. Sounds like mostly hype on Ubisoft is Using AI To Catch Bugs in Games Before Devs Make Them (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Says it can detect 6 out of 10 bugs? Based on what? How would it even know what a "bug" was in the context of the game? The video also says it creates code signatures for bugs, but doesn't explain how. They explain the concept, but does it actually work? What specifically does it do? Without seeing examples, it's hard to imagine this tool does what they seem to be saying it does.

  8. Re:Multi-use straws? on Taiwan To Ban Plastic Straws, Cups and Shopping Bags By 2030 (channelnewsasia.com) · · Score: 1

    Alright guys, stop it with the straw jokes. This is the last straw.

  9. Re:Multi-use straws? on Taiwan To Ban Plastic Straws, Cups and Shopping Bags By 2030 (channelnewsasia.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There's also paper straws.

    I really don't like them and they feel weird on your lips, but they work.

  10. Re:Why? on Learning To Program Is Getting Harder (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    I'm working on a system to teach embryos how to code. May as well get them familiar early, so they are already familiar with it when they're born.

  11. Re:Do one for Hulu too, while you're at it on Snapchat Petition Attracts One Million Signatures (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I actually really like the new Hulu UI. I think it's the best UI out of them all. The older interface was more confusing. And I still hate the new Netflix "video always playing no matter what you do" UI. And Amazon's scatterbrained navigation UI isn't that great either.

  12. Re:Since the default is Opt-In.. on Ubuntu Wants To Collect Data About Your System -- Starting With 18.04 LTS (fossbytes.com) · · Score: 1

    ... Canonical's plans appear quite obvious... first get the data collection infrastructure in place by collecting innocent data. Then slowly, automatically "opt-in" other data to be collected. Of course, there will be the ability to opt-out. But you'll have to verify that option after each OS update because Canonical's default seems to be opt-in. And since the default will be opt-in, the data collection will be easily overlooked. Canonical's plans towards its users look pretty obvious to me.

    If it's obvious, what is it? What are they trying to do?

    Could they not just be collecting data in order to get a better idea on where to focus their development? The data is being made public and plus it's open source. It's anonymous but who knows maybe they are secretly keeping track of the ip addresses. But if so, why?

  13. Last time I rode a cab the guy seemed to have no knowledge of the city whatsoever and I had to give him specific directions the entire way down to what lanes to drive in. He basically used me as his GPS.

  14. I've used Trello and Kanbo. They both claim to be business software, but feel more like Fischer-Price.

  15. It was never was about politics. There is something that YouTube doesn't want to admit. Their monetization system was being exploited by bots and scammers. My guess advertisers knew it too. Political people are trained to ignore details. The fact that everyone regardless of "political position" is complaining about being demonetized.

  16. Re:Revenue vs. Ethics? Ha! on YouTube Warns of 'Consequences' For Creators Who Misbehave (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They already addressed the Logan Paul thing by saying they would monitor every video before they monetized it. But as much as people want to make an example of him, there are a lot worse things that YouTubers have done in the past, some venturing into criminal activity (eg. Austin Jones).

  17. Re:Morons At Youtube. on YouTube Warns of 'Consequences' For Creators Who Misbehave (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    The algorithm is to demonetize every video and then hand pick which videos to run ads on.

  18. Re:Revenue vs. Ethics? Ha! on YouTube Warns of 'Consequences' For Creators Who Misbehave (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    So, let me get this straight. If I feel like calling another YouTube creator an asshole in a viral rant that drives millions of customers to your site, that is going to lead to "consequences"?

    I don't think that's where she was going. If I had to guess it's related to all the sexual harassment claims that have been going around lately. Previous policy changes had to do with demonetizing videos on a video by video basis. I think this is more about demonetizing videos due to behavior of the creators in their personal life. Similar to how some sports leagues punish players for something they may have done outside of the actual sport, like the NFL's "conduct detrimental to the league" policy.

  19. Re:The weakest security on A Photo Accidentally Revealed a Password For Hawaii's Emergency Agency (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Sometimes a password isn't needed and doesn't add any real security but is required. You're very quick to fire someone without really knowing the situation or what the password even was for.

    And yes, passwords are hard to remember when you have to remember a hundred of them. If they weren't, why do people use password managers?

  20. Re:Seems to me Yahoo is burning their seed corn on YouTube Toughens Advert Payment Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    What YouTubers are complaining about is that YouTube has stopped running ads on their videos. You can't really say they are making money off your content if they aren't even running ads on your content.

  21. In Defense of Youtube on YouTube Toughens Advert Payment Rules (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They aren't stopping anyone from posting videos. They are still hosting videos for people for free. That isn't changing. When YouTube started there were no ads, and nobody was getting paid, yet people still made videos. What's happening now is Youtube is transitioning to whitelisting and away from blacklisting so it's easier to control what videos to run ads on. If I had to guess, there is way more to it than just making sure the video is "appropriate.". Obviously this has a negative effect on a large amount of people and maybe changes the quality of YouTube as a whole. But people forget, YouTube changed a lot initially when people started making money from videos in the first place. Whatever dropoff in quality of content has already happened. It became less and less about what YOU want to post, and more about getting clicks. But from YouTube's standpoint, they are still providing the same general service they provided from the beginning. People are still going to upload videos, paid or not. The biggest concern is will YouTube start making non monetized videos harder and harder to find.

  22. Re:Ubuntu vs. Mint, Cinnamon vs. Mate on Linux Mint 19 Named 'Tara' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    I just installed 18.3 Sylvia xfce and really like it. And it seems I'm getting more than 2x the battery power of my last install of cinnamon (I think 18.1). Not sure if it was the desktop change or the upgrade though. I was also having sleep wake issues with XUbuntu and Cinnamon which xfce 18.3 seemed to improve on. But I'm thinking they all likely improved once Ubuntu is updated. I'm probably sticking with xfce for now. Seems more polished than I remember it.

  23. If it were the other way around on A Glitch Stole Christmas: S.C. Lottery Says Error Caused Winning Tickets (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I bet if the "printing or programming error" resulted in winning tickets to be non-winning tickets, you wouldn't be seeing any surprise payouts.

  24. The rest of what he was saying was gibberish, so why not throw a cyberspace in there?

  25. So I'm supposed to believe a guy that is worth more than $300 million never buys anything he doesn't need? Sounds legit.