Well, you've already decided that "racists will go to great lengths to try to rationalize their bigotry". You probably decided that a long time ago, probably before even examining the facts involved. But you want to call me prejudiced?
I have tolerance for all but the intolerant. Why is that so hard for bigots to understand? It's not a paradox. It doesn't involve any twisted logic. It's really fucking simple.
strangers with equivalent academic abilities shared genetic similarities
and these are unequally distributed in different races
[Citation badly needed to justify your racism]
WTF slashdot?! A blatantly racist claim with no backing gets modded to +4 Insightful with NOTHING backing it up? Not even a Wikipedia article? Not even a link to a white supremacist blog?
Oh no, I'm very introverted, and I decided I liked that from a very young age. I consider it a good thing that I grew up not thinking that being a blast in parties was the only worthy goal in life.
um... ok, so its silicone rubber coated in wax. Heat the wax and the silicone can flex because the wax is fluid. Let it cool and the wax hardens. That doesn't sound even remotely durable to me. How is this useful?
Didn't you watch the video?! It's just like the Terminator! Also, kittens, because they're cute and soft.
I don't know why everybody has to be so skeptical nowadays.
Yes but isn't this how a general intelligence is built up? Take my eye for instance, an amazing sensor that feeds into my brain. is the signal immediately fed to my consciousness? Certainly not. There is a massive ammount of preprocessing happening, from detecting edges, to noticing slight changes from frame to frame and discarding the irrelevant, to many other things.
I suspect that this is how a general intelligence will be built up.
I don't even read any assurances from Rogers, just weasel words like what the NSA says:
Nest's founder Matt Rogers anticipated this issue, and insisted that there's no reason to worry. In his blog post, he says that data won't be shared with anyone, including Google, without a customer's permission.
Probably in the fine print that by using the product you have given permission, and if you don't want to give permission you need to opt-out by sending a letter through the USPS. Oh, and it must be received on a day when there is a full moon, signed in blood, and sealed with the king's seal.
In this day-and-age of corporate spying you must always assume the worst.
> The telescope will shed light on the 'dark ages' of the universe,
No, actually the telescope will *collect* light from the dark ages of the universe. If it shed light it would be the world's biggest fucking flashlight.
Being a pedant is hard these days.
It will metaphorically 'shed' light on the dark ages of the universe by collecting the light from said dark age.
Of course following Muphry's law I've probably made some mistake in my post.
This is the part that is weird. Police officer as a profession isn't even in the top ten most dangerous jobs in the U.S., and yet we act like they are dying at every turn. What about truck drivers, or power-line workers, or iron-workers? These are the real heroes who are dying every day on the job.
I'm not saying there aren't good cops, but I have a friend who is a police officer. And to him if you aren't a cop or someone he knows well, you are suspect. He is paranoid, and that is drilled into them in the culture they are in.
The death penalty shouldn't be decided by algorithm.
But isn't the death penalty already decided by algorithm?
Black? Check
Kill or threaten or hint or look like you might kill Americans? Check
Can't afford a good lawyer or live outside of the US? Check
I heard a guy today at work say "Did you see Bergdahl's dad? He had a beard out to here! (motions with hands) He looks like a Taliban." I said, "He must be a Taliban then." (Most of the men that I've looked up to have had huge beards.)
The death penalty should be abolished. Especially because right now it is decided by a bunch of stupid fucking barely more competent than monkey algorithms.
Slashdot Mirror
Honestly, I am so tired of humanity confusing movies with realityl.
Me too! Just the other day I was watching The Truman Show and thinking, "How can he not know the whole thing is a movie?!"
SiriÃ(TM)s Inventors Are Building a Radical New AI That Does Anything You Ask...
Oh and Viv, format this shit so Slashdot will display it correctly.
Nah, never mind. Too difficult.
Siriâ(TM)s Inventors Are Building a Radical New AI That Does Anything You Ask
Jesus fucking hyperbolic headlines batman.
Viv, get me a blowjob!
Well, you've already decided that "racists will go to great lengths to try to rationalize their bigotry". You probably decided that a long time ago, probably before even examining the facts involved. But you want to call me prejudiced?
I have tolerance for all but the intolerant. Why is that so hard for bigots to understand? It's not a paradox. It doesn't involve any twisted logic. It's really fucking simple.
And what they did not publish[...]
strangers with equivalent academic abilities shared genetic similarities
and these are unequally distributed in different races
[Citation badly needed to justify your racism]
WTF slashdot?! A blatantly racist claim with no backing gets modded to +4 Insightful with NOTHING backing it up? Not even a Wikipedia article? Not even a link to a white supremacist blog?
You moderators suck shit.
That this has not gone to a Federal Grand Jury appears more like corruption than anything else.
You're just noticing that there is corruption that goes on in favor of big business with impunity in the US? What are you, a fucking Republican?
Microsoft supports Internet Explorer?! I wouldn't admit to it if I was them.
I wouldn't mind being a test subject if they if they did have a tool.
They don't take stutterers.
JK. One of the smartest persons I know stuttered.
$2 million? What a joke; that'll buy what, some office space?
It'll buy some seeds, after all it was *cough* "seed funding."
"...our practice is a measured and fair step to ensure that this small group of customers do not disadvantage all others."
Because if anyone is going to be putting someone at a disadvantage, that's going to be us.
Sincerely,
Verizon
P.S. Fuck You
Can we start fucking putting these traitors in jail now?!
I'll bet you're a blast at parties....
Oh no, I'm very introverted, and I decided I liked that from a very young age. I consider it a good thing that I grew up not thinking that being a blast in parties was the only worthy goal in life.
I bet you're great at picking up on sarcasm...
I just want to be your friend.
um... ok, so its silicone rubber coated in wax. Heat the wax and the silicone can flex because the wax is fluid. Let it cool and the wax hardens. That doesn't sound even remotely durable to me. How is this useful?
Didn't you watch the video?! It's just like the Terminator! Also, kittens, because they're cute and soft.
I don't know why everybody has to be so skeptical nowadays.
Does anyone oppose this?
You must be new here.
You're right: porn. Gonna get even more variety, if that's even possible.
I suspect that this is how a general intelligence will be built up.
In Putin's Russia, time fucks you.
I joined Mensa in 1988 to meet chicks
WTF!?! AHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA
Nest's founder Matt Rogers anticipated this issue, and insisted that there's no reason to worry. In his blog post, he says that data won't be shared with anyone, including Google, without a customer's permission.
Probably in the fine print that by using the product you have given permission, and if you don't want to give permission you need to opt-out by sending a letter through the USPS. Oh, and it must be received on a day when there is a full moon, signed in blood, and sealed with the king's seal.
In this day-and-age of corporate spying you must always assume the worst.
> The telescope will shed light on the 'dark ages' of the universe,
No, actually the telescope will *collect* light from the dark ages of the universe. If it shed light it would be the world's biggest fucking flashlight.
Being a pedant is hard these days.
It will metaphorically 'shed' light on the dark ages of the universe by collecting the light from said dark age.
Of course following Muphry's law I've probably made some mistake in my post.
I remember it because I've never read anything published that needed an editor more than it..
The same as your one sentence post.
Even the cops are afraid...
This is the part that is weird. Police officer as a profession isn't even in the top ten most dangerous jobs in the U.S., and yet we act like they are dying at every turn. What about truck drivers, or power-line workers, or iron-workers? These are the real heroes who are dying every day on the job.
I'm not saying there aren't good cops, but I have a friend who is a police officer. And to him if you aren't a cop or someone he knows well, you are suspect. He is paranoid, and that is drilled into them in the culture they are in.
The death penalty shouldn't be decided by algorithm.
But isn't the death penalty already decided by algorithm?
I heard a guy today at work say "Did you see Bergdahl's dad? He had a beard out to here! (motions with hands) He looks like a Taliban." I said, "He must be a Taliban then." (Most of the men that I've looked up to have had huge beards.)
The death penalty should be abolished. Especially because right now it is decided by a bunch of stupid fucking barely more competent than monkey algorithms.
Sorry about that.