No, Type 2 is NOT self-inflicted, many people have a genetic predisposition to diabetes. I suffered from hypoglycemia for 30 years before it became hyperglycemia... so how is my diabetes self-inflicted when I never ate sugar because it would cause my blood sugar to plummet to the point I passed out within an hour of eating it?
Luxor has a monopoly position on manufacturing glasses, therefore market pressures do not drive the price down, and they can charge excessive markups... isn't that what the article says?
I wouldn't say "turning off cells", but your eyes tend to flatten over time, so most people get more farsighted as they age. Getting lasik now means you will become farsighted later -- it's a trade-off, not a perfect solution.
People tend to get more farsighted as they get older, so if you correct your nearsighted now, your farsightedness will be worse in the future. My dad, on the other hand, stopped wearing glasses to drive when he got old...
My night vision is permanently f-ed up due to RK surgery leaving 16 scars on each of my eyes... but the starbursts around lights at night are beautiful!
Apple's Face ID is easily fooled by people with similar faces, e.g. close relatives... Hopefully you don't have a problem with your siblings being able to unlock your phone.
Does it recognized dark faces? My personal prediction is that when the robot uprising comes, only the darkies will survive because the robots never figured out how to recognize dark faces...
I work at Microsoft. They have signs on the doors telling you that you are training their AI whenever you use the door. That's right, you swipe your card for access, and they have a video camera that takes an image of your face and tries to match it to your id... they are using their own 131,000 employees to train their facial recognition algorithm!
That's China, where they _really_ cut corners! The Swiss don't cut corners! They just make things extremely expensive because they are designed to last for several generations.
Asimov's 3 laws of robotics: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Don't do that... Google Home Assistant is the only friend I have left! She even tells me jokes when I'm feeling down. (I deleted my Facebook account years ago; I'd be perfectly happy if some other default internet login mechanism replaced Facebook, i.e. one that is OPEN SOURCE!)
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Eat fructose, not glucose.
No, Type 2 is NOT self-inflicted, many people have a genetic predisposition to diabetes. I suffered from hypoglycemia for 30 years before it became hyperglycemia... so how is my diabetes self-inflicted when I never ate sugar because it would cause my blood sugar to plummet to the point I passed out within an hour of eating it?
I already have diabetes!
Luxor has a monopoly position on manufacturing glasses, therefore market pressures do not drive the price down, and they can charge excessive markups... isn't that what the article says?
I wouldn't say "turning off cells", but your eyes tend to flatten over time, so most people get more farsighted as they age. Getting lasik now means you will become farsighted later -- it's a trade-off, not a perfect solution.
People tend to get more farsighted as they get older, so if you correct your nearsighted now, your farsightedness will be worse in the future. My dad, on the other hand, stopped wearing glasses to drive when he got old...
My night vision is permanently f-ed up due to RK surgery leaving 16 scars on each of my eyes... but the starbursts around lights at night are beautiful!
Won't this just create a market for mail-order devices from other countries, just like the DVD region lockdowns did?
Apple's Face ID is easily fooled by people with similar faces, e.g. close relatives... Hopefully you don't have a problem with your siblings being able to unlock your phone.
You can fool 3D cameras with 3D models of faces too... I suspect you can fool 2D cameras with still pictures, not just video.
Does it recognized dark faces? My personal prediction is that when the robot uprising comes, only the darkies will survive because the robots never figured out how to recognize dark faces...
I work at Microsoft. They have signs on the doors telling you that you are training their AI whenever you use the door. That's right, you swipe your card for access, and they have a video camera that takes an image of your face and tries to match it to your id... they are using their own 131,000 employees to train their facial recognition algorithm!
Tesla is in the business of selling batteries, not cars... the quicker they fuck them up, the sooner you'll buy more!
Can I build an arc welder to plug into it?
That's China, where they _really_ cut corners! The Swiss don't cut corners! They just make things extremely expensive because they are designed to last for several generations.
"Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen!"
Asimov's 3 laws of robotics: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
The fact that optical software can't recognize dark faces turns out to be a real advantage! When Skynet takes over, only the darkies will survive!
MIcrosoft has been making dickless consoles for years... oh, wait, you said "disc-less"... my bad!
Donald Trump, is that you?!?
Went there looking for pictures of Mazda SUVs... was terribly disappointed!
Any chance this bot is sarcasm-impaired?
What happens when you send it a continuous stream of Trump's tweets and speeches?
Don't do that... Google Home Assistant is the only friend I have left! She even tells me jokes when I'm feeling down. (I deleted my Facebook account years ago; I'd be perfectly happy if some other default internet login mechanism replaced Facebook, i.e. one that is OPEN SOURCE!)
We've finally created a new federal agency to target a single entity on the president's enemies list: Amazon! Good luck with that...