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  1. Re:Simple solution on AI Programs Exhibit Racial and Gender Biases, Research Reveals (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Could be easier said than done if the data is gigabytes of text. You have an algorithmic way of deleting racist data?

  2. Re:useless article on AI Wins $290,000 in Chinese Poker Competition (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Who cares, real question is what is the AI going to spend the winnings on.

  3. Re:Relevant links on How To Protect Your Privacy Online (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you use a VPN server whic has an IP that has the same geolocation as your country? (when getting good steam speeds)

    It might just be that cyberghost are idiots and use the same IP address ranges for the free service as they do for the paid service which is why I see so much evidence of abuse reports for the IP addresses I'm using.

  4. Relevant links on How To Protect Your Privacy Online (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    More VPN providers than you can throw a bucket of sticks at:
    https://thatoneprivacysite.net...

    TorrentFreak 2017 survey:
    https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-s...

    I've moved from PrivateVPN (seem incompetent) to CyberGhost premium (slow, dodgy untrustworthy they essentially log), NordVPN next.

    Valve/Steam f**ks over VPN users, downloads go at 40KB/s whilst using VPN, they seem to think it's up to them whether I use a VPN, like fuck you valve, that isn't your choice to make.

  5. Re:Anyone seen Black Mirror's Fifteen Million Meri on HTC Introduces Eye-Tracking 'VR Ad Service' (pcgamer.com) · · Score: 1

    but because I am broke. I owe about one million dollars, I dont have a job, I dont have a girlfrien, I dont need a bigger dick, I am not fat or bald, and I dont want neither do I need to look at their ads,

    Sounds like you need a beer, BUY CHEAP BEER ONLINE...

  6. Re:Not all wrecks can be avoided on Uber Halts Self-Driving Car Tests in Arizona After Friday Night Collision (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    FML, you're reading stuff into my posts that simply isn't there.

  7. Re:Not all wrecks can be avoided on Uber Halts Self-Driving Car Tests in Arizona After Friday Night Collision (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    I think you're massively over-estimating the capabilities of self-driving cars. I do not mean souls at all, when I say I do not mean souls that means I do not mean souls. You're the one talking about souls, not me. If you look at the definition of aware, it says nothing about souls. I'm not religious and I'm not coming at this from any kind of spiritual angle.

    These cars do not have situational awareness, they don't know 1% of what your average adult knows about the world around them and as such can't make the same kind of judgment calls.

  8. Re:Not all wrecks can be avoided on Uber Halts Self-Driving Car Tests in Arizona After Friday Night Collision (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I'm not talking about souls, I'm talking about the difference between the data the car reads in via video and laser etc and what the car then interprets that data to be. The cars don't have knowledge = they do not have awareness relatively speaking.

    And see the definition of aware:
    https://www.google.co.uk/searc...

  9. Re:Not all wrecks can be avoided on Uber Halts Self-Driving Car Tests in Arizona After Friday Night Collision (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    Wrong, a self driving cart is not *aware* of anything at all, it's software doing it's function. There is also a big difference between what a car scans(some might erroneously call this 'aware of') and what the car then recognises. If you watch google car videos, you'll see that what the car actually recognises is simply defined as some moving cubes, some static items etc, sometimes these things are highlighted as being further categorised, sometimes they aren't.

    Autonomous vehicles have got a long long way to go before they start recognising what moving objects and stationary objects actually are and whether they might potentially move and what kind of movements they might make.

  10. Re:Next thing is... on Google To Revamp Policies, Hire Staff After UK Ad Scandal (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Companies are going to have to be taxed on turnover, they can be rebated any tax on turnover at the amount of tax they do actually pay on profit, no tax paid on profit, no rebate.

  11. Re:A better question on Can Crowdfunding Bring Back The Netbook? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    I wanted a netbook but ended up with a laptop because no-ones selling good spec netbooks which is odd considering how easy they should be to make now with great screens readily available because of tablets and intel chips with the latest intel hd video is surprisingly good, stick 1 stick of 8gb memory and some ssd on there, could be cheap and awesome but they're just not doing it.

  12. Re:piece of shit machines on Can Crowdfunding Bring Back The Netbook? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you want 'classic start menu' make windows look like a former version.

  13. Re:Globalisation on Backlash Builds Against Bill Gates' Call For A Robot Tax (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    the core problem is the accumulation of wealth within a very small number of people.

    Of course Bill doesn't want THAT dealt with, how much of that charitable trust money has he actually spent? And how much of it is invested in companies in a manner diametrically opposed to the trusts cause.

  14. Re:I call bullshit on The Promise of Blockchain Is a World Without Middlemen (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    And that doesn't negate what I said at all. And no, "anyone can attest" is not true when the blockchain has increased to tens of terabytes or more, which will happen.

    Most of all, I'm an environmentalist and bitcoin sucks bad from an energy use point of view. More mining has to be done for every transaction.

  15. Re:I call bullshit on The Promise of Blockchain Is a World Without Middlemen (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    Blockchain size:
    https://blockchain.info/charts...

    Bitcoin isn't popular yet and the blockchain size has already exponentially mushroomed to over 100GB.

    Fanboys like to point out that not everyone needs to have a copy of the block-chain, but that completely negates the 'decentralised' part. IE back to square one with banks running it.

    Have you got a few peta-bytes of storage handy for when Bitcoin becomes popular?

  16. Re:"No Banks" probably means "We are the new Banks on The Promise of Blockchain Is a World Without Middlemen (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    That and the blockchain size would quickly become astronomical in size.

  17. Re:Statist thinking on Virginia Becomes First State To Legalize Delivery Robots (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    The sidewalks are owned by the government.

    Are they? I dont know about THE US but in the UK they are public and public owned.

  18. Is how would we act if we found alien life (non-intelligent) and could send a ship to study it, would we allow the ship back? Or would we have a permanent physical contact ban in case of deadly life forms that our species couldn't cope with.

  19. Most of which is already done and none of which requires AI.

  20. Re:proprietary Sony? on Sony Unveils World's Fastest SD Card (amateurphotographer.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Also, I think it will be a while before you can have TB capacities on thumb drives

    Been around for a while already. Since at least 2013 actually.

  21. Re:Not entirely sure on GE, Intel, and AT&T Are Putting Cameras and Sensors All Over San Diego (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a double edged sword, there could be many interesting and beneficial uses that have yet to be thought of.. and there could be the over-arching surveillance that comes from having overly paranoid state leaders.

  22. Re:detecting fallacies = detecting bs on University Offers Course To Help Sniff Out and Refute 'Bullshit' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    When you can be bothered to get a handle, I might be bothered to answer your points.

  23. detecting fallacies = detecting bs on University Offers Course To Help Sniff Out and Refute 'Bullshit' (engadget.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Schools should teach all pupils to be able to spot fallacies, and encourage them to castigate those who use them. A world without fallacies would be a world where trump couldn't be president.

  24. Re:Put the phone away and PAY ATTENTION! on Dutch Town Pilots Lightlines To Help Distracted Smartphone Users Cross the Road (autoexpress.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, my vision stops working every time I chew gum, it's a nuisance but it doesn't stop me.

  25. Re:A more basic question on Finland's Universal Basic Income Called 'Useless' By Trade Union Economist (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Murder is a choice some people make, doesn't mean it's right.