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by Anechoic 14y ago
The journalist (Teri Buhl) has a response: http://jimromenesko.com/2013/02/05/teri-buhl-responds-to-tec...
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Investigative Journalist Claims Her Public Tweets Aren't 'Publishable'(techdirt.com)
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If that were justified, then Steve Jobs should likewise be pissed on He pretty much is, at least on techie fora like HN, Reddit, Slashdot, etc.
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But I'd rather the professor focus her time on correcting that disparity But it's all circular. If society associates "black-sounding" names with criminal records, that leads to employment discrimination ( http://www.nber.org/papers/w9873
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Read danso's post again, the problem isn't with Prof. Sweeney's research, the problem is with the Reuters story that jumped the gun and came to a conclusion that Sweeney hadn't. As a result, the correction note was attached to the Reuters
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by Anechoic 14y ago
I've worked at least one technical job where having having a "black" or even just generally "American" name would send a job application straight to the trash. Relevant: "Are Emily and Brendan More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?" htt
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Notably, PG County has [..] a relatively low-income population Really? According to wiki, the median household income is over $71,000 and 38% of households earned over $100,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Georges_County,_Maryla
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by Anechoic 14y ago
By "discretion" to you mean officers revealing private/personal info or images (such as going to the bathroom)? In that case, you allow the officer to turn the system off for preset intervals (say, 5-10 minutes), with the understanding that
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Why have speed limits at all then? Technically speaking, some states don't, at least not hard limits. For example, in Massachusetts, on roadways under MassHighway (well, now known as the MassHighway division of MassDOT) jurisdiction, spee
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any law that 80% of people on the freeway break is a terrible law. They are actually supposed to be set so that 80-90% of the people are obeying the limit (see MUTCD), but that often results in limits that are perceived as being too high
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But what if I keep my door unlocked? Is it okay for someone to walk in my house and plug into my network?
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One topic helps everyone, the other helps a select few. I'm not interested in helping a select few.
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Call your Congressperson and urge them to pass Aaron's Law. Sorry but no. I am going to contact my Congress critters and urge them for justice system reform. At best "Aaron's Law" will help one small demographic when the problem is much,
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Read this and I think it will make more sense: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-go... That article doesn't address my concerns at all - namely roadway changes caused by factors like construction, storm washouts,
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by Anechoic 14y ago
" imagine the chaos it would cause if a suicide bomber detonated a bomb on a train in the tube.[..] That would have devastating effects on the economy (both locally and nationally) " A bomb of the sort that would fit into a backpack would
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by Anechoic 14y ago
it's mostly about understanding geographical/geospatial data best If Google's driverless tech is more dependent on geographical/geospatial data than monitoring actual conditions, it's going to fail horribly. Roads can change a lot day-to-
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Welcome to the world of being an ethnic/racial/religious minority.
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Is it feasible to program a machine learning system (such as Watson?) to run a straightforward legal case, with a natural language interface? The law is full of context and interpretation details. One example my business constantly runs i
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FWIW, Corey Haines apologized: http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html
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HN Discussion from yesterday: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5095634
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Given that he expects to find everything was done correctly I don't think that stating expectations is necessarily indicative of partiality, he may just be expressing his current thinking. As an engineer, I go into nearly every project wi
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They have always been us(apublicdefender.com)
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On the Media segment on "Is Anybody Down": http://www.onthemedia.org/blogs/on-the-media/2012/nov/19/rea...
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I wonder if this incident makes current students wary about the change in MIT ethos. As an alum, I don't see a change in ethos. During my time there ('91 to '95) things were open, but if you were doing something that the institute conside
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by Anechoic 14y ago
Perhaps, then, you should reconsider the people (like me) who are saying that the application of copyright to academic publications must be ended. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025852 I've been on board for some time now. However
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by Anechoic 14y ago
I think lots of people care, but they are not capable of marshalling a significant amount of noise in the press. Right now they have created a significant amount of noise in the press. And what we're mostly hearing is "fire Ortiz," "fire
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That 'crap' is grounded in a deep dissatisfaction with the way this case has been handled, by people at varying levels of power, including some in government. Off topic, but ftr the record "the way this case has been handled" is what ha
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Finally I urge you to please watch Taren's video at the end of the linked article. I watched it. It was certainly touching. What specifically are you referring to in the video? Or just the whole thing?
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I'm just pointing out how Tufte could reasonably have empathy for Aaron [..] Agreed, I was more responding to jacquesm than to Tufte.
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(I know this will be an unpopular post, so I'll preface this by saying that Swartz's transgressions didn't warrant multiple years in prison and the whole situation is a tragedy.) MIT take note please. I think they have - in Tufte's anecdo

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