Pfhreak

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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Same thing it's always been: a tool you can deploy when you want your cause to appear righteous. Both parties believe they are supporting the constitution full throatedly and both ignore it when it is inconvenient. (Or they argue, &quo
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
No clue. And I'm not sure your post even makes sense? Like, what are even hoping to achieve? Aren't modders and the like probably already trying to do what you are trying to do? And why do you think $10k is a significant amount of
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
You joined recently, not sure how you've got any ability to say it's gotten worse 'recently.' Unless you are referring to the past 10 months or so where there was one or two things that might have impacted the discours
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
A couple days back Nintendo was on the front page of HN for threatening people and tailing them, iirc? Also, they've been pretty assertive about DMCA, and they aren't very kind with streamers from what I understand. (Also, they re
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Average life expectancy includes a lot of children who didn't survive. Once you got past childhood, you typically lived past 40.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
What does 'pro-employee' mean in this case? I saw that he advocates a $15/hour minimum wage (saying, additionally, that this is not enough). Are there other things that he's doing that are pro-employee? (E.g. Is there em
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
You asserted it was just. I just don't think that's axiomatic. I'm not here to argue whether it's true, just to say that you shouldn't take it as necessarily factual.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
> the punishment is just I think it's reasonable to hold the belief that the punishment, especially in today's prison system, is not just.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
I like work it out with guard rails. Observe, be prepared to talk about feelings, and ensure the lesson isn't "might is right", but otherwise give kids the opportunity to experiment with social interactions.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
What are a few hundred lives compared to millions of dollars? /s Boeing cares, first and foremost, about the bottom line. It doesn't surprise me that money beats safety for them.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
If that train had been carrying corn, would the result have been the same amount of damage? What could have happened on the worst case if the train was carrying LNG?
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Would a crash be sufficient to cause a sudden aerosolization of the lng? It seems to me that it could, but I am not an expert. Natural gas has a smell added because it has historically exploded... > If you are comfortable with oil being
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
> Those that break the law SHOULD have to live in fear that they'll face consequences. Let's agree to disagree. > The hospital admins have an incentive The cops do too. Someone, somewhere is going to be pushing them to try a
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
I think maybe you and I agree on worldview. I suspect that facial recognition will be used in the same way.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
> Sorry but almost everyone does have ID on them at all times. This is objectively false. 11+% of Americans don't have a government issued photo id. Presumably many more forget their id on any given day. The folks who don't hav
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Sports might be useful. Do you see the difference between, "The Patriots have statistically scored more yards per game than average." Vs. "Patriots team members are good at scoring yards." Vs. "You are on the Patrio
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
You and I have different opinions about how humans will interact with complex computer systems. I believe humans will go, "well, the computer says you are so and so, and it's almost always right, so I'm going to need to take
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
There is absolutely logic in it. If you get falsely arrested (not even convicted), you can lose your job, get deported, spend thousands trying to clear your name, or even just get shot by the police. AI tech will have false positives. Techn
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Humans cannot scale the same way AI can. AI can easily scan every face at a football game. Humans can't. AI could easily scale to watch everyone who walks through every intersection downtown. Humans can't. If AI makes a much small
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Good question. There's a big difference between, "These are the observed results" and "These people are inherently X". And especially different than, "Person is Y, therefore they are good/bad at X".
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
No, it's explicit in my post. A facial recognition system cannot be designed to function well. A logical view says that anything short of perfect will absolutely ruin people's lives.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
You have a very rose colored view of the world. What will happen is the police will consider the person dangerous, approach cautiously or aggressively, cuff them, throw them into the back of a cruiser and then maybe check their id. And yo
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Neither is acceptable in my eyes. Implicit in your post is the idea that the system functions and functions well. If a single person is incorrectly identified by a system design to catch warrants, the system has failed beyond redemption. No
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Yes, things like "Asians are good at math" is racist, even if it's a positive stereotype. That said, the parent poster said that many leadership positions, plural, were filled by people of color. I think it's probably re
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
> Why else put text ON TOP of the footage? Because they are flight instructors, not video editors? Because they wanted their text to exist anywhere the video was shared?
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Citation needed. Complaining is one thing, sure, but expressing a wide range of emotions (including healthy expressions of sadness, frustration, fear, etc.) is considered pretty positive and good by the women I know. Crying is important, no
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Ok, sure. In neither case is it basically a tax. Also, philanthropy often gives you stuff. The WWF gives me a nice stuffed animal and thank you card, for instance. And plenty of wealthy donors mysteriously get their kids into colleges.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
You are describing philanthropy , which is definitely not "basically a tax".
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
By charging $500,000 per dose? You think there are 100k people who would pay that? Also, if this was a cause the billionaires believed in, they could just give $500,000 to vaccination efforts and also give up their spot in line. Nothing sto
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
I disagree. Various populations are at greater risk. Unhoused people, for example, should get the vaccine before me. So should anyone who has to work on site somewhere. Parents and care givers who care for children, etc etc. I work in tech,

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