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by dirkgently 8y ago
To generalize, "why such vitriol again science-deniers?". It's one thing to talk to Bible thumpers, but science-deniers are not Bible thumpers. They use pseudo science to discredit science. They gave an agenda against science
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by dirkgently 8y ago
They could have used "all your rounded corners are belong to us". They had better outcome with courts with that argument.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
So following rules is a problem now? If Waymo gets caught violating even a small rule, there will be a thousand articles on HN on self-centered Big Bad Silicon Valley.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
Just because Romanticism is overtaken by Consumerism doesn't mean they are the same.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
> all-inclusive resort > see a new place in the world These two don't go well together.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
> Same question, why beats specifically? Why not Apple, Samsung, Boss? People shit on Bose all the time. And justifiably. Apple is in exactly the same cohort, but RDF is strong. Samsung is great hardware, shitty interface (touchviz is pu
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by dirkgently 8y ago
So after a long article about Facebook, the first comment is about Google. If Tesla kills a driver, it's Tesla and Waymo. If Facebook is selling your data, it's Facebook and Google. Why don't we stop pretending and just say w
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by dirkgently 8y ago
Only if the article mentioned it! Oh wait, it did! https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi18/presentation/geng
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by dirkgently 8y ago
They don't reinvent as much as keep the hype machine running well, and they are doing excellent job at that. This world runs on hype. Tesla's and Apples are good at it. After that, whatever they do is 'reinvention'.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
Just like how, without Apple, we wouldn't have had rounded corners.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
> Siri is cool No. Siri is shit.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
It's not perfect, but it's way better. The spam is mostly gone. Inane comments are lower in priority.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
Do you remember hiw bad YouTube comments have been? And it's significantly better lately? That happened due to ML. Not everyone is out there to use ML for nefarious purpose. And there are multiple use cases for ML.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
> (well.. less Google, more Apple) That's funny, because very recently, there was a discovery that fb gave most of the device makers deep access to user data, including Apple. Against all evidences, Apple still gets a pass.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
> Very very hard. Because the bot author does not have the giant database that FB has You don't need to learn from all humans. You need to learn from very few (or just even one). Not all problems are machine learning problem.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
> IMHO you should avoid GAE. And you should stop telling others what works best for them without knowing anything about what their projects and needs are.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
Apple is basically outsourcing user data mining to Facebook so that they can take the high groud. Didn't Tim Cook just two months back bragged about how Apple doesn't do certain things? He was right. He asked Facebook to do that f
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by dirkgently 8y ago
Stop bashing Google without any proofs. They do respect privacy and don't share data you elect not to. In fact, their take out tool was released in 2009 or something, way before GRPR made others do it too.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
> helping the user So much wrong in these three words.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
That doesn't explain why YouTube is still gaining momentum, after all these years.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
Auto pilot implies level 5 autonomous vehicle, while Tesla has glorified assistance capabilities, at level 1. Idiots are using as if Tesla is Level 5.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
Well, then they should also provide the same regorous training that the pilots recieve, or make Tesla available to those who are equally trained.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
We? We have already solved it. They (Tesla) hasn't.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
Yes, because they definitely do not call the technology "Auto-pilot".
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by dirkgently 8y ago
> If the laws allow companies to sell Level 5 autonomous vehicle while keeping the passenger (because it's not really a driver anymore) responsible Well, law is allowing Tesla to sell a Level 1 vehicle as Level 5. They have to start
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by dirkgently 8y ago
Tesla's "Auto-pilot" is one of the most blatant market-speak lies I have come across lately, and they have been getting away it.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
And what are those specific "terms and conditions"? It's funny hoe Google is somehow perceived as evil while Apple or Amazon not. If I have to trust someone with mt data (and we all do), I will choose Google over anyone else.
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by dirkgently 8y ago
And ".... hidden commands that are undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant." And then "digital assistants like Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri are set to outnumber people by 2021&qu
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by dirkgently 10y ago
Am I allowed to puke now?
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by dirkgently 12y ago
> They're getting pretty good though at predicting intent. Yes, by tracking you to other sites - you know the sites you thought were not facebook.

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