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by jjcon 6y ago
> Said software developers did not appear out of thin air, they were raised and educated by society and have inherited technology unprecedented in scale and influence. And this is only a development of the last 80 years or so I’m not rea
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by jjcon 6y ago
It does make me wonder if Google will devour itself with questions of: is targeted advertising to a particular gender or class sexist? racist? Using the definitions of those words as used by the average googler politic I think they may thin
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by jjcon 6y ago
People only hear about lobbying in a bad light but the truth is they are vitally essential - not all lobbying is back room dealing - the vast majority of it is basically advising. When you call your senator you would be lobbying on behalf o
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by jjcon 6y ago
Not what is happening > https://twitter.com/Thomasbcn/status/1356645088697454596/pho...
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by jjcon 6y ago
AI won’t be replacing software engineers anytime soon but something to keep in mind: While people talk up Googles ai (at least they once did) the truth is while they may put out some good research now and again most of the stuff they deploy
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by jjcon 6y ago
I also got locked out of my google account - not because of a violation (automated flag or otherwise) but because google decided my login location was too different. I know my password and have access to my recovery email but I am put into
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by jjcon 6y ago
That’s hilariously uninformed - nlp is the biggest counter example but you also have neural nets working in domains like RF signal processing, drug discovery all the way to video games - none of these applications are using just traditional
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by jjcon 6y ago
Regulation != socialism Welfare != socialism
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by jjcon 6y ago
Wrong sub thread?
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by jjcon 6y ago
For the average person that is their greatest exposure - but were already seeing huge movements in medicine and defense and plenty of places where ML is not in average consumer use (the biggest applications are not for consumers). Add in yo
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by jjcon 6y ago
> I'm increasingly concerned that the impact of ML is going to be limited. You say likely typing on a keyboard with ML predictive algorithms on it, or dictating with NLP speech to text. On a phone capable of recognizing your face, u
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by jjcon 6y ago
> when it was right wing politicians and media personalities promoting the ideas of “herd exposure” If only the extreme right country of Sweden hadn’t acted so rashly by promoting herd immunity /s
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by jjcon 6y ago
> trouble with black boxes in charge of policy They are only black boxes if you don’t take the time to understand them and they are not that complicated to understand. Humans on the other hand...
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by jjcon 6y ago
I think you may be misunderstanding the worry here - those people are most definitely crazy but the reason they are being given a platform by so many is simply so people can draw false equivocations.
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by jjcon 6y ago
It may not have direct monetary impacts as large but I would argue the effects of high street crime are much higher and harder to account for. People know that backroom deals by fat cats negatively affect their lives, but they don’t feel ph
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by jjcon 6y ago
Why would someone trust me less not just on Twitter?
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by jjcon 6y ago
So I as someone that has never used Twitter could make a few bucks if I joined - worst case I’m back where I started?
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by jjcon 6y ago
I knew a beekeeper that would take them off peoples property for free since they could typically sell them or home them themselves - win win. I don’t think that is uncommon.
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by jjcon 6y ago
If verification is easy and accessible, what’s stopping a real person from getting a simple verification and then loaning out their account for bot actions (for a price)?
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by jjcon 6y ago
Speed test shows average at 170 for USA broadband https://www.speedtest.net/global-index#fixed
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by jjcon 6y ago
I’ve actually experimented with this a bit and while it can be done it isnt at all playable for 90% of games (anything requiring even moderate response times). Oculus has been working on home desktop to quest WiFi streaming and say the expe
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by jjcon 6y ago
> This is certainly moving the goal posts... That’s exactly the point though, tech requirements don’t stand still
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by jjcon 6y ago
> Games will simply use more power as the average user's rig becomes more powerful. But the need for lower latency is increasing as well (a la VR)
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by jjcon 6y ago
> 50 megabits/60 milliseconds is a good connection by US broadband standards these days! Average us internet speed (speed paid for - not just speed available) is >120 megabits so I wouldn’t exactly call that good considering game
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by jjcon 6y ago
> a light pattern These terms are getting a bit out of hand XD
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by jjcon 6y ago
> People like my wife and me want a safe, privacy environment and Apple delivers. I’m not sure that Apple persevering privacy also requires them to also break antitrust laws.
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by jjcon 6y ago
I do think there are stark differences between 2020 and the 2016 elections BUT I still agree with everything you said.
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I think they mean it is in the dictionary as meaning idiotic person, not just a disabled person.
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by jjcon 6y ago
>The constitution protects our freedom of speech from the government, not from private entities on their own private property. Make no mistake, that's what centralized social media platforms are - private property. I'm getting
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by jjcon 6y ago
Militaries have a long history of moon shot type endeavors - 50 years ago most of it was around physic abilities, today it is at least a bit more scientific, albeit fringe.

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