npteljes

18 ms·

301.
by npteljes 1y ago
Even that is false. There are many more countries with fewer scams per capita, and with fewer amount lost at scams per capita. Meaning, Singapore falls behind other countries in elimination of scams. See page 9 here for details: https:&#x2
302.
by npteljes 1y ago
>Humans can be evil. My mistake. I meant to write humane there. I don't mean to discredit your experience regarding scam victims, as the effects, just as you described, can be horrible. But there was no need to bring other horribl
303.
by npteljes 1y ago
Even with the amendment, it's false. If you look at the "The Global State of Scams - 2021" report by ScamAdvisor, page 9 has a country table. Singapore saw 2.5 for 1000 people of what SA would classify as "scams", o
304.
by npteljes 1y ago
They cooperate with international and other local forces, as any police do. But, they haven't eliminated scams, as OP claimed, that's complete bull.
305.
by npteljes 1y ago
>what's the point if things are ineffective To be human, for one. Extreme example: all you need to do to end all scams (and other, human-caused ills in the world) to just kill all humans. No humans, no human-made horrors. Or, in cas
306.
by npteljes 1y ago
I saw the sharpening, and listened to the claims of shirt wrinkles being weird and so on, but I didn't deem these to be on the level of the original claim, which is that "AI enhancements" are made to the video, as in, new det
307.
by npteljes 1y ago
Here's an article where they focus on just one type of scam, increasing in number, where migrant workers are exploited by loan sharks, on Singapore soil. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/maids-lost-at-least-8
308.
by npteljes 1y ago
It has not been done in Singapore. Scams are continuing issue for them, like the rest of the world. See this Singaporean police resource regarding scamming in 2024: https://www.police.gov.sg/-/media/Spf/Media-
309.
by npteljes 1y ago
Rare to come by, that's for sure. Although, I'm not incentivizing them either.
310.
by npteljes 1y ago
There is barely any acknowledgement and consent on the phone's part too, so the difference is not there in this regard.
311.
by npteljes 1y ago
>How about you think stuff through before even starting to waste time on stuff like this? What makes you think they don't think it through? This effect is an experiment that they are running. It seems to be useless, unwanted from ou
312.
by npteljes 1y ago
Unfortunately the article doesn't have an example, or a comparison image. Other reports are similarly useless as well. The most that seemed to happen is that the wrinkles in someone's ear changed. In case anyone else wants to see
313.
by npteljes 1y ago
Fun fact: we keep rabbits, and the different random AIs that I have tried over the years classify them so often as cats, that a proper "rabbit" classification is rare to come by! The full versions of ChatGPT do it well now, even w
314.
by npteljes 1y ago
It's up there in the hall of fame, that's for sure!
315.
by npteljes 1y ago
Ah, I see. I don't live in the US, so I never experienced that. In Hungary, there is zero service, the cashier sits behind a counter, the shopper unloads everything to a conveyor, cashier beeps every item, shopper puts them back into t
316.
by npteljes 1y ago
Do you not do the same with a cashier? (This is getting tangential, but I do exactly what you describe, and I really appreciate that I can do it on my terms, without having to accommodate three other people: the one in front of me, the cash
317.
by npteljes 1y ago
The lawsuit alleges that they also collect the facial details, of which the green rectangle is no evidence. But maybe they'll look into it and find that this is indeed the case.
318.
by npteljes 1y ago
What do you mean "all the work"? Grocery shopping is preparation, logistics, actually to the place(s), handling the items from shelf to cart, cart to register, checking and paying at register, move from register to own container,
319.
by npteljes 1y ago
Some shoplifters don't care. There is no good trick that works on everyone. >The registers is not where they need to be combating theft. There is plenty of theft happening at the self-checkout registers as well, as it's very
320.
by npteljes 1y ago
Emphasizes that the system pays attention to the shopper. They are aiming for a psychological effect.
321.
by npteljes 1y ago
The rebate is the privilege of not having to employ a cashier in the process, and I'm not even kidding.
322.
by npteljes 1y ago
Try Pixels with GrapheneOS. Most of that software is still "from Google" technically, but it's reworked in some important ways, especially on a service level. For example, by default it has no Google apps or services, you can
323.
by npteljes 1y ago
I like Pixels because I can put Graphene on them.
324.
by npteljes 1y ago
Ah, OK, I see what you mean.
325.
by npteljes 1y ago
Like plastering the roads with billboards. We don't want that in the online space. Or, not in the meatspace either, if you ask me.
326.
by npteljes 1y ago
I feel like this is going the same way the Intel Management Engine / AMD PSP thing went. Very suspicious circumstances, but despite everything, we're not seeing any major fallout regarding it.
327.
by npteljes 1y ago
It's force, even if we are technically able to not consume ads by for example not using the internet.
328.
by npteljes 1y ago
Hungary also has this. We call it "panorama rights" somewhat confusingly, as in English, panorama rights refer to something else. In Hungary this right refers to homeowners. It says that it's illegal to obstruct someone'
329.
by npteljes 1y ago
I agree with flagging most political topics, and most such horrible happenings in the world as TFA. This place is supposed to foster curious, intellectual discussion, and the umpteenth report of what amounts to be the same horrible thing do
330.
by npteljes 1y ago
This is fantastic! Never in my life could I input my signature with a mouse, and have it come out this close to how it looks like the pen-and-paper version. Mindblowing, as it worked like so out of the box.

More ›