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by samfriedman 7y ago
As was called out explicitly in Anna Wiener's article on HackerNews earlier this month, HNers have some distance to go in ability to discuss these topics.
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by samfriedman 7y ago
At the very least it signals that your ranking of importance for a given issue may be lower than someone else's.
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by samfriedman 7y ago
I do this, and I actually had to use it for the first time yesterday when calling a credit card company. The rep said "I'll need your security question answer... is this right? It looks like it's just a bunch of numbers and
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The Markup, a Tech News Site, Reinstalls Fired Editor as Part of Fresh Start(nytimes.com)
3 points by samfriedman 7y ago|0 comments
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N.Y.P.D. Adds Children as Young as 11 to Facial Recognition Database(nytimes.com)
163 points by samfriedman 7y ago|104 comments
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by samfriedman 7y ago
And here is the DOJ complaint: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/182_3109_fa...
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by samfriedman 7y ago
I think there are still threats that come from improperly anonymized data, beyond my own government or a single stalker/harasser. For one, that this data is improperly anonymized would make it an easy avenue for malicious nation-state
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Sentai Filmworks shared the campaign on their Twitter: https://twitter.com/SentaiFilmworks/status/11517265318966435... so it's at least not someone masquerading as the company.
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by samfriedman 7y ago
And it has a great quote on the neural lace, from an AI whose hobby is mucking about in humans' heads: "A more exquisite and economical method of torturing creatures such as yourself has yet to be invented."
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Pretty sure if I found one of my hives covered in those giant hornets, it would be time to find a new backyard hobby.
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by samfriedman 7y ago
The FB post is much more detailed and I think the link on this post should be updated to point there.
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Are there any ethical considerations relating to the prospect of use of this bot for cheating in real-money games? Either from your internal team or after public replication?
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Do you know if this talk is on YouTube?
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by samfriedman 7y ago
That's the one. Although the interview was mostly to make sure you knew the basics of how audio files worked and why people on the site cared about upholding their quality: nothing an hour of studying couldn't prepare you for. Th
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by samfriedman 7y ago
It's a response to Chrome's decision to neuter ad blocking in the base product. Maybe we can get the black bar up too ;)
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Sure you can block specific users, but if I don't want to see (for example) anti-semitism how can I block that topic completely? It's not as if users tag their posts with each brand of hate speech.
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Mine is both the DNS resolver and the DHCP server, due to limitations on my router, and I haven't noticed any big problems with latency/speed.
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by samfriedman 7y ago
The GCHQ article in question: https://www.lawfareblog.com/principles-more-informed-excepti... >We’re not talking about weakening encryption or defeating the end-to-end nature of the service. In a solution like this, we
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by samfriedman 7y ago
I recently failed a suspicious email / phishing test for the first time, and I am also one of those people who never thought it would happen to me... The email was a newsletter I didn't care about, and the unsubscribe link was (fa
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by samfriedman 7y ago
>drove crazily >made comments about random women Those are cases where you should also leave a note about the driver in the app, in addition to your rating (or non-rating).
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Indeed, the Grumman LLV is very well designed for longevity! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_LLV
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by samfriedman 7y ago
I wonder if an FOIA request could reveal what metrics/data are actually being stored?
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by samfriedman 7y ago
I agree with all points: I am lucky that my Calibre workflow avoids PDF files almost completely. Its support there is really lacking. The metadata tracking & organization is good, but anything beyond import + sync to devices can get di
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Usually when I read a headline like "X are reporting...", "Y is becoming...", etc. I expect to see some data that shows a trend, with analysis from the author to convince me that the trend is significant. This article is
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Frequently the letter of the law itself is publicly available, but there are also significant annotations and explanations that form the real body of the law/code as used by the courts, law enforcement, etc. It is these annotations th
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by samfriedman 7y ago
I use Calibre daily on macOS to manage epub/mobi eBooks. Curious what use case you found difficult?
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by samfriedman 7y ago
I've anecdotally noticed the same thing, but I have also noticed moderators asking users to refrain from conspiracy comments like this. I guess we have to trust that the administrators of this site, with full access to account and post
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The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence(thecut.com)
1 points by samfriedman 7y ago|0 comments
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Does anyone have the link to the original Facebook source?
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by samfriedman 7y ago
Effectively all military missions are planned in PowerPoint, and I don't think Microsoft shaped that product with battlefield efficiency in mind.

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