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by simonh 2y ago
There’s no exemption from prosecution for racial bias because it was done by an algorithm. If a company uses such an algorithm, AI or not, they will be open to prosecution for it.
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by simonh 2y ago
There is a story out that the problem was introduced in a post processing step after testing. That makes more sense than that there was no testing. If true it means they thought they’d tested the update, but actually hadn’t.
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by simonh 2y ago
They aborted the update rollout, so not every box that could have been affected was.
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by simonh 2y ago
Apparently the flaw was added to the config file in post-processing after it had completed testing. So they thought they had testing, but actually didn't.
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by simonh 2y ago
Also there were megafauna extinctions in Africa, just over a longer period of time. Then humans expand out of Africa, and within a few tens of thousands of years most of the extra-African megafauna are gone.
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by simonh 2y ago
Isn’t the implication that it wasn’t spotted and therefore nobody else knew?
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by simonh 2y ago
Essentially an infinitely powerful god is not a consistent concept. Whether that is a feature or a bug is a matter of opinion.
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by simonh 2y ago
>The idea of "new doesn't affect old" is an idea based on logical and temporal consistency. God is not bound to those. That entirely depends on your specific god belief. Suppose someone believes that god is the eternal pri
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by simonh 2y ago
A really good movie.
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by simonh 2y ago
J P Morgan and Bank of America have Slang/SecBD clones built by devs hired from Goldman, they both use Python instead of Slang. They’re heavily used for risk management applications and quantitative analysis, among other things.
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by simonh 2y ago
I worked at Bank Of America for a while on the Quartz platform, which is their Python based clone of SecDB. The lead architect was one of the founders of the Slang/SecDB platform at Goldman. It as great fun to work on. Incredible power
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by simonh 2y ago
It wasn’t designed for that. Presumably habitats intended to be long term will be.
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by simonh 2y ago
It would take a massive amount of energy to eject such a huge structure from very low orbit out of Earth orbit completely.
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by simonh 2y ago
If the country literally makes your product illegal, or ambiguously potentially illegal, what other option do you have?
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by simonh 2y ago
The neural engine hardware is available to developers via API, even in Europe.
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by simonh 2y ago
If you want to build AI features into your app, using technology you develop, that's up to you and you can do that on the iPhone today. OpenAI has an app in the App Store right now, and it's available in the EU.
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by simonh 2y ago
But it was a decent new Google product, hence all the past tenses.
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by simonh 2y ago
Spot the person who has no idea how the insurance industry actually operates or is regulated.
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by simonh 2y ago
The engines combust fuel to run their turbopumps, the exhaust will be the flames coming from the side of the rocket body. You can see it on the ascent as well. On Falcon 9 too.
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by simonh 2y ago
> Dying in a last scream of fear, angst and struggle regretting a thousand things that may have gone wrong or maybe were just your fault… I think you’re projecting. I didn’t know him obviously, but from what people who did have said abou
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by simonh 2y ago
I think that makes sense. Failures on launch are potentially a risk to the surrounding area, whereas you're dropping massive chunks of metal on the target areas for touchdown anyway. What shape, size or how many pieces of metal at that
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by simonh 2y ago
There are apparently 816 churches dedicated to the saint in England alone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedications_in_the_Church_of_E...
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by simonh 2y ago
Do you have to use human neurons?
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by simonh 2y ago
Frankly, I'm still somewhat boggled by the fact that we have ground penetrating radar at all.
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by simonh 2y ago
Turns out nonsense is more popular than actual mechanics.
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by simonh 2y ago
>One would suggest that if it is required that you use OEM parts to maintain your warranty status, then it is likewise reasonable to say the OEM is required to provide those parts with reasonable lead times. I completely agree, and as I
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by simonh 2y ago
If you want to go to some shop somewhere and have some arbitrary part grafted on to your phone, you can do that now. There was an electronics engineer a while back who had a standard audio jack installed in his phone. There's nothing A
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by simonh 2y ago
I’m in Europe and everyone uses WhatsApp, and while Android does gave higher share over here, iPhone still dominate the younger demographics. I’m not denying blue/green is a factor in the US but it’s not even a thing here. It’s nowhere
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by simonh 2y ago
There’s also an excellent translation by Philip Pullman. My eldest daughter was obsessed with it when she was about 11 or 12.
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by simonh 2y ago
If someone is so keen on doing something in a way that’s illegal that they go to all that trouble specially to get in trouble with the law, maybe that’s up to them.

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