throwaway1959

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by throwaway1959 5y ago
You may be right. The facial recognition does seem to interact with the 4th amendment, at least. But then it happens in the public place? I don't know the answer to that one. I fear that in the age of social media and Antifa, the prote
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
My instinct for self-preservation tells me that this is not a good thing. I understand the need for privacy, but what happens if somebody puts a gun (or a knife) to your face? I think that the need for privacy could be solved through the le
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
Should we be worried about the future of JetBrains' products? I love their IDEs, especially PyCharm and CLion, but when the "woke" comes in, the competency seems to go out the door next, although it takes a few extra years. W
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
I think this is a prime example of the "narrative engineering" done by Facebook. Before, the narrative was supposed to be X (e.g. no Wuhan leak) and now it's Y (it's Ok to think/talk about Wuhan leak). Who controls
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
The study I cite was published in Sep 2016, so it predates Trump.
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
Of course not. I am not actually sure how to solve this problem. I think a good start would be to move back towards encouraging freedom of speech on campus and dialog between people with different opinions.
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
At the end of the article, the author seem to have listed every diversity criteria, except the diversity of thought. With Democrat to Republican ratio of professors in the leading US Universities being 11.5 to 1 [1], there is a growing dang
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
I fully support the concerns that the author brings up. It's a big problem and we need to figure out how to address it. At the same time, I can't help but notice that this is coming from the ACM itself. The credibility of ACM has
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
Maybe I am too cynical, but I think in Google's case, the difference between targeting based on data and having the data will be several extra zeros in their price point.
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Facebook tried to censor posts about vaccine hesitancy(dailymail.co.uk)
6 points by throwaway1959 5y ago|1 comments
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
Just to make sure: this protects you from your co-worker/spouse looking at your search history at your desk/device. The advertisers and corporations can freely purchase your search history from Google. It does not seem like a sign
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
I think it's hard to argue that the SF government is not comprised of people on the forefront of the progressive agenda. Am I wrong about this? Take a look at Chesa Boudin, for example [1]. All their policies are progressive (their vot
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
I do not think that the current crime situation in San Francisco appeared by some fluke or an accident. Specific policies were put in place by the progressive government officials and progressive people in San Francisco voted for these poli
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Metals found in the atmospheres of comets surprise scientists(space.com)
1 points by throwaway1959 5y ago|0 comments
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
Legal, high-skilled immigrants from Mexico and other countries, - yes!
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
Can you expand on what do you mean as being blind to race? Do you want them to see your race, treat different races differently? Aren't we supposed to be a color-blind society? Maybe I am just not understanding what you mean.
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
As a CEO of youtube, she is free to express her views freely on youtube, by censoring opinions of other people that she does not agree with.
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
No only Google PR machine but also removal of Google-unfavorable news from their search index helps as well.
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
I find these allegations hard to believe. Google is one of the most progressive "big tech" companies out there, committed to diversity and inclusion. Susan Wojcicki, a woman, is a CEO of Youtube division and she is blocking all &q
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
Google Brain team is great and Google DeepMind London team is truly amazing. They both care about AI ethics very much and I am very interested to hear what they've got to say on the subject. It's the Timnit Gebru's "AI E
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
What would be wrong with just hiring the best qualified person for the job?
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
Sammy Bengio is a good researcher, but Google really needs to align its team around company's business. The AI "Wokeness" team was really an embarrassment for the company. As the "woke" people are leaving, my respec
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
I am not sure how is this makes it better. The author making racist statements and Guardian printing them. Would it be Ok to say "a black man owns more ..."? No, it wouldn't be Ok to say that. And yes, there are a lot of very
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by throwaway1959 5y ago
I started reading this article with great interest. But then, I got to the part where Bill Gates is "the white man". After reading the Bill Gates is "the white man", my interest dropped to about zero. I guess another gar
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by throwaway1959 6y ago
Maybe. Or maybe the Slate itself has a misinformation problem and Wikipedia is just fine? Why would we take Slate's word over Wikipedia's?
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Parler is back: the world's town square(parler.com)
4 points by throwaway1959 6y ago|0 comments
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Twitter Insider Records CEO Jack Dorsey Detailing Agenda for Censorship(youtube.com)
26 points by throwaway1959 6y ago|1 comments
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by throwaway1959 6y ago
The current Tech Companies news narratives makes no logical sense to me. Here is why: We were told that Russia interfered in 2016 elections and helped to elect Trump. Now, we are told that 2020 elections were of the highest integrity. Why w
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by throwaway1959 6y ago
Rumble has been positioning themselves as a censorship-free alternative to youtube. Granted, they have a very long way to go, but it's definitely a start.
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by throwaway1959 6y ago
My opinion of Jeff Dean has risen significantly after this. At least, he had guts to correct the mistake they made in her hiring.

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