So will this gun detection AI only detect white tech guys? And movies being filming on location.
Research indicates self driving car AI may have trouble seeing people of color. Not sure how much is the whiteness of the data set and how much is detection issues with reflection of light and detection of darker skin tones.
Who else thinks SNL nailed how most group interactions go for some of us.
Going to the source for “missed it by that much”.
I had my doubts on the discovery of Forrest Fenn’s treasure since the finder wanted to remain anonymous and didn’t reveal the location where it was found. Pictures of Forrest Fenn with the treasure reinforce the suspicion that it was either never hidden or hidden in a place that was not legal to search.
We have a few details, name of finder and state where found, thanks to a lawsuit that claims the finder got there by hacking a computer and stealing the solve. The lawsuit claims the “stolen treasure” was in New Mexico. The treasure location was revealed to be in Wyoming. Way to narrow it down, just under 100,000 square miles to search. Might as well be a Fargo fence post treasure search. Fortunately the hacking claim was filed in New Mexico, not Florida, so it didn’t come with an armed raid to grab the computers in the house.
Never considered that a journalist scraping a website to collect data could be considered a hacker. It all comes down to the meaning of “exceeding authorized access.” What a great way to prevent dissent. Write a terms of service for your website that refuses access to journalists and stories you don’t like can no longer appear.
Hack of the century in Florida. The state admits that all users on the account, “share the same username and password.”
Hacking without programming. Controlling media is still hacking the message.
https://points.datasociety.net/hacking-the-attention-economy-9fa1daca7a37
Old school hacking from long before Neo and the Matrix.
Tim Hawkins has some songs that should not be played at a wedding.
Today’s song cue. Adam Sandler singing Love Stinks by the J. Geils Band in the Wedding Singer.
Croods: A New Age beat Tenet at the box office for best opening weekend since theaters reopened. A $14 million Thanksgiving weekend only cost $27 million in TV ads and who knows how much online advertising.
I’m glad they found a new source of drinkable water for Hawaii, but worry that pumping this water will allow the intrusion of seawater.
A freshwater, saltwater tug-of-war is eating away at the Everglades
Covid must be taking a toll on college applications. Just watched an ad for a college emphasizing the application fee is being waived. While important it’s not the only criteria when applying. Turns out there is a whole bunch of colleges with no application fee as well as a bunch of colleges with application fee waivers.
I suspect the process still has legacies even after the sports admission scandal.
$3000 signing bonuses to new workers, but a shiny $10 turkey certificate to existing employees, sounds about right for hyper capitalism.
https://nypost.com/2020/11/24/amazon-staffers-not-happy-with-turkey-vouchers-report/
Steve Jobs felt the same way about the employees who built his company. Refused to give stock to some early employees. Stock options were for new hires, to entice them to join, not people he already owned.
https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wozniak-gave-early-apple-employees-10-million-in-stock-2014-9
I’m starting to think we were better off when packages arrived without knowing every detail of the journey. While checking to see where a recent package is, I discovered that the tracking codes were of no help. USPS AWAITS ITEM was chronologically after USPS IN POSSESSION OF ITEM, which doesn’t make sense. And then there are the codes that don’t mean anything to the end user like, PRE-SHIPMENT INFO SENT.
If you want to go down the rabbit hole, here is a guide.