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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.
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.
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
$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
Novel idea to use light poles in cities to host all sorts of services for the public. One of the proposed use cases is searching for buried bodies. First thought was how often will killers be burying bodies by the light poles unless they didn’t bring a flashlight.
With a reread after the spit take, I realize the intent was after disasters, but in that case won’t the poles near the incident also be affected and unable to be used to search for bodies.
SLaaP—Street Lamps as a Platform
I wish the research team well and hope they “Don’t Stop Believing”
So it seems a bit presumptuous to send postcards on how to drive through a roundabout, but all the roundabout fail videos indicate that it’s a real problem.
Song cue for today is Roundabout by Yes. The opening crescendo is kind of a tease since it could also be that you’re about to hear Heavy Metal by Don Felder.
I remember when rates were 5% and a quote of 3.75% was a sketchy rate. With rates at historically low rates 3.75% is still a sketchy rate.
Got a mailer from quicken loans for a VA loan at 3.75% with 2.25 points. You read that right, points. The APR on that loan is 4.352 indicating additional fees on top of the 2.25 points.
Turns out NPR did a story about excessive rates for VA home loans. Quicken wasn’t even the worst offender. A company called New Day financial took that prize, sponsoring the Army Navy football game to really rub it in.
Rates right now for the best loan choice, Navy Federal Credit union.
| Standard VA with 0 down | 2.25% |
| Conventional fixed rate | 1.75% |
So if you’re a homeowner the best choice is Navy Federal. If you’re a salesperson looking for that gravy train with biscuit wheels head on over to Quicken or New Day.
Research shows that using Facebook is not as good as actual interaction with other people. Whether it’s comparing your life to the perfect images. The scary data point is that Body Mass Index (BMI) is correlated with Facebook usage.
So Gamestop created a contest for their employees with the grand prize being the chance to work more hours.
https://www.ign.com/articles/gamestop-cancels-employee-contest-to-earn-extra-black-friday-work-hours