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Comment So you've been conditioned to believe (Score 1) 24

There is no fix besides austerity and suffering.

That's because rich people don't want to have to spend the money to solve problems that are mostly your problem and not theirs.

You need to get out of the habit, a habit let's remember you were conditioned into by the wealthy, of assuming that nothing can ever get better and that good things aren't possible anymore.

That habit is an extreme and toxic form of conservativism.

Comment Re:Apple will pay for this (Score 1) 29

With AI, OTOH, anything the first-movers do, Apple can (eventually) copy and improve upon, a strategy they have used successfully many times in the past. Stepping back and letting others figure out what the works and doesn't work, on their own dime, seems like a good approach. Why burn money on what might be a dead-end, when others are happy to burn their own money for you?

Yeah, the landscape is littered with first-to-markets. Often with better products, but shit happens.

Comment Re:meanwhile in the US (Score 3, Informative) 59

K-12 is for core material kids need to either survive life post graduation or as the platform upon which a higher education is built.

Not really. One glance at a modern (post-mid-1950) curriculum will show you that.

At no point do they need to know the 6372 fake genders or about the fake inequality that isn't going on that people like you push.

I hope they can still teach students about a strawman argument.

You live in the most free and open minded era in human history and cry how you can't push your agenda on kids in your state run prison and call it oppression. Ridiculous.

Democracy and freedom isn't free. You have to fight for it every day. The religious right wants to take away my human rights and your human rights, and if you want to carry water for them then be prepared to serve underneath them on day.

I voted to have people like you shutdown in the presence of children who legally can't escape your grasp. Go fund some Google ads or something if you want to push your crap. You do not get to use my tax dollars for it.

Free forum is a free soapbox. I couldn't give two shits about your insufferable opinion of other people's opinions. But I think you already know that, other Slashdotters are certainly communicated a similar sentiment to you before.

Comment Re:Your Data - That's where the money is (Score 1) 71

They want to monetize your data.

Ring is owned by Amazon, and they never sell customer data, ever. Nest on the other hand is an Alphabet company, and that's their entire business model.

Decent quality security cameras like Axis, Pelco, Bosch, GE, and the like, will always follow standards because they're designed to be installed in a wide variety of professional installations. Yeah, they cost more than $20.

Comment Axis or Pelco (Score 1) 71

Speaking with 16 years of experience in the physical security industry I've only seen two manufacturers who really understand that security cameras should actually be secure, Axis and Pelco. Yes, they cost an arm and a leg, but this is one case where you really do get what you pay for. Neither one has much of a selection of wireless cameras, but for security you really should wire them in anyway and both have a large selection of POE cameras.

One thing that is generally left out of amateur installs is to set up an alarm if contact with the camera is interrupted (assuming your software supports it). Wireless cameras are easy to jam, and exterior cameras that aren't in a housing are easy to just plain steal. Another thing is to set an alarm on low battery (again, if supported).

Comment Re:Let's put more stuff up there! (Score 1) 74

For processing data, that's fine. Run the analysis of your test results twice, if they match you're probably fine. On the other hand IIRC the systems that actually maintain attitude and other critical functions are military-type hardened systems (they weren't that much more expensive at the time, unless it was the Pentagram purchasing them).

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