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Comment Alter the Algorithm (Score 1) 324

Good arguments either way. So how about programming the phone not to unlock at any border crossing, and any attempt requires your lawyer(s) to unlock, who has instructions. That's reasonable because a lot of phones are stolen at airports. And a failsafe countdown timer. Secondly put photos in a sealed partition with a different key. If they say photos, that's all they get. Part 2, before unlocking requires the person to declare all particulars and scope is 'true and complete without omission'. Part 3 It seems the word terrorism is lawfully misused/abused, including elected officials. Judges need to see that word, and narrow it down so that fishing does not occur. Part 4. Include some AI generated materials containing stuff that is worth following up including Epstein and Scottish Terroirs (The dog breed). And a copy of the Pacific papers. SNL has some good skits about TSA.

Comment Not Cost Effective (Score 1) 86

If there is some back to back tax minimization deal, it might make sense. But when real money is involved Russia and Chinese Nuclear power plants offer superior ROI. Most likely subsidies and lax decommissioning is a drawcard. Make losses public. Yes, The lack of water situation in USA is a big deal. Europe is having 70 year river lows. Colorado melt is not good. Russia is working on Nuclear plants on a ship, so just an extension cord is needed to suck the juice.

Comment Chinese Manufacturers are back in the game (Score 1) 21

Hikvision, Dahua, Huawei, ZTE, and Hytera are the primary Chinese manufacturers banned or restricted from use in US VIDIZMO' had better watch it does not infringe Chinese patents. The Chinese patents even stop cosine transformations when certain conditions are met. Ther cameras are near perfect.

Comment Unstated DataCenter Benefits (Score 0) 125

1) Cancers through strong LF EMF radiations 2) Brain Cancers through wifi or RF repeater radiation 3) Higher electricity and water bills 4) Loss of birdlife, increase in rats and vermin 5) Microplastics in water supply 6) They throw out heat, bad in summer 7) Potential target in any war 8) There are more benefits

Comment It is not AI but an expert system bounded by rules (Score 1) 15

Look at any Chess program, Radar (collision avoidance) or even what a Tesla does in programmed drive mode. Basic 3D awareness, vectors. Business Idea: Sell a AI Voodoo doll, with needles and bug shaped pin heads. Hit the right coordinate and play a sound. 1) It does not compute (Lost in space Robot) 2) I cant do that Dave 3) Exterminate (Dialek) 4) The number you have called... 5) Press 0 to speak to an AI voice 6) Insert coins or wave credit card

Comment Same Bugs as Before? (Score 1) 85

If then else and no otherwise Zero and Null value usual Off by one errors Calling functions and not checking function return codes Functions with added bits, code behind Too lazy to code a trunc/strip/ translate on a variable Failing to do length checks Failinf to parse arguments (assume it is good) Recursion stack smashes What is probably not is compiler options Deadly embrace situations Timeouts and event semaphores Overflow should have been solved Variable initialization (this way faster) Global variable hacks and misuse CPU security bug fixes that microcode cannot fix Program path security checking

Comment International Data Centre Rage Too! (Score 1) 160

The rage is just not American, but global. In descending order countries and states with the highest electricity costs are the losers. Those states that need to build electricity infrastructure are also loser's. In areas with a water shortage, you are a double loser. Logically the placement of bitcoin miners grabbed the most efficient locations first. I was not aware Nevada has excess water allocations and too much hydro power, but what do I know. If you are forced to have a 'SMART' meter you will definitely be subsidizing somebody else. If you see a datacenter under construction, know where the water and transformer substations come from. How many councilors declared any 'conflict of interest' . Yeah about zero. I hope EU slaps a huge global warming tax on foreign datacentres, and adds in -generous free money subsidies they got. Love to see what the Irish locals are saying.

Comment Re:But does it increase life expectancy? (Score 1) 73

Also custom DNA vaccines? is kinda misleading. Many patients can probably have the same variant and easy splice job. Quite cheap. What do you do when a patient comes in and the DNA mods look complicated OR the drug company KNOWS its efficacy for that problem is low or few successes recorded. Do they tell? Do they discount or charge more? These a good questions.

Comment Deceptive Business Practices (Score 2) 51

Consumer affairs need to heavily fine misleading and deceptive statements, triple that if the cause claimed is specific but untrue in descending order of cause. If Amazon said, import duties, transport, distribution costs, decreased discounting, interest costs, return costs, compliance costs, then yeah, fine. Or even bulk deal and old stocks have run out. Or claim it was a loss leader. They know their own buy cost. And they dont want to tell consumer affairs when the PR department make over the top generalization's. But speakers have garden variety electronics, and el cheapo parts, and a 30 cent mcu. Clearly memory was NOT a cause on low end bucket speaker boxes. plastic, made from oil, probably did raise the production cost in China. maybe they used up all obsolete bluetooth 4 modules, and the latest bluetooth chip cost 60 cents more. Honesty is best. It is no secret that when helicopter covid money landed, retailers all raised prices on flat screen TV's because they could. Raw computer memory did triple in price, That is true. Bust so did the humble USA letter stamp cost. Transport is the biggie.

Comment But does it increase life expectancy? (Score 1) 73

Way back, the discovery of cholesterol reducing statins seemed a breakthrough. The drug Rep said 'Doctor, its a miracle, it lowers cholesterol' . The doctor thought for a second or two, and said, I am not interested in pathology printout numbers, does it increase life expectancy? The drug rep thought a bit, and said. 'Gee nobody asked me that before, I dunno'. This crafty press release tries to claim undeserved credit, without actual quantification. no blind A:B. Most cancer drugs are selective, and they dont want central buying department to find out which extra treatments are just a waste of money. speculators are not old school doctors.

Comment Re:Money Grubbing (Score 1) 61

Now compare this to marginal electorate ads at election time. They know where I live, and call my phone and email with a targeted ad or script. Obama's A and B ads was ground breaking in the day, yet consumer rubbish is still shotgun, because advertisers, some of them, pay for pray and spray saturation ads. Again, capacity to pay is not properly calculated.

Comment Money Grubbing (Score 1) 61

Big Tech wants you to open your wallet, buy stuff you dont need, or sell leads. They fail at this miserably, and stupid advertisers pay too much for dud leads. Blocking Youtube ads does not work, and any ad hot on the heels of a blocked ad is money down the train. Work out the client type (A,B,C or D). Where A is easy peazy, and Type D consumers miserable skinflints with moths in their wallet, and drive a 15 year old junker as their car. As a Type D, I am not getting real offers. IF AI can get type Ds then they can get more money. Disrespect me by fake ads or too many, you loose money. I give Youtube an solid F- for ad penetration

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