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Comment arstechnica is extremely biased (Score 0) 203

The title would have you believe the FCC says internet service isn't telecom. The argument is that internet service is more than telecom.

Removing the NN rules means we can have ISP provided, network level pi-holes to block ads now. But wait! Google/Mozilla have implemented DNS over HTTPS specifically to prevent such a thing happening, and in the process, funnel all your DNS lookups over to your "friends" at Cloudflare.

I used to be in favor of NN, but my eyes are wide open now.

Comment Re:Be honest and tough, but don't be a dick about (Score 4, Insightful) 985

Why do people act like a project would be forced to take in substandard code just because the maintainers aren't allowed to be assholes?

Because I've watched it happen. When everyone knows daddy is going to scold you if you screw up, you try really hard not to screw up. Quality stays high.

The alternative is people know they won't get scolded, so they not only commit shit to start with, but then they want to debate how bad the shit stinks when there's push back. Then they throw a tantrum when the merge is denied. "I worked a whole hour on this. I spent my time and effort!" Before long, they've worn down the maintainers who get tired of their shit and leave for another project. The gates of hell open onto the project at this point. Shit begins to flood in and nobody can stop it.

This is especially bad on large projects like Linux. Everyone will push bullshit commits trying to get "Contributes to Linux Kernel" on their resume.

Linux is officially done. I'm already looking for an alternative.

Comment Re:She's a walking victim (Score 5, Interesting) 1056

I doubt this comment alone got her fired. People like that are toxic to work with

Good point, but I think the company could have handled this in a better way. To start with, by outright firing her, they've given her more of the attention she wants. It's a weaponized Streisand effect, and people like her have learned how to use it to their advantage.

I would suggest, in the future, to make her recant her statements publicly, start giving negative performance reviews, then finally firing her for failing to meet performance expectations.

Most companies have this down to a science. They should have multiple levels of managers above her. She would be called in to long meetings with each one of them to discuss the issue she created. Some good cop/bad cop action. Some "Why aren't you done with your project that's due yet?" knowing full well its because she's been stuck in meetings about her little tantrum. Wearing her down psychologically until she publicly retracts her statements. Once she retracts fully, all her little followers will be deflated and the people she offended will feel a small measure of triumph.

I think this game company should look into hiring some professional management drones. The company seem really unprepared to handle her outburst properly.

Comment Senator. Singular. (Score 5, Informative) 199

FTFA: "Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam B. Schiff"

Schiff is in the House, not the Senate. Furthermore, where did they get this rock solid information from?

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., cited a long history of Russian efforts to influence elections abroad, and said that âoeit shouldnâ(TM)t come as a big shock to peopleâ that Moscow might seek to use cyber capabilities for that purpose.

Clapper, the guy that lied to congress about intelligence activities.

I think that says it all.

Comment It's just ICANN (Score 1) 527

Who cares? It's ICANN. We just build a new domain system that doesn't have a central naming authority based on blockchain or something. Seriously, the internet blows now because all the domains are taken and every time ICANN creates new TLDs, they either ransom them off and/or it's a land grab by squatters. That system is already broken and garbage. I'd much prefer a proof of work system. Want a vanity domain? Go rent yourself an AWS compute farm for a few weeks.

Comment Hey GNU, we need open data, not code (Score 1) 95

Machine learning is software generated by statistical algorithms fit to lots of data. Without the training data, the algorithms alone are quite useless. Pre-trained networks are essentially closed source, because the source is the training data.

There's lots of open source code for this work already. It boils down to who has access to the data. Tesla can turn on autopilot to collect data from its entire fleet for millions of miles traveled. Google doesn't have a fleet, so it wants to collect so much data with Android Auto, automakers are walking away.

GNU, well, they've got some algorithms, just like everyone else.

Comment Re:Why is everybody drawing a line at their phones (Score 1) 546

I don't see anybody protesting that if I lock my house, government can't come in, even with a warrant

That's not an accurate analogy. It would be more accurate to say the government wants a copy of the key to your house. Not only that, but they're not responsible for what happens to your stuff and your family if that key is stolen, copied from them, or misused by someone working for them. They also plan to use it, in secret, without your knowledge. A government agent will be in your house planting cameras and microphones, using the key you provided.

Still okay with that?

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