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Comment AI-Enhanced Headline Robots Frighten Slashdot (Score 1) 176

AI-Enhanced Headline Writing Robots Frighten Tech-Blog Editors

A Swiss company called headRobotix is betting the tech-blog industry will be willing to welcome their solar-powered headline-writing autonomous robot, in an effort to reduce the use of lame editors by up to a factor of 20 and perhaps even eliminate the need for clickbait-enhanced headlines entirely.

The 'see-and-write' robot goes from story to story, visually differentiating the actual information and FUD, and writing the headlines selectively and precisely with clickbait killing AI, as opposed to the current technique of using large quantities of snot nosed nitwits to clickbait entire stories.

Comment Lots of movies are not available for streaming (Score 1) 186

Two reasons: lots of movies are not available for streaming and it is very convenient to put a current movie into the DVD queue and six months later it just shows up. For example, I didn't make it to the theater to see either King Kong or Aliens but I saw both about a month ago.

Comment Tips now that your credit info has been stolen (Score 1) 299

Someone filed a fraudulent return for me on March 30 of last year. They had their "refund" sent to a debit card. I've used the same CPA for 30 years, which gives you and idea of how well the IRS detects fraud. I have no idea how my information was stolen. A few points:

1. The best defense is to file early (e.g., February).
2. As a victim of id theft, you should qualify for a free credit freeze. Good luck. Out of six requests (3 each for me and my wife) only one was accepted. You can waste your time arguing or pay them $10 (each) to freeze it.
3. You can ask the IRS for a copy of the fraudulent return.
4. I've been a Bank of America customer for 20+ years. They couldn't handle a vehicle load with a credit freeze and I warned them my credit was frozen. Expect headaches.

Comment Fraudulent 1040 filed for me last year (Score 2) 77

On March 30, 2016 someone filed a fraudulent return with a refund going to a debit card. I found out when the IRS returned a payment. It's been a big headache with lots of paperwork. Only one of the credit bureaus accepted my paperwork to freeze my credit. The others gave bogus reasons for rejecting my application. My bank couldn't handle a auto loan. My suggestion: file your taxes early before the criminals can.

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