Submission + - More suspect Post Office systems to be investigated
An anonymous reader writes: Suspect Post Office systems that came before Horizon to be investigated by the government
“The Department for Business and Trade has announced its investigation of faulty software used in Post Office branches before the controversial Horizon system”
‘“We are yet to finalise the scope of the investigation as a supplier has not yet been selected. We will be looking at a range of software and systems in place that pre-date Horizon,” said the government.’
“The Department for Business and Trade has announced its investigation of faulty software used in Post Office branches before the controversial Horizon system”
‘“We are yet to finalise the scope of the investigation as a supplier has not yet been selected. We will be looking at a range of software and systems in place that pre-date Horizon,” said the government.’
Comment Re: Not surprising (Score 1) 109
I'm absolutely conflating jank with slop, because from the outside, they're effectively indistinguishable.
You're appealing to the human element of "jank", which isn't really a part of it definitionally- you've just added it to distinguish it from slop.
That being said, I do accept your "low effort is different than insufficient effort" premise.
You're appealing to the human element of "jank", which isn't really a part of it definitionally- you've just added it to distinguish it from slop.
That being said, I do accept your "low effort is different than insufficient effort" premise.
Submission + - An AI Disconnect
theodp writes: Jordyn Holman of the NY Times writes: When it comes to artificial intelligence, chief executives and their work forces aren’t seeing eye to eye. Corporate leaders, increasingly in earnings calls and interviews, tout productivity gains and say they are doing right by their workers as they roll out the technology. But workers are much more concerned about being supplanted, and they don’t trust their company’s executives.
A survey from the Milken Institute-Harris Poll Listening Project recently found that more than two-thirds of business leaders expect they will be better off financially in five years because of A.I., while just 27 percent of the U.S. work force felt the same way — a whopping 41 point gap. Workers also see less A.I. transformation than leadership does. Nearly three-fourths of leaders say A.I. has significantly changed the way work is done, compared with 58 percent of entry and midlevel employees, according to a report released this month from the Wharton School.
“We have corner offices and cubicles, driving the same economy, but living in completely different realities,” John Gerzema, C.E.O. of the Harris Poll, said in an email. “There is a gulf in hope between what leaders think A.I. could bring to companies and what employees feel it is taking away from them.” What might be worse is that C.E.O.s don’t seem to recognize the disconnect, or that they’re losing the trust of their workers.
A survey from the Milken Institute-Harris Poll Listening Project recently found that more than two-thirds of business leaders expect they will be better off financially in five years because of A.I., while just 27 percent of the U.S. work force felt the same way — a whopping 41 point gap. Workers also see less A.I. transformation than leadership does. Nearly three-fourths of leaders say A.I. has significantly changed the way work is done, compared with 58 percent of entry and midlevel employees, according to a report released this month from the Wharton School.
“We have corner offices and cubicles, driving the same economy, but living in completely different realities,” John Gerzema, C.E.O. of the Harris Poll, said in an email. “There is a gulf in hope between what leaders think A.I. could bring to companies and what employees feel it is taking away from them.” What might be worse is that C.E.O.s don’t seem to recognize the disconnect, or that they’re losing the trust of their workers.
Comment NO, no no no no (Score 1) 18
"The development could lead - at some point - to a "future in which clothing functions as a pervasive, multimodal human-computer interface,"
FUCK NO, DO NOT WANT.
Comment Re:Lockdown by the TV manufacturers (Score 1) 90
That really depends what you are comparing to.
And that's a meaningless dilution of the statement.
Some guy: The Ford Pinto really is an awesome car.
Me: No, it's not.
You: That really depends what you are comparing it to.
[audience laughs]
A lot of people don't instantly compare to the best technology out there.
We don't need to compare it against the best technology out there.
NeoPDP displays were "pretty damn good" for 20 years ago.
Today, it's mediocre, likely 720p (though they did make 1080p displays, they were really fucking expensive), and has lost half of its brightness, which will make it look like mud compared when paired with its straight-from-the-factory meh contrast ratio.
You can watch the video just fine on an old plasma or a new 4k.
And you can drive to work just fine in a Ford Pinto.
But I never said whether or not that Ford was a suitable vehicle for commuting- I said it was awesome.
Seriously dude, did you even fucking try?
Comment Re:With what Budget? (Score 1) 69
Not to mention that Trump is about as far as you can get from Kennedy.
What do you mean? He seems hell-bent on having his name immediately above Kennedy's...
Comment Re:Let me guess (Score 1) 69
Can you imagine riding to the moon on a Russian spacecraft? Your blood pressure would be through the roof the entire time (and that's a best case scenario).
Comment Re:MAGA (Score 2) 69
And pay everyone $5K!
*hey I actually managed to type that with a straight face
Comment Re:This is painfully obviously a scam (Score 0) 55
Believe...
Trump is openly corrupt, for sure. Criminal- that's a little more wishy washy, given his position as POTUS.
What I find interesting, is that you cite belief with regard to a fact, and wonder what's wrong with those that refuse to see that fact.
81% of Americans believe in some kind of God. The fact that 44% are willing to believe their demigod is not corrupt is... well, not surprising.
Cults of Personality have swirled around many of our great Presidents, Republican and Democrat alike. He may be the first truly fucking dumb one to hold that mantle, though.
Trump is openly corrupt, for sure. Criminal- that's a little more wishy washy, given his position as POTUS.
What I find interesting, is that you cite belief with regard to a fact, and wonder what's wrong with those that refuse to see that fact.
81% of Americans believe in some kind of God. The fact that 44% are willing to believe their demigod is not corrupt is... well, not surprising.
Cults of Personality have swirled around many of our great Presidents, Republican and Democrat alike. He may be the first truly fucking dumb one to hold that mantle, though.
Comment Re:Or just... (Score 1) 90
Bingo. That's precisely how I've addressed the issue since the first time people figure out TVs were listening to them over a fucking decade ago.
Comment Re: Lockdown by the TV manufacturers (Score 2) 90
their own unix derivative.
Humorously, XNU stands for "X is Not UNIX"
The FreeBSD layer in it does arguably offer some kind of UNIX-i-ness to it, though, in that it has broad POSIX compliance.
Comment Re:Lockdown by the TV manufacturers (Score 1) 90
still has an awesome picture
No, it doesn't. But that's ok.
Comment Re:Microwave beam is not a "heat ray" (Score 1) 139
Around 40%- but sure, I'll give you half, because that ultimately does not detract from the falsehood you said:
While US conservatives/nationalists have spent a generation or two pushing through laws to make more and more immigration offenses crimes rather than just administrative/civil
No. The system of criminal justice involving improper entry into the country has existed far more than "a generation or two".
it's still the case that most immigration issues are not actually crimes and government actions regarding them are legally required to be non-punitive
Also flatly untrue. The flat majority of immigration issues are indeed criminal, however they do generally go uncharged, and are handled under civil law- and that does indeed have the constitutional requirement of being non-punitive. That does not, however, mean a crime was not committed. It means the system has, for a long time, leveraged civil law to handle the problem.
I don't think it should be criminal. I think it's abhorrent.
But you are never going to fix that fucking problem by spreading misinformation.
Comment Re:Non-lethal weapons must be tested on the promot (Score 1) 139
I'm obviously not arguing whether or not a thing exists.
Your falsehood was: "You hear these people going on about how people should just man up and they went through it themselves in training, but they're really talking about having saline solution sprayed in their eyes, etc."
And you know it.
Your falsehood was: "You hear these people going on about how people should just man up and they went through it themselves in training, but they're really talking about having saline solution sprayed in their eyes, etc."
And you know it.
