Why do they allow children on Facebook at all? I guess that any online forum should be safe for a child, but would not limiting access to FB to people over the age of consent fix this problem to a certain extent? I am aware of the fact that most kids can work their way around any restrictions imposed by their parents, but surely they can start to take some responsibility for their own actions, and the actions of their kids. Oh and I am in no way justifying the behaviour of those that do groom kids, but would this not be the best approach? I dunno, would you let your child out at night in town after, like, I don't know, 6pm? Again I guess in an ideal world a child should be able to go out at any time, but should we not make a sensible approach to the problem? One thing I guess is that social media has proliferated our lives so much that it has become important for kids to become familiar with it at an early age, but is there not a line we should draw in the sand at what children can do online, for the sake of their safety?

I am far from an expert in the field, but should we not label these things (algorithms, machines, whatever) as 'simulated intelligence' rather than 'artificial intelligence'? It appears that they are not intelligent by any standard that we apply to an animal, but give the impression of being intelligent. I think that is an important distinction to make. Please feel free to correct me, but I see AI being applied to all sorts of things, and mostly what is happening is actually on a mathematical level, and in no way do these so called 'AI' machines/programmes actually behave like what we would call an intelligent being. I guess neural networks may get a pass on this, because they attempt to model a 'meat' brain, but I was under the impression that they are still far away from achieving the complexity of anything we would consider to actually be intelligent. At what point is something just a mathematical construct and actual intelligence?

Those fat fat fatties are excellent consumers, leave them alone!

...we will have to find another way to get rid of this idiot. Regardless of his rights and whether he is guilty of anything, this tool *actually* thought that the NZ public would vote for him! He is just a fraudulent f wit that was trying to gain some credibility by running for parliament. Talk about an insult the the intelligence of the people in NZ. I am sure I read somewhere that he was thinking of running again. For f's sake just bugger off already!

"I think transgender people are probably the most persecuted people on the planet". Are you sure you want someone who actually thinks this is true in a position of any importance? sauce: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gamer...

The main deciding factor for the success of this device will be the battery life. Pretty much nothing else, if they really are aiming for the portable market. I have heard rumors that battery life will be 3-4 hours. A quick google tells me that the 3DS has a battery life of 3 - 5.5 hours. So maybe it will be enough. I guess we will see on release. Another concern is the supposedly wireless controllers. They face the same problem as Apple does with the Airpods: batteries and lost controllers.

.... I mean its not like we don't have enough other things, like earthquake stricken cities to deal with. Looking out for another country's interests (and lets face it, most of the parties benefiting from this law are not in NZ) should be way down on the priority list. It is my understanding that the owner of the IP in question has to pony up with some cash to actually make the complaint in the first place, but I am assuming that it is our legal system that has to prosecute these offenders.