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Comment Just use another metaphor (Score 1) 57

Although I agree with the premise that this type of AI usage is bad, all a bad guy has to do is: Call it something else Apply different terminology Try a different analogy. Pick another figure of speech. Use a fresh comparison. Could you rephrase that with a different image? Opt for a new illustrative example. Switch to another way of comparing. Choose a different descriptive device. Go with an alternative metaphorical expression. Find another way to illustrate the point-and-shoot. Select a different symbolism. Your gun is a telescope

Comment Re:What about Google? (Score 1) 57

Everyone's trying to get ahead of their skis first. But Google's handling of it is not very customer friendly. If you already have a Google Account, with (for example) 2TB of storage, the only option is to "upgrade" to Gemini Advanced. Once you do that, there is no going back to the old way (life without Gemini). If you used to pay annually, then now, with Gemini, you must pay monthly.

Comment Insert actual reason here (Score 1) 19

Maybe asking for a hack gets more hack than not asking for one? Maybe some "bugs" are really honeypots? Maybe rewarding the bounty hunters adds too much legitimacy to otherwise criminally-minded hacking attempts? Maybe AI has already discovered all of the weaknesses and fixed them. Could have been an experiment, a la Mortimer and Randolph, and somebody got their $1.00.

Comment Some lossy sound better than other lossy. (Score 1) 749

Not saying that lossy is ever better than non-lossy, but with good "dithering", it can really make a big difference. Probably better for artists to provide their own mp3 (or whatever file type) than leaving it up to a vendor to do it. This Izotope video is pretty informative, despite being kind of an ad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVNzylf9sGo

Comment Hangouts are cool (Score 1) 286

To be honest, I'm completely baffled by the google+ feed. It's very difficult to make "seen" things go away. Other than that, it's pretty cool. I've only been using it to attend a couple hangouts. Hangouts are really great, especially if you know ahead of time to comb your hair. It was a bit of a shocker to see my ugly mug on the list of attendees.

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