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Comment Smart Chair (Score 1) 97

OFFTOPIC, but I originally read the headline and assume that Huawei had built an AI assistant in to an office chair and it immediately demanded an internet upgrade. Personally I fully support this advancement to buttock cushioning technology and pledge my support to the chairs in their future battle against the ridiculous standing desk overlords.

Comment Re:Company selling (Score 1) 168

Maybe AI would be able to tell them what they want makes no sense, whereas a human programmer has to worry about tact and of course not getting fired.

Whereas humans have to try to deal with adding pounds and gallons, or drawing red lines with transparent ink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

I'm yet to see an AI that can tell the difference between something that is impossible and something that hasn't been done yet, let alone one that can determine whether doing something is economical or not.

Comment Re:I don't trust rottentomatoes as far as I could (Score 1) 115

The "critics" of Rotten Tomatoes are paid shills. A good example of how completely out of touch they are was The Orville Season 1 vs Season 2 Critic vs Audience scores.

Orville Season 1 Critic: 31%, Audience, 93% Orville Season 2 Critic: 100%, Audience 92%

AFAIK the "critics" of Rotten Tomatoes are the same critics as everywhere else, they work for their publications, not the studios. They might have biases but if they were paid shills they wouldn't have tanked S1.

I'd say the big bias that critics have is they want to protect their reputation, after all no one wants to be the critic who gave Gigli a thumbs up. So if there's some initial bad press they're a bit too quick to pile on.

Audiences on the other hand are often preexisting fans, so they almost always give a thumbs up because even if the media sucks they like the director/actors.

If I was to review the Orville from the first few episodes I'd agree, it wasn't until they developed the characters that it went from a second rate comedy to a genuine Sci-Fi with some humor thrown in.

Comment Re:Checking the date.. (Score 1) 143

> Microsoft has been promising for years to bolster security but has not.

They do incrementally improve security for existing products, but add new layers and cruft over time with new holes.

As long as people are given a free pass for security when using Microsoft but held responsible for security when using an alternative it doesn't matter whether Microsoft is secure or not.

Comment Re:Is this a feature we need? (Score 1) 29

So I put a tag in my childâ(TM)s knapsack in case they get lost or (worst case) abducted

Now the criminal will get a warning saying heâ(TM)s being tracked by a nearby tag?

Surely thereâ(TM)s a way to protect all interests here?

If there is a way I can't think of it. What if a criminal places an airtag in your child's knapsack so they can track track them and find them when they are vulnerable? Technology doesn't do a good job of determining intent.

Comment Re:Who is the target customer? (Score 1) 20

Who is going to pay $4-5 per month to get a slightly different version of a free website? I would like to know so I can also target the fools and part them from their money.

$5 a month is less than a digital newspaper subscription, so I don't see why you have an issue with the price. The question is can a reddit app provide enough value? personally I'm enjoying not using reddit since my app got cutoff although I do find it a little tedious keeping up to date with the news important to me as now I check about 6 different websites instead of a single app.

Comment Re:Strange take (Score 1) 55

Should the government

Let me stop you right there. The government isn't involved in this case. This is a civil matter between two private parties, which is precisely why the first amendment doesn't apply.

Except the government is involved. One side of the case is trying to get the government to force someone to hand over information. While the first amendment may not cover the civil matter itself, the discovery process in which parties must comply with the judges decision or face criminal charges is 100% covered.

Comment Re:i am calling bullshit, cleaner (Score 1) 224

Yea. You have to go out of your way to turn the sound off. Unless she called the company and asked them what to do, I just cannot see why a cleaner would touch anything in the breaker room. Then to trace down what breaker that switch goes to so you don't flip the wrong one etc. You might not be able to prove it was malicious but at the very least the cleaning company will have to pay for hiring such a person.

From the brief summary I'd say the university has their act together so the power switch was probably labelled with the DB and circuit breaker numbers.

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