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Comment Re:Impact on the justice system (Score 2) 66

It's a combination of the footage itself and the trustworthiness of the source of the footage. Fabricating evidence is a serious criminal offense. Anyone attempting that is taking a huge risk. The biggest change will be that footage brought by the defendant or the plaintiff or others with a lot to gain from the footage will be less trustworthy. Evidence footage from third parties will be as good as before.

Comment Not cool! (Score 0) 155

Subaru do a lot of things well - they're masters of all-wheel drive - but this is nuts.

I bought a VW Taos earlier this year with the usual trial subscription to Sirius XM. I was going to pull the plug when it expired but Sirius XM offered me a steep discount if I re-upped, so I did. They did it so readily that I wonder how many people are paying full price...

The bulk of my listening is two channels, Hits One and The Pulse.

...laura

Comment What problem are we trying to solve here? (Score 2) 20

The congressmen are quoted as favoring "commonsense guardrails" and "sensible AI legislation". It sounds pretty ominous if you describe AI as "unregulated". On the other hand, regulation for the sake of regulation isn't a very well-defined goal.

Guardrails to accomplish what? How about if we start with stating the specific problem we want to solve?

Is it about the concern that AI might increase unemployment by replacing human workers? Is this about intellectual property rights on the training data? Is it about students turning in papers written by AI? Is it about a concern that the Terminator movies will come true?

Once you've clarified what you're trying to do, then we can discuss whether a proposed piece of legislation is a good way to achieve that goal.

Comment Such annoying policies (Score 1) 20

The community college I'm attending a class in online uses Proctorio. The rules say that we shouldn't wear headphones during the tests because we could be getting answers through the headset.

I'm taking a foreign language class, and part of the tests involves listening to spoken words. I don't own computer speakers, so how am I supposed to follow that rule? I'd have to buy speakers for just Proctorio.

Comment I cut the cord years ago (Score 1) 108

Too much money for not enough content.

When I had my morning toast and coffee earlier today I chose between three YouTube videos. An analysis of a high-performance motorcycle engine, a review of an off-road vehicle and troubleshooting a hybrid car. All cable ever has these days is reality shows.

...laura

Comment Re: Short AAPL (Score 1) 65

It's not a dumb idea by itself, only overpriced.

It is a dumb idea. You store the phone at a location where it's easy to lose, but hard to get when you need it. Indeed, movement of the ankle while walking will slowly push the phone out of the pocket. And when you need your phone (for texting, or for accessing the internet), you need to kneel all the way down to get it.

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