Posts by Gordon 10 4002 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Jun 2009
@AC in your apparent eagerness to make a point you neglected to read the fact that the Judges believed efforts should have been made to disconnect the facts around political decision making from the secret intelligence that informed those decisions. "National Security Guv" is not enough of an excuse.
I look forward to the day they come for you, my only regret will be that I'll have long been carted off myself so I won't hear about it.
Given our current tech can only find earth size exoplanets that kinda puts a *big* lower bound on the size of your blind assuming early 21C Earth tech.
And 80 AU is approx double the average orbital radius of Pluto and only 5 man made objects have passed Pluto (2 Voyagers and Pioneers + New Horizons)
Not sure where you got that price from. A bog standard SATA 1TB will cost you about 250 from Big River, an NVMe one (which I think is in surface) will cost at least £300.
Yes its robbery - just not quite the robbery you are describing.
There were some good black friday deals on surfaces took them from "worse than apple gouging" to "adequate gouging for the shiny" imo
You have missed the point entirely. This has nothing to do with physically modifying an image. This is about digitally modifying an image 'on the fly' that is then sent for recognition. Doing physically (i.e. makeup) is essentially hit and miss, whereas a digital process is repeatable.
If it was just physical modification it would old news.
So looking at this through a commentards cynical gaze all they have managed to do is make a classifier fail to classify something? /slowhandclap
I can do that without trying :)
If read the article correctly (all bullshit bingo no explanations) it works by submitting subtly iffy subjects for classification? Wasn't sure from the explanation if it's just one shot or it needs to be built up over time.
But let's look at workable real world scenarios.
1. Corrupt iPhoneX faceid - requires Physical access - you are screwed anyway.
2. Hijack any ML on a phone - requires at least dodgy App access - ie same as any other malware.
3. Hijack PC ML requires browser or app hijack.
So basically whilst the execution mechanism of the attack is novel the access mechanisms are the usual bog standard ones.
So this is just a novel injection style attack and the usual protections still apply.
Mark as interesting but ultimately low risk.
I think they'll find the EU disagrees pretty strongly with that first 'creative' assumption on the part of the Department of Jerks.
It's beyond me why they haven't fired the idiot who keeps pushing this. It's clear international data transfers and privacy are matters to be decided at the diplomatic and treaty level. Indeed in this case I believe the mechanism already exists but instead of using it someone at the DoJ has made a decision to waste millions of US tax payers money persuing it.
Time to go and watch Team America: World Police again!
Horses for courses. if you are mostly urban I find 3 better overall than O2, espically M4 corridor/thames valley. Ironic given their respective HQ locations.
Mind you the gaping vortex signal dropout just at the train end of the platforms in Paddington is amusing since you can flick the V's at Voda's HQ from there.
Its so localised I'm almost convinced there is some blocker or alternative transmitter in operation as every network seems to get hit.
I’ve been livin the dream with John Lewis/varilight IR dimmers and a harmony remote for years now.
The newer Harmony hub is a thing of joy - it has so many ways of spaffing out EM radiation you can probably use it to self tan. All it’s really missing is a zigbe bridge and it would have the fully monty.
The lovely thing is the state syncronisation I can have the remote and the app open on a phone and an IPad and it all just updates.
Yes. And the habit of the RSPCA in bringing private prosecutions is currently being knocked on the head as an overreach.
Apparently it used to be ok to aggressive about private prosecutions if it was for fluffy animals. Now not so much.
Even the RSPCA have admitted they got overly aggressive.
PS support the aims of the RSPCA but not necessarily the way they decided to execute them.
Question. How can avoiding regulation count as being un-regulated? All the signs are that on various fronts regulation is going to catch up with them big time.
Its a great argument for regulation - but its not valid to say Uber was unregulated.
EU Working directive aside - thats fine if you are salaried - as your contract usually contains a clause along the lines of "working hours as necessary for the role", but not if you are paid hourly.
More simplistically -
blue collar = hourly = potential overtime.
white collar = salary = no overtime (but potentially more flexibility if you have a decent employer)
How dare you suggest the Emperor has no clothes!
Its almost as if we had a huge piece of tin that we wanted to run lots of different programs on and give them the Option to Time Share. Then maybe we could have lots of copies of storage and call it multiple virtual storage. Then of course we need to control when all this stuff runs and with what priority - almost like we need a job control language.
mutter mutter in my day mutter....
Agree.
Also don't under estimate the value of having literally hundreds of years to understand the gaps and omissions in your data. Something you have to do all over again if you change source or collect method. Now as an data enhancement proposition some of these datasets are interesting but not as core data replacement.
Except the stats on residual values don't back up your statements. Look at the the Model S - 3-4 year old examples still going for 80% of their original cost. (Check autotrader.co.uk). Roadster values are still holding well considering they are a discontinued model.
That's unheard of for whats effectively a 7 series/S class competitor which are mostly over 50-60% depreciation after 3 years....
LAN Content - works fine:
https://support.roku.com/article/208754908-how-to-use-roku-media-player-to-play-your-videos-music-and-photos
DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) is a standard technology that enables sharing of content between devices connected over a network. To play content stored on another device or computer on your Roku device using DLNA, the other device must be running DLNA server software and must be on the same network as your Roku device. Some routers and NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices have a built in DLNA server.
Roku Media Player has been tested to work with the following DLNA servers:
Windows Media Player/Center
Serviio
Plex
Twonky
MiniDLNA/ReadyDLNA/ReadyMedia
PlayOn
For information on setting up a DLNA server, consult the associated online support site.
The Dublliners?
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly. (let the free birds fly)
Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry
Until apple came along then they were chokka
I’ll expect those prices will come down in time. They are currently driven by cantimg to reserve all the parts for new retail models not spares and repair.
I also bet there are only 1 or 2 service centres that have the skills and tools to repair them.
Haven’t seen an iFixit tear down yet but I bet it will be even harder to fix than previous models.
Whilst I agree that it’s likely to fail I don’t think it’s a total slam dunk. I think an arguement based on the need to support world Intellectual Property systems whilst would ultimately fail would at least be considered an arguement worth having in court, and nonwilful infringement is unlikely to generate a mega fine.
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