hubert1234

Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one that doesn't trust biometric sensors. I mean it's basically magic. If for any reason the face detection algorithm doesnt match your face anymore you have the equivalent problem of losing the master password to your entire password store.

I agree that this is better, it punishes Google's reputation as well.

you really think that somebody cant come up with strong scientific evidence to support all of those? cmon, it's a lack of knowledge and imagination on your part. There are plenty of real scientific arguments against gay marriage or gay rights at large. You just dont ever hear them because everyone who ever so much as hints at them gets banned immediately.

Really... is it so hard to imagine? Criminal gangs can put tiny cameras everywhere to track the police but the police cant do do the same to them.

1. More profitable artificial food will replace natural foods, similar to how canola oil replaced butter for cooking. Vegan 'meat' will be the default, cheaper option in McDonalds which in turn makes natural food more expensive.

2. Russia and China will launch a competitive, international currency to fight the US dollar and China will humiliate the US in a regional conflict.

3. Most countries in the world will benefit from global warming or see no ill effects. Climate fear mongering will continue unimpressed by this.

4. Smartphones will be replaced by smaller optionally wireless computers, the screen will just be a screen and receive all the computing information from a detached CPU/GPU/computer you keep in your wallet. Commonly sold desktop monitors will have a place where you can slide in or connect your personal wallet computer wirelessly.

5. As social support systems in Europe start to crumble under the strain of continued limitless immigration, they will enact openly communist policies such as a duty to work for all citizens. This will be celebrated across the world as a progressive action to fight the low economic performance of the EU compared to China.

600k open websocket connections means that 600k people opened stackoverflow sites but dont click on anything right? Because they still only have 550req/s. Interesting how much more power you need just to keep track of state.

You say that somebody is wehmütig when he is purposefully trying to be sad and down on him or herself or everybody, so Wehmut is somewhat derogatory. If you tell somebody that they are wehmütig, it means that they are actively being dumb, basically. Melancholy is more like a wistful sadness also considered negative but connected to some tragic event or maybe when thinking about better times in the past a bit too much.

I just found the perfect way to sum this all up and I'm making a prediction: NRA ads will be banned on twitter but Planned Parenthood ads will not. The total lack of self reflection and thinking on part of Twitter is really something else. Facebook made the right decision, Twitter made the wrong decision. It cannot be more obvious.

I think you cant take that person's word for what was actually going on in that situation. Somebody that still gets so angry about other people never wanted to kill themselves in the first place, in my opinion. They happily jumped on the option that you are annoying and so that's the escape out of that situation.

it's not a way of putting things, it's fact

Dont be so sure, I personally believe that alligators and crocodiles should be wiped out but the majority believes that the risk of being eaten alive during a swim in a pond nextdoor is an acceptable risk and the natural right of nature over humans. People have a weird disposition to protect nature beyond what is due. We effectively wiped out wolves from Europe and I personally couldnt be happier that I dont have to worry about a wolf attack or bear attack when I'm out in the forest, cycling.

Ok so outside of their own home people have to behave as if somebody watches them 24/7. No offense, but we already have data on what that kind of belief produces and that's the belief that God always watches you. Seems to be beneficial.

I dont see why it should be difficult to debug unless you think this is all some kind of conspiratorial plot by white people or the "white system" who are all secretely racist against black people and that's why the detection rate was purposefully kept low by these evil people. And implying that we have to be irrational to be ethical is also pretty weird.

It was a long time ago, but have you read it? Because if I recall correctly, the surveillance happened inside your own home from your own TV. Other than that, the book '1984' wasnt really about surveillance, it's more about a system of lies and the transformation of speech into a political tool to control people.

So improve the software and fix the bugs? How is this a valid response?

The dislike for facial recognition technology is another one of those hard to comprehend stances for me. The article is more like a moral call to action, it doesnt contain any facts or information or even arguments against it. All I can find is that it claims "costly errors, discrimination and privacy invasions" are the problem. How can facial recognition software possibly cause all of that? Software operation basically free, discrimination is ridiculous - if anything it helps with less discrimination, it scans everybody after all. and then privacy invasion? You mean you walk around in public spaces and you think you have a right not to be recorded? How is this different from a police officer walking by and scanning your face? No, in reality this debate is a weird sort of antitech sentiment. It's like a symptom of a deep dissatisfaction with how fast the world is developing and people want to go back to the good old times. Well sorry, but I actually like the fact that a criminal can get caught in minutes because his face is scanned.