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p0sixlang

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p0sixlang··on I had to get a background check for my job; the report is a 300 page pdf
I think that was a LOL as in "your comment lacks understanding of the capabilities of neural networks in it's suggestion a neural network could identify someone in the pool of... everyone (lets even say in a certain area), based on writing style."

You'd need countless IDed writing samples to even give yourself a 50% chance of making a network able to with 50% accuracy match an unIDed writing sample to an IDed one.

Facial recognition is easier (yet still very hard) to implement because there're characteristics about people's faces that're hard to modify unless you're really trying.

Compared to writing style which could differ based on too many factors.

p0sixlang··on Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?
Exactly. Have an initial import functionality in onboarding, where the user could somehow import their currently saved content. Thereafter you could have an extension that implements a 'save to unearth' button cleanly into reddit's UI.
p0sixlang··on Yahoo Pipes
What were the implications of knowing the _callback parameter?
p0sixlang··on Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results
Lol, not defending Quora, but the articles in your digest are real. Whether their app appropriately redirects when you click them, is another story.
p0sixlang··on Ask HN: How do I understand the results of my job search?
I think being hireable, more hireable even, is illustrated by your having an above average response rate.
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