Posts by Eddy Ito

I think to shift the whole spectrum they would have to change the refractive index of the vitreous as it would change the wavelength of the light as it hit the retina. It would also introduce an optical distortion at the back of the lens but perhaps it might just require a minor focal adjustment to work out.

Re: Has anyone else noticed that these reccomendation algos are basically cancer?

The thing is AI, at this point in time, is pretty bad. Sure, it can make a picture that can fool someone at a casual glance ans while most won't stand up to close inspection, the picture type is far easier to train than the toaster advert or recommended video algorithm. The reason is simple, picture fakers can be trained with high quality pictures but "recommended for you" adverts are limited to either small data sets, your personal history, or irrelevant large data sets, the history of everyone who's bought a toaster or watched this video.

The topic of the rant has the same problem. The data set used to recommend these videos comes from both with the small set being the kids family and a large set being kiddie spotters and their time stamps. In the end it's simply a matter of garbage in, garbage out.

Re: Choices Choices.....

Option C: Get down with Yoti.

Is it me or does it seem the whole point of the Yoti survey showing 60% support was largely for the potential investors of the 'Your Digital Identity' company.

I can't say why but I'd really like to see the questions on that survey.

Re: Perhaps an empty gesture

But the judgement is still in place and they still owe VirnetX. Redesigning the software instead of licensing the technology is more akin to putting a governor on the car so they can't speed in the future. In both cases the 'fine' still applies.

Re: 98% false positive rate?

I think the problem is that given some gaggle of people where the total number is unknown, it's much easier to simply determine what percentage of flags are false. It could be that given a glom of 10,000 faces it only recognizes 800 as even being human faces and as you say, some could also belong to horses.

I hate to ask but given how inaccurate the system has thus far proved itself to be; do they have data on the number of faces (horse or human) observed vs the number identified as people? Oh, and how does it do with the Insane Clown Posse?

Re: "Rant"

Yeah, that episode certainly showed just how thin skinned Musk really is. It seems many of the twitterati are thin skinned whether it be Musk, Trump, or AOC they are alike in their rush to tweet a "nuh uh, I'm right and here's proof you poopyhead!" style retort with often highly tenuous "proof".

Re: Good luck with that

California's carcinogenic substances bill, a.k.a. Prop 65, is little more than a lawyer subsidy and has been that way for at least twenty years. Why would a bunch of lawyers in DC want to pull the plug on that?

The easy thing to do is put a prop 65 sticker on everything and then don't worry about it. Nobody cares any more and it makes for very effective lawyer repellent.

Re: Shadows....

Not all have wonky shadows. In the lower set it's clear one is lit from the side while the fake could be a head on flash. After playing a few rounds it becomes easier to tell what to look for. Many of the fakes have strange features like several hairs floating in space offset from the rest. Another with glasses was missing a temple piece and other such things that make you think "something's off". In the lower pic on the fake gent, what would be his right ear seems behind his head rather than attached to it while the few strands of the woman's hair down beside her neck is something that is natural but would unlikely to be included by an AI.

Re: Computer sound is on in an open space ?

I'd extend this to checking voicemail with the speakerphone. Doubly so when messages are stacked up upon returning from a week long holiday.

Re: pro-Buffy flame war.

Did someone say reboot? That's so last year, we want something this year!

Re: @ yank lurker ... Gun show

Chances are that if one can afford a 3D metal printer at the present time they also have access to getting it properly heat treated. IIRC, the 1911 Ian mentioned was printed in stainless steel although I don't recall the specific alloy. Yes, there have been mostly all plastic guns made and exploded as you might expect but every one that I've seen the gun was clamped not held in the hand for test firing.

There were a few guys on youtube some time back making slam-fire shotguns from about $20 worth of pipe and other bits from the local hardware store. I seem to recall one went so far as to make a multi-barrel slam-fire seemingly to prove he could.

Re: The private sector ? Act with fairness ? Have you heard of Facebook ?

Yes, we all need protection from the dreaded possibility of having the throw pillows not match the drapes or improperly dried hair.

Seriously, legislation is only really necessary when the barriers to entry are high which limits competition and against unfair trade practices. The problem is that getting it right is difficult. It's similar to moving jello, it needs minor support to guide it along but gripping with an iron fist gets you nowhere.

Re: Union officials campaign against jobs?

I don't know about New York but in Philly it isn't uncommon for different unions to get into a spat

Re: Had the chance to pose with one once

Maybe pandas are just naturally high. It could explain a lot.

Dude, I like, got the bamboo munchies man.

Whoa! Like, fer sure, who wants to run around after blurry critters when there's all this nice bamboo right here man?

Exactly. Improving only 0.5% would make it the "best" but it doesn't mean it's sufficiently better to get people to splash so much cash for an upgrade.

Re: Yay landfill!

How confident are we really that all newish phones followed the ICD-200/IS-GPS-200 spec? I'd wager that there are probably many cheaper models that didn't in order to save a penny or two.

Oh, perhaps that's why everyone switched to glued in batteries.

I'm guessing there are probably several variations which all disagree with each other. Here's another:

Beer before liquor will make you sicker; liquor before beer and you're in the clear.

Of course the problem with this study is that it just goes to a fixed BrAC level. It doesn't attempt to show whether someone would change their pattern after a switch. I know the missus gets a bloated feeling drinking beer or anything carbonated really so she would only have one and be unlikely to drink anything for hours after that but wine or Irish cream would be another story entirely.

Re: 646464

Ugh, 32 bit Windows 8/10 machines with 32-bit uefi and 64-bit Atoms.

Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

Re: Why are you so surprised? Ajit Pai is serving his constituents very well.

Bah, the blue team isn't any different. There actually were bills in congress laying out net neutrality rules before the last president felt it wasn't going fast enough and went all executive order happy. Too many people forget that patience can be a virtue and even imperfect laws are better than easily revoked edicts.

Re: Bullshit

According to a WSJ pay piece there are indications that the money isn't there.

But two independent researchers say publicly available transaction records associated with QuadrigaCX suggest the money may be gone, not trapped.

Re: Cloud = held to ransom

Oh FFS! I can see this soon being a requirement for continuing coverage by everyone from private plans, Medicare, and NHS.

Oh wait. Bears shit in the woods and being an outdoorsy type I know roughly what look for. You know, this could get very entertaining indeed. Note to self, check grizzly and cougar droppings for evidence of human remains.

Re: Pigeons - Aaaaaarrrghh!!!!

You never see a baby pigeon, they must come out of their eggs fully grown and ready to eat anything.

Having had mourning doves nest in one of the wife's planters on a long weekend while we were away, I assume they develop similarly, perhaps it may provide a reason why you never see a baby pigeon. As best I could tell with the doves is that they went from eggs one day to totally fledged and gone inside of two weeks. I tried to get snaps every day and from the last picture of an egg I caught to when they were largely fully developed and nowhere to be seen was 13 days. I can't say for certain which day they hatched but it was clear they had hatched 10 days before they left which gives a 3 day window and I'd wager the exact time depends on things like food availability. In short, about a week to week and a half to bulk up and another 2-3 days for the flight feathers to completely grow in and they are nearly indistinguishable from their parents.