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badumtss commented on There’s No Such Thing As ‘Ethical A.I.’?   onezero.medium.com/theres... · Posted by u/Amorymeltzer
badumtss · 6 years ago
If people can't behave ethically, why should technology?
badumtss commented on Police begin operational use of live facial recognition technology in London   news.met.police.uk/news/m... · Posted by u/borjamoya
badumtss · 6 years ago
Imagine that a so called democratic country like the UK would go down the same road as bad and evil China ...

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badumtss commented on Richard M. Stallman resigns   fsf.org/news/richard-m-st... · Posted by u/maxdeviant
nabla9 · 6 years ago
RMS has called himself "borderline autistic". His socially clueless black and white thinking makes it look like he is far in the spectrum. RMS is anal about meanings of terms and their use. That's not working well in the current climate where words carry perceived intent. I find myself agreeing with RMS with most of the terminology and its use in this case. Women who tell stories about him paint a picture of lonely socially incompetent man who makes super creepy attempts to connect opposite sex.

I have worked in jobs where there have been very strange creepy people, both women and men. Some are angry and tense. Some are odd and talk restless or slightly disturbing stuff that make everyone uncomfortable. But if they do their work well they can stay. Others give them some room. It's called tolerance.

If RMS was just random superhacker doing his thing. I would defend him. His boss should find a position for him where he can contribute and other people should feel free to feel uncomfortable and avoid him.

But RMS is de facto leader and public figure in movement that is also political. He does not deserve the same level of consideration as normal HR headache would. Even if everything against him would be completely unjust, there is no requirement for just treatment for top leaders. They can be sacked for any reason whatsoever.

badumtss · 6 years ago
> Women who tell stories about him paint a picture of lonely socially incompetent man who makes super creepy attempts to connect opposite sex.

Really?

badumtss commented on OpenDrop: An Open Source AirDrop Implementation   github.com/seemoo-lab/ope... · Posted by u/vsurabhi
staticvoidmaine · 7 years ago
Rather than the google solution suggested by a sibling comment, I’d suggest a look at send.firefox.com.
badumtss · 7 years ago
I just wish they'd hurry up and make the android app useable. I signed up for the beta and was pretty disappointed as my uploads were cancelled if my screen locked or, horribly enough, rotated ...
badumtss commented on Judge claims mobile phone is not a computer   theguardian.com/australia... · Posted by u/injidup
wiseleo · 7 years ago
Bizarre. Phones and tablets are definitely computers. We can attach a keyboard and a screen to it. We can print from it. We can attach mice. They can run arbitrary software, subject to platform restrictions.
badumtss · 7 years ago
I can attach a keyboard to my toaster as well, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is a computer.

"A computer is a machine that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer

badumtss commented on VAIO announces tiny laptop with tons of ports   theverge.com/2019/7/9/206... · Posted by u/miles
badumtss · 7 years ago
Call me ignorant, but who are still using VGA?

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