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fucking_tragedy commented on Disney+ streaming uses draconian DRM hansdegoede.livejournal.c... · Posted by u/toma1k

zokier · 6 years ago

> Niche or not “Disney won’t sell me content I want to buy” seems like a tough position for Disney to argue past.

I feel that is such an entitled attitude. Watching Disney+ is hardly some inalienable human right nor essential for survival. Why would anyone think their right to use a service, and cosume content, overrides Disneys well-established ownership?

fucking_tragedy · 6 years ago

> Watching Disney+ is hardly some inalienable human right nor essential for survival.

Neither are never-expiring copyright laws, and there's no reason someone in a country that doesn't abide by them should have to honor them.

fucking_tragedy commented on China attacks Apple for allowing Hong Kong crowdsourced police activity app techcrunch.com/2019/10/09... · Posted by u/elsewhen

kwizzt · 6 years ago

One man? If you are just trying to sound dramatic, sure. However, I'd urge that you go and actually read more about how CCP works and the actual reaction of Chinese people on Weibo and other Chinese social media. The reaction to NBA and Hong Kong is not merely the government's manipulation, tho I'm sure there are some being done.

When people see the news and make a judgement, it's often times the judgement the media want you to make. I'll give you another video about Hong Kong protesters for a different perspective: https://youtu.be/ZPYuGYLesx0

This video by no means represents all of the protesters, but I hope people here can see the same event from different angles.

Edit: fix typo

fucking_tragedy · 6 years ago

> the actual reaction of Chinese people on Weibo and other Chinese social media

People are censored and punished for disagreeing with their government and its dictator-for-life.

fucking_tragedy commented on I was just subjected to the most credible phishing attempt I’ve experienced twitter.com/digitallawyer... · Posted by u/vinnyglennon

mffnbs · 6 years ago

I think if they gave you a number to bypass the general queue that you’re still vulnerable to an attack, right?

The only way to ensure you’re calling amex is to call the number you know, otherwise the scammer will have you call another one.

fucking_tragedy · 6 years ago

Just ask for an extension to reach them at when you call their public number.

fucking_tragedy commented on Decades of diesel use in Europe have created a public health crisis bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/pseudolus

Stevvo · 6 years ago

London is the only city in world that turns everyone's snot black, not even Delhi or Beijing does that.

fucking_tragedy · 6 years ago

Used to happen to me in New York 15 years ago. Hasn't happened since, though.

fucking_tragedy commented on Beware of Automated Hiring nytimes.com/2019/10/08/op... · Posted by u/dredmorbius

leni536 · 6 years ago

Well sure, but HR people are not less of a black box either.

fucking_tragedy · 6 years ago

People have well-documented biases, besides reflecting biases of humans, AI systems will also have arbitrary biases that are hard to predict.

fucking_tragedy commented on Pedestrian detection systems don’t work well, AAA finds arstechnica.com/cars/2019... · Posted by u/lelf

natch · 6 years ago

We better design these systems not to fail then. Seems obvious but I think that’s the solution to what you’re describing. Having an unreliable human as a backup is not going to do it because as you say, and I agree, humans will become reliant on it.

The systems are not reliable yet. Fortunately humans are not totally reliant on them yet either so humans are still effective as a safety backup.

The trick is to make sure the crossover point (when humans become so reliant that they are ineffective safety backups) comes after the system becomes highly reliable. Unfortunately humans are already unreliable to begin with even without AEB, so we are just going to deal with a few incidents from autos, both those without AEB, and, until it becomes perfect, those with AEB.

fucking_tragedy · 6 years ago

> We better design these systems not to fail then

Too late, we're commenting on an article about them failing in common scenarios.

fucking_tragedy commented on Pedestrian detection systems don’t work well, AAA finds arstechnica.com/cars/2019... · Posted by u/lelf

parsimo2010 · 6 years ago

It is irreleveant if AEB fails when a human doesn't- the human and AEB systems are complimentary. When the human driver doesn't fail, then it's okay for AEB to fail. AEB only needs to pick up the slack when a human isn't fast enough to get on the brakes. Even if it only works in 10% of those situations, it's still preventing collisions.

fucking_tragedy · 6 years ago

It matters to me as a pedestrian because drivers will become reliant on their AEB, and when it fails, they might run me over.

fucking_tragedy commented on Pedestrian detection systems don’t work well, AAA finds arstechnica.com/cars/2019... · Posted by u/lelf

parsimo2010 · 6 years ago

Just because they aren't perfect doesn't mean they don't make your car safer. The writing here almost sounds like the author would prefer not having it. Having AEB on your car can't make it more dangerous unless the AEB system accelerates into pedestrians. You have two options-

1. A car that only brakes when you react

2. A car that brakes when you react, and also sometimes when you don't.

The only way that AEB might conceivably make you less safe is if you pick up bad driving habits because you expect the all-knowing robot to keep you safe. This certainly applies to some people, but that's the person's fault, not the manufacturers fault for rolling out systems that are better than nothing, even if they aren't perfect.

Edit: I'll acknowledge that unexpected braking events might mean that AEB equipped cars have a higher risk of being rear-ended, but this test was about pedestrian safety. I'm including this edit just because I know someone will bring it up thinking it proves that they are smart even if it wasn't the point of the study.

fucking_tragedy · 6 years ago

> Just because they aren't perfect doesn't mean they don't make your car safer.

There is no evidence that they make your car safer, but there is evidence that AEB fails in common situations or in ways a human driver wouldn't.

fucking_tragedy commented on NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels game broadcasts foxbusiness.com/sports/nb... · Posted by u/Alupis

chrischen · 6 years ago

You'd be surprised how much support the government has in China, among Chinese people, even if they oppress some of their people. But just because they don't hold public elections doesn't mean they do not draw their legitimacy from the people. And furthermore, if they did not have a legitimate claim to power the people of China can overthrow them, not a foreigner. They don't need the US to install a leader for them.

fucking_tragedy · 6 years ago

> But just because they don't hold public elections doesn't mean they do not draw their legitimacy from the people

Got any other zingers you want to tell me with a straight face?

fucking_tragedy commented on How much does air pollution cost the U.S.? earth.stanford.edu/news/h... · Posted by u/hhs

chrisdhoover · 6 years ago

Im confused by the numbers cited. Gas only weighs 6 lbs per gallon. Assume a car gets 20 miles per gallon. How does a car produce 20 lbs of CO2 per mile?

fucking_tragedy · 6 years ago

Combustion is a reaction between fuel and oxygen. Part of the weight comes from the fuel, the other part comes from oxygen in the atmosphere.

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