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chalsall 2015-05-04 16:25

Beware the AIs (and/or, perhaps, the companies behind them).
 
Forget about Skynet, what if an AI [URL="http://www.cambio.com/2015/05/01/funniest-age-guess-fails-from-microsofts-how-old-app/"]causes embarrassment[/URL]? And/or collects data not nominally available, which might be distributed further than most submitters might imagine...

On the other hand, perhaps there are [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince"]still humans in the loop...[/URL] Particularity [URL="http://www.fastcompany.com/3045825/fast-feed/read-the-fine-print-before-you-use-microsofts-viral-age-guessing-tool"]the legal department[/URL]....

xilman 2015-05-06 15:55

Comic book censorship
 
[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-32513180"]Cerne Abbas chalk hill giant censored for comic[/URL]



A spokesperson for the comic said: "It seems a sad indictment of the times when a legendary landmark like the Cerne Giant - which any man, woman or child can visit any day of the week - must be covered up in a comic book."

"Through pressure, our hand has been forced. Outlets, particularly in the US, refuse any form of nudity in comic books," the spokesperson added.

rogue 2015-05-06 16:20

[QUOTE=xilman;401854][URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-32513180"]Cerne Abbas chalk hill giant censored for comic[/URL]



A spokesperson for the comic said: "It seems a sad indictment of the times when a legendary landmark like the Cerne Giant - which any man, woman or child can visit any day of the week - must be covered up in a comic book."

"Through pressure, our hand has been forced. Outlets, particularly in the US, refuse any form of nudity in comic books," the spokesperson added.[/QUOTE]

Is Homer playing ring toss with the giant?

kladner 2015-05-06 16:36

[QUOTE=rogue;401857]Is Homer playing ring toss with the giant?[/QUOTE]

Taunting the giant with a Forbidden Doughnut.

retina 2015-05-06 22:32

Be mindful of where your bits are served from
 
[url]http://www.enjoythemusic.com/hificritic/vol5_no3/listening_to_storage.htm[/url]

:bs meter:

retina 2015-05-07 09:03

Still eating with a dumb fork? Loser!
 
[url]http://weputachipinit.tumblr.com/[/url]

ewmayer 2015-05-09 06:20

[url=www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/05/the-inventor-of-mothers-day-disowned-the-holiday-and-so-should-we-all/275763/]The Inventor of Mother's Day Disowned the Holiday, and So Should We All[/url] - The Atlantic

Title is more hyperbolic than message of article, which says more or less "let's keep it about honoring mothers, not enriching florists and chocolatiers."

science_man_88 2015-05-13 15:25

[URL="http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/scientists-earth-endangered-by-new-strain-of-fact-resistant-humans"]Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans[/URL]

[QUOTE]MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) – Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study reports.[/QUOTE]

it's a joke by a writer who's also a comedian but it does make me think if it's a read write error in that it gets written to the wrong area of memory so they think that it's fact. and if the memory stick they effectively have for facts is write only could switching the two make a difference.

ewmayer 2015-05-15 06:16

[url=sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/05/14/quest-for-extra-cash-turns-into-airbnb-nightmare-for-south-bay-homeowner/]Quest For Extra Cash With Airbnb Turns Into Nightmare For South Bay Homeowner[/url]

Uncwilly 2015-05-15 06:36

[QUOTE=ewmayer;402325][url=sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/05/14/quest-for-extra-cash-turns-into-airbnb-nightmare-for-south-bay-homeowner/]Quest For Extra Cash With Airbnb Turns Into Nightmare For South Bay Homeowner[/url][/QUOTE]
I think that if you have a guest in your house for 72 hours (in your jurisdiction), they can stay and you would have to evict them. Under 72 hours and you can have the police eject them directly.

retina 2015-05-15 06:50

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;402327]I think that if you have a guest in your house for 72 hours (in your jurisdiction), they can stay and you would have to evict them. Under 72 hours and you can have the police eject them directly.[/QUOTE]At some point they would have to leave to buy food, or drugs, or something. So why not just refuse to let them back in? Or turn off the electricity and water. Or both. Shirley there must be numerous simple non-violent ways to get them out of there.


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