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Old 2015-06-25, 01:39   #2663
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Old 2015-06-25, 09:59   #2664
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Old 2015-06-25, 16:29   #2665
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Old 2015-07-01, 21:02   #2666
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Latest results from Google's artificial stupidity research project.
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Old 2015-07-02, 07:59   #2667
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Showcase of related blunders involving face recognition software:
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Old 2015-07-03, 00:22   #2668
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Old 2015-07-03, 09:01   #2669
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I think the readership of this forum will be very unrepresentative of the psychological issues which the article reveals after the rule has been guessed because many here will have been specifically trained to avoid the pitfalls.
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Old 2015-07-06, 04:05   #2670
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Back in the day of some crash or other, which I am too lazy to look up, Dallas was hit hard, in real estate perhaps, as well as other somewhat speculative markets, I vaguely remember. The question is:
What is the difference between a Dallas [insert wheeler-deeler of your choice],

And a pigeon?


What is the difference?

[SIZE=6]The pigeon can still put a deposit on a Mercedes
:jokedrum:

[/SIZE]





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Old 2015-07-07, 00:23   #2671
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Maine man dies after trying to light firework on his head | Reuters

Surefire Darwin Award finalist here. I can see some slip-and-fall lawyer suing the fireworks manufacturer - or, since the mfr is likely in Asia, the local seller - for negligence for failing to include wording to the effect of "do not place firework on head to light" in the printed cautions.
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Old 2015-07-10, 06:24   #2672
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Brainflayer: A Password Cracker That Steals Bitcoins From Your Brain | WIRED

Humans suck at trying to act random - whodathunkit?
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Old 2015-07-10, 17:47   #2673
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