State of the world
It's a sad state of affairs when it's easier to buy a Kilo of Coke than it is to buy a gaming console.
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As IT pros we are expected to find solutions to problems on a constant basis. It's exactly what we did during COVID. Today I am finding solutions to varying degrees of Database problems, why is that any different.
Personally I am doing what I am already paid to do... They only real difference was that at certain moments I had to do a lot of overtime, for which I was paid in accordance... I enjoyed the challenge and I enjoyed the extra salary, so I consider it a win/win.
I don't need a faux elevated status from other employees, we already have a good working relation and I intend to keep it that way.
"from stupid people than smart people."
Exactlly, all that the Stupid People wan't is a life without complication, it is the main reason that they are so easilly lead... It's just unfortunate that those who are prepared to lead them are a bunch of hungry Wolfs that no longer even need to wear sheep's clothing...
That "large group of people" are definitely not the kind of people that spend their days tweeting to all and sundry...
Those that study Rocket Science are generally not part of the Twitterati Trollers Community ( TTC for short)...
So what you heard was correct, it's just that they are not in the same league as the TTCs whose average IQ fails to pass that of the associated blue bird that they hail.
"And the cynic in me rather thinks that Twitter might have a vested interest in this result."
I don't think that your are being cynical, I would probably use the word 'rational'...
Twitter appears to interested in anything/everything that generates Tweets... Especially when it involves pitting people against each other...
Why do I get the feeling that EBAY , as a company, is getting away Scot free from this absolutely wicked situation..
I am sure that most wil agree that this was probably not the only case that existed and that due to the number of people involved it was probably an organised and established practice within the company...
It's almost impossible that top management did not know about these procedures.. Decisions come from the top.....
Wholeheartedly agree with Potemkine.
And never forget that the bad guys are not the coders but those that are doing the attacking. And the attackers are no longer script kiddies, it is at the governmental level and they have the budgets and capabilites to do far more than one might imagine..
And don't forget the real issue here, Joe Biden is preparing for whatever war the USA had decided to start within the next 2 years.... Which undoubtedly they will....
"Start from that we will automatically "breed" in a more aware and caring society and workforce who will not even consider gender or race to be important, it becomes just an attribute of a person, from there we get more people into jobs they want to do without fear or persecution."
I would go as far as stating that the overwhelming majority of people are already like that..
Not really as no formal scientific proof has ever been released proving that masks actually prevent anything.
From, what I have see or read the majority of doctors believe that they serve no purpose, especially when you realise how they are used. Taking your masks on and off multiple times a day is an absolute no no. Using home made masks, a no no.
And before any starts anti vaxxers theories I have both jabs and am happy to do so...
When I read the above comments I understand only one thing, that the world has gone crazy..
What kind of lives do you lead that you feel that it is necessary to reduce everything to Republican or Democrat...
Do you actually wake up in the morning and bow down and pray to your Republican/Democrat overlords thanking them for the bread that you about to eat..
Stop reading the nonsense social media websites, your neighbors are actually nice people and you can collectively can make the world a better place.. You can't do it alone..
The current political division using either class, race, colour or whatever flavor of the day is creating the potential for a very serious situation in the near future.... It's looking damned bleak because you are following the rhetoric...
Politicians don't care about you, they just want the perks of their positions/jobs.. Any and all of them would change sides at the drop of a hat in order to remain in power. They know how to play you and by playing their game you are encouraging them to continue...
There's no point in saying that only the Republicans are using it as a political playground.
ALL politicians and parties are using/abusing social media as their latest propaganda toy.
What's actually happening is that the government are trying to gain control over Social Media. Trump started to do it , Biden is continuing the same game but just waving a different flag.. The end goal is the same for both parties..
The government has become scared of what Social media is capable of controlling... and rightly so..
Zuckerberg, Dorsey and Brin are not politicians, and yet they now have more power in the fingertips than any politician ever had...
I understand what you are trying to say but have to disagree as this what exactly what happened here.
An individual was identified by the AI system as a potential known forbidden character, the person responsible that day took the decision to accept the AI detection status and forbade entry. The human element was definitely there, the computer system did not stop the person coming in, a human meatbag did.
The AI System night have a problem distinguishing objects that have specific colors, or lack of contrasts etc but shouldn't that be considered as an algorithmic problem rather than a racial problem ?
If the devs think COVID has changed their lives, what about us in the admin corner.....
COVID presented a whole shebang of challenges that required huge amounts of effort in order to "keep" things running.... And now that we are moving towards Back to the Office we are now in the position of dealing with WFH and In the Office simultaneously....
Grrrrrr, when I were a lad........
I seem to remember that a very powerful person in China took offense to having been likened to a certain yellow bear?
Google also has an optional feature intended to reassure developers, called Code transparency for app bundles. This uses a second signing key, held only by the developer, and can be used to verify that the APK delivered by the Play Store matches what the developer built, subject to some limitations.
After reading the first 50 or so comments in the above link I am saddened to see the level by which Twitter communicate with the world.. It's as though the thread was infested by 8 years old that had just learned to use swear words ..
Truly saddening to think that these people will become the future adults of society..
The algorithms are based upon narcissism; they presume that if you use Twitter in the first place then automatically they know that all you want to see is yourself in the spotlight..
I would pretty much bet that that is not too far from the truth. It would be interesting too see how many of those pics were selfies...