* Posts by IPCurious

8 publicly visible posts • joined 5 Jul 2012

OpenAI's ChatGPT has a left wing bias – at times

IPCurious

Hang on here. Didn't we discover that educational level was a strong predictor of remain/leave choice? As AIs become more educated, surely their neutral opinion is going to shift over to the typical opinion of more educated people.

Stop us if you've heard this before: Boeing's working on 737 Max software fixes for autopilot, stabilization bugs

IPCurious

It's not the bugs in their software that are the problem. It's the bug in their software development process. How was an aircraft that was the product of such a process ever certified to fly? Don't the regulators look at the process?

Google powers up latest app it'll cancel in two years: Hangouts Chat

IPCurious

Mac app faulty

OS/X App doesn't work on my Mac desktop. Generates several security alerts in various directions and hangs uselessly.

Thousands of hornets swarm over innocent fire service drone

IPCurious

Interesting proposal from France for destroying hornet nests: shoot them with lots of shotguns.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/jardin/2016/10/07/30008-20161007ARTFIG00303-frelon-asiatique-comment-detruire-les-nids-au-fusil-de-chasse.php

Flying drug mule crashes in Manchester prison

IPCurious

We need antidrone drones. They need to be fast and clever, chase and catch the intruder in seconds, set it down safely, all automated, no-human-involved. There's an enormous market - or there will be, after the first terrorist quadcopter bomb. Why isn't this a major research project right now?

Faked NatWest, Halifax bank sites score REAL security certs

IPCurious

The problem is made worse by third party payment sites. You're shopping with https:xyz.com, and you're sure that's the right place. Your credit card comes from Visa. You go to checkout and in the middle of that some 3rd-party credit-card processing site pops up, and you've never heard of the company name, let alone can verify the URL. And all this is "to improve your security" by keeping your credit card details out of the shop.

A magic bracelet that unlocks PCs, dancing robot spiders, and more in Intel's circus

IPCurious

A bracelet that authorises you and forgets the code when it's unlatched? Well, it took them long enough, US patent 7571468 was applied for in 2004 and granted in 2009.

Used software firms win small victory in shrinking on-premises world

IPCurious

What about eBooks and music?

Does this ruling have any implications for ebooks and for music tracks? The biggest change that downloading has brought has been not the change of medium, but the inability to sell the product second hand, or even donate it to a charity or leave it to an inheritor.