Posts by Dr Scrum Master

FSM?

Truly 'tis a glimpse of his noodly appendage!

What AI?

It's not AI. It's not intelligent. It knows nothing about what it's looking at. It's statistics based on zero understanding of what's being presented to it.

Lighter faces show greater contrast to what's around them than darker faces. So lighter faces will probably be more noticeable to a dumb statistical model that knows nothing about its subject.

The last time I saw facial recognition the service was pretty certain that the subject was wearing glasses. He wasn't. He had more shadows around his eyes because of the overhead lighting. A dumb statistical model would say there's more dark in that area of the image, so it's probably glasses. A human would see shadow on a human face and no glasses. Just like a human would be able to recognise that Elton John's facial adornments were glasses if it had never seen anything like them before.

Ride sharing?

Can we please stop calling Grab, Uber, etc ride sharing firms?

They're as much to do with ride sharing as any other taxi firm.

If you want to call something ride sharing, then you can describe buses as ride shares.

So?

So what's wrong with keeping children away from trans-activist sites? Or any other body dysmorphia activist sites such as pro-anorexia sites?

B... b... but what about Sahara regreening?

If we continue trying to stop global temperatures from rising, then how will we bring about re-greening of the Sahara?

It's only due to the relatively low temperatures that the trade winds blow away from the Sahara, rather than blowing warm, moist air towards the Sahara...

Boycott?

Aren't the GCC still boycotting Qatar?

Customs?

Presenting one's passport to a Customs officer? I normally present mine to Immigration officers, unless going to somewhere that thinks I'm cargo...

Patrol?

She doesn't look like she's done much patrolling recently, at least not any that requires walking...

Intersectional Feminists

Why aren't they banned permanently? They're a blight on society with their oppression olympics.

Dihydrogen monoxide

Just don't tell them about dihydrogen monoxide and the number of deaths that it's been linked to!

Far Side of the Moon

Astronomers to move to the far side of the moon?

Volcanoes

Dump the whole plasticky mess of non-disposable disposable products into your local volcano and your waste problems are solved!

Dick Heads

I see pictures of dick heads all the time. Will this law actually help Singaporeans be relieved of this onslaught?

What if...

What if you click but have your eyes closed? Then you're not viewing the content!

Being a gay astronomer...

subjects I am passionate about – including space, being a gay astronomer, Ursula K. Le Guin, architecture, and musicals

I'm almost at a loss for words. Dare I even ask what it means to be a gay astronomer?

A new kind of annoying

The sounds effects on that video was certainly a new kind of annoying...

Ethnicity != Race

How are Caucasian and Black even ethnicities? Ethnicity is a social group.

The Brit was also said to be "alert, engaged, coordinated and coherent."

Isn't that part of what it means to be British?

No wonder

No wonder he complains about the police when he reports break-ins and the police don't investigate.

Incompetence

Any business worth its salt should have been planning for a no-deal Brexit over 2 years ago.

(The Civil Service should have been planning at least 3 years ago...)