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Coronavirus shutdowns have quashed nearly all other common viruses

Cactus2018 — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:46:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/12/covid-shutdowns-viruses/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25750423

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

New comment by Cactus2018 in "Teamspeak 5 to be based on the Matrix protocol"

Cactus2018 — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:41:57 +0000

> unbundling

and re-bundling:

https://acrowdedspace.com/post/166470695392/the-re-bundling-...

New comment by Cactus2018 in "Malware on My Android Phone"

Cactus2018 — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 20:24:32 +0000

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.blokada.fem.fdroid/

New comment by Cactus2018 in "Clearview AI being used to identify Capitol rioters"

Cactus2018 — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:05:02 +0000

> He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition led to arrest of the wrong man (nj.com)

>258 points 12 days ago 174 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25562321

...

> I got my file from Clearview AI (onezero.medium.com)

> 811 points 9 months ago 224 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22681207

New comment by Cactus2018 in "The Now Habit"

Cactus2018 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 22:30:47 +0000

Effective Executive. I gifted this book to the executives at work. Recommended.

New comment by Cactus2018 in "Ditherpunk: The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering"

Cactus2018 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 03:36:49 +0000

yes! That is it. The game is https://thimbleweedpark.com/

New comment by Cactus2018 in "The Lab Leak Hypothesis"

Cactus2018 — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:07:25 +0000

> The chances of the CCP releasing a self-harming bioweapon in order to harm the US seems silly.

But to harm someone else?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/health/coronavirus-neande...

]] Dr. Paabo said the DNA segment may account in part for why people of Bangladeshi descent are dying at a high rate of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/oios-tan0930...

]] IMAGE: THESE GENETIC VARIANTS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY ABSENT IN AFRICA AND OCCUR IN THE HIGHEST FREQUENCY IN BANGLADESH.

https://media.eurekalert.org/multimedia_prod/pub/web/244496_...

New comment by Cactus2018 in "Ditherpunk: The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering"

Cactus2018 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 18:42:21 +0000

http://www.effectgames.com/demos/worlds/

http://www.markferrari.com/

....

I recall a recent kick-starter-type blog post about a work-in-progress game with huge 2d side scrolling dither art - can't find the link but :(

New comment by Cactus2018 in "A Nigerian motorcycle rideshare app boom went bust"

Cactus2018 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:44:44 +0000

connected story "Suspect arrested in murder of founder of Gokada ride-sharing app: media reports" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nigeria-gokada-idUSKC...

U.S. Wind Turbine Database and Interactive Heatmap

Cactus2018 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:42:28 +0000

Article URL: https://eerscmap.usgs.gov/uswtdb/viewer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25631882

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by Cactus2018 in "The Great Suspender: New maintainer is probably malicious"

Cactus2018 — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 17:16:14 +0000

For anyone not clicking the link, TheMageKing opened this issue on Nov 3, 2020.

New comment by Cactus2018 in "Baltimore police lied about almost every aspect of its spy plane program"

Cactus2018 — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 22:47:29 +0000

Does anyone have a link to a article about the use of the 'Persistent Surveillance Systems' to investigate crime in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), the plane would fly back and forth over El Paso (Texas).

The story was a female Mexican police officer had been ambushed, and with the use of the spy plane, the US was able to back-track the routes of the ambushers, and the routes all led back to (cartel headquarters) house on the outskirts of town.

Was this all a dream?

Edit: Found the article: Persistent Surveillance Systems https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/eye-s...

New comment by Cactus2018 in "[dead]"

Cactus2018 — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 16:32:38 +0000

> After the news started to spread, however, the article's author added an update saying, "This is a fake news story created and published on December 28 in celebration of the Holy Innocents Day in Spain. The content of it is false and has been created with a satirical humorous purpose. We hope you had fun reading it."

> Apparently December 28 in Spain is somewhat akin to April Fools' Day, in which it is common for false news stories to be posted, usually with a humorous slant.

New comment by Cactus2018 in "He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition led to arrest of the wrong man"

Cactus2018 — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 02:09:53 +0000

> Does Clearview AI train on mugshot datasets specifically?

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21126063/facebook-clearvie...

* "Facebook and LinkedIn are latest to demand Clearview stop scraping images for facial recognition tech. Twitter and YouTube have also objected."

New comment by Cactus2018 in "He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition led to arrest of the wrong man"

Cactus2018 — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 02:08:55 +0000

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21126063/facebook-clearvie...

> "Facebook and LinkedIn are latest to demand Clearview stop scraping images for facial recognition tech. Twitter and YouTube have also objected."

https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/youtube-linkedin-and-ot...

> "Facebook notably has not sent a formal cease-and-desist letter but claims to have sent other letters to Clearview to request more detail on its practices and then eventually “demanded” that it stop scraping user data. Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist and notable surveillance enthusiast who sits on Facebook’s board of directors, invested $200,000 in Clearview’s first round of funding."

New comment by Cactus2018 in "He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition led to arrest of the wrong man"

Cactus2018 — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 02:05:53 +0000

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21126063/facebook-clearvie...

https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/youtube-linkedin-and-ot...

* "Twitter sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company ordering it to stop mining the social media platform’s data and delete anything it had already collected."

* "YouTube, and Venmo sent their own cease-and-desist letters"

* "Here’s a LinkedIn spokesperson on Clearview AI: “We are sending a cease & desist letter to Clearview AI. The scraping of member information is not allowed under our terms of service and we take action to protect our members.”"

* "Facebook notably has not sent a formal cease-and-desist letter but claims to have sent other letters to Clearview to request more detail on its practices and then eventually “demanded” that it stop scraping user data. Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist and notable surveillance enthusiast who sits on Facebook’s board of directors, invested $200,000 in Clearview’s first round of funding."

New comment by Cactus2018 in "What’s the best non-smart TV sold today?"

Cactus2018 — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 18:27:45 +0000

On a recent Smart TV installation, the multiple EULA alluded to the following:

* if you use the "Who Where What" 'feature', they will take screen shots of what you are watching, send the screenshots home, use "AI" to identify 'things' in the scene - then display relevant advertising - for example, if there is an washing machine on the screen, they will show ads for that.

* if you use their "IP TV" service, they will report home with your usage stats, and share them with advertisers.

* if you use the voice activated remote control microphone, they will send the audio clip home.

* if you use their built in "apps" (Netflix, Youtube, Disney+, etc) they will report home about your usage (and maybe what you watch? TBD)

* they might have an additional content watching service, that takes screenshots and reports them home to identifies of what you are watching.

* System setup has an optional 'user profile' (name, age, zip code, etc), if you fill this informat in, they will share with their advertising partners.

* They will show advertisements on the "home" screen

* they will show advertisements on the "App" screen

* they will show advertisements on the "change input source" screen

* they will show advertisements on their "IP TV" channels

* if you use the built-in web-browser they will report usage home

etc