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New comment by settings in "Sorting 2 Tons of Lego, Many Questions, Results"

settings — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:20:53 +0000

You may be able to normalize the labeled images by removing the background. I found some OCR examples of doing that with bluring and subtraction. The same normalization steps could be run on smartphone images taken with a consistent background.

New comment by settings in "Alexa isn’t the future of AI–it’s a glorified radio clock, and stupid otherwise"

settings — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 00:44:35 +0000

How about if it already knows you're Jim? I think understanding context is holding it back. Azure Cognitive Services has a speaker recognition service. I'm hopeful that Amazon will get there.

New comment by settings in "GitLab Database Incident – Live Report"

settings — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 04:34:56 +0000

Delivery room experience: before stitching my wife, the OB counted the pieces of gauze out loud with the nurse watching. They verbally confirmed the total with each other. A matching count and verbal confirmation were performed after the stitching. It inspired confidence seeing them perform this protocol.

New comment by settings in "AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol again in match 2 of 5"

settings — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:54:42 +0000

This is only a bad thing if you feel compelled or addicted to reading these books. There is nothing wrong with always having a better book ready until you obsess about it.

New comment by settings in "Ask HN: What are the best options for cloud IDEs?"

settings — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 01:35:42 +0000

Cloud9 also supports remote ssh workspaces which is very useful. The default workspace runs inside a container where you have root. They give you a public https route mapped to the container.

New comment by settings in "Orifice Space – My life as a porn cubicle drone"

settings — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:27:23 +0000

How does sexual harassment law work here? I didn't like his comment about your breasts.

New comment by settings in "Software developers describing their work in 1973 [video]"

settings — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 02:16:36 +0000

I took that as his implication. In my experience there is also selection bias.

New comment by settings in "Interrogation of an Alleged CIA Agent 1983 [pdf]"

settings — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:21:26 +0000

To make us think A.I. like 'doctor' is going to train agents or extract secrets. Need big budget for research.