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Comment Re:Seriously? (Score 5, Informative) 198

It's not entirely all about training data causing the issue... It's been proven on youtube that you can ask for an image of a white married couple, and it will tell you it can't because of diversity and hate. But ask it for a black married couple, and it will gladly spit out 4 images of a happily married black couple.

It's bias is freaking ridiculous.

Comment Recalling CinemaNow and Fandango (Score 2) 164

I remember when CinemaNow died, and moved as many of the movies as it could to your Fandango account. When Fandango decided it no longer wanted to stream movies, it offered you the ability to transfer whatever you had to Google Movies... I only lost a small handlful of movies I had a purchase streaming licenses for, but appreciated their efforts.

Sony, again, is FUCKING UP ROYALLY.

Comment This isn't new... (Score 1) 240

I used to work for a PPO about 20 years ago. They negotiated up to 30-40% discounts on medical care billings for guaranteed payment within a very short period of time. They also used medicare rates to help them negotiate when they went to arbitration.

Interesting tidbit. Hospitals and doctors sometimes have to eat 30-40% of their billings due to non-payment. It's f'd because they have to remain profitable.

Customers end up paying through the nose in the end. Single payer system actually works a lot better, and not-for-profit medical care is more ethical in the long run.

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Ten Years Ago, Epic Helped To Legitimize iOS as a Gaming Platform With a Small Demo (theverge.com) 46

An anonymous reader shares a report: On September 1st, 2010, Epic Games released its Citadel tech demo in the Apple App Store. It was a boring thing to actually play -- you simply walked around a medieval town in first-person perspective, taking in the sights with no objectives -- but this calm debut marked a big moment for iOS, the App Store, and Epic Games. It proved that developers could fit gigantic, richly detailed set pieces running on a smartphone and do it while utilizing Unreal Engine 3, the same engine that powered some of the most popular games in the Xbox 360 and PS3 era of consoles. The devices of choice, if you wanted to get access to mobile games with impressive graphics, were suddenly just the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The Citadel demo didn't come to Android until almost two and a half years later in 2013.

The Citadel demo was groundbreaking at the time, and it possibly helped to kickstart the trend of bringing console-like experiences to the nascent mobile gaming platform. When I first saw it, I remember feeling like I immediately needed to throw my HTC Droid Eris out the window and buy an iPhone instead. I eventually got to try it out on an iPad at the gadget store where I was employed at the time, and it was stunning to see high-fidelity textures that had dimension and lighting that dynamically shifted when you walked into a building. There were even reflections at a certain point. I had played better-looking games on PC at that point, but something about the experience of being packed into a tiny device made for a magical proof of concept that left an impact on me, even as the fun of walking around Citadel lost its appeal. Ten years later, things are very different. Right now, Epic Games and Apple are in the midst of a high-profile legal battle that will likely have a serious impact on their relationship moving forward.

Comment Math PhD who only ever led grad students (Score 1) 300

I worked for a boss who was brilliant and a great individual contributor, but had poor instincts for team leadership. I think I hated his management style the most, but I remember one of my coworkers screaming at him on a voice call about how rude and cruel he was, and that all he did was speak to people with disdain. This guy was a post-doc fellow at some university and led grad students before taking on a team of 10 IT folks. His instincts were so driven by the academic cadence he was used to, he wasted quite a lot of money fussing around about this and that, and never really delivering product. It was a mess.

Comment ISO/IE standards? (Score 2) 58

Comment Re: Read Slashdot (Score 1) 479

Agreed... I've had the same experience. Usually (but not all) PhDs tend to infuriate us more practically minded individuals in the tech field. Way too about the theory, and no real experience in implementing working systems that get stuff done.

A colleague told me once that based on her experience, that once someone does a PhD, their brain changes, and they lose the ability to come back down to earth. I had very similar experiences in my career, making PhDs less likely to be relatable in the workforce.

Do a skills-based resume, and don't talk out of your ass.

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