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Comment Re: The purpose of a factory is not to provide job (Score 1) 197

You must not be into math.
1300 workers in total per year cost the company between $100M and $200M. Let's use the extreme lowest bracket of $100M
You implied that the workers can be paid by reducing suits' bonuses by 0.1%
So 0.1% of suits' bonuses = $100M
So 100% of suits' bonuses = $100 Billion

LMK where I lost you

Submission + - Polymarket banned in The Netherlands (kansspelautoriteit.nl)

St.Creed writes: Effective immediately, polymarket, the website where you can bet on predictions, has been banned in The Netherlands. The Dutch Kansspelautoriteit (Games of Chance authority) has declared a weekly fine of 420K euro (maximum 840K euro) unless they cease their activities in the country. The users of the website can also be prosecuted, although that is highly unlikely to happen in normal circumstances.

That there is a limit on the fine does not mean that Adventure One, the company behind polymarket, can pay the fine and continue. It just means that that is the point where other measures will be taken.

Submission + - AI Assisted Olympic Training Sparks Digital Steroids Concerns (nerds.xyz)

BrianFagioli writes: Google Cloud is using AI powered motion analysis to help U.S. Olympic skiers and snowboarders refine their tricks using nothing more than standard smartphone video. The system can break down takeoff angles, body position, and landings in near real time, giving athletes and coaches fast, data driven feedback on the mountain rather than hours later in a lab. Google says the goal is to expose tiny biomechanical details that are difficult to spot at full speed, especially in harsh outdoor conditions.

The approach raises an uncomfortable question about fairness in elite sports. While AI does not alter an athleteâ(TM)s physical capabilities the way steroids do, it does inject advanced intelligence into preparation, potentially widening the gap between well funded teams and everyone else. As AI driven training tools become more common, sports governing bodies may need to decide whether this is simply the next evolution of coaching or something closer to digital performance enhancement.

Comment Why is the 5 year tech cutoff (Score 1) 45

I get it, this is a private event by a private company and they have the right to set whatever rules they want
But why stop at the arbitrary cutoff at AI which practically is 5-ish year old technology

Why not go full luddite and require art to be created the way it was 100 years ago?

There were special effects in movies 100 years ago. Just watch Charlie Chaplin movies or Metropolis
Books were typed on mechanical typewriters. None of them digital or even electric typewriters or spellcheckers.
Photographs were created on chemical film. You want to change something - you grab scissors.

But no, these artists take advantage of most of modern digital technology but hypocritically object to others using slightly newer technology.

Comment The Right Thing (Score 2, Interesting) 26

I hope RyanAir does the right thing - discontinue all business with Italy.
The pissant bureaucrats across the globe need to be taught to stop meddling with private entities (exceptions for public safety notwithstanding)
And if they hate this particular airline's business methods, go ahead, invest their own money and start their own airline with blackjack and hookers.

Submission + - Japan to Restart Fukushima Nuclear Reactor 15 Years After Disaster (breitbart.com) 1

An anonymous reader writes: The assembly of Japan’s Niigata prefecture on Monday passed a vote of confidence in Governor Hanazumi Hideyo’s plan to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, which has been shut down ever since the earthquake that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.

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