When most people think of the dangers of artificial intelligence, this is probably more or less what comes to mind: Computer-literates and paranoids might raise (legitimate) privacy concerns and mention uncomfortable cases like the teenager whose parents learned she was pregnant when a machine learning algorithm started sending her parenting advertisements based on her purchasing […]
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If I Were More Mature I’d be Methuselah
Hats off for Withings – their customer support excellent – less than an hour after I sent a mail to their support, I got a response from Victor, who shall remain anonymous. I tried ordering again but with initially little luck. In the end, my order went thru, and I decided to share my experience […]
I Handled that Maturely
A bunch of time ago, I ordered a Withings scale which can connect to the internet. I’ve been largely happy with it, and when they released a new one a couple months ago, I had half a mind to get one, but it was conveniently never included in their (rather frequent) promotions, and even I […]
I’m not entirely sure what this left-overs thing I made for dinner is, except I know it’s French: it contains wine and cheese, and is a bit of a chicken. […]
Theory: when people claim that “curiosity killed the cat,” they are not talking about some sentient Mars-Roomba with murderous tendencies, but rather try to cover up their own psychopathic tendencies and the fact that they themselves put kitty in the microwave. […]
Everybody’s releasing new music this year. Today Sumo Cyco (if you back their PledgeMusic campaign). Anti-Anthem is pretty neat – a bit softer than their previous stuff. […]