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The darker the skin, the more errors arise — up to nearly 35 percent for images of darker skinned women, according to a new study that breaks fresh ground by measuring how the technology works on people of different races and gender. “You can’t have ethical A.I. that’s not inclusive.”
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 Funny! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I wonder how long it takes until the first "racist" complains are shouted because it discriminates darker skins
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To be fair, there would be some justification. The technology clearly isn't ready if it can't work for what is a pretty significant proportion of the world's population based on skin colour alone.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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A security researcher has discovered thousands of legitimate websites — many belonging to local governments and government agencies — running scripts that secretly force visitors’ computers to mine cryptocoins. Thankfully there's a plugin for that.
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This infoworld article mentions that Swift popularity has fallen. And yet, people are still developing iOS apps. Could this mean that Xamarin is beginning to win? Could be.
That may have interesting impact on Kotlin uptake too.
Doing nicely now, Visual Basic’s popularity could take a hit | InfoWorld[^]
article said: Elsewhere in this month’s index, Apple’s Swift language experienced a drop year over year, from 12th place last February to 16th place this February, with a rating of 1.794 percent. It was 0.33 percentage points higher the same time last year. Swift had been expected to keep rising in popularity as the successor to Objective-C for iOS mobile development. But Swift’s drop is again being attributed by Tiobe to a growing dominance of cross-platform mobile development frameworks.
modified 12-Feb-18 11:37am.
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It is a logical assumption. Learning a language, its philosophy and its framework requires time and money. Single purpose languages are investments with limited return compared to a language that can be used for fundamentally anything, using the same tools and producing software that runs on twice the target devices.
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I agree. I think Microsoft has made some big changes that have not looked great in the short run but really may be changes that keep them on top in the long run. It'll be interesting to see how they continue.
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I think you linked the wrong article, since that one appears to be talking about github counting what's been committed to its public repos, not Tiobe's bogodex.
In general though, I' recommend against giving Tiobe's index even as much weight as you paid to see their numbers since all they try and do is count how much each shows up in google results.
Beyond worthless doesn't even begin to sum up my feelings for its wretchedness.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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 Oops.
Thanks, I fixed it.
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I share with Dan Neely (I think) a general mistrust of such surveys, and their methodology, more so for anything coming out of InfoWorld.raddevus wrote: Swift popularity has fallen. And yet, people are still developing iOS apps. Could this mean that Xamarin is beginning to win?
I cannot see any basis for this hypothesis. A .33 per-cent "drop" means ... what ?
If there a thousand developers using "X" to create a bunch of cheap store apps, and one-hundred developers using "Y" to develop apps that generate massive revenues and are used by many thousands, and ten-thousand kinda-devs putting up open source projects using "Z" ... what does that tell you about this year's salmon run ?
I suspect that over time (sooner) Xamarin will fade in the sense it will be merged into the next shiny thing: MS must play in the cross-platform arena.
cheers, Bill
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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We all want to stay up to date, but our reading time is finite. Here are several email newsletters for developers, sysadmins, and DevOps that curate tech news, how-tos, and entertaining articles that make you say, "How 'bout that!" *blushes*
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So...you made Schindler's Short List. 
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Thanks to both of you(Kent & you). (Almost)Everyday I check this forum.
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This section is my goto source for tech industry related updates.
Thanks for the effort & keep up the good work guys.
cheers!
~chandan.
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Congratz ! You and Kent are 'da man !
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Google’s DeepMind team last week revealed a speedy new approach to training deep learning networks that combines advanced algorithms and old school video games. "No DeepMind, not 'just one more level,' now."
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The GPU manufacturer reaffirmed its commitment to gamers. Gamers > Crytocurrency
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Cybercriminals are moving on from bitcoin. The next cryptocurrency to emerge from the dark web will likely be litecoin, researchers say. Much hacking. Very Dogecoin. Do want. Wow.
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No longer are we afraid of aliens taking our freedom: It’s the technology we’re building on our own turf we should be worried about. Take me to your e-reader.
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In the moment that the artificial intelligence realizes about the human stupidity... we are doomed.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Facebook is testing a new feature that would allow users to ‘downvote’ comments on the platform, although it both claims it is and isn’t happening. And from beneath bridges everywhere, passersby hear cheering.
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That's good! FB truly missed a good tool to abusing others!!!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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