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  1. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    Good. Although, it would be interesting if the AI / Machine Learning algorithms used in Facebook finally evolve to where it realizes the best option is to simply delete Facebook altogether.
    11 points
  2. I am so sick of ads on EVERYTHING. Television, news sites, videos, web sites, email, and now video games.
    6 points
  3. Nokia to build the first cellular network on the Moon

    About time. Last time I was at the sea of tranquility I had no bars damnit!
    6 points
  4. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    Facebook can't determine what you can't or can do online. Only what you can do online on Facebook. Further, these are ads, not posts. Why should any platform be forced to run ads they don't approve of?
    6 points
  5. first thing you do, hire 2nd IT person as "expanding" the depatment... get them completely up to speed... then make the move...... you should never have one person know all the passwords... it should always be stored somewhere that the owner has full access to in some type of corporate password manager or something
    6 points
  6. It just makes it more realistic, don't see what the problem is.
    5 points
  7. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    Their site their rules. You're not forced to use FB, you have the freedom to choose other SM platforms to use. Add the fact that SM is not the Gov. So no, this is nothing like 1984.
    5 points
  8. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    I don’t buy that. People are free to set up competing platforms.
    5 points
  9. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    While I can understand that viewpoint - this is a company that owns it’s own platform. What it does with it, within reason, is frankly their right. Muddying up the waters here with concerns over how much power the platform should have ultimately ends up in handicapping them from doing what they can to control misinformation. We all consent to their terms of service in it’s use, so there’s no real rights being infringed upon here. If people are looking for content that’s not on Facebook or not allowed there, they will go elsewhere. Nobody complains that Facebook doesn’t do Porn. There’s other Tubes and Hubs for that. AI’s or ML’s issues aren’t with biases of it’s training, it’s due to some more complex issues than that. It’s a learning issue, it’s fallible, susceptible to bad data. Deep learning I think helps with this, but when you’re source is the internet of mostly garbage, it’s a hard thing to train. If people have no desire to promote fake news or outright lies, they should stop using and supporting platforms for those who seek to spread them utilize on a daily basis. Everyone’s complaining and concerned over Facebook’s power to control misinformation, but 4Chan is still around and is full of the most disgusting bigoted, racists, misinformed, misogynistic posts day in and day out. Here’s my worry, not to get too political but I’ll align what your concern brings to me with this point: Give government control over what Facebook can and cannot post, and you’ll give the current US Administration the power to control how the current pandemic should be viewed (not based largely on science at all), what can and cannot be trusted as information in the US election, and whether or not the media - regardless of their political leanings - should be able to post the stories that they do to keep people informed.
    4 points
  10. My thoughts / mini review of the Chromecast with Google TV

    Yesterday at Walmart I purchased the "Chromecast with Android TV". Thought I would give you my thoughts on it. The User interface is different than Android TV. The Remote is nice and compact. It allows me to control my soundbar as well as allows me to turn my TV on and off with the remote. once setup it also allows me to use my google home to turn my tv on and off as well "Ok Google, turn on my TV". In the view below, when I start playing a video with the sideloaded "S YouTube" app, you may see it say "Loading" shortly after I start playing video. that's because I was only playing 1 second of it and I hit the back button. For some reason when you hit the back button, to go back to your video list it says loading, so you have to press Back twice. One thing I didn't mention in the video which is REALLY nice, is you tie your Google Photos to the chromecast too, and for a screensaver it displays your photos. You can tell it which people you want to show up on the screen saver. If you look online you can also plug a USB C hub into it, which gives you thinks like ethernet, and USB storage. In my case my wifi was working well, mostly because that white thing to the left of the TV is my wifi. All in all i'm really impressed and I'm not sure i'm going to go back to my Roku Ultra any time soon.
    3 points
  11. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    Their site their rules. You're not forced to use FB, you have the freedom to choose other SM platforms to use. Add the fact that SM is not the Gov. So no, this is nothing like 1984. Unless you’re in a wedding cakes business and suddenly “my business my rules” narrative is not applicable anymore. Not remotely the same thing. One is an online business trying to stop the spread of harmful misinformation, the other is a brick and mortar business subject to local and state laws at preventing discrimination. Also still not 1984 material.
    3 points
  12. Nokia to build the first cellular network on the Moon

    Microsoft should buy Nokia.
    3 points
  13. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    After what facebook just did to the New York Post, I wouldn't believe anything facebook says.
    3 points
  14. Did they manage to improve the efficiency, or just went for the brute force approach? I'm not sure wireless charging is the way to go energy wise, unless efficiency is improved A LOT. Like just a couple of % loss compared to wired charging. For now, billions of phones charging wirelessly isn't really a good idea for the planet.
    3 points
  15. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    What facts would that be? And are these actual facts that can be supported through proper evidence or are these "alternative" facts? That's a big ole steaming pile of conspiracy jargon you got going on there. How about supporting some of that.
    3 points
  16. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    Wait, there were Two Million ads obstructing voting? 2,000,000 just on Facebook??? Wow, trumps people are so unamerican.
    3 points
  17. I'd quietly hire an IT security consultancy to help advise on this. Firstly the business owner work with them directly to express concerns, then they make and execute a plan (which might include sending in a "2nd IT guy") and then they can participate in the "firing" and ensure that all access is appropriately transitioned
    3 points
  18. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    I have no desire to promote fake news or outright lies, but I do worry about giving a single company such broad freedom to determine what people can or cannot see online, or who they can interact with. Especially when they put so much faith in AI that has proven itself to be very inaccurate or even trained with the biases of its programmers.
    3 points
  19. One way they could make it worse, make it political / election ads. From what I saw on the linked Reddit thread, it does include political ads. Even outside the U.S.
    2 points
  20. I can't make a decision on Crips or Bloods!!!

    For gaming i don't see any reason to upgrade. For 4k video editing and workstation duty a 3950x would help but it would also not provide much improvement for gaming if any at all. Purely for gaming i would not upgrade yet. If you care about video editing as much as gaming i would wait for Zen 3 released next month as it will probably give you a big upgrade in editing while still giving you a relatively nice upgrade in gaming too contrary to a 3950x. For encoding the difference between Zen 3 and the 8700k will be significantly huge (it already is with Zen 2).
    2 points
  21. Yeah the phishing attacks can be stupid at times I always love the ones that start playing you the "Microsoft has detected suspicious activity and your computer will be blocked" audio... Unless you actually use narrator when does your computer ever talk to you? Why would it suddenly start now? Also pet peeve people like Lesley Roth, who emailed me from their Hotmail.co.uk account purporting to be DPD needing my personal details to complete a delivery. I am insulted at your lack of effort Lesley!
    2 points
  22. Nokia to build the first cellular network on the Moon

    Will we be getting our rollover minutes back?
    2 points
  23. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    Their site their rules. You're not forced to use FB, you have the freedom to choose other SM platforms to use. Add the fact that SM is not the Gov. So no, this is nothing like 1984. Unless you’re in a wedding cakes business and suddenly “my business my rules” narrative is not applicable anymore.
    2 points
  24. No, it isn't. I assure you "computers" and "common sense" are so distantly connected that it's more appropriately common sense to imagine no common sense will be applied. I know businesses who have 1 IT Guy. I'm personally friends with 1 Director of a 90 employee, multi-state, company. He had 1 IT guy up until recently. People don't understand computers, or the risks associated with them, AT ALL. That's common sense.
    2 points
  25. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    Army of censors controlling every single message you’re posting. 1984 is here.
    2 points
  26. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    Blind reliance on AI and ML is was has already gotten some companies in trouble. Regrettably, it is going to get worse--as they are so much cheaper than using humans, especially for company to customer interactions.
    2 points
  27. Samsung Galaxy S21 leaked renders reveal new camera setup and more

    They need to square the sides to make it look more modern. And maybe add magnets to the back to improve alignment for wireless charging.
    2 points
  28. My first thought is, how do you expect to ask the IT employee for those passwords without the employee getting suspicious? My next thought would be that there should always be two administrator accounts for just this reason. Your IT guy has one set of administrator credentials and someone else (in this case, the boss) should have the other set. That way you don't need to ask the IT guy for his credentials if you need to get rid of him. You can use the other credentials and block his accesses. Finally, I would assume that he is on a contract? Surely there is something in the contract about the handling of company data? Also, he would have to realize that if he were to do anything with the company data or systems, he would not be able to find another job in the IT industry. I know of someone who did something similar and they have ruined their career because of it. Note than none of the above is advice from a security or legal expert. I'm literally just thinking off the top of my head about the situation and what I would do. Others around here might have some safer/better advice to give.
    2 points
  29. Full Throttle was the first game I'd ever completed. Never got bored with this one.
    2 points
  30. It sounds like she actually does need to do a security audit for real at this point. Domain admin accounts, administrator accounts, remote access, firewall settings? Any cloud services? VPN access? That's just to start. Onboarding someone is not just going to magically hand over accounts and passwords, and in fact would probably be met with resistance or limited access. At the very least I'd have him create an administrative account for her to secure and reference.
    1 point
  31. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    But Facebook isn't a public entity and so users must submit to it's rules to use it's platform. Don't like it? Don't use it.
    1 point
  32. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    What did they do? FB also doesn't say much of anything, they are simply blocking ads with misinformation.
    1 point
  33. hello everyone,

    ^ welcome.
    1 point
  34. The only answer to this is to pirate it or simply not play it. Period. Do NOT send the message to these companies that you will sit there and grumble about ads while you wait to play a game that you bloody paid for. They will shove them down your throat without a second thought if they think they can get away with it.
    1 point
  35. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    What facts would that be? And are these actual facts that can be supported through proper evidence or are these "alternative" facts? That's a big ole steaming pile of conspiracy jargon you got going on there. How about supporting some of that. Imagine a full, complete evidence. One could always argue it was obtained illegally, or it’s fake, or it doesn’t prove anything. How does that address my post?
    1 point
  36. Facebook rejected two million ads that obstruct voting

    Give government control over what Facebook can and cannot post... I think the real answer is probably somewhere in the middle. Honestly, there should be some sort of limitation to the content that can be mass spread, if the people who are supposed to moderate such content can barely make a dent in these tasks. Back in the day when most our news was fed via TV/radio, I'd imagine FCC broadcast regulations might've played a part in what you could or couldn't say, such as restricting hoaxes and that sort. Yet when YouTube/FB content can hit more people than some of these TV stations, it really makes you wonder if FCC regulations have just fallen by the wayside, as we allow companies to do their "best effort" in moderation. I'm not suggesting I like the idea of a bunch of old dinosaurs in Congress regulating a website when they can barely understand how it operates... I guess I'm just conflicted in all this just the same. Just a thought though. That limitation of content is already covered by the law. Libel, slander, defamation, obscenity, hate speech, causing panic, incitement to crime, malice, etc This.
    1 point
  37. Nokia to build the first cellular network on the Moon

    Trump thanks the people of the Moon for keeping Huawei out of their networks... wait. Lol.
    1 point
  38. Nokia to build the first cellular network on the Moon

    Is this just for bragging rights? What kind of practical use will this get!?
    1 point
  39. 5 iPhone 12 features that Android smartphones should copy

    "With MagSafe, Apple is going to revolutionize smartphone accessories forever." Writing this with a straight face must take an effort... Or maybe, reading it with one is the problem.
    1 point
  40. yes agree with above, play it out like an audit, highlight the risks and take back control over your assets prior to making any moves on terminating employment
    1 point
  41. 5 iPhone 12 features that Android smartphones should copy

    Agree with the Mini, I hope some other companies start doing again mobiles of this size (and all prices, of course).
    1 point
  42. 5 iPhone 12 features that Android smartphones should copy

    MagSafe is the nail in the coffin for the lightning port. It's just a matter of "when" before they kill it.
    1 point
  43. Except it's not uncompetitive in the least, and it's nowhere near to being monopolistic behavior, since, you know, MS doesn't have a monopoly in the video game market. How is Sony buying exclusives from 3rd parties Ok btw? But MS can't buy a studio or make it's games exclusive now? Let's be real here.
    1 point
  44. New Ryzen 7 3800X Not working?

    It has been updated and now seems to be running fine, fan spinning and display is up! Thank you!!!!
    1 point
  45. Fallacy of Absolutism. * Vaccination is good for public health. * Ergo, every vaccine is good for you. The correct logic: * Vaccination is good for public health. * However, not every vaccine is good for you.
    1 point
  46. Freedom of speech doesn't apply here. Facebook is a private entity and can choose to remove whatever they like. In this case, they are allowed to remove something that promotes the spread of misinformation if they want to.
    1 point
  47. Poll: What is your favorite gaming console of all time?

    I mentioned very clearly in the article that I'm restricted to adding 10 options in the poll because of limitations of the widget we're using, but feel free to let me know in the comments. Obviously can't please everyone when I can just add 10 options out of 100+ possible consoles and variants And yet none of that contradicts that the poll is very lacking.
    1 point
  48. Poll: What is your favorite gaming console of all time?

    Switch really should be in the poll
    1 point
  49. Jokes & Funny

    A farmer had a three legged pig and his neighbor asked him why the pig had only three legs. "Well, I'll tell you" the farmer replied. "One day I was plowing my field and the tractor turned over and pinned me underneath. That pig ran for help. He saved my life". "Oh, that's how he lost his leg?" the neighbor drawled. "No. One night my wife and I were sound asleep and the house caught on fire. That pig woke us up. He saved our lives!" "So that's how he lost his leg", stated the neighbor. "No, that wasn't it" the farmer affirmed. Exasperated, the neighbor demanded "Then how did he lose his leg?" and the farmer replied, "When you have a pig that good, you don't eat him all at once!"
    1 point