News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Docusign just admitted that they use customer data to train AI. Parent comment

Re:Docusign just admitted that they use customer data to tra... by Etherlord87 on Friday March 01, 2024 @04:27AM (#39560133)
Source? I don't think physicists agree. For a while there was an idea getting popularity, that black holes erase information, but in the recent year I've seen some articles and youtube videos (didn't actually care to read/watch) with titles saying otherwise.

To my understanding, the idea behind the heat death of the Universe is that nothing interesting happens anymore, not that there is absolutely nothing.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Docusign just admitted that they use customer data to tra... by tomcam on Friday March 01, 2024 @04:39AM (#39560191)
> nothing interesting happens anymore, not that there is absolutely nothing.

Sorry, are you talking about the heat death of the universe or the last five Marvel movies?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Docusign just admitted that they use customer data to tra... by TeMPOraL on Friday March 01, 2024 @10:25AM (#39562624)
Yes sirs, they are the same picture.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Docusign just admitted that they use customer data to tra... by aik on Friday March 01, 2024 @09:04AM (#39561856)
1. “The heat death of the universe” is my favorite HN comment of the decade.

2. The heat death of the universe does not mean one gigantic black hole. I’m just a hobbyist but my understanding of the theory is that black holes will continue to form, but through Hawking radiation, they eventually radiate out all their energy until it is all dispersed, ultimately leading to uniformity across the entire universe, max entropy, where “work” can no longer take place.

(It is an interesting question then whether information is actually destroyed through Hawking radiation?)

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Docusign just admitted that they use customer data to tra... by Etherlord87 on Friday March 01, 2024 @11:50AM (#39563648)
Sorry, perhaps I should have marked the black hole as a tangent. The heat death of the universe is somewhen after all black holes "evaporated".
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Docusign just admitted that they use customer data to tra... by simlevesque on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @10:28AM (#39604612)
> 1. “The heat death of the universe” is my favorite HN comment of the decade

Thank you for saying that :)

[ Parent | on HN ]