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Re:AI-powered cameras become new tool against mass shootings on Sunday September 08, 2019 @07:24AM (#20909858)
Alternative headline: AI-powered cameras become new tool for mass surveillance
A common practice is to keep developers unaware of the real objective of their work (like Uber, in another comment on HN, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13786384):

- developer A is tasked to create the prompt to ask for username and password of the email account

- developer B is tasked to call some API to upload contacts from email account

- developer C is tasked to bind two functionalities.

Now replace developers with teams and you see how simple is for the average developer to underestimate the scope and the ethical bounds of a given task.

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Yep, it's "only" a microphone, but it's still an inexcusable breach of trust.
Re:GitHub dashboard UI refresh on Friday January 18, 2019 @04:03AM (#18938007)
The dashboard was in beta for a while now. I opted in in late 2018.
Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @07:38PM (#18766210)
That SQL is still relevant after 25 years.
Re:Emacs Fireplace on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @07:20PM (#18759773)
This holy war between emacs and vi(m) is toxic and HN is no such place for this.
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Re:Show HN: An experimental Github/trending User Interface on Thursday November 15, 2018 @11:23AM (#18460521)
I don't know why you are being downvoted. It is a cool project, and, as its title says, it's experimental. It's okay to miss a few details.

Keep building stuff.

Re:Interview with Andrew Ng [audio] on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @11:22AM (#17969672)
Andrew Ng shares his impressive knowledge on Coursera (which he is a co-founder of). For those interested:

- https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning (Machine Learning Course)

- https://www.coursera.org/specializations/deep-learning (Deep Learning Specialization)

Yes, a while ago Microsoft said, in a blog post (here https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azuregov/2018/01/24/federal...), that it was offering cloud services to federal agencies (ICE was among the other ones) and was proud of the work.
Re:G Suite Happy Ending on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @11:35AM (#17707560)
Unfortunately, it's becoming the norm.