The rise of 'pseudo-AI': how tech firms quietly use humans to do bots' work
Using what one expert calls a ‘Wizard of Oz technique’, some companies keep their reliance on humans a secret from investors
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Posted on 2018-07-07T06:00:14+0000
Say Hello to Full Employment
Want to know where the economy is headed? Look at Des Moines.
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Posted on 2018-07-06T22:59:43+0000
One of history's greatest philosophers thought work makes you a worse person
We used to think work made you less moral. Judeo-Christianity changed the perspective: now, “all work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work alone is noble."
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“When people emphasize just how overworked they are today, they’re not simply complaining of burdens, they’re also signaling their diligence and good standing in this moral economy. As Graeber shows, this notion is inherently Judeo-Christian. But, though 2,000 years of religious teaching have solidified this credence, Aristotle saw things differently. The theory that working hard signifies morality is widely-accepted but, ultimately, far from objectively true, and there’s no reason we should continue to buy into this belief.”
Posted on 2018-07-05T22:19:54+0000
Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore
Telephone culture is disappearing.
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Posted on 2018-07-05T20:23:21+0000
NetBSD Blog
A sanitizer is a special type of addition to a compiled program, and is included from a toolchain (LLVM or GCC). There are a few types of sanitizers. Their usual purposes are: bug detecting, profiling, and security hardening.
"I-Cut-You-Choose" Cake-Cutting Protocol Inspires Solution to Gerrymandering - News - Carnegie Mellon University
CMU researchers say getting political parties to equitably draw congressional district boundaries can be as easy as sharing cake.
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Posted on 2018-07-05T03:50:05+0000
Who Really Stands to Win from Universal Basic Income?
It has enthusiasts on both the left and the right. Maybe that’s the giveaway.
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Posted on 2018-07-04T03:18:28+0000
Stork lands charity with huge phone bill
A lost stork has left a Polish environmental charity with a hefty bill to pay.
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Posted on 2018-07-04T03:08:27+0000
The Bro Code
Turning down an after-dinner invite to a brothel is always a social minefield. But the city’s Party Secretary, a 50-something man with baby-soft hands, had been gently fondling my thigh underneath the banquet table for the past 45 minutes, making me even more eager than usual to make my excuses an...
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I’m not sure how believable this is.
Kinda horrifying take on business practices - from 2015
Posted on 2018-07-04T02:48:03+0000
'It's nothing like a broken leg': why I'm done with the mental health conversation
It’s never been easier to open up – but hashtag healthcare doesn’t help people like me
Hasnain says:
“In the last few years I have lost count of the times mental illness has been compared to a broken leg. Mental illness is nothing like a broken leg.
In fairness, I have never broken my leg. Maybe having a broken leg does cause you to lash out at friends, undergo a sudden, terrifying shift in politics and personality, or lead to time slipping away like a Dali clock. Maybe a broken leg makes you doubt what you see in the mirror, or makes you high enough to mistake car bonnets for stepping stones (difficult, with a broken leg) and a thousand other things.”
Posted on 2018-07-04T02:09:58+0000