Do not understand all that is involved, but it sure seems right for Apple to refuse to provide the government a backdoor. This case is only hard because the villains are so evil. Here is a learned discussion.
Category Archives: Information
Interconnectivity considered bad
There are a lot of interconnected components. Too many it can be argued. This article is an argument for this.
It is very convenient to leverage others code. Additionally, it is convenient to let others host the code that our applications rely upon. This is fine, even great, in school. But in the real world™ there are consequences.
QofD: Enough?
“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.” — GK Chesterton
How Microsoft’s Tay Became a Genocidal, Foul-Mouthed, Sex-Crazed Nazi in One Day
Microsoft created a bot that learns. Then they showed it the internet as example behavior. It promptly learned to be a “genocidal, foul-mouthed, sex-crazed nazi.” Why wasn’t that the expected result?
WotD: lacuna
Definition of lacuna
noun pluralla·cu·nae alsola·cu·nas
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1: a blank space or a missing part :gap; also:deficiency 1
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2: a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure
la·cu·nar also la·cu·nateadjective
From: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lacuna