ii550

7 karma · joined November 20, 2020

ii550··on AI predicts pancreatic cancer 3 years before it happens

Does it use either GPT or Transformers?

ii550··on How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb voice assistant

I use the android app "Buttons for Alexa" and achieved exactly this, but on my phone. I have an entire page in my Home Launcher dedicad to buttons to turn stuff on and off - switches :-)

ii550··on Chainalysis CTO said blockchain is easier to trace than paper money

Bitcoin is going away? Good riddance.

ii550··on Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)

Naive question?

What would happen if we were to block googletagmanager.com at the DNS level AND use uBlock Origin to block all calls to "gtag (...)" functions?

Source: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection...

ii550··on California's dry season is turning into a permanent state of being

Geologically, that area has ALWAYS been desert, with the only exception being the past 150 years. Not surprised.

ii550··on On the Decline of Perl – external factors

Larry Wall's homepage color might be another non-insignificant factor :D

www.wall.org/~larry

ii550··on Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments

Am I the only one who thinks this story smells like smear campaign from facebook??

ii550··on FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization

What about treating them as a monopoly? And giving them the laws of a monopoly? Like suggested here: https://hbr.org/2019/05/dont-break-up-facebook-treat-it-like...

ii550··on How to Use Anki to Improve Your Memory

quizlet is another excellent alternative -- all web-based no installers