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Seems like a lot of effort to correctly identify a microscopic portion of their users.

I'm going to go a limb here and assume it's a proof of concept. The article is pretty thorough at explaining the process, which can be refined if the user decides to go further.

I'm pretty sure I was reported by someone I disagreed with in the comments of a political post. My point was that I bypassed "proving" because I refused to comply to their rule. I'…

I've had a clearly fake name on Facebook for years. A couple weeks ago I got message from one of their reps, letting me know that there was an issue about my name, and that it was …

I worked for a company that was basically a hosting service for online advertisements. They too thought they were saving the world somehow.

Good job. Thanks.

Thanks. I see what my brain was trying to do now.

Why does the first graph clearly show that the peak is right around 2018?

Constipation has sometimes produced the bloodiest scenes. My grandfather, who died a centenarian, was Cromwell's apothecary; he has often told me that Cromwell had not been to the …

Weren't they recently caught silently logging GPS coordinates and transmitting them once the phone was connected to a computer? How is it not in there interest to utilize personali…

And this is how Total Recall became a reality

Other than obeying the law and paying taxes, he has no responsibility to the city. Why has it become so fashionable to project obligation onto others? The guy is creating 20+ jobs …

I fully agree, but I felt that could potentially be perceived as a limitation to someone unfamiliar. I was attempting to put emphasis that it wasn't.

The Economist for world and business news. Planet Money(podcast) for help understanding news about world economics. Nature.com for articulate reports of the natural sciences. I've …

Though it's a weekly publication, I still consider The Economist the best source for world news. Even if they did hype up Paul Ryan to no end.

I don't think that they are trying to ban it's existence all-together, just within chromecast.

I've demo'ed mine for numerous people of varying ages and backgrounds. I've heard one or two comments about the mask being heavy/uncomfortable, but it was never a deal breaker. The…

From my understanding, Google is currently working with the city to provide an alternative solution. Not that I think that would dampen the current biligerence of some of their cri…

Google is currently working with the city on a better solution. The city, and everyone in it, have incentive to cooperate with Google since they attract tax revenue, while attempti…

I often wonder if they are just concerned about delegitimizing their app market to some degree. Flash gave a similar threat.

I'm a recent fan of Daniel Shiffman. I just finished "The Nature of Code" the other day and can say that it was the first programming book that I didn't want to end. Glad to see hi…

I could be wrong, but my understanding is that WebGL uses the exact same API as ES, including the same stripped down shader language.

Those could have just been two connecting ports of many.