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I've been a regular users of the em dash for years before it became associated with AI output — and I refuse to let that change me!

Doesn't a woodpecker's tongue also play a roll in protecting it? Or is the just a myth?

Interesting reasoning. But isn't it true to say that the "complex existing machinery and parts" which interprets the DNA was itself put together from instructions found in other DN…

Why the downvotes on this? I appreciate the thoughts. I think it's a real shame that Google's assistant isn't available in a desktop client, that can use either text or voice input…

Yup, I misread. I was thinking you meant what would be the benefit of not using fans at all.

Actually, wrong book. It was Darknet by Mathew Mather. Oops

Being able to operate with no atmosphere (e.g. outside of the ISS) would be an advantage I suppose.

Why the downvote? Am I not allow to link to a book that shows fact has caught up with fiction?

That's pretty impressive! nice demo too.

I read a book last month that featured a faked president video created by an AI. Kill Process by William Hertling Link: http://amzn.eu/c1ZJNcv Seems it was closer to non-fiction th…

https://medium.com/glitch/welcome-to-glitch-fe161d0fc39b#.ef... "Why did we change the name (again)? Well, we heard from some members of our community that the old name evokes a hu…

Don't use your password. Generate random passwords for each security question and record them in your password manager. So-called "security questions" are the dumbest security meas…

Yeah this is great. The fact he asks shows that he respects other artists and respects their feelings. Not everyone is happy about being parodied, especially if their work holds ve…

So this this headline wrong? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/30/huge-mouth-a... Is it actually a huge anus with no mouth?

In a lot of places they don't directly receive the tips either, they all go in to one pot to be shared. Have you ever tried asking for the charge to be removed if you're not happy …

No, not at all. But when an establishment includes a service charge it's not expected either. P.S. Nice username. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Coffee_Man

I've been to many restaurants here in the UK (and in Europe) where the "service charge" is automatically applied to the bill. You're not expected to tip at these places. Many peopl…

If an AI is duplicated, so that a new instance is created (pro-creation), then surely the new instance already knows what the parent instance learnt?

"im ded :( plz walk doggie" Man, that's not how I would want to find out that a friend or family member has passed away. :-|

Oh yeah, I guess so. I've used software phones that use SIP before. Forgot about that. I guess I was thinking more about IM protocols rather than VOIP.

Apparently WhatsApp uses some form of XMPP. XMPP is the closest we've gotten (to my knowledge) to a standard protocol that was adopted (at least partially). But it's never really k…

I didn't realise that, thanks.

If your using Windows 10 Professional or above, you can change the Local Group Policy to prompt you for both downloading and installing updates. For lower versions (like "Home"), t…