Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About Financial Discipline • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About Financial Discipline

#461

Post by user5994461 » Mon, Dec 12, 2016, 5:46 PM UTC

eropple wrote: post #444

user5994461 wrote: post #390

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well. First commit 6 months ago, that thing is a novelty. Next we'll see how it goes when you'll try to explain to your sister and your mother how to use that android VPN to block ads.

I've audited literally every line of code in it myself and it's not a novelty. It works and works correctly. You're just wrong--and desperate, because fictional nerd cred, to not be wrong. It's an ugly look. Be better. My mother doesn't have a smartphone. If she did, I would install it for her and be done with it.

An android project that got its first commit 6 months ago is called a novelty whether you like it or not. You're just refusing to admit it, because fictional nerd cred, to not be wrong. It's an ugly look. Be better.

Re: Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About Financial Discipline

#462

Post by legolas2412 » Mon, Dec 12, 2016, 6:11 PM UTC

euyyn wrote: post #287

legolas2412 wrote: post #286

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"explained by the driver getting bored and complacent. " I think it's more than that. I think driving requires a general level intelligence, and not a rule based AI. For example, driving in the suburbs, you see a ball bounce in front of you. Expecting a chasing kid or a dog, you come to a stop. This isn't something a completely self driving car will do.

On the other hand, from the demos I've seen of "what the car is seeing", it looks like the car would probably know the child is running in his direction even before the ball passes in front of it. We use general intelligence to deduce what we don't see. But the car sees much much more than we do.

Yes, what about the case where the child is hidden from the view by a street parked car.

My point is not a specific example, but the importance of general intelligence.

Re: Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About Financial Discipline

#463

Post by blub » Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 10:11 AM UTC

ianderf wrote: post #438

blub wrote: post #395

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple is not even in the same spyware league as Google. Don't try to muddy the waters. But true, Google can't be stopped as long as software developers and companies continue to sell out for ad money.

"Apple is not even in the same spyware league as Google." - Why? Seriously asking.

They make money from products and are the only remaining big tech company not mining customer data. Google and Facebook are built on the idea of spying on users. Microsoft is moving in that direction.

They've also taken a public stand for privacy, whether out of self-interest or not, that's something Google will probably never do.