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Prisoners in Texas

lundi 11 septembre 2017 à 02:00

Prisoners in Texas during the hurricane had very little water to drink in a temperature of 100 degrees. They could flush toilets only for a short time each day. The rest of the day they had to breath the fumes from their unflushable toilets.

Even when there is no hurricane, other prisoners in Texas are forced to work for no pay, building furniture, while their lungs are destroyed by breathing sawdust.

Poor and outcast hit harder by storms

lundi 11 septembre 2017 à 02:00

Storms as such don't discriminate, but when they hit a society that does, the poor and the outcast are hit much harder — for many reasons, including that they cannot flee.

Dangerous data breaches

lundi 11 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The root cause of dangerous data breaches is the existence of big data bases about people.

Collecting that data is usually an injustice directly, too.

AI program detects who is gay

lundi 11 septembre 2017 à 02:00

An AI program can detect who is gay, with good accuracy, from a dating site profile photos.

The data it is using includes styles as well as the shape of the face. It is not surprising that the appearance people present on a dating site reflects who they are attracted to.

However, the article says that just the shape of the face is enough basis to be right most of the time. That seems to prove that orientation is usually not a matter of choice.

US regime change wars

lundi 11 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The US regime change wars in Iraq and Libya have given Kim Jong Un a rational reason to think that nuclear weapons are the only protection for his life and North Koreans' lives.

He might trust China more.