Features and failures. Sometimes it depends on the application.
Excel autocorrect errors are plaguing gene research
Auto-correction, or predictive text, is a common feature of many modern tech tools, from internet searches to messaging apps and word processors. Auto-correction can be a blessing, but when the algorithm makes mistakes it can change the message in dramatic and sometimes hilarious ways.
Our research shows autocorrect errors, particularly in Excel spreadsheets, can also make a mess of gene names in genetic research. We surveyed more than 10,000 papers with Excel gene lists published between 2014 and 2020 and found more than 30% contained at least one gene name mangled by autocorrect.
Where would you draw the line? People you pay are different from people who pay you.
https://www.theverge.com/22648265/apple-employee-privacy-icloud-id?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4
APPLE CARES ABOUT PRIVACY, UNLESS YOU WORK AT APPLE
… Preston’s story is part of a growing tension inside Apple, where some employees say the company isn’t doing enough to protect their personal privacy and, at times, actively seeks to invade it for security reasons. Employees have been asked to install software builds on their phones to test out new features prior to launch — only to find the builds expose their personal messages. Others have found that when testing new products like Apple’s Face ID, images are recorded every time they open their phones. “If they did this to a customer, people would lose their goddamn minds,” says Ashley Gjøvik, a senior engineering program manager.
Apple employees also can’t use their work email addresses to sign up for iCloud accounts, so many use their personal accounts.
The blurring of personal and work accounts has resulted in some unusual situations, including Gjøvik allegedly being forced to hand compromising photos of herself to Apple lawyers when her team became involved in an unrelated legal dispute.
Start surveillance young?
https://threatpost.com/army-facial-recognition-child-care/169036/
Army Testing Facial Recognition in Child-Care Centers
Live video feeds of daycare centers are common, but the Army wants to take their kid-monitoring capabilities to the next level.
… The request for bids on the project, called Installations of the Future: Technology Pilot for Child Development Center, explained that the CCTV feeds aren’t constantly monitored by humans and the pilot program will explore whether AI could fill in the gaps.
Resource. Training an AI?
https://www.bespacific.com/unpaywall/
Unpaywall
Unpaywall – “An open database of 29,928,647 free scholarly articles. We harvest Open Access content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories, and make it easy to find, track, and use.. Get started: research – OA researchers can use Unpaywall to answer research questions about the current and historical state of open access. There are several popular ways to access the data for research: you can use the REST API, the R API wrapper, the Simple Query Tool, or download the whole dataset. A particularly easy way to get started with research is to use Dimensions, Scopus, or Web of Science, which all have Unpaywall data integrated into their databases. That’s the approach used by this recent paper. You might also check out the the canonical reference paper for the dataset, which gives a good overview of the data as a whole. Of course, this is just a very quick overview…if you have any questions, or want to use Unpaywall in a way that’s not described here, please drop us a line and we’ll be happy to help!
Tools & Techniques. Keeping my beer cold...
The GoSun Chill Solar Cooler means no ice necessary. And with solar panels, it’s really a mobile fridge
With the GoSun Chill Solar Cooler, you can enjoy cool food and beverages anywhere, without the ice. And you can add on cool solar attachments to power the whole thing.
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