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February 23, 2020

Apple blocks culture

Weird bad thing:

iOS built-in adult content filter blocks all searches with the keyword "Asian,” assuming it's porn-related. Which means a 12 y/o Chinese-American girl might Google "Asian hairstyles" and find out that her culture is blocked as "adult content."
— Charlie Stigler (@charliestigler) February 18, 2020

February 21, 2020

Ethics in Computer Vision

Joeseph Redmon, who invented the YOLO Algorithm, quit his research over ethical concerns. These are some dark shadows this is throwing ahead.

“We shouldn’t have to think about the societal impact of our work because it’s hard and other people can do it for us” is a really bad argument. https://t.co/HbZBi1nrgU
— Joseph Redmon (@pjreddie) February 20, 2020

I stopped doing CV research because I saw the impact my work was having. I loved the work but the military applications and privacy concerns eventually became impossible to ignore.https://t.co/DMa6evaQZr
— Joseph Redmon (@pjreddie) February 20, 2020

February 21, 2020

New GCP Region in Seoul

Our new GCP region in Seoul is officially open for business.

Source: New GCP Region in Seoul | Google Cloud Blog

February 19, 2020

Apollo 11 Guidance Computer vs. USB-C

Apollo 11 Guidance Computer vs. USB-C: It could be that USB-C Cables nowadays have more compute capacity than Apollo 11 had on it’s way to the moon. Forrest Heller(?) made an effort to compare the technical specs and put them into perspective.

February 17, 2020