ITT people not understanding that non-de-googled android phones use that method for localization by default, falling back to GPS only when WiFi trilateration fails.
It is a smart robust way for localization and beacondb breaks the data monopoly.
But that is what the whole discussion is about. Many scenarios aren't just gambling because they have a degree of predictability to it: poker, stock market, betting on the day when the US starts WW3.
Probably only quantum processes are truly random, but for this argument, processes are practically random if the governing variables are not human-knowable. A dice throw, roulette, lottery numbers drawn from a bowl. They are deep down deterministic, but not predictable to any degree.
what makes you think advances in LLMs have anything to do with ML for Computer vision? If you wanted the latter, you would've gotten that way cheaper than by training on reddit text.
12 upvotes for this thin conspiracy theory, congrats Lemmy.
I'm thinking more broadly. Think about WiFi mapping for localization, crowd sourced geo data like traffic warnings, health data tracking, cashless payment, smart home applications, etc. All of them provide real benefit to people but right now, they are a facade for corporate profit interests.
it baffles me how many people in here apparently don't have the reading comprehension to understand your second sentence. I swear Lemmy is even dumber than reddit.
i think that a lot recently. so many great technologies that cannot be trusted in the hands of corporations. and sadly, people then reject technology instead of demanding a version in public domain.
At this time of year! At this time of day! In this part of the country! Localized entirely within your kitchen?!?
oh stop your outrage, saying that it was a contractor is just context, not an excuse.
Don't worry your gut feeling is right. Wifi / Bluetooth scans are orders of magnitude cheaper. People in here don't unterstand how localization works.
Thats what I am saying :) wifi scans are cheap compared to booting up GPS.
ITT people not understanding that non-de-googled android phones use that method for localization by default, falling back to GPS only when WiFi trilateration fails.
It is a smart robust way for localization and beacondb breaks the data monopoly.
Power consumption is way lower and satellite acquisition takes time (or you keep your GPS running and warm/hot-start, but that draws even more power)
what are you talking about? GPS is far from a "passive receiver" in any sense of that vague term. It's running an oscillator at the carrier frequency.
GPS is probably the most power hungry sensor on your device.
But that is what the whole discussion is about. Many scenarios aren't just gambling because they have a degree of predictability to it: poker, stock market, betting on the day when the US starts WW3.
Probably only quantum processes are truly random, but for this argument, processes are practically random if the governing variables are not human-knowable. A dice throw, roulette, lottery numbers drawn from a bowl. They are deep down deterministic, but not predictable to any degree.
how did you come to this conclusion? betting on scenarios that are purely random are just gambling.
I mean, it is both?
Seems a bit shallow to tie that much of your identity to reading books. who cares if you read?
what makes you think advances in LLMs have anything to do with ML for Computer vision? If you wanted the latter, you would've gotten that way cheaper than by training on reddit text.
12 upvotes for this thin conspiracy theory, congrats Lemmy.
yes
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I bet it is fun to ignore the reality of things to be an condescending asshole to people on the internet.
I'm thinking more broadly. Think about WiFi mapping for localization, crowd sourced geo data like traffic warnings, health data tracking, cashless payment, smart home applications, etc. All of them provide real benefit to people but right now, they are a facade for corporate profit interests.
honest question to a philosophy major, why is it so clear cut to you that LLMs are not sentient? what is missing in current systems?
it baffles me how many people in here apparently don't have the reading comprehension to understand your second sentence. I swear Lemmy is even dumber than reddit.
You are refuting something that wasn't said. of course Turing machines cannot compute everything.
i think that a lot recently. so many great technologies that cannot be trusted in the hands of corporations. and sadly, people then reject technology instead of demanding a version in public domain.
There is more than one attack vector.
Is it advisable to use biometrics to lock your phone if you are part of an at-risk demographic? no
Are biometric second factor an improvement over people only setting shitty passwords? yes
Do phishing attacks occur orders of magnitude more frequently than biometric factors being gathered by force? Absolutely.