tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451999301322080329.post2570474210191542403..comments2023-06-19T08:02:28.547-07:00Comments on Oregon Beer Snob: Good Luck With ThatOBShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11290768768025981403noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451999301322080329.post-3263677426359140692013-06-13T09:12:35.308-07:002013-06-13T09:12:35.308-07:00That's really interesting. I always figured t...That's really interesting. I always figured they'd be using their own custom super-special code to do analysis -- but that shows using a combination of open source tools gives impressive performance. It also shows the absolutely massive scale of the data problems they're dealing with. The data will continue to increase along with their power to process it.<br /><br />And I can't help but be amused to think of this comment floating around in those datasets wasting a few nanoseconds of their very expensive computing power.OBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290768768025981403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451999301322080329.post-64666942300379110742013-06-13T08:52:34.102-07:002013-06-13T08:52:34.102-07:00Bruce Schneier wrote a good article on corporate/g...Bruce Schneier wrote a <a href="https://www.schneier.com/essay-423.html" rel="nofollow">good article</a> on corporate/government partnerships being used to gather information that would otherwise be unavailable.OBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290768768025981403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451999301322080329.post-47846309615250902682013-06-13T04:36:53.458-07:002013-06-13T04:36:53.458-07:00Hell, I'm more concerned about private corpora...Hell, I'm more concerned about private corporations invading my privacy than I am worried about the government. Hell, the government is outsourcing their surveillance to private corporations.<br /><br />That's not to say I'm not worried about government surveillance.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451999301322080329.post-58097816430211507782013-06-12T16:27:37.961-07:002013-06-12T16:27:37.961-07:00Neat stuff from a Crooked Timber thread. Hooray f...<a href="http://www.pdl.cmu.edu/SDI/2013/slides/big_graph_nsa_rd_2013_56002v1.pdf" title="∈҉∋" rel="nofollow">Neat stuff</a> from a Crooked Timber thread. Hooray for the cloud!Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451999301322080329.post-9081684933516904982013-06-12T12:43:38.852-07:002013-06-12T12:43:38.852-07:00Too true. File under "solidly entrenched cul...Too true. File under "solidly entrenched culture of surveillance and secrecy."<br /><br />Also, the camera closest to me is on top of a campus building and the feed can be viewed <a href="http://webcam.oregonstate.edu/monroe/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.OBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290768768025981403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451999301322080329.post-38239696127196213502013-06-12T11:59:07.370-07:002013-06-12T11:59:07.370-07:00go ahead and walk out your door, and tell me how f...go ahead and walk out your door, and tell me how far you get before you see a VISIBLE video camera watching you.<br /><br />then cut that number in half, and that's probably closer to where the actual video surveillance is occurring.<br /><br />And it's probably not the gubmint, or even one of the big old bad old supercorps; just your local traffic cops or a property management company or even just a neighbor setting up his own video feed.<br /><br />zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com