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  1. Justin Fisher's avatar

    To be worth using, a detector needs not only (A) not get very many false positives, but also (B) get…

  2. Mark's avatar

    Everything you say is true, but what is the alternative? I don’t think people are advocating a return to in-class…

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  4. Keith Douglas's avatar

    Cyber security professional here -reliably determining when a computational artifact (file, etc.) was created is *hard*. This is sorta why…

  5. sahpa's avatar

    Agreed with the other commentator. It is extremely unlikely that Pangram’s success is due to its cheating by reading metadata.

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  7. Mark's avatar

How often does the NYT run articles highlighting ads attacking particular candidates….

…other than Trump, of course.  Not that often, but the prudent wing of the ruling class no doubt deems this newsworthy.   Can Sanders beat Trump?  Who knows?  Could Trump get the Republican nomination in 2016? Who knew?  Could Trump be elected President?  Who knew?   But the ruling class knows what it can't abide and their indoctrinated lackeys at the NYT do their duty!  I've corresponded over the years with various NYT journalists who read this blog:  aren't you folks appalled by this?  I'm sure you are, but speak up!

 

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