Amazon has been quietly selling its facial recognition system to US police forces, marketing it for bodycam use

mostlysignssomeportents:

Amazon bills its Rekognition
image classification system as a “deep learning-based image and video
analysis” system; it markets the system to US police forces for use in
analyzing security camera footage, including feeds from police officers’
bodycams.

The marketing materials circulated to law enforcement touted
Rekognition’s ability to identify up to 100 individuals in a single
photo. Amazon bound the cities it pitched with nondisclosure agreements,
and cities have cited these NDAs in denying public records requests for
details about their plans to use Rekognition.

Amazon’s law enforcement material suggests that its tool could be use to
identify “persons of interest” – not wanted criminals or even
rehabilitated felons, but (for example) protesters and activists that
police intelligence units have decided to target for continuous
scrutiny.

Amazon developed its law-enforcement marketing through cooperation with
the city of Orlando, Florida, where it created a “proof of concept
trial.” It subsequently developed a network of city procurement
officials and encouraged its existing customers to help the company
pitch new business in other cities.

Amazon’s public list of municipal/law enforcement surveillance customers
includes Orlando, and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon.

https://boingboing.net/2018/05/22/candid-body-camera.html

most annoying things about the signs

unpicasso:

aries: “i’m an aries”

taurus: super jealous and territorial but goes after everyones man 

gemini: judgy!! 

cancer: super specific about their sleeping situation like “it has to be 100% dark and i need a fan on and exactly 2.5 pillows and a queen sized bed to myself”

leo: would break their own fingers to be the center of attention for 5 seconds

virgo: the flakiest people ever, will call you 5 hours after you were supposed to meet and say they fell asleep

libra: will manipulate you for dumb reasons like make you think you want mcdonalds so it doesnt seem like it was their idea

scorpio: genuinely a little bit evil for no reason

sagittarius: never calm down???like please relax

capricorn: will fuck up their own life and then whine about it like it wasn’t 100% their own fault

aquarius: constantly says they don’t like petty/fake people but lowkey one of the most petty/fake signs / 

pisces: constantly crying and need to be babied 

ascendingmoon:

The astrology of Kylie Jenner

Capricorn rising / Neptune in the 1H: desires (unrealistic) perfected facial features (capricorn rules bones and cheekbones/facial structure). Easily defined by the public image of who she presents herself as. Allows others to define her (neptune in the 1st) based on false ideals or perfected, ideal visions that are highly desirable by society as a whole (capricorn).

Moon in Scorpio in 10H: feels undeserving of wealth and fortune. Emotionally dependent on societal feedback. Displays emotions and inner life via social media and public status. Finds comfort emotionally in her public status. Strong money inheritance from mother’s side of the family; mother impacted and influenced her entire life.

Neptune square MC: publicized for unimportant events. Famous because of what others provided her with. Famous for “no reason”. Publicized for “no reason”. Unclear sight of where she is headed. Unsure of her own career path. Not seen clearly by society or the public.

The Four Sectors of The Natal Chart

astrollusion:

One way to look at the Natal Chart is like a cycle of our life and each sector represents a phase of life.

Angular Houses: Where our identity is born and readjusted through our lifetime.

  • 1st House/Ascendant: The person we are born as, our raw personality
  • 4th House/Imum Coeli: The person we become because of the influence of our family
  • 7th House/Descendant: The person we are in our relationships
  • 10th House/Midheaven: The person we create to show to the rest of the world, who we grow up to be

Succeedent Houses: Succeedent houses feed the angular house before it, it feeds our identity.

  • 2nd House: The security we were secured with as children and the values we were taught to contribute to our personality.
  • 5th House: The fun and creativity that coloured our childhood
  • 8th House: The things we learn to sacrifice and share in order to sustain our relationships
  • 11th House: The skills and team coordination we gain and use for the good of others

Cadent Houses: The houses that finish the chapter of the particular sector, the result of the previous two houses.

  • 3rd House: Our childhood dynamics, the way we approach education and learn to express ourselves 
  • 6th House: The way we want to help others in response to our own childhood experiences
  • 9th House: Our personal belief system based off our external experiences with the world and other people.
  • 12th House: Our spirituality, our hidden selves that have been made up of all the previous houses