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micromacromonkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PeckhamRose Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > @Penguin68 they are called SuperRecognisers. > > There was an online test and I scored very > highly > > to my amazement. > > I work at a well known department store (and crime > hotspot) and we have a few working for us. The met > often call us up for certain occasions (protest > marches, big sporting events) to borrow them. I need something memorable to happen to remember a face or I forget. I had real hopes for this tech in google glass etc.

Sorry Uncleglen I couldn't resist :) I won't moan if you have a free go at Jezza

alex_b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Penguin68 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > which requires matching the angles and > distances > > of key facial points against a database > > This is not how facial recognition technology > works. Apples version is quite complex and seems to use multiple technologies and quite a bit of software :) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208108

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > malumbu Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > Loads of Pro-Brexit beer mats in WS these days. > > > Is that true? Wow. http://uk.businessinsider.com/jd-wetherspoon-pro-brexit-beer-mats-2017-12 They're actually campaigning for a "no deal" brexit - doesn't stop me drinking there of course.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > alice Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There is a new trend where the bullies accuse > > those they bully of bullying them. > > > It's not a new trend. > > It's standard practice for bullies, or at least > some bullies. > > I've been on the other end of it :( > > There's a psychological defence mechanism called > projection which could in some cases account for > this, so I'm never quite sure whether the person > concerned realises what they are doing. > > You've got to be quite mentally disturbed to be > that kind of person anyway, surely. It's not like anyone really well known does it every day ... Donald J Trump

I was joking but somebody's beaten me to the idea https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/technology/2018/02/quiet-and-creeping-normalisation-facial-recognition-technology "In August 2017, the Metropolitan Police used facial recognition software at Notting Hill carnival. The practice saw the police scanning the faces of thousands of carnival-goers to see if any matched with photos of people who had previously been arrested"

Apple technology you see

maybe admin thought it was a 'walking dead' thread

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > Now my mail always has a rubber band round it - > I > > imagine at the sorting office I'm being treated > > special :) > > > Sorry to disillusion you but I think you'll find > it has a rubber band purely because all the > letters are for the same address :)) awww no

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 2wans Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > But I've had countless deliveries stolen by > > Hermes. Apparently they have stand ins over the > > weekend & that happens to be every single time > I > > have had my parcels stolen. They are signed by > the > > deliverer & Hermes will refuse to give more > > information on this... > > > Crikey, it's not rocket science for Hermes to > identify the people who were supposed to deliver > the parcels reported as stolen, is it? > > And find a pattern? > > It sounds like they are not doing very thorough > pre-recruitment checks on the people they employ > if they have a lot of thieves amongst them. I complained to the Royal Mail after a debit card got intercepted. Now my mail always has a rubber band round it - I imagine at the sorting office I'm being treated special :)

Well Gove now wants to bring in loads of foreign farm workers. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/gove-calls-for-thousands-of-foreign-workers-to-continue-to-be-allowed-to-come-to-britain-after-a3770941.html They may not want to come ! 'However, he argued that in the medium to long term, Britain?s farmers had to move away from a ?relatively labour intensive model? to a ?more capital intensive? approach.' What does the above mean - robots ?

Donald Trump has been ranked as the worst president ever by 200 top fake news - I mean political analysts https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/donald-trump-ranked-worst-us-president-of-all-time-by-200-top-political-scientists-a3770661.html

2 hour trial is OK by me too (not that I'm anything in hospitality LOL) Back in the 80s we did employment training (Dole + 10 quid) and at one point the NHS was surviving on employment trainees (there were loads - and it did lead to jobs but after 6 months or so)

But you can't beat the brilliance that is Rye Lane Morleys https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/the-nike-advert-is-everything-londoners-hail-incredible-film-starring-harry-kane-mo-farah-and-skepta-a3763166.html

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > KrackersMaracas Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Joe leg - agreed - but how many interviews have > > people done that essentially involved you doing > > the work of a (paid) member of staff? For me - > > none, and I wouldn?t respond well to the > > suggestion. > > > > I agree that it?s hard to see if someone is a > good > > fit until you see them working - but the same > > applies for office work, and that is why we > have > > probation periods - for which we receive full > pay. > > You cannot tell if someone can make a coffee, > prep > > food, or interact with customers - but you also > > cannot tell if an IT person has experience of > the > > systems he claims to be proficient in, an > > accountant can balance accounts, or a scheduler > > can book trades until you actually see them > doing > > it. They are paid for this. Why not a > hospitality > > worker? > > Teachers often have to spend a whole day in a > school and teach two lessons for an interview > unpaid... My sister (and her husband) teaches She tells me she spends all evening marking work many days (I didn't ask why there's not time to do that in the day) but teaching isn't the relatively easy job a few of us of my age remember (maybe incorrectly) from our schooldays.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think you're being complacent at all, just > optimistic! From the UK Parliament website re > HVIII clauses: > > The Government sometimes adds this provision to a > Bill to enable the Government to repeal or amend > it after it has become an Act of Parliament. The > provision enables primary legislation to be > amended or repealed by subordinate legislation > with or without further parliamentary scrutiny. > > As far as I understand it that means the > government can "repeal or amend" anything that's > been ported over; any challenge to that would come > in Parliament but if the opposition asks for such > a decision to be scrutinised such a request can be > rejected by a vote in Parliament. With the > (bribed) support of the DUP that shouldn't be too > difficult to reject; from what I've read there's a > very strong groundswell of support in the Tory > party to scrap the WDT. We shall see... > > ETA Quite take your point about the difficulties > of persuading the electorate to accept working > hours changes, but in the current febrile climate > anything that's portrayed as "casting off the EU > shackles to liberate British business" will find > much favour in many quarters, I feel. They've already got through a motion to scrap the European fundamental rights charter https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/15/suella-fernandes-new-brexit-minister-eu-charter-human-rights

Nice red cloud over the UK http://downdetector.co.uk/problems/bt-british-telecom/news/199827-problems-at-bt

Giraffa camelopardalis :) It's spots are a bit Leopard like.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Write to Tim Martin, he seems like a nice chap. > He has a really sensible stance on Brexit and I am > sure would happily intervene. Loads of Pro-Brexit beer mats in WS these days. Maybe the removal is temporary ?

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, but what did you have to do to get the job in > the first place? Were you interviewed at all? > > The same probationary periods exist in > hospitality, but you can?t hire someone in the > first place unless they know what they?re doing, > and the only reliable way to demonstrate that is > by physically doing the job for a couple of hours. Usually in IT it's LinkedIn/Job board contact/CV phone technical interview phone more detailed interview interview at offices (maybe more than one) meet the boss references I don't know hospitality so I can't be sure of best practice - but there have been cases of new IT staff taking whole companies down (or old IT staff for that matter) so you can't say IT staff are intrinsically less likely to cause trouble. (Heathrow Datacenter outage was the most recent IIRC.) I do know some people are good at BSing their way into a job - then when they start they're not too good - so maybe there's an argument for trial work in other areas - but the applicants are generally older and in demand (at present) and would take their work elsewhere.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > With the caveat that I don?t have an inherent > problem with what Stewart McDonald proposes, let > me just mention something. > > Work trials are essentially the ?actual interview? > for a position in the hospitality industry. An > applicant in any other job would not necessarily > expect to be paid for the timer they spend in > front of an interview panel, and in a role where > you can only really demonstrate competence by > doing the job, it could be argued that the work is > the interview, because it basically is. > > I appreciate this is an issue with sincerely held > feelings on both sides, and as I said before, I > don?t think asking someone to give up two hours of > their time is unreasonable. Any more than that I > believe should be paid - which is what I do. That > said, if the govt legislate that we have to pay > all of it then I?m not going to argue. Most of my IT jobs had a 6 month or 3 month probation period during which you could be sacked immediately (or a weeks notice).

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That is awful, but crikey, a ?40 tip? > > How much was the meal?! The curry club ? :)

monica Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good explanation Louisa, I can see earth bound > spirits, we have a couple of spirits at home, they > appear, have a chat then disappear. The doubters > and the open minded sceptics always have a > "reasonable explanation" to why Spirits don't > exist. > However they do, and more often then not, spirit > just wants to have a chat. Best place for > spiritual activity is one tree hill, we often go > there. > If anyone is interested in an outing to one tree > hill, pm me. :) My mother and many of her friends were spiritualists - they all said they'd try and come back, but lots of them are dead now and they never did. Of course I could be so insensitive they're all shouting at me and I don't notice :(

These letters from "the real 48" just doesn't ring true to me. The word "real" scares me a bit and hope whoever wrote them is identified.

Angelina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > seems ED ghosts like cleaning! That's the sort of ghost I like - washes clothes, sweeps the floor and does the dishes - all without Alexa