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Fantastic work. This is one of the best gaussian splats I've experienced. Especially in regards to the distant objects and sky. I was surprised at how many more details I could perceive in the VR mode. I couldn't spot the "easter egg" until I switched over.
A 10% false-positive rate is awful. If the actual incidence is 2%, a test with that error rate could overstate the results at about 12%. That combined with the sampling bias could easily result in overstated numbers.
Randomized household sampling would be far preferable. That would obviously take much more time and would expose testers and the household to more risk. But without good methods, research like this and the surveys conducted in Santa Clara and LA counties are potentially worst than useless since they have the potential of misinforming policymakers and the public.
Why is Ring allowing brute forcing? Individual cameras should be set to only allow logins at least a few seconds apart increasing up to several minutes and perhaps blocking IP addresses with excessive volume. If they're brute forcing Ring's servers an application firewall would catch and block this.
It boggles my mind that Microsoft and other companies with a similar reach don't spend more time on core features and tools. Minor improvements such as in this case can improve the productivity of 100s of millions of users.
For the next improvement, hopefully, Microsoft is paying attention to the Ars Technica comments: save unsaved entries to a temp file when the OS reboots. A recent files list would also be an improvement.
If Stack Overflow wants attribution to happen in practice, they should facilitate it by adding a copy to clipboard button that would automatically add the desired attribution to code blocks. This would have an order of magnitude greater impact on the actual amount of attribution taking place than simply clarifying the licensing terms.
That being said, I am concerned that the requirement for attribution creates significant legal landmines for anyone who doesn't follow the practice and many users of the service will not be aware of the requirement or it's potential legal impact.
It would be safer to move to an MIT license without attribution, but request attribution as a courtesy.