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But one idea seized upon by Microsoft hints at a very strange, if somewhat widely foreseen, future: chatbots that can mimic anyone if supplied with enough personal data. I barely want to chat with them now
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Richard Deeming wrote: Charlie Brooker should have patented the idea back in 2013
Technically, doesn't that mean that the idea is already in the public domain?
Then again, Microsoft's patent is probably specific enough, and nobody has enough $$$ to go up against all their obvious patents which should never have been granted to begin with.
I once did a patent application (can't remember for what, lol) and a few weeks later I received a letter from Microsoft's lawyer desk politely telling me I was infringing on one of their existing patents. It came with a form that was pre-filled out for withdrawing my patent application. All I had to do was sign it and mail it in. That was amusing. 
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I'm pretty sure that this was done in scifi long before that, long before IM/chat in the modern form even.
But none of that stops overly obvious patent applications that should never be granted.
Anyway, patents for ideas and algorithms don't apply in the UK or EU, do they.
modified 10-Dec-20 5:03am.
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Businesses might feel that if they're targeted cyber criminals once, it won't happen again - but analysis of incidents shows that more often than not, attackers come back looking for more. It's almost like they target the known vulnerable companies?!
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"The hate for a language is directly proportional to the popularity, so the most hated also tends to be the most popular or the most threatening," said VMware's director of engineering. "And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate"
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Another article by someone that tried to be a programmer, couldn't hack it, and now feels qualified to comment on the industry.
Nothing to see here...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Tim Allclair, an Apple software engineer, who also helps oversee Kubernetes security, announced a “security issue was discovered with Kubernetes affecting multitenant clusters. There's a hole in the container, dear Liza, dear Liza
Good thing I still have no real idea what it does.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Good thing I still have no real idea what it does.
Only because you are not using it, it doesn't mean that you are not going to be affected because of it. 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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We are excited to announce the public release of Infer#, which brings the interprocedural static analysis capabilities of Infer to the .NET community. "Is it safe?"
Aaaaaand now my teeth hurt.
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Can we infer that I have no idea what Infer# and "interprocedural static analysis" is ?
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Even after reading it, I'm fuzzy - other than it's not a fuzzer?
TTFN - Kent
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"Null Dereference
static void Main(string[]) args)
{
var returnNull = ReturnNull();
_ = returnNull.Value;
}
private static NullObj ReturnNull()
{
return null;
}
internal class NullObj
{
internal string Value { get; set; }
}"I would send the programmer who wrote this for drug testing.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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The additions help expand GitHub’s Sponsors program, which previously let individuals support software projects and the millions of developers who use the digital platform to collaborate on, share and store code Getting a cheque attached to the Pull Request? Priceless.
Yeah, that's Mastercard, sooooorrrrry
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There is not going to be abuse... no, no, no...
M.D.V.
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Researchers at a cybersecurity firm say they have identified vulnerabilities in software widely used by millions of connected devices — flaws that could be exploited by hackers to penetrate business and home computer networks and disrupt them. Or as everyone else knows it, "Wednesday"
Or "Tuesday" if you're reading this in the forum.
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Quote: Sloppy programming by developers is the main issue in this case, Rashid said.
Yup, that must be it. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Dubbed Oblivious DNS-over-HTTPS, or ODoH for short, the new protocol makes it far more difficult for internet providers to know which websites you visit. The protocol will require a different dongle with each new version, and cables are available separately.
Being highly oblivious myself, I approve of this new protocol.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: The protocol will require a different dongle with each new version, and cables are available separately.
And of course they won't be compatible between them and you will need to buy new ones with each new release of the protocol.
Kent Sharkey wrote: Being highly oblivious myself, I approve of this new protocol.
If and BIG IF it really is as "described"... it can't be worst as what we now have. So... why not?
Kent Sharkey wrote: it far more difficult for internet providers to know which websites you visit.
I wonder how many backdoors bugs in the implementation will be put in there.
M.D.V.
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According to former Israel space security chief Haim Eshed, the United States and Israeli governments have been and are in contact with a "Galactic Federation" of aliens. "And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'cause it's bugger all down here on Earth"
Apologies if that blurb is offensive to anyone
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Quote: Attention all planets of the solar federation, we have assumed control.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Only a tenured professor could be so far off the rails without getting fired, committed, or both.
I'd love to know what he's smoking...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: I'd love to know what he's smoking...
Only know...? 
M.D.V.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Apologies if that blurb is offensive to anyone
It is... the dolphins are surely going to be mad on you 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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To say nothing of the mice...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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