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As important as Azure is, Windows Server will remain the backbone of enterprise IT for years to come. "So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way"
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MuZero represents a likely breakthrough in general-purpose AI. OK, try Australian Football
It's a trick challenge - there seem to be no rules for Australian Football
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Kent Sharkey wrote: It's a trick challenge - there seem to be no rules for Australian Football
If an AI manages to build itself a team with phyical bodies to win in Autralian Football.... I think we will have another kind of problems.  
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Quote: The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human... sweat, bad breath, everything.
TTFN - Kent
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More or less...
I don't want to say always the same... but it is not a question of "IF", it is a question of "what" will come first (terminator, Matrix, resident evil, 28 days... there is a big list) and "when" we are going to destroy ourselves or provoque our self-destruction...
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A Microsoft root certificate is expiring at the end of this month, and Microsoft warns that removing it could cause problems with the operating system. There are people that clean up their certificate store?
Or is it just 2020 was the new 99?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: There are people that clean up their certificate store?
Is there certificate store?   
Kent Sharkey wrote: Microsoft warns that removing it could cause problems with the operating system.
Why do I think that this could be another tactic? Not enough with giving the responsibility of QA to the users... now they want to give the blame too when things break 
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https://betanews.com/2020/12/23/facebook-explains-why-millions-of-users-are-losing-access-to-key-features/
People using our messaging and calling services in Europe or interacting with friends and family in Europe may notice some changes to features on Messenger, Instagram and Facebook. In order to comply with the law, we needed to adjust the way our services work, such as further segregating messaging data from other parts of our infrastructure. Our goal is to make sure people can continue to connect privately while minimizing disruption. We prioritized core features, like text messaging and video calling, and have made sure the majority of our other features are available. However, some advanced features like polls that require the use of message content to work may be disrupted as we make changes to align with the new privacy rules. We're working to bring back features that we can as quickly as possible, and our Help Center has updates for some of the features that are affected.
Salla goes on to explain: "The ePrivacy Directive also prohibits messaging and calling services from using data to prevent, detect and respond to child abuse material and other forms of harm. The European Commission and child safety experts have said that the directive does not provide a legal basis for these tools. The safety of our community is paramount, and we are advocating for changes that will allow us to resume our efforts to identify this type of material. This includes analyzing messaging metadata to identify patterns of abuse -- an approach we believe can help keep our community safe while respecting the privacy of people's message content. For example, we use metadata to share safety notices, identify potentially harmful accounts and protect children".
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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abmv wrote: This includes analyzing messaging metadata to identify patterns of abuse -- an approach we believe can help keep our community safe while respecting the privacy of people's message content.
If we were not speaking about FB... it would even sound nice.
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modified 23-Dec-20 13:36pm.
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It might indeed, which is why politicians often justify their behavior by saying "it's for the children".
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Key features? I think not. For me, it is "features" like those that are a primary reason I avoid facebook entirely.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Nice move, using child abuse as a shield for spying on every communication.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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From article: Quote: But that location metadata is not thrown away by Facebook—it is way too valuable.
Is it really? Knowing a person was at location x can be monetized how?
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You are everynight at place XXX and that's a nice neighbourhood, let's advertise luxury things.
You are being in a hospital... means either you or someone you love is serious sick, let's advertise health insurances or additional covers
You are going offroad in a slow speed... you probably are jogging. Let's advertise sport things.
You are during the day at location X, is that the place of a big OEM? or maybe a research institution?
You go to the gym severals a week, let's advertise fat burning or muscle development staff (depending on other things they know from your browser history)
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and those were just on the spot.
If you start thinking how (and they surely have enough people thinking on it) there is a lot of useful information knowing were you spend how many time in which part of the day.
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Trivial targeted advertising. Moreover, wouldn't you rather have targeted than non-targeted advertising? Still believe the data is far less valuable that Facebook believes or claims.
Edit: What's interesting is that this theory of targeted advertising doesn't work very well in practice. I'm continually amused that Amazon seems to have given up on it and simply pushes what you looked at last or which the product owners paid to be put front and center.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: Trivial targeted advertising.
Change the targeted advertisement with the selling that information to other companies.
If you go often to the doctor or to the hospital, insurances companies that know it could set you more expensive fees.
If you are almost no time outside, the same, because your lifestyle is too sedentary and no sport or whatever (higher risk of health issues)
This is in german, I don't know if a online translator will sufice to make the text understandable but...
Golem.de: IT-News für Profis[^]
That information is easily connected to a person.
Being static during the night at the same place for a certain period of time... you live there.
Being static during the office hours at the same time for a certain period of time... you work there.
With those two it is easy to find out who you are.
Looking which places you visit, a tastes profile can be extrapolated (expensive shopping street versus cheap big stores, restaurants versus fast foods, outdoor versus indoor life style..) that combined with the internet browsing data / streaming preferences... it can say A LOT about your personality.
There is a lot of companies willing to pay for such information in order to (ab-)use it to their profits.
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The data can be useful, but my stated point was that it's less valuable than Facebook claims.
Back in the 1980s, a company I dealt with came up with a method of tracking things. They collected a huge amount of data (everyone involved knew and went along.) It was remarkably advanced for the time and worked well. They dropped it after a few years. An insider told me that they confirmed after the first few days what the metrics were and collecting megabytes more data didn't change anything.
The point is that two pieces of data in all this--the task and date of completion--were important, everything else was noise. Further, the date was important to only a few people.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: but my stated point was that it's less valuable than Facebook claims.
I would say that a look to FB and Google, their capital, their publicity revenue and their power... gives that data more value than you think.
Anyways... I don't want to convince you. If you think it is not that important, is fine.
Have a nice day. 
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1987's Acorn Archimedes was the first production RISC-based personal computer. "Great oaks from little Acorns grow"
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"Obscure"!? <cough>
Acorn wasn't obscure.
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Outside of the UK? I vaguely remember hearing about it (probably Computer Chronicles) but never knew anyone who had one (or who knew someone who had one. GOTO 10)
TTFN - Kent
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Hrmph!
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Science seeks the basic laws of nature. Mathematics searches for new theorems to build upon the old. Engineering builds systems to solve human needs. "Thus we may have knowledge of the past but cannot control it; we may control the future but have no knowledge of it."
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