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Quote: Microsoft warns of data loss risk Long time no see pal subject...
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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AI-generated code has transformed software development forever. That’s not necessarily good. A solid review process can shrink bloat and attack surfaces. I think I was doing that fine on my own
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I think I was doing that fine on my own
Me too.
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AI is good.
I understand what it generates. I can work with it. It saves me time, and thus, it saves my employer money.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I've just in the last couple of hours been working on the beginning stages of converting a home C# project to Rust with the help of Codeium in VS and VS Code. It's been very helpful so far, but you get the best out of it by being interactive and its best if you already have sufficient knowledge of the language.
No idea about GitHub Copilot but Codeium has been impressive so far. I've used it mostly with Rust and I've also learnt from it.
But as with all this stuff you still need to keep your brain engaged!
Kevin
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Kevin McFarlane wrote: But as with all this stuff you still need to keep your brain engaged! AI doesn't nag or ask you questions. It answers queries.
So AI isn't. It is a query language, but it does not think. My brain is disengaged already, as I am tired of the hype.
Programming is about quantity. More dumb people make more software. It is a money game, as is everything
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: I am tired of the hype
Well, I've personally found it pretty useful so far - I mean in general, not just in coding.
I've been dabbling with it for months now but, while it's impressive, it's also still surprisingly dumb in certain seemingly simple scenarios. Therefore, I don't see AGI arising anytime soon, despite people's fears. So that is certainly hyped.
Kevin
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I really am starting to not miss coding these days...
I think I will go back to PLCs if it continues like this.
M.D.V.
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You may become the PLC!
"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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QuEra has dramatically reduced the error rate in qubits — with its first commercially available machine using this technology launching with 256 physical qubits and 10 logical qubits. Fewer errors is good, I hear
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The cat is both right and wrong at the same time?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Quote: The world's first commercial fault-tolerant quantum computer with "logical qubits" may be running before the year's end. And I may be a fairy princess. Or something.
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To get a handle on this see here.
Specifically, the graph about halfway down. So classical cryptography broken in 10-20 years? If we assume that line doesn't hit an insurmountable plateau.
Kevin
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Quote: To break currently deployed cryptography, scientists estimate a quantum computer would require at least 1 billion qubits. But today’s quantum computers only have a few hundred. First time I believe I've seen an estimate on this count. Interesting. And if they are mirroring cubits to reduce noise effects, does that '1 billion' turn into '5 billion' or more?
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David O'Neil wrote: First time I believe I've seen an estimate on this count.
Ditto. At least it's something. Microsoft has a roadmap for achieving various stages but you still get no feel for a timescale. But I expect it will be a case of every 5 years it will be 10 years away and then eventually it will happen seemingly all of a sudden. Just hard to predict exactly when.
AGI is likely similar. Though tbh I'd bet that practical QC will emerge before AGI, despite the hype.
Kevin
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That article said, "Experts estimate that the number of qubits needed for a useful quantum computer, one that could compete with your laptop in solving certain kinds of interesting problems, is between 1,000 and 100,000." I'm interested to know the difference between that and the '1 billion' number - is that just for crypto cracking? Or has the '1,000 to 100,000' number increased since 2018?
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The next version of Windows 11 will no longer boot on CPUs without the "POPCNT" instruction. Time to upgrade from that 386 then
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I guess that'll be the end of the line for my 18 year old Core 1 Duo laptop.
It shipped with Vista and I upgraded it to W7 and then W10 to serve as an emergency loaner for family members. It was ideal for this use because I didn't care if anything happened to it.
I was planning to wleven it in a year and a half just because; but I guess that won't be happening now.
Actually I should see if it still turns on, it's probably been at least 2 years.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Dan Neely wrote: . It was ideal for this use because I didn't care if anything And why shouold you install win 11 in it? leave as it is...
M.D.V.
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Nelek wrote: Dan Neely wrote:. It was ideal for this use because I didn't care if anythingAnd why shouold you install win 11 in it? leave as it is...
Because a computer with an unpatched windows install shouldn't be allowed within 50 feet of an internet connection.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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I see the point.
But with the increasing number of Zero-Days vulnerabilities... I know there is a difference, but is it such a big difference?
M.D.V.
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The speedier computing cake is a lie... so we got software bloat instead It's almost like software that does more needs more code to do it
"Debian 12, for comparison, is 1,341,564,204 lines of code." <-- :boggle:
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That's what 20 hobbyists do. One dev would compress that a lot.
You get what you pay for, right? If you pay nothing, you get.. Debian.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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