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Old music joke: What do you get if you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A flat minor.
Another one: When crossing a road with heavy traffic, C# or Bb.
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2022 has seen many languages created to rival C++ Not actually succeeding at it, just being created
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And many more to come...
and go again.
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After 20-some years of working as a solo programmer, Dwarf Fortress(opens in new tab) developer Tarn Adams will have a second pair of hands in there. Now the drama begins!
Next, the scrum master!
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Tech company Baidu said the number of virtual people projects it’s worked on for clients has doubled since last year, with a wide price range of as little as $2,800 to a whopping $14,300 per year. Because there aren't enough otherwise
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Human Fake "public faces" can still say something not desired at a certain moment.
Virtual ones... probably not.
And deleting is not murdering.
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Nelek wrote: Virtual ones... probably not
I refer you to Microsoft's chatbot, which learnt to spout racist & offensive nonsense only a few days after activation.
Nelek wrote: deleting is not murdering.
Not yet. But what happens if a chatbot passes the Turing test?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: I refer you to Microsoft's chatbot, which learnt to spout racist & offensive nonsense only a few days after activation. Please note that I said "not desired" (by the hiring company), not "political incorrect". There are important differences between both.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote: But what happens if a chatbot passes the Turing test? I will think about when the moment comes, right now is not my priority.
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PyTorch admins are warning users who installed PyTorch-nightly over the holidays to uninstall the framework and the counterfeit 'torchtriton' dependency. The machine needs more learning about security
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Windows 11 brought in a new design language, putting an emphasis on rounded corners and gradients and a new transparent background called Mica, which aims to replace the old Acrylic design. Those aren't inconsistencies, it's just backward compatibility!
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A relevant comment from the article:Some dude wrote: And… It still looks like s&&t compared to windows 7. It’s functionality is even worse, where you often have to call up old control panels to actually get things done as the new ones lack controls you need. Truth!
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But the icons are... wonderful, aren't they?
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Yes! And the rounded corners are a real breakthrough in UI design!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I can't wait until they make it a VGA interface! Imagine the improved performance they will achieve using only 16 colors! So much unnecessary processing freed up!
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Verizon’s in the process of kicking the remaining customers off its old network — the last one in the US. "When I try to phone, they say you're not at home"
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D-Wave's computers are especially good at solving optimization problems. Besides spending a lot of money
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How are we suppose to know if everytime we look it changes?
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Back at its Architecture Day 2021 event, when Intel shared the core design details of its Alder Lake CPU architecture, the firm stated that Windows 11 was optimized in a way to best take advantage of the Alder Lake's Performance Hybrid architecture and the new Thread Director technology that helps Windows 11 task scheduling. They've never hyped stuff inappropriately before...
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How? I thought it was breaking records in breaking systems...
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Twitter is creaking. Social media seems less fun than ever. Maybe it’s time to get a little more personal. "His very words are a fantastical banquet, just so many strange dishes."
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Prosecutors in Seattle filed charges this week against a software engineer who is accused of a theft scheme that swiped approximately $300,000 from his employer. This is what happens when you ask them to come in on Saturday
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Employee productivity in the work-from-home age faces growing pains as workers deal with unresponsive applications and unresponsive IT help desks. I would have posted this sooner, but my network connection was down
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As a CIO I can tell you the support my department provides is outstanding - and it shows on the annual reviews of everyone who works for me. What drives me nuts are the local ISPs that can't seem to figure out how to provide consistent service.
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obermd wrote: As a CIO I can tell you the support my department provides is outstanding Then you are one of the exceptions that confirm the rule... I have yet to find one IT department as yours
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Our new hires keep saying the same thing when they realize that we're actually responsive to their needs and attempt to help them do their jobs better.
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