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As Microsoft builds out its suite of AI-powered tools, Cortana appears to have outlived its usefulness. "I'm not coming with you this time."
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C++ is the only language I know of where two very different sets of programmers consider themselves well versed in the language. You had me at "never trust a programmer"
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What did the father of computer algorithms think about the master of Generative AI, and what Winston Churchill never said about Alan Turning. Is it bigger than a breadbox?
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Caltech's recent breakthrough has moved us closer to achieving the transformative potential of space-based solar power. "Heaven let your light shine down"
Stand underneath for an instant, crispy tan!
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Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million US civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids' voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant. For those keeping track, that's about 26 minutes of revenue
Or about 2 days (give or take) of profit.
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With Visual Studio v17.6 becoming generally available recently, Microsoft provided a peek at what's coming up in the next iteration, VS 2022 v17. You might find a use for them by the next-next version
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Researchers made the surprising finding that participants with higher intelligence scores were only quicker when tackling simple tasks, while they took longer to solve difficult problems than subjects with lower IQ scores. Yeah, that's why it's taking you so long to fix that bug
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Windows 11 users who open the official Get Help support application of the operating system may be greeted with an advertisement for Microsoft's Teams application now. Of course it is
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Paint app also picks up more granular zoom controls, new Settings page. "You want it darker. We kill the flame."
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Now you can port your applications from either Visual Studio or your command line and benefit from all the latest features and improvements of .NET! Because nothing says, "Moving on to the future" like a command-line tool
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The US Air Force official who shared a disturbing tale of a military drone powered by artificial intelligence turning on its human operator in simulated war games has now clarified that the incident never occurred, and was a hypothetical 'thought experiment'.
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'We've never run that experiment, nor would we need to in order to realize that this is a plausible outcome,' he said. 'Despite this being a hypothetical example, this illustrates the real-world challenges posed by AI-powered capability and is why the Air Force is committed to the ethical development of AI.' Yeah right...
I suppose that if the "not realised experiment" would have end successfully, the news would say another thing.
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Ethical and Military in the same sentence? I find it sounds even a bit weirder as with Google, Meta and Co.
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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Kill me, unethical.
Kill you, ethical.
Got it. 
edit:
The topic got me thinking of music oddly.
Black Sabbath - War Pigs[^]
Bob Dylan - Masters of War[^]
"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
modified 2 days ago.
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They need to start with Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.
"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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I, Robot would mind that they are not perfect either.
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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Someone pings you to drag you into a meeting you were not invited to and you're busy as sh*t?
I want to design a keyboard keyswitch that changes the Enter key text from "ENTER" to "F*** OFF!" depending on how hard you hit the key.
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Did you maybe intend to post this in the lounge?
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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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See, he's so busy he doesn't know where he's posting.
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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Whoops! Yes, I did.
My frustration is still burning me right now.
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Typically I respond with, "please just send any questions you have in a E-mail so I can research the issue" and get back to you.
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imho remarkable example of AI generated images.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/01/1073858/surreal-ai-generative-video-changing-film/
"The Frost nails its uncanny, disconcerting vibe in its first few shots. Vast icy mountains, a makeshift camp of military-style tents, a group of people huddled around a fire, barking dogs. It’s familiar stuff, yet weird enough to plant a growing seed of dread. There’s something wrong here.
Welcome to the unsettling world of AI moviemaking. The Frost is a 12-minute movie from Detroit-based video creation company Waymark in which every shot is generated by an image-making AI. It’s one of the most impressive—and bizarre—examples yet of this strange new genre."
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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As a long-time fan of VAX/VMS and OpenVMS -- as several of the members here are -- I was (mildly) excited by the idea that VMS Software, Inc. (VSI) was porting it to x86. And yesterday I received an E-mail announcing that it is ready.
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We are excited to announce the availability of VSI OpenVMS V9.2 for x86-64, first production release that runs on VMware, KVM, and VirtualBox.
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What is OpenVMS on x86
VMS Software, Inc. has migrated OpenVMS and its layered products to the industry standard x86_64 architecture to help customers protect their investment in OpenVMS infrastructure, especially in virtualized environments and in the cloud. OpenVMS V9.2 is now available to all VMS Software, Inc. customers; VMS Software, Inc. is working on the next version which will support even more environments and products.
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OpenVMS V9.2 for x86 — VMS Software, Inc.[^]
X86 FAQ — VMS Software, Inc.[^]
Windows host compatibility settings for OpenVMS on x86 VirtualBox guests - VSI OpenVMS Wiki[^]
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CPU Requirements
Intel x86 CPU
64-bit Instruction set
NX processor bit (NX)
Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1 (SSE4.1)
Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
XSAVE instructions
Time Stamp Counter (TSC)
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC)
Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR)
Most Intel CPUs from 2016 and later support these processor features.
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I don't think I have any CPUs from 2016 or later. I also don't generally use virtual machines, and I'm unsure whether or not it can boot directly on PC hardware.
Oh the shark, babe, has such teeth
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They stab it with their steely knives...
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Well, I'll sure as heck give it a spin. The major player in VAX emulation (as compared to the title) is a little slack in handling very simple things.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Personally, I'm just wondering whether or not this is Virtual only and does that mean it's more of an emulator itself.
It is at least developed by they who are charged with maintaining OpenVMS, which bodes well.
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Cloud incident response company Mitiga has released research on a significant forensic security deficiency in Google Workspace that enables threat actors to exfiltrate data in Google Drive without any trace. Did they cancel the security features?
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