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The 2019 AI Index report gives us a glimpse into AI progress It's not just *artificial* general intelligence that's still out of reach
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Sounds like MI, i.e., Military Intelligence --- that is, in being out of reach.
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Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Seattle is famous for its gridlock traffic, but Microsoft and Ford are hoping to solve it with a new approach using quantum computing techniques. If you think you understand Seattle traffic, you don't understand Seattle traffic?
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I'd solve their gridlock problem easily: ban any car trip of 3 miles or less with no passengers and/or baggage, and give away free bicycles.
It'd save millions of taxpayers' money, be good for the environment, and help Frasier to lose all that unsightly fat.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Microsoft is tweaking its Windows logo and the icons for many of the operating system’s apps. Finally! (and now it's perfect)
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These new icons will be in the next forced update.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - 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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Oh good. They hadn't announced a new icon in a couple of weeks, and I was starting to get worried. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Having worked for a good number of the world's larger corporations, I can confirm that this level of utter stupidity committed by idiots (who either believe or want to make others believe that they're doing a fantastic job) is perfectly normal.
The bigger problem is that the idiots always tend to be better versed in the ways of one-upmanship and backstabbing that those with genuine talent, so the idiocy breeds, like some evil bacterial culture in a petri dish, and all signs of real talent and ability die, coughing and bleeding.the verge said: We’ve known for a year that the software maker has been planning an icon overhaul
Oh yes, I forgot to mention productivity.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has defended the existence of monopolies in business, saying "a monopoly by itself isn't bad if it's not abused." But put a hotel on Park Place and we will burn you to the ground
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "a monopoly by itself isn't bad if it's not abused."
Unicorns do exist!
"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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Yeah, until it is abused. Which always is the case. Much like a benevolent monarchy being the best form of government -- until it isn't.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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They certainly seem to have monopoly on people who really can't afford to spend their money on luxury items buying expensive consumer electronics, when there are much cheaper alternatives.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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That's like saying "Murderers aren't bad if they don't kill anyone".
It's illegal. Monopolies are not above the law.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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As software developers, we routinely see happenings from our everyday lives make their way into our software, and “producer/consumer” problems are no exception. "There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
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Deepfakes, or media that takes a person in an existing image, audio recording, or video and replaces them with someone else’s likeness using AI algorithms, are multiplying quickly. If you make the problem, you have to fix it?
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Just because we can provide an interface doesn’t mean that we should. "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler"
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because it's simplly deceptive?
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For the first time, a commercial aircraft powered entirely by electricity successfully completed a test flight. That's as long a power cord as they could afford
Great news for people needing to fly from Vancouver to Richmond! (that's a regional joke. Apologies to the other 99.999999999% of the population.
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This year's most clever phishing tricks include hijacking Google search results and abusing 404 error pages. That's it - I'm not opening *any* email anymore
Except the ones about me investing money from people overseas. They seem really nice.
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Kent Sharkey said: That's it - I'm not opening *any* email anymore
Joshua said: The only way to win is not to play.
Markie said: Plus ça change
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Barcodes, which are made up of black stripes of varying thickness and a 12-digit number, help identify products and transformed the world of retail. He was with us through thick and thin
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At least the future historian will have some gum to chew while working on the archives?
Maybe because it's an old brand? Or because it was in C-rations during WWII? No clue otherwise.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent, are you the one who writes these clever one-liners?
I wrote my first post here and it was to complement the Daily News copy, and this "thick and thin" line was the impetus. ("Message closed"...prob not real relevant to anyone, me loving the Insider subheaders)
Then I found this message. So, if you the one writing these, I'm compelled to tell you you're a stone cold genius, and I thank you for countless laughs over the years.
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I am to blame. Thank you for the kind words!  
TTFN - Kent
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Might just be the website but it lacks details of why this pack of gum is there. I can see some historian in the future trying to repair this archive, come across this and just be dumbfounded.