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0x01AA wrote: Not everybody is native US-English
let's analyze this.
"native" language of U.S./America is really the language of the indigenous peoples of North America (i.e. American Indians, not politically correct term).
We speak a "form" of English in America but it is not the proper English that they speak across the pond, so I have been told. Not sure if they still speak proper English in England anymore (UK, Britain, whatever).
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Slacker007 wrote: Not sure if they still speak proper English in England anymore (UK, Britain, whatever).
From what I "saw" when I was there, I would not bet
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The UK, like the US, has numerous different dialects of English. Some people in the UK speak the King's English. Many do not.
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I know... that happens with every language.
Compare spanish between Madrid and Sevilla,
or German between Hannover and Regensburg / Ratisbone
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Slacker007 wrote: "native" language of U.S./America is really the language of the indigenous peoples of North America
You're using the much less common usage of the word "native." If you use the main dictionary definition most commonly used and meant then it is not wrong to say the current native language of the United States is English. According to my aunt's genealogical research I (might) have one direct ancestor from the Powhatan peoples 20 or so generations back; the entirety of the rest on both sides of my family is Scottish, English, Irish, Welsh, with dashes of German and other Western European peoples. But that doesn't mean I'm not a native. I was born on this soil, I am a native, and the majority of those who were born here speak English.
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I swear they teach this in the schools. ALL the young kids have weird abbreviations and bastardizations of the common language.
"nah, that guy be trippin'! he be cray-cray in the bray-bray". 
Translates to "No. That guy is flipping out! He is crazy in the brain." 
So, not at all surprised that a published author does not use complete words in his sentences. Not surprised at all. 
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First time I've seen that. The one I most loathe is probably incent for incentivize.
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Mercifully I've escaped 'incent' so far.
However 'incentivize' itself is an abomination. What's wrong with 'encourage'?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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True, though incentivize suggests a possible reward, whereas you might encourage with a whip. 
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I don't know C# but have some idea of what this is about.
Quote: While it’s common to use this support without knowing exactly what’s happening under the hood,
Having worked extensively in async systems, there's no way in hell I would use this without knowing what's going on under the hood! Call me a control freak, but I'd roll my own unless I could see how this expanded into source code, or at least something comparable.
Quote: I’m a firm believer that understanding how something actually works helps you to make even better use of it.
Knowing how it actually works should be a prerequisite, not a "would be nice".
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It combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your data in the Microsoft Graph and the Microsoft 365 apps to turn your words into the most powerful productivity tool on the planet. Clippy got a new suit
edit: changed my mind on the blurb
modified 16-Mar-23 13:22pm.
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Can the Copilot interface with Netscape Navigator?
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Quote: Today, we are bringing the power of next-generation AI to work. Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot — your copilot for work.
In the months ahead, we’re bringing Copilot to all our productivity apps—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Viva, Power Platform, and more. We’ll share more on pricing and licensing soon.
Maybe they can use Copilot to figure out if they mean "today" or "in the months ahead." 
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Open-source Java has long been an important part of the Java ecosystem, but over the past few years more and more companies are moving from commercial distributions to open-source ones. For those that like Java, but don't like... you know who
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Smartphone spyware apps that allow people to spy on each other are not only hard to notice and detect, they also will easily leak the sensitive personal information they collect, says a team of computer scientists from New York and San Diego. Who spies on the spyware?
something like quis exploratores per exploratores?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: they also will easily leak the sensitive personal information they collect
Surprise...
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The Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) is a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) working specification that is meant to be a machine-readable security advisory. Get vexxed!
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.... waiting for the anti-vexxer conspiracists to jump on the bandwagon.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Why do I never come up with the good ones? It’s great to have you all around. 
TTFN - Kent
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We are excited to announce that Polyglot Notebooks, Visual Studio Code’s multi-language notebook extension, is now generally available in the VS Code Marketplace! Cu vi parolas Esperanton?
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Careful now! Lots of CPians frown over non-English entries!
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The company is adding AI-powered “writing suggestions” and job descriptions to its service as it looks for new ways to infuse AI into its platform. So your AI-written resume can deal directly with the AI-powered recruiter
And get the AI a job
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I see the title of a future article coming...
The best way to land a job is to have errors / incoherences in your CV, so they see it was done by a person instead of an "AI"
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I doubt that  ... we have seen examples in the Lounge what unusual claims about persons can come from ChatGPT. I would say beware ... Untrue claims will mean that it was written by an AI, but the recruiter will have no idea who wrote it, and will have no time to check it, of course. It's an unsolvable dilemma, we are doomed ...
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