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Happy Birthday.
I've had my Google Home device since they were released (my son got it for me as a present).
Google Assistant Has Gotten Dumber
Anyways, I've noticed in the past couple of years my Google Assistant has gotten dumber.
I will ask it something like, "How old is Tom Brady?"
Google assistant will respond, "I don't know the answer to that question, but here's something similar...Tom Brady is 46 years old." 
Have you noticed that your assistant has become dumber?
Or does mine just need to go back to school?
I'm assuming this has something to do with the AI engine they're using -- maybe they changed it to Bard in the past 2 years or something.
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Happy Birthday 
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Happy Birthday, and many happy returns!
![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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What! Again!  Have many more.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Happy Birthday from Clippy.
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obermd wrote: Happy Birthday from Clippy.
"I see you are having a Birthday"
"It looks like you are having a Birthday"
(Edited)
modified 26-Feb-24 5:50am.
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There will be a day, you will be grateful that someone reminds you that today is your birthday...
Happy one!!!
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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I despise these assistants. Everyone is using them for customer no-support. They are dumber than bricks - no offense to the brick.
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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Wordle 980 6/6*
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Lucky - I had 3 guesses left on that last one ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 980 4/6
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Wordle 980 X/6
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Lost today because of some inattentiveness/overconfidence early on in the game.
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Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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Too many choices... 
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Where do I post "how to clone" ? Is it a"programming " question"?
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That would depend. What are you trying to clone? If you're trying to clone a system drive, that might be best under System Admin. If you're looking for a tool to help with that, questions like that pop up in the lounge from time to time. If you're trying to clone a sheep, then you're in the wrong place, entirely
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"
Chuckles the clown
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I am trying for an a.., in need few more, not sure if my choice of word is OK...
Seriously - I have a link to github and like to pull a code example...
I did clone the .zip file and extracted the desired source.
as expected it contains many "include" files and I am too lazy copy each one as I go.
Basically -
how do I clone my example plus all the required includes?
In past I had reference what to "cone" in the original github,
but this one does not have such instructions..
GOT it!
It looks scary, bu compiler likes ot
//#include <simplebluez bluez.h=""> orignal
//#include <simplebluez exceptions.h="">
my mess
#include "../../A_BT_LIBRARY/SimpleBluetooth/SimpleBLE-main/simplebluez/include/simplebluez/Bluez.h"
#include "../../A_BT_LIBRARY/SimpleBluetooth/SimpleBLE-main/simplebluez/include/simplebluez/Exceptions.h"
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OK, I have been around the block few times AKA I am not in my "teens" , but I did look and did not find any "Clone" button / link etc.
Actually the reference was "closed" and liked to another "github"...
Thanks , all solved.
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Interesting thoughts on a Friday morning....
I spend most of my time at home these days coding in a converted dining room. It's just off the kitchen at the front of the house, has two large 6 foot windows facing the front yard (THAT OPEN - think fresh air), and full of furniture. 20 years ago, I got a deal on a large solid oak lawyer style desk plus a credenza (new would have been $4k+, I got it for $800). At the time, I had a 6' folding plastic table and an itty bitty metal workstation for the monitor.
Setting aside the fact that I'm dancing with retirement, I'm in the planning stages of turning it into a real work area. Suitable for s/w and engineering development with the necessary desk space to spread out various pieces of hardware, sufficient network connectivity and power. Lawyer desk is going... As a side part - since I'm dancing with retirement, I want to be able to use it as a hobby space. For a home office, probably the most expensive issue is power (means running a couple of dedicated circuits from the breaker box). Anyway...
I dusted off this old article from Joel on Software written in 2003 - Bionic Office – Joel on Software[^] and I'm using it as a general guide as to what I want.
I'm working with 120 square feet. It's a 10x12 dining room. So you know, when I bought this house, I had seven children, so a formal dining room was out of the question. Even so, when I go into customer locations, I am APPALLED at cubicle sizes and overall conditions. Maybe 8x8, and the only way they get away with it is modular furniture. The s/w area I go to on occasion is actually better - we need more room to spread equipment, but the entire design is "office" and not workspace. It doesn't help that the building manager who did the redesign was a cheap bas$$$$$. 15 years after this, a memo just came out asking if anyone wanted new chairs.
Is it any wonder why people don't want to go back to the "office"?
My plan is at least 2 walls with large floating work surfaces, outlets flush with the surface as well as a strip outlet under each surface. Wall mount locations for monitors to keep the work surface clear, under surface drawers and a couple of rolling file folder cases for the paperwork I cannot seem to get rid of and a place to put one printer.
Did I miss anything? What one thing would you change in your home office, assuming you have one?
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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When the weather's nice my preferred office is either on my front porch or my back patio in an Adirondack reclining chair. I have small tables on either side of the two chairs and a chair desk for each as well. My wifi reaches both with a good strong signal.
The chair in the front has the benefit of being in the shade all day. During COVID I was out there working one day and my 20 lb cat was lying at my feet like a dog. A delivery truck stopped and the driver got out, pulled a package out and then stood at the end of the driveway working on his tablet. He finally looks up at me and asks "Is your dog friendly?" My reply was that my cat's a chicken and will be inside before he gets halfway up the driveway. Sure enough, Hunter (my cat) panicked and darted into the house.
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I don't need much more. (I live in a small apartment)
I need a slightly bigger desk for a 2nd monitor (yeah, I'm old school) and a proper drawer unit to hold my computer (now it's on a chair!)
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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At first I was confused by the shoe closet
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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