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And I am ashamed to admit to the the first three as well: all on motorcycles, and the first two combined on far too many occasions. In my defence, I was young and very, very stupid ... I worked out recently that every time I rode a bike for over ten years, I would probably have failed a breath test just from the booze I had drunk the night before.
The "falling asleep on a motorcycle" one was my first foreign trip - I left work at 5 on Friday, and drove to Geneva to see my girlfriend. About 2 or 3AM on those long straight French roads it felt like the road level dropped by three of four inches. Ignored it, happened again. And again ... Finally realised I was falling asleep, letting go of the throttle and the sudden engine braking woke me up... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sh*t if that counts as falling asleep I've done 4. Probably 5 although I don't remember reading a Newspaper.
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This being a tragic event does not make the tech will never be a success. Several accidents happened in the early days of air transportation. Now it is the safest way to travel (still piloted by hoomans tough). The tech is in a primitive stage and will improve after such disasters. After all hoomans learn only when the disaster has struck.
I am not the one who knocks. I never knock.
In fact, I hate knocking.
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Considering how many human drivers are knowingly reckless on the road, the argument's a wash. However, let's assume that somehow the AI is perfected and has a good fuzzy-logic add in, to boot.
My fear is more persistent: Hackers. Also, remote control of the vehicle by "legal" means and without my control. These are more inevitable fearsome consequences.
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Sounds like suicide-by-self-driving-car -- that'll be a thing, like jumping in front of a train.
Oh, and the blasted things are all over the place in this area. And they're pretty obvious, so if you want to off yourself with one it must be pretty easy, though I won't test that theory.
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And, the Self-drive Uber car attendant is... a FELON. Bank robbery. So much for Uber doing background checks.
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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This is certainly going to happen if you are going to let AI drive a car. After all, the human mind is something which even the greatest scientists of all time cannot think of building. So, better let humans drive cars around the world.
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It's not AI, it's just a computer program driving a car, "true intelligence" is not involved, just sensors and inputs.
But ... I disagree with you.
Think about it: a driverless car is never pissed, stoned, asleep, reading a newspaper, (or in extreme cases having sex). Never unlicensed, angry, suicidal, distracted by the kids in the back, maintaining eye contact with the passenger while having a conversation, or diving into the glove box to change the music.
Driving a car is dangerous - the use of them as terrorist weapons shows that, even if the road death toll didn't (nearly 150,000 people are killed on the road of India every year!) And most humans are really pretty bad at it.
Within a generation, the "right" to drive a car will be withdrawn, replaced with a legal requirement to have a robot do it for you. And that generation's children will be horrified that we drove ourselves!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Terminate it!
Disconnect power!
Delete its source code!
Make it an example to all AI!
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It's not the "developer" that "pushes" to have things put into "production".
There are some narrow-minded "executives" there that have exceeded their level of competence.
Reminds me of shooting chimps into space. Or, can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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@chris-maunder
Righto Maunder hand over the keys, I need to go back and slap some sense in to people who are now enable stoopids to live and prosper.
Oh, and I have an ad in the top right corner that's wanting to sell me tickets to the opening round of the NRL on March 8 - 11. Need the time machine to go back to the matches I just bought tickets for.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Send me a screenshot of the ad, please. That's hilarious.
If you have a miracle solution to life's woes you'll be a billionaire.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Will have to check if it is still available when I get back home. Out and about and it isn't on the tablet now.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Chris Maunder wrote: Send me a screenshot of the ad, please.
Email sent. Got the ad again at 18:10 AEDT.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Ta mate.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: If you have a miracle solution to life's woes you'll be a billionaire.
Vodka? Bourbon? etc...
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Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote: I have an ad in the top right corner
You mean you actually read them, I seem to have an automatic blind spot and don't actually register the dammed things.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: You mean you actually read them, I seem to have an automatic blind spot and don't actually register the dammed things.
It had the NRL logo, which stands out pretty glaringly on a programming/foreign website.<bnr>
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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From an Ars Technica article -
Quote: He was asked by Facebook to stay through August for optics.
Facebook is moving in to Physics? Just say we wanted to appear as if we only screwed the pooch occasionally and not all the time.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Following loosely the awesome job of Kenny Kerr at Microsoft C++/WinRT | Modern C++ for the Windows Runtime and latest C++ specifications (v17 now), I am wondering if C++ is gonna make a come back?
And if it's worth doing large scale (home, Win10, UWP) app in C++?
Or I could just stick to C# - UWP.
In fact I'd like to see C++ make a big dent in the job market once again.. C++17 looks quite slick. But I don't hold my breath. Even AI people (the upcoming IT kid) doesn't use much C++ on public API, as far as I can see...
modified 19-Mar-18 21:22pm.
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Super Lloyd wrote: I am wondering if C++ is gonna make a come back?
It never really went away, people just stopped talking about it in polite society except occasionally in jest/derision - sorta like picking your nose.
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It definitely has [and will keep having] a place in high performance server-side applications. For desktop high-performance most glitzy games are still being written in C++. For less demanding stuff it is more a matter of taste, some companies like C++ others do not. E.g. Spotify R&D were 5 years ago discussing to leave C++ but I think they are still there. I think the long term desktop/phone future of C++ will be decided by the development of standardized libraries for GUI etc. Threading and networking are already nicely standardized with no OS-specific quirks.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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After years of working with C#, I am loathe to go back to a language where I have to work with OS native types that begin with the letter H shiver 
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That's the thing, C++ 17 looks almost like C#, lambda expression, async code, auto keyword (aka var in C#), etc...
And when you looks at some UWP App with C++/WinRT | Modern C++ for the Windows Runtime (to be included in next Windows SDK in .. April?) it really read and write as simple as C#.... (I just discovered today it's not in the current SDK  gotta keep an eye on SDK 17025)
I think I will start playing with it in earnest with then.. can't wait for that release!
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