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Only until he gets a Mrs. Watson.
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"In 5 years, Watson A.I. will be behind your every decision. And by every, we mean some health care and that small number of GM customers actually using OnStar."
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...and you will be happy, and .... controlled.
[star trek dramatic music cue]
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The title seems far-fetched, the quote not that much. But to correct the title, never will an AI be in control of "every decision" of a biological entity.
Even though that would be preferable in some circumstances, since it would mean that some people would not be able to decide to take another breath as soon as the power goes 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Seventy-five percent of internet use will be mobile in 2017, up slightly from this year, as a growing number of consumers around the world access the web on smartphones and tablets, media buying agency Zenith forecast this week. And another 65% will be for articles about invented statistics
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On Friday, the company, best known as a Web domain registration and hosting service, released a search engine to help customers find and register emoji-based domain names. 
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In 1959 renowned physicist Richard Feynman, in his talk "Plenty of Room at the Bottom," spoke of a future in which tiny machines could perform huge feats. Did you sneeze? I've lost the computer again.
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Java 9 will support Ahead-of-Time compilation but the initial release is only supported on 64-bit Linux systems running 64-bit Java and the only supported module is java.base. There you go: that whole "Just in time" thing was a fad
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Kent Sharkey wrote: only supported on 64-bit Linux systems running 64-bit Java and the only supported module is java.base
So basically, they can compile the letter "æ" just a little sooner 
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Isn't "ahead of time" what we used to call "compiling"?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Does that mean it'll compile code I haven't written yet? 
Marc
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More likely it'll spew over 9000 lines of incomprehensible package mangler and compilation errors for your unwritten code. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Of course! Just click a button and you'll get all sorts of HammerFactoryProviderManagerImpl's
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Here[^]
"Although XAML on the UWP is getting most of the love right now, out in the real world, most companies still have some users on Windows 7. Microsoft recognized this, and rebuilt the WPF team."
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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I miss the news in this article. It's known for some time that the WPF team was rebuilt, and we've got some little improvements in recent .NET Framework releases, but it's already been a while since we heard from them (the last entry in the WPF blog dates back to October 29, one year ago).
Comparing UWP and WPF, I wish they would have backported some of the modern controls, like RelativePanel or SplitView, to WPF, and some of the new concepts like adaptive triggers or theme resources. And, yes, I guess I wish they updated the graphics stack of WPF from DX9 to DX11 (losing compatibility to XP/Vista, but who cares these days).
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Quote: Although WPF is fine for typical corporate desktop applications, I honestly can’t recommend it for mobile apps on tablet form factors such as the Surface. Getting a smooth touch experience on WPF is quite hard, while touch is elegantly handled in UWP apps. Even for WPF shops, I generally recommend that mobile apps for tablets be done in Windows 10 /UWP. Those devices come with Windows 10 installed, so compatibility with Windows 7 is generally a non-issue for mobile apps.
All of that might be true - I'll give the part about making WPF play nice on a touchscreen being a pain at least - but for applications that need to live outside the app store we don't have much choice because they can't be stuffed into an MSI for independent distribution.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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With Web Bluetooth, any Bluetooth Low Energy device—think smart lightbulbs, appliances, health monitors, door locks, and more—will be able to connect to the web through your browser. OK, who thought this was a good idea?
And how do we keep them away from everything?
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I think I'll start investing in antique stores selling mechanical door locks, dumb lightbulbs and appliances. 
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: mechanical door locks
What's that, Grandpa? A door which cannot be opened with a smart phone? How can you open it at all?
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We won't need door locks. We wont need possessions other than a smart phone and a VR headset, and we can all live in one of those little pods as we can get all the space and possessions we need in our VR world, where we can live in our VR house and travel to our VR workplace without moving. We can walk our VR pets and well I guess we can't [or at leasts shouldn't aspire to have] have VR WC's.
God that's depressing.
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You forgot moving in with your VR wife and having VR kids. Ultimately, humanity will die off and save the planet.
JavaScript gives you a false sense of safety. It's like riding a bike with those little side wheels and then riding head first into a ravine.
Sander Rossel
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Well I do believe porn is the reason behind most technological 'advances'
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Bernhard Hiller wrote: How can you open it at all? 
It's a riddle. "Speak, friend, and enter." What's the Elvish word for friend?
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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I was given one of those video doorbell by my in-laws, as they had upgraded to a newer model. I installed it and got it connected and all was well...until the first power outage and it was not able to reconnect to the wifi! Solution: remove the outside unit from the mounting bracket (2 special screws) to be able to press the button on the back and go through the steps to get it reconnected. Life used to be a lot simpler! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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