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He will start an intergalactic war because his toy inadvertently destroyed a couple of transports of another civilization.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Computer scientists have developed a system that learns to identify objects within an image, based on a spoken description of the image. Given an image and an audio caption, the model will highlight in real-time the relevant regions of the image being described. "I spy, with my little eye..."
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Moore’s Law is over, ushering in a golden age for computer architecture, says RISC pioneer OK, everyone get started on that
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Oh yeah, that's great idea: "rewriting Python into C" - why not automatically rewrite JavaScript into C? In my opinion, that's far more likely to occur.
Because most "developers" do not grasp concepts beyond if-else or loops like Object-Orientation or Functional Programming (both invented some 50 years ago). They won't grasp more modern concepts either. We will end in scripting "languages".
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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I've never understood this nihilistic approach to technology, or any human development for that matter; "We've reach a limitation, let's burn it all down."
Patterson thinks he's being insightful and profound, but has the same mindset as people who tore down Penn station claiming it was progress. (Okay, at least he concedes that the market will decide. But if he's so brilliant, why not do it himself instead of throwing stones?)
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Google will now let you code your web pages in Basic. Known as WWWBasic, this is — of course — a Javascript hack that you can load remotely into a web page and then have your page use Basic for customization. "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should."
Yeah, I use that one too often, but when it's *really* appropriate...
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If Python and Ruby can be considered languages, so can BASIC.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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If javascript can be considered a language, then so can basic.
".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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Well, BASIC is worthless because it is an interpreted, weakly typed, imperative programming language while Javascript is an interpreted, weakly typed, imperative programming language but different.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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So true! 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Government Payment Service Inc -- the company thousands of local governments in the US use to accept online payments for everything from court-ordered fines and licensing fees -- has compromised more than 14 million customer records dating back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity reports. Fortunately, no one ever has to pay the government
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This exactly is why I teach my kids to only use stolen credit card numbers off the dark web. Of course with my luck it will end being my actual credit card.
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Together with the use of Clang as a viable compiler for production use on Windows for multiple web browsers, all of this leaves the question of how you can benefit from Clang tooling. Sorry, all I can think of is that "trolley song" when someone mentions that compiler
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At the recent Open Source Virtual Conference, Microsoft open source experts described how the company has changed its position on open source software development over the past two decades. From 'cancer' to 'cure'
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Each release of Windows 10 adds new features and functionality; we also occasionally remove features and functionality, usually because we've added a better option. Here are the details about the features and functionalities that we removed in Windows 10, version 1809. Bad news for fans of 3D word art
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Kent Sharkey wrote: we also occasionally remove features and functionality, usually because we've added a better option
...",but mostly, it's because we want to remind you who's REALLY the boss on your computer."
".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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From the article: "We've replaced the Hologram app with the Mixed Reality Viewer."
Looks like political correctness has finally invaded the desktop. Reality will be based on how the view identifies itself.
".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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Quote: In Windows 10, version 1809, we're introducing a new universal app, Snip & Sketch, that provides the same screen snipping abilities, as well as additional features.
A UWP app? It will be interesting to see how they polish the simplicity-turd into something usable. 
(Maybe they will surprise me.)
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The proposed Default Interface Methods feature would allow a limited form of multiple inheritance in C#, F#, and other .NET languages. Feature looks less interesting in mirror
Yes, barely a news item - just two forum items mostly.
Love that VB is "other .NET languages"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Love that VB is "other .NET languages"
And so sad that VB "is." 
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Sarcasm went over your head...
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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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The neural network running the installation was trained on 25 million words of 19th century poetry and when passersby "feed" the lion a word via a Pixelbook, the lion will generate a line of original poetry. I think that I shall never see an AI as clever as a tree
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I just caught my self wondering what happened to Nagy Vilmos and Dalek Dave for no particulr reason or relation.
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Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I just caught myself wondering why you've posted this in "Insider News" instead of the Lounge. 
Dave tried (and failed) to become a politician, and was instructed to avoid sites like this after his comments about travellers on Farcebook caused some controversy. He popped up again in QA a couple of months ago, but quickly disappeared again.
Nagy is busy posting rubbish on Twatter drinking gin working, and only pops in occasionally to say hello.
"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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It was in The Lounge[^] not too long ago.
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Just noticed it was also posted by Walt!
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