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Useful mathematical concepts, like the number line, can linger for millennia before they are rigorously defined. Getting to the root of the issue
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It was approved by the House and then by the Senate, lastly the President signed it.
Oh wait, that's how a bill becomes a law.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Cue up I'm Just a Bill - Schoolhouse Rock - YouTube[^]. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Or it's how, in 1897, the Indiana state legislature passed a bill defining pi as 3.2. It stalled in their senate after a math prof intervened.
Well, why not? The number of bills that pass even though they ignore economic laws are legion by comparison.
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Imbeciles! Every Simpsons fan knows that π is exactly 3! 
"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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I read somewhere about a theoretical physics course (maybe?) where pi was rounded to 10.
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Base 3, obviously.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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If it was done that way, a line would become a tangled knot.
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Good article. I also see in Dedekind's work the basis for the proof of Gödel's incompleteness theorem.
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Microsoft has stopped using its underwater data centers that were part of an experiment to study conditions around machinery. The servers were getting all wrinkly
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Look at him, including PUNS in the title on top of the funny comments inside the post. We're gonna get spoiled.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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That's The Register for you - they're my heroes for headlines.
TTFN - Kent
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Well, Microsoft did say it was an experiment. Obviously this one didn't wash out for them.
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The same way that transformers were transformative (sorry) for AI, we believe GitHub Copilot Extensions will ultimately deliver on the full promise of AI for developers. I would have put them a little lower on my hierarchy of needs
Or I guess that's higher if we're going with Maslow's pyramid.
Either way, the "don't need" pile for me. It's Monday, and I'm confused.
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I still haven't played with AI in the context of code generation very much at all.
MSFT's thinking here is really good though. Models as plugins will definitely be a thing in lots of arenas.
This does make me think though... Another/better thing I would be more interested in would be for them to use AI to "fuzz" the code in ways that don't make it so fuzzy as something like js min. Then open up web based collab where people who want to can 'summon the internet' for advice.
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The Mail & Calendar app will soon be out of the picture, and the new Outlook Web app will replace it. I'm sure the Thunderbird people are grateful for them saying that
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Kent Sharkey wrote: and the new Outlook Web app will replace it.
So they can take pictures of your email and calendar every 60 seconds. 
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They couldn't figure out how to monetize Mail and Calendar. By forcing people to use a web app they can shove advertisements down your throat.
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TL;DR - Getting 100% coverage on a project doesn’t mean you have zero bugs. Here is an extreme example to prove it. In related news: duh
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Article wrote: Getting 100% coverage on a project doesn’t mean you have zero bugs.
There is no bug free code. You just have to wait until the correct one comes to check / use it (either a smart hacker or the dumbest available user)
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Of course not. Because users are idiots.
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I think it's really more that you cover or don't but with INTENT across 100%. It's not so much that you literally cover 100%. So something like typical MSFT webapi... It's fine to just chuck a bunch of that all into the same bucket where it's going to be a bug in a black box or a bug in the way you're interfacing with it.
The reason you do coverage isn't so much about bug elimination by a misguided notion that bug count has an inverse relation to coverage %.
Rather, it's about WHEN a bug happens, rapidly reproducing it, precise identification of its source, knowing right where to correct for it, and authoring a new test which would have found it before it went live.
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Started in 1994, FreeDOS will turn 30 years old on June 29, 2024. And as we look ahead to a milestone anniversary, I wanted to take a look back and where things started. As useful now as it was in 1994
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Kent Sharkey wrote: As useful now as it was in 1994
0=0? (or are you really ebing serious?)
I didn't know about it until a small while ago.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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