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The benchmark tasks used to measure how Reinforcement Learning algorithms are performing—like Atari video games and simulation environments—don’t reflect the complexity of the natural world. Does this mean it also has to move out of it's parent's basement?
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So they have to get dumped by connected Olive Oyl dolls, who run off with connected Brutus dolls.
Problem solved, Where's my consultancy fee?
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The US Postal Service says it’s fixed a security weakness on usps.com that let anyone see the personal account info of its users, including usernames and street addresses. Mailing in the security
But I guess it's now fixed, so everything is OK?
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I came across a terrifying hard copy of a database, recently, which contained a huge number -- gotta be in the millions -- of people's full names, addresses, and phone numbers.
There was also a secondary one, which did the same for all companies, even banks, hospitals, and insurance companies! That one was printed on yellow paper, for some reason.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The firms, known for their Chrome and Firefox web browsers, are heading a group that is devising a way for users to save changes they make using web apps. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
And those who deliverately ignore the past having both eyes fixed on $$$, don't give a crap if something repeats itself or not.
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?
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Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Quote: So great care will have to be taken to limit how much damage a website can do, and make sure a user understands what they are giving a website access to
The irony being that this is from a website where I had to click "Accept" on a ubiquitous pop-up without even reading what the pop-up says.
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D lang is a high-level programming language designed for coders who use C and C++ extensively. It is defined as a general purpose systems and applications language. The philosophy that drives D is that It is intended for coders who want to complete their tasks quickly and efficiently. It's also a grade?
With apologies to Jamie Zawinski for the theft/paraphrasing.
I'd also wager a few more Very Banished languages are more underrated.
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Not a great article on D.
The criticisms of C++ in the article are not all strictly true - newer versions of C++ have already addressed many of them, either in the language itself or the standard library.
It also fails to mention the GC as a reason for people not switching to D. For the spaces C/C++ is typically used, this may be a blocker. It is possible to avoid in D, but in my experience it was hard to tell which library features were safe to use in the absence of GC - often requiring frustrating reworking.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I wanted to try D out, but they said I had to stand in the corner to use it.
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Rather bad article: a laundry-list of assertions that D is better at ... well ... most everything, but not one link to any content that might back-up the claims; it's just a gushing testimonial by a (evidently) true believer. I learned nothing about what D is.
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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Computer science boffins have demonstrated a side-channel attack technique that bypasses recently-introduced privacy defenses, and makes even the Tor browser subject to tracking. News site, news site, CP, news site, cat videos, email
There. I saved it some time.
Edit: fixed it.
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If someone will go to that much trouble to "do evil", but gain information that can only be used to target ads on the active tab, I say let the stupid fokkers get away with it.
It does highlight the point that dedicated laws are needed to govern what web-site designers are allowed to do and not do with code on their pages, though.
99% of web designers wouldn't dream of mistreating visitors that way, but we need a mechanism to punish the 1% of little sh1ts who would.
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This web app uses machine learning to analyze and repair your technical resume, allowing you to shine to recruiters at Google, Yahoo and Facebook. It just adds an extra 10 years experience to everything
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I just wouldn't trust a site like that, given that my name and address is on my resume (but oddly, why do I trust Monster or Indeed, I guess they would go down pretty quick if they were caught selling that info), and simply editing my name and giving a fake address is dubious at best because I noticed years ago that Word maintains undo buffers as hidden text. Plus I have to login with LinkedIn or GitHub, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with keeping my data more safe and secure. "More?" That's dubious in itself. Not that I care if the data on my resume is "safe and secure", it's my resume for Pete's sake, which I freely provide anyways. So what exactly are they getting at?
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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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Marc Clifton wrote: (but oddly, why do I trust Monster or Indeed, I guess they would go down pretty quick if they were caught selling that info),
Nah, they don't sell it. They just let people steal it for free. Monster.com suffers database breach deja vu • The Register[^]
Yes, that was years ago. I'm sure websites are much more protected now.
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I'd've appreciated a note that most of its analytics were hidden behind a paywall.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing 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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Until then, why not let a machine learning robot tell you what you’re doing wrong in trying to get a job? Because within 10 seconds I'd be rejected without an interview. In all due arrogance, I'm better than a glorified template-checker.
That is, before it replaces you completely. Tired and sick of this crap; a machine is not going to collect specs, eliminate redundancies, normalize a database nor come near to replacing me in my lifetime.
The fact that AI is becoming better does not mean we are halfway sentient computers, or self-programming software. We CAN replace these kinds of drivel that they call "Techcrunch" with an Eliza, without anyone noticing any difference - it is not like anyone there is reading their own shite and evaluating it using common sense; and shitting out drivel is something any computer can do.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Yes, because when you're looking for a new staff member, you really need CVs that contain as much bullsh1t as possible.
It's the bullsh1t that's important. Without the bullsh1t, we'd never hire people who are completely **cking useless, and have to be replaced in short order -- which is all we really want to do, because wasting huge amounts of time and money is so much fun.
Here's an idea for improving your CVs: TELL THE **CKING TRUTH!
That gives you a fighting chance of finding a job that is actually good for you, and it gives the poor b@stards who need staff a chance of finding the right people.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Here's an idea for improving your CVs: TELL THE **CKING TRUTH!
That gives you a fighting chance of finding a job that is actually good for you, and it gives the poor b@stards who need staff a chance of finding the right people.
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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Researchers at Shree Devi Institute of Technology, in India, have recently carried out a study investigating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to communicate with deceased loved ones. Black Mirror is a documentary: Part 2.01
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That's not communicating with a deceased loved one, but with a puppet.
Go buy a teddy-bear.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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And there's no way in the world that this could be used to imitate people and steal their money.
No chance of abuse there.
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Hardware gets faster, but software still feels slow. What gives? "Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Hardware gets faster, but software still feels slow. What gives?
Crappy programming languages.
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