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Kent Sharkey wrote: Insert "hell no" where applicable
Quote: In a decentralized web, data will no longer be stored on databases owned by companies like Google or Amazon. Which makes everything else in that article Grade A manure. That will NEVER happen. And they want to make it blockchain based... Idiots.
If they want to keep people's data secure, create a browser that doesn't give away people's data. No cookies, etc. Give the same reply to all requests to know what fonts are installed... That would be a lot more realistic. There's still going to be IP tracking, but if everything goes through a VPN...Quote: “Solid is a specification that lets people store their data securely in decentralized data stores called Pods... How about not putting the data out there AT ALL?
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You are using the obvious naive idealism that the author does exhibit to condemn the entire article that contains some very interesting information, and useful coverage of Tim Berners-Lee and other attempts to change the web.
I hope your "rush to judgement" will not deter other reader.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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BillWoodruff wrote: the obvious naive idealism that the author does exhibit If that is truly the case, the article should not have been written. A naïve person should not write on something so important. But...
Have you really studied the claims put forth? What I've read makes me believe my take is absolutely correct. If you know any good articles or videos debunking any of the following, please do tell.
Perhaps the most informative video I've ever seen on blockchains, NFTs, bitcoin, etc, which is supposed to be the heart of Web 3.0: Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs. It is one of the best-researched, most informative videos I've ever seen on the subject. And it is among the best-researched videos I've ever watched. Period.
And two articles which support Web 3.0 being a bunch of hype without much real substance:
Unpicking The Hype Around Web 3, What’s The Tech? | Hackaday
Web3 is the future, a scam, or both: The crypto and NFT rebrand, explained - Vox
And further supporting the fact that the claims behind blockchain/etc. has been a scam, the downfall of NFT prices pretty much sums it up. I urge you to at least watch the video.
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If my expressing my differing opinion about an article triggers your insecurity, and results in defensive behavior ... in multiple posts:
I don't care if you imagined I was attacking you, but, you are abusing this forum.
Your reaction confirms my hypothesis that you were so irritated by the writer you did not actually read the entire article. I was irritated, also, by the writer, but, was able to find interesting content, and ideas, in the article.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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You are misreading my reply. I was simply giving you some of the information that makes me think otherwise. If you have information that negates that information, please let me know. I was not being defensive nor insecure.
I believe you are the same person who has been triggered by some of my past replies. If that is the case, maybe you should tune me out and not respond to anything I say since I seem to catch some of your nerves wrong for some unknown reason. I hope I am wrong about you being the one who is triggered (I'm not going to pour through past posts to find out), and we can get along in the future.
Have a great day!
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Coming from the groundbreaking GitHub Copilot "AI pair programmer" team is a new machine language-powered tool called Code Brushes that aims to make code modification a more tactile process, similar to brush painting in image editing apps. Be certain to stay within the lines
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A Microsoft Defender for Endpoint attack surface reduction (ASR) rule tagged real app shortcuts in the Start Menu and taskbar as malicious. It’s fixed now, but the shortcuts won’t come back automatically. You didn't need those anyway, right?
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So post-it notes to the paths of the executables then?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: It’s fixed now, but the shortcuts won’t come back automatically. Why does it not surprise me anymore?
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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Windows 11 marked the end of squared UI and brought back the rounded corners we loved so much during the days of Windows Vista and Windows 7. "You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round"
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Apple CEO Tim Cook will take a more than 40% pay cut this year from a year earlier as the company adjusts how it calculates his compensation partly based on a recommendation from Cook himself. Should we pass around a hat to help him make ends meet?
I mean, only USD 49 million. How could he be expected to survive? I mean bananas are what $10?
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Change his title to EO and save even more!
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You could then give him a bass boat, because that would be redundant with the COO, assuming they have one.
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QML combines the power of quantum computing with the predictive capabilities of ML to overcome the limitations of classical algorithms and offer improvements in performance. The regular stuff was getting too real for some people
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sound like a scam
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Yup. With very few exceptions (physics, chemistry, some electronics) anything with the word 'quantum' in its description is a red flag.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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The latest State of JavaScript survey confirms findings from previous editions: Developers like and want static typing for the super-popular programming language. tl;dr: JavaScript developers don't really like JavaScript
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Yet ... everybody is using it: is that a testimony of the inadequacy of Microsoft web-centric tooling/languages ... or, just the fact that ECMAScript nee Javascript is the lowest-common-denominator by-default result of political/business vectors of influence in the fierce battle for web/internet mind-share of the usual mega-players; and, the failure of international standards ?
Or, given the incredible popularity of Python, is there an intrinsic "hunger" for weakly-typed interactive languages with a REPL loop ... nomatter the technical cost of not using strongly defined Types ?
TypeScript, and WASM, are prosthetic devices to make JavaScript ... ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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I think JavaScript "won" simply because it was the first, and it was everywhere. It's certainly not without flaws (including lack of types), but it's good enough (obviously) to keep everything flowing.
As for Python, I just don't know. I think you're right that the REPL does appeal in some situations. What surprises me about Python is just how old it was before it picked up the current popularity. Looking at Google's ngram for python[^] (which of course would be contaminated by the snake), the inflection point at 2016 seems to be really when it took off. Mostly due to big data folk jumping on it, probably due to the REPL benefits.
TypeScript generates JavaScript, so it is an entry point. WASM less so, as it's a competing target.
TTFN - Kent
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Microsoft began rolling out its new, redesigned Media Player to Windows 11 Insiders back in November of 2021. Windows 11 has a media player?
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Why the hell don't they just stop pushing crap? I don't want the Media Player from any windows, period.
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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Nelek wrote: just stop pushing crap? because crap factories are cheap to run, and provide "ooh shiny" veneers to hide more fundamental, significant, solutions ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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I don't use any of the Windows media players since Windows 98. They all invariably sucked. Who doesn't install VLC in the first hours of setup anyway?
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