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Rick York wrote: When they get really obnoxious about dropping support for W10 I suspect Linux will see a flood of Windoze refugees.
The great, great majority of Windows users won't know. Their problem solutions will continue to solve their problems. Nothing will abruptly stop. Nothing will stop at all, if we are talking about Windows applications in use for solving problems for users.
Besides: The end of W10 support does not automatically lead to the availability of tens of thousands of Linux applications ready to solve the problems that the Windows applications handled. Even if OS support ends, software houses will continue giving application support.
Users will continue using their W10 machines until one of their primary applications, one that their business (or private life) is critically dependent on, comes in a new revision with extensions absolutely required by the user, and this new application version is not available for Windows 10. Software houses may be using W11+ functionality, but not for many years will they unconditionally require W11+. Maybe in one case, or four, but not in the other ten thousands. That didn't happen with any previous Windows (or other OS) revision; it won't happen this time.
I am not aware that any of the applications I use cannot be run under Windows 7. If my problems are solved to my satisfaction by my current set of applications, it is highly unlikely that there will come an application revision so fundamental to me that I cannot continue without it. If that is the case, getting a W11+ machine is a viable option. It is probably far less risky than going to another OS, and, at the same time, to a completely new set of applications for all my tasks, crossing my fingers that they cover all my tasks, with all the functionality of the Windows versions of all the applications - including that new functionality that I critically depend on, the one that made me abandon the W10 application suite.
Most users use PCs primarily to solve problems. Not to run an OS.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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Microsoft will evaluate its employees’ cybersecurity contributions in reviews that will factor into their compensation, Brad Smith, the company’s vice chair and president, said ahead of a Thursday U.S. House committee hearing on the software maker’s security practices. In related news: Windows team now owe the company money
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What does Brad Smith contribute to cybersecurity I wonder.
"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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The platform’s job search tool is also getting a boost, thanks to generative AI. ...which will then be turfed by the recruiter's AI resume processing tool
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do not use linked in. You've been warned. Or at least use a disposable email account.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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YMMV, got my current job because of a linkedIn jobposting.
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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“Clean Code” has garnered a bit of notoriety despite coining an endearing term we use in coding conversations. Because sometimes you want your code a little unclean
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Read the article, author has some good points. One thing I would have done was use a switch over a bunch of if/else's. Author's refactor of the original is also something I would approve.
Not that anyone was asking.
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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I was in a car with several greenhorns.
One of them said they were in it for the precision. Like math. As though there were explicitly correct answers/ways of getting things done. I found that humorous but couldn't really explain to them why.
I feel like the segment of our tribe which came by similar footsteps as that line of thinking though... Upon discovering it doesn't really exist, they set about construction of these various frameworks for perfection and pedantry. Like facades built for personal security these guardrails protecting from the great unknown.
It's not all at all bad. It's only the purists I can't stomach. We can entertain "true TDD" or whatever we want from a theoretical/discussion sort of stance. That's awesome. However, I think for some purists this is explicitly antithetical to their puritanical goal of nailing down the 'one right answers' and then never thinking about them or discussing them again.
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I'm not sure I agree with most of the points made. In my 35 years of writing software, I have _never_ seen code anally refactored to stupid silly functions. Does this really help understanding? Supportability? I'd say meh.
private void createPluralDependentMessageParts(int count) {
if (count == 0) {
thereAreNoLetters();
} else if (count == 1) {
thereIsOneLetter();
} else {
thereAreManyLetters(count);
}
}
Ten days until my retirement sabbatical, but the opening brace on every function or conditional drives me to drink. And yes, I know that's a religious argument. Sure, you save one line on the page, but it just seems to make the code compressed and hard to scan.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Elaborate scheme involved hidden camera and an earpiece to hear answers. Did he also get an A+ for the system he developed?
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VIC, the bot, will make decisions for the "meat puppet" who shows up at meetings. Probably better than the current crop of politicians
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Microsoft has also announced that Windows 10 version 21H2 has reached the end of servicing status. I am Updatus of Windows. Resistance is futile. You will be upgraded.
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In a new paper published in the journal Ethics and Information Technology, a trio of philosophy researchers from the University of Glasgow in Scotland argue that referring to chatbot's propensity to make crap up shouldn't be referred to as "hallucinations," because it's actually something much less flattering. The technical (but accurate) term
Sorry to your little sister
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In Trump circles, it's known as "alternative facts".
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Let's face it, calling any LLM program artificial "intelligence" is itself bovine excrement.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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Love it! 
Now where's the browser extension to automatically replace all references to "AI" or "LLM" with "bullsh!t machine"?
"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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Replacing LLM with BSM would preserve the layout of the page. 
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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When you consider the training source (public internet), of course LLMs spit out crap.
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DenseAV, developed at MIT, learns to parse and understand the meaning of language just by watching videos of people talking, with potential applications in multimedia search, language learning, and robotics. Meow meow meow, meow
At least from the videos I watch.
"I am Big Billy, the biggest wet willy. I'm going to go clearly. Mhmmm"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Meow meow meow, meow
Has someone been watching the "meow mix" advert[^] on repeat?
"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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 Guilty
TTFN - Kent
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Businesses have become more cautious about investing in artificial intelligence tools due to concerns about cost, data security, and safety, according to a study conducted by Lucidworks, a provider of e-commerce search and customer service applications. Magic AI isn't magic?
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This is entirely out of character for them. I thought they always dive in head first, spend a pile of money, and then worry about potential fall out (cost, security, etc.) later. Microsoft's antics with the "Recall" debacle is an example of this.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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You can't have pain without AI.
"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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