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After introducing the possibility to control a Windows 10 PC with your eyes last year, it seems that Microsoft is working on something truly mind-blowing. A new Microsoft patent titled “Changing an application state using neurological data” describes a solution for controlling apps with your mind, no eyes or gestures needed. That's strange. I installed it, and my computer blew up.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: That's strange. I installed it, and my computer blew up.
Hmmmm,
That gives me an idea... we could develop a neural-control interface and link it to the presidents big button... that way he doesn't need to push it... he can just 'think it'.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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I don't know, i think some people would rather make certain gestures at their computer, than let it know what they are actually thinking. Besides this will just be used to read peoples minds and try to sell them stuff. I'm sure they say it "won't" just like google home and amazon echo aren't listening to your every conversation until you say the magic word. I've already heard stories about these things. No thanks. I think the next greatest invention should be something that keeps peoples information private, everything today is about finding out every detail about your life so they can predict what to sell you next.
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These days we take applications for granted to run our businesses and organise and entertain us in our personal lives. But which are the programming languages that enable our digital world – and how are they progressing over time? "Or art thou base, common and popular?"
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That's a rather strange article as it doesn't really seem to assess anything whatsoever let alone the rise and fall of programming languages.
In the same spirit, here's my bit of homework providing a detailed assessment of the rise and fall of British monarchs:
Elizabeth I was pretty cool. Henry VIII was interesting - lots of wives. No-one really remembers George II, though, do they?. Well, at least I don't. Queen Victoria stuck around for a while and has a fair few fans and nowadays gives her name to the pub in Eastenders. Dame Maggie Smith is a very good actress and has probably played the odd monarch in her time (see random link to IMDB to show my sources). I've never really been sure how to pronounce Boudicca so I won't mention her. Elizabeth II has been around for yonks but Shakespeare is yet to write a play about her (see link to Wiki page on Shakespeare so the other link doesn't look too lonely). All in all, there have been quite a few kings and queens of Britain over the centuries when you come to think of it. Is that enough words yet? Invoice enclosed.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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The redacted URL's in that image were amusing.
Latest Article - Code Review - What You Can Learn From a Single Line of Code
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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An FBI forensic expert lambasted Apple for making iPhones hard to hack into. "I know you are, but what am I?"
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Quote: 'Evil geniuses' I imagine the T-shirts with this slogan have already been ordered.
"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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I suppose we're all evil geniuses for locking our doors and asking that the FBI actually get warrants. (And taking maximum deductions come tax time.)
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To best ensure the security of our customers’ data, Intel is working hard with the industry to develop and distribute software and firmware mitigations for the exploit methods disclosed by Google Project Zero (also known as “Spectre” and “Meltdown”). The good news is they won't Meltdown
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MacRumors spotted a bug report that affects the current version of macOS High Sierra. In System Preferences, you can unlock the App Store preference pane by typing any password. Apple has reportedly already fixed the bug in beta versions of the next macOS High Sierra update. But think how cool you’ll look while being unsecure
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I suppose this makes them safe against Spectre since nobody will bother
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Power in the North and Central halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center, which hosts CES annually, was out for nearly two hours on Wednesday It was just a demo of someone’s UPS gone wrong?
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PowerShell Core 6.0 is a new edition of PowerShell that is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, and Linux), open-source, and built for heterogeneous environments and the hybrid cloud. Now those Linux folk will finally have a shell to use!
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I have a strange sense of déjà vu.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Yeah, not sure what happened there.
TTFN - Kent
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The company has announced the Virtual Dash Button Service (VDBS), effectively a software development kit (SDK) that lets third parties put virtual dash buttons on connected devices with screens. Think you can program a button?
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Astronomers have fresh insight on a mysterious source of recurring radio pulses from space. "To Serve Man"
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In this article I’d like to gather all the essential information regarding this dependency breaking technique. Pop those dependencies
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According to data released by NetMarketShare back in September 2017, about six percent of the market at the time comprised machines running Windows 8.1. But for those who are still using the OS, it may be time to reconsider this position since Windows 8.1 has just exited mainstream support as of January 9, 2018. Windows 7 makes a great upgrade
Yeah, also unsupported. Oh, well.
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The gene-editing technology CRISPR could very well one day rid the world of its most devastating diseases, allowing us to simply edit away the genetic code responsible for an illness. One of the things standing in the way of turning that fantasy into reality, though, is the problem of off-target effects. Now Microsoft is hoping to use artificial intelligence to fix this problem. Now AI are coming for the mad scientists' jobs
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Brought to you by the creators of Tay.
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After about 15 minutes, the Laundroid opened up to reveal nothing but an empty drawer. An engineer had to reach into the machine to pull out the shirt. Just in case you have more money than brains
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I work for kisses and smooches and nothing gets lost.
Except sometimes I end up with an odd number of her socks.......
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