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According to new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Facebook altered the News Feeds for hundreds of thousands of users as part of a psychology experiment devised by the company's on-staff data scientist. By scientifically altering News Feeds, the experiment sought to learn about the way positive and negative effect travels through social networks, ultimately concluding that "in-person interaction and nonverbal cues are not strictly necessary for emotional contagion." Just in case you needed another reason not to like Facebook
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There was a conversation on an email discussion list over the past couple days where one individual running WSUS to patch computer reported that Windows 8.1 was not shown correctly as a targeted system. Instead, it was being reported as version 6.2. Because six versions ought to be enough for everyone
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Well, DOS 6.2 was awesome.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I was trying to think of a way to bring it back to that great OS, but failed.
TTFN - Kent
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I got it running in a Hyper-V VM for old time's sake...things were so much simpler back then.
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The surprise hit of Google I/O was without a doubt Cardboard. Google’s paper product — or phone-based VR viewer — made its debut during yesterday’s keynote, and today, David Coz, the project’s founder, revealed its origins. It still blows my mind, so many minutes later
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Google wants to make the experience of using Chromecast more social. To do that, it's opening up the $35 device to everyone in your living room, regardless of whether or not they're connected to your Wi-Fi network. - .... .- - .----. ... / .- -.-. - ..- .- .-.. .-.. -.-- / -.- .. -. -.. / --- ..-. / -. . .- -
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To translate that Morse Code, visit here: Morse Code Translator[^] Kent Sharkey wrote: - .... .- - .----. ... / .- -.-. - ..- .- .-.. .-.. -.-- / -.- .. -. -.. / --- ..-. / -. . .- -
To that, I reply:
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What? It's not showing on there already?
TTFN - Kent
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Great idea! It reminds me of the 1970ies when the TV remote control used ultrasonic sound. Was a great experience when the neighbour used the dog whistle to call his dog...
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It's rare that you come across a bug so subtle that it can last for two decades. But, that's exactly what has happened with the Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer (LZO) algorithm. Software bugs ... in SPACE!
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A good bug is a dead bug!!!!
I'd rather be phishing!
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The free, virtual and community-driven dotnetConf is on. Point your web-browser to dotnetConf.com. No registration, manager approval or anything required! The virtual conference is two days long. You had me at free
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Er... I think I just missed just about all of it.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Bugger. Sorry about that. Hardly seems useful for tomorrow morning either.
Need more coffee (or gin. or coffee with gin.)
TTFN - Kent
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No problem. Have a G&T for me!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Google hired the noted inventor and futurist to build artificial intelligence that can think like a human. His vision is a computer with a structure modeled on the human brain, giving it a capacity for abstract thought. August 29, 1997 (or maybe next Tuesday at 3:15 GMT)
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"I speak of none other than the computer that is to come after me..."
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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The thing about the capacity abstract thought - the devil is in the concrete implementation
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SkyNet wouldn't attack us, would it?
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Building a CPU is not enough. It needs supporting systems like memory and power, it needs IO devices and it needs programming. Next, it'd need a survival-instinct and it would need to be mortal. Otherwise it would not think like a human, would it?
What would a mortal machine with a survival-instinct think of "humans" and their actions? Does that answer your question?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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This new alignment with strategy, customers and product owners is one of the biggest transitions in the ALM evolution that the developers have had to deal with, according to Holler. “You are not just building to a specification,” he said. “You are really tied into the story that rolls up to the business initiatives so developers really have more of a comprehensive understanding of the value they are delivering.” Should we even call it ALM anymore?
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I think the nature of ALM is that it's perpetually in a state of flux. It's not a matter of replacing or rethinking it. Devs just need to pay attention to its natural evolution.
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Google had plenty to announce during the keynote at its I/O conference yesterday. Alongside its big announcements, the company also shared some interesting statistics about the growth of its Android platform. Isn't that about the size of the Windows Phone install base?
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