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In which we delve into the world of user interface design. We need to go back to the "good old days" of Windows for Workgroups
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Kent Sharkey wrote: We need to go back to the "good old days" of Windows for Workgroups
Nah - we just need a ribbon at the bottom of the screen, too. 
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I'm not an Apple guy, and one day a year or so ago, out of curiosity, I played with one in the store. When I couldn't get the right-hand scroll bar to come up IN SAFARI, so I could use the mouse the old-fashioned way, I realized we've reached the heights of stupidity.
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Much of the work undertaken by artificial intelligence involves a training process known as machine learning, where AI gets better at a task such as recognising a cat or mapping a route the more it does it. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 AM, Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 AM, Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug stock up on toilet paper."
FTFY, now this is a version I can believe.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 AM, Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug."
And yet all these warning are being ignored because they are just "fiction"...
The only consolation I have is, that it will take a big while to create a real AI. And hopefully human kind has won a bit more wisdom until that moment.
M.D.V. 
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Everyone knows that C# is a strongly typed language and incorrect type usage is simply not possible there. In case you insist on writing your IL manually
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Although Americans worry about their devices being hacked, most are happy to share their passwords. It's true - I'm sure others also use 123456 to secure everything
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Although Americans worry about their devices being hacked, most are happy to share their passwords.
Of course... if you don't want to be a victim of a break-in, then just leave your main door opened or put a copy of the key in the lock.
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The Google Card was leaked today in full color, complete with co-branding with a set of bank partners. A chance to give them more of my data? Oh, yes, please
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So their security has been breached before release.Kent Sharkey wrote: A chance to give them more of my data? Oh, yes, please
It makes perfect sense (to them).
If they know exactly how much money you've got, they can target ads at you even more precisely -- that's a big advancement, from the PoV of selling ad services
The fact that you won't buy things based on unsolicited Internet advertisements is irrelevant to them; they get paid for the ads, not for selling products.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: So their security has been breached before release.
The perfect start point...
Mark_Wallace wrote: If they know exactly how much money you've got, they can target ads at you even more precisely
They won't always know how much you have. But they will for sure know when and what you buy, and that might be even more interesting for them.
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We have all heard the phrase “What gets measured, gets managed,” often attributed to Peter Drucker—interesting note about this quote, Drucker didn’t say it. What do the KPIs say?
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ask the new one[^]
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Ah, bless you. I've been trying to find that Dilbert off and on for months.
TTFN - Kent
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You are welcome  Glad to help
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The Facebook-backed Libra Association unveiled plans Thursday to seek approval for digital coins in individual currencies, revamping its cryptocurrency initiative in a move aimed at minimizing disruption to the global monetary system. How much Facebucks for leg of lamb?
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Mmmm... Dates and destination of the next holidays, 3 birthdays of relatives and an embarrasing picture of you in college, please.
Thank you, here is the change (of owner for your soul).
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Quote from article: "stablecoins" would be created and pegged to real-world money such as the US dollar and the euro
In other words, they'll have the ability to dilute existing holders without compensation, no different than a corporation creating more shares and giving them away to cronies. About as "stable" as a fart in a windstorm. And given their past behavior, they'll probably just confiscate the coins of those whom they deplatform.
Pass. And sod this bunch, even though I don't use them.
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The danger is not that they try it, the danger comes when other countries / all the users are that blind to follow.
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A US corporation printing other countries' money?
What a great idea.
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Microsoft claims to have developed a system that correctly distinguishes between security and non-security software bugs 99% of the time, and that accurately identifies critical, high-priority security bugs on average 97% of the time. But they haven't got around to running it on their own code yet
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In other news: Users find 3,000,000 bugs that the AI didn't notice, but ms is too busy working on icons and AIs to do anything about them.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Microsoft claims to have developed a system that correctly distinguishes between security and non-security software bugs 99% of the time
Is that because 99% of the bugs are security bugs?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Yes, but what about the other 68% of the bugs?
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Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, thinks the coronavirus pandemic should teach Americans to be “a little bit grateful” for powerful tech companies — and angry at their government. "Cha, ya know what? Nuh uh! Yeah, no."
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