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Bad bots roam free in a parallel version of Facebook You'd think they have enough examples already running on the site
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Hmm, what's in common is Facebook...
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We’ve developed TransCoder, an entirely self-supervised neural transcompiler system that can make code migration far easier and more efficient. "Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
I guess they'd have no problem running it on the Facebook codebase and replacing the production?
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Was that article produced by one of their "bad bots"?
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even 90% (never mind 75 or 69%) is basically useless since it'll be so errorloaded that you still need skilled devs to go over every single line of output in detail.
99% is probably the minimum I'd consider using; at that point it's probably no worse than a typical crappily written codebase.
Slightly lower levels I consider highly dangerous. Too many errors to be minimally useable as is, too few to prevent the reviewers from getting bored out of their skulls and slacking off.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Oh good.
Javascript:
let missilesAreFlying = GetLatestRadar().Missiles.Length > 0;
if (missilesAreFlying) {
LaunchOurMissiles();
}
C#:
var missilesAreFlying = GetLatestRadar().Any(r=>Missile);
if (!missilesAreFlying)
{
LaunchOurMissiles();
}
Oops.
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Ongoing attack hitting unsecured data leaves the word “meow” as its calling card. The hack so good - cats ask for it by name
Our feline overlords are not happy with our current video production and have accelerated their takeover
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That's hardly a hack; call it the internet immune system - evolution says the weak must die, and unsecured fits that bill. If you got it, you deserved it. Learn to use a lubber.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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 Sometimes you just make my day, Eddy.
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Oi @OriginalGriff - Dij is up to his old tricks again!
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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We launched an experiment to measure how the work patterns across our group were changing, using Workplace Analytics, which measures everyday work in Microsoft 365, and anonymous sentiment surveys. 75% increase in slipper use at work?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: using Workplace Analytics, which measures everyday work in Microsoft 365, and anonymous sentiment surveys.
Anonymous... yeah, right.
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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Actually, it's a great experiment, although I don't think that wearing slippers at work changes much. For instance, my company uses worktime to monitor employees productivity. And according to the data provided, we found that throughout the quarantine, the tendency for people often take shorter breaks while working remotely. Even lunch takes about 25-30 minutes instead of the usual one hour break while working in the office.
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Upstart cultivated meat company Higher Steaks said it has managed to produce samples of its first products — bacon strips and pork belly made in a lab from cellular material. Is it kosher?
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Is it vegan?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Most of us rely on the "carrying method" when we multiply. But there's a much faster way to handle large numbers. I get to stop carrying all those threes?
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I just read the paper...
wow 
just...
wow
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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Please explain it in English that Kingon is no match for my brain...
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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Did you meant Klingon ?
Technical articles are in Klingon because they are not for the weak. 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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I "loved" the first example; instead of 4 steps, my simplified method uses 7! (And for my next example, you still have to use the "old" method, unless you want to add more steps.)
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What's not to understand? The complexity is O(n*log(N)), but the constant factor is 100. 
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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Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in the development of artificial intelligence by using light instead of electricity to perform computations. "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate."
Our arrogance grows even faster...
and it will sooner or later blow up under our nose 
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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Python rules the roost, but Cobol gets a pandemic bump Actor, ALGOL, and Ada (assuming you're sorting alphabetically)
I'm assuming no one has created and Aardvark programming language.
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