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Michael Martin wrote: I did reply to the end user, but no response Well, they sent you an email and expected you to be aware of it. So, you did the same. Obviously they were there to annoy you the first time. The ball's in their court, so-to-speak.
4:00 - even I don't start that early.
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Difficult: is a large ship able to round America? (12)
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You are in big trouble if the actual count is (11)
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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It's 12, I checked a couple of times (including just now to be sure!)
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I woz finking "troublesome" which has US and is difficult.
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You were thinking wrong!
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Took a lot of thought this one, and I am not entirely sure how the clue fits exactly, but it's too close not to have a stab at it...
Cantankerous = difficult
a large ship = tanker
round = o
America = us
And I assume the can is to do with "is able to" part.
Possible you meant "is a large ship able to" = "can tanker"?
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Spot on - you are up tomorrow!
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It was a good clue, took a while to work it out.
I especially liked the misleading use of "round" where my instinct was to try and find a word that contains "us" or "states"... I even got as desperate as a word that contains "A"!
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I was kinda hoping that "Difficult:" would be taken as a warning rather than part of the clue ...
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Well you were right as I did consider asking, but then I figured you wouldn't make the mistake of making it look like part of the clue... you have done far too many of these to do that!
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The job of the setter is to misdirect, confuse, and befuddle the solver! Punctuation is part of that (and should normally be ignored - but not always, as that can be part of the misdirection...)
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Well you got me on that. So did not bother to solve it
cheers,
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My work here is done!
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Was some thoughts to AI doing development, according to Gartner it's going to be "AI Driven Development"
Guess that means the humans do the work, and AI will be the boss.
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If AI will take over management it may be an improvement...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Indeed.
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So artificial intelligence is really better than natural stupidity?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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MAY BE!
However there are days I would take my chances happily...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Then you are very brave. Look what some primates are capable of doing despite a few million years of evolution. That's nothing compared to the crazy things some AI might be capable of doing without that small advantage.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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But breaking a computer is much more safe than breaking the head of a primate...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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As long as you really break the computer and leave the monitor alone. Why does everyone whack the monitor when they don't like what the computer is up to?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Yeah, I love my customers too. Delivering a whole machine vision kit and them telling me “the camera doesn't work“ when the screen says “No connection to SAP available“ ^^
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Not necessarily ... If they act as a swarm, breaking a computer can have a serious consequence for anyone doing this ...
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