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Maximilien2-Jul-21 2:02

Maximilien

2-Jul-21 2:02

Sites like that will force you to change password the first time you log on.

(not saying it's a good idea, but I've seen it many times).

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musefan2-Jul-21 2:14

musefan

2-Jul-21 2:14

How can you be sure that is was your password? Perhaps it belongs to another user with the same password... even more concerning Unsure | :~

DRHuff2-Jul-21 3:59

DRHuff

2-Jul-21 3:59

That’s a little far fetched don’t you think? In this day and age where a password has to have upper and lower case, numbers and special characters what are the odds of somebody else using ‘Password1*’ as their password too?!?!?

If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.

jsc422-Jul-21 5:28

jsc42

2-Jul-21 5:28

Mandatory XKCD: xkcd: Password Strength[^]

I've just discovered a whole site based on that XKCD: Correct Horse Battery Staple | Generate Secure Memorable Passwords[^]

Dilbert

Greg Utas2-Jul-21 1:46

2-Jul-21 1:46

Dilbert 2021-07-01[^]

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Re: Dilbert

OriginalGriff2-Jul-21 2:18

OriginalGriff

2-Jul-21 2:18

I prefer todays: Dilbert Comic Strip on 2021-07-02 | Dilbert by Scott Adams[^] Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: Dilbert

Greg Utas2-Jul-21 2:20

The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++

2-Jul-21 2:20

Also good, but I liked the double comeback of the first one.

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Sound of the Week

Sander Rossel2-Jul-21 0:41

Sander Rossel

2-Jul-21 0:41

Pantera - 5 Minutes Alone[^]

This week I shared daily 90's metal classic with some friends.
And when you say "90's metal" you have to say "Pantera" too.
I've always liked Pantera's raw energy so needless to say I shared them (it was really a matter of who'd share them first! Laugh | :laugh:

).
While I shared the album Vulgar Display of Power, my favorite Pantera song is probably 5 Minutes Alone from Far Beyond Driven.
Although Walk, Elephant | [mastadon]

ing Hostile, Mouth for War, Becoming and Cowboys from Hell are also Elephant | [mastadon]

ing awesome!
Any of those songs would've done for the SOTW today, really Laugh | :laugh:

Best,
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Re: Sound of the Week

David O'Neil2-Jul-21 4:41

David O'Neil

2-Jul-21 4:41

Art of Trance - Haagen Daaz

Also, Platipus Records Volume Five was added to the interwebs a few months ago.

Re: Sound of the Week

Slow Eddie3-Jul-21 4:19

Slow Eddie

3-Jul-21 4:19

I prefer CSNY, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles.

Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix, too.

Glory Days

Has "AI" replaced "software"?

Amarnath S1-Jul-21 22:26

Amarnath S

1-Jul-21 22:26

A couple of days back, I attended a presentation where a high-school mathematics teacher was explaining the features of a software which allocates teachers from a pool to each student who registers for their online learning platform. She frequently said "The AI does this", "The AI does that", "The AI has this feature", and so on. Whereas I felt that there seemed to be no AI element in it. It was just a standard algorithm which was implemented. Maybe she felt that all software is AI.

Have you come across situations where people use the term "AI" to signify routine software?

den2k881-Jul-21 22:49

den2k88

1-Jul-21 22:49

Amarnath S wrote:
Have you come across situations where people use the term "AI" to signify routine software?

95% of the time.

To be honest, what's now referred as AI once upon a time was referred as "Expert System", which was software anyway. AI, today, is a buzz word in the real world and a plot device in fiction. A self-"learning" system is still software, it just expands on its ruleset based on the previous version of said ruleset.

GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

glennPattonWork31-Jul-21 23:46

glennPattonWork3

1-Jul-21 23:46

'Expert System' haven't heard that since I was doing A Level Computing... Many moons ago...

5teveH1-Jul-21 22:50

5teveH

1-Jul-21 22:50

In answer to "Has AI replaced software?": Nope. AI is software.

Amarnath S wrote:
Have you come across situations where people use the term "AI" to signify routine software?

Yes, everyone seems to be claiming it's "AI" these days. Very annoying! WTF | :WTF:

But, maybe, not quite as annoying as Dyson claiming his vacuum cleaners have "Digital Motors" and not once, (EVER!) saying what this is and why it might be better!!!

den2k881-Jul-21 22:57

den2k88

1-Jul-21 22:57

5teveH wrote:
what this is

The motor PWM is controlled directly by the microcontroller instead of an analog power controller piloted via a DAC.

5teveH wrote:
why it might be better

Pros:
+ One less component that can break
+ Better chance of power control in case of overcurrents (shouldn't catch fire or burn out when encountering obstructions)
Cons:
- Harder to repair (when the MCU breaks it's game over).
- Pray the firmware is well written: if it hangs, expect anything.

GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

Slacker0071-Jul-21 23:11

Slacker007

1-Jul-21 23:11

Sander made a very good point in a weekly survey a while back. Survey Results - How important is learning AI to you for job security?[^]

We have not seen true AI yet. What we are seeing is Machine Learning, if anything.

So, it is completely inaccurate for anyone to use AI in marketing, etc. as that is a false statement.

AI sounds cooler than Machine Learning, and the general public does not know any better.

Real, true AI (if possible some day) is scary sh*t, and should not be messed with -- that, IMHO, is the darkest of magick.

:text=Artificial%20insemination%20of%20cows%20is%20a%20mandatory%20activity,of%20a%20bull%20and%20to%20qualitatively%20prepare%20animals.[^]

jsc422-Jul-21 2:42

jsc42

2-Jul-21 2:42

Slacker007 wrote:
We have not seen true AI yet

True AI is what they do to cows to ensure the pedigree of their calves, see for example https://ie.meridianfarmersmarket.org/1129-rules-and-techniques-for-artificial-insemination-of-c.html# Unsure | :~

NeverJustHere2-Jul-21 0:33

NeverJustHere

2-Jul-21 0:33

Everyone loves the latest buzzword bandwagon.

I've heard simple regression analysis called AI.

Loved questioning a sales guys on that in a product presentation.

Me: So how does it do...
Him: It's an advanced AI
Me: I need to know what's behind it. Is it a neural network?
Him: It's complicated, it's..
Me: Is it a neural network.
Him: No, but we could use one, if it proved better
Me: So is it using a classification algorithm?
Him: It's a proprietary...
Me: Is it as simple as ARIMA?
Him: What it does is take the data and...
Me: We're not prepared to buy something we don't understand and that you can't explain.
Him: Maybe (the tech girl who hadn't said a word yet) can explain
Her: It's mostly a regression model that...
Me; Regression, like Gauss documented in the very early 1800's. Whats the rest of it.
Her: Arithmetic.

DerekT-P2-Jul-21 0:51

DerekT-P

2-Jul-21 0:51

Let's hope that girl got a decent cut of the commission! Laugh | :laugh:

Greg Utas2-Jul-21 0:57

2-Jul-21 0:57

What commission?! Laugh | :laugh:

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Greg Utas2-Jul-21 1:00

2-Jul-21 1:00

Quote:
Maybe she felt that all software is AI.

Arthur C. Clarke's observation about sufficiently advanced technology and magic might explain it.

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