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article: [^] Microsoft Acquires Game Studio Ahead of Xbox Launch by Felix Richter, Sep 22, 2020
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Microsoft has too much money.
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There was an interview a while back with someone from Google who was saying exactly that about Google.
To paraphrase, the point they were making was that they had more money that they knew what to do with and that this was a problem as it means that technical innovations that could be taking place with that cash were not taking place.
Essentially as they had more cash than they knew what to do with, they were just holding onto the cash and not using it within the economy.
They were basically saying that having too much cash leads to stagnation.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 23-Sep-20 5:11am.
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Having too much cash can mean that Google isn't using it effectively, but it doesn't mean stagnation for an economy as a whole. This is an economic fallacy perpetuated by Keynes (the "paradox of thrift"). Unless the money is held in a mattress, the bank holding it will lend it out, so someone else will make use of it, and the bank and Google will receive interest.
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It's a smallish world around the same size as Earth, whipping around its star on an orbit that takes just 3.14 days. It's irrational
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Cool... over there I could be able to acomplish all what I want to do in a day and even have enough time to get some real sleep.
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But the year is only 3.14 days long. How much would you get done in a year? 
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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I thought it is the day is the one being 3.14... oh man...
Thanks for breaking my dream 
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"Earth" being used loosely.
Methane rain is not exactly habitable. Not even asking if it has a moon or magnetic core.
Life may be more precious than we realize; the Drake equation is missing some variables. We may be the first life.
And there's still no proof that intelligent life exists in the observable universe. We certainly never observed it. And we observe a lot.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"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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Eddy Vluggen wrote: We certainly never observed it. And we observe a lot.
Maybe because we only look for intelligent life based on what our definition of intelligent life is. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
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ZurdoDev wrote: Maybe because we only look for intelligent life based on what our definition of intelligent life is.
We never observed life outside earth; so we looking, and we been looking at any sign - we been sending signals and there's radio-silence in the universe. Point is, we don't know what exactly is required for life to evolve. Earth may be more unique than we imagined.
If we accept we may be the only life at this moment, we might treat it with more respect.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"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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Eddy Vluggen wrote: there's radio-silence in the universe
Because we aren't scanning every possible frequency.
The point is, we keep looking for carbon based life forms, for example. Who says life has to be carbon based? Or we look for signs of water. Who says water has to exist for life to exist?
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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ZurdoDev wrote: The point is, we keep looking for carbon based life forms, for example. Who says life has to be carbon based? Or we look for signs of water. Who says water has to exist for life to exist?
All our knowledge of life points that way.
ZurdoDev wrote: Because we aren't scanning every possible frequency.
Not all of them, but a huge amount; see SETI.
And let me repeat; there is as much proof for life outside our planet, as there is for Angels. There's none.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"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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Eddy Vluggen wrote: All our knowledge of life points that way.
That is my original point.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
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Then you'd have to agree that we never seen life outside earth.
We never observed any direct or indirect evidence thereof.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"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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Eddy Vluggen wrote: we never seen life outside earth.
Only based on our narrow vision of what life is. I'm simply suggesting that we open our minds to other possibilities.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Other possibilities don't send radio-signals, nor have any other measurable influence on their habitat; so if this other possibility is there, it not intelligent.
Drake was wrong. Earth may be the only place; and we might be too busy killing it.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"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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Eddy Vluggen wrote: so if this other possibility is there, it not intelligent.
Proving my point. You are defining intelligence based on the parameters you are familiar with. I am suggesting you open your mind and realize that life and intelligence do not have to be constrained within the box you created.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Engineers at CSEM have developed a new machine-learning method that paves the way for artificial intelligence to be used in applications that until now have been deemed too sensitive. * also known as 'not starting from scratch everytime'
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I continue wondering... are we really wanting to make computers so "intelligent" and give them even more control over "too sensitive" applications?
When it explodes in our faces, we will deserve it.
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Google’s in-house incubator Area 120 is today introducing a new work-tracking tool, Tables, which aims to make tracking projects more efficient by investing in automation. Checking... checking... No, not cancelled yet
US-only (maybe for now, or maybe it's just cancelled everywhere else)
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So... not enough tracking workers and other users, now they want to track the work too? 
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Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge was first released in January to Windows consumers and enterprises, and now Linux users will finally get a taste of Microsoft's new browser. I'm sure they'll all jump on that opportunity
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I'm sure they'll all jump on that opportunity
Add a command line interface and they just might! 
:Uugh!:
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I'm sure they'll all jump on that opportunity
They might, just to find issues / errors / flaws / inconsitencies / ... to be able to say Quote: "see...? M$ continues building crap, even when they copy from google. Let's go back to our hyperterminal browser"
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