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Re: Windows 10 now blocks some third-party drivers from installing

Nelek14-Oct-20 9:25

Nelek

14-Oct-20 9:25

Kent Sharkey wrote:
That should help with the first-party drivers as well

Specially with the ones that are several years older than the OS... D'Oh! | :doh:

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First room-temperature superconductor reported

Kent Sharkey14-Oct-20 6:46

Kent Sharkey

14-Oct-20 6:46

Ars Technica[^]:
A few million atmospheres of pressure let mundane chemicals superconduct.

Cool! Oh, sorry. Not cool.

Re: First room-temperature superconductor reported

MarkTJohnson14-Oct-20 7:04

MarkTJohnson

14-Oct-20 7:04

So they are looking ahead to exploration of Jupiter then.

I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.

When AI hurts people, who is held responsible?

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-20 11:16

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-20 11:16

Venturebeat[^]:
Determining fault when AI plays a role in a person’s injury or death is no easy task.

I'm betting it rhymes with envelopers

Re: When AI hurts people, who is held responsible?

David O'Neil13-Oct-20 18:53

David O'Neil

13-Oct-20 18:53

It may not be an easy task, but if they just made the members of the board responsible monetarily and criminally, deaths would probably go WAY DOWN real fast. (So would innovation.) There is a high chance their push to product at the cheapest of all costs is the underlying culprit.

The forgotten roots of science | C++ Programming | DWinLib

Re: When AI hurts people, who is held responsible?

Bernhard Hiller13-Oct-20 22:39

Bernhard Hiller

13-Oct-20 22:39

We'll see the outcome of the Boing 737 max case (though it was not "artificial intelligence", just a conventional algorithm and hardware).

Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!

Open Invention Network open-source, non-aggression patents now covers Android and exFAT.

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-20 11:16

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-20 11:16

ZDNet[^]:
Open source's main patent protection organization is expanding its reach far beyond just Linux.

Great news for all of us that are ExFAT (and currently FAT)

I wonder what it took to get the Microsoft legal department to stand this far down?

5 reasons NOT to grow your QA department

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-20 10:31

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-20 10:31

functionize[^]:
Honest: There are times when hiring another QA professional isn’t the answer.

You have plenty of customers to test it in production?

Re: 5 reasons NOT to grow your QA department

Nelek13-Oct-20 19:53

Nelek

13-Oct-20 19:53

Kent Sharkey wrote:
Honest: There are times when hiring another QA professional isn’t the answer.

Yeah, then you have to hire a new manager / product owner Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

M.D.V.

Seven countries join NASA to explore the Moon peacefully, transparently

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-20 10:31

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-20 10:31

Ars Technica[^]:
NASA appears to be making good progress in building international support for a plan to return humans to the Moon in the 2020s.

"We could live together Walking on, walking on the moon"

Re: Seven countries join NASA to explore the Moon peacefully, transparently

Nelek13-Oct-20 19:54

Nelek

13-Oct-20 19:54

Quote:
to explore the Moon peacefully, transparently

Yeah, right... until they start stabbing each other in the back to accomplish their own agenda

M.D.V.

iPhones won’t come with headphones or power adapters in the box from now on

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-20 10:16

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-20 10:16

Techcrunch[^]:
That drawer full of bad headphones and extra power adapters for your phone won’t get any more cluttered if you decide to pick up a new iPhone 12.

You were charging it wrong anyway

Re: iPhones won’t come with headphones or power adapters in the box from now on

Nelek13-Oct-20 19:50

Nelek

13-Oct-20 19:50

Why give it in the same box when you can charge some $$$ more for them later?

M.D.V.

Re: iPhones won’t come with headphones or power adapters in the box from now on

Dan Neely14-Oct-20 3:01

Dan Neely

14-Oct-20 3:01

Kent Sharkey wrote:
You were charging it wrong anyway

Yup. Doing is now, when they're pushing wireless charging mats is perfect timing. Every iFan is going to need several new chargers, which is the perfect time to stop giving them away for free and start charging for them. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Re: iPhones won’t come with headphones or power adapters in the box from now on

abmv14-Oct-20 7:43

abmv

14-Oct-20 7:43

Who you buy a product you can't charge ?

Caveat Emptor.

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A BizOps Manifesto aims to close gap between business, IT

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-20 9:01

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-20 9:01

SD Times[^]:
A coalition of software industry leaders today is releasing a BizOps Manifesto, a framework that aims to finally address the need for the business and IT sides of an enterprise to work toward common outcomes that drive the bottom line.

Because until now, IT has been completely separate from the business

And we're a little closer to OpsOps.

/sighOps

Re: A BizOps Manifesto aims to close gap between business, IT

Nelek13-Oct-20 19:55

Nelek

13-Oct-20 19:55

Obvious answer: Kind of mandatory[^]

M.D.V.

Re: A BizOps Manifesto aims to close gap between business, IT

GenJerDan13-Oct-20 21:22

GenJerDan

13-Oct-20 21:22

Always something New! and Improved!

We won't sit down.
We won't shut up.
We won't go quietly away.

YouTube, and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc. and FB

Re: A BizOps Manifesto aims to close gap between business, IT

Nelek13-Oct-20 21:30

Nelek

13-Oct-20 21:30

GenJerDan wrote:
Always something New! and Improved!

But not necessarily better Sigh | :sigh:

M.D.V.

Re: A BizOps Manifesto aims to close gap between business, IT

GenJerDan13-Oct-20 23:44

GenJerDan

13-Oct-20 23:44

An endless cycle.

Might as well call it CyclOps.

We won't sit down.
We won't shut up.
We won't go quietly away.

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Announcing .NET 5.0 RC 2

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-20 8:46

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-20 8:46

.NET blog[^]:
It is a near-final release of .NET 5.0, and the last of two RCs before the official release in November. RC2 is a “go live” release; you are supported using it in production.

Warmer.... warmer... you're getting red hot

Re: Announcing .NET 5.0 RC 2

Nelek13-Oct-20 19:56

Nelek

13-Oct-20 19:56

Kent Sharkey wrote:
you are supported using it in production.

Specially when the bugs they didn't check explode in your face... D'Oh! | :doh:

M.D.V.

Faster C++ builds, simplified: a new metric for time

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-20 7:01

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-20 7:01

C++ blog[^]:
C++ Build Insights is a collection of tools and APIs that can help you gain a deeper understanding of your build times.

In case "buy a faster build server" is too complicated for you

Re: Faster C++ builds, simplified: a new metric for time

Nelek13-Oct-20 20:13

Nelek

13-Oct-20 20:13

Interesting. Thanks

M.D.V.

Here’s Doom running on a Samsung fridge thanks to xCloud

Kent Sharkey13-Oct-20 7:01

Kent Sharkey

13-Oct-20 7:01

The Verge[^]:
I’m fairly sure cars were supposed to be flying by now, but instead we’ve managed something else that would have felt like science fiction a decade ago: playing Xbox games on your fridge.

Use BFG to get extra ice from the dispenser

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