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A new study suggests that alien civilizations destroyed themselves through progress, meaning our galaxy could be full of dead alien civilizations. This research brought to you by Wild Guesses University
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And what does that say about our own future? 
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Withough having read your message...[^]
I suppose it is true: Great minds think alike  
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Don't worry, humans are different. Greed will destroy them way before they make enough progress.
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If they are just going to guess, this theory is as good as any other, and a hell of a lot more melodic.
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Quote: No single factor is more important than the idea that intelligent creatures generally have a tendency that leans toward self-annihilation
Based on their sample size of 1, it must be true!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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The sample size is arguably zero; humans aren't self-annihilating. Progress has demonstrably improved our lives and reduced conflict.
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For a while...
but, when something come, then it will be more devastating than what happened in the time without progress.
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I'm not as optimistic as you, I think our ability to heal is equaled only by our ability to do harm.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Sen. Proxmire was right - NASA is overfunded. 
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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William Proxmire should be dug up, reanimated or cloned, and then publicly executed as a traitor to his species. He and his ilk deliberately spent the late 70's through the 80's sabotaging NASA through deliberate politically-based mismanagement in order to abscond with any space-related budget for their own pork projects. 
Software Zen: delete this;
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IMO, your view of William Proxmire is only partially correct.
NASA proved to be very good at extravaganzas such as sending a total of 12 men to the moon (it would have been 20, if Apollo 13 had succeeded and Apollos 18-20 hadn't been cancelled). It has proven to be very good at unmanned pure science missions. Where it has failed utterly is in the use of space for commercial purposes - the only commercial use of space has been for weather and communication satellites, which do not need an organization such as NASA for their launch and support.
NASA's plans in the '70s and early '80s were mostly more of the same - a (planned) extravaganza such as sending men to Mars, a space station (SkyLab) with no real purpose, etc. Even one of NASA's successes - the Viking landers - was tied into the Bicentennial celebrations (Viking 1 was supposed to land on 4-Jul-1976).
If we compare and contrast to the history of aircraft, we find that while lighter-than-air aircraft were invented in the 18th century, it took a new technology and almost 200 years for aircraft to become commercially useful. Tethered balloons were used in the US Civil War as observation posts, but that was almost the only use made of them. At no time were significant government funds involved in the development of commercial aircraft.
We are now seeing the beginning of the real use of space, where people go to space for economically viable reasons rather than military reasons or national pride. SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, etc., while money-losers at present, may one day be remembered as the true beginning of the Space Age.
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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According to PostBeyond, employers are looking for people who know their way around Facebook and have experience with analytics. "One of these things is not like the others..."
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Facebook proficiency?
A.k.a proficiency in unethical, annoying and almost illegal skills?
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Starting from today’s 3.4 release and in the period ahead when WinUI is expected to RTM, we will be putting an even bigger focus on maturing Uno Platform by providing a growing set of controls and mappings to existing WinUI and 3rd party components. So you're not out of control(s)
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As important as Azure is, Windows Server will remain the backbone of enterprise IT for years to come. "So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way"
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MuZero represents a likely breakthrough in general-purpose AI. OK, try Australian Football
It's a trick challenge - there seem to be no rules for Australian Football
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Kent Sharkey wrote: It's a trick challenge - there seem to be no rules for Australian Football
If an AI manages to build itself a team with phyical bodies to win in Autralian Football.... I think we will have another kind of problems.  
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Quote: The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new. They look human... sweat, bad breath, everything.
TTFN - Kent
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More or less...
I don't want to say always the same... but it is not a question of "IF", it is a question of "what" will come first (terminator, Matrix, resident evil, 28 days... there is a big list) and "when" we are going to destroy ourselves or provoque our self-destruction...
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A Microsoft root certificate is expiring at the end of this month, and Microsoft warns that removing it could cause problems with the operating system. There are people that clean up their certificate store?
Or is it just 2020 was the new 99?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: There are people that clean up their certificate store?
Is there certificate store?   
Kent Sharkey wrote: Microsoft warns that removing it could cause problems with the operating system.
Why do I think that this could be another tactic? Not enough with giving the responsibility of QA to the users... now they want to give the blame too when things break 
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https://betanews.com/2020/12/23/facebook-explains-why-millions-of-users-are-losing-access-to-key-features/
People using our messaging and calling services in Europe or interacting with friends and family in Europe may notice some changes to features on Messenger, Instagram and Facebook. In order to comply with the law, we needed to adjust the way our services work, such as further segregating messaging data from other parts of our infrastructure. Our goal is to make sure people can continue to connect privately while minimizing disruption. We prioritized core features, like text messaging and video calling, and have made sure the majority of our other features are available. However, some advanced features like polls that require the use of message content to work may be disrupted as we make changes to align with the new privacy rules. We're working to bring back features that we can as quickly as possible, and our Help Center has updates for some of the features that are affected.
Salla goes on to explain: "The ePrivacy Directive also prohibits messaging and calling services from using data to prevent, detect and respond to child abuse material and other forms of harm. The European Commission and child safety experts have said that the directive does not provide a legal basis for these tools. The safety of our community is paramount, and we are advocating for changes that will allow us to resume our efforts to identify this type of material. This includes analyzing messaging metadata to identify patterns of abuse -- an approach we believe can help keep our community safe while respecting the privacy of people's message content. For example, we use metadata to share safety notices, identify potentially harmful accounts and protect children".
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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abmv wrote: This includes analyzing messaging metadata to identify patterns of abuse -- an approach we believe can help keep our community safe while respecting the privacy of people's message content.
If we were not speaking about FB... it would even sound nice.
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modified 23-Dec-20 13:36pm.
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It might indeed, which is why politicians often justify their behavior by saying "it's for the children".
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