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An adjustment to the famous Drake Equation could radically refine estimates of intelligent civilizations in our galaxy. Drake was an optimist?
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But just in case the updated formula is wrong, we've still got water...
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Just remember, none of the terms in the Drake equation are zero or we wouldn't be here. On the other hand, maybe one of them is zero because as a species we certainly aren't intelligent.
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obermd wrote: On the other hand, maybe one of them is zero because as a species we certainly aren't intelligent.
This brings to mind graffiti:
Q: Is there intelligent life on Earth?
A: Yes, but I'm just visiting
All terms of the Drake equation are therefore still non-zero. 
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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By 2028, software development as we know it will have undergone a radical transformation, allowing teams to create new applications at unprecedented speeds. Meet the new silver bullet, same as the old silver bullet
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Meet the new silver bullet, same as the old silver bullet
But this one might be so big that we get a new buzzword or two out of it.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Meet the new silver bullet, same as the old silver bullet
Is it just me, or does this oil smell a bit snake-y?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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A flaw with the digital wallet and a bit of luck did the trick. Was it 'p@ssw0rd'? If so, that might be mine.
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Over 58,000 unique websites from around the world are vulnerable to data breaches and even complete takeovers according to new research. We'd be lucky if tens of thousands aren't vulnerable to data breach
Tens, even.
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From the article: 58,000 unique websites
Whew! I'm glad I only visit non-unique websites!
"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 attacks have been intermittently knocking its services offline. It's all because of that dog and his kid overusing the Wayback machine
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That would be Mr. Peabody and Sherman for the youngsters out there.
Not sure which was better, Mr. Peabody's puns at the end of the episode or Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Applying DRY principles too rigidly leads to premature abstractions that make future changes more complex than necessary. Keep it MOIST
Mostly Organized In Some Technique?
Although I guess there is already WET (Write Everything Twice)
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Dump Anything in this Massive Pile?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Can we just sum up every past and future tech article with "Do not abide blindly to any acronym or methodology because they are all flawed in some way and use your brain for once instead"?
GCS/GE 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
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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It’s 2024, and somehow, there is still a misconception that .NET cannot be used to build .NET UIs on Linux. It's The Year of Writing .NET Linux Apps
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Why would you need .NET for a CLI? 
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 UNO does support GUIs in Linux, but true about Linux folk.
TTFN - Kent
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Human extinction often dominates discussions about AI risks, but there are deep concerns about the spread of false information, large-scale manipulation of public opinion, authoritarian control of populations, worsening economic inequality, and more. It would have to have some discipline first
Whip me, beat me, make me write bad code.
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The browser’s performance menu should now load 42 percent faster. One menu item I had never noticed before
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And I'll never notice again.
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On Monday, internal documents describing what factors Google Search takes into consideration when ranking and displaying web results leaked. Now everyone can have one
Or were they just open-sourcing it before cancelling it?
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The documents can be summarized by the symbol, "$".
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ShrinkLocker is the latest ransomware to use Windows' full-disk encryption. Why write your own encryption, when there's a handy one right there?
Hardware-enhanced even
Sorry you non-TPM users, you can't enjoy this hack.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Sorry you non-TPM users, you can't enjoy this hack.
oh... are you sure? I don't want to get excluded to the party... not  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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