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It's actually an old old thing.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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That article lost me at "emulated". On Intel and AMD processors, this is not an emulated mode. When Windows runs on other architectures both X86 and X64 are emulated.
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I read it as (roughly) "Windows 32 emulation on a Windows 64 system". If you run a Windows VM on a Linux system, that is also sort of an emulation. With Win 32 vs. 64, I guess that it even more an emulation, as (almost) the complete set of 64 bit OS services is provided to 32 bit programs, making them appear as 32 bit services to the 32 bit program. Win 64 emulates Win 32.
Generally speaking, Raymond Chen is highly qualified, and you rarely catch him making mistakes. This, combined with his ability to explain even very complex issues in a way that you will understand - and often with humor and wit - makes it one of the most valuable technical blogs to follow for a Windows programmer.
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Not all MFA is created equal, as script kiddies and elite hackers have shown recently. If you guessed, "rely on people being lazy", give yourself a pat on the back
If you're not too lazy to do that.
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Microsoft is getting ready to make selecting a default browser in Windows 11 a lot simpler by adding a single-click 'Set default' option to the operating system. As long as you use your one-click to pick Edge, at least
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AKA: Fixing something (or adding required missing functionality) that Microsoft already had to go through a big song and dance with every previously version of windows since 97.
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Victory marks milestone for AI as bridge requires more human skills than other strategy games That's too far!
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I got caught playing bridge during class and received a suspension...
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Not sure if I truss that statement.
"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 Guardian: Victory marks milestone for AI as bridge requires more human skills than other strategy games Diplomacy[^] requires more human skills than bridge, and probably more than any other strategy game. Bridge bidding is a state machine, albeit complex. But unless they're doing it differently, good bridge programs use Monte Carlo methods for card play because this has outperformed attempts to actually plan.
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Until the AI can actually compete and win a full game I'm not impressed.
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I wonder how much of the early chess software would have been labeled "AI" if it had been developed during the last five years.
"Serious" chess software started appearing approximately midway between the previous AI wave and the current one, and no one wanted to be associated with the "yet another failed attempt to make artificial intelligence", so the algorithms that had been developed was relabeled and reclassified as "plain" (although quite advanced) algorithms, but not at all any sort of "intelligent".
I wonder how long it will take before we see the same in the so called "AI" software of today.
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All of it (IMO) - even the stuff that just hammered through all the moves.
So much of today's "AI" seem to be just really complex switch statements. But, there's so much money involved, no one notices the AI has no codes.
TTFN - Kent
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Slint is a toolkit to efficiently develop fluid graphical user interfaces for any display: embedded devices and desktop applications. We support multiple programming languages, such as Rust, C++, and JavaScript. Because we can never have too many UI toolkits?
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As with all new categories, we’ll see intended and unintended innovations and experiences, and the security stakes will be higher than we imagine at first. "They made the place too vulnerable. They figured that the worst thing that could happen was that a virus might get transferred into your computer…"
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By securing what they really mean is making sure you won't be able to block the ads they intend to blind you with.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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If you're middle or late in your career, you've noticed a pattern. The majority of software shops seem to struggle with two things: Bad managers at the top, and a tendency towards waterfall development *Your manager may vary
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That's a great article with some fantastic resources of its own.
My mind exploded when I read the linked article from Harvard Business Review 1986 which explained Agile Scrum (way before it was called this): The New New Product Development Game[^]
It takes so long for ideas to trickle down & into businesses.
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I'm going to have to re-read the argument. Yes, I know it was an article, but most of it seemed heavy handed criticism. We're doing "agile" at one of my customers. But all of the requirements come down in waterfall form. Go figure.
Years ago, I got my hand hand on the Extreme Programming book. I could never quite take to pair programming, but there were two things that jumped out at me in a blinding flash of the obvious way. First, no one but developers do estimates. If you want to adjust the schedule, you move features.
The second issue were requirements changes. I used to hear everyone moaning about "requirements changing" where as the book pointed out that you just need to get over it. It's why it is so critical to get something running in front of the customer so that they can figure out what they want. I still have requirements in systems back from 15 years ago that were never fulfilled.
Back to the article.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Microsoft is adding a new security option to Windows Defender that is meant to help protect against malicious drivers on Windows 10 and 11 devices. I guess I won't be using that SCSI scanner much longer
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Magnetic amplifiers, the alt-tech of the Third Reich, lasted into the Internet era Magnets. It's always magnets.
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They're always the main attraction.
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No matter how hard you try to show other things, it will always go south.
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New research hints at the biophysical underpinnings of their ability to use Earth’s magnetic field lines to find their way to their breeding and wintering grounds They have to use them to avoid Schrödinger's cats
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