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While Google Translate is far from perfect, it's still a helpful way to gain information or engage in conversation. How many of the languages were invented by the AI?
I'm shocked they haven't had Cantonese until now.
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You'd need 4 shift keys!?
I bet predictive AI would work really well on that. Enough that building it into the keyboard itself would be worthwhile. Kinda like the whole drag-spelling thing for SMS.
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Half of IT professionals believe there are devices connected to their network that they're unaware of, despite nearly 60 percent admitting that insecure devices pose a 'very high' or 'high' risk to their organization. And the other half know there are devices no one thinks about
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Some seven years in the making, the Eclipse Foundation's Theia IDE project is now generally available, emerging from beta to challenge Microsoft's similar Visual Studio Code editor, with which it shares much tech. Visual Studio Code with the Microsoft filed off
"Theia is built on the same Monaco editor that powers VS Code, and it supports the same Language Server Protocol (LSP) and Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) that provide IntelliSense code completions, error checking and other features. ... Eclipse Theia IDE also supports the same extensions as VS Code."
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0patch, a service that provides micro security patches without disruptions, announced today that it plans to offer security patches for Windows 10 for at least five years after its official end of life, giving customers a chance to stick to their current devices without significant security compromises. Assuming you trust a non-Microsoft company to patch your Windows
Insert predictable, "could they be worse than Microsoft?" here
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Since we first introduced Fluid Framework, it has been used extensively both within Microsoft and by external customers to build real-time collaborative experiences. With FF 2, we’re making it even easier, more flexible and intuitive to build real-time collaborative applications. Most frameworks make me seek out fluids
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This post was originally triggered – and I choose that word carefully – by a recent experience on a cloud cost-optimisation project. These experiences prompted me to consider how things had changed since I started working in software. Coming up soon: "Is asking silly questions a niche skill?"
I mean, I see the point he's trying to make, but Betteridge is certainly more correct here.
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The large language models that power today’s chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude are immensely powerful generative AI systems, and immensely power-hungry ones to boot. {Insert photo of person with light bulb lighting up above their head{
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Quote: research out of University of California, Santa Cruz has shown that modern LLMs running billions of parameters can operate on just 13 watts of power without a loss in performance. That’s roughly the draw of a 100W light bulb,
Huh? 
"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 company is being paid $843 million to a build a rocket to "deorbit" the space station. They're going to use the Tesla self-driving code?
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We're doomed! Again... Plan for the future. The far future.
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Microsoft pulled the June Windows 11 KB5039302 update after finding that it causes some devices to restart repeatedly. Who could have...who could have...who could have...
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A restart loop was perhaps the most feared scenario in the products I worked on. Plus ça change...
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In the age of GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Google Gemini and all the rest, one of the most-used AI coding assistants is still the venerable IntelliCode feature of Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE, whose six-year-old tech now seems positively ancient. If it works, don't AI it
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This threw my head off a bit. Intellisense vs Intellicode.
The latter is sort of the former after reworking it when they did AI it.
Had to go poking a little because I knew Intellisense has been kicking way longer than 6 years.
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Yeah, Intelli{foo} was the new Active{foo} or Direct{foo} for a while with Microsoft.
TTFN - Kent
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In a new PwC survey, 28% of respondents said they were likely to switch jobs within the next year—up from 19% in 2022. So, get out before the rush
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Kent Sharkey wrote: So, get out before the rush
or before the next mass layoff
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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It ain't over till it's over then?
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published research looking into 172 key open-source projects and whether they are susceptible to memory flaws. But that's OK - they have plenty of eyes looking at them
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Kent Sharkey wrote: they have plenty of eyes looking at them
but... do they see something?
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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Continuous scrolling search results on desktop will be removed today, as well as on mobile devices ‘in the coming months.’ Worthless results moved back to page 2
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Continuous scrolling search results on desktop will be removed today
if a tree falls where noone can hear it... does it make sound?
I didn't even know they had added it in the first place  
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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Kent Sharkey wrote: Worthless results moved back to page 2
More like, first non-AI-generated clickbait spam site / ad moved back to page 42.
"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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