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The European Commission is concerned Microsoft is giving Teams an unfair advantage over competitors. Next!
I guess tomorrow will have a Google charge?
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The EU is a little slow. MS unbundled Teams from MS-Office and Microsoft 365 subscriptions last fall.
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Fanboy and all, but this has always struck me as dumb.
Why do we not want more for less and how is that at all anti-consumer?
Oh sure, I see why it might tick off other tech giants. I just don't see how anyone was getting shortchanged because a browser came with their OS or Teams comes with Office.
And really, aren't we just saying you can't build software that does everything?
Where's the limit? Your "app" has two too many features and crosses over into five too many domains?
How would it be handled if MSFT or AAPL decided to just go full on subscription IT services provider?
They'd stop licensing software altogether. The only "license" is you pay them your subscription for them to access their software. Then you get everything your subscription offers.
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obermd wrote: The EU is a little slow.
I'm certain a lot of people living within its borders agree with that statement. 
TTFN - Kent
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Useful mathematical concepts, like the number line, can linger for millennia before they are rigorously defined. Getting to the root of the issue
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It was approved by the House and then by the Senate, lastly the President signed it.
Oh wait, that's how a bill becomes a law.
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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Cue up I'm Just a Bill - Schoolhouse Rock - YouTube[^]. 
"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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Or it's how, in 1897, the Indiana state legislature passed a bill defining pi as 3.2. It stalled in their senate after a math prof intervened.
Well, why not? The number of bills that pass even though they ignore economic laws are legion by comparison.
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Imbeciles! Every Simpsons fan knows that π is exactly 3! 
"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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I read somewhere about a theoretical physics course (maybe?) where pi was rounded to 10.
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Base 3, obviously.
"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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If it was done that way, a line would become a tangled knot.
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Good article. I also see in Dedekind's work the basis for the proof of Gödel's incompleteness theorem.
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Microsoft has stopped using its underwater data centers that were part of an experiment to study conditions around machinery. The servers were getting all wrinkly
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Look at him, including PUNS in the title on top of the funny comments inside the post. We're gonna get spoiled.
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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That's The Register for you - they're my heroes for headlines.
TTFN - Kent
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Well, Microsoft did say it was an experiment. Obviously this one didn't wash out for them.
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"Tide Pods" was already taken.
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The same way that transformers were transformative (sorry) for AI, we believe GitHub Copilot Extensions will ultimately deliver on the full promise of AI for developers. I would have put them a little lower on my hierarchy of needs
Or I guess that's higher if we're going with Maslow's pyramid.
Either way, the "don't need" pile for me. It's Monday, and I'm confused.
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I still haven't played with AI in the context of code generation very much at all.
MSFT's thinking here is really good though. Models as plugins will definitely be a thing in lots of arenas.
This does make me think though... Another/better thing I would be more interested in would be for them to use AI to "fuzz" the code in ways that don't make it so fuzzy as something like js min. Then open up web based collab where people who want to can 'summon the internet' for advice.
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The Mail & Calendar app will soon be out of the picture, and the new Outlook Web app will replace it. I'm sure the Thunderbird people are grateful for them saying that
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Kent Sharkey wrote: and the new Outlook Web app will replace it.
So they can take pictures of your email and calendar every 60 seconds.
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They couldn't figure out how to monetize Mail and Calendar. By forcing people to use a web app they can shove advertisements down your throat.
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TL;DR - Getting 100% coverage on a project doesn’t mean you have zero bugs. Here is an extreme example to prove it. In related news: duh
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