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SCITES - Systems of Cascading If-Then-Else Statements
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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LISP - Lots of Incredibly Stupid Parentheses
(From a simpler, more elegant time...  )
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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trønderen wrote: We have (in 40+ years) created a few new algorithms to do similar things. I wonder how long it will take for us to conclude that they are useful systems, but they are not really 'Artificial Intelligence', just a useful set of algorithms for certain types of tasks.
Not referring to the astronauts in the OP but rather the great unwashed masses who may lose their jobs to future automation / robot / AI derivatives... we've already concluded that they were useful "systems" but not very intelligent - just useful for certain tasks.
Just sayin'...  
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Microsoft is in the process of adding a new feature to its Bing chatbot that will considerably increase the utility value of the AI, namely image recognition. I think it looks like a weasel, Dave
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Dust off your old 386-powered PC and get ready to run ChatGPT. Can you get it to play DOOM for you?
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Google hopes to make the feature, dubbed ‘Playables,’ available on desktop and mobile. Get to the next level to watch video
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Quote: adding playable games
As opposed to the unplayable ones?
"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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To frugally furnish a codebase, imitate Ikea All code is flat, and put together using Allen wrenches
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deciphering the instruction pictures is the hard part.
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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Microsoft researchers have recently discovered an attack leveraging custom and open-source tools to target internet-facing Linux-based systems and IoT devices. Look over there! Someone else is getting hacked!
Pay no attention to the OS behind the curtain!
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Sigh. Like so many other exploits, it starts with brute-forcing a password.
The clever bits come later.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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When the top few passwords are’12345’ and ‘password’, brute-forcing isn’t a high hurdle . 
TTFN - Kent
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have achieved a 98% water recovery rate in a breakthrough achieved by a method that might make the faint of heart slightly squeamish: they hit peak astronaut pee recycling. "Putting on a stillsuit, he put on the desert"
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I can just hear the phrase "Alright, who ate the asparagus!?!" being uttered.
"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 engineers are thrilled because THEY are on the ground and can grab a bottle of Evian or Dasani and don't have to drink recycled bodily fluids. How do they capture sweat?
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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No extensions yet, but it can fight spam, tracking, and YouTube's algorithm. "Lord love a duck"
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Ars Technica wrote: No extensions yet, but it can fight spam,
Nice
Ars Technica wrote: tracking
As they usually said... we are going to show you ads anyways, but they will be random (what considering the problems with the Ad-Banners and Javascript, it might even be a disadvantage)
Kent Sharkey wrote: YouTube's algorithm
Seriosuly? How am I then going to find the next cute cat video?
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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Employers seeking tech talent are still more likely to interview men for their open roles, according to tech and sales recruiting firm Hired's analysis of how its customers use its platform. The best MAN for the job?
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Interesting - that leaves a lot of talent for those of us who only care about performance and results.
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As if women could not be way better than many of the men...
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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in other news 35% of Tech jobs only have men applying for them.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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The university is encouraging students to use 'CS50 bot' as their 24/7 learning assistant. "I really think I'm entitled to an answer to that question"
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