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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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I can't remember the man's name. Black guy went on Joe Rogan and said a bit of crazy.
But poking some of the info, he's one of the only other people I've heard say that 0 does not exist. That's been my tinfoiliest of hats theory for a good bit. Even further, integers don't really "exist". Some cultures reflect that. All apples aren't the same, so basically, what's the point in counting them. At least, I think that's their take.
If the perfection of integers is an abstraction that isn't actually any part of the observable world, I think it's possible they're both the best and worst things mathematics has. Like it tangled itself up there early on and that's limited us or something.
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The Drake equation is made up with no supporting evidence. We have a sample size of one.
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Are you suggesting that the Drake equation originates back to before there was life on earth?
Or are you saying that we now have one conclusive evidence of life in addition to what has been around here on earth for a few billion years?
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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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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That's just Python for the ML stuff.
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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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den2k88 wrote: use your brain for once instead
OBJECTION: counselor is alluding to facts not in evidence.
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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Sorry, no, that would leave too many tech article writers without a purpose. I.e., the status quo.
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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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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