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NewsDon't get scammed by fake job postings on sites like LinkedIn and Indeed Pin
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NewsGoogle is making its internal video-blurring privacy tool open source Pin
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NewsFCC proposes record-breaking $300 million fine against robocaller Pin
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NewsMicrosoft plans pre-compiled queries for Entity Framework, and may replace old and crufty .NET SQL Server provider Pin
Kent Sharkey22-Dec-22 9:31
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NewsThe end of programming Pin
Kent Sharkey22-Dec-22 8:31
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I believe the conventional idea of "writing a program" is headed for extinction, and indeed, for all but very specialized applications, most software, as we know it, will be replaced by AI systems that are trained rather than programmed.
"The report of my death was an exaggeration"

It's been ending since it started, hasn't it? (at least back to 4GL, but I suspect the machine fiddlers hated those new high-level languages like Assembly and C)
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NewsWelcome to Comprehensive Rust 🦀 Pin
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NewsEven the FBI says you should use an ad blocker Pin
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NewsFTX execs plead guilty while throwing Sam Bankman-Fried under the bus Pin
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NewsJohn Cleese’s classic “silly walk” burns more calories than a normal gait Pin
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NewsThis is your brain. This is your brain on code Pin
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