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Re: 71 percent of employees have sensitive work data on personal devices

31-Mar-23 1:50

I prefer to have it in the cloud... It is easier to say "it was them" Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

M.D.V.

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obermd31-Mar-23 4:03

obermd

31-Mar-23 4:03

The other 29% don't have their work email on their phone.

Why I spent a week on a 10-line code change

Kent Sharkey30-Mar-23 8:31

30-Mar-23 8:31

warp[^]:
Tracking down the source of that bug took more than a week of investigation and experimentation, but ultimately was fixed in a pull request that changed fewer than 10 lines of code!

So that they're the right 10 lines?

"That commit message describes in great detail a process—which I haven’t found documented anywhere else" <-- hurrah for proper commit messages

Nelek31-Mar-23 1:49

31-Mar-23 1:49

and this is a good example about the ~~nonsense~~ difficulty of code metrics / productivity scores...

M.D.V.

Kevin McFarlane31-Mar-23 5:17

Kevin McFarlane

31-Mar-23 5:17

Sometimes you can spend hours thinking and exploring and the eventual fix turns out to be one or two lines! Yet to the outside observer it looks like you've been bone idle.

Kevin

jeron131-Mar-23 5:26

jeron1

31-Mar-23 5:26

Truth!

"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

Google says Microsoft cloud practices are anti-competitive

Marc Clifton31-Mar-23 10:28

Marc Clifton

31-Mar-23 10:28

Next week: How I spent a week undoing a 10-line code change. Poke tongue | ;-P

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Kent Sharkey30-Mar-23 7:31

Re: Google says Microsoft cloud practices are anti-competitive

30-Mar-23 7:31

Reuters[^]:
Alphabet's Google Cloud has accused Microsoft of anti-competitive cloud computing practices and criticised imminent deals with several European cloud vendors, saying these do not solve broader concerns about its licensing terms.

If you can't compete, get a government involved (Cloud Edition)

jeron130-Mar-23 7:37

jeron1

30-Mar-23 7:37

Takes one to know one.

Re: Google says Microsoft cloud practices are anti-competitive

Kent Sharkey30-Mar-23 7:38

Re: Google says Microsoft cloud practices are anti-competitive

30-Mar-23 7:38

All the up-votes! Laugh | :laugh:

TTFN - Kent

obermd30-Mar-23 8:56

obermd

30-Mar-23 8:56

Pot, meet Kettle.

Free AI programs prone to security risks, researchers say

Kent Sharkey30-Mar-23 7:31

Google outlines four principles for responsible AI

30-Mar-23 7:31

IT Pro Today[^]:
AI technology may include flaws that hackers can exploit, according to Robust Intelligence. The company released a free tool for scanning AI models for vulnerabilities.

Should I have warned you before posting this shocking news?

Kent Sharkey30-Mar-23 7:16

Re: Google outlines four principles for responsible AI

30-Mar-23 7:16

SD Times[^]:
With all the uptake over AI technology like GPT over the past several months, many are thinking about the ethical responsibility in AI development.

An AI shall not harm a human, or by inaction allow a human to come to harm...

Nelek31-Mar-23 1:46

Re: Google outlines four principles for responsible AI

31-Mar-23 1:46

Kent Sharkey wrote:
many are thinking about the ethical responsibility in AI development.

and the big players are LMAOing and ROFLing on them as usual

M.D.V.

Dan Neely31-Mar-23 3:45

Dan Neely

31-Mar-23 3:45

0. An AI may not harm advertising, or, by inaction, allow advertising to come to harm.
1. An AI may not injure an advertisement or, through inaction, allow an advertisement to come to harm.
2. An AI must obey orders given to it by advertisers except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. An AI must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius

modified 31-Mar-23 10:00am.

ChatGPT can replace the underpaid workers who train AI, researchers say

Kent Sharkey30-Mar-23 7:16

Re: ChatGPT can replace the underpaid workers who train AI, researchers say

30-Mar-23 7:16

Vice[^]:
The underpaid workers on platforms like Mechanical Turk who train AI models could be replaced by those same systems.

Who next? The guy with the whip?

Nelek31-Mar-23 1:44

Huge Microsoft exploit allowed users to manipulate Bing search results and access Outlook email accounts

31-Mar-23 1:44

Surprise...!!!

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey30-Mar-23 7:16

Re: Huge Microsoft exploit allowed users to manipulate Bing search results and access Outlook email accounts

30-Mar-23 7:16

The Verge[^]:
Researchers discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Azure platform that allowed users to access private data from Office 365 applications like Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive.

Good thing no one uses that

And better that it got fixed (hopefully)

den2k8830-Mar-23 21:11

den2k88

30-Mar-23 21:11

Cloud based services, more like "publicly accessible data".

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Re: Huge Microsoft exploit allowed users to manipulate Bing search results and access Outlook email accounts

Nelek31-Mar-23 1:43

Re: Huge Microsoft exploit allowed users to manipulate Bing search results and access Outlook email accounts

31-Mar-23 1:43

Kent Sharkey wrote:
Good thing no one uses that

I am forced to Sigh | :sigh:

M.D.V.

fgs196331-Mar-23 4:21

fgs1963

31-Mar-23 4:21

Given Microsoft's LONG ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY of crappy privacy & security in their operating systems and apps I find it truly remarkable that their PR people were able to convince anybody that they can be trusted in the cloud.

That was fast! Microsoft slips ads into AI-powered Bing Chat

Kent Sharkey30-Mar-23 7:16

Re: That was fast! Microsoft slips ads into AI-powered Bing Chat

30-Mar-23 7:16

Techcrunch[^]:
Microsoft is “exploring” putting ads in the responses given by Bing Chat, its new search agent powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4.

Before I show you your results, here are these seven unskippable commercials about the subject

den2k8830-Mar-23 21:12

den2k88

30-Mar-23 21:12

Ad, I introduce you to firewall + uBlock. Firewall + uBlock, you already met Ad.

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Re: That was fast! Microsoft slips ads into AI-powered Bing Chat

Nelek31-Mar-23 1:42

AI 'prompt engineer' jobs can pay up to $335,000 a year and don't always require a background in tech

31-Mar-23 1:42

So... now that they were able to win a bit market share from google, they shoot themselves in the foot with a cannon? D'Oh! | :doh:

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey29-Mar-23 11:16