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The biggest software development challenge in 2024 will be incorporating AI into the development process, according to a new report. Also, finding human intelligence
none around here today, sadly
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In a recent study, 151 human participants were pitted against ChatGPT-4 in three tests designed to measure divergent thinking, which is considered to be an indicator of creative thought. Can I borrow two standard cups of creativity for tomorrow's newsletter
I promise to return the favour next Tuesday
Edit: fixed link
modified 5-Mar-24 12:42pm.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: to measure divergent thinking, which is considered to be an indicator of creative thought.
I can think of many evil "divergent thinkers" that I guess would beat ChatGPT hands down. 
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And yet someone still upvoted it.  Thank you, fixed.
TTFN - Kent
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From the article:
Quote: Also, the researchers did not evaluate the appropriateness of GPT-4 responses.
So, it's all BS. Simply spewing lots of nonsense isn't a measure of creativity. Next up a math test:
Researcher: What's 2 + 3 equals?
GPT-4: 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 15, 36
Researcher: Very good; you are so much better at math than humans.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: Researcher: What's 2 + 3 equals?
The pattering of a spring rain upon the leaves of a newly-sprouted crocus.
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Hey, no AI's allowed here.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: Researcher: Very good; you are so much better at creative math than humans.
FTFY
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standardized tests of creative potential
...  ...? I can't wait to see how the creative tests of standards adherence go.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: 151 human participants
Task to ChatGPT: Identify 151 human participants in this world who will outperform you in creativity.
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I see graphs everywhere and use them to analyze all sorts of systems. At the same time, I dread actually using graphs in my code. "One thing leads to another"
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A case study asks Copilot users about the tool's impact on their productivity, and seeks to find their perceptions mirrored in user data. Keep that tab key revved up
Includes the wisdom: "Coding is not typing"
And yeah, this does fit into the category of "Drug company shows its drug works wonderfully" news
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Includes the wisdom: "Coding is not typing"
But following or rejecting the meaning of it? 
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Starting next month, Microsoft nag screens pushing Windows 11 will also show up on non-managed enterprise devices running Windows 10 Pro and Pro Workstation. Don't forget to RSVP!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: RSVP!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: pushing Windows 11 will also show up on non-managed enterprise devices running Windows 10 Pro and Pro Workstation.
Even when their own test said the machine was not Win11 adequated?
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In this post, we will introduce the new features that we introduced to the Code Coverage Results window in Visual Studio Enterprise 2022. In case your code is modest
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This the third-largest fine from the EU, and its first directed towards Apple. They're just trying to get their money back for all the Taylor Swift they streamed
Congratulations, Spotify
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Quote: EU fines Apple nearly $2 billion for 'blocking' alternative music apps
That's what actually should have been done. Not specifical lobby interests
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I'm surprised it's not done more often.
Seems a fragile infrastructure.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Where's Moses when you need him?
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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During the Network Wars between OSI and Internet protocols, one of the most prominent arguments in favor of Internet was its robustness against network failures: Thanks to the dynamic routing principles, a failure of one link would cause the IP packets to flow around the problematic area along other links.
Virtual line switching, with all packets following the same route, determined at connection establishment, was scorned at.
It turned out that the dynamic IP routing didn't scale, especially with respect to speed. We neither have the time nor the processing power to pick an IP packet out of the net, inspecting and modifying it, before re-inserting it into the network 20+ times along its path. In the old days, I did experience communication failures because the default TTL of 20 reached zero, and I had to raise it to maintain a stable link.
That most certainly was a problem. So internet got switches at the physical level, using network level addresses for physical level switching, but what the heck - who cares about clean layer interfaces in the internet?
So where is the difference between this and virtual line switching? Virtual line switching was done on a call-by-call basis. The route could be selected based on loads on different links, problems with certain links or whatever. The modern internet switching resembles virtual line switching, except that it is done with a soldering iron. It is fixed, unambiguous, no alternates. If a link fails, there is no automatic re-routing around it. Not even for new connections. Engineers must come out to change the fixed connections to new fixed connections.
OK, they do not need a soldering iron to make the reconnections, but it is a manual operation, modifying a large number of routing tables. The result is a new configuration that is just as static and vulnerable as the old one.
Yet we insist that no network protocol could ever be as good as IP!
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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The Windows Runtime contains equivalents to C++ vectors and maps, namely IVector and IMap. If you have a choice, stick with the C++ versions, and if you have to produce a Windows Runtime version, delay the conversion as long as possible. There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch: Vector Edition
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