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Could they be worse than Microsoft? 
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I no longer trust Microsoft, I'd very much trust an unknown benefactor to remove KMS, updates and spyware from their cr@pware.
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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Since we first introduced Fluid Framework, it has been used extensively both within Microsoft and by external customers to build real-time collaborative experiences. With FF 2, we’re making it even easier, more flexible and intuitive to build real-time collaborative applications. Most frameworks make me seek out fluids
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Mandatory: Unintentional framework | CommitStrip[^]
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This post was originally triggered – and I choose that word carefully – by a recent experience on a cloud cost-optimisation project. These experiences prompted me to consider how things had changed since I started working in software. Coming up soon: "Is asking silly questions a niche skill?"
I mean, I see the point he's trying to make, but Betteridge is certainly more correct here.
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It's definitely accurate that we've gravitated towards specialization. I know because I've resisted that pretty hard.
The perspective that SQL is niche might just involve how specialized vs generalized things are for the one doing the perceiving.
Somebody has to do it though, and at least for some scenarios it's almost definitely going to be someone who is more developer than DBA. Now it well may be a DBA (in title), the point is that some things require such an intimate knowledge of not only the data/table structure, but also how the clients interact with it.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Is asking silly questions a niche skill?"
No way... Have you seen the Q&A? That's not niche, that's mainstream  
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Its a basic skill any tom dick and harry should have these days...or from long back...
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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I would like to join in on that.
But then: Geek&Poke: SQL[^]
I never understood why SQL was developed, and then everything froze to ice (with regard to database languages). For solving other kinds of tasks, we have a handful of new languages and concepts and frameworks every year, and several widespread languages come in 'revisions' with no resemblance to previous versions (there is no reason to mention Fortran in this context). But SQL is sacred, untouchable, and should never be challenged, only embraced (e.g. LINQ).
Elementary database handling certainly is a basic skill. But I feel ashamed telling students that in 50 years, the best tool we have come up for solving database tasks is SQL. It does not make me proud of my profession's achievements.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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with the advent of the role of data analyst , data scientist ..considering if you need humans to do this they need some way to come out with clean data.now if you train ai to do this work..and cover most use cases and teach it sql .... the new way is Conversational Finance Demo - YouTube
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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The large language models that power today’s chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude are immensely powerful generative AI systems, and immensely power-hungry ones to boot. {Insert photo of person with light bulb lighting up above their head{
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Quote: research out of University of California, Santa Cruz has shown that modern LLMs running billions of parameters can operate on just 13 watts of power without a loss in performance. That’s roughly the draw of a 100W light bulb,
Huh? 
"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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I think the author is referring to a 100 watt equivalent LED bulb.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: equivalent LED
The devil's in the details.
"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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But that's not what the author said. Simple mistakes like this legitimately make you question the entire article.
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Counterpoint... if I go to amazon and type "100W bulb" everything I see is LED equivalents.
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"Our AI is the dimmest bulb in the rack!"
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The company is being paid $843 million to a build a rocket to "deorbit" the space station. They're going to use the Tesla self-driving code?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: They're going to use the Tesla self-driving code?
Then NASA had better put an emergency vehicle running it's lights on a barge at the target point. 
Actually, deorbiting the ISS is a perfect use case for the cargo variant of Starship. Starship is big enough that once disassembled, each module could fit in Starship's cargo area. Let's bring it down and study the long-term effects on the various materials.
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Pretty smart... I'm behind though. Why are we wanting to deorbit a space station? Can't we do something with it?
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jochance wrote: Why are we wanting to deorbit a space station?
It probably is too big for Wall-E
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Kent Sharkey wrote: They're going to use the Tesla self-driving code?
I hope not... if they do, instead of landing in the ocean it would hit a big city
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We're doomed! Again... Plan for the future. The far future.
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That was five minutes I'll never get back.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Plan for the future. The far future.
what for? IF we are still around, we will be controlled by our Robot Overlords
Maybe that's the last chance to get free, when they get bugged around
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