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In a recent study, a German-Georgian team of researchers proposed that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations (ETCs) could use black holes as quantum computers. And they also *may* be using black holes to bake bread
Sourdough, of course. Ever since the pandemic hit.
... really. Some "scientists"... 
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We're not saying it's aliens, but ...
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.
- Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
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Kent Sharkey wrote: And they also may be using black holes to bake bread
I think 'baked' pretty much describes those scientists.
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David O'Neil wrote: I think 'half-baked' pretty much describes those scientists.
You gave them 100% too much credit. 
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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From my almost non-existent knowledge of drug terminology in the States, being 'baked' means completely stoned out of your mind on marijuana. Half-baked means half-stoned. Urban Dictionary: Baked
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'Half-baked' in my childhood used to mean 'crazy', which is certainly an appropriate epithet for these physicists.
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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Often, 'half-baked' is used over here as in the phrases 'half-baked idea,' or 'half-baked plan.' In other words, 'winging it. Interesting how meanings are different in different cultures.
Of course, young kids are changing the meanings of everything right now, so there is no guarantee for the future!
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In a livestreamed event focusing on the new Blazor United project, Microsoft's Daniel Roth noted that while it's only focused on the web, the .NET team has been talking about combining disparate tooling for web, mobile and desktop. Because everyone should enjoy trying to build stuff with HTML and CSS
I was going to say, "with angle brackets", but everyone's doing that already.
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And the version number will be 8.0, right?
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Wishful thinking again, are we?
TTFN - Kent
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It's like nostalgia, but it's not. Don't know why, but a shiver went through me.
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But the really fun footnote is towards the end, where Tewson notes that she consents to Browder using his robot lawyer to defend himself in this case, and practically dares him to do so:
For what it is worth, Petitioner does and will consent to any application Respondents make to use their "Robot Lawyer" in these proceedings. And she submits that a failure to make such an application should weigh heavily in the Court’s evaluation of whether DoNotPay actually has such a product.
I love that while accusing him of fraud she's inviting Do Not Pay's creator to hoist himself on his own petard. 
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
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What's really interesting about this is multiple courts told him he would be charged with practicing Law without a license if he used this AI system.
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AI can scan thousands of releases, freeing up developers' time. Why use one buzzword, when you can use two?
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The search engine experiences its first existential crisis "Daisy...Daisy..."
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It's like an idiot-savant, minus you know the actual savant part.
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
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So instead of not finding anything ever it now will find completely unrelated results.
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
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OK, who asked it to open the pod bay doors? 
"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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Spoiler: The AE-35 unit is still functional.
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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Quote: ...suggests that its ultimate destination is very much as a more serious rival to Google Search.
This line answered a question I've had since first hearing of this: what practical use is there for AI in a search engine? To have a 'conversation' with the engine to iteratively weed out all the irrelevant results until I find what I'm looking for. If that's the goal, it's brilliant.
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.
- Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
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Ruby and Ruby on Rails exploded onto the web development scene in the early aughts. But while JavaScript and Python rule the roost today, Ruby still has its place. "Still, I'm gonna miss you"
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Quote: I spoke to current and former Ruby programmers to try to trace the language's rise and fall. They shared their thoughts about how and why Ruby's been displaced from the list of most loved languages—and also why they think it still has a future.
Stockholm syndrome?
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
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She took her love to town?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Beat me to it. I obviously spent too long finding a YT link.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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The same that happens with all the new buzzword, unmissable, will-shape-the-future, learn it or you're ould and out technology.
It died a lonely death.
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
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