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Re: A look ahead of Microsoft’s Windows 11 Moment 2 update

22-Feb-23 11:16

OnMSFT[^]:
Towards the end of last year, the company indicated that it had big plans in store for Windows 11 in 2023.

If you have a moment

David O'Neil22-Feb-23 17:53

Our Forgotten Astronomy | Object Oriented Programming with C++ | Wordle solver

22-Feb-23 17:53

Missing two letters? 've'? As in 'movement'? More precisely a bowel movement?

Re: A look ahead of Microsoft’s Windows 11 Moment 2 update

obermd23-Feb-23 3:47

obermd

23-Feb-23 3:47

So will they bring back the full feature set of the Windows 10 task bar and start menu?

Re: A look ahead of Microsoft’s Windows 11 Moment 2 update

David O'Neil23-Feb-23 11:25

Our Forgotten Astronomy | Object Oriented Programming with C++ | Wordle solver

23-Feb-23 11:25

Nah. Things that complicated go into the ten-year plan.

Code quality metrics: How to evaluate and improve your code

Kent Sharkey22-Feb-23 8:01

Re: Code quality metrics: How to evaluate and improve your code

22-Feb-23 8:01

ContentLab[^]:
High-quality code is efficient and reliable, runs well without bugs, and meets the user’s needs.

Assuming quality matters for you

Nelek22-Feb-23 9:38

Re: Code quality metrics: How to evaluate and improve your code

22-Feb-23 9:38

I wonder... why is there no "Article Quality metrics: How to evaluate and improve your text" ?

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

David O'Neil22-Feb-23 17:54

Our Forgotten Astronomy | Object Oriented Programming with C++ | Wordle solver

22-Feb-23 17:54

https://www.autocrit.com does pretty good for pointing out some errors I've had in the past.

Re: Code quality metrics: How to evaluate and improve your code

Nelek23-Feb-23 9:32

Re: Code quality metrics: How to evaluate and improve your code

23-Feb-23 9:32

Thanks for the link, it might be handy at one point.

I actually was more trying to be ironic about the "reporters" of such kind of topics and the quality of their articles... was I so bad with the sarcasm? Sigh | :sigh:

M.D.V.

David O'Neil23-Feb-23 11:23

Our Forgotten Astronomy | Object Oriented Programming with C++ | Wordle solver

23-Feb-23 11:23

I choose helpfulness, in addition to sarcasm! That's just who I am! Smile | :)

Re: Code quality metrics: How to evaluate and improve your code

maze322-Feb-23 23:41

maze3

22-Feb-23 23:41

WTFs/m is a standard unit of measure
covers both readability, extendibility, documentation quality, and the "you programmed it"

WTFs/m – OSnews

Microsoft researchers are using ChatGPT to control robots, drones

Kent Sharkey22-Feb-23 7:46

Re: Microsoft researchers are using ChatGPT to control robots, drones

22-Feb-23 7:46

PC magazine[^]:
The company's researchers use ChatGPT to write computer code that can control a robot arm and an aerial drone.

Sure, put an emotionally unstable "AI" in charge of robots. What's the worst that could happen?

Nelek22-Feb-23 9:35

Maximizing the value of IntelliCode with API usage examples: Real-world code examples at your fingertips

22-Feb-23 9:35

Kent Sharkey wrote:
What's the worst that could happen?

Don't worry, we are safe... that only happens in films D'Oh! | :doh:

Disclaimer: That's a real answer I got from someone a while ago when speaking about the topic

M.D.V.

Kent Sharkey22-Feb-23 7:46

Microsoft shares the secret sauce behind its Prometheus model that powers the new Bing

22-Feb-23 7:46

Visual Studio blog[^]:
As a software developer, we’ve all faced the frustration of having to leave our IDE to search for documentation, code examples, Stack Overflow, blog posts or simply trying to remember how to use a certain API.

You can't plagiarize if you don't understand the code (oh, wait...)

Kent Sharkey22-Feb-23 7:31

Physicists use quantum mechanics to pull energy out of nothing

22-Feb-23 7:31

Windows Central[^]:
Microsoft's new Bing leverages real-time information and OpenAI's next-gen GPT model to generate responses. The conjunction of those elements is the key to Microsoft's proprietary tech called Prometheus.

Try it, before they chain it to a rock

Kent Sharkey22-Feb-23 7:31

Re: Physicists use quantum mechanics to pull energy out of nothing

22-Feb-23 7:31

Quanta magazine[^]:
The quantum energy teleportation protocol was proposed in 2008 and largely ignored. Now two independent experiments have shown that it works.

Unfortunately, you're going to need a new cable

And that's just to understand what they did.
"It is important to realize that in physics today, we have no knowledge what energy is."

Nelek22-Feb-23 9:34

Re: Physicists use quantum mechanics to pull energy out of nothing

22-Feb-23 9:34

Quote:
Physicists use quantum mechanics to pull energy out of nothing

Scotty beam me up.

M.D.V.

Daniel Pfeffer22-Feb-23 19:58

Daniel Pfeffer

22-Feb-23 19:58

They've only done it across microscopic distances. a Star Trek-style transporter is a long way off. Frown | :(

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.

Re: Physicists use quantum mechanics to pull energy out of nothing

Kevin McFarlane13-Mar-23 1:08

Kevin McFarlane

13-Mar-23 1:08

Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
Star Trek-style transporter is a long way off.

One small step at a time. Smile | :)

Kevin

Re: Physicists use quantum mechanics to pull energy out of nothing

obermd23-Feb-23 3:38

obermd

23-Feb-23 3:38

Star Gate's Zero Point Energy modules used by the Ancients to power just about everything.

Microsoft identifies three big issues in WPF – but says it can only fix one or two

Kent Sharkey22-Feb-23 7:16

Re: Microsoft identifies three big issues in WPF – but says it can only fix one or two

22-Feb-23 7:16

Dev Class[^]:
Microsoft has published a roadmap for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), identifying three big modernization issues, but the extent of the company’s commitment to it is undermined by a comment that “We do not believe we will be able to deliver all 3 items.”

You can choose to fix the W, the P, or the F

Nelek22-Feb-23 9:26

Re: Microsoft identifies three big issues in WPF – but says it can only fix one or two

22-Feb-23 9:26

The new iteration of: "You have cheap, fast and good... choose two"

M.D.V.

Joe Woodbury22-Feb-23 9:56

Joe Woodbury

22-Feb-23 9:56

I don't use WPF but 1 and 3 sound like they give the best ROI.

Re: Microsoft identifies three big issues in WPF – but says it can only fix one or two

Richard Deeming22-Feb-23 22:10

Richard Deeming

22-Feb-23 22:10

Kent Sharkey wrote:
You can choose to fix the W, the P, or the F

I'm betting they choose the P, and "fix" it by replacing it with a T. Smile | :)

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Re: Microsoft identifies three big issues in WPF – but says it can only fix one or two

Dan Neely23-Feb-23 3:28

Dan Neely

23-Feb-23 3:28

Well they obviously can't take the windows out, and it'll always be Elephant | [mastadon]

ed. So I guess that means they're taking the "P". Laugh | :laugh:

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

This fake Linkedin ad could be one of the first AI-generated phishing campaigns

Kent Sharkey22-Feb-23 7:16