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Kent Sharkey wrote: Meow meow meow, meow
Has someone been watching the "meow mix" advert[^] on repeat? 
"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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 Guilty
TTFN - Kent
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Businesses have become more cautious about investing in artificial intelligence tools due to concerns about cost, data security, and safety, according to a study conducted by Lucidworks, a provider of e-commerce search and customer service applications. Magic AI isn't magic?
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This is entirely out of character for them. I thought they always dive in head first, spend a pile of money, and then worry about potential fall out (cost, security, etc.) later. Microsoft's antics with the "Recall" debacle is an example of this.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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You can't have pain without AI.
"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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Microsoft has announced that the DirectAccess remote access solution is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Windows, recommending companies migrate to the 'Always On VPN' for enhanced security and continued support. They almost had me panicking there when I heard ___Access was going away
As I recall, it frequently timed out trying to reconnect to the network if you didn't keep it active all the time
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Company cites safety, speed, approachability, and built-in C and C++ interoperability as Swift’s compelling advantages. So get busy rewriting, C++ folks
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Swift tries too hard to be different from C/C++ to stand out. For example, ++ and -- operators do not exist in Swift through += and -= exists.
Its for-loop are different and inflexible. This is a C for loop to increment from 0 to 10
for(int i=0; i<=10; ++i)
{
printf("%d", i);
}
This is Swift version of the same thing. It has limitations that it cannot increment more than one in a single step or decrement.
for number in 0...10
{
print(number)
}
This is a C for loop to increment from 0 to 9
for(int i=0; i<10; ++i)
{
printf("%d", i);
}
This is Swift version of the same thing.
for number in 0..<10
{
print(number)
}
This is the C for-loop that increment from 0 to 256 in steps of 16
for(int i=0; i<=256; i+=16)
{
printf("%d", i);
}
This is Swift version
for number in stride(from: 0, through: 256, by:16)
{
print(number)
}
This is C for-loop of decrementing by steps of 16.
for(int i=256; i>=0; i-=16)
{
printf("%d", i);
}
This is Swift version of decrementing by steps of 16.
for number in stride(from: 256, to: 0, by: -16)
{
print(number)
}
C for-loop syntax more or less stay the same while Swift's change depending whether you want to increment more than one or decrement.
C version of do-while
do
{
...
}
while (i<10);
Swift version of do-while
repeat
{
...
}
while (i<10);
These are some examples. The try-catch exception is also very different.
I tried to port my Windows DirectX application to Apple Metal but I gave up because the Swift's syntax is too different. I do not mean they should be the same. At least, the basic syntax should stay the same instead to be different in order to differentiate Swift from other C-compatible languages. So that I only struggle on the DirectX/Metal differences rather than the language's unimportant differences.
modified 12-Jun-24 23:22pm.
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Yeah, no.
C++ isn't going anywhere. Not in my lifetime. Not in yours. If I had kids, not in theirs.
The fact that languages like Rust and Swift are touted by their authors as C++ successors just reinforces the idea that C++ is the language to "beat". (Such as that means anything in this context)
C++ is flexible, powerful, and entrenched. The fact that it has been around for decades means sheer inertia will keep it moving for many more.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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C++ has enough issues with complexity as it is.... but one thing that irritates me to no end are developers who say they know C++, but when you look at their code, it's just C. Yeah, I know C++ is just a better C compiler (was told this one time), but in the world I live in, most cannot spell "class".
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: but one thing that irritates me to no end are developers who say they know C++, but when you look at their code, it's just C
I'm half guilty of that because I do embedded, which often requires me to forgo the STL for want of a compliant version, if it exists at all. And even if it does, it's not set up for multiple heaps, nor using tiny heaps responsibly. While I could make custom allocators for everything, it's often just easier to use the C functions for what I need. I still make judicious use of class, struct, and template.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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This is where I live as well, so it explains a lot. But in the herd of engineers I work with, I'll come across a mishmash of coding styles. In 20 years, the group has never been able to standardize on coding standards let alone development philosophy. And, as you say, one must be very careful using C++ features in an embedded RTOS environment. If those support libraries aren't coded correctly, you'll lose too much performance.
Ah well, on 6/27, you'll find me by the pool.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: Ah well, on 6/27, you'll find me by the pool.
Vacay or retirement?
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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retirement... for at least 3 months, we'll see how it goes.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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In this blog post, we will highlight some of the most notable improvements that you can experience in version 17.10, such as faster Windows Forms designer loading, faster Razor colorization, quicker solution loading, and reduced DLL overhead. Not just bigger, but faster too (in places)
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It now crashes much faster
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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A research team from MIT announced a new programming language. Finch, its creators say, is “a simple bytecode interpreted, purely object-oriented, prototype-based, dynamically-typed programming language.” For those about to chirp, we salute you
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Great, another bird-brained language.
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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The US is still regulating some enriched uranium based on an analysis from the 1950s. And hopefully not *be* one
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Really, really old sci-fi book "When Worlds Collide" I believe had atomic rockets in it. Yep I found them
When Worlds Collide - Wikipedia[^]
and
After Worlds Collide - Wikipedia[^]
Now try to find them in a library.
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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I would have expected those to be on Project Gutenberg, but no luck (nor at my library, double drat)
TTFN - Kent
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Found them here
When Worlds Collide book by Philip Wylie[^]
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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They are available as Kindle books.
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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Regarding the usability of not highly enriched uranium, there is a paywalled article in the current edition of Science:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8693[^]
It tells us that uranium enriched to more than 10% U-235 can be used to build a bomb, but you may need a ton of it.
On the other hand, when such 10-20% enriched uranium is used - and thus produced - for commercial purposes, the currently clear line of distinction of "weapon uranium" and "civil uranium" gets blurred, and non-proliferation checks fail.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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A new model lets scientists run ions through thousands of supercapacitor pores instead of just one at a time. Is it a diode? A relay? No, it's SUPERcapacitor
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