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We're doomed. 
"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 is a virus
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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Torvalds On C Vs Rust
Torvalds Weighs in On 'Nasty' Rust vs C For Linux Debate - Slashdot[^]
Slashdot Torvalds struck a surprisingly diplomatic tone. He praised how Rust has "livened up discussions" while admitting some arguments get "nasty." "C is, in the end, a very simple language," Torvalds said, explaining its appeal and pitfalls. "Because it's simple it's also very easy to make mistakes. And Rust is not." Torvalds remains upbeat about Rust's future in Linux, nonetheless. "Even if it were to become a failure -- and I don't think it will -- that's how you learn," he said.
I saw a video explaining the fight a bit more clearly -- and it is all about...wait for it...
Documentation!
Apparently the C functions have params that the Rust devs cannot identify what they do (or even if they are used) so when they go to create the Rust methods they have more requirement to name them properly and they can't do that bec of poor naming & documentation.
Earth Will Be Mooned Again
Earth Will Get a Second 'Mini-Moon' For 2 Months This Year - Slashdot[^]
Windows Powershell Phishing
This Windows PowerShell Phish Has Scary Potential – Krebs on Security[^]
Krebs: Many GitHub users this week received a novel phishing email warning of critical security holes in their code. Those who clicked the link for details were asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware.
Yikes! and double yikes!
AI Cameras Get Even Better
Night Vision: Cat's Eye Camera Can See Through Camouflage - IEEE Spectrum[^]
Oh, great, glad they can see me even when I'm hiding in the shrubs.
Java 23 Is Now Available - Squeee!
Java 23 is now available - SD Times[^]
Uh, I moved on to C# a looooooooong time ago.
22 Year Microsoft MVP Passed Over
It's the End of an Era -- Redmondmag.com[^]
I knew there was nothing to those MVP titles...cuz I never got one. 
You Didn't Want Win11? Now You Can Not Want Win12
Windows 12.1 is everything Windows 11 should be -- and the Microsoft operating system we need![^]
betanews: As you likely know, Microsoft is preparing to end support for Windows 10 next year...
say what? That'll be the end for me & Windows -- unless i can still run it from VirtualBox.
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Sorry, my snarky comments just don't rise to the level of Sharkey.
Legacy IT infrastructure hosted Chinese spies inside a US engineering firm for months | TechRadar[^]
Make your guess abou which company it was.
From the article: The target company was not named, but it was describes as making, “components for public and private aerospace organizations and other critical sectors, including oil and gas.”
PS5 Pro console is confirmed - here's the latest on release date, specs, price, and design | TechRadar[^]
_Only_ $699USD - releases Nov. 17, 2024
Krebs On Security : Scam ‘Funeral Streaming’ Groups Thrive on Facebook – Krebs on Security[^]
From the article: The page listed the correct time and date of the funeral service, which it claimed could be streamed over the Internet by following a link that led to a page requesting credit card information.
Trust no one! (You probably shouldn't even be clicking the links in this article.
Fedora 41 Beta Available with Some Interesting... » Linux Magazine[^]
Linux Market Share Hits New High » Linux Magazine[^]
This _is_ the _Year Of Linux Desktop!!
Well, it has been for me for a long time, but if you want to stay on Win11 & have all of your activity recorded then you do you. 
'Dead Internet Theory' Comes To Life With New AI-Powered Social Media App - Slashdot[^]
Dead Internet theory - Wikipedia[^]
Wait, are you trying to tell me I'm not a bot? Cuz I think I am.
Tech Jobs Have Dried Up - and Aren't Coming Back Soon - Slashdot[^]
Well, no wonder I'm still working at the same place I've been working.
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Oh how I do miss the Daily News. My coffee just isn't the same.
Thank you for this small portion!
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I only see advertisement from here, no real easy explanation 
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Basically, there is nothing there.
Sabine does cover herself by stipulating that the people who work in those companies believe that one day, there will be something there, but for the venture capitalists this appears to be a "pump and dump" operation.
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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AI accurately re-generating handwritten text
and if you take notes you can send message to yourself in future 
=====================================================
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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Nitin S wrote: if you take notes you can send message to yourself in future
AI is truly advancing by leaps and bounds. I can now use thousands of dollars of hardware to duplicate what people have been able to do for thousands of years with a sheet of bark/paper/papyrus/vellum/ and a bit of ink.
/s
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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I would say that is quite an advance, to be able to do anything that people can do.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: to be able to do any thing that people can do.
FTFY
Ok, granted... depending on which people that's not really difficult
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.
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I haven't received a newsletter since Aug 29.
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The proper forum for that is not here...
it is Bugs and Suggestions[^]
@sean-ewington would you mind to move this thread and delete my message once moved? Thank you
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.
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Yes, is Kent on vacation?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I bet Kent is taking a vacation/holiday/PTO. Not that we like it but I'm sure it's part of his compensation package.
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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Hope this is just a vacation and not a suspension! Many of us look forward to the great content contained in the Insider newsletter each day.
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Me too. Hope the newsletter will come back!
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I read the title as two separate lines, which means that there would be extraterrestrial life!
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Well, Mars is the only known planet where all life is machine live.
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A judge has dismissed the majority of claims in a copyright lawsuit filed by developers against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI. The AI didn't copywrong then?
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