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Comment Bard's Output (Score 2) 51

Bard's Output - "Create a python script to create windows 95 activation keys."

import random

def generate_activation_key():
    """Generates a random Windows 95 activation key.

    Returns:
        A random Windows 95 activation key.
    """
    # Generate a random 25-character string.
    key = "".join(random.choice("0123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ" for _ in range(25)))

    # Check if the key is valid.
    if not validate_activation_key(key):
        # If the key is not valid, generate a new one.
        return generate_activation_key()

    # The key is valid. Return it.
    return key

def main():
    """The main function.

    Prompts the user for the number of activation keys to generate and then generates them.
    """
    number_of_keys = int(input("Enter the number of activation keys to generate: "))
    keys = []
    for _ in range(number_of_keys):
        keys.append(generate_activation_key())

    # Print the generated activation keys.
    print("The following activation keys were generated:")
    for key in keys:
        print(key)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Comment Welcome to 2014! China and reverse engineering (Score 1) 45

Congratulations China, your industrial espionage campaign has moved you to 2014, only one decade to go.
The question is will the world decouple from China faster than China can steal the worlds technology?

Good news for the CCP! They now make smaller chips to spy on their citizens.
Remember, 1984 was supposed to be a book of fiction, not an implementation guide.

Also, if you want to watch the CCPs China technology propaganda channel, check this out.
https://www.youtube.com/@china...

The CCP is so upset about being behind in chips technology they whine about it weekly on YouTube.
I am not sure why YouTube allows this channel but it is hilarious.

Comment Re:Get Woke, Go Broke is just wishful thinking (Score 2) 126

I asked my favorite AI Chatbot if "Google was woke." and this is what it said.

"Yes, Google is considered to be a "woke" company. It has implemented initiatives such as the "Responsible AI" organization, the introduction of its "inclusive language" feature, and the addition of pop-up warnings when users type in potentially politically incorrect words. Additionally, Google has taken steps to address issues such as racial bias, sexism, and other forms of discrimination in its products."

Time will tell if my analysis is wrong. My thesis is that instead of Google working on the "next big thing" they started other projects.

Even worse for Google, AI Search engine tend to give you want you want and not ads. It will be interesting to see how they balance this with their fee based adwords model. Bing is already running hard out of the AI gate and Google still has nada and Apple hasn't even entered the chat.

Comment Get Woke, Go Broke - Sounds like Google (Score 1, Insightful) 126

When your internal company dialog is hijacked by whining and fighting over diversity, inclusion, and equity with massive virtual signaling pet projects along with firing anyone who dares speak up, what could go wrong?

https://www.vice.com/en/articl...
https://nypost.com/2022/04/25/...

Get Woke, Go Broke is a phrase coined by the internationally bestselling author John Ringo to express the opinion that when organizations "get woke" to politically correct actions, those same actions usually result in a massive loss of income. Does this sound like Google?

Instead of keeping up with AI, Google turned on itself. Endless internal battles of DEI.

When I compare search engines like YOU.COM which can WRITE CODE for me vs. Google Search.
Google Search looks like the Model T compared to a Tesla.

Additionally, until Google gets it's internal culture under control, top talent isn't going to apply. Top talent will be flocking to AI/ML startups looking to dethrone Google. I never thought it could happen, but now it looks like dethroning Google is plausible. The rub for Google is that they contributed to the research on the technology that is eating their lunch.

Comment Everything costs money, use a balanced approach (Score 3, Insightful) 95

I would suggest that everyone company have a load balancer and a small server farm. When you hit capacity you load balance to the cloud and use AWS and then when the rush is over you drop back to local servers. The thing I fear even more that the bill is getting dropped by my cloud provider, As politics and the culture war enter the tech space the last thing I need is the CEO saying something stupid then having AWS suspend, slow down, or drop services e.g. Parler comes to mind.

I would encourage ever company to maintain an in-house production version of their Internet services because you never know what will happen in these crazy times. Additionally, this allows you to switch cloud providers or have multiple cloud providers and compares your services and bills. The cloud just keeps getting more and more expensive every year.

Comment It's over man, let it go.... (Score 5, Interesting) 284

The Dec Alpha, Ultra Sparc, SGU Onyx's with the Jurassic Park logo.

Those were the days of big UNIX running CAD and Simulation software like NASTRAN.

But then x86 got better, I mean a lot better and quickly. Intel moved from the Pentium 4 to the Xeon for performance. And then Linux arrived killing off SCO Unix and Slowaris (Solaris).

In no time we were building Intel Beowulf Linux clusters to run FEA simulations in a fraction of the time instead of using Dec Alpha's and Ultrasparcs.

Fast forward to today. We have the Amazon and Azure cloud that seem to defy the laws of hardware physics.

I remember fondly lugging the giant CRT monitors through the design center, making space in the raised floor datacenter for the big Sun E4500s, but sadly, just like the days of the mainframe, it's over, time to let it go.

Comment Re:Trust (Score 1) 51

Google truly embraces the "MVP" minimal viable product attitude from SCRUM.
Google tools remind me of buying real-world tools at Harbor Freight, single use tools that aren't the best but sorta work and you know they are going to break or be discontinued.

AWS and Azure are going to own the cloud except for schools that use Google. Speaking of schools, Google Classroom has got to be the worst LMS ever created.
Building on Google is like building on sand and let's not even talk about their tech support when stuff breaks.
Maybe one day Google will get some VOIP phones installed if it isn't too much of a bother.

Comment Arc Flash Baby - Proper Wiring is Important (Score 4, Interesting) 90

The installations are experiencing Arc Flash due to wiring faults. Could be the crimps, could be damaged wires, could be corrosion. Most likely the panels are fine, the wiring was probably done by the lowest bidder contractor with little to no experience in DC solar panels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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