/. just ran a story on how AI completely and utterly fails to predict crime:

https://yro.slashdot.org/story...

How is this any different?

Last time I was at the Pentagon, I asked the janitor about how the Pentagon was handling the changes to the Wagner Group. He shrugged and said he didn't know! Can you believe that! They are clueless!

If Lina Khan thinks a check in clerk at a hotel is going to know details on how a (most likely) fluid and difficult situation involving all sorts of highly confidential data is being handled, she needs to go. She's clueless. How is that the clerk's business? If I'm being hacked the last thing I'm going to want is the world (and the hackers) to know how I'm fighting back or defending my company. Early disclosures are going to be vague. Details in due time.

Worse yet is if she wants to hear a meaningless boiler plate statement from the clerk about "how they are doing all they can, blah, blah, blah." If all it takes is meaningless bullshit to make her feel fuzzy, back to original point: She needs to go.

This is the MGM. Odds are they have sniper teams ready to dole out justice for any hackers on US soil (joke). They aren't doing nothing, They hire real security, and I doubt they have qualms about breaking laws to swiftly deal with the problem.

When China says, "play by our rules or else", Apple has no qualms helping China hunt dissidents. Why would the US government be any different?

I hear AI can do anything and everything! The UK can ask AI to read them the messages, and voilà! Decoded.

(Before you correct me. I'm joking.)

Brick laying is to architecture as programming is to CS.

If you can't talk about algorithms, how compilers work, P vs NP, Turing machines, at least know who Donald Knuth is, etc. you aren't taking CS, you are taking the bricklaying class.

An accounting course
A cooking course
A car mechanic course
A plumbing course
A financial planner course
A nursing course ...

Many in the Slashdot crowd have been very vocal about the origins of Covid-19. It's embarrassing. This is supposed to be a place for those who are more scientifically minded.
        There is a lot of questionable data gathered via questionable means that can not be reproduced or verified. This happened in China. Then the Chinese government immediately locked everyone out. Anyone with any credibility can only say: We don't know where it came from. You don't have access to all the unadulterated samples and documents from inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Those data are Chinese state secret, and sharing them is a crime.
        Likewise with the drug companies. Johnson & Johnson was happy to knowingly kill large numbers of Americans selling their Opioids. They clearly valued billions in drug sales over human lives. The feel bad after being sued by state attorney generals. The others are no better when tempted by 100 billion dollar jackpots. You can't trust what these companies say about their Covid-19 drugs. That doesn't mean their drugs are dangerous. It means you only know after a completely independent interest (preferably more that one, and working independently) conducts short term and long term controlled trials. Vocally stating the drugs are safe or the drugs are dangerous only shows that God has told you so or you have "beliefs" instead of objective knowledge.

Most office building's HVAC, electrical, plumbing and floor layouts are not easily converted into residences. Even if you gave a developer the building for free and rubber stamped all the building permits, the conversion cost may be so high that the project can't make money. It might be more feasible to tear down the office building and start fresh.

Older buildings often have lots of systems that are not up to current code. If you change an electrical panel, the inspector will usually focus on the panel that was changed and ignore everything else. Convert the whole building, and everything is going to have to be brought up to current code. I'm not from California, but I'm going to guess that an old building stripped bare might have trouble meeting the current earthquake building code during inspections.

If you are good enough to get into Stanford, you can deal with "a lot of ground is covered for someone new to XYZ". Actually there are more than a few classes like this at Stanford. I've tutored undergrads there. Classes move fast. If you can't handle it, you are in the wrong place. I've seem Olympic level swimmers there have a look of terror thinking, "I'm not going to make it here." Yep. Standford isn't easy.

My CS 101 book was "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs". A challenging book for CS101, but damn was it rewarding. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs).

Classes that push your limits are a gift. Getting into Stanford is a gift. If a class isn't hard, you aren't getting enough benefit.

I'm Afraid I Can't Do That, Dave.

A good craftsman never blames his tools. I started out on two large (~5+million lines) C++ projects. If you know what you are doing, C++ can be used effectively (Ha-Ha Mr. Meyers). Didn't seem too hard back in the day. Good habits go a long way, and I had some awesome mentors. Likewise any programming language can be used to write hideous code (I haven't had reason to use Rust. Guess I need to find an excuse).

Certain people have a way of clearly thinking about a problem and then turn out clean code. Just a few of these people working together can accomplish a lot.

The coders who know the millions of lines of undocumented/un-commented backward-compatible tangled messes of code have long since moved on.

My guess is that the risk of changing anything that "ain't" broken will outweigh the benefits of Rust.

The Chinese put all that time money and resources into something that really doesn't accomplish much for them.

The article sounds more like US damage control. If it wasn't effective, the Chinese wouldn't be doing it.

Had a company owned item stolen in Houston, Tx. It had GPS on it. The cops in Houston basically said: We don't have time. You can go look for your stolen property yourself. With several heavily armed people, we did. Item had moved, and the GPS was disabled. Didn't get it back. Ugh.

Step 1. Remove all the real buttons from all the cars.
Step 2. Piss everyone off. People buy the crap because they have no other choice.
Step 3. Designers pat themselves on the back because of how many units they sold. Dismiss any criticism as being from the unenlightened and therefore not worth of consideration.