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Comment And the mouse-click issue? (Score 1) 36

There is still the issue of mouse-clicks not registering. It could be anywhere. You click in a text box on a web page and the mouse doesn't get put there. Click an option in a piece of software and nothing happens. Try to double-click and the software/file doesn't open.

At this point I click something once then hit Enter about half the time since I know that will work.

This has been happening since Windows 10 so it's not specific to 11.

Comment Re: Why would I want this? (Score 1) 42

by Bill, Shooter of Bul (#66377022) Attached to: Microsoft Defender Now Supports Linux Desktops
This is exactly it. In addition to compliance, when a breach happens, people will ask what measures did you have in place to limit or prevent this, "I have linux and therefore am a god in security, and I have no need for antivirus" does not work when you've been breached. But "I had anti virus on the systems, they failed to detect and prevent this!" does work.

Submission + - IMF Warns of the real AI threat: Debt (imf.org)

Submitted by databasecowgirl
databasecowgirl writes: Along with the dangers of continuing cyberattacks, the IMF reports that the threat of an AI market crash is putting the global markets at risk.

Three salient risks could trigger a sharp tightening of financial conditions and market turmoil. Weaker or less durable investment and profitability in artificial intelligence could lead to a correction in AI-related asset prices, amplified by rising leverage and concentrated exposures. Resurgent inflation or fiscal concerns could drive a sharp rise in sovereign bond yields, with potentially broad repercussions across financial markets. Meanwhile, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats pose growing risks as finance becomes more digital and interconnected.

Comment Re:Don't let Trump deter a useful distinction (Score 1) 105

And stoning you to death would be a blast. We could get the kids to join in. Put it on the socials so your disappointed family can see it.

The Bible has several instances where stoning is justified.

So don't worry about Sharia law. We already have the Christian Taliban trying to enforce their cult on everyone.

Submission + - LLM-inspired study sheds light on how brain cells encode the meaning of words (medicalxpress.com)

Submitted by alternative_right
alternative_right writes: To investigate how the brain encodes the meaning of words, the researchers first recorded the activity of individual neurons in the hippocampus of 10 people who were listening to stories. Their recordings were collected using tiny wire electrodes that were implanted in the participants' brains as part of clinical monitoring procedures for epilepsy.

The team then used mathematical models to analyze the language used in the stories and the brain recordings. This allowed them to examine whether information about the meaning of words could predict the recorded neuronal activity.

"We recorded responses of hippocampal neurons while individuals listened to narrative speech," wrote Melissa Franch and her colleagues in their paper. "Using an encoding model approach, we find robust encoding of semantics, even after controlling for phonemics and grammar. Individual words had complex selectivities that included multiple words in multiple semantic categories."

Comment Re:How did they measure nutrients from the 1960s? (Score 2) 130

by Waffle Iron (#66370542) Attached to: UK Vegetables 20-50% Less Nutritious Than In the 1960s

Is the measurement methodology the same? Was the equipment equally sensitive? Could the difference be attributed to the differences in technology from the past 60 years?

I think so. I was but a tyke in that era, but I clearly remember my uncle bitterly complaining at the time: "We can put a man on the moon, but we still can't measure the nutrient levels in vegetables with sufficient accuracy!"

Life is so much better now.

Submission + - Amid K-12 AI Pushback, OpenAI Named Lead Partner of 'Hour of AI' for Kids

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: On the heels of announced AI moratoriums by the nation's two largest K-12 school districts (NYC, LA), tech-backed nonprofit CodeAI (aka Code.org) this week named OpenAI 'Lead Partner' for the 2026 Hour of AI, which has replaced the Hour of Code (RIP, 2013-2024) as the premier event for the nation's K-12 schoolchildren during December's CS Education Week. OpenAI investor and partner Microsoft was named as one of two 'Supporters' for the event/infomercial (the other being U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman).

In August, as it launched ChatGPT for Teens, OpenAI announced a new signature partnership with Code.org to 'prepare the first AI generation', explaining that 'through the Hour of AI, OpenAI and CodeAI will introduce millions of students to the basics of using AI thoughtfully and responsibly.' OpenAI and Microsoft last year teamed up with the American Federation of Teachers to 'bring AI into the classroom', but that honeymoon is over. For more on the inside story of how Big Tech is applying the same playbook it used to scale coding lessons nationwide to now mainstream their AI tools in schools, check out Coding Kids: Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools.

So, much like the Hour of Code that preceded it, will the Hour of AI serve as tech's 'Trojan Horse' (ChatGPT-generated parody cover) in its 'Odyssey' to push its agenda and curriculum into schools?

Comment Re:Day after midterms (Score 3, Informative) 189

Maybe the real end of the world, if Trump reacts badly enough.

He's already scheming with his election deniers he's installed to thwart the midterm election by seizing ballots.

Peter Ticktin, Peter's attorney, said that she proposed that Trump seize ballots from across the country and conduct a hand recount, reports Kyle Clark of Colorado's 9 News.

"It's a good plan, and I do think that something like that is probably going to happen," Ticktin said to right-wing podcaster Joe Oltmann in Colorado. "In the event that we have this kind of disaster, and everything goes wrong, and the vote is crazy, and the senatorial races put it up there to remove the president and the vice president, in that nightmare, should it come true, Donald Trump is not going to relinquish control again."

And by disaster, they mean a blue wave sweeping across the country and driving out Republicans.

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