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Comment Re:But will it get lifetime security updates? (Score 1) 80

by LesFerg (#64975009) Attached to: Huawei's Mate 70 Smartphones Will Run Its New Android-Free OS

Precisely this. Whether the current version of the OS gets backports of security patches, or the OS gets upgraded to the latest version, I don't really care. But the regularity and consistency of vulnerabilities being discovered is not something to ignore, and I certainly would not be running a PC on the internet without constant security patches.

Androids biggest fail point is the fact that it can't receive security patches from a central release, so each and every device model requires time and a budget from the manufacturer. The longest support period I have found is 2 years, and I am not ready to throw my phone in the bin and buy another one, simply because the manufacturer wants to keep selling new product.

Comment But will it get lifetime security updates? (Score 1) 80

by LesFerg (#64974815) Attached to: Huawei's Mate 70 Smartphones Will Run Its New Android-Free OS
All I want is a phone that gets security updates for the lifetime of the device. I'm so over Android phone manufacturers leaving me with a perfectly adequate piece of hardware that has to run an outdated OS and gets no further updates after their decided support period. Will this OS be better than Android for ongoing patches and updates?

Comment Re:Yawn (Score 1) 157

by LesFerg (#64088553) Attached to: Creator of JSON Unveils New Programming Language 'Misty'
I recently came across the Nim language and it was interesting enough to look into it further. When I got to the part in the intro describing indentation defined code blocks I was a bit disappointed, but may still continue to learn and try it out. Really just for a change from the .Net and older tech that I work with, and a general disinterest in gaming lately, more than a search for a new and/or better programming language.

Comment Re:Can't wait for debloaters to keep up (Score 1) 69

by LesFerg (#64065731) Attached to: Microsoft Readies 'Groundbreaking' AI-focused Windows Release

If you're referring to the punk rock band "Ten Foot Pole", their latest studio album, "Escalating Quickly", was released in 2019. However, if you're asking about the actual production of ten-foot poles as a product, I'm afraid I couldn't find specific information on the last production date.

Hmm... I can see how you may have a problem touching things with a ten-foot pole now.

Comment Re:Meet the new AI, same as the old AI (Score 1) 69

by LesFerg (#64065713) Attached to: Microsoft Readies 'Groundbreaking' AI-focused Windows Release
I would love to see a LLM trained up on all the debunker and sceptic sites available (with the authors permission, of course) just so we could ask it about any stupid headline we come across, and get the whole background and details of any real research that happened in relation to some bullshit story.

Comment Re:As groundbreaking as Cortana? (Score 1) 69

by LesFerg (#64065703) Attached to: Microsoft Readies 'Groundbreaking' AI-focused Windows Release

I hope it is not based on the same training material that bing chat uses, cos it makes frequent mistakes and pulls in solutions to completely different problems more often than giving me anything useful. Also asking for C# solutions, it usually just references a few stackoverflow pages and leaves it at that.

Tho, if you ask bing to respond in the style of ChatGPT it gets a bit more amusing. Briefly.

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