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Comment I say again what is programming (Score 1, Informative) 16

Lets say I want to use AI to write my code.
Here's what the bosses think an AI developer does: "main() Make a game better than hungry birds; " Done.
Here's what I found on coding websites.: "line of C code, call some AI object, line of C code, call some AI function......."

I have no comment except to say: THIS IS BONKERS

Comment And for fallasy bingo (Score -1, Troll) 74

"In a move that has delighted fans of classic science fiction,"

WTF. You just assume that because YOU like something EVERYONE must like it. No. B5 is not "classic science fiction." It's debatable if it's even science fiction. Writers like Heinlein, Asimov Clark, Smith (Doc and Cordwainer), ++ ad nauseam wrote "classic science fiction," but none have written anything goofy like B5. B5, Star Trek, Star Wars,.. have never been and will never be "classic science fiction.' During the classic years, science fiction was written for the science/math/engineering geeks. Now it's been taken over by people want to wear goofy costumes and argue which series is better. NOT smart people. Idiots as a matter of fact. I'm so tired of it. The only show I'd give a pass to since the 80s would be Blakes 7. As least they tried, with authors like Tanith Lee pitching in. Ramble over. Pass though and ignore this old guy who remember a very different time when there was no science fiction without REAL science.

Submission + - Texas sues over dumping of old (giant) wind turbines (texasattorneygeneral.gov)

An anonymous reader writes: "Global was purportedly hired by numerous companies to break down, transport, and recycle turbine blades. The company failed to properly dispose of the waste and instead created a stockpile of over 3,000 wind turbine blades and parts, which has created unpermitted, illegal disposal sites. These sites damage beautiful Texas land and threaten surrounding communities. Global’s actions are in violation of Texas’s solid waste disposal laws and other administrative orders."

So much for green and clean.

Submission + - A Reverse Engineer's Map of Standard Math Definitions

acz writes: I put up an experimental math manual that tries to explain why standard definitions appear, using a simple lens: Start with a space of candidates, apply constraints, and treat what remains as the definition or theorem you end up using.

It’s not claiming math from nothing. It’s explicitly regime-declared: it follows the classical branch and marks where that branch is a choice (rather than a contradiction forcing it). The goal is traceability: you can see which ideas are introduced because something broke, and you can see common failure modes instead of just final results.

Submission + - The quiet part is said out loud: SLS launch rate is too slow (arstechnica.com)

seeker writes: SLS, the launch vehicle for the Artemis moon exploration system, has a launch rate that is too slow. Yes, it uses hydrogen as a fuel, with its superior propellant capabilities vs methane (SpaceX Startship) or Kerosene (SpaceX Falcon). But hydrogen is hard to handle. Would you take a vehicle you can use once every 3 years or one you can reuse and relaunch 50 times a year?

Details at Ars

Comment A does = B (Score 1) 61

So if concussions are harder to get, the players will just HIT EACH OTHER HARDER. This isn't some secret. The athletes, coaches, owners have collectively decided that the current level of brain damage is OK. This will not change anything. So is boxing still a sport? How long until we get the Rollerball spiked fist to back of the neck.

Comment Why? (Score 1) 64

Because it's insane. If you have to change 100 lights at the right time, for lets say 10 calls per day, with, oh, let's say a .1% chance of failure somewhere in the grid.... basically chaos. We already have pressure plates signalling lights to turn green when someone needs to take a left turn, and I know a handful that are broken, and being "left turn on arrow only YOU WILL NEVER TURN. People have to turn right and do a Uey to get where they need to go. And guess what? It will never be fixed. Because the the high profit consultants who sold the system promise the county mucho bucks in tickets if someone crosses on even a just turned yellow. And that county already has that money slotted into the budget. And there was no money budgeted to monitor, fix, tweek the system. Drones cars will continue to cause accidents. Governments have turned driver safety into a profitable system that requires people to break the rules. And it will continue to rot. So, doom and gloom, until someone "hacks" the probably very unsecured system to give you right of way every time. Cap'n Crunch whistle anyone?

Comment News? (Score 1) 71

These lawsuits have been going on for up to 40 years with no such requirement, or to put it another. Don't hold your breath. I suspect that some politician needs some last minute sound bites for their upcoming election. The suit will be dropped later this year. LIKE EVERY ONE OF THEM.

Comment 1984 (Score 1) 95

You mean a main point of the "look and feel" lawsuits after the 1984 introduction of the original Macintosh? Not "like linux." Not even like unix. X windows was just a way to bring up more VT100 terms at the time. So the real headline would be "final nail in the coffin of the look and feel era." Or "Microsoft finally admits that Apple had it right in 1984."

Comment A "company" cannot WANT something (Score 2) 98

But an executive or board member at Netflix wants to dumb down content. Get the name or names and put a face on this. Try to talk to some of the people who are around these decisions. I mean, try to get in touch with that desktop support guy who's always around the sociopaths. Get the REAL news, and spread that NAME or NAMES with the story. Let's see the squirm. Again, as much as the Supreme Court wants you believe, a company is not an individual , and has no first amendment rights.

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