Comment Just Absurd (Score 1) 136
Rather than fixing the root problem: the Windows Kernel can't be patched while running; they're sticking Band-Aids and gimmicks on the problem.
Comment ALI or AGI? (Score 1) 169
Artificial Limited Intelligence is probably fine, but Artificial General Intelligence is extremely dangerous. Let us not forget that an intelligence is just really good at optimizing -- I doubt humans could withstand "maximum (or even high) optimization".
Submission + - Microsoft to Acquire Xamarin (asp.net)
androlinuz writes: Microsoft has signed an agreement to acquire Xamarin, a leading platform provider for mobile app development.
In conjunction with Visual Studio, Xamarin provides a rich mobile development offering that enables developers to build mobile apps using C# and deliver fully native mobile app experiences to all major devices â" including iOS, Android, and Windows. Xamarinâ(TM)s approach enables developers to take advantage of the productivity and power of .NET to build mobile apps, and to use C# to write to the full set of native APIs and mobile capabilities provided by each device platform.
In conjunction with Visual Studio, Xamarin provides a rich mobile development offering that enables developers to build mobile apps using C# and deliver fully native mobile app experiences to all major devices â" including iOS, Android, and Windows. Xamarinâ(TM)s approach enables developers to take advantage of the productivity and power of
