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Comment We need to increase the penalties. (Score 3, Funny) 46

I suggest:

First offence: Have to watch CSPAN for 5 hours a day, for a week, without sleeping through it - evidence to be provided in court

Second offence: Have to sing Miley Cyrus songs and Baby Shark on TikTok - sober

Third offence: License to practice and all memberships of country clubs and golf courses revoked

Comment Re:Liability (Score 1) 53

I am curious how they identify kids that are using VPNs to non-hostile countries to then do what they want on the Internet. Are they blocking all VPNs? Are they decrypting all traffic leaving Australia? I can't imagine that the law is anything other than the most minor annoyance to minors.

Or are you folks keeping your kids uneducated and ignorant over there like they are in the USA?

Comment Re:Software Cloning (Score 1) 124

Can it clone proprietary software and turn it into an open source project?

If so, then I think the tradeoff is fair.

There is no tradeoff at all. This process takes Open Source code and turns it into unmaintainable gibberish. This same product also takes Proprietary software and turns it into unmaintainable gibberish.

Nothing was taken from Open Source, but something was taken from Proprietary.

You are further from a usable product if you use this on Open Source.

You are closer to a usable product if you use it on Proprietary software.

Comment Re:different mindsets (Score 2) 101

In the US we do have real choices, sometimes both bad but real.

I can tell that you really believe what you are saying. *sigh*

Have you ever, even once, voted for someone without an R or D next to their name? I have. Needless to say, it was a "wasted" vote.

So you have two political parties pushing candidates at you. Those candidates are vetted for pushing the parties interests above all else before they can even get their name on the ballot.

Tell me again, in more detail, about the real choices that we have in America.

Comment Re:Most ironic climate change pusher ever (Score 1) 92

So DJT manages to pull off what environmentalists and advocacy groups haven't been able to do for decades...by sheer incompetence?

I can see why you think that.

Knowing him, he'll probably turn around at some point and claim that it was his intention all along...

He won't, but it was intentional. Look at the words out of his own mouth: "Go get your own oil, or buy it from us"

Who exactly did you think made that multi-billion trade on oil futures just before the war started? Bill Cosby?

Comment Re:Hypocrites (Score 1) 92

There are, in the world, multiple people with different, sometimes even contradictory opinions between them.

I apologize that I did not get to them quickly enough. We all know that it is only my own opinion that matters. If people are having differing opinions, it just means that I have gotten my message to them yet. *sigh*

To be fair, there are a LOT of people, and some don't even speak my language. WTF?

Comment Re:TypeScript? (Score 4, Informative) 64

That surprised me, too. TypeScript is a very poorly-congealed ("designed" seems a bit strong) language.

Of the two popular scripting languages - python and ruby - python probably makes more sense as you can compile into actual binaries if you want.

For speed and parallel processing, which I'd assume they'd want, they'd be better off with Tcl or Erlang, both of which are much much better suited to this sort of work.

Comment Re:Hello naysayers (Score 1) 66

If that trend continues at pace you are out of a job in three years.

Your logic is weak. AI has not shown any real improvements since it was released onto the public. They are dialing in the exact weights and such needed to maintain "accuracy", but there will be no further improvements on the current technology that will lead to future breakthroughs. LLMs are a thing, and MIGHT be part of a future very capable AI; however, LLMs will NEVER be AGI regardless of what is done with them.

Comment Re:Insider perspective: AI helps with amnesia only (Score 1) 66

One wonders what other skills will atrophy due to AI reliance.

No wondering is necessary. AI reliance will absolutely kill off any remaining critical thoughts/thinking you may have. Reality is going to be absolutely and completely miserable for humanity from here on out. Your life will be miserable, but you will be unable to figure out why... just asking yourself over and over, "why are things like this?", but being unable to come up with an answer.

Hey, wait a minute, we are already like that without AI.

NO MORE WOOL!

Comment Re:Apply Betteridge's Law (Score 1) 49

So, no, this cluster of patches doesn't tell us anything in particular beyond what we already knew: That emergency patches are relatively common.

Considering that Microsoft has been promising this exact same type of improvement since the release of XP Service Pack 3, the words spoken now are worthless platitudes provided to ensure the smoothness of the theft of your money. There is zero reality behind any of their promises.

Comment Re:Will, not could, come to the USA (Score 1) 114

and mass surveillance will become the norm

If you didn't know mass surveillance was coming since the 1970s, you were not very imaginative and didn't understand human psychology.

Mass surveillance is occurring right now, it will continue to occur, and it will increase. There is no stopping it. Humans want to know about other humans and they want to control and bully other humans. No matter who gets near the surveillance apparatus, they will be corrupted by its power. The One Ring indeed.

Comment Re:I don't agree with age verification (Score 1) 193

The hate really should be directed at the politicians who pushed for these age gate laws

The politicians voting for this stuff are not voting because they are believers. They are voting because that is what they are told to vote for. Politicians believe in one thing: Bringing in more money to their political party. It is how they found success, it is how they maintain success.

Voting does nothing when your candidate comes pre-corrupted before you can even vote for them.

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