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Comment The part that really gets me... (Score 1) 159

But "instead of trying to read or maintain source code, programmers would just tweak their prompts and generate software afresh."

Based on my experiences, this means no two iterations of the software will ever look or work the same. They won't actually be one version building on the next, but every re-run of the prompt will generate a fresh v1 that is distinctly different from the previous run.

Another angle of this, too, is based on recent court rulings - AI-generated material is NOT subject to copyright. So, for example if Microsoft decides to re-write Word using AI completely using this method, Word's source is no longer protected by copyright. Now *that* would be an interesting conundrum.

Comment Another factor, worldwide workforce (Score 1) 18

I think another contributing factor, specific to business that provides 24/7 support, is that it's now easier than ever to have call centers in multiple countries, everyone working "normal" business hours, but still making good on their 24/7 coverage. Of course, a lot of those call centers are now exclusively in places like India, so the 24 hour shift work has just been outsourced, too.

Comment This looks familiar... (Score 2) 95

Funny how much this looks like how I've had my Cinnamon desktop configured for almost a decade...system menu at the top left, widgets, clock etc on the top right, open applications top center; then at bottom center is the open application windows on each particular monitor, and bottom right is the virtual desktop switcher and system sensors widget. I've used this configuration since switching from Ubuntu 11.04's first attempt at the Unity desktop (tried it for 30 days, it just did NOT work well for me - couldn't be customized at all for one thing) over to MATE on Linux Mint 13. MATE was decent, but I tried out Cinnamon about a month later and haven't gone back. In my multi-monitor setups I have panels (toolbars) on every monitor, with different information on each. Let's see Windows get *that* flexible...

Comment Re:Linux screensavers have always been broken (Score 1) 172

The problem with Systemd is not that it's replacing init, but that it's moved on from init to try and control login, DNS resolution, home directory allocation, sound, kernel logging, driver loading, etc, etc. If Pottering had stuck with only writing an init system, then Systemd wouldn't be the vilified clusterfuck it is today.

Comment Re:Taking advantage of all the CRAP (Score 1) 149

One of us is misunderstanding what HSTS is for. From my reading, it appears that this helps mitigate man-in-the-middle protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking, but it would not do a thing to prevent a browser from accessing a third-party or spoofed site with a valid certificate. Am I misunderstanding this?

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