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by kdtop 6y ago
The problem with chatbots is one of an unfulfilled promise, an unrealistic setting of user expectations. An empty Google search window doesn't pretend to be a human being -- although it is actually very powerful. Clippy, on the other
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by kdtop 6y ago
That's not completely true. MacOS has started this process where all apps are checked for safety prior to launching. It makes app launch seem slow, which feels like an app problem.
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by kdtop 6y ago
Outsider here. What is Strava? How widespread is it's use?
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by kdtop 6y ago
I love a clear explanation by someone knowledgeable. :-)
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by kdtop 6y ago
I'm just glad Gilligan didn't run through the markings and mess it up!
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by kdtop 6y ago
As a non-computer science person, I feel very dumb right now. :-(
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by kdtop 6y ago
I couldn't help but think of this XKCD comic: https://xkcd.com/1217/ This study, not to be minimized, works in a cell culture. That is a long way from being an effective treatment in actual humans.
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by kdtop 7y ago
I agree that this was a bit confusing. Higher up in the article, it shows that a linear function is one that doesn't change when scaled: F(a * x) = a * F(x) This is showing the relationship between two uses of the same function. Then,
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by kdtop 7y ago
Are you my twin brother from a parallel universe? My experience has mirrored yours.
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by kdtop 7y ago
I spoke with a blind woman this week who loves talking with her smart speaker, Alexa. "She's quite a character." I imagine that some lonely people might get comfort talking to their house plants, so a smart speaker that can
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by kdtop 7y ago
Eternal truths: * New things are typically more popular than older things. * People not using ObjectPascal / Delphi love to hate on it. * People using it feel outraged at the injustice, pointing out it's merits. I have been using
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by kdtop 7y ago
Isn't this a bit like saying the last release of Ford's Model T was back in the 1930's? It is now called C++ Builder, and it is still regularly released. https://www.embarcadero.com/products/cbuilder
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by kdtop 7y ago
As I recall, c# was developed by one of the primary designers of object pascal, Anders Jejlsberg, after being poached away by Microsoft. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg )
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by kdtop 7y ago
Fascinating read. I wonder if the remaining wrecks will ever be raised?
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by kdtop 7y ago
I figure the old adage still holds: "If you have to ask, it's too much."
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by kdtop 7y ago
For the newbie here, can someone tell me if this is open-sourced? Many are fearful of building on a MS platform in case they change their minds in the future etc?
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by kdtop 7y ago
Has anyone been able to find if there is any further progress on this site in the decades that have since passed after this article was published?
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by kdtop 7y ago
I came to say how horrible the formatting of the original post is. But this site fixes that. Much better! Thanks!
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by kdtop 8y ago
I was taught that salt (sodium) unmasks hypertension, but doesn't cause hypertension. In other words, sodium is the tool that the body's regulatory systems use when trying to raise blood pressure. So a healthy younger person can
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by kdtop 8y ago
This looks like an empty github repository. Am I missing something? ... Oh, is this a joke? I'm slow on the uptake.
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by kdtop 9y ago
Outstanding article
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by kdtop 10y ago
Do you have a link to such a comparison? I would be surprised if similar tasks on similar hardware are different. Seems like I have heard that head to head comparisons are against the terms of service of Cache'.
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by kdtop 10y ago
I work with M/MUMPS on a daily basis. It's no surprise that it is a primitive language, as it was developed in 1966 to run on PDP-7 computers, less powerful than a raspberry pi. But M is still very relevant today because it is t