Posts by Pascal Monett 15053 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Apr 2007
And that was back in the naughties, when the CPU was the only thing doing calculations.
To think of what could be achieved in analysis with today's GPUs and their massively parallel threads . . .
The SETI screensaver would just be a blur of colors.
I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it.
And the answer almost always will be : "Nothing ! We didn't change anything !"
Followed by an extensive waste of time re-auditing the entire network until, hey, what's this ? And then you get a "Oh yeah, we had to modify a setting on the B portion of the network because bla bla, but that couldn't possibly have anything to do with the outage, right ?".
Grrrr.
Lets stop tiptoeing around the subject, shall we ?
All paper submissions must be the original work of Humans.
When monkeys are capable of submitting a scientific paper we can amend that but, until AI actually means what the letters are supposed to stand for in the real world, machines must remain where they are : useful tools and indispensable support for the actual scientific brain.
Ooh, so they've finally found a solution to make blockchain scale (it doesn't) ?
I am thrilled that there are some institutions that are trying to adopt blockchain and finally make this thing useful.
I only find it curious that there are hardly any private companies that are doing this, ie risking actual capital on the idea.
Apart, of course, from all the funny money schemes which almost invariably end up on the bonfire of mismanagement and incompetent IT decisions and staff - not to mention intentional scamming from the get-go.
No, lets let government use our tax money to pursue this bullshit bingo boondoggle. At least, when it won't work, it can just be quietly swept under the rug without much fuss because hey, it's only your tax money at work, right ?
And that will be extremely useful for all the young'uns who have their smartphones grafted to their hands.
Might be an idea to actually get that alert sound out into films that the youngsters watch, because they don't stand much of a chance of recognizing it otherwise.
Ah, the Registry. Created to appease rights holders and integrate DRM into Windows (I'm sure the user base was really clamoring for that). An abomination of an excuse that goes up to and includes allowing miscreants to camouflage their malware.
Too bad Borkzilla didn't stick with config files, ain't it ?
It's been since Windows 95 that we've been lugging this so-called database around, and Borkzilla still hasn't found a way to ensure that its contents don't get screwed up. And when they do, you're good for reinstalling from scratch - even today.
Why don't we have an official verification tool ? How can a key possibly get "damaged" ? Why doesn't Windows automatically detect that and correct the issue by isolating the key ?
Almost three decades now, and Borkzilla still can't answer those questions. And we still have to cope with the fallout.
Pathetic.
What genius decided that that was a good idea ?
Is that a pitiful stab at trying to avoid the cost and hassle of switching the steering to the right side for UK routes ? It's an electric vehicle, don't tell me that you have to redesign the drive shaft.
You're making an EV, not redesiging how people drive.
Because cryptography is hard ?
They coded and salted the hases, which is more than many do today. Not trying to find excuses, but they did better than most already.
You can always do more, especially where security is concerned. Maybe this "no persistent key" approach would break something else, or make everything more difficult ?
Um, no, that's not how you do it.
He was there for the making of those earnings report, so he steps up to the plate and takes responsibility for them.
Then he can step down.
Stepping down before is just demonstrating a lack of professionalism.
No cookie.
And, given that ASML is currently participating in the blockade against giving high tech to China, that might take even longer.
The official app of New York (among many, many, many other cities).
There's going to be a great need for video cameras for this to work - and I hope those cameras operate via WiFi, because if they're connected via cables, well, let's just say that rats can handle that problem.
Operations. Those things that are done by people. People who cost a salary - generally more the better they are, or so goes the theory.
So improving operating margins by firing people means that you'll have less people to do the same job - or more. That's a situation that generally sours the workplace and drives people away, thus improving operating margins even more - except that you get to the point where you don't have enough people to ensure operations (eh, Musk ?).
Well yes, there is the iron grip Google has on the entire ecosystem.
Google makes Android, but what Google wants is Chrome everywhere, because that's how it gets ad views.
And Google is all about the ad views. It's what it is, literally.
So, push in some actual capitalistic competition and you weaken Google's ad views, aka its bottom line.
And Google's job to its shareholders, which it gleefully fulfills, is to maximize its ad views.
So no, Alphabet won't be happy about this.
At all.
No, that would be : Ah, a while back I decided to create a situation that could possibly destroy the company since I didn't think for a second about any possible consequences of my decisions.
It's called Data Management for a reason. And doofuses like that are the ones who enabled the book to be written on the subject.
Agreed, but they're not the only ones. How's about 22.01.2023 ? Or 2023-22-01 ?
And I have a few more that I found while importing CSV files from various customers - sometimes with different formats inside the same file.
I swear, it's a good thing firearms aren't easily availble 'round here because when I snap I'll be reduced to strangling the bastards instead of shooting them - that'll give someone more time to drag me off.
Especially in cooking, you state the ingredients in grams or milliliters and that should be all.
Spoons, really. What size spoon do you ? And don't tell they're all the same size, that's simply not true. The spoons from our wedding tableware are bigger than the spoons of our daily tableware, so there is no standard there.
"pilot projects covering solar atmospheric modelling, natural language processing (NLP) and imaging of seismic data"
Are you saying that natural language processing is as difficult as modeling the interactions of the most powerful open-air nuclear furnace of our entire Solar System ?
Nuts.
The answer should be NO.
The only reason these attacks continue are because these assholes are getting paid. Stop paying and the problem goes away.
Yes, your company might fold in the meantime. It's called the Greater Good.
And, next time, train your personnel better.
No problem, Intel. How much money do you have in the bank ?
It would be interesting to see how companies would react if they had to fork over a share of the profits based on how much subsidies they were offered.
Like : "Okay, you say it will cost $10 billion to build this plant. We can offer you $7.5 billion. Then you will pay us 75% of revenue over ten years."
Of course, that scenario only works if every government does the same. Might as well wait for pigs to fly.
"the threat of criminal prosecutions could deter investment and drive companies to leave the country"
Go run while you can. Sooner or later, every decent country will have such rules, at which point you'll be forced to be hosted in some island haven that will be blocked, so good luck serving your wares to the few who live on the same island.
I am sick of seeing major companies get barely a slap on the wrist when they don't respect the rules, then threaten to up and leave when the rules get tightened.
Go host yourselves in China. Ask Ma what he thinks about that.
I wish you the best of luck. Diabetes is a pain because, although it is not painful in itself (as far as I know), it can kill you pretty quick.
In any case, I think this artificial pancreas has a great future in store and I hope it will help everyone afflicted with this condition.
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