* Posts by Bbuckley

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The US would sooner see TSMC fabs burn than let China have them

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Re: I am a Rock; I am an Islaaaaannnnnnd

Also every one of those tools would be destroyed well before the Chinese set foot in the factory. So not only would they not know how to maintain them, there would be nothing left to maintain. But as I said earlier, Chinese invasion threats do not come from some rational plan but from narcissist ego. Just like North Korea.

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Re: Isn't that their plan?

The ICC is a communist tool. It is a disgrace for any country to support it.

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Re: In order to stop another country from destroying you ....

And very likely the end of the current Chinese regime once the radiation clouds clear.

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Re: In order to stop another country from destroying you ....

I agree. History tells us most invasions are for some narcissist moron's ego than anything else. Just look at Ukraine.

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Re: In order to stop another country from destroying you ....

Here's the thing though. Some years back I was sent by my company to Phoenix Arizona for a couple of weeks. During my low-flying (20,000 feet) internal flight, the passenger next to me struck up a convo and, long story short, pointed out the *dozens* of big, black perfect circles down there. They were nuclear test explosions! Yep. The USA nuked itself many times during the 1950's and 60's.

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Re: In order to stop another country from destroying you ....

What is really sad is that this state of affairs is the result of corporate greedy globalization (American spelling intentional). Did they *really* believe the poorer areas of the world would simply comply with USA corporate greed? It is the most saddest thing IMO, how can people just not learn about Human nature and History?

The Moon or bust, says NASA, after successful SLS/Orion test flight

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First Woman? So the joint 25th astronaut. Yawn.

Elon Musk yearns for AI devs to build 'anti-woke' rival ChatGPT bot

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Of course he is right (whatever your opinion of him personally). 'Woke' is Orwellian Soviet - "War is Peace", "Freedom is Slavery", "Ignorance is Strength". Bring it on Elon!

Workday sued over its AI job screening tool, candidate claims discrimination

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Re: computer says no

problem is there is NO SUCH THING as AI. It is a metaphor for Selection Bias. Amazing in this day and age it is not illegal.

Google staff asked to share desk space in latest cost purge

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Re: My heart bleeds

Mickey Mouse.

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Unfortunately, Google/Alphabet is now actually Initech. And Lumberg is in control. Can't wait to see how big that fire is going to be.

Amazon mandates return to office for 300,000 corporate staff

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Re: Change if it's that bad

It is stupid and you don't get to tell anyone to bring their skills elsewhere. Why don't you bring your skills and opinion elsewhere.

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Re: Absolute joker

No he works permanently from one of his many homes. Unless he is going into space in his willy space rocket with his rich friends.

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But I neeed the money to pay for my penis-shaped space rocket for me and my friends :-(

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Re: Check your privilege

What has 'equity' to do with anything???

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Re: Here's a thought, Amazon

And ... your "AI" does not suggest I buy "THE EXACT SAME F**king THING I HAVE JUST BOUGHT".

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Oh and please ignore the massive layoffs that we have just made. Really. These FAANG companies are nothing but narcissist psycho abusers with this BS. Time to bid adieu to the FAANG, it was good while it lasted. here is a prediction. In 2033 there will be no such thing as 'Amazon'.

OpenAI's ChatGPT is a morally corrupting influence

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Look. ChatGPT not an 'AI'. It is nothing more than a group of programmers (who shall be unidentified) who tell you what they want you to think. You can either accept it as a member of the sheeple or tell the puppet masters to f**k the f**k off.

University of Texas latest US school to ban TikTok

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Re: There is no valid reason for TikTok to collect such data and on a such scale

And. There is no valid reason for GOVERNMENT to collect such data and on a such scale

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Re: GDPR

27 million? Pennies. The flaw in YOUR argument is the same EU forced our Irish DP agency to increase fines on the 'capitalist pig/dog' US companies to hundreds of millions for the exact same type of GDPR foo-pah.

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Ban ChatGPT

Google dumps 12,000 employees after project probe

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Is it just me or are we witnessing a historical event here. So-called 'FAANG' companies who used to be the private equivalent of job-for-life public service are letting people go! - people who performed like good little monkeys and jumped through the nerd equivalent of SAS Who Dares Wins to become the Google Golden-haired Children are BEING FIRED. And for nothing that is their fault. Wow. End of an era methinks. Thank God I am a nearly-60 year old bastard from the gutter who saved his pennies!

Low code is no replacement for software development, say German-speaking SAP users

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We already have low-code. It's called "Python".

Guess the most common password. Hint: We just told you

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thisISn0TmYpaSSW0RD

Scanning phones to detect child abuse evidence is harmful, 'magical' thinking

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Re: If people in the 1960s knew what computers and the Internet did to our freedom

Who are the downvoters? The Pigs from Animal Farm maybe?

More than 4 in 10 PCs still can't upgrade to Windows 11

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My very fancy computer can upgrade to Win 11 and I keep getting spammed to do so. But I am perfectly happy with Win 10. Does anyone know a good reason to move to Win 11 - previous experience with MS gives me the impression I should continue to say 'no thank you very much'?

Girls Who Code books 'banned' in some US classrooms

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These books are misandryist 'woke' propaganda. They are right to ban them.

NASA's Space Launch System rocket is on track for August 29 liftoff

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That should be sent to all of the "No Planet B" morons.

California to phase out internal combustion vehicles by 2035

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Re: America without V8's just isn't America

And. When they realise how unsustainable battery-fueled vehicles are (and when China cannot steal any more rare earth metals from the third world) millions will be left with useless flash-in-the-pan over-exuberance headaches. The future is a mix of biofuel and hydrogen. Eventually 100% hydrogen.

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Re: America without V8's just isn't America

There will always be parts. You can easily and cheaply get parts for 1950's Austins.

Google engineer suspended for violating confidentiality policies over 'sentient' AI

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Looks like Google's famous hiring process failed to identify this particular false positive.

SpaceX staff condemn Musk's behavior in open letter

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Re: This is what late stage Elon looks like

Correct on the ridiculous comparison. Brittney is a simple entertainer. Elon is laying the foundations for the future of the Human race.

EU lawmakers vote to ban sales of combustion engine cars from 2035

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Re: And the UK ?

Except when it leaks out

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Re: And the UK ?

All you ever need is two round nails and a pair of crocodile clips.

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Re: And the UK ?

Yep and I can tell you we are not moving to a euro socket any time soon (at least not before eirexit).

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Re: And the UK ?

Hope your arrogance won't be insulted when your wall socket is empty. Empty doesn't pollute either.

Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold over bot numbers claim

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Re: He might not be stupid

And Russia never developed their Soyuz technology beyond the 1960's. And China simply copied Soyuz. Neither of these come within an asses roar of SpaceX technology.

Facebook deliberately took down Australian government pages during pay-for-news negotiations: report

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And rightly so. FB is a *private* for-profit company. They are *entitled* to tell anyone to F**k off *their* private-property platform, especially an aggressive government who are squeezing them. There is far too much extreme-left BS who think everything is a social or moral entitlement.

Half of bosses out of touch with reality, study shows

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Re: Employees hold all the cards, it’s too late…

I disagree. Innovation does not come from meetings and 'water cooler chats'. Innovation comes from *individuals* who are smarter than the rest of the team. This notion that innovation somehow comes from serendipitous communication only inside an office has no basis in reality.

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Re: Employees hold all the cards, it’s too late…

Pension companies can easily dump commercial property and invest in something else.

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Re: And the other half will follow...

On the IQ anecdote - there is far more anecdotal evidence for the opposite - IQ of X-gen is lower and getting more so - e.g. there were no Greta Thurnberg/Extinction rebellion, etc. etc nutters with huge opionions on theings they know nothing about in the boomer populations

Boys outnumber girls 6 to 1 in UK compsci classes

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Re: citation required

Not much of a 'Doctor' is he

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Re: what careers do women want

Exactly! And here in Ireland 85% of school teachers are female. And girls do better in exams here than boys. Could there be some correlation there! And through Covid we had teachers assess their students and shock-horror, the examinations board found 'unconsious bias' in favour of girls. So is that not MUCH more concerning than one university level subject? Not according to the Ministry of Truth.

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Are there any Statisticians in the BCS

Well duh! Anyone with an ounch of Statistics knows what the Central Limit Theorem is ... not the BCS though! Obviously the few females are from the upper tail of a (if there were more of them) normal distribution. The boys are numerous enough to have a normally distributed average. This is just another example of extreme left-wing soviet 'diversity and inclusion' from the Ministry of Truth. Or worse, maybe they really are that stupid.

Only 29% of techies truly want to stay in current job

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Dilbert was never satirical - it is a factual account of actual management practices.

Google's DeepMind says its AI coding bot is 'competitive' with humans

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Or takes orders from a racist/psycho/terrorist etc. ;-)

Computer scientists at University of Edinburgh contemplate courses without 'Alice' and 'Bob'

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Replaced with what? Dumb and Dumber?

LinkedIn shutting down in China after mounting government pressure to censor social media content

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Yep. In the place I work we have 'equity' training and 'psychological safety'. You have to admire Communism though for it's sneakyness. Learn how to spot your local Dolores Umbridge commisar.

Opt-out is the right approach for sharing your medical records with researchers

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But wait! Germany is one of the most privacy-defending countries on the planet. Germans do not trust politicians or (especially) experts and companies with their personal data. So what are you saying? I bet the vast majority of Germans would not support this idea. Btw, I work in a Big Pharma company as a data scientist and we simply cannot get health data from Germany (we have tons of it from the USA...).

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