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It would have been better if it said something like "Are you sure you want this?" "You're supposed to be on a diet."
Students Horrified When Error Message Appears on Vending Machine, Revealing Something Dark
The college students discovered that the facial recognition software was part of the vending machine's "demographic profiling" feature.futurism.com
pibbuR who is glad that companies, unlike him, knows what he wants.
Reported.It would have been better if it said something like "Are you sure you want this?" "You're supposed to be on a diet."
pibbuR who should't have eaten that cake today. And yesterday. And ....
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Lenovo’s concept laptop is real, transparent, and ready to impress
A cool sci-fi concept, but what’s the killer app?
www.theverge.com
pibbuR who doesn't think he wants this. Yet.
Big news from Microsoft!!!! Definitely show haters how stupid they are!!!!
arstechnica.com
Additionally:
"Upgrade to Windows 11"
"No"
"Sudo upgrade to Windows 11"
"OK".
pibbuR who is ent.... eh ... a bit unsure about the significance.
Windows security updates could come with fewer reboots beginning later this year
"Hotpatching" originated in Windows Server, cuts way down on update reboots.
arstechnica.com
Additionally:
"Upgrade to Windows 11"
"No"
"Sudo upgrade to Windows 11"
"OK".
pibbuR who is ent.... eh ... a bit unsure about the significance.
Patching the processes by changing their code while they're running. I don't see how that could possibly introduce any problem in a Windows system.
Yeah, I'll stay away from W11 as long as I possibly can.
Yeah, I'll stay away from W11 as long as I possibly can.
Too late for me. *Fingers crossed*
White House urges developers to dump C and C++ | InfoWorld
Biden administration calls for developers to embrace memory-safe programing languages and move away from those that cause buffer overflows and other memory access vulnerabilities.
They're a bit late to the party, but it's good of them to warn us. That being said, Stroustrup is trying to make C++ safer.
Aren't most games developed with C++ or other variant? Must be a headache relearning programming over again. Like the statement says this wont be easy.
Rust was mentioned as an alternative as well.
Rust was mentioned as an alternative as well.
I'm not entirely convinced that this one will have any practical use
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but
pibbuR will definitely get one if it becomes generally available.
Polish mint creates world's first "flying coin"
The coin's denomination is 1,766 Cameroonian francs, but its real value is much higher, says Mint of Poland.
notesfrompoland.com
pibbuR will definitely get one if it becomes generally available.
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Good game devs use C++ to avoid problems that are inherent to C# (used with Unity). One of the problems is due to the memory management technique named 'garbage collection'. In a nutshell, you don't have to manage memory manually, which is safer, but it comes at the cost of performance issues and other, more insidious potential problems. It's not entirely safe either. On the other hand, managing memory manually in C/C++ requires a lot more experience and is less safe.
Yeah, changing won't be easy. Not only it's much harder and slower to develop in Rust, but there are tons of legacy C/C++ libraries that would have to be rewritten, or it wouldn't make sense. It's the same for OSes like Windows and Linux, though Linux is tentatively embracing Rust in its kernel.
I'm not sure why the ONCD publishes that now because it's nothing new. Memory safety vulnerabilities have been fought against since Tony Hoare introduced the null pointer in 1965-ish. Buffer overflow exploits using another flaw of those languages have been reported since the Morris Worm in 1988. Contrary to what Grossman said, there aren't practical and mature solutions yet, but we've made good progress.
The question is: how many managers will be ready to pay more for safety when they can get the same functionality at a much lower cost? It's never been going that way.
Good news:
www.tomshardware.com
Seems like it's time to get that fifth Raspberry.
pibbuR who can think of several artists and one type of music he would like to block.
Maker uses Raspberry Pi and AI to block noisy neighbor's music by hacking nearby Bluetooth speakers
Put an end to spicy morning jams intruding through your shared wall.
www.tomshardware.com
Seems like it's time to get that fifth Raspberry.
pibbuR who can think of several artists and one type of music he would like to block.
Was this mentioned before? Seems Microsoft is joining the game upscaling wars.
arstechnica.com
Good news is it won't be dependent on what card brand you use.
DLSS? FSR? Microsoft aims to end the PC gaming upscaling wars with “DirectSR”
Currently, game developers need to support each upscaling method individually.
arstechnica.com
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Zloth
I smell a... wumpus!?
Sweet! So, what version of Windows will I need to use to get that version of DirectX?
Article mentions Win 11 and that wouldn't surprise me as Win10 is on life support. I remember reading that Win 12 is almost ready for release later this year as well.
Zloth
I smell a... wumpus!?
Well, 10 wouldn't have any 'preview releases' as far as I know. It seems unlikely that Microsoft would bother but, given Windows 10 still has over half the PCs showing up on the Steam survey, they might put it in to get game makers to support it faster. We wouldn't end up with people that have cards supporting DLSS that can't use the tech because the game only supports it through DirectX.
But I'm guessing it stays with 11 - which will finally give a lot of gamers a reason to upgrade.
But I'm guessing it stays with 11 - which will finally give a lot of gamers a reason to upgrade.
Windows 10 is still largely dominant, I think. They're not going to drop it anytime soon.
That's not the point though Win 11 and eventually 12 have tech and updates that Win 10 will never have. I believe DirectX 12.1 Ultimate is one such update. Nothing new.
It's a tactic to withhold new tech to get people to buy/upgrade to a newer product.
Sure, but I wouldn't go as far as saying Windows 10 is on life support. It's till more than one year and a half away, and MS will surely continue to provide updates as they've done in the past for older versions.