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FactChecker replied to the thread Cooling a processor chip.Does the iPhone 17 processor really get that hot? There are liquid coolers for desktop PC processors. I don't know the details of how... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.Maybe. But they are big in the auto industry and have a toolbox for designing automated driving systems.
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FactChecker replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.If you've ever seen code from MATLAB's Simulink autocode generation, you know that it is not the kind of code you would want to review...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.I probably should have said "not nearly enough". They do no harm, and can catch obvious mistakes. That leaves the question of how to...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?."AI" is a broad spectrum of techniques and applications. IMO, there is a gray area regarding what would be called AI. Some...
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AI should not, in my view, be used in weapons at all. This will be an unpopular view. I feel certain it has been happening for many... -
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Yes. 8-inch floppydisks. Magnetic tape. And this was lightyears beyond punchcards! Dial-up modems. Pre-internet BBSs. Measuring your... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.A current issue in air defense is that fast, stealthy airplanes require very fast reactions, faster than humanly possible. A US naval...
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AI "assisting" programmers is indeed extremely helpful. I use it too. I think the enquiry here was whether AI agents can or will or...
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One issue is that length contraction is not a shrinking, but a disagreement. In other words, length contraction occurs even if the...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.AI LLMs are just the current fad. There are a lot of other techniques in AI. IMHO, LLMs will be best where exact, correct answers for...
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FactChecker replied to the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one.(sigh) Nostalgia. The good-old days of "big iron". And a smart-phone today has a lot more capability than a room of such computers!
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FactChecker reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one with Haha.
Now, that's a computer! Not this modern cell phone or laptop stuff! :kiss:
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FactChecker reacted to rcgldr's post in the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one with Like.
At my first job in 1973, on a multi-computer multi-tasking database server using HP 2100s, the system had the advantage that is was...
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FactChecker reacted to harborsparrow's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Like.
There is a lot of wisdom in many of the above comments. My two cents is, don't go overboard. Code documentation ought not be a design...