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FactChecker reacted to DDTJRAC's post in the thread In the early days of electricity, they didn't have wall plugs with
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Hello scientists, engineers, etc. I have not had any questions for you recently, so have not participated here. I was scanning some... -
FactChecker replied to the thread How Vulnerable Are Large Language Models to Malicious Data Poisoning?.This really strengthens the case for restricting the data sources. It will cost money for subscriptions, both for the input data and for...
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FactChecker reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread How Vulnerable Are Large Language Models to Malicious Data Poisoning? with
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https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-size-doesnt-small-malicious-corrupt.html The researchers were able to poison an LLM with only 250... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.There is money to be made. The best will hide their trade secrets. Possibly just because they are the best, or they will be the best...
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FactChecker reacted to harborsparrow's post in the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming? with Like.
IMO, current AI systems are far from being able to take over the whole of software development. One might trust a chatbot to cough up...
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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
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I've also set up systems from scratch where my immediate boss seemed to think that just RAIDing the database server was enough. My... -
FactChecker reacted to PeroK's post in the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one with
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In the latter part of my career, it became increasingly obvious that many data centre operations were dependent on the reliability of... -
FactChecker reacted to Ibix's post in the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one with Wow.
Years ago my wife and I arrived at Heathrow to find our airline was processing check ins on paper after a massive IT failure. The story...
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FactChecker replied to the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one.Long ago, before backup utilities were so widely available, I worked in a computer lab that did backups to tape every night. The disk...
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FactChecker reacted to difalcojr's post in the thread RIP Jane Goodall (91), primatologist and conservationist with
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.................................................... [Mentor Note: Dr. Goodall has commented that she liked the cartoon above, which... -
I also For C++ code Doxygen is the standard. If you want to add some diagrams giving an overview that's fine, but only once you have...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Project Documentation.This might be fine for a program under 100 lines, or an overview diagram. Keep in mind that successful, useful programs grow. What will...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Project Documentation.I think you are going in a wrong direction. Good documentation requires more than a diagram. Trying to mix code, descriptive text...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Greatest possible value of a constant in polynomial.You are right. Given the problem as stated, there is no maximum value for ##b##.
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FactChecker replied to the thread Project Documentation.My first question is: Do you have programming/documentation standards for that project? If so, you need to satisfy those. If not, you...