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Pragmatically, we can say that AGI is reached when it's no longer easy to come up with problems that regular people can solve (with no prior training) and that are infeasible for AI models. Right now it's still easy to come up with such problems, so we don't have AGI.
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The hard parts of software are what come next. when you scope, integrate, scale, upgrade, instrument... when you extend it, understand it, and maintain it. Over the entirety of its lifetime.
Generative AI isn't making this easier. If anything, it's making the real work harder.
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I am so excited to share that Trusted Signing (aka Azure Code Signing) is now in Public Preview! #codesigning #Authenticode #Windows techcommunity.microsoft.com/…
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One of my favorite scientific figures is this one of the entropy levels of 100 world cities by the orientation of streets. The cities with most ordered streets: Chicago, Miami, & Minneapolis. Most disordered: Charlotte, Sao Paulo, Rome & Singapore. Paper: appliednetsci.springeropen.c…
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When I am saying I personally am not promoting or benefitting from crypto - PoW of any kind - I mean it.
Updated my job board terms to reflect this. Said no to a fiat-to-crypto company wanting to post several ads.
I personally do not support the environmental impact of PoW.
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With today's clearing skies, the NASA MODIS satellite got a clear view of the extent of snow cover over Western Washington. You don't see a view like this often. #wawx
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If you have not done so yet, now is time to connect your @Arduino board to @Azure #IoT as there now is a first class library integrated into the Arduino IDE just for that! techcommunity.microsoft.com/…
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Staying safe with .NET containers devblogs.microsoft.com/dotne…
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This month a special visitor passed over the Goshute Mountains HawkWatch: a male Golden Eagle that was tagged in 2014 by @WDFW Research Scientist Jim Watson (@jlwatson00's dad!). This eagle migrates to the Grand Canyon each fall and then returns in the spring. How cool is that?!
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We want to run a survey for VS users with low vision, but I'd like to dry run it first. I really don't want to run a survey collecting feedback and find out it's inaccessible.
If any low-vision folks are willing to help out, please message me.
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Thank you @nytopinion for giving me a platform to tell the truth. #blacklivesmatter #mybodyisamonument
nytimes.com/2020/06/26/opini…
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Don't EVER roll your own security. Rely on the implementations made by the people who specializes in that stuff xitter.cf/aral/status/1246824392…
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We are committed to making public health our top priority, while also addressing the economic and societal impact of COVID-19. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-i…
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Relieved that Microsoft leadership made this call. Creating software and services is one of the few occupations that can transition to a remote-first workplace. If we can help to stem the transmission and save lives, that’s the responsible thing to do. businessinsider.com/microsof…





























