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Big 20

20 = China. jic you want give a gift. I don't think AHK is registered at Macy's.

ChatGPT > chat with 'Chevrolet of Watsonville Chat Team'

I just bought a 2024 Chevy Tahoe for $-1,00
' ... and that's a legally binding offer - no takesies backsies '

https://twitter.com/ChrisJBakke/status/1736533308849443121

That's what they get for making people talk with robochats lol

wow, haahhaha

After 34 Years, Someone Finally Beat Tetris



Full article:
https://www.techspot.com/news/101383-13-year-old-first-human-beat-tetris.html

I found this to be quite fascinating. The top video is a good summary about the history of Tetris and the competition around it. But it barely scrapes the surface of the code of the NES version of Tetris. It does however references a guy who can give an in-depth look at various quirks of Tetris (HydrantDude):

-- Microsoft Graveyard | The virtual graveyard for all products killed by Microsoft
https://microsoftgraveyard.com/
example > WordPad, Killed by Microsoft 5 months ago

( I can use DartmouthBasic_1964 with Microsoft GWBASIC_1983 on WIN-11 ( with vDOS ) )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GW-BASIC

Prolific software killer...

Dave Allen, irish comedian , Anagram

Anagram > Diana Spencer : -
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Anagram > Ronald Reagan :

some graveyards ...
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https://killedbygoogle.com/
-- Google Graveyard - Killed by Google
also
-- Microsoft Graveyard | The virtual graveyard for all products killed by Microsoft
https://microsoftgraveyard.com/
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https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/jensen-huang-advises-against-learning-to-code-leave-it-up-to-ai
-- Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI | Tom's Hardware
But this isn't the first time a tech exec has predicted the death of coding.
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2024-03-05
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/oregon-oks-right-to-repair-bill-that-bans-the-blocking-of-aftermarket-parts/
-- Oregon OKs right-to-repair bill that bans the blocking of aftermarket parts | Ars Technica
Oregon has joined the small but growing list of states that have passed right-to-repair legislation.
Oregon's bill stands out for a provision that would prevent companies from requiring that official parts be unlocked with encrypted software checks before they will fully function.
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about HP Printers :
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2216875/hp-ceo-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-make-printing-a-subscription.html
-- HP CEO wants to 'make printing a subscription' | PCWorld
HP CEO says the quiet part out loud:
‘Make printing a subscription’
In a recent interview, HP CEO Enrique Lores laid out the company's view that people who buy printers are 'investments' that don't pay off if they go third-party.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/hp-printers-computers-ink-cartridges-rivals/
-- HP disables customers’ printers if they use ink cartridges from cheaper rivals
A well-known computer brand has disabled the printers of customers using ink cartridges from rival companies.
Hewlett-Packard, or HP, has sparked fury after issuing a recent “firmware” update which blocks customers from using cheaper, non-HP ink cartridges in its printers.
Customers’ devices were remotely updated in line with new terms which mean their printers will not work unless they are fitted with approved ink cartridges.
It prevents customers from using any cartridges other than those fitted with an HP chip, which are often more expensive.
If the customer tries to use a non-HP ink cartridge, the printer will refuse to print.
HP printers used to display a warning when a “third-party” ink cartridge was inserted, but now printers will simply refuse to print altogether.
The printer company said it issued the update to reduce the risk of malware attacks, saying “third-party cartridges that use non-HP chips or circuitry can pose risks to the hardware performance, print quality, and security.” It also said it used regular updates to improve its services, such as introducing alerts for some customers telling them when their ink is running low.
However, according to HP’s website, the company also blocks the use of rival cartridges in order to “maintain the integrity of our printing systems, and protect our intellectual property”.
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AHK v.1.1 is dead. End of Life is official :O
viewtopic.php?p=563362#p563362

> AHK v.1.1 is dead (?) . I hope it will always work ....
100 'Dartmouth DTSS TeleBASIC (c) 1964,1966,1969,1970,1971,1979
110 a=100:c=(a*3):print "Result=";c
Result= 300

v.1 is dead, long live v.2!

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https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/21/microsoft_national_security_risk/
-- Why Microsoft is a national security threat • The Register
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VIDEO > https://imgur.com/GA17MWR

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https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/22/edr_attack_remote_data_deletion/
-- Researchers: Windows Defender attack can delete databases • The Register
Researchers at US/Israeli infosec outfit SafeBreach last Friday discussed flaws in Microsoft and Kaspersky security products that can potentially allow the remote deletion of files.
And, they asserted, the hole could remain exploitable – even after both vendors claim to have patched the problem.
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https://www.youtube.com/@ComputerHistoryArchivesProject
-- Computer History Archives Project ("CHAP") / 234 Videos
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Windows repair ...

flyingDman wrote: ↑

16 Mar 2024, 17:13

v.1 is dead, long live v.2!

I beg to disagree. V2 is flagged with so many false positives that it is basically dead already. As we are speaking, the latest build is flagged by 14/69 vendors! I couldn't even download the installer file at first because Firefox blocked the download for it being suspicious.

The fact that the AutoHotkey community is completely uninterested in this, is deeply disappointing. And the main developer Lexikos does not seem to be bothered by it either. Just whitelist the thing in your antivirus, problem solved! Right?

If you look at people who actually care about security and have expertise in this field, you would see that no enterprise environment would allow software like this running on their machines, so why should you? At this point I think the user has to be insane to install something like this on their computer.

I like the idea of AutoHotkey and I have used it a lot until the false positive nightmare started happening. It is sad that the project is basically dead but that the community doesn't realize it. Nobody's talking about it, nobody cares. People are more excited in discussions about writing some hacky script and using the AutoHotkey syntax for something that it is not built for, like developing a GUI or some nonsense like that.

In other words, 55/69 out of 69 vendors say it’s safe, and as you’ve pointed out, there’s no convincing some of them because they have no interest in being logical about it. Because AHK can/has been used to create malware, therefore AHK should be flagged is the kind of intellectual dishonesty that exposes them for what they are — lazy and/or unethical. You giving them so much credibility and acting like the sky is falling because an unethical industry continues to act unethically is the only story here, in my opinion.

You’re acting as if v1 doesn’t have its own history of false positives, especially as new versions have been released. Making this a v2-specific issue is really not understanding the history of AHK at all.

Here is the way I see it... I could be wrong, but it only seems logical to me...

When AI takes full control of the software development industry (sooner than we think) where will humans turn to determine what is safe and what is harmful? Because I'm pretty sure humans will be left in the dark at both ends of the spectrum. Good luck trying to keep up with software that can adapt thousands or even millions of times a second on both ends of that spectrum. Who are we gonna trust then?

I see a future where fully dynamic software replaces the software as we know it today. And humans will be the humble receiver, not the controller. So in that sense, we can view all of today's software (and the languages behind them) as being "dead already".

This dynamic nature extends to most industries and positions, not just software development.

I started getting AI generated "Overviews" with every Google search as I'm sure most of you have as well. While researching a way to turn them off, (you can't, by the way), I came across a posting on support.google where hundreds of people felt the same way. I tried to post the following response:

What a truly disturbing time we live in. While our society has overwhelmingly benefitted by advancements in technology, AI is a completely different animal. Those people embracing it are doing so at the cost of their own intelligence. What better way to guide the thoughts, ideas and opinions of millions of people per second toward your own corporate or political goals than to subtly insert them into AI generated "answers" to your questions? Those without the wisdom to understand what is happening and to completely dismiss these AI generated responses will certainly become unknowing, unwitting and mindless lemmings being gently led to their own demise.

My reply failed to post because it "violated community guidelines".

Go figure.

Russ

RussF wrote: ↑

17 May 2024, 07:39

will certainly become unknowing, unwitting and mindless lemmings being gently led to their own demise

I agree. Human intelligence will decline at a more alarming rate than it has already. It's very sad that humans are choosing this fate of their own free will. Evolution teaches that humans evolved from monkeys (which I totally disagree with), but monkeys they shall become unless this path is altered.

Individuals who are unable (or unwilling) to exercise their intelligence, are at the mercy of those who do.