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Comment A new name then? (Score 1) 59

What's the new name gonna be? Colossus? HAL? Mother?

It's funny, you can tell what books the billionaire class are reading by the schemes they dump their money into and what they choose to call them. Zuck must finally be over his Snow Crash kick.

I'm honestly surprised it took Zucko this long to pivot. There's still too many actual tech people left in the world to convince the masses to "buy" invented Cyberspace real estate from a digital land baron.

The meta scam will work eventually. Maybe in 20 years, when the lions share of us graybeards are pissing ourselves and drooling.

Comment and it'll work too (Score 1) 62

Marketing will turn it around because normal people are not tracking Intels string of colossal fuckups.

Normal people buy laptops and game systems every 5 years or so. MS is forcing the turn this time, and people will buy what they know.

Open Source

FaunaDB Shuts Down But Hints At Open Source Future (theregister.com) 13

FaunaDB, a serverless database combining relational and document features, will shut down by the end of May due to unsustainable capital demands. The company plans to open source its core technology, including its FQL query language, in hopes of continuing its legacy within the developer community. The Register reports: The startup pocketed $27 million in VC funding in 2020 and boasted that 25,000 developers worldwide were using its serverless database. However, last week, FaunaDB announced that it would sunset its database services. FaunaDB said it plans to release an open-source version of its core database technology. The system stores data in JSON documents but retains relational features like consistency, support for joins and foreign keys, and full schema enforcement. Fauna's query language, FQL, will also be made available to the open-source community. "Driving broad based adoption of a new operational database that runs as a service globally is very capital intensive. In the current market environment, our board and investors have determined that it is not possible to raise the capital needed to achieve that goal independently," the leadership team said.

"While we will no longer be accepting new customers, existing Fauna customers will experience no immediate change. We will gradually transition customers off Fauna and are committed to ensuring a smooth process over the next several months," it added.

Comment Re:Awful.. (Score 1) 163

I am with you brother, it is good for simple things but the indenting for codeblocks and gymnastics for magic methods and mixed programming paradigms.
I use C most of the time and BYTHON is something I want to check out.

def print_message(num_of_times) {
        for i in range(num_of_times) {
                print("Bython is awesome!");
        }
}

if __name__ == "__main__" {
        print_message(10);
}./qu

Comment The old internet is still here. (Score 1) 72

You can still spin up a forum on your own hardware in your closet and a free dynDNS service will update DNS to point at your residential IP whenever it gets updated. The very people who know how to do that are the same people who bring any value to reddit.

Go ahead reddit. Lock away your users.

Comment Re:The gain on this amplifier was negligable (Score 3, Insightful) 50

Coding is not the point of the CS50 class.
The point is code literacy and the intellectual pursuit of computer science.

CS50 isn't just about learning to write code; it's about fostering computational thinking and code literacy. While coding is a crucial tool, the core of CS50 lies in understanding the underlying principles of computer science. The course meticulously builds a foundation, starting with fundamental building blocks like variables, data types (booleans, integers, etc.), control flow (if/else statements, loops), and functions. It then progresses to more complex concepts like data structures (arrays, linked lists, trees), algorithms (searching, sorting), and algorithm analysis using Big O notation. This journey from the micro to the macro gives students a holistic view of how software works.

CS50 empowers you to dissect and comprehend code, regardless of the specific language. Instead of just blindly writing lines of code, you learn to think algorithmically, breaking down problems into logical steps that a computer can execute. This understanding is crucial for leveraging tools like AI code generation. Imagine using an AI assistant like Claude: with a CS50 background, you wouldn't just accept the generated code at face value. You'd be able to critically evaluate it, understand its logic, identify potential flaws, and modify it to perfectly fit your needs. You become a collaborator with the AI, not just a passive user.

Harvard's commitment to making CS50 accessible to the world is commendable. The course's comprehensive curriculum, combined with its engaging teaching style and extensive online resources, has democratized computer science education. The availability of variations like CS50 AI further demonstrates the program's dedication to exploring cutting-edge topics and preparing students for the future of technology. CS50 isn't just a course; it's an investment in developing the next generation of problem solvers and innovators.

CS50 is a brilliant class and I applaud Harvard putting it out there for the world. Thank you HARVARD! I wish I could have gone to Harvard.

Comment They poisoned the well (Score 4, Insightful) 86

Normal people receive data breach notification every couple of weeks, and accept EULAs without even blinking. They're all aware of government mass surveillance the selling of personal info to government agencies as end runs around constitutional protections.

Crying foul about China stealing data means fuckall at this point. Who gives a shit. Uncle Sam already stole it all anyway. China's not the one sending gunmen into private bedrooms and shooting our dogs.

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