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I always loved that intro too [0] :-) I implemented the effect in Pascal back then.

FYI, you can download the source code [1].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31311461 [1] http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/programming/iguan...

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What if the agents were trained by leaked Microsoft code?


With the way the courts seem to judge LLM outputs, I don't think that's an issue as long as it's provable that the code was shat out by an LLM.

Of course Microsoft could still claim that someone used a leaked Windows build as the source so any LLM use would be a ticking time bomb.


Is this defense even viable if the Windows XP source code has been leaked and openly shared online, and you can find many copies of it on GitHub?


There's definitely irony in that Microsoft's GitHub is hosting the leaked source code (which probably got sucked into Copilot and every other AI under the sun as a result).

However, I don't think copyright lawyers will care. "They're also committing a crime" doesn't mean you're free to do what you want. That applies especially in ReactOS vs MS, because if ReactOS succeeds, it will compete directly with Microsoft.


"Microsoft's GitHub is hosting the leaked source code (which probably got sucked into Copilot and every other AI under the sun as a result)." "However, I don't think copyright lawyers will care. «They're also committing a crime» doesn't mean you're free to do what you want. That applies especially in ReactOS vs MS, because if ReactOS succeeds, it will compete directly with Microsoft."

And ReactOS uses GitHub Copilot: https://github.com/reactos/reactos/pull/8516

There's also such thing as being responsible (for an outcome), which in case of litigation means being culpable. Microsoft here is the sole actor that has any control on the GitHub Copilot, on what it was fed with, and thus - on its output (which would be the base of their accusation if they sue). How do you imagine such a case could be made to look like it would have any legal standing?


> "They're also committing a crime"

But Microsoft has the rights to the code, so they do not commit a crime by broadcasting it.


That creates a loop hole. Take code, feed LLM and let it spew it again - voilà - you have perfectly legal code. Just fix bugs


Perfect answer, fellow cimmerian.


Honestly, I feel that everything UI related has gone backwards to the stone age.

I wonder how hard would it be to go back to visual designers like we had with Delphi or VB6. There were flexible layout container components which helped a lot when adapting forms to varying screen resolutions.


All companies I've worked at had (paid) on-call set up. The right to disconnect isn't incompatible with business needs and the law contemplates it. Also, nurses and doctors do it too.


Yeah that law is really about not taking advantage of low paid-by-the-hour employees vs high paid salaried.

But give people any excuse and they'll run with it.

In the UK custom has always been to require a standard opt-out to be signed as part of hiring process.


Another kind of porn?


InfoPorns


I remember not only running commands while debugging. I remember moving the program counter back, until a statement above my breakpoint, making live changes in the code and stepping it again until the breakpoint to see the effects of my changes without needing to restart the program.


Yes, but as i wrote "though it wasn't fully editable as many changes requiring restarting".

FWIW this was actually something you could do in QBasic too.


I consider myself a generalist, but, to be honest, I don't remotely think that I "know a lot of everything". In fact, I suffer about the contrary :-)

About the "when do I say 'I know enough'"...well, never. I just follow my curiosity and it's infinite ramifications. I loss/gain interests about very diverse topics in a somewhat short amount of time.


You're in luck. Your device isn't supported.


It's supported.

But it's going to be the last major OS update for my device, so I won't upgrade. I don't want to be stuck with a half-assed version.


I'd pay (even more) for Apple to have the same backwards compatibility policy as Microsoft has.


They (sometimes) understand that UI is API.


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