Um, I don't think anyone said 'AI is dead'. The fact that there is,
and will be, a lot of investment into AI does not mean it will achieve
all stated goals nor that it will be without hiccups. Right now, AI is
very error prone, and all training that I have seen on the technology
warns exactly
I haven't used generative AI for almost a year now, but here is another
of my experiences...
I asked for a set of bylaws for a youth sports non-profit. I got what
I considered an incomplete set of bylaws (I've been involved with a half
dozen non-profits of various flavors, so had an idea of
I think I had posted this back when ChatGPT first became available...
After doing multiple inquiries about various subjects, which returned
varying degrees of useful information I decided to ask it to write me a
sort program in HLASM. It returned the following:
-Standard entry routine and
My recollection:
NDM was owned by Sterling Commerce, which sold network products, while
Sterling Software sold storage management solutions. In 1993 Sterling
'bought' (actually merged with) Systems Center and renamed the product
Direct:Connect. In 2000, CA aquired Sterling Software while
all remote; I
work from home in NC.
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Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:51
My response was directed at Bob Bridge
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Dean Kent
Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 9:32 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Assembler programmer wanted
You are a person. People
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I think this is a bad analogy. The guy who installs or fixes an item
that does not actually generate revenue certainly can ask for residuals
- but there aren't any since there is no income from it.
However, if residuals is a thing (which it is in some industries) then
asking for a piece of t
I don't know how many here have had to moderate a message board. I
have, and it isn't as simple as just 'removing a thread'. In order to
make sure that *nothing* is off-topic, you have to ignore what the
header says (since many people simply 'reply' and leave whatever header
is there, while
d beg for donations... :-P.
On 9/18/2023 1:01 PM, Dave Beagle wrote:
Public
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On Monday, September 18, 2023, 3:57 PM, Dean Kent wrote:
Question - since the list is run out of a University - is it publicly
funded or privately?
On 9/18/2023 12:24 PM, Darren
, 2023 at 2:57 PM Dean Kent wrote:
Question - since the list is run out of a University - is it publicly
funded or privately?
On 9/18/2023 12:24 PM, Darren Evans-Young wrote:
I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list and you all know why.
He has now officially lodged a complaint
Question - since the list is run out of a University - is it publicly
funded or privately?
On 9/18/2023 12:24 PM, Darren Evans-Young wrote:
I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list and you all know why.
He has now officially lodged a complaint against me accusing me of
discriminatio
Definitions are important or else words are subject to widely varying
interpretations. 'dying' appears to be equated to 'extinct' in these
claims. I suggest that as long as someone needs to understand the
underlying architecture of a computer, assembler language will be a
useful skill for th
I didn't want to get into the firefight... however, the commentary here
encouraged me to do so.
My own belief (whether founded or not) is that if you follow your
passion and become good at it, someone will recognize that and feel it
is valuable enough to pay for it. I also believe that speci
I was told many years ago by a professional (her 'field' was in manic
depression and anger management, particularly children) that feeling a
loss of control is the cause of much (most?) anger. It made a lot of
sense to me, and since then I've observed that this appears to be
mostly, if not en
opposing council pointed out they could
not find any such case listed in the pleadings/motion. Then the
judge's people also could not find same This is the kind of thing
that concerns me about AI today. Once it has been taught enough to
learn on its own
Steve Thompson
On 9/
I spent a bit of time playing with chatGPT to see what it could do. So
did my two sons - one an MS in biotech, the other a PhD in theoretical
physics. We all came to the same conclusion - chatGPT is a very, very
good Google search that can filter many different possible 'answers' and
come
My perspective is: Politics is philosophy, but with a lot of emotion...
On 5/3/2023 10:25 AM, Bob Bridges wrote:
Without in the least wishing to feed the trolls, I may as well say that I never
mind these digressions. I wouldn't want them to take over the forum, but the
occasional hot-blooded
I probably should just stay silent, but...
I did a lot of 'testing' with ChatGPT. I believe that it is just a very
sophisticated data collection/summarization tool. For example, I asked
it to compare and contrast book x and book y, which were from different
authors on the same subject. Th
OK - real story. Working as an L2 support tech for a well known
software company. New release of the product required a new SVC because
an area in the F1 DSCB that was previously unused by IBM was now being
used - so that critical bit of data had to be moved to a new unused
area. The manua
So those who currently are licensed will be unable to renew next year?
I guess there are enough System Z professionals out in the workforce now...
On 9/7/2022 4:10 AM, Jay Maynard wrote:
I got mine in May. I've been told that IBM has quietly discontinued the
program, though.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2
I'll likely regret becoming involved in this, but...
I once was speaking to a woman about the practices of another family,
and said "Well, that is the culture he grew up in". She said "No, I
wasn't raised that way". Both families are Vietnamese. I replied that
I was using the term 'culture
t; >
> >
> >"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by
> stupidity.” - Hanlon’s Razor
> >
> >> On May 11, 2022, at 5:51 PM, Dean Kent wrote:
> >>
> >> Has anyone received their USB license key for the Learner's Edition
Has anyone received their USB license key for the Learner's Edition product?
Just curious, as I was told around the 1st of April that it would be sent
'soon', and I have yet to get any communication that it was actually sent.
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