I have a small hobby project that scrapes concerts on various venues websites.
Many of the websites don't write out which the year the concert takes place, so in python I will:
try the current year and see if the date has already passed, and in that case I try the next year.
Of course feb 29th is an issue in this case, so some of my scrapers modules crashed.
I am confused about the example with the 'Greeting' function breaking the test. Did the author see this as an issue with testing?
If the functionality is changed, the tests will have to be changed to reflect that. One feature of tests is that they are are documentation for the expected functionality of code, so naturally it needs to be updated when functionality changes. It is a feature in my opinion.
Theoretically the machine could perform social engineering to fool a sysadmin or developer to let it out, and then start cloning itself like a worm. Good luck getting rid of it from the world if that happens. An isolated network might also not be a huge challenge for a general AI, depending on what level of security and what precautions are taken to avoid it.
I don't know when you were born, but my relationship to the Internet started probably around the time I was 7 or 8. My school had computers with Internet, there were two computers at home. My parents could have limited my Internet use but they couldn't have stopped me. There is not a guard standing by every computer stopping me from being Online if I am under 18 years of age.
I still don't think Omegle is at fault, but we have to assume kids are on the Internet.
Thank you, that was an enlightening text, made me understand better GNUs view of SaaS.
There are many cases where running a self hosted version is not feasible, which are also mentioned in the text. Social media and other services where the information is an important part of the service or software that can not be run on my own machine due to limits in my hardware. But outsourcing simple calculations that can be done locally is a bad thing I agree.
Does he really turn against SaaS/Cloud? Software that doesn't run on your computer doesn't necessarily need to be in your control, right? As long as the clients are free.
> We are living in unprecedentedly peaceful and prosperous times, and it's only getting better day by day.
The Deputy Secretary-General of the UN begs to differ [1]. I like a positive attitude, but outright ignoring the reality is not the solution to handle negative developments in the world imo. Sure, statistics can lie but saying things are better than ever and always getting better is also not a fact as you say.
Many of the websites don't write out which the year the concert takes place, so in python I will: try the current year and see if the date has already passed, and in that case I try the next year.
Of course feb 29th is an issue in this case, so some of my scrapers modules crashed.