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There’s an adage from computer science that’s been around for a very long time that very clearly applies to all current LLM driven AI’s.

The GIGO principle: poor quality (“garbage”) input produces poor quality (“garbage”) output.

IMHO, the developers of these so called AI’s that use info scrapped from the internet to train their models have either never heard of it or have deliberately chosen to ignore it because, as we all know… there’s a TON of garbage info out there on the internet!

According to public records, as of Nov 2024 there were just over 3 million federal workers and, although Elon Mush has refused to disclosed exact numbers, there are currently only 47 known DOGE employees (I’ll give them the benefit of doubt and say 50.)

For the sake of argument lets say all 3 million Federal workers respond and each email can be read/evaluated in ~5 mins.

3,000,000 emails × 5 mins = 15,000,000 mins

15,000,000 mins = 250,000 hrs

250,000 hrs = 10,416.7 days

10,416.7 days ÷ 50 employees = 208.3 days

208.3 days = ~7 months to read/evaluated all those emails!

And even if we cut the read/evaluated time down to an very unrealistic 1 min/email, it’d still take 42 days for 50 employees to evaluated them all.

So, at least to me, this whole exercise makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!

BTW, after working thru the numbers, I understand why the normal process is: each employee reports to their supervisor, then their supervisor reports to their department head, etc., etc.

Doing it any other way would consume way too much time that employees could otherwise use doing their real jobs!

Here’s what I see when I click the This story also appears in our public Newsletter link.

And, if I click the Read this article online button, it returns me to the exact same place.

I experience the same loop if I use the Newsletters/Alerts link at the top of the main page and click the FREE EDITION: Patching embedded code link.

So, where’s the Free Edition article?

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Will Fastie

I have a Casio Databank 150 (DBC-150) I bought back in 1995 that’s been thru multiple batteries and wrist straps and is still going strong!

Memory Integrity requires a CPU that supports nested virtualization, not all CPU’s do, and, even if it does, it must be enabled in the BIOS.

So maybe that’s the difference between your laptops?

To check whether it’s available and enabled, press WinKey+R, enter msinfo32 and press Enter.

Whether it’s available and enabled will be shown at the bottom of the right-hand side.

Alex5723 wrote:

The reference to “Dover, Ontario” appears incorrect for a U.S.-based operation

The US and Canadian Casio addresses are Dover, NJ and Markham, Ontario

So where did you come up with Dover, Ontario… especially since there is no such location in Canada??

The closest match is Port Dover, Ontario an unincorporated community on the north shore of Lake Erie.

That’s pretty much standard practice for a LOT of Windows S/W.

If you search drive C: for zh-CN (the Chinese language code) you’ll be surprised at how many different folders it finds!

And if you view any of them, you’ll see they contain a large numbers of foreign language files.

I.e. the %UserName%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\input folder contains 126 different keyboard language code files.

So, even though you normally have to select your particular language during the install process, it seems most installers still “install” all the language files it’s capable of supporting instead of just the one you selected.

I suggested that back in reply #2750223 and it didn’t work.

WSkjgcsmith wrote:

I downloaded the “SD Memory Card Formatter”. it recognized the SD card type and size. I selected the “overwrite format” and after a long time it completed successfully. I ejected the SD card and re-inserted and again got the message “SDXC (D:) there’s a problem with this drive.

WSkjgcsmith wrote:

I don’t want to purchase software that costs more than an old SD card.

USB thumb drives, SD cards and microSD cards all use the same NAND memory as SSD’s and, just like SSD’s, can only be written to a limited number of times before they become read only.

The Sandisk Ultra plus uses SLC NAND which, according to SD Card Write Cycles Overview, will only last 10,000 – 20,000 write cycles for a 64Gb card.

I’d say either yours has reached that point and/or the write controller has failed.

Regardless, I’d suggest you get a new one.

Try using Diskpart to erase the card.

1- Open a DOS prompt and enter diskpart
2- list disk to show all the drives
3- select disk # (# = the SD card)
4- clean to wipe all the data on the SD card
5- create part primary to create a new partition on the SD card
6- select part 1
7- active to make it active.
8- format fs=ntfs/or fs=fat32 to format the SD card
9- Exit twice to close diskpart & DOS prompt

If that doesn’t work, try the SD Memory Card Formatter

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WSkjgcsmith

HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to ‘feedback’

This came into force for consumers phoning up the call center in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Italy on February 18. It went down like a lead balloon internally at HP, with some staff on the front line unhappy that they were having to deal with a decision taken by management, who didn’t have to directly interact with customers left hanging on the telephone…

…it seems annoyed customers and pressure internally from staff that want to do a good job, or were fed up managing irate customers whose patience was tested

Ghee, who’da thunk it’d get that sorta reaction!

At least management reacted quickly to address the issue, unlike another company I we could all name…

Microsoft

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NaNoNyMouse, George1, SueW, Cybertooth

PeachesP wrote:

The failed updates are still there.

The update “history” is exactly what is says… a history of every update attempt, regardless of whether if failed or succeeded.

FYI, Windows users have been looking for a way to remove “failed updates” from the update history for many years and, so far, no one has found a way to do so without completely removing the entire update history!

Open the Logitech SetPoint Settings app and click the battery icon on the left side.

You should also check the expiration date on the battery to ensure it’s not too old.

The PC’s connection type has nothing to do with possible interference.

WiFi and cordless phones work by broadcasting a radio signal at a specific frequency. If it’s broadcasting at the same frequency as the keyboard/mouse and the sources (keyboard/mouse, cordless phone base, or the antenna you mentioned) are within 6 ft of each other, it can cause inference because the radio signals from the antenna/cordless phone can cause the signal from the keyboard/mouse to be misread by the PC.

I.e. you press the Y key but, because the antenna/cordless phone is broadcasting something at the same time on the same frequency, what the PC see isn’t a Y key press but something that’s a merging of the keyboard’s signal and the antenna/cordless phone’s signal (which most likely the PC won’t understand and will ignore.)

BTW, as long as the device that’s actually using the WiFi has it’s channel mode set for AUTO (which is always the default setting) changing the WiFi channel in the router will not effect that device’s ability to connect to the internet.

Also, since your PC is hard-wired to the WiFi router via an ethernet cable, changing the WiFi settings in the router won’t effect it’s connection in any way!

Rush2112 wrote:

I am beginning to think that the huge antenna that transmits internet signals is interfering with my keyboard and mouse.

If you have access to to the WiFi router, try changing the WiFi channel.

The setting is typically under the WiFi setup section.

BTW, another item that can cause interference is cordless phones, especially if it’s one of the older models that uses the same 2.4 & 5 GHz frequencies and the base unit is within ~6 ft or less of the keyboard/mouse and PC.