Someone found, then edited all those clips together! 🤯

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

So, it turns out that the cake is not a lie?

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

Dis - to slander or make fun of. Aster - the incorrect pronunciation for a once famous movie star dancer's surname(Fred Astaire). Disaster - making fun of the dancing of Fred Astaire.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

Then I doff my cap.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

It wasn't a 1kg bag of sugar that you poured in by any chance? ;P

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

That's why Lego exists and is so popular, even for adults... especially for adults!

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

Verbing nouns and nouning verbs makes my toes curl. "Learnings" 😱

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

The voice recognition app went really well with lots of extra stuff in it including the app speaking back confirming the command to be executed(the confirmation could be customised) and the ability to ask what the status of various systems was such as asking "Landing gear status?" and application speaking back "Landing gear is down." It was a while back but I didn't use AI, I used a standard .NET voice recognition and speech module which could be taught independently. You could also tie the mic to a button on the joystick for PTT, so that while the button was pressed the app would listen to the command being given - for extra geekiness I also got the app to beep with the Apollo beep after the PTT button was released. I should did it out again at some point although it was written in VB.NET(so I might consider rewriting it in C#) as I was very new to .NET at that point.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

I was a big fan of aviation in my teens up to my mid 30s. I did 3 static line parachute jumps in my teens and later a glider flight as well as started flying lessons stopping when it became obvious how expensive it would be to maintain a license. So I channeled my enthusiasm into hundreds of hours in flightsims, the 747 being my favourite aircraft to fly with the Kai Tak approach (PMDG 747). One of the first projects I set myself in .NET back in around 2006 was to write a voice recognition application so that I could give commands to a virtual co-pilot to lower the landing gear, flaps etc.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

When thinking of driving, my last desire is for the car to leave the surface of the road, yet the Tesla fans seem to like this idea :doh: :laugh:

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

JavaScript is fine - I used in in various incarnations and Typescript definitely helps write cleaner code. I heard Bob Martin point out that the evolution of programming languages is an evolution in constraining what you can do, each programming language constraining you in a different manner. JavaScript is perhaps a bit of a exception in that it's fairly loose with its constraints which is why something like TypeScript makes sense as it brings static typing with it. I still get caught out occasionally with the asynchronous nature of JavaScript but other than that I think it's fine when used well.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

WSL leaks horribly, running docker with WSL means I have to end the service every couple of days as it eats CPU to the point of eventually making the laptop almost inoperable.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

As I now wok from home I don't need music as it is quiet, however when I was in the office I would listen to J.S. Bach's Well Tempered Clavier or the Goldberg Variations. In the car I will listen to Bach's choral pieces, but anything with singing tends to distract me rather than help concentrate - even if it is in German or Latin.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

charlieg wrote:

force reboots

Especially the "computer will reboot in 15 minutes..." message when you are in the middle of a meeting.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

At least he didn't have to live through the era of the weekly de-fluff of mouse balls.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

He's(Bob not Chris) holding a wrench in one hand and what appears to be a beer in the other. Drinking on the job...

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

That's not a flute, that's a implement that every small child in the West gets to torture their parents with as they grow up... otherwise known as a... recorder!😱

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

Sounds like the app might allow single sign-on (SSO). I take it your log on to your computer login logs you on to your Microsoft account?

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

I have watched the interview a few times because I thought Feynman was being difficult when I first saw it, I wanted to understand what was going on. After watching it a few times I think that Feynman wants to answer the question but is himself perhaps a bit frustrated by how difficult it is to answer. I think he is not willing to let himself get away with a simple answer because I think he wants to give as correct as possible an answer to the journalist. I used to be a fan of Tyson but no longer am, for various reasons - one of them being because I have seen a video where he is extremely confident but factually incorrect - as I have aged I would rather someone was a little bit abrupt but factually correct than giving me a warm feeling from their answer.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

Oh well, pearls before swine...

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens