Good to know. Given a succinct textual description of what you want coded in a specified language, it does quite well. I have saved time having it generate somewhat complicated regular expressions that I'm not very good at.
Not saying it is related to Taiwan, but having planes up in the air before shit hits the fan is probably a wise move. Even if something happens really far away, its best to have patrols just in case.
I perceive the effort to build this app as a positive and productive step in the correct direction to filter huge amounts of destructive and toxic rhetoric thrown at individuals. Ms Tracy Chou's personal experience with this, her talent, and intellect are a good fit to build tools like this.
One of the downsides of personal filtering is the potential to block out disagreeable relevant truths and facts. Making arguments one-sided and exacerbating the problem of divisive thought in the world.
However, this needed tool is a great and important contribution to the online world.
I've found that if an argument is worth making, somebody will find a way to make it politely. For people who genuinely wish to learn things, relevant facts will make their way to them.
And for people who genuinely don't want to learn things, they have no trouble rejecting true things regardless of how they are written. People in filter bubbles always have been exposed to the truth at least once; they simply reject it.
So I don't find any problems with blocking rude people. The author here wrote the Block button on Quora, and I use it vigorously. I would be unable to use the site otherwise, because it attracts a lot of very hostile people. It also has many smart people with a wide variety of perspectives, and they'll inform me when I'm missing something. All I lose out on is hostility.
So far there has never been a successful vaccine created for a coronavirus. So it's likely there is not going to one in the near future. Not even within the next couple of years. Possibly if there is a significant worldwide collaboration we can create one soon.
Seems to me you should get paid to contribute to improving models rather than having to pay for the privilege. Although validating data is necessary, paying to provide data for a model that may be deemed inaccurate doesn't incentivize usage.
Likely Apple is reducing the laptop lineup because they aren't selling enough. Although they have been great machines (I still use a Pro every day) they are not competitively priced. Especially for a student, a laptop at roughly half the price for enough comparative capabilities is a much better selection. For hardcore software development and graphics work, a Dell XPS is also roughly half the price. The display performance may not quite compare to the Pro but the price difference is huge.
Reducing the line up indicates to me that Apple recognizes they are not competitive in this market and they are pulling out. Apple's business focus has been and continues to go in other directions.
