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How Did Scientists Succumb to Aunt Edna? The Dangers of a Superintelligent AI is Fiction
Speaking of the existential threat of AI is science fiction, and bad science fiction for that matter because it is not based …
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5 Often Overlooked Coding Mistakes New Web Developers Need to Avoid
Avoiding these common, easily preventable blunders will help you maximize success in your career journey.
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Biases in Author Recognition
When reading papers, we make simplifications and have assumptions about author roles and relative contributions.
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How Scripting Misses the Mark
Scripting languages promise easy automation but prove difficult to learn. Let's stop focusing on simplified syntax and instead focus on understandability and learnability...
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Students Speak to Ethical Issues
What are the concerns of students after study of computer ethics?
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Anti-Sanctions: New Operating System for Mobile Devices
There comes a time not only of crisis, but also of great opportunities. And here, it is important to take advantage of these new opportunities.
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Data Anonymization Using the Random Sum Method
The purpose of this blog post is to present an anonymization method that can be applied to the digital attributes of personal data.
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Blockchain For What, Exactly?
Considering the real-world consequences of blockchain hype.
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R&D or r&d: What's the Difference?
Research produces generalized knowledge; Development produces generalized functionality. Not all efforts that use research skills or that use development skills...
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Cryptocurs Don't Asportate
Cryptocurrency on a blockchain cannot be stolen -- it's true.
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Log4j and the Thankless High-Risk Task of Managing Software Component Upgrades
Managing included versions of third-party software components too often puts developers in no-win situations.
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Cultivating Habits: -1 +2 for Researchers
The New Year is stereotypically the time when we resolve to start some good habits and get rid of some of the bad.
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Experiencing Loops in Time
We don't experience program loops as blocks, started over, because time is one-way.
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Publishing, The Choice and The Luck
Selecting publishing targets is a process with no simple solutions.
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How to Reduce the Carbon Emissions of Your Website
We can control our online ecological impact.
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Tech Meetups In A Pandemic
By 2019, I generally thought there wasn't much that could surprise me about organizing meetups. Then Covid-19 hit. I was so wrong.
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Protecting Enterprise Use of IoT
How to strengthen the security of the Internet of Things in organizations.
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How Does One Multiply with Napier's Rods?
Napier's multiplication and division rods, deriving from the basic multiplication table, simplify calculations considerably.
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Software Learning: The Art Of Design Regret
How should software engineers try to classify their reflections?
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How Does One Calculate With A Circular Slide Rule?
The circular slide rule was widely used until the 1970s.
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