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Why is Privacy So Hard?
Why is privacy so hard? Why is it, after so much negative press about it, are we still being constantly tracked on the web and on our smartphones? Why is it, after...
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What Is a Variable?
A stab at a definition, for outsiders, of what we in computing mean by the term "variable" raises more questions than it answers.
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The Formal Picnic Approach to Requirements
A mathematical excursion will improve your requirements.
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Scalable Intelligent Systems by 2025
People are fundamental to a Scalable Intelligent System; there is no computer-only solution that can implement such a system.
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How Did People Write Machine Learning Code in the Past?
Summarizes popular programming languages and libraries that have been used for machine learning throughout the past two decades.
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Discovering Bugs, or Ensuring Success?
Finding errors is not the same as making certain a software product works correctly.
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Blame-Free Quality Control
How liable should programmers be for the quality of their software?
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Discussing Empirical Answers to Questions of Software Engineering
Focusing on what helps software developers.
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A Software Architect Is the Person You Blame
How efficient is your current software project, and could it potentially benefit from the addition of a software architect?
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The Goal of Software Testing
Finding errors is not the same strategy as making sure that a product works.
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When Will We Learn?
Massive software failure once again, with no lesson from past occurrences and no lesson for future systems.
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The Era of Hackers Is Over
The ability to hack algorithms and make data structures optimal was a virtue of programmers a few decades ago. The current reality is much different, with the ability...
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Examples of Phenomenology in Computing
The branch of philosophy known as phenomenology can broaden our understanding of what is really going on in the tasks we address with computing.
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Time To End The vi/Emacs Debate
If you still use Emacs, I feel for you. Perhaps it is time to give vi a try.
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Why Code Comments Still Matter
Some believe that commenting code is bad, but comments still matter in our programs.
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