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Tech Shame?
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Tech Shame?

Interesting ObservationGen Z Overwhelmed by 'Tech Shame' at WorkFortune, Chloe Berger, December 15, 2022An HP survey of 10,000 office workers worldwide found Generation...

You Are Not Expected to Understand This
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You Are Not Expected to Understand This

The value and emergence of Code: "You Are Not Expected to Understand This": How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World Audible Logo Audible Audiobook – UnabridgedTorie...

Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Aces Flight After Software Update
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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Aces Flight After Software Update

 Fixing code on the fly ...Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Aces Flight After Software Updatein Space.comTereza Pultarova, November 26, 2022The U.S. National Aeronautics...

IBM Condor will pass 1000 Qubits
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IBM Condor will pass 1000 Qubits

New advances, how much more valuable?AN IBM QUANTUM COMPUTER WILL SOON PASS THE 1,000-QUBIT MARKThe Condor processor is just one quantum-computing advance slated...

Designing with DNA
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Designing with DNA

Like the idea, examining the approach further.Designing with DNA    By Duke University, December 28, 2022An open-source software program developed by researchers...

Will a Spot Robot  Make LA Safer?
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Will a Spot Robot Make LA Safer?

No, and it won't even get the chance to.See Spot Spy? New Generation of Police Robots Faces BacklashLos Angeles Times, Libor Jan; Gregory Yee,   December 21, 2022...

Banning Your Enemies
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Banning Your Enemies

 Intriguing play, enemies, or some lesser or even arbitrary qualification?  Note is different than making a mistaken identification.   Is a safety based ban OK?...

On the End of Programming
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On the End of Programming

 Many, like myself started our career in coding. This should increase security by standardizing safer coding approaches.  Or will it?  The End of Programming  (Opinion)...

Police Tap COVID-19 Tech to Expand Global Surveillance
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Police Tap COVID-19 Tech to Expand Global Surveillance

Tracking of many kinds interacting. Police Tap COVID-19 Tech to Expand Global SurveillanceBy Associated Press, December 27, 2022A worshiper in the Old City of Jerusalem...

Virtual Clothes Could Help Solve Fashion's Waste Problem
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Virtual Clothes Could Help Solve Fashion's Waste Problem

I Worked more on cleansing clothes rather than creating them.  Note Blockchain use.  Phygital.  Hmmm.  Virtual Clothes Could Help Solve Fashion's Waste ProblemBy...

OpenAI ChatGPT Imitating Academic Work
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OpenAI ChatGPT Imitating Academic Work

Using and detecting. OpenAI's ChatGPT Raises Alarm Over Student CheatingBy Financial Times, December 27, 2022There is widespread concern that students will useOpenAI's...

On Speculative Execution
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On Speculative Execution

 Out of order, and dynamic. What Is Speculative Execution?By Joel Hruska on June 10, 2022With a new Apple security flaw in the news, it’s a good time to revisit...

McD's Automation Plans
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McD's Automation Plans

More on McD's automation efforts,  apparently the automation of everything but the food preparation.  Following closely.  McD’s gets decidedly mixed reactions to...

Donald Knuth's Christmas 2022 Lecture
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Donald Knuth's Christmas 2022 Lecture

A person I fondly connected with via this books back in the 70s, always interesting:    Donald Knuth's 2022 'Christmas Tree' Lecture Is About Trees  ... '

Microsoft Research Looks Back at Progress in AI
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Microsoft Research Looks Back at Progress in AI

 Microsoft talks about some of its efforts. Research @ Microsoft 2022: A look back at a year of accelerating progress in AIPublished December 19, 20222022 has seen...

Japan Prepares for Defense
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Japan Prepares for Defense

 In the near past you never heard much about Japan's defense forces (SDF),  investment was relatively low,  but with potential nearby threats,  that is changing...

Merlin AI Launches First ChatGPT iOS and Android Mobile App
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Merlin AI Launches First ChatGPT iOS and Android Mobile App

MerlinAI and IOS For a ChatGPT  Merlin AI Launches First ChatGPT iOS and Android Mobile AppERIC HAL SCHWARTZ on December 23, 2022 Mobile app developer Dogtown Media...

On a Trip to Infinity
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On a Trip to Infinity

Math in Netflix"The most intrusive animation is a train that twice interrupts the mathematician Moon Duchin, who is reflecting on what it would mean for a mathematical...

2D Material May Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light
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2D Material May Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light

Most interesting, worked on a project that needed to get low light images for input to modeling.2D Material May Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light...

Big Ideas in Tech
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Big Ideas in Tech

 Nicely done,  Big Ideas in Tech for 2023: An a16z Omnibus     by Andreessen AI, machine & deep learning  bio + health  consumer  crypto & web3  ecommerce  enterprise...
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