
Coding matters: Cars, cheats and whistle-blowers
Jacqui experiences a sense of déjà vu after Toyota again apologises for cheating on vehicle tests. A reminder that programmers and engineers are responsible for their work.
Jacqui experiences a sense of déjà vu after Toyota again apologises for cheating on vehicle tests. A reminder that programmers and engineers are responsible for their work.
There are many concerns about AI. One concern is that we won’t know whether we are dealing with a real or an artificial intelligence. I discovered a simple test last week. I’m the caller you love to hate I would hate to be a call centre operator. You need the
It’s always good to ask why. Sometimes there’s a valid reason. But if you are frustrated about why things are done the way they are, you will enjoy this fun story.
You have probably seen this news by now. ChatGPT got an upgrade. GPT 4.o (o as in omni, not 0 as in zero) has been released. And it’s free to all users. The omni in the name is becauwe it can “see” and “hear” and “speak” in real time. I
My patience is often tested in April and May. Why? Because these are the months when I have to submit various annual returns to government bodies. It is tedious to prepare the information for the returns. But my real objection is the systems. How can we still have systems this
Do some programmers deliberately make their code obscure to preserve their job security? This is Jacqui’s answer to the question asked by a delegate on her course.
Lewis explains why you should never compare floating point numbers for equality.
I’ve been frustrated this past week by poor service and poor government systems. Nothing new there. So I am going to distract you from work for a few minutes with some unrelated trivia. Sing a licence You know that screen that requires you to accept the software licence terms before
A quick overview of the primitive floating point types in Java, and how to print the mantissa and exponent.
A sad decluttering job reminds me that one day someone will need to deal with my stuff. And that includes digital clutter. Time to delete a file or two.
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