I apologise: today I am writing a longer, more serious post. A dire future? The AI Futures Project is a small research group that tries to predict the future of AI. It has written a terrifying forecast of the next few years. It reads like the sci-fi stories where robots
Programmers have their own way to classify bugs. Here are some of the weird names I found for different kinds of errors.
We all love to hate call centres. The endless repetition of "Press 1 for this" and "Press 2 for that", often with options that make it hard to choose. That dreadful announcement that "You are number 54 in the queue". Followed by the inane "Please be patient. Your call is
Some thoughts about heroes and stories. And the ways that we can be small everyday heroes.
Some things get better with age, like wine, and whiskey, and cheese. And jeans. And, apparently, cast-iron skillets. But nobody ever says that technology gets better with age.
Lewis explains ThreadLocal Variables in Java.
Escaping object references can become an issue with concurrent running threads.
How do we choose a float data type over a double to represent a value? And once we’ve chosen one over the other, how will it affect the speed of our application? Is a float faster than a double, or vice versa?
Would you vote for an AI bot to run your city? Cheyenne citizens might have the chance.
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.
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