Eye on AI: Ice Ice Matrix; ABBAtars
You may be convinced we somehow assembled the original cast of The Matrix along side the ghost of Wilford Brimley to record one of the… Read More »Eye on AI: Ice Ice Matrix; ABBAtars
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Baldur Bjarnason on theory-building, living code and team churn
Read, then read again replacing “software” with “your social program” or “your business”: Software is a temporary garden whose fate is inextricably intertwined with its… Read More »Baldur Bjarnason on theory-building, living code and team churn
Eye on AI: ChatGPT and Me
You too can experiment with ChatGPT at https://chat.openai.com This is post is pretty long, so I’m putting the “See Also” links here: DriverlessCroc AI fun:The… Read More »Eye on AI: ChatGPT and Me
The difference between recursion and iteration, stack overflow
In order to understand recursion, you must first understand recursion. Nerdy Proverb I’d been planning to do a little writeup on recursion and iteration to… Read More »The difference between recursion and iteration, stack overflow
Peter Wang: Scripting Society (PyCon US Keynote, 2022) – how many programmers does the world need?
One question I like to ask everyone, I’ll just give you a moment to think about: how many software devs are there out there in… Read More »Peter Wang: Scripting Society (PyCon US Keynote, 2022) – how many programmers does the world need?
The Wizards (2): Harold Abelson on controlling complexity and real vs idealised systems
So in computer science we’re in the business of formalising this how-to, imperative knowledge. How to do stuff. And the real issues of computer science… Read More »The Wizards (2): Harold Abelson on controlling complexity and real vs idealised systems
The Wizards (1): Harold Abelson on the essence of computer science as formalising procedural knowledge
Computer Science isn’t Computer Science is a terrible name for this business. First of all, it’s not a science. It might be engineering, or it… Read More »The Wizards (1): Harold Abelson on the essence of computer science as formalising procedural knowledge
Resources: Python (pandas) for Data Analysis
I’ve been using Python with pandas on and off to automate analysis of reading-test data at the non-profit where I work. If you’re regularly analysing… Read More »Resources: Python (pandas) for Data Analysis
Alan J. Perlis on Programming and Avoiding the Constipation of Philosophy
Educators, generals, dieticians, psychologists, and parents program. Armies, students, and some societies are programmed. An assault on large problems employs a succession of programs, most… Read More »Alan J. Perlis on Programming and Avoiding the Constipation of Philosophy
Encountering the Genius of Alan Turing
It is a rare experience to meet an authentic genius. Those of us privileged to inhabit the world of scholarship are familiar with the intellectual… Read More »Encountering the Genius of Alan Turing