You likely heard of the Google engineer who declared a version of artificial intelligence (AI) that he was working on is sentient. You also likely heard the flooding claims of insentience in response. ColdFusion is an excellent channel amplified by…
You likely heard of the Google engineer who declared a version of artificial intelligence (AI) that he was working on is sentient. You also likely heard the flooding claims of insentience in response. ColdFusion is an excellent channel amplified by…
Prompted by “Online Ad Czar Berates Adblockers As Freedom-Hating ‘Mafia’”: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/01/26/1720217/online-ad-czar-berates-adblockers-as-freedom-hating-mafia Randall Rothenburg, the president and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has made a speech branding the creators of Adblock Plus (who were banned from the conference where…
Prompted by: reasonably serious privacy concerns Anyone appreciating the sense in defending your privacy will appreciate this post (well, that’s my preference anyway). Although it may seem to be just focused upon a particular email service (one you probably don’t…
Prompted by “Programming Education: Selling People a Lie?”: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/15/12/04/2153236/programming-education-selling-people-a-lie There’s a lot of software out there, and obviously someone needs to build it. There’s a lot of demand for software programmers out there, but the availability of competent coders is…