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Ruby Is Not a Serious Programming Language
My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters…
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IBM, Cisco outline plans for networks of quantum computers by early 2030s
IBM and Cisco Systems on Thursday (Nov 20) said they plan to link quantum computers over long distances, with the goal of demonstrating the concept is workable by the end of 2030. The move…
Programming in Assembly Is Brutal, Beautiful, and Maybe Even a Path to Better AI
Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people…
HP bets on AI personal computers to drive revenue, eyes Asia for growth
At least one in four PCs sold by the US computer maker are AI-enabled and that could grow as customers upgrade The lockdowns stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic drove the revenues of many…
Jony Ive Says He Wants His OpenAI Devices to ‘Make Us Happy’
At OpenAI’s developer conference in San Francisco on Monday, CEO Sam Altman and ex-Apple designer Jony Ive spoke in vague terms about the “family of devices” the pair are working to…
Computers were designed for humans, robots should be too
In 1982, personal computers were beige, boxy, and built for engineers. They were powerful, but uninviting. Few people knew what they were for, or why they might need one. It took more than…
Programmers Aren’t So Humble Anymore—Maybe Because Nobody Codes in Perl
Perl was once everywhere. Or at least it felt that way. Around the turn of the millennium, it seemed that almost every website was built on the back of this scripting language. It…
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Esoteric Programming Languages Are Fun—Until They Kill the Joke
Some programming languages helped send humans to the moon, some are cooking up new leukemia drugs, and some exist just to fuck with you. Brainfuck is a minimalist “esoteric language,” or…
A new Microsoft chip could lead to more stable quantum computers
Microsoft has been on a quest to synthesize this state, called a Majorana fermion, in the form of quasiparticles. The Majorana was first proposed nearly 90 years ago as a particle that is…
Qualcomm’s new chips will bring AI to US$600 personal computers
QUALCOMM introduced new chips designed to power personal computers (PCs) capable of running the latest artificial intelligence (AI) software yet cost as little as US$600. The Snapdragon X…