#computing
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hJUHrrihzOQ
In this video I discuss probabilistic #computing that reportedly allows for 100 million times better #energy #efficiency compared to the best #NVIDIA #GPUs. Check out my new course on Technology and
"Probabilistic Computing" & " #Thermodynamic #Computing "
Claude has taken control of my computer... - Fireship
https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=DVRg0daTads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVRg0daTads
Kids who grew up with search engines could change STEM education forever - The Verge
#society #computing #education
Gradually, Garland came to the same realization that many of her fellow educators have reached in the past four years: the concept of file folders and directories, essential to previous generations’ understanding of computers, is gibberish to many modern students.
https://www.theverge.com/22684730/students-file-folder-directory-structure-education-gen-z
Damn Excel! How the 'most important software application of all time' is ruining the world
In 2017, Adobe's CFO banned his employees from using Excel (all of them switched to Adaptive Insights EPM, other alternatives include Anaplan and Workiva). The same bans were issued by the management of China Bistro, ABM Industries, Wintrust Financial and many other companies. Abandoning Excel reduces the risk of errors in calculations and simplifies document flow.
The EuSpRIG (European Spreadsheet Risk Group) study showed that more than 90% of spreadsheets contain errors, and half of corporate spreadsheets have “material defects”.
And then there are the traditional auto-formatting glitches that cause even biologists to have to rename human genes such as MARCHF1 (formerly MARCH1) and SEPTIN1 (formerly SEPT1) so that Excel doesn't mistake them for dates. A study of 3,597 published scientific articles found that about 20% of the accompanying materials (spreadsheets) to the articles had errors in gene names:
Leading zeros are removed from identifiers and other values in cells by default - this is also a standard Excel behavior that often leads to problems. Importing any data from CSV into Excel runs the risk of corrupting it. And that data can be vital, necessary to save those same patients in hospitals.
That's why Excel is sometimes called “the most dangerous program on the planet.” Too much depends on it. And too many errors.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/ruvds/articles/835390/
#Microsoft #Windows #software #Excel #computing #fail #economy #history
Olá a todos, eu sou #Novo Aqui. Eu estou interessado em #aging, #art, #computing, #digitalrights, #ecology, #health, #music e #science.
Magic Numbers | blarg
#computing #networking #history #retrocomputing
1500 bytes is a bit out there as numbers go, or at least it seems that way if you touch computers for a living. It’s not a power of two or anywhere close, it’s suspiciously base-ten-round, and computers don’t care all that much about base ten, so how did we get here?
BBC News - Unseen images of code breaking computer that helped win WW2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67997406
Bertrand Meyer on X: "We lost a titan of programming languages, programming methodology, software engineering and hardware design. Niklaus Wirth passed away on the first of January. We mourn a pioneer, colleague, mentor and friend." / X
Niklaus Wirth has died!
#RIP #computing #programming #Pascal #Oberon
https://twitter.com/Bertrand_Meyer/status/1742613897675178347
Why AI is a disaster for the climate
The Guardian
Amid all the hysteria about ChatGPT and co, one thing is being missed: how energy-intensive the technology is. (...)
Given the current hysteria about AI, I thought I’d check to see where it is on the chart [of the Gartner Hype Cycle]. (...)
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The carbon footprint of server farms used to power generative AI could be problematic. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images.
All of this serves the useful function – for the tech industry, at least – of diverting attention from the downsides of the technology that we are already experiencing: bias, inscrutability, unaccountability and its tendency to “hallucinate”, to name just four. (...) Which is worrying because its environmental impact will, at best, be significant and, at worst, could be really problematic.
How come? Basically, because AI requires staggering amounts of computing power. And since computers require electricity, and the necessary GPUs (graphics processing units) run very hot (and therefore need cooling), the technology consumes electricity at a colossal rate. (...)
So maybe the best hope for the planet would be for generative AI to topple down the slippery slope into Gartner’s “trough of disillusionment”, enabling the rest of us to get on with life.
Tags: #artificial_intelligence #ai #chatgtp #computing #energy #energy_transition #carbon_footprint #climate #climate_change #climate_crisis #global_warming
Inside a Quantum Computer! with Andrea Morello (Part 1 of 2)
If you like bold statements, this one might be for you..
If you're deep into quantum computing at least.. maybe. ;)
EEVDiscover - Inside a Quantum Computer! with Andrea Morello (Part 1 of 2)
https://youtu.be/k_QeSOIDiEM
https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=k_QeSOIDiEM
#EEVBlog #EEVDiscover #Quantum #Computing #Bold #Statement #Safe #Job #Offer #RandomShit ;)
"This is just to announce the imminent completion of a brand-new Linux release,
which I'm calling the Debian Linux Release." (1993)
#linux #computing #history #retrocomputing
Holy cow, Debian is 30 year old today.
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHistory?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Debian-announcement-1993.txt
We waste between 11 and 20 per cent of our time in front of our computers on systems that do not work or that are so difficult to understand that we cannot perform the task we want to.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230629125723.htm
