[Link] Code Wrong: Expand Your Mind

Read: 30/1/2022 hackaday.com

The really nice thing about doing something the “wrong” way is that there’s just so much variety! If you’re doing something the right way, the fastest way, or the optimal way, well, there’s just one way. But if you’re going to do it wrong, you’ve got a lot more design room.

code computer science computers hackaday interpreted languages programming

[Link] ‘Yeah, we’re spooked’: AI starting to have big real-world impact, says expert

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

A scientist who wrote a leading textbook on artificial intelligence has said experts are “spooked” by their own success in the field, comparing the advance of AI to the development of the atom bomb.

ai algorithms artificial intelligence california computer science game changers interviews methodologies military scientific methodologies textbooks treaties university research

[Link] Morphing computer chip repels hundreds of professional DARPA hackers

Read: 29/5/2021 newatlas.com

Engineers have designed a computer processor that thwarts hackers by randomly changing its microarchitecture every few milliseconds. Known as Morpheus, the puzzling processor has now aced its first major tests, repelling hundreds of professional hackers in a DARPA security challenge.

computer architecture computer hardware computer science cybersecurity

[Link] The Healing Power of Javascript

Read: 7/4/2021 www.wired.com

A little over a year ago, as the Covid-19 lockdowns were beginning to fan out across the globe, most folks grasped for toilet paper and canned food. The thing I reached for: A search function. The purpose of the search function was somewhat irrelevant. I simply needed to code.

code computer science programming tech tech archaeology tech culture