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by theodpHN 4y ago
The "Shadowbanned User Who Tweeted Wolf" is the new "Boy Who Cried Wolf" :-)
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by theodpHN 4y ago
Some of the other stuff looks intriguing, but regarding the claim that "Unlike SQL, our Mangle rule projects_with_vulnerable_log4j has a name and can be referenced in other queries." goes, SQL in a VIEW or common table expression
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by theodpHN 4y ago
Larry Gonick's Cartoon Guides to Algebra, Statistics, Calculus http://www.larrygonick.com/
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by theodpHN 4y ago
Apple is paying to tweet without tweeting (2016) https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/3/12781498/apple-twitter-acc...
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by theodpHN 4y ago
It'll be tough - programming languages have become the new 'Sport of Kings', with winners bankrolled and promoted by billionaires, tech giants, universities/colleges, government. _____ The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Es
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$38M at Stake in Ousted Black Girls Code Founder's Lawsuit Against Nonprofit(slashdot.org)
3 points by theodpHN 4y ago|0 comments
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by theodpHN 4y ago
This seems to be a tremendous amount of material to cover - with associated programming exercises to boot - for a course that requires only intro courses in CS and Statistics as prerequisites. So one does wonder how superficial it might be
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by theodpHN 4y ago
Agreed on the For Dummies books - the ones I've seen have all been surprisingly good intros to their subjects. Approachable and informative.
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Bill Aims to Increase K-12 CS Education, 'Particularly' for Non-Asian/White Boys(slashdot.org)
2 points by theodpHN 4y ago|0 comments
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by theodpHN 5y ago
A big part of the problem, I think, is that tools that make it easy have been deemed uncool and as a result are half-heartedly supported by Microsoft, such as Visual Basic and MS-Access. Lack of vendor support has killed or hampered other e
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Code.org and Scratch Access Yanked by Chicago Schools Due to Student Privacy Law(slashdot.org)
1 points by theodpHN 5y ago|0 comments
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by theodpHN 5y ago
Google Sought Patent on Facebook Whistleblower's Monetizing Polarization Scheme https://slashdot.org/submission/14712823/google-sought-paten...
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by theodpHN 5y ago
Google Sought Patent on Facebook Whistleblower's Monetizing Polarization Scheme https://slashdot.org/submission/14712823/google-sought-paten...
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by theodpHN 5y ago
Biden Taps K-12 Nonprofits Code.org, Girls Who Code to Improve US Cybersecurity https://slashdot.org/submission/14440845/biden-taps-k-12-non...
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by theodpHN 5y ago
Wireless keyboard, too!
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by theodpHN 5y ago
Check out Peter Norvig's neat BASIC Interpreter https://github.com/norvig/pytudes/blob/master/ipynb/BASIC.ip...
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by theodpHN 6y ago
My question is: Would you use this if you could just connect directly to a database using the vendor-provided or third-part SQL client? And if so, what do you see as the advantages of doing so?
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NV Dept. Of Education Has No Direct Say in Who Gets Tesla's $37.5M K-12 Donation(slashdot.org)
2 points by theodpHN 6y ago|1 comments
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by theodpHN 6y ago
Nice job - demo video literally made me smile. Seems something like this might be neat for virtual attendees of Meetups and other conferences (e.g., for pre- and post-presentation discussions). Also seems like kids would enjoy the this-isn&
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by theodpHN 6y ago
Here's a short (4.5 min) remote teaching demo by Kellermann - compare this to your average Zoom/Teams/WebEx meeting! What comes after Zoom teaching? Surface Hub, Teams and XSplit demo https://www.youtube.com/
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by theodpHN 6y ago
Very cool-should be required watching for educators (K-12+ teachers/administrators, MOOC instructors), as well as developers for Zoom, WebEx, Teams.
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by theodpHN 6y ago
Jeremy Howard's "I Like Notebooks" JupyterCon 2020 Talk Howard makes the case for why even "real" programmers should give notebook environments a chance. In addition to supporting literate programming ("code as
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by theodpHN 6y ago
Right you both are (as is BillG!). Couldn't see it on my cheap-o laptop (1366x768 display), but the frame on the right side seems to be visible on an iPhone display. Thanks!
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by theodpHN 6y ago
Is that mask in the photo accompanying the post photoshopped over an existing picture of Bill? Or is Gates actually wearing the mask that way? In either case, doesn't it appear to be OVER the bottom of his glasses? Don't mean to b
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by theodpHN 6y ago
Even better are claims of data coverage. USER: And every possible combination of data has been tested and validated to be correct like your management assured us? PROGRAMMER: No, that's simply not possible. For example, if there are 10
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by theodpHN 6y ago
Great presentation, and there's quite a backstory to it getting posted: NumFOCUS Apologizes to Jeremy Howard, Posts "I Like Notebooks" Talk to YouTube https://slashdot.org/submission/12741216/numfocu
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Open Source Considered Harmful?(slashdot.org)
1 points by theodpHN 6y ago|0 comments
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by theodpHN 6y ago
Much as my son happily got up early before school to watch Pokemon, I happily got up early before work to catch The Computer Chronicles.
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by theodpHN 6y ago
FWIW, the IBM mainframe world's partitioned dataset (PDS) addressed this issue 40+ years ago. Old processes continue to run with the version of the PDS member they started with, while new processes start with a newer version, if one ex
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School Districts Are Banning Teachers from Using DonorsChoose(slashdot.org)
3 points by theodpHN 8y ago|1 comments

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