Tag: programming videos
How ChatGPT can help you build a website
Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade’s specialty is picking apart malicious software to see how it attacks computers. It’s a relatively obscure cybersecurity field, which is why last month he hosted a weeklong seminar at Johns Hopkins University where he taught students the complicated practice of reverse engineering malware. Several of the students had little to no coding…
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A northern Ontario camp for LGBTQ youth brings its programming to Atlantic Canada
A northern Ontario camp for LGBTQ youth is expanding its programming to Canada’s east coast this summer. Rainbow Camp opened in 2012 near Thessalon, Ont., and provides a safe space for young LGBTQ people between the ages of eight and 18. Programming includes more traditional outdoor camp activities such as canoeing, hiking and swimming, along…
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Coding Sucks Anyway — Matt Welsh on the End of Programming
This month Matt Welsh, a former professor of computer science at Harvard, spoke at a virtual meetup of the Chicago Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), explaining his thesis that ChatGPI and GitHub Copilot represent the beginning of the end of programming. Welsh thinks programming is on the cusp of changing from a job that humans…
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Roku Inks Kids Programming Deal With Pocket. watch – The Hollywood Reporter
Roku has inked an exclusive programming deal with the kids and family studio pocket. watch that will bring four children’s specials and one series to The Roku Channel later this year starring popular kid creators on YouTube. The first partnership began on Thanksgiving Day with a special featuring YouTube star Ryan Kaji of Ryan’s World,…
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Hong Kong Free-To-Air Broadcasters Ordered To Carry Patriotic Programming; Cable TV Gives Up Pay-TV License
Hong Kong regulators have ordered local free-to-air TV and radio broadcasters to carry 30 minutes of national education and identity and National Security Law programming each week. The new rules affect the city’s two dominant free-to-air TV broadcasters – Television Broadcasts (TVB) and ViuTV, owned by billionaire Richard Li – as well as Commercial Radio…
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Deceased suspect in MSU mass shooting identified as 43-year-old male; no MSU affiliation
The Michigan State University shooting suspect that died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Lansing is a 43-year-old man, MSU interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman confirmed in an early Tuesday morning press briefing. The suspect was not affiliated with Michigan State University. The police do not yet know the motive for his actions on campus,…
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If Python is too slow for you, Crystal could be your savior
Learning a new programming language can open your mind in ways you never thought possible. Just like learning a new human language like Spanish or Mandarin, you learn to think in different words and structures. You tap into the cultures and communities of the speakers and learn how they see the world. It’s enriching, to…
Read MoreFirst Kill to Evil Dead II
What to watch: Orphan:First Kill, Evil Dead II and Dunkirk are all new to streaming. (Paramount/Studiocanal/Warner Bros.) Wondering what to watch? This week on streaming offers some preemptive counter programming to Valentine’s Day, with a string of horror films emerging from the murky depths to satisfy those who don’t really feel like watching any schmaltz…
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C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup defends its safety
The creator of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, is defending the venerable programming language after the US National Security Agency (NSA) recently recommended against using it. NSA advises organizations to use memory safe languages instead. Responding to the agency’s November 2022 bulletin on software memory safety, Stroustrup, who designed C++ in 1979, stressed decades-long efforts to enable…
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C++ wins programming language of the year award
The vaunted C++ programming language, which overtook Java last month in the monthly Tiobe Index of language popularity, was the index’s biggest gainer in 2022, Tiobe announced this week. C++ popularity grew by 4.62 percentage points year over year, enough to earn the Tiobe Programming Language of the Year 2022 award. The Tiobe index gauges…
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