Notable quotes: “The reason why rivers and seas receive the homage of a hundred mountain streams is that they keep below them. Thus they are able to reign over all the mountain streams. so the sage, wishing to be above men, putteth himself below them; wishing to be before them, he putteth himself behind them.Continue reading “How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie”
Author Archives: Kaniz X
Microsoft and Bethesda
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/21/915308028/microsoft-to-buy-bethesda-in-7-5-billion-deal-acquiring-fallout-the-elder-scroll In the process of acquiring Bethesda–Microsoft also plans on adding Bethesda games to a cloud gaming service (Microsoft’s Xbox game pass). First, what is the cloud? Second, what is cloud gaming? Third, what does this mean for people who play video games on the cloud? First, the cloud are servers that are accessed overContinue reading “Microsoft and Bethesda”
A.I. and COVID-19
If you can take a guess as to why I’m busy, maybe this summary I wrote for my biology 101 class will give you some sort of insight in my life. – The Humanity in Artificial Intelligence during COVID-19 The goal of the take-home project would be to summarize current scientific research relating to COVID-19,Continue reading “A.I. and COVID-19”
BC Game Jam 2020, and Systemshacks 2020
Life Hacks Life Hacks is all about increasing productivity and efficiency, in all walks of life. Participants have 12-hours to create a product that makes everyday life more convenient. They can create web applications, mobile applications, hardware hacks and much more My team: Systems software engineer at Simon Fraser University First year computing science studentContinue reading “BC Game Jam 2020, and Systemshacks 2020”
Getting Code Club Into BC Elementary Schools
At night, leave the lights off as you enter your bathroom. Shut the door behind you, and stare into the mirror. If you say “Nguyen” three times in the mirror, spin on the spot, and draw a star on the glass of the mirror…it is said that an email will be sent asking whether orContinue reading “Getting Code Club Into BC Elementary Schools”
Machine Learning: Living in the Age of AI | A WIRED Film
Watch here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJixNvx9BAc Gerry is a seventy year old man that has more advanced (smart) devices than I have, a twenty one year old girl (in January 25 2020) (00:16, 00:28-00:53) Which shows regardless of age that this defies the stereotype of the recent generation of people being more informed on technological devices than theirContinue reading “Machine Learning: Living in the Age of AI | A WIRED Film”
TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020
“TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics & AI is a single-day event that features in-depth interviews and networking opportunities with top robotics and AI technologists, founders, investors and researchers… “It will feature on-stage, live interviews and demos with the world’s leading technologists, founders and investors, as well as workshops, audience Q&A with speakers, and highly curated networking. InContinue reading “TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020”
The Programmer’s* Survival Guide Career Strategies for Computer Professionals by Janet Ruhl
*the word programmer will be used to refer to people whose jobs include systems analysis, systems design, program development, coding, testing, and maintenance Janet Ruhl Career beings in 1980 in IBM applications as a Manufacturing Applications Programmer then as an Electronic Data System Technical Support Programmer Worked: In five different cities for different geographical sectionsContinue reading “The Programmer’s* Survival Guide Career Strategies for Computer Professionals by Janet Ruhl”
Current issues in Computing and Philosophy (3/4)
Part 3 – Mind and World Knowing, Thinking, and Representing Formalizing the ‘No Information Without Data Representation’ Principle BY Patrick Allo The Computer as Cognitive Artifact and Simulator of Worlds BY Philip Brey There are two philosophical relationships (functional and phenomenal relationships) between humans and computers that make up a cognitive device and anContinue reading “Current issues in Computing and Philosophy (3/4)”
Helping Kids With Coding For Dummies by Camille McCue and Sarah Guthals
What kids learn when they code (8 to 9) Computational thinking When we’re able to critically analyze the problem and solution to form a process Algorithmic thinking Being able to set out a process in order to perform a task Communication in a foreign language Learning a computer language is the same as aContinue reading “Helping Kids With Coding For Dummies by Camille McCue and Sarah Guthals”
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