I explain how I talk to computers so some people can also talk to computers and so some other people don’t have to.
Surprisingly, getting computers to give humans readable output is no easy feat. With the introduction of standard streams and specifically standard output, programs gained a way to talk to each other using plain text streams; humanizing and displaying stdout is another matter. Technology throughout …
Giving someone a puppy for Christmas might work really well in a movie, but in real life often comes hitched to a multitude of responsibilities that the giftee may not be fully prepared to take on. The same is true for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices, …
Patience is usually rewarded. Inaction never is.
Break things, then move fast.
It’s that time of year again! When stores start putting up colourful sparkly lit-up plastic bits, we all begin to feel a little festive, and by festive I mean let’s go shopping. Specifically, holiday gift shopping! (Gifts for yourself are still gifts, technically.)
Just so this …
“Number of lines of code” tells us…
A) The level of experience of the coder B) The relative complexity of the program C) The number of newline characters the file contains FFS
It’s 2019, and ransomware has become a thing.
Systems that interact with the public, like companies, educational institutions, and public services, are most susceptible. While delivery methods for ransomware vary from the physical realm to communication via social sites and email, all methods …
I think the most effective way to make a contribution is to keep doing the useful, productive thing that you enjoy doing most.
Whatever you already do the most of - when left to your own devices, when you are producing instead of consuming - is meaningful to you.
I’m just a girl, standing in front of the Internet, asking it to please sign my guestbook. ❤️