Mental Models, Programming Fictions, and Wittgenstein
Photo by Arnold Francisca on UnsplashThis is a follow-up essay to my previous one about Empathy and Debuggers, where I confessed to my preference for empathically understanding the code rather than for line-oriented debugging.Here, I would like to expand that slightly mystic notion of empathic understanding with a more exact one
Read moreMeta says it’s totally fine for 10-year-olds to wear its VR headset, probably
Meta will soon officially permit users as young as 10 to use its Meta Quest 2 and 3 VR headsets — if their parents say it’s okay, anyway. In a blog post, the tech giant says that there’s “a vast array of engaging and educational apps, games, and more” for
Read moreElectric truck maker Nikola to cut 23% of workforce
Nikola Corp. is laying off 270 employees, or about 23% of its workforce, and restricting its electric truck efforts to North America as it seeks to preserve cash. The company said Friday it will lay off 150 workers who were supporting the company’s European programs. Another 120 employees based at
Read moreHere’s why it’s scary that investors believe they can monetize the climate crisis
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday afternoon. The event horizon for when we can expect to end up in (literal) hot water when it comes to climate has come a lot closer. You wanna know how close? The climate deadline is
Read moreBuilding a Multi-document Reader and Chatbot With LangChain and ChatGPT
Building a Multi-Document Reader and Chatbot With LangChain and ChatGPTThe best part? The chatbot will remember your chat historyhttps://medium.com/media/a282895ea484352d0e9c1e558570a22f/hrefMany AI products are coming out these days that allow you to interact with your own private PDFs and documents. But how do they work? And how do you build one? Behind the scenes,
Read moreNASA hits up 7 space companies to take on orbital squad goals
NASA has announced Space Act agreements with seven private space companies in the hopes of spurring tech developments the government may invest in down the line, from space stations to human transport and robotics. While no money is changing hands, these partnerships are official collaborations, with NASA providing expertise and
Read moreBuzzCutt steers the sober curious toward booze-free bar and restaurant options
If you don’t drink, navigating nightlife, bars and even eating out can be an exercise in frustration. Non-alcoholic options are popping up everywhere, but for every neighborhood haunt with a booze-free beer, there are ten spots where you’ll be left high and dry — usually with a flat soda water
Read morePart 2: Deciphering and Harnessing Seven Major Reinforcement Learning Techniques
Exploring this crucial technique for adapting these models to specific tasksContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreRevolut sees its valuation reconsidered as public markets stir the fintech pot
What are neobanks worth? That’s a question on many people’s minds, especially the investors and employees of the richly valued fintechs that have been waiting for IPOs to make a comeback. Overall, neobanks mostly seem to be doing OK, especially those across the pond. But new data from a venture
Read moreBringing UNIX to the Browser: Streaming ‘tail -f’ Output to a Web Interface
Bringing UNIX to the Browser: Streaming ‘tail -f’ Output to a Web Interface (Part 2)Let’s focus on the frontend implementation and finish with an operational end-to-end applicationPhoto by Geran de Klerk on UnsplashIntroductionThis is the second part of the ‘tail -f’ article. We are going to focus on the frontend implementation this
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