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Programming Languages Vary in Power
The title is a “controversial” quote from the book Hackers and Painters. The book’s author calls it controversial; I call it blindingly obvious but still not seen by certain people. That book serves as an example that, even though programming … Continue reading
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Commoditization of Intelligence
I just ran into the phrase “commoditization of intelligence” from Accelerando (Singularity). In the book’s context it is scary enough. But it is truly scary when it manifests itself today. Like when knowledge workers are treated like replaceable cogs in … Continue reading
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Scala Research
I just read about Scala for a few hours. Mainly from Java to Scala with the Help of Experts under the sections “Scala for Java Refugees” and “The busy Java developer’s guide to Scala”. My first take-away is “Good Luck … Continue reading
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Kids on Linux
Today I’ve set the kids up with their own Ubuntu 9.04 Linux virtual machine (one VM per kid). Each got their own IP address and got to set their own password to VNC into the “machine” they now “own”. All … Continue reading
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Core i7 Dodo
I just noticed that the new Core i7 chips are out (as of September 2009). See this tom’s hardware article. The new i7-860 and i7-870 chips are 95W instead of 130W. But the thing that makes the i7-9xx series a … Continue reading
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Core i7 build
After nearly a year of waiting (and accumulating pieces like the case, power supply and video card), I finally bought the “big three” [CPU, RAM, and Motherboard] and built the Tiemens Family Core i7 machine. This machine is intended as … Continue reading
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Welcome to Tim On Computer Science. This site is dedicated to various thoughts and comments on topics concerning Computer Science.
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