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SchwarzeLocke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@isotopp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>isotopp</span></a></span> Whoever wants to see the king/queen example and more in action, that is part of a <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computerphile</span></a> video <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=gQddtTdmG_8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=gQddtTdmG_8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Molly<p>Because it came up again today and according to <a href="https://xkcd.com/1053/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">xkcd.com/1053/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> some of you probably don‘t know it yet:<br>Timezones and why they‘re complicated by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tomscott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tomscott</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/Timezones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Timezones</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/TomScott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TomScott</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/Computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computerphile</span></a></p>
Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats:<p>It is very interesting to know where the name &quot;grep&quot; came from in computer history and why. This video perfectly explains it. Just grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy 🤓</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/NTfOnGZUZDk?si=aAwN1uXwBEpXCg4o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/NTfOnGZUZDk?si=aAwN1u</span><span class="invisible">XwBEpXCg4o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/grep" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grep</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>computerphile</span></a></p>
:rss: Hacker News<p>Jensen Huang on GPUs [video]<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6R7UOFx1bw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=G6R7UOFx1b</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a><br><a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/ycombinator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ycombinator</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Alex<p>This is a particularly sobering piece from <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> - with more and more <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a>'s reading your email we have a whole new attack vector: <a href="https://youtu.be/rAEqP9VEhe8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/rAEqP9VEhe8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/prompthacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prompthacking</span></a></p>
Eric de Redelijkheid :fedi:<p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> is a Game Changer for <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computerphile</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY4Z-9QlZ64" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=gY4Z-9QlZ6</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p>
Alex<p>More on <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computerphile</span></a>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY4Z-9QlZ64&amp;t=1181" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=gY4Z-9QlZ6</span><span class="invisible">4&amp;t=1181</span></a></p><p>I'm still unsure on how "open source" the DeepSeek model is but I certainly prefer any steps on making these things reproducible rather than hidden behind someone's proprietary <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/api" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>api</span></a> and server farm. My main takeaway is it is exciting to have stuff that can run on consumer hardware and didn't have to boil a small ocean to train it. <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/genai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genai</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computerphile</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MikePound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikePound</span></a>, University of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nottingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nottingham</span></a> gives a CS level technical explanation of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CompSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CompSci</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UniNottingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniNottingham</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=gY4Z-9QlZ64" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=gY4Z-9QlZ6</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a>&gt;</p>
Elan<p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> does their year end retrospective with a montage of interviewees’ least favorite programming language. No surprise on the front runners.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/03lRzf7iSiU?si=KarsAEUBySZ0Mmt6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/03lRzf7iSiU?si=KarsAE</span><span class="invisible">UBySZ0Mmt6</span></a></p>
Joe Pasqua<p>Every time I watch a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> video, I imagine an immense warehouse at the university of Nottingham with aisles and aisles of shelves, stacked floor to ceiling with green and white striped continuous feed computer paper. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/Computerphile" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/Computerphile</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Rolf Steinort (314.8 ppm)<p>Überraschend früh! Und in 50 Minuten gibt es schon ein neues Rätsel. Zeitzonen und Computer,“there lies madness!“ <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/pastpuzzle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pastpuzzle</span></a> 62<br>🟩🟩🟥🟥 (+13)<br>🟩🟩🟩🟥 (-1)<br>🟩🟩🟩🟩 (0)<br>▪️▪️▪️▪️</p><p>3/4 🥉<br><a href="https://www.pastpuzzle.de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">pastpuzzle.de</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lukas Rotermund<p>```c<br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/include" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>include</span></a> &lt;stdio.h&gt;<br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/include" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>include</span></a> &lt;string.h&gt;</p><p>int main() {<br> char bucketList[10][100];<br> int count = 0;</p><p> strcpy(bucketList[count++], "Meet Brian Kernighan and Professor Brailsford to talk about C, Unix, and computer history");</p><p> strcpy(bucketList[count++], "Give a talk about Go, PHP, Linux or C");</p><p> ...</p><p> for (int i = 0; i &lt; count; i++) {<br> printf("%d. %s\n", i + 1, bucketList[i]);<br> }</p><p> return 0;<br>}<br>```<br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/brian_kernighan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brian_kernighan</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/professor_brailsford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>professor_brailsford</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a></p>
Ruben Borg Nielsen<p>This made me cry! 😭 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@computerphile" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>computerphile</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/timezones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timezones</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY?si=w1JPcaEi1ziPLpVL" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY?si=w1JPca</span><span class="invisible">Ei1ziPLpVL</span></a></p>
CCC Freiburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ryanc</span></a></span> like Tom Scott said - praise the giants before you and thank them for time/zone library - use unixtimestamp and retranslate back as you prefer - here the video that never get old*<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesO</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a><br>^ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tomscott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tomscott</span></a></span> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/timezone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timezone</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a></p>
s427<p>Un peu technique et en anglais, mais j'ai bien aimé cette vidéo de <a href="https://lou.lt/tags/Computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computerphile</span></a> qui explore l'hypothèse (papier scientifique à l'appui) selon laquelle l' <a href="https://lou.lt/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> pourrait bientôt atteindre un plateau en terme de performances --contrairement à l'idée (très complaisante et pas du tout étayée) d'une progression linéaire illimitée, voire exponentielle.<br><a href="https://youtu.be/dDUC-LqVrPU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/dDUC-LqVrPU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Brennan Stehling<p>Has Generative AI peaked? Computerphile has some thoughts on it. <a href="https://youtu.be/dDUC-LqVrPU?si=DSHD9xDWT6NPL7XG" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/dDUC-LqVrPU?si=DSHD9x</span><span class="invisible">DWT6NPL7XG</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPT</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computerphile</span></a></p>
CCC Freiburg<p>reminder zu <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/timezones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timezones</span></a> - vor 10 Jahren bei <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> mit Tom Scott<br>aus gegebenem Anlass 😉 🕰️ 🔁 <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesO</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p>
CCC Freiburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@leyrer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>leyrer</span></a></span> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/eh21" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eh21</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/himmel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>himmel</span></a> <br>das Internet liefert<br>oder aber auch der sehr gute Videobeitrag von Tom Scott <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> zu Timezones <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesO</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@LifesAHaskell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LifesAHaskell</span></a></span> didn't <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tomscott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tomscott</span></a></span> had a little meltdown on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> about that exact problem?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesO</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p>
jaysen naidoo<p>Neural Radiance Field (NeRF) Models<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoGiENBHU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoGiENBH</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/computerphile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerphile</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ml</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cs</span></a></p>