Richard Stallman may be a legend in the world of software, but he also has decades of history promoting a toxic environment in software communities. Due to this, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has been pressured to kick out Stallman from the board of directors, which they did, though he …
The privately employed
May say they're annoyed
about public servant perks.
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What they fail to note
(and it's fair that they don't)
is that zombification lurks.
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Zombies are not happy,
humans need to be scrappy.
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Hold on to your fire,
stir the pots and aspire.
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Are you a zombie?
When I post tutorial videos people often make suggestions on how to improve my computer code. Thank you for your code suggestions! However, we may have a problem.
I often find that code suggestions are not teaching suggestions. Almost all computer programmers are not experienced educators, so this is understandable …
Hidden Figures is a 2016 movie about the 1960s space race, the early days of computation, and segregation. It's an uplifting movie - described by some as "cheesy". However the cheese serves to distinguish it from other films in its genre which are typically very dark and gritty. It's an underdog …
Name one thing you liked about Trump's campaign. If you can't, consider the possibility that your political views are unbalanced and biased. If you look hard enough, you should never agree or disagree 100% with a political platform.
Name one thing you disliked about Clinton's campaign. If you can't, similar …
This is an incredible century to witness the births of technologies. The past couple weeks I've been observing the world's first augmented reality global hit. Enjoy the innocence while it lasts! In this post I'm going to talk about aspects of Pokemon Go that aren't being talked about much:
Are you excited about automation yet? You should be. Here's a great video to get us started:
But I'm tired of all these misconceptions about automation replacing jobs! Consider these statements:
What matters here is having a Prime Minister who wants us to stop laughing when the media asks a politician about science.
Justin Trudeau was jokingly asked to explain quantum computing at a university of Waterloo press event. The room full of reporters laughed. He …
When I post tutorial videos, I get a lot of requests for personalized help. I want to help! Your project might even sound really cool to me. But here I'm going to explain why I probably cannot help you today.
One of the exciting things about the …
"Yeh, If your a experianced coder, five mins no problem but if your a bigginer it can take hours." - Rowen Henderson8
"it would help a lot if you ppl would copy and paste the code into your videos on the bottom." - Emjay Club
"Fantastic but please add the script somewhere …
I'm a computer scientist and educator. Creator of ChessCraft. Senior computer scientist at Environment Canada.
I'm open to IT leadership job opportunities. I'm also available as a consultant or to provide training.
