Category Archives: Computing

The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets Wasting Your Time

Posted on August 8, 2017 by dkohn96

From: Gizmodo We’ve all been forced to do it: create a password with at least so many characters, so many numbers, so many special characters, and maybe an uppercase letter. Guess what? The guy who invented these standards nearly 15 … Continue reading →

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Turing Tumble: Gaming on a Mechanical Computer by Paul Boswell — Kickstarter

Posted on June 3, 2017 by dkohn96

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/871405126/turing-tumble-gaming-on-a-mechanical-computer

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Article: A Sensor That Could Soon Make Homes Scary-Smart

Posted on May 11, 2017 by dkohn96

A Sensor That Could Soon Make Homes Scary-Smart http://flip.it/_HuKqj

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Article: Scientists Achieve Direct Counterfactual Quantum Communication For The First Time

Posted on May 10, 2017 by dkohn96

Scientists Achieve Direct Counterfactual Quantum Communication For The First Time http://flip.it/SlOJOm

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Article: Learn any of these 16 programming languages and you’ll always have a job

Posted on May 7, 2017 by dkohn96

Learn any of these 16 programming languages and you’ll always have a job http://flip.it/RpaQa3

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Rubber Duck Debugging – Rubber Duck Debugging – Debugging software with a rubber ducky

Posted on April 24, 2017 by dkohn96

https://rubberduckdebugging.com/

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State Progress on K-12 Computer Science Ed Policies: ‘We Have a Long Way to Go’

Posted on April 24, 2017 by dkohn96

https://thejournal.com/articles/2017/04/10/state-progress-on-k12-computer-science-ed-policies.aspx

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Woman Pioneer Broke New Ground

Posted on April 11, 2017 by dkohn96

From: IEEE – The Institute Grace Murray Hopper, 1906–1992 Known for: Inventing the computer compiler and leading the development of the programming language COBOL (common business-oriented language). Why it matters: Hopper is considered one of the founders of the information … Continue reading →

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Blockchain: Letting Students Own Their Credentials — Campus Technology

Posted on March 29, 2017 by dkohn96

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/03/23/blockchain-letting-students-own-their-credentials.aspx?m=1

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Understand Microprocessors By Looking at This Beautiful Blinking ‘Megaprocessor’

Posted on March 17, 2017 by dkohn96

From: Gizodo By: Rhett Jones Pretty much everything that’s great about technology today is thanks to the microprocessor. Billions of them are manufactured every year and they are one of the many reasons you can read this fine website. But … Continue reading →

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