CS 240 Spring 2026 AI Retrospective – September 25, 2026 Academic integrity and AI Toward the end of the Spring 2026 semester, I found myself at the center of a storm involving use of “AI” in CS 240: Programming in … Read more
Even though I am a C++ programmer at heart, Go fascinates me for none of the reasons you think. Go has made several interesting design decisions: It has virtually no Undefined Behavior. It has very simple GC semantics that they’re … Read more
Heya. Sorry for not writing for so long. I’ll make up for it with 3000 pages here. I’m just hopping right now. That’s kinda the only way to get me to blog anymore. I’ve rewritten this post so many times. … Read more
The World Conker Championships is investigating cheating allegations after the men’s winner was found to have a steel chestnut in his pocket. David Jakins won the annual title in Southwick, Northamptonshire, on Sunday for the first time after competing since … Read more
If you ever wondered why the progress in cancer research is so slow despite billions being invested into basic research – Sholto David will show you why. Forget Asian papermills. Forget Sicilian universities. They are just emulating what the most … Read more
Sat 30 July 2022Tagged: software, 3dprinting, chess, electronics I have come up with a new way to win at chess: I have connected up a Raspberry Pi Zero in my pocket to some buttons and vibration motors in my shoes, … Read more
reader comments 115 with 82 posters participating Share this story A sample video shows how computer vision (running on an external computer) detects the enemy and calculates how far the mouse needs to move to target that enemy. Just a … Read more