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20 social media recruiting strategies that work
Social media platforms are a must-have in any successful recruiting strategy. Here are the ins and outs and not-so-obvious pitfalls and tricks you need to know.
https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/feature/20-social-media-recruiting-strategies-that-work
5 MIT patents that changed computing
Few patents actually change the world, but these did.
Metaverse
History of the Metaverse in One Picture
The metaverse has recently come to the forefront of the internet, especially in online gaming, but it’s not a new idea. The concept has been developing for decades, shortly after the internet was born.
https://www.datasciencecentral.com/history-of-the-metaverse-in-one-picture/
The Skills You Need To Become a Metaverse Developer
The metaverse is almost here, and it will be much more than a video game or an entertainment platform. Developers have to learn new skills, relearn old skills, and focus on critical thinking and problem-solving. While you’ll need to learn new skills as new technologies emerge, it’s also important to brush up on old ones, as some of these will be needed in the metaverse. And this is exactly what this post offers you.
https://simpleprogrammer.com/skills-metaverse-developer/
Worlds of pure re-imagination: Tech Trends 2022: Meet Me in the Metaverse
The metaverse is ushering in the next wave of digital change and is providing forward-looking companies with an opportunity to act today and be ready for the future.
https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insights/technology/technology-trends-2022
Machine Learning
How are AI and ML Expanding the Technology Landscape?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have been expanding far and wide in the past years. Indeed, it appears the time has come for AI and ML to be indispensable for powerful industry segments like healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, education, IoT, and others. This post explores how AI and ML are revolutionizing the workplace and the way businesses operate.
https://simpleprogrammer.com/ai-ml-transformation-technology-landscape/
Machine Learning Reimagines the Building Blocks of Computing
Traditional algorithms power complicated computational tools like machine learning. A new approach, called algorithms with predictions, uses the power of machine learning to improve algorithms.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/machine-learning-reimagines-the-building-blocks-of-computing-20220315
Machine Learning Gets a Quantum Speedup
Two teams have shown how quantum approaches can solve problems faster than classical computers, bringing physics and computer science closer together.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/ai-gets-a-quantum-computing-speedup-20220204/
Machine Learning Becomes a Mathematical Collaborator
Two recent collaborations between mathematicians and DeepMind demonstrate the potential of machine learning to help researchers generate new mathematical conjectures.
Can machine learning live up to the hype?
Machine learning proponents promised that systems running on this concept would soon be diagnosing our ailments in hospital, driving our cars and even replacing chemists in the lab. But Gary Marcus, founder of AI company Geometric Intelligence, says that machine learning hasn’t lived up to the hype. It’s hit a wall. Machine learning is good at low stakes problems like recommending recipes. When the stakes rise, however, it becomes rather risky to trust it to look after your problem. (We’ve previously examined the weird and wonderful world of machine learning and its endearing slip-ups in our book club podcast on You Look Like a Thing and I Love You.) So is all lost for machine learning when it comes to complex problems that matter? Perhaps not. For much of machine learning’s history, the use of symbols – a way of encoding complex ideas for computers – have been out of fashion. But now hybrid models are bringing these warring camps together. For the first time in 40 years, Marcus says he is optimistic about the field’s future.
https://nautil.us/deep-learning-is-hitting-a-wall-14467
What Is GPU Computing, and What Is It Good For?
Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are designed to render graphics in real-time. However, it turns out that what makes GPUs great at graphics also makes them great at certain non-graphics jobs too. This is known as GPU computing.
https://www.howtogeek.com/782381/what-is-gpu-computing-and-what-is-it-good-for/
Programming
10 Ways Programmers Can Become More Environmentally Sustainable
Programmers and the technology they create and use are threatening environmental sustainability and negatively affecting global climates. However, hardly any programmers consider the impact they have on the environment. The good news is that it is possible to build environmental sustainability in
https://simpleprogrammer.com/programmers-become-environmentally-sustainable/
What Happens To Older Programmers/Developers/Software Engineers?
Can old software developers still be relevant on the field? What happens to older software developers and programmers? This video, which is inspired by a reader’s question, answers these and other relevant questions revolving around the concept of “Programming Till Old”.
https://simpleprogrammer.com/older-programmers-developers-software-engineers/
How to manage and reduce technical debt in Agile
Don't let technical debt snowball. Here's how to monitor, maintain and reduce this problematic element of Agile and continue application development projects.
Fixing bugs in scientific software
Coding errors are inevitable when writing software and when computational methods are used in scientific research, small glitches can sometimes have unwelcome impacts on calculations and conclusions. A couple of years ago when Chemistry World explored chemistry’s coding crisis, we explained how much of the time scientific software scripts are written by students without formal training in software programming, and often bugs can be buried in poorly documented code that very few people really understand. Now, an article in Nature hears from experts, and academics who have discovered errors in their own programs, who offer advice on how best to test scripts for errors and how to develop code in ways that make it easier to unpick any potential problems.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00217-0
What is refactoring?
Refactoring is the process of restructuring code, while not changing its original functionality. The goal of refactoring is to improve internal code by making many small changes without altering the code's external behavior.
Computer programmers and software developers refactor code to improve the design, structure and implementation of software. Refactoring improves code readability and reduces complexities. Refactoring can also help software developers find bugs or vulnerabilities hidden in their software.
https://www.techtarget.com/searchapparchitecture/definition/refactoring
Best GitHub learning repositories for developers
Analytics India Magazine has outlined the top 10 repositories every aspiring ML developer should follow on GitHub; these consist of all-rounded resources to learn and practice the art, and roadmaps to work in the industry.
https://analyticsindiamag.com/best-github-learning-repositories-for-developers/
Don’t Fall For the New CryptoBlackmail Scam: Here’s How to Protect Yourself
Here’s how a CryptoBlackmail scam starts: A criminal contacts you over email or snail mail and insists they have evidence you cheated on your wife, there’s an assassin after you, or there’s a webcam video of you watching pornography.
To make the problem go away, the criminal asks for a few thousand dollars in Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency. But you should never respond or pay up. All the criminals have are empty threats, and they’re just trying to trick you.
Wi-Fi 7: What Is It, and How Fast Will It Be?
Although Wi-Fi 6E still feels bleeding edge at the start of 2022, a demonstration of the upcoming Wi-Fi 7 standard showcased transfer speeds might make Ethernet cables obsolete. Let’s take a look at the proposed spec and what it promises.
https://www.howtogeek.com/782023/what-is-wi-fi-7/
5 Fonts You Should Stop Using (and Better Alternatives)
There are plenty of fonts to choose from these days. You’ve got the fonts pre-loaded on your device, plus a huge selection available online. Which font should you use? Let’s start with the fonts you shouldn’t use.
https://www.howtogeek.com/791122/5-fonts-you-should-stop-using-and-better-alternatives/
How to Set Up Google Family to Share Your Google Services
If you pay for a book on Google Play Books, your significant other should be able to read it, too. The same goes for movies, music, and even apps or games—if you make a purchase, everyone in the family should be able to enjoy it. Thanks to Google Family, they can.
https://www.howtogeek.com/337810/how-to-set-up-google-family-to-share-your-google-services/
Dual use of artificial-intelligence-powered drug discovery
Drug design can be twisted into weapons
When a pharmaceutical company tried to see whether their artificial-intelligence (AI) tools could be used to design biochemical weapons, the results horrified them. They used a machine-learning model that penalizes dangerous toxicity and inverted it to pursue compounds similar to the nerve agent VX, one of the most toxic chemical weapons ever created. In less than six hours, the system designed VX, many other known chemical-warfare agents and molecules predicted to be even more toxic. The frightening ease of the experiment should be a wake-up call for the AI drug-discovery community, argue Fabio Urbina and three colleagues at Collaborations Pharmaceuticals. “By going as close as we dared, we have still crossed a grey moral boundary,” they write. “We can easily erase the thousands of molecules we created, but we cannot delete the knowledge of how to recreate them.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-022-00465-9
Scientific Computing: A round-up of the latest cooling technologies for scientists using HPC to support their research.
Cooling technologies continue to adapt to meet the changing demands and requirements of HPC users. Alongside growing demand for heat-dissipating products, other factors in choosing cooling solutions include increasing server density, infrastructure, costs, maintenance and support. This article highlights several providers delivering methods from RDHx to direct liquid cooling, passive loop cooling and immersion cooling - accommodating HPC users with varied requirements.
https://www.scientific-computing.com/tech-focus/tech-focus-cooling-1
How are recruitment and talent acquisition different?
Learn the difference between talent acquisition and recruiting, including the strategic implications each has for your organization and why technology is critical.
IIMB KITE (Kedia Initiative for Teaching Exponentially)
IIMB-KITE is a platform aimed at making business knowledge more accessible to a global society. Browse the rich video repository for free, open, online access to IIMB's world-class management education.
Improve yourself with skill tests
Skill Tests are a collection of language/ technology-based MCQ questions which help you assess yourself, improve your knowledge and move up the leaderboard. In fact, with 1000s of users taking these tests daily, Skill Tests are one of the world's most trusted assessments for benchmarking technology-skills. Take skill tests from 60+ topics and showcase your prowress to employers.
https://www.techgig.com/skilltest
Environmental Hygiene
Wearing shoes in the house is just plain gross. The verdict from scientists who study indoor contaminants
You probably clean your shoes if you step in something muddy or disgusting (please pick up after your dog!). But when you get home, do you always de-shoe at the door?
We are environmental chemists who have spent a decade examining the indoor environment and the contaminants people are exposed to in their own homes. Although our examination of the indoor environment, via our DustSafe program, is far from complete, on the question of whether to shoe or de-shoe in the home, the science leans toward the latter.
It is best to leave your filth outside the door.
Pastimes
20 rebus puzzles that are almost impossible to solve
Rebus puzzles, also known as word picture puzzles or picture riddles, use images or words to convey a phrase or message, typically a common idiom or expression. To help you solve them, make sure to look at word placement, size, colour and quantity. Take your time and don’t give up. These can be pretty tricky.
73 short jokes anyone can remember
For when you need the laughs to come fast, here are 73 top-notch rib-ticklers that you can deploy in any social situation. Enjoy.
https://www.rdasia.com/true-stories-lifestyle/humour/73-short-jokes-anyone-can-remember
23 work cartoons to help you get through the week
Get yourself through the working week with our collection of Reader’s Digest cartoons about work and office life.
https://www.rdasia.com/true-stories-lifestyle/work/23-work-cartoons-help-you-get-through-week
Forthcoming Events
26th Mar 2022 at 6 pm IST. IEEE CS, ACM & CSI Chennai webinar on "Soft Computing: Why, What, When and How?" by Dr. S.N. Deepa, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh. Register at https://bit.ly/3wcoRYg
For other events in Mar 2022: https://bit.ly/33WipbY
IRAI Quiz -- 220321
1. Plastic items in old computers "Yellows" because of the presence of ------------
2. The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is observed worldwide on --------
3. ------------- is a type of cryptocurrency which has its value attached to the performance of a conventional fiat currency such as the US dollar.
4. ------------- are hundreds of millions of real world passwords previously exposed in data breaches.
5. Windows: Task Manager = Mac OS: ------------
6. Googlers are ---------- (users/employees) of Google
7. ETH (Ether) is the only crypto on Ethereum. State True or False
8. Quantum ------------ is a feature of quantum mechanics where a particle can exist in more than one quantum state.
9. Who said this? “A computer is a bicycle for the mind.”
10. ------------ is Russian alternative to GPS (Global Positioning System) Satellite Navigation System
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