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How to Learn Programming If You’re Older?
If you are someone who wants to learn to program but think you are too old for this, No Worries, Surely you’re at the right place to end this myth. All you need to learn programming is strong willpower and then age is just a number. Here, we will discuss a complete plan on How to Learn Programming if you’re older. So let’s get started.
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-learn-programming-if-youre-older/
7 Alternative Career Paths For Software Engineers
So there you have it, jobs that you can pick instead of developing software all your life. This list is by no means exclusive and there certainly are other options vastly different from the ones mentioned here that you can take up. And while some of these jobs might require some additional qualifications, they’re totally worth it!!
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/7-alternative-career-paths-for-software-engineers/
The Origins of Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+X, and Ctrl+Z Explained
We use them dozens of times a day: The Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V shortcuts that trigger Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste. But where did they come from, and why does Windows use those particular keys for those functions? We’ll explain.
https://www.howtogeek.com/804030/the-origins-of-ctrlc-ctrlv-ctrlx-and-ctrlz-explained/
The Hidden Costs of Containerization
How the unsustainable growth of the container ship industry led to the supply chain crisis
https://prospect.org/economy/hidden-costs-of-containerization/
Tech firms are making computer chips with human cells – is it ethical?
Technology businesses are already making computers with human matter. Humans have used animals to do physical labour for thousands of years, despite often leading to negative experiences for the animals. Would using organic computers for cognitive labour be any more ethically problematic than using an ox to pull a cart?
4D printing’ adds movement to materials
From self-healing concrete to clothes that adapt to environmental conditions, smart materials could one day sense and respond to stimuli. Researchers are developing techniques to use 3D printers to manufacture these smart materials in a process described as 4D printing. “The fourth dimension [is] time,” says architect and computer scientist Skylar Tibbits. “We are 3D printing things that then change over time — that reconfigure, that evolve, that adapt, that have agency.”
https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/3d-printing-adds-another-dimension/4015622.article
13 Best Free & Open Source ERP Software India in 2022
An open source ERP software is the perfect solution for enterprises to manage their different departments and automate repetitive procedures. This way you can aim to achieve better productivity and reduce the costs incurred.
If you are a new or established business looking to adapt an ERP solution, you have come to the right place. We list the best features and competitive prices of some of the top open source ERP software.
https://www.techjockey.com/blog/free-and-open-source-erp-software
Why Reading Code is More Important Than Writing?
Today, literacy has become one of the most vital elements on this planet. Speaking of which, if we talk about “Coding”, one can only code only if he/she can read them first. But it’s not that simple though, reading code is not as simple as just reading books, perhaps it requires a lot of practice, attention, and reaching under the skin. Understand it this way, let’s say you’re working on a project that’s entirely new to you so, to get a better hands-on you will be required to have a better understanding first and that’s where the reading part comes in, learning part has never been easy but, in the long run, that’s the only good idea.
There can be many suggestions and explanations behind making priorities on the reading part than writing but only a handful of ones are going to stick around with you, only if you intend to master it. That’s why we came up with 6 Solid Reasons Why Reading Code Is More Important Than Writing, so to get a better understanding, read the points below and try to follow them:
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/why-reading-code-is-more-important-than-writing/
Top 15 Websites for Coding Challenges and Competitions
Starting the journey of programming and competitive coding, every coder wants to test himself/herself in the waters. To do so, he/she has to participate in various competitive coding challenges and competitions. But the challenge that every coder faces in the beginning of the journey is which website to go for such coding challenges and competitions, which is the best website for coding competitions, what is the benefit of attending a competitive coding competition, and many more.
In this article, we have addressed the questions that you face in such situations and curated a list of top 15 websites for coding challenges and competitions. If you are about to begin your coding journey, we recommend you to refer to this article for a complete reference of the opportunities you can take advantage of using the mentioned websites for coding challenges and competitions.
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/top-15-websites-for-coding-challenges-and-competitions/
How to Contribute to Open Source Projects on GitHub?
If you are new to the software Engineering industry or just started studying computer science you may have heard about open source software like Git, Github, Version Control and must have been wondering about it. Open Source also referred to as OSS is the software code that is publicly accessible to anyone contributing to open source can lead you to better career opportunities also you can network and connect with awesome like-minded people. In this article, we will be going to study – What is open-source? How you can get started with open source? Being a beginner and getting into open source can be confusing and overwhelming because of not getting a proper roadmap and guidance.
So this article paves the way for beginners, involving 6 steps for beginners to get started with open source, Sounds Great, Right? So without wasting any further time let’s get right into it.
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-contribute-to-open-source-projects-on-github/
Design Thinking Humanizes Data Science
The technology combinations are missing the glue to bind them together to ensure business success, and customer and marketplace differentiation, whereby the glue is:
Data Science that seeks the variables and metrics that yield better predictors (patterns, trends, relationships, associations) of performance and operations.
Design Thinking that uncovers the analytical heuristics buried in the organization’s tribal knowledge and drives the subsequent adoption of the analytics.
Economics that identifies and captures the sources of customer, operational and market value (wealth) creation.
At the end of the day, the organizations that win will be ones that learn how to leverage Data Science, Design Thinking and Economics to drive the business and operational focus, and align, adopt and monetize these enabling technology combinations.
https://www.datasciencecentral.com/design-thinking-humanizes-data-science/
BITCOIN FOR BEGINNERS
Learn everything you need about Bitcoin and blockchain from CoinGeek’s ultimate resource guide. Get the most up-to-date and credible information that will allow you to understand how Bitcoin and blockchain can help you further your personal and business goals. The experts at CoinGeek will guide you every step of the way, from fundamental concepts of Bitcoin to the intricacies of blockchain.
https://coingeek.com/bitcoin101/
Next Pampa 2.0: The world's first Crypto building with a Bitcoin mining farm
We can’t deny that we are in the middle of a "crypto wave." Cryptocurrencies have paved the way for crypto games and crypto art, and now, we might even have a “crypto building.” At least that’s how a real estate project in Argentina, Next Pampa 2.0, has been referred to in some media. But what is a crypto building?
In this case, it can be described as a 24-floor "smart" building with a Bitcoin mining farm in its basement, the objective of which is to generate an income for the building's operations, allowing it to cover the cost of the edifice’s maintenance and upkeep —and savings its residents the costs of having to do so themselves. The building will also display different pieces of NFT art as decoration in its lobby. These NFT art pieces will belong to members of the committee and homeowners.
https://interestingengineering.com/next-pampa-20-crypto-building-bitcoin-mining
Artificial ‘inventors’ are pushing patent law to its limits
AI programs have played an important role in other patented inventions from electrical circuits, through meta-materials and drugs, to consumer products such as toothbrushes. As we argue in a recent article in Nature, society urgently needs to consider the impact of AI on the innovation system, particularly on laws regarding intellectual property and patents.
https://theconversation.com/artificial-inventors-are-pushing-patent-law-to-its-limits-184047
5 ways entrepreneurs can become more psychologically resilient
Entrepreneurship is the backbone of any free-market economy. Globally, small and medium-sized businesses represent roughly 90 per cent of businesses and employ over 50 per cent of the workforce. They also contribute about 45 per cent to gross domestic product (GDP).
Yet entrepreneurs face many obstacles that threaten their survival, including financial insecurity and market uncertainties. Unsurprisingly, roughly 50 per cent of new ventures fail within the first five years.
In this challenging landscape, entrepreneurs’ psychological resilience is a key personal resource and competitive advantage. But how can entrepreneurs develop resilience? And why does psychological resilience benefit entrepreneurs?
https://theconversation.com/5-ways-entrepreneurs-can-become-more-psychologically-resilient-181683
Figures of Speech: 40 Ways to Improve your Writing
Figurative speech plays an important role in our ability to communicate with one another. It helps create compelling narratives, and evoke emotion in readers.
With this in mind, this periodic table graphic by Visual Communication Guy groups the 40 different figures of speech into two distinct categories—schemes and tropes.
What’s the difference between the two, and how can they help improve your writing?
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/figures-of-speech-40-ways-to-improve-your-writing/
Why we love to measure things
A jar of ‘Standard Reference Peanut Butter’ is one of the more peculiar entries in the 1,300 reference materials created by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). (Other entries include the standard cigarette, whale blubber and concrete.) The standards are used by manufacturers to check their products — and they are also symbolic of humankind’s seemingly endless appetite to measure everything in our world and our lives.
From ancient Egyptian cubits to fitness tracker apps, humankind has long been seeking ever more ways to measure the world – and ourselves. But what is this doing to us?
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/may/26/measurement-why-we-cant-stop-quantifying-our-lives
Fascinating origins of everyday hand gestures
When was the last time you responded to someone’s text with a thumbs-up or clapping emoji? Or maybe you crossed your fingers while waiting to hear back about that promotion? You might not think twice about why or how these common hand gestures came to be, yet we still use them in our everyday lives. Unsurprisingly, each of them has its own unique history – and some are darker than others. Learn the meaning of ten often-used hand signs
https://www.readersdigest.com.au/culture/fascinating-origins-of-everyday-hand-gestures
eBook: 60 LEADERS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
A holistic view of Artificial Intelligence in 236 pages. A special book, written by 60+ global leaders whom we had the pleasure to invite and ask a series of ‘tough’ questions that cover various facets of AI.
The book presents the technical, business, societal and ethical aspects of AI and explains the risks and the impact of AI on businesses and societies.
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Best Readings in Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is one of the most trending and multidisciplinary topics in the current Communications and Networking technologies. The Internet of Things started as the basis of providing identification and connectivity to any entity that could be relevant into a process, action or provide relevant data that could be used by other entities. This interconnection between devices, people and platforms has extended the Internet of Things of concept approach into a wide range of areas such as social networks, smart cities, energy management, healthcare, among others. In addition, it has involved other networking areas and promoted new technologies such as the evolution from Cloud Computing to Fog Computing, the new dimensions and real-time needs from Complex Event Processing, and finally the major evolution of frameworks and platforms to support the interconnection of different data sources, platforms and tools. This Best Readings provides readers with the opportunity to address key innovations and challenges, such as security, fog computing, and complex event processing. At the same time, it provides a wide analysis of the advantages from emerging trends such as open ecosystems, open platforms, open data and its consequent impact into verticals such as energy and smart cities.
We expect that these Best Readings provide an initial bibliographical starting point for the people interested in the Internet of Things, addressing its different dimensions and its interactions with other key domains and topics.
https://www.comsoc.org/publications/best-readings/internet-things
Best Readings in Machine Learning in Communications
The field of machine learning (ML) has a long and extremely successful history. For example, the idea of using neural networks (NN) for intelligent machines dates back to as early as 1942 when a simple one-layer model was used to simulate the status of a single neuron. ML has shown its overwhelming advantages in many areas, including computer vision, robotics, and natural language processing, where it is normally difficult to find a concrete mathematical model for feature representation. In those areas, ML has proved to be a powerful tool as it does not require a comprehensive specification of the model. Different from the aforementioned ML applications, the development of communications has vastly relied on theories and models, from information theory to channel modelling. These traditional approaches are showing serious limitations, especially in view of the increased complexity of communication networks. Therefore, research on ML applied to communications, especially to wireless communications, is currently experiencing an incredible boom.
This collection of Best Readings focuses on ML in the physical and medium access control (MAC) layers of communication networks. ML can be used to improve each individual (traditional) component of a communication system, or to jointly optimize the entire transmitter or receiver.
Even if ML in communications is still in its infancy, we believe that a growing number of researchers will be dedicated to the related studies and ML will greatly change the way of communication system design in the near future.
https://www.comsoc.org/publications/best-readings/machine-learning-communications
Reading list: SOFT SKILLS FOR BUSINESS
What You Need to Get along with Others and Lead People More Effectively
https://journal.getabstract.com/en/wanna-grow/soft-skills-for-business
How to help students catch up after COVID
Pandemic-related school closures have affected an estimated 1.6 billion students, creating what the United Nations has called the largest disruption to education in history. But science could help. Researchers have built up bodies of evidence showing which strategies are effective at boosting school attendance and learning. A leader in the field is the UK-government-funded Education Endowment Foundation, which has spearheaded dozens of randomized controlled trials.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01387-7
Sun cream: new natural antioxidant ingredient could boost protection – and other things you should know
Summer is around the corner, so it’s time to get out the sun cream. While most sun creams do a pretty good job of protecting against harmful damage caused by the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays, our recent study suggests they could be made even better. We found that adding a particular class of antioxidant (a type of molecule thought to help prevent or slow cell damage) to sun creams could help provide more powerful protection against damage from one type of UV radiation than existing ingredients.
8 things film and TV get wrong about drug and alcohol treatment
Drug use and addiction are popular themes in movies and television, but they often get things very wrong. Here are eight common myths about drugs you’ll see on the silver screen.
https://theconversation.com/8-things-film-and-tv-get-wrong-about-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-180946
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IRAI Quiz -- 220601
1. In a world first, ----------- (Australia /South Africa) grants patent to an artificial intelligence system
2. ------------ , an Australian computer scientist and businessman has publicly claimed to be the main part of the team that created bitcoin, and the identity behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
3. To help raise awareness about ransomware strains like WannaCry and the steps needed to combat them, INTERPOL in 2020 teamed up with cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to declare --------- as Anti-Ransomware Day.
4. Who Was The First U.S. President To Use Email?
5. Similar To The Y2K Bug in 2000, There’s A Looming Date Bug Triggered By The Year ---------- (2028/2038/2058/3000)
6. Who Coined The Term Meme?
7. In 1945, ------------- predicted that computers would one day play very good chess, and just over 50 years later, in 1997, Deep Blue, a chess computer built by the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), beat the reigning world champion, Garry Kasparov, in a six-game match.
8. --------------- (Intel Pentium D / IBM Power4) was the First Commercial Multicore Microprocessor Was The?
9. SpaceX's latest rideshare mission, Transporter-5, launched the world's first "crypto satellite", -------------------, paving the way for secure blockchain cryptography from space.
10. On ------------- each year, International Women in Engineering Day is observed
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