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Why Data Security Is An Issue For Business Phone Systems In 2023
A discussion of the most common phone scams, how they work, and how to protect yourself from them.
From BLOG@CACM
Log4j and the Thankless High-Risk Task of Managing Software Component Upgrades
Managing included versions of third-party software components too often puts developers in no-win situations.
From BLOG@CACM
Cultivating Habits: -1 +2 for Researchers
The New Year is stereotypically the time when we resolve to start some good habits and get rid of some of the bad.
From BLOG@CACM
Experiencing Loops in Time
We don't experience program loops as blocks, started over, because time is one-way.
From BLOG@CACM
Publishing, The Choice and The Luck
Selecting publishing targets is a process with no simple solutions.
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How to Reduce the Carbon Emissions of Your Website
We can control our online ecological impact.
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Tech Meetups In A Pandemic
By 2019, I generally thought there wasn't much that could surprise me about organizing meetups. Then Covid-19 hit. I was so wrong.
From BLOG@CACM
Protecting Enterprise Use of IoT
How to strengthen the security of the Internet of Things in organizations.
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How Does One Multiply with Napier's Rods?
Napier's multiplication and division rods, deriving from the basic multiplication table, simplify calculations considerably.
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Software Learning: The Art Of Design Regret
How should software engineers try to classify their reflections?
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How Does One Calculate With A Circular Slide Rule?
The circular slide rule was widely used until the 1970s.
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10 Tips for Implementing Executable Exams
The focus is on executable exams for an Introduction to Computer Science course.
From BLOG@CACM
Is Computing a Team Sport?
I take a peek at the history of computing to see if pioneering early developments were the results of team effort.
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Understanding NoSQL Database Types: Document
Document databases are particularly useful in app development.
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Charles Babbage and the Loom
Babbage wanted to control his analytical engine, regarded as the ancestor of the modern-day computer, with punched cards.
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Understanding NoSQL Database Types: Graph Databases
SQL represents data stored in rows and tables, while high-growth NoSQL is data stores arranged via nested documents as columnar schemas or key-value pairs. One...
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Misnomer and Malgorithm
The algorithm should be respected; the malgorithm should be rejected.
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AI or Intelligence Augmentation for Education?
Applications of artificial intelligence to education are spreading and intensifying, but we have the acronym backwards. Building ethical, equitable applications...
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