26 May 2020

41 links · Tuesday

Why is Artificial Intelligence So Useless for Business?

Today's work in artificial intelligence is amazing. We've taught computers to beat the most advanced players in the most complex games. We've taught them to drive cars and create photo-realistic videos and images of people. They can re-create works of fine-art…

Can 1/3 + 1/3 = 2/6? It seemed so!

I thought I was on the right teaching track using real-world contexts to talk about fractions with a class of fourth and fifth graders. Then a surprise occurred! I'm still mulling over what I could have done. I'd love your thoughts.

The Day AppGet Died

Microsoft released WinGet (Not to be mistaken with AppGet) earlier this week as part of their Build 2020 announcements. For the past few…

Scott Hunter - .NET 5 and MS Build Announcements

Thu, May 28, 2020, 6:15 PM: We'll open the Zoom meeting at 6:10-6:15 pm and aim to start the presentation at 6:30 pm sharp. This will give everyone time to join and get set up. Where possible, please

Life, part 12

Code for this episode can be found here. Exciting news for the client; I have added a play/pause button. I suppose I could have added that single line of code earlier, but hey, better now than late…

Complete Website Redesign - (Speed Up Video)

I did a complete website redesign on my site...right before launching a course! Go to https://www.jamesqquick.com and subscribe to the newsletter to stay updated and to get exclusive content & discounts Live streams on Twitch - https://twitch.tv/jamesqquick …

Idris 2 version 0.2.0 Released

A new version (0.2.0) of Idris 2 has been released. You can download the source (including generated Scheme and Racket files for bootstrapping) from the download page.

Start House

Largest collection of startup pitch decks on the internet. Over 600 from the world's best startups.

I bought netflix.soy | Tiny Projects

An exploration into top level domains. How I ended up buying netflix.soy and domains from facebook, microsoft and google.

Why is Idris 2 so much faster than Idris 1?

I've just released a new version of Idris 2, which is a significant release in that it's the first one which is able to compile itself. Thus, it's the first one where we can really see how the performance of Idris 2 improves on the performance of Idris 1.

Why Infrastructure As Code? - Simple Thread

People often discuss features of Infrastructure as Code without explaining why they matter. Let's talk about the goals behind IaC and why you should care.

Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 2.0 Preview 4

The SqlClient team is moving forward with continuous updates and improvements to the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient data provider for SQL Server. Our plan is to provide GA releases twice a year with two preview releases in between. This cadence should provide time f…

Don't use method with side-effect in LINQ

The author of this GitHub issue is complaining about the behavior or FirstOrDefault when it's following an OrderBy. Indeed, the predicate is called on each element which is not what he expected. In his example the predicate has a side-effect so he really doesn…

Microsoft Build 2020 | Channel 9

As developers come together to help the world solve new challenges—sharing knowledge and staying connected is more important than ever. Join your community to learn, connect, and code—to expand your s