#Computing

AEI Foreign Policy

AEIfdp

NEW REPORT @klonkitchen: Quantum computing has vast potential in a broad range of fields, including national security.https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/quantum-computing-a-national-security-primer/ The US faces crucial security v

micah 'lime with barcode' elizabeth

scanlime

cloud computing feels just inherently bad.. we are completely rearchitecting software in a way that is useless for people who just want to run an application on a single computer.

Catalin Pit

catalinmpit

Some basic information on cloud concepts The first question you might ask yourself is “what is cloud computing?”. In layman’s terms, cloud computing is simply like using someone else’s computer.

Farooq Butt

fmbutt

With Coronavirus, the demand for Zoom skyrocketed quickly. In order to deal with this, Zoom had to hugely expand using public cloud providers like AWS & Azure (in addition to

CBG-san

OnlyNakedTruth

This is why neuromorphic computing is a promising field - our brain is the most power efficient computing device. Our computers are a pale shadow of them. Neuromorphic means we

Ashlee Vance

valleyhack

From the - the world might actually get better - department, it seems we're quite close to the first really useful quantum computerhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-06/quantum-computing-startup-raises-215-million-for-faster-device T

John Mullahy

JohnMullahy

If you use @Stata to compute/estimate quantiles/percentiles there's a Statalist thread that may be of interest. (Spoiler: Different commands can yield different results—except for the median—so exercise care with tail-probability,

Vivian | DON’T GO BACK TO WORK

suchnerve

5G is a big redesign of not just the wireless part, but also the wired backbone network that connects cell sites.It‘s edge computing, which is a cool-sounding way to say

Joe Fitzsimons

jfitzsimons

I'm listening to Valley of Genius on audiobook (after seeing a tweet about it by @DynamicWebPaige), and it is really adding to my conviction that the being part of the

Jennifer Williams

JenWilliamsMEN

Andrew Marr asking the PM why the infection rate in Oldham has doubled while they’ve been under extra restrictions. They’re not working are they? PM: it’s too early to say

Steve Troughton-Smith

stroughtonsmith

The idea that the de facto primary computing platform for most of the world is an 'app console' is trash. Apple may be treating it like a console, but it's

Amir A Zadpoor

amir_zadpoor

A thread about scientific computing languages.1) In the short term, use whatever language gets your work done the fastest. 2) In the long run, learn whatever makes sense to learn

Ben Williamson

BenPatrickWill

I have this old issue with Cummings. From interviews we did about the disapplication of ICT and introduction of Computer Science in English schools in 2012-13, it seems he was

Karan Ganesan

karanganesan

"The successor to the smartphone will be something that doesn’t just merge AR and VR but make the distinction irrelevant" ~ @benedictevans so next is ubiquitous computing As we

Abeba Birhane

Abebab

There is a significant inequality in AI research according to a new paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.15581 Core findings:1.Big Tech & elite universities have increased presence in top AI conf's since the rise of

Gareth Halfacree

ghalfacree

Museums are absolutely vital to heritage, preservation, and educational works - and they're all closed. A closed museum generates no income, but still has the majority of its bills to