Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: In India, parents are being aggressively sold the idea that their children must start coding at 4 or 5 or be future failures, prompting Neelesh Misra [a writer, audio storyteller, and founder of a media and organic products company] to ask Do Children Really Need to Learn to Code? [Alternate…
Active Aero For A Radio Control Car
Motorsport became obsessed with aerodynamics in the middle of the 20th century. Moving on from simple streamlined shapes, designers aimed to generate downforce with wing elements in order to get more grip between the tyres and the track. This culminated in the development of active aero, where wing elements are controlled by actuators to adjust…
Speculation Grows As AMD Files Patent for GPU Design
Long-time Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: AMD filed a patent on using chiplets for a GPU with hints on why it has waited this long to extend their CPU strategy to GPUs. The latency between chiplets poses more of a performance problem for GPUs, and AMD is attempting to solve the problem with a new interconnect…
Study Finds Brain Activity of Coders Isn’t Like Language or Math
“When you do computer programming, what sort of mental work are you doing?” asks science/tech journalist Clive Thompson: For a long time, folks have speculated on this. Since coding involves pondering hierarchies of symbols, maybe the mental work is kinda like writing or reading? Others have speculated it’s more similar to the way our brains…
The best after-Christmas deals you can get right now: Save $450 on a Lenovo Yoga C940 2-in-1, $60 on a Apple Watch Series 6 and more – CNET
All the big holiday sales are in the rear view, but here’s what you can buy if there’s a gift card burning a hole in your pocket. …read more Source:: CNet
Best tablet for remote learning in 2021 – CNET
Here are your top tablet options — including the latest iPad Pro — for students and everyone else. …read more Source:: CNet
Bitcoin Surges 25% In One Week. Warren Buffett Still Won’t Buy It
Last Sunday we reported Bitcoin’s price had surged 50% in the previous month. In the week since it’s surged another 24.8%. As Bitcoin celebrates its 12th anniversary, a Forbes columnist writes that Bitcoin “soared to $34,000 yesterday — but here’s why Warren Buffett will never own Bitcoin.” Buffett has called Bitcoin, among other names, “rat…
Vintage Meters Reborn as Steam Punk Clock
[Build Comics], purveyors of comic strips “where tools are heroes”, have saved another pair of old, vintage, analog meters from the junkyard by converting them into a Meter Clock. The real heroes of the story are their trusty tools – Mac X the knife, Mr. TS the table saw and his trusty band of clamps,…
The 7 best blue light blocking glasses to prevent eye fatigue – CNET
Protect your precious little corneas and look good while doing it. …read more Source:: CNet
Is the US Government’s Cybersecurity Agency Up to the Job?
CNN reports that some critics are now questioning whether America’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is equipped to protect the integrity of government systems from adversaries: Some of the nearly half-dozen government agencies affected by the hack have recently reached out to CISA for help with addressing the known vulnerabilities that were exploited in…
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