Going back to the actual point that matters most, to me at least.
What's the total carbon footprint of the advertising and social media-based web? (Not just the highly optimised servers)
@vruz I couldn’t see any mention of which compilers they were using for the compiled languages. That makes it hard to compare the numbers for languages with multiple implementations.
My name is Alessio, I have a PhD in computer science and work as a Research Software Engineer at the Netherlands eScience Center. My expertise is high-performance computing, and in particular acceleration of scientific software using GPUs and accelerators, and auto-tuning.
Any #compsci teachers who use GitHub Codespaces (or similar) for teaching? We're a Chromebook school and can't put student devices into developer mode because of reasons. Codespaces seems like a good fit for different runtimes, but I have zero experience.
Any tips or thoughts would be appreciated. We're hoping to start in fall of 2024, so I have some time to tinker.
Dumb question: what is the relationships of modern-day machine learning to John Holland's genetic algorithms of the 1980s? They look conceptually quite similar to me.
@alberto_cottica
Evolutionary methods do not notice which states an individual passes through during its lifetime. In reinforcement learning, we search for a policy which is a function from states to actions. Learning while interacting with the environment can be much more efficient.
One of these two programs computes and prints the correct answer, so it’s computable. You just can’t prove which is the correct one, so it’s not decidable. The AI won’t care, it’ll claim one or the other without explaining why.
how do you take #notes for comp sci? and even programming - i used to write programs on paper<33 but now i gotta take notes on concepts and everything. :blobcat_thisisfine: why didn't i ask this before ohmygod
anywayyy, if you have ANY advice pleease let me know :blobcatsadreach: i've been struggling since forever. i want to keep my notes, they're beloved to me ,, so it's not just for class but hopefully for wayy longer than that.
Someone with a Ph.D.[1] in Computer Science (or something similar) who is interested in a job at a German university (ruhr area)?
The focus would be on teaching (fluent German required) and running the department's IT systems.
Initially limited to three years, but transition to permanent is planned.
Quite a lot of independence, I'd say the colleagues are ok (but might be biased 😇).
If interested, please drop me a DM for more information.
[1]: Or on the track getting the Phd in the next months
#compsci people: is there any authoritative literature on data structures for augmented reality representations? It seems like a non trivial problem. #ar#xr
Do Recruiters/Hiring Managers Care About Your Git?
My friend who is a senior programmer and hirer at his business says he doesn't care what potential new hires have on Git but how they do during the interview and how their resume looks. I've been focusing on getting projects on my Git but am curious if my next hirer will even care. I take what my friend says with a grain of salt because he's fired half the people he has hired.
@SimonSays
I do not have loads of experience as a junior dev but based on my experience I can say that they don't care about it as much as I thought they would. At least here in the UK.
During my interview they asked about my github and relevant projects but I explained I haven't been very active around the time I finished uni and they just nodded and moved onto the next question. I still got hired.
I'm not saying stop doing projects and uploading them on github. It is still a great way to practice and showcase your skills. But yeah I would agree with your friend that hiring managers care more about your resume/CV and how well you do during the interview.
#compsci degree from #rutgers, worked in the field for 13 years, then switched to freelancing in #webdesign. I also volunteer for several orgs as a #webmaster.
I would like to become a software developer but I never finished CS at college and have been working blue collar jobs ever since. How can I achieve my dream?
