Articles Tagged with computers

Many books

Too many?

How big should your library be?

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The price of old things

Market research

We ponder the economic future of the past.

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The last hurrah of the silver plate

Hunting oxymorons

We recall an example of cutting-edge research using obsolete means.

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Knobology

Not intuitive

Some arbitrary details can be very important.

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Upgrading

Out with the old

We make a suggestion that’s out of step with the times.

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Back to C

The difference between languages

We are struck by the great range of things included in the term “software.”

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Cyborg students

Virtually testing times

What do tests measure?

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On learning languages

Spanish, Russian, Java, Python

We use “language” for a misleading variety of things.

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Coding

An unforgiving art

It’s hard to face a compiler with confidence.

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The weather on Jupiter

An unexpected variety

We’re impressed by the many data sources, tools, and results in a recent paper.

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