Articles Tagged with software

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The two-step problem

We identify a major block to productivity.

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The student’s load

Getting bigger

Why are students carrying around more stuff than they used to?

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Notice to Mariners

Software updates

A system of correction and new information long predates digital computers.

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The limits of knowledge

Necessary learning

Nowadays, one needs to learn software in order to learn software.

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Rent or own?

On revenue streams

How and why do we pay for software?

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A matter of time

The big project

We find that time is not infinitely divisible.

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Software and film

An analogy with analog

Trying out a smartphone app suggests similarities.

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Getting to print

Typesetting software

The hardest part of scientific research can be publishing it.

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Perfection

As good as it needs to be?

We ponder whether cameras can be further improved.

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The inefficient astronomer

Learning and relearning

We ponder an example of wasted time in science.

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