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Friday Fun: AI Generates Hilarious “Inspirational Quotes”

https://truththeory.com/2018/11/22/ai-generates-hilarious-inspirational-quotes/ Inspirobot creates inspirational posters, quotes that are mood-uplifters, in calming fonts in front of aesthetically pleasing backgrounds. What happened was that the AI found the most primal dread of life in its own plastic psyche.

Friday Fun: Java Videos

Java Forever And Ever Movie (Java vs Windows .Net) Life without Java ! JavaZone 2012: The Java Heist JavaZone 2014: Game of Codes

Update Putty

PuTTY is one of most used open-source client-side programs to remotely access computers over secure SSH network protocol from Windows workstations. I use it very often to connect to embedded Linux devices and Linux servers. Based on latest news it might be now a very good idea to update it to latest version 0.71: PuTTY

Arc Fault Detection Devices

Most people know circuit breakers and fuses. Quite many also know ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) or Residual Current Device (RCD). But now a new protective device is coming to use in Europe and you might want to learn about it.  AFDD/AFCI Arc Fault Protection Device protects people and property against fires caused by arc

New Tech Secures Medical Devices By Using Your Body as a Conduit for Communication

https://blog.hackster.io/new-tech-secures-medical-devices-by-using-your-body-as-a-conduit-for-communication-8ca7b8128f67 The article says: “Virtually all wearable devices today communicate wirelessly through either Bluetooth, WiFi, or simple RF (Radio Frequency) signals. While we could try to make those more secure, there is always the possibility that they could be intercepted or spoofed. This new technology avoids the problem altogether by allowing devices to communicate across

30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web

https://web30.web.cern.ch/home Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote a proposal in March 1989 called “Information Management: A Proposal“. By 1991 this vision of universal connectivity had become the World Wide Web. Today web turns 30 years old. Let’s celebrate the day by remembering the old days when we used dial-up modems and most web pages were not bloated

With USB 4, Thunderbolt and USB will converge | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/04/with-usb-4-thunderbolt-and-usb-will-converge/ The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has unveiled the specifications of USB 4.0, as Engadget reports. And USB 4.0 looks a lot like Thunderbolt 3. Specifications won’t be finalized until later this year, but it seems that one port and one cable type to rule them all. With Thunderbolt 3, Intel added USB 3.1 Gen