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Introduction to the GDPR (part 3)
Facebook doesn't need to comply anyway
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Antonis Christofides
How JavaScript became popular—part 2
In 2009 you no longer needed a browser to run JavaScript.
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Should you learn web development?
There's no recommendation either way
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How to test your code—part 2
Easy tips on how to write better automated tests
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Why programmers have trouble implementing scientific/engineering software
If it was that easy, we wouldn't need the scientists
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Introduction to the GDPR and other privacy laws (part 4)
I don't care about cookies
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The EU wants to regulate statistics
Using bad terminology like "artificial intelligence" is far more damaging than just confusing people
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Antonis Christofides
What is "artificial intelligence"?
“Artificial intelligence” is just a fancy term for “probability modelling”
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How JavaScript became popular—part 1
Google Chrome precipitated the JavaScript revolution
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What is the Internet of Things?
You have a machine. You connect it to the Internet. What's the big deal?
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How to avoid JavaScript
Despite the JavaScript revolution, people still resist it
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How to write bad code
What most scientists get wrong when programming
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