ALT Highlights – An Interview with Joelle Pineau
An interview with AI researcher Joelle Pineau discussing her work in reinforcement learning, its applications, and advice for newcomers to the field.
An interview with AI researcher Joelle Pineau discussing her work in reinforcement learning, its applications, and advice for newcomers to the field.
A live coding session discussing Cypress for E2E testing, covering its components, test anatomy, and custom commands.
A technical guide on creating a single .NET executable that runs on both Windows 7 (.NET 3.5) and Windows 10 (.NET 4.x) using TLS callbacks.
A guide addressing the 7 biggest challenges of learning to code without a developer job and offering practical strategies to overcome them.
A minimal tutorial for implementing configurable Siri Shortcuts using Intents in Xcode, focusing on basic setup and parameters.
Java 17 release schedule, Vector API details, and record serialization updates from the OpenJDK community.
A critique of Signal's centralization and a proposal for a federated, protocol-based chat app with end-to-end encryption.
Andy Bell critiques tech industry debates as "boring money internet" and advocates for a more creative, inclusive web.
A cautionary tale about a database engineer who neglects her core technical duties for extracurricular activities, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing your primary job responsibilities.
A guide to creating and testing a custom R function for aligning first-row text in gt tables, including testthat integration.
Explains how to manually report consumption and metrics for Azure Arc Data Services in Indirectly Connected Mode, covering prerequisites and CLI commands.
A technical tutorial on using R and geospatial analysis to find areas with similar topography to a query region, focusing on spatial pattern matching.
A technical guide on customizing and deploying an Azure Arc Data Controller via command line, focusing on configuration details for Kubernetes.
A technical walkthrough of debugging a native deadlock in a .NET application running on Linux, using tools like dotnet-dump and analyzing thread stacks.
Analysis of Database Scoped Configuration changes in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database for the year 2020, noting new options and stability.
A physics analysis of the optimal angle to jump from a swing for maximum distance, contrasting it with simple projectile motion.
Exploring prefetching heuristics for web performance, covering strategies, trade-offs, and implementation considerations.
Review of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ focusing on its specs, pros/cons, and professional use in IT.
A tutorial on using iOS's NSDataDetector to automatically identify and process links, emails, phone numbers, and addresses in text.
A tutorial on creating grid layouts using Compositional Layout in iOS, explaining fractional sizing for items and groups.