Daily Shaarli

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February 10, 2025

Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
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This is clearly pointing in the direction of UX challenges around LLM uses. For some tasks the user's critical thinking must be fostered otherwise bad decisions will ensue.

Operational and Denotational Strategies for Understanding Code

A good reminder that you should always bring several perspectives when teaching something. This a a simple framework which can be used widely in our field.

How Does Ada's Memory Safety Compare Against Rust?

Interesting comparison. Ada doesn't fare as good as I'd have expected as soon as pointers are in the mix... but there is a twist, you can go a very long way without pointers in Ada.

About GPU Conditionals
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This is indeed something easy to get wrong. Also this misconception is very widespread, so it's good to debunk it.