January 31, 2023
The house workforce convenes to speak about how tech layoffs are reshaping the trade, the place to search for software program engineering jobs past tech, the brain-computer interface that quickens communication for folks with paralysis, and Ben’s million-dollar sport concept (free for the stealing).
The house workforce convenes to speak about how tech layoffs are reshaping the trade, the place to search for software program engineering jobs past tech, the brain-computer interface that quickens communication for folks with paralysis, and Ben’s million-dollar sport concept (free for the stealing).
Episode notes:
Naturally, tech layoffs are top-of-mind for many people. Regardless of comparisons to the dot-com bubble, what we’re seeing proper now could be totally different. Right here’s what the tech and media layoffs actually inform us in regards to the economic system.
In reward of analog know-how: why Millennials and Gen Z are springing for paper maps.
Make Time, a method of “rethinking the defaults of fixed busyness and distraction so you possibly can deal with what issues every single day,” was developed in response to always-on Silicon Valley tradition.
Wifi routers can now be used to detect the bodily positions of people and map their our bodies in 3D. Terrifyingly dystopian or curiously sensible? Why not each?
In current accessibility information, a brain-computer interface (BCI) that converts speech-related neural exercise into textual content permits an individual with paralysis as a result of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to speak at 62 phrases per minute, almost 3.5 occasions quicker than earlier than. From the summary: “These outcomes present a possible path ahead for utilizing intracortical speech BCIs to revive speedy communication to folks with paralysis who can now not converse.”
Shoutout to Lifeboat badge winner Holger for his or her reply to Type an array containing numbers utilizing a ‘for’ loop.
Tags: accessibility, BCI, layoffs, tech layoffs, the stack overflow podcast
