Picture Me Coding

• Interpreting the Newses

  Mike and Erik analyze the tech news again.  The AIs are hallucinating, but gamers are too because of Game Transfer Phenomenon.  The Luddites are back for what's likely a futile effort to keep the robots from taking our jobs, but Mike things he can at least outrun them.Watching These Humanoid Robots Try to Run a Half Marathon Is Hilarious and BizarreProtecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community | CNCFGame Transfer PhenomenonHow to Survive the AI Revolution?Yahoo wants to buy ChromeSend us a text

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• Predicting the Future: Law, Software, and Attorneys Using AI

  Today Mike and Erik are joined by John Benson, an attorney with a background in digital forensics who has been at the forefront of integrating LLMs into legal practice. The conversation ranges over the practice of law, digital security, and AIFind out more about John Benson's work here: https://john-benson.com/Send us a text

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• Sailing to Byzantium

  This week Mike and Erik tackle Byzantine Fault Tolerance! But what's it all about? Gangsters? Generals? Constantinople? Take a journey with us as we sail off into the dizzying complexity of Byzantine faults.LinksSome constraints and tradeoffs in the design of network communications | Proceedings of the fifth ACM symposium on Operating systems principlesNotes on Data Base Operating SystemsReaching Agreement in the Presence of Faults | Journal of the ACMThe Byzantine Generals Problem - Microsoft ResearchGitHub - JVerwolf/byzantine_generals: An implementation of Leslie Lamport's OM algorithm for the Byzantine Generals ProblemThe Byzantine Generals Strike AgainThe Chinese Generals ProblemSIFT: Design and Analysis of a Fault-Tolerant Computer for Aircraft ControlThe Generals – Dean EigenmannPractical Byzantine fault tolerance | Proceedings of the third symposium on Operating systems design and implementationSend us a text

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• Programming for Fun with David Beazley

  We have an entertaining and wide-ranging discussion with prominent computer scientist and educator David Beazley, known for his many contributions to the Python community.  We talk about why programming is fun, and how he has created his memorable conference talks and innovative programming classes.  We also touch on music, theater, academic life, and, of course, Dave's No Doubt tribute band.Show Notes:https://www.dabeaz.com/Sans-IO  (https://sans-io.readthedocs.io/)Rust elevator origin story (https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/14/1067869/rust-worlds-fastest-growing-programming-language/)Book: "Understanding Software Dynamics", by Richard Sites. Addison-Wesley, 2022. "Critical Program Reading",   https://archive.org/details/youtube-7hdJQkn8rtASend us a text

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• Leslie Lamport and the Free Software Movement

  In this SCaLE wrap-up Mike and Erik discuss the final day of the conference and talks by Denver Gingerich called "What happens when hardware puts software freedom first? We built a router to find out" and Leslie Lamport titled "Coding isn't Programming", and we got to meet Leslie Lamport and take photos with him and give him Picture Me Coding stickers.Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/night-drift/the-horsemanMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/night-drift/xMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/qube/playSend us a text

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