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freeCodeCamp now offers Harvard University’s full CS50 computer science course for free on their YouTube channel, reports Beau Carnes.
The 26-hour introductory video course — taught by Dr. David J. Malan — covers topics such as “abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software...
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Given the massive amount of data collected, managed, and consumed these days, data science roles — such as data engineering — are increasingly important. As Coursera explains, organizations need the right people and technology to ensure that data is in a highly usable state.
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“It’s becoming increasingly clear that we’re going to need an AI Bill of Materials (AIBOM),” says James Governor.
Such an AIBOM would provide detailed descriptions of sources, weighting, biases, etc. and “need to consider and clarify transparency, reproducibility, accountability and Ethical AI considerations,” he says.
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Linux provides several ways to work with numbers on the command line, says Sandra Henry-Stocker, “from doing calculations to using commands that generate a range of numbers.”
“One of the most commonly used commands for doing calculations on Linux is expr,” Henry-Stocker says. “This command...
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The top of the sudoers file sets aliases for advanced configuration. Aliases can be used for such purposes as creating comma-separated lists of users or commands to simplify configuration. For example, if you want to restrict who can power off the system or network,...
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Although popularity measurements of your open source project “might be interesting and exciting, they don’t often provide any real insight into project health or indicate areas of improvement for your project,” says Dawn Foster.
A better approach, Foster explains, is to look at specific health metrics...
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The Fedora Project and Slimbook have joined forces to release the Fedora Slimbook, a sleek new ultrabook offering new features and performance enhancements, reports Jack Wallen.
“The Fedora Slimbook is optimized for Fedora’s specific hardware configurations, thereby providing users with a smoother out-of-the-box experience,” the announcement...
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Microsoft has announced Radius, a new open source, language-agnostic application platform for building and running cloud-native applications, reports Frederic Lardinois.
“With features like Recipes and Connections that standardize deployments and automate resource provisioning, Radius provides a centralized toolset for developer and operator teams to effectively...
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The OpenSSF has announced the creation of a new Malicious Packages repository — “the first open source system for collecting and publishing cross-ecosystem reports of malicious packages.”
According to the announcement, the repository was created in “response to the rising incidence of attacks that include...
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One reason for this is that the right chart type to use depends heavily on both the actual nature of your data and on what, exactly, you want to see, learn, and tell others through that specific chart. It’s not uncommon to create multiple,...
