5/24/2023 0 Comments Code new edition charles petzold![]() Repeating this over and over has made me feel less intelligent, which isn't what you set out to feel when you ask questions and study information. Each time someone tried to explain how code actually works to me, I'd have a million "why" and "how" follow up questions for which I almost never found a fulfilling answer. ![]() In an effort to actually understand the games I write about and the gadgets I review, I've tried throwing myself into various online courses, be it YouTube or learn-to-code apps, with barely any success. If that seems obvious to you, allow me to ask: How does your iPad know what colors to produce onscreen? How does Netflix know which movie to send you? What, physically, is data? Despite living in an electronic world, these are just not things that we're taught. Out modern computerized world is just layers upon layers of systems of computations that we've heaped onto the backs of our silicon beasts of burden. There are no arcane secrets behind machine learning. The nuts and bolts, code and compilers none of it made any sense. But until last year, I had no idea how any of this shit really worked. My opinion on such matters holds weight with a certain audience of tech consumers. Over the years I have owned and written about computers, mp3 players, smartphones, game consoles, DVD players - you name it, I've written about it. I have been a tech nerd for almost 32 years now. ![]()
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