Enterprise Programming vs. Startup Programming

 

Data Privacy

 

Resolving Chromecast-Hoopla Inter-operability Problem

I am describing below a Chromecast-Hoopla inter-operability problem & its resolution.

Description:

I noticed the problem first in October of 2024.  I would cast to Hoopla via Chromecast from my Android phone.  The TV screen showed the movie being loaded (the circling Wait icon) and then it would stop and would only display the blue Hoopla screen.

I verified the same behavior with Apple iPhone.

The specifications were:

• Device brand and model: iPhone 14
• Operating system, found in device settings: iOS 17.61
• hoopla app version: 4.60
• Chromecast model: firmware – 1.36.157768

and

• Device brand and model: Galaxy S8
• Operating system, found in device settings: Android 9.0 
• hoopla app version: 4.77.1
• Chromecast model: firmware – 1.36.157768

and

• TV: Sanyo
• Model No.: DP32242 HDMI
• Manufacturing Date: SEPTEMBER 2012

All devices were on a home wireless network.

Resolution:

I could not update the firmware on the Chromecast since there was no option to do so using Google Home app. on the Android phone.

I updated the firmware of the TV set from the Web (it was on the wireless network) via its remote-control options.

The Chromecast-Hoopla inter-operability problem was resolved.

Reposting Problem-Solving Heuristics Mind-Map with Source Files

I am reposting Problem-Solving Heuristics Mind-Map; based on the ideas of the book, "How to solve it" by G. Polya (please see https://lnkd.in/gBxNnZY)

The Xmind file is here: Tools/Heuristics.xmind at main · Crimson-Reason/Tools

AI-Powered Scam

From The Guardian of the UK

It was an elaborate scam and they made use of AI to convince the gullible woman that she was really in contact with Brad Pitt. 

It would not have happened if the woman had been reading the tabloids, which feature Brad Pitt on a regular basis, with details about his private life: one ignores the traditional popular press at one's peril. 

____________

Among the things Anne discussed with the person claiming to be Pitt was her large divorce settlement payment. She then received AI-generated pictures of the actor apparently in hospital, with requests to her to pay for his kidney treatment. She transferred hundreds of thousands of euros for supposed medical costs.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/14/french-tv-show-pulled-ridicule-woman-fell-ai-brad-pitt

French TV show pulled after ridicule of woman who fell for AI Brad Pitt Anne, 53, faces wave of online mockery for believing she was in relationship with actor and paying scammer €830k www.theguardian.com

AI Experience

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEhxEkUtM-2/

https://www.instagram.com/activeprogrammer/reel/DEhxEkUtM-2/

Funny gal in AI image generation.  Tried 4 image generators, none could show “9 clocks all showing 6:33 pm” or “show 6 people writing with their left hands and 2 with their right hands”

……Hmmmmmm

Microsoft rStar-Math Model

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsoft-says-rstar-math-rival-or-surpass-openai-o1

Large Language Models in Southeast Asia

From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:

https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/01/speaking-in-code-contextualizing-large-language-models-in-southeast-asia?lang=en

Review of Microsoft Loop

https://www.androidpolice.com/tried-microsoft-loop-never-going-back-to-old-tools/

Best of Street Art - 2024

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/01/09/106-of-the-most-beloved-street-art-photos-year-2024/

Building Generative AI Applications - Developer Experience

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3633272/building-generative-ai-applications-is-too-hard-developers-say.html/amp/

H-1B: Visa row under Trump

From the BBC:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20n3x62rgjo

Trapped by AI

https://www.wxii12.com/article/waymo-self-driving-taxi/63358507

AI Has Been Surprising for Years

https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/01/ai-has-been-surprising-for-years?lang=en

And more on AI here: https://carnegieendowment.org/topics/ai?lang=en

AI & Careers

https://www.ksl.com/article/51224579/41-of-companies-worldwide-plan-to-reduce-workforces-by-2030-due-to-ai

and

https://www.fastcompany.com/91256947/jobs-most-at-risk-fastest-growing-declining-by-2030-ai-wef-world-economic-forum

AI in Molecular Genetics

https://neurosciencenews.com/ai-human-cell-genetics-28333/

The paper in Nature is open-access and may be found @ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08391-z

I think this is the best place for AI.  Highly indexed datasets, quantitative data, statistical genetics already worked out.

On the other hand, healthcare is a lot more noisy/Bayesian, no standardized from institution to institution….from doctor to doctor....

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/artificial-intelligence-algorithms-software-health-care/view/republish/

AI in Chip Design

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-01-ai-unveils-strange-chip-functionalities.amp

AI for CRISPR [Brave New World]

Another step towards the genetic-engineering of task-specific chimera; as envisioned in many science-fiction stories; the bull-man, the nymphomaniac, etc.

https://endpts.com/profluent-debuts-ai-model-for-crispr-gene-editing-design/

Tables and Columns Cross-Reference Spreadsheet - tidbit

I had found it efficient to create a cross-reference spreadsheet for tables vs. columns as well as one for columns vs. tables in a relational database during the course of executing my software development work.  It enabled me to quickly look up tables and columns without having to connect to my database and search for the occurrences of a column (sometimes in multiple tables) and other, similar searches.

The basic idea was to use a SQL query to get records of tables and columns (with their properties) of a relational schema and to then use the MS Excel Pivot tables to create two tabs based on that those records; one for Tables vs. Columns and one for Columns vs. Tables.

I have posted a sample here:

Tools/Tables and Columns Cross-Reference.xlsx at main · Crimson-Reason/Tools

Cyborg Insects

Forerunners of Cyborg Humans, I imagine?

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-01-scientists-technology-cyborg-insect-swarms.amp