MDN has some great documentation on various web technologies, including on third-party cookies. From those docs: If the cookie domain and scheme match the current page the user is looking at (the URL shown in the browser’s address bar), the cookie is considered to be from the same site as Read more
Pointers can be an intimidating concept. One resource I have found particularly helpful is the C++ Language tutorial on pointers. Quoting from that tutorial: The variable that stores the address of another variable is what in C++ is called a pointer.…Pointers are said to “point to” the variable whose address Read more
Since ChatGPT was released on November 30, 2022, “Artificial Intelligence” or “AI” has been in the news frequently. I’ve often been frustrated when reading news articles and blog posts that don’t define the term, since it can mean different things in different contexts. When discussing ChatGPT in particular, “AI” is Read more
From MDN: A Web browser or browser is a program that retrieves and displays pages from the Web, and lets users access further pages through hyperlinks. A browser is the most familiar type of user agent. It uses a rendering engine to display web pages. Building a web browser is Read more
This statistic comes from the Atlassian State of Teams 2024 report. The report was based on a survey of 5,000 knowledge workers and 100 Fortune 500 executives. The 5,000 knowledge workers surveyed worked across the U.S., Australia, India, Germany, and France. The mean age of the workers surveyed was 34, Read more
I think complex decisions should be made via discussions on shared documents (Google docs, Microsoft Word, text files with version control, etc…) when possible. A document provides the context for the decision being made, and the comments allow for discussion on the various inputs to the decision. Version control can Read more
According to the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory: Hailstones are formed when raindrops are carried upward by thunderstorm updrafts into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere and freeze. Hailstones then grow by colliding with liquid water drops that freeze onto the hailstone’s surface. If the water freezes instantaneously when colliding Read more
Artificial intelligence, and specifically generative AI technologies have been in the news quite a bit recently. While AI gets the bulk of the media coverage, there are many other technologies that have made advances in recent years. Here are some non-AI related technologies that I am excited about: Passkeys. A passkey is Read more
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is the term used to describe brain degeneration likely caused by repeated head traumas. CTE is a diagnosis made only at autopsy by studying sections of the brain. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy/symptoms-causes/syc-20370921 The signs and symptoms of CTE can include: Despite receiving more attention recently (at least based on Google web Read more
As with many others I have been playing around with ChatGPT recently. If you are not familiar with it, here is the description of ChatGPT from its creators, OpenAI: We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to Read more