Buy it now! Now! All of them!

๐—˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ! This time with a clear “call-to-action”, blunt and direct. No long fussing around, preparing, analyzing, “picking up customers” or initiating. No next world-changing, mind-altering experience or the lure of limitless wealth, intellect, knowledge or eternal Continue Reading

Where has our German engineering gone…?

๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ “๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด” ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ) ๐—จ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผฬˆ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป. I fear we have forgotten some of this…. In Continue Reading

Microsoft – 80 billion for AI in 6 months!

๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ฆ-๐——๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€! A single private company thus invests around 250 times as much money in 6 months as the entire European Horizon program for AI funding, which has been Continue Reading

“If a computer scientist and a…”

“๐—จ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜…” ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป…. And not only because of the respective hourly rates, but also because of Continue Reading

“Stefan, what do you do all day?”

“๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ด” – ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ๐˜‡๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต… My grandma is 93 and still pretty fit and curious for her age, but she has about as much to do with what I do Continue Reading

Energy efficiency label for programming?

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡-๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ณ๐˜‚ฬˆ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป? ๐—œ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜‡? Let’s think about this for a moment… Programming languages form the foundation for software. We use them to develop interfaces, server applications, apps, processes, interfaces and much more. Both when creating the Continue Reading

Unique or interchangeable?

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€? ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฒ / ๐—œ๐—ต๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ / ๐—œ๐—ต๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป? ๐—ช๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎฬˆ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ “๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด”? ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฒ / ๐—œ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด? We have to ask ourselves these questions again and Continue Reading