Saturday Tech Humor

Saturday Tech Humor

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

Except, there was one person, sat at his desk

Asking “why won’t this compile, I’m getting depressed”;

Mirror, mirror…. Let’s use Swift’s Mirror API to support Code Reflection.

Mirror, mirror…. Let’s use Swift’s Mirror API to support Code Reflection.

John Sundell article shows how our runtime code can inspect properties of a class or structure. 

https://www.swiftbysundell.com/articles/reflection-in-swift/

If you want to learn something, you really can’t go wrong with a Stanford Computer Science class.

If you want to learn something, you really can’t go wrong with a Stanford Computer Science class.

“the Spring 2021 version of Stanford University's course CS193p (Developing Applications for iOS using SwiftUI) were once again delivered to our students in an on-line fashion.” 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqu6BquVi2M&list=PLpGHT1n4-mAsxuRxVPv7kj4-dQYoC3VVu

I admit, I had a hard time understanding this technical blog by Noah Martin, regarding checking for Swift Protocol. Sharper minds will do better.

I admit, I had a hard time understanding this technical blog by Noah Martin, regarding checking for Swift Protocol. Sharper minds will do better.

Bottom line, the “as?” operation to check for protocol is expensive and should be used lightly.

https://www.emergetools.com/blog/posts/SwiftProtocolConformance

Today Youtube informed me that my Channel has had over 70,000 views this year, with 85,000 minutes in total.

Today Youtube informed me that my Channel has had over 70,000 views this year, with 85,000 minutes played in total.

The vast majority are my videos from various cosplay events and cons, along with bits and pieces.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHhvNiyY4Xls9X_zmcEWmyQ

My most popular video is about one of my favorite movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eP6bkialg8

Here is an interesting traditional puzzled move into 3D VR space.

Here is an interesting traditional puzzled move into 3D VR space.

“Puzzling Places brings a myriad of objects and places to life with the use of a photogrammetry, a technique that takes high-resolution photos and constructs them into a 3D model”

https://www.roadtovr.com/puzzling-places-coming-psvr-release/

Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqfvfr1dCS4

“A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.” ― Frederik Pohl

“A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.” ― Frederik Pohl

In 1923, someone predicted what cells phones would lead us to.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/i0wae0/when_we_all_have_pocket_telephones_daily_mirror/