Announcing the 2025 (yes actually in 2025 this time) #1440makers charity fundraiser for the #worldcentralkitchen / #wck. Nov. 1st and 2nd. 9am - 9pm (EST) both days. We will have the return of panels, models and giveaways! So make sure you follow! youtube.com/@1440Makers

So Cody Rhodes is Iron Man Skeletor now?

Some people today are discouraging others from learning programming on the grounds AI will automate it. This advice will be seen as some of the worst career advice ever given. I disagree with the Turing Award and Nobel prize winner who wrote, “It is far more likely that the programming occupation will become extinct [...] than that it will become all-powerful. More and more, computers will program themselves.”​ Statements discouraging people from learning to code are harmful! In the 1960s, when programming moved from punchcards (where a programmer had to laboriously make holes in physical cards to write code character by character) to keyboards with terminals, programming became easier. And that made it a better time than before to begin programming. Yet it was in this era that Nobel laureate Herb Simon wrote the words quoted in the first paragraph. Today’s arguments not to learn to code continue to echo his comment. As coding becomes easier, more people should code, not fewer! Over the past few decades, as programming has moved from assembly language to higher-level languages like C, from desktop to cloud, from raw text editors to IDEs to AI assisted coding where sometimes one barely even looks at the generated code (which some coders recently started to call vibe coding), it is getting easier with each step. I wrote previously that I see tech-savvy people coordinating AI tools to move toward being 10x professionals — individuals who have 10 times the impact of the average person in their field. I am increasingly convinced that the best way for many people to accomplish this is not to be just consumers of AI applications, but to learn enough coding to use AI-assisted coding tools effectively. One question I’m asked most often is what someone should do who is worried about job displacement by AI. My answer is: Learn about AI and take control of it, because one of the most important skills in the future will be the ability to tell a computer exactly what you want, so it can do that for you. Coding (or getting AI to code for you) is a great way to do that. When I was working on the course Generative AI for Everyone and needed to generate AI artwork for the background images, I worked with a collaborator who had studied art history and knew the language of art. He prompted Midjourney with terminology based on the historical style, palette, artist inspiration and so on — using the language of art — to get the result he wanted. I didn’t know this language, and my paltry attempts at prompting could not deliver as effective a result. Similarly, scientists, analysts, marketers, recruiters, and people of a wide range of professions who understand the language of software through their knowledge of coding can tell an LLM or an AI-enabled IDE what they want much more precisely, and get much better results. As these tools are continuing to make coding easier, this is the best time yet to learn to code, to learn the language of software, and learn to make computers do exactly what you want them to do. [Original text: deeplearning.ai/the-batch/is… ]

Impressive photos taken from my back porch on the Seestar S30 telescope. SOOOO much easier than going out to the dark sky observatory in my past life as a stellar astronomer at Appalachian State University!

After three decades of outstanding service, Dr. Rita Wong will retire from Marymount at the end of this month. We celebrate her remarkable contributions to the University’s research profile, Physical Therapy program and legacy of excellence. marymount.edu/blog/marymount…

They are quick!

First day at APL as a Human Computer Interactions Engineer.

This is the reach of the W.C.K and every area they have dug in and helped those in need during natural and man made disasters making sure to get healthy meals and water to those who need it. Help us help help them continue to do the amazing work! youtube.com/live/_8krRokTPes

When engineers explain to you how a device works, you have to understand that’s a sign of great respect in their culture.

So some basic info, but I can tell you putting all this together, there is going to be some great guests, new panels, and a boat load of giveaways all while raising money for a great cause!

Just a heads up to #Makers #3DPrinting , & #1440makers followers. I started a new account for the 1440 makers so new, updated information can be posted on there (nothing is wrong with the old account). Please follow the following account @The_Real_1440 for the 🦋 thereal1440

Parker Solar Probe has phoned home! After passing just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface on Dec. 24 — the closest solar flyby in history — we have received Parker Solar Probe’s beacon tone confirming the spacecraft is safe. go.nasa.gov/4fIKuTe

Marymount joined forces with @IKEA to unveil a new sustainable fashion exhibit at the company's Woodbridge location, featuring nearly a dozen looks that Fashion Design students created from recycled IKEA textiles. marymount.edu/blog/fashion-s…

Marymount University Professor Stacy Lopresti-Goodman has new reseach that reveals cat & dog experiments could end in federal labs for good by 2036. Listen to her explain what she just discovered that could save thousands of animals lives each year. @marymountu @WhiteCoatWaste #animals #research #cats #dogs #adoption #pets @USDAFoodSafety @NIH @EPA @USDOT @DeptVetAffairs

Proud of our faculty! @marymountu Marymount University Doctorate in Cybersecurity is Second in the Nation after CMU and ahead of GaTech! #LearnWithPurpose

Here's a simple STL Viewer App for Meta Quest to see your files in AR before you print them! You can download it NOW on at ebubar.itch.io/questl. Do you think this is useful? What features do YOU want in a tool like this? How could this help your workflows? #3dprinting #AR

View and manipulate your STLs in VR! APK available now on ebubar.itch.io/questl

#3Dprinting community, some #1440makers update; 1).We moved the event to January 11th & 12th. 2). Donating to the World Central Kitchen directly. 3). Got some awesome prizes this year. 4). A lot of work behind the scenes to bring some new things onboard. Share the news :)

If you are in line before the polls close, stay in line. It is your right to make your voice heard. If you have any trouble casting your ballot, call our Voter Assistance Hotline: 833-336-8683.

New research by Di Bacco and Gage suggests smartphones provide valid and reliable estimates of gait variability and may offer an inexpensive easy-to-use alternative for gait analysis, with implications for telehealth capabilities. doi.org/10.1123/jab.2022-029…