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Jim Bruin
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Business and Technology
Jim Bruin
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Computer Images – Text
The computer images series has covered pixels, lines, polygons and splines. You need to understand these before diving into text. Text is something most people take…
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Computer Images – Splines
The computer images series has covered pixels, lines and polygons. Some drawing functions are very simple. Circles and ellipses can be drawn with some basic math…
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Computer Images – Polygons
This continues from the previous images blog. After creating a simple set and line function, the next step is a polygon. A polygon is an enclosed…
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Business and Technology
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Computer Images
Computers use numbers, not letters or images. So how are images stored as numbers? Start with a pixel. A pixel is a single dot on the…
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Business and Technology
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Scope Creep
Scope creep happens when a project’s requirements change. This can be done when original project requirements aren’t possible but most of the time it’s indecision or…
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Software – Threads
Software for home computers didn’t use threads until the beginning of this century. Home computers had a single processor and core, so there was no point…
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Software: Optimization
Optimization in programming is a complex field. Low-level optimization involves rearranging instructions to reduce their count. Mid-level optimization focuses on optimizing based on the number of…
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Business and Technology
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Intelligence, Education, and Skill
When meeting someone highly educated or someone with great skill, the typical reaction is to see them as intelligent. Both education and skill are considered mental…
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Problem Solving
Problem solving is the process of creating a solution for a problem. This skill is required for many careers in modern life, but it’s rarely defined…
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Business and Technology
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AI and Neural Networks
Recently, AI has come into the spotlight. AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, but in this context, it is not actual intelligence. It’s the term used to…
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Business and Technology
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Software Quality Assurance
Quality assurance is like cleaning a bathroom; you may not want to do it but it needs to happen. QA is about ensuring something works and…
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