I was watching Relational Theory for Computer Professionals – C.J. Date and he made this fun remark:
There’s only three databases in the world: there’s departments and employees, there’s courses and students, and there’s suppliers and parts.
ChatGPT explains a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD):
A CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device) is a type of digital integrated circuit that is used for creating custom digital logic designs. It’s a step between simple PLDs (Programmable Logic Devices) and more complex FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays).
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I asked ChatGPT to format php datetime as “Fri 24 Mar 2023” and it “understood” what I meant and gave me the answer that I wanted! If that’s not intelligence I don’t know what is…
This looks like fun: protohackers.com. If I had more time I would definitely do this. If… :P
Here’s a great talk about the Apollo Guidance Computer: Light Years Ahead | The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer.
The initialism “RTL” can stand for both “Register Transfer Level” and “Resistor-Transistor Logic” as explained by ChatGPT.
I always get the concepts “critical path” and “critical section” confused.
The “critical section” is the part in your algorithm which you must hold a lock for; whereas the “critical path” is an idea from hardware design which relates to the time taken for the longest combinatorial logic that needs to be processed during a clock cycle, thus limiting the frequency you can run your clock at.
Although the terminology “critical path” came from hardware, the same terminology is used in software. ChatGPT has a fairly good write-up on the two uses of the term “critical path”.
I learned a little more about this in Introduction to VHDL for FPGA and ASIC design.
I watched Ben Eater’s videos How do CRCs work? and Checksums and Hamming distance (the full course is Learn about error detection) then found the Wikipedia page: Cyclic redundancy check.
Also of interest:
I was watching Ben Eater’s video Build an 8-bit decimal display for our 8-bit computer and I was interested in what calculator he was using. Seems to be an HP-16C.
I wanted a new logo to go with my YouTube channel to replace a very old photo of me. So I asked ChatGPT and it didn’t let me down!
