CS50x stands as a renowned computer science course offered by Harvard University, and it’s available for free on edX. Officially named “CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science,” this course aims to offer a comprehensive introduction to the world of computer science. It caters to both newcomers without prior programming experience and those who have some background in the field. As someone who’s always eager to learn, I’ve had this course on my to-do list since 2017....
Nostalgia is a big business, especially with photographers. Whether it’s Fuji Films film simulations, TikTok trending Digicam users, or film camera enthusiasts, We yearn to re-create the joys of the past. I recently gave in and bought a very subpar, compared to today’s standards, CampSnap camera just because it lacks a screen and mimics the feel of a disposable camera. It’s a blast to use despite the picture quality of a mid-2000s digital camera....
I’ve been thinking a lot about password security and data integrity lately. I remembered learning about hash functions and have used them in past roles for transferring files. I even thought using SHA-256 was standard practice in hashing passwords. This was until I Googled SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm) and learn something. Here’s what I found: First, what is a SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm)? A secure hash algorithm is a mathematical function that takes input and produces a fixed-size string of characters called a hash value or hash code....
A few years ago I had the pleasure of going to Cambridge, England for work. While enjoying some free time, a bunch of colleagues and I went to the The Centre for Computing History. Aside from learning about the history of tech from knowledgeable staff, I really enjoyed playing with the old computers. Below is an Apple II. I think it’s clear I had no idea what I was doing....
The Harvard CS50x course is really interesting. One assignment is to create a program in C that prompts the user for a message and then outputs the text in binary with dark and light emojis representing 0 and 1, respectively. It’s fun to play around and create different “messages”. I wanted to translate my solution code from C to python, so thats what I did here. The CS50 course provides a C library, CS50, which includes some types that aren’t native to C, like string and get_string()....