Show Notes
00:00 - Intro - A letter for Jerome 00:27 - If AI is generating the code then why would it need to generate a human-readable language? 02:16 - Do you think that AI will be eating its own dogfood in the near future? 05:22 - Please explain how the AI system can evaluate an AI user’s sample code and produce functional code of good quality? 07:48 - I miss OS/2. Can AI generate an updated version of that wonderful operating system? 09:40 - Why can’t AI do the architecting as well? 10:27 - Why do they use copyright for software when it seems to have more in common with patent law. Thoughts???? 11:44 - This came out before you could try cooking with ChatGPT 5.2. Are you planning to give that a go? 12:16 - Why does Windows not have a verbose mode during bootup? 13:12 - You really must use AI to create task manager. See what it does differently. 14:42 - When you benchmark machines decades apart, what result surprised you the most? 16:04 - If raw performance keeps improving, why do modern systems still feel slow to users? 20:38 - What? Canada is only in third place? 22:27 - Do you think tech is actually declining—or are our expectations rising faster than the tech itself? 23:37 - Do constraints make better engineers—or do they just make better stories? 25:58 - What’s something old hardware genuinely did better than modern machines? 27:36 - Why did a simple idea like ‘it compiles and runs’ resonate so strongly with developers? 28:46 - Has software development become harder—or just more layered? 29:57 - What debugging experience permanently changed how you think about writing code? 31:22 - What motivated you to actually write a BASIC interpreter instead of just talking about one? 32:07 - What part of that project turned out to be more complex than you expected? 33:51 - Why are optical illusions such an effective way to explain computing concepts? 34:48 - What do those demos reveal about how humans and computers process information differently? 36:20 - Why do some ‘obsolete’ technologies refuse to die? 38:21 - Is stability undervalued in modern tech culture? 40:20 - What did older interfaces—like car dashboards or early computers—get right that we’ve lost? 41:11 - Looking forward, what lesson from old technology do you most wish modern engineers would relearn? 41:50 - 38 women to do the work of 100 men is a very specific number. Is that a reference to something? 42:34 - You just said 44 minute drive at exactly 44 minutes on this video!! Did you mean that, Dave? 43:23 - Haha, oops: Glen(n?) called the Thorsby Guy “Thors By Guy” when it would really be pronounced as “THORZ * bee”! You know… a city? 43:42 - You found a PDP where? What is Leo-mins-ster? 44:22 - Who else in the computer industry (and hobbyists/tinkerers) do you respect and look up to? 45:24 - England? Do you mean the UK? I’m in Scotland, so I’ll give you an equivalent: Canada? That’s in the US, right? 47:00 - The Friendly Coder… 47:23 - Where’s Waldo?…. 47:45 - What sound does a Tuba make?
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