In one generation computers have proliferated. How is society adjusting to this reality?

“Mostly Harmless” died in a yellow tent about a thousand miles away from where he started hiking the Appalachian Trail. (Mostly Harmless was a trail nickname given to the unidentified man) There was no indication of foul play, but even after two years detectives are still unable…

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Nov 2, 2020

Just a nameless face in the crowd

What ingredients would be needed for the most powerful facial recognition tool? Hardware, software, and data; as in lots of high definition cameras that are all interconnected and easily accessible in real time, a robust facial recognition software that can…

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Tyler in Society Adjusted

Dec 14, 2020

Universal Design a Win-Win

Simple designs easily cater to a large segment of society, or sometimes allow more accessibility to someone with a disability at the expense of making it clunky for the average user. Good universal design, however is a win-win that helps everyone. There is a cost in the effort of…

Tyler in Society Adjusted

Oct 29, 2020

Education Cyber Security

At age 17, Jaggar Henry gave a security presentation not to his high school class, but to the entire school district board. Through some investigation and security probing of the software his district used, he was able to obtain the social security numbers of his fellow students, as…

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Tyler in Society Adjusted

Sep 13, 2020

TikTok — Divided World

China has “the great firewall,” while the U.S. is grappling with banning TikTok and other select apps over security and privacy concerns. Does the future hold an open internet where any global citizen has equal access or are we moving towards a “splinternet” where nations impose controls…

Tyler in Society Adjusted

Dec 14, 2020

Creativity: Copy, Transform, Combine

My code is a remix, your code is a remix. Almost everything is a remix. When I code for school assignments I copy simple examples from the textbook, I transform online examples to match my needs, and I combine together small bits of code from these various sources…

Tyler in Society Adjusted

Nov 12, 2020

Free Speech on Campus

I went to college to learn and to grow. I wanted some of that growth to come from conversations with people that had different ideas than me. And although the Corona virus has limited a lot of my face to face interactions, I still get to be a part of discussions online with peers that have…

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A blog discussing how computer have changed society, and how society has adapted in response.

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