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#64 Python WTF moments, Rust rants & Quantum flops

#64 Python WTF moments, Rust rants & Quantum flops

Update: 2024-10-17
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Welcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.

Dive into conversations that flow as smoothly as your morning coffee, where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugged style!

In today's episode:

  • Remote work and hybrid challenges: Insights from the IMF on remote productivity, plus the challenges of work-life balance and Amazon’s office return with other companies' strategies for bringing employees back to the office.
  • The fall of Zapata AI: A look at the shutdown of Zapata AI and the struggles in building successful quantum computing ventures.
  • WTF Python: Exploring Python’s type hints, overloads, and those confusing "WTF" moments. Check out WTFPython.
  • Data profiling tools: A dive into YData Profiling and Sweetviz for detailed data analysis.
  • GifCities and personal websites: Reflecting on the fall of GifCities, the retro GIF hub, and discussing Murilo’s blog journey.
  • Rust’s complexity debate: Discussing the blog post My Negative Views on Rust and whether Rust is too complex or simply misunderstood.
  • .io domain controversy: Examining the future of the .io domain as the British Indian Ocean Territory transfers sovereignty. Read more on Every.to and MIT Technology Review.
  • Ducks or AI? A fun challenge to distinguish real ducks from AI-generated ones in the Duck Imposter Game.
  • Adobe's AI video generator: A discussion on Adobe Firefly’s AI-powered video generator and its potential impact on content creation.


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#64 Python WTF moments, Rust rants & Quantum flops

#64 Python WTF moments, Rust rants & Quantum flops

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