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What do you miss most about the early Internet that today's generation will never experience? I'm going to answer this question from the perspective of a web entrepreneur. I miss most the wonder of it all. Everything was new. It was easier than ever to build something from scratch and …
After an argument with my husband this morning because I barged into his office when he was in a video call with his manager, I thought I'd ask how things have changed for you since COVID and the whole work from home era? Back in New York, I had an …
I want to create an ai tool for cyber security I need help more info on my chat
Found a research on GitHub about analyzing AI articles content on the BBC. Researchers checked thousands of articles for patterns that indicate AI usage. I thought that it might me a good idea to build kind of a browser extension to flags potential AI content as you browse. Like you …
One of the main reasons that we switched from forums (for the top handful of programming languages) to tags years back is because the number of programming languages just kept increasing, and it became untenable to have a separate forum for each of them. With so many languages and technologies …
What tech-related cultural norms today do you think would have shocked you early in your career?
I was reading that OpenAI might file for an IPO sometime in 2026. In the meantime, I have a big stake in Nvidia and some other AI-based companies. When do you think the AI bubble will burst in the stock market?
In my childhood, Saturday morning was the time for cartoon shows. The worst was The Adventures of Gumby and Pokey. The worst that I actually watched was Rocket Robin Hood. The best were, of course, Looney Tunes and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Attn: Veteran developers: What's the most important lesson that your \[decades-long] career in tech has taught you about people?
I’m looking for recommendations for binge-worthy tv shows, ideally in the sci-fi or fantasy genre.
What part of today's vast tech world do you think your younger self would find completely unbelievable? At first I was thinking AI, but then I realized that little me saw *real* AI in sci-fi tv shows all the time. I think what caught the world off-guard is how it …
Hello, As a public service announcement, test your home for radon. Radon enters through the ground and is radioactive and high levels of radon are the leading cause of non-smoking lung cancer. Unfortunately, not many people know they need to get their home tested. (We didn't!) We recently found that …
Would you support a "tech tax" on companies that automate human jobs?
Does anyone use AI in their daily workflow? How has it changed the way that you work? I do have to admit that sometimes I use AI to get ideas about questions to post on DaniWeb :-P However, we do have a very strict policy about not copy/pasting AI-generated content …
Back when I was living in New York, I very frequently attended tech publishing and SEO conferences, and even hosted a bunch of conference after parties. The conferences, in the SEO industry, at least, slowed down post-2018ish, and seem to have gone totally virtual post-COVID. In fact, the primary motivation …
In the vein of a bunch of TV shows I've been watching recently (Humans, Pantheon, etc.), would you upload your brain to the cloud if it meant immortality but no physical body?
What tech trends currently happening today do you think will look completely ridiculous in ten years? Can you think of any trends from the past 10-20 years that look ridiculous *today*? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ur_Mdg4SzQ
If the Internet went down globally for one whole month, what would happen? Complete economic collapse? World War III?
I forget if this question has been asked before. Please forgive me if it has and point a link to it. However, now that AI-generated content has been out for quite some time, what are people's positions on who owns the copyright to what it generates? Is AI just a …
There's a meme going around recently that says that if you ever feel forgotten, remember ther was another person in the plane when Amelia Earhart went missing. Not entirely tech related, but I figured I'd see if anyone can name any tech equivalents. What about all those women who wrote …
Hello everyone, I have a lot of startup ideas, constantly generating and researching, but due to depression, I can't seem to get back into software. I'm a former software developer and haven't been technical for a long time. I don't know exactly what to do. I've even considered finding a …
What tech stock pics have been your biggest winners? Long term has been Oracle (bought in 2009), Adobe (2007), Google (2013), Facebook (2018), Sony (2010), Nvidia (2007), and Netflix (2018) for me. Short term has been Reddit and Cloudflare. My biggest loser to date is Nextdoor. Runners up include Docusign …
There are movies that are considered classics, like Citizen Kane, Jaws, 2001, etc. But what movie have you repeatedly enjoyed that is regarded as merely average? Oscars rarely go to popular movies, instead going to artsy or politically correct movies. The term, Oscar Bait" was coined for a reason. A …
I don't do any consulting, but for those of you who do, what's the most ridiculous feature request you've ever gotten from a client? Something tells me you all have a bunch.
Does it count that I didn't expect Blu-ray to win the Blu-ray vs HD-DVD war? (Not that Blu-rays are even a thing nowadays either.) I feel like this question is an exercise in checking my stock portfolio and seeing what tech stocks I invested in and ended up taking a …
Prompted by Dani(https://www.daniweb.com/community-center/meta-daniweb/threads/543808/what-do-you-think-of-my-questions), what do y'all use for backing up your home computer(s) * Backup? What's that? Never heard of it. * If it's important enough, I'll print it out. * Whatever will fit on a USB thumb drive / CD / DVD. * Full backup to local detachable storage. …
What sound immediately brings you back? Dial-up modem sound? You've Got Mail? ICQ's "uh-oh"? (Fun fact: I still remember my ICQ number: 27179987)? Windows boot-up chime (or whatever it was; I forget it's been so long)? BTW, those are all of mine :)
This question reminds me of the millions of people who thought cloud computing meant something having to do with the clouds and the sky. (Perhaps they were thinking satellites?) For me, it was cryptocurrency. I really wish I had gotten onto the Bitcoin train when it first hit the station. …
My [latest post](https://www.daniweb.com/community-center/geeks-lounge/threads/543752/irrational-reasons-for-using-things#post2303317) got me thinking about self-driving cars and so I thought I'd ask the community if you'd ever consider using one and/or purchasing one. What do you think of Teslas in particular? My understanding is that they're currently the closest to being able to sell a completely autonomous …
Hey guys! I thought this might be a good way to get to know each other's hobbies and interests. Any fun projects you're currently working on for fun on the side? (Let's please not turn this into a spam fest. Please avoid promoting or talking about your company/website.)
Other than AI, that is. (Rant: Who here things the AI bubble is going to burst soon, though?)
The story of my life as a CTO at a really small company (under 10 employees) in an R&D department I genuinely enjoy: Clients often spot a new, shiny feature and, instead of paying for it as a subscription, they ask us to build it for them with a one-time …
I don't have a good example here because I have always flat-out refused to be tech support for family and friends (I think I was the only one of my nerd friends who didn't get sucked into that endless black hole in high school), but I feel like a lot …
I only have one. "James!! Something broke. It must be your fault." (For those not in the know, James is DaniWeb's sysadmin, and while I code all the PHP and design and manage the database, he does absolutely everything else, and has for the past 20+ years.)
What do you always forget how to do, no matter how many times you’ve done it? This is an easy one for me: [SPHINX!](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/543652/what-is-the-oldest-or-most-outdated-tech-you-ve-ever-had-to-maintain) I keep for the life of me forgetting how to upload changes to the config file to the Sphinx server and then re-run the search indexer. …
We all already know about my Space Invaders game in Assembly. And DaniWeb's chat in PHP with long polling. :-P
For me, it's python and node.js (backend javascript). I feel like those are two languages that are *everywhere* these days. I'd also love to get into websockets or server-sent events to replace the long polling PHP chat we currently have going on (eek). A couple of years ago, I tried …
Is the age of personal blogs and portfolio sites dead? Should devs still build one? I feel like blogs went the way of the do-do bird with ChatGPT spitting out blog content left and right, and a combination of LinkedIn and Github suffices for a portfolio these days, no? Just …
Have you ever successfully monetized a side project? What's the most amount of money you've made from it? As many of you know, DaniWeb started as a hobby website while I was in college all those years ago.
Let's go down a philosophical rabbit hole. It's the year 2025, but technology hasn't advanced over the past 30 years. We're still getting America Online CDs in the mail, and Bill Gates' dream of a Windows PC in every home in America is slowly but surely becoming a reality. Now …
Just thought I’d get people’s perspectives on this: Do you use the same avatar and username across all forums and social platforms? I used to always go by cscgal, which stands for computer science gal, because I started DaniWeb and got into forums back when I was in college. It …
What kind of setup do you have? I'm in the process of updating our conference rooms to LCD's as opposed to projectors. I'm setting up two 46" LCD's in one room, but I'm not sure what the best video splitter to use? What kind of setup does everyone have in …
Online sites help me out during my trip in UK. But how to find a reliable one in nick of time?
A couple of weeks ago Alfresco CTO [URL="http://twitter.com/johnnewton"]John Newton[/URL] posted the following tweet on Twitter: [I]"Does Cloud = SaaS [Software as a Service]? I don't think so. Cloud is computing, more like electricity."[/I] My gut reaction was that they were equal, and up until that moment I had used the …
Hello to all, I am a front-end developer and hope to meet more developers or enthusiasts. I am very happy to join this community family~
Inquiring minds want to know: For the sake of my pocketbook, do you think Nvidia stock is slated to rebound after today’s disastrous day? I know the earnings call is in just a few days.
**AI policy theorist Demetrius Floudas introduces a novel era classification for the AI epoch and reveals the hidden dangers of AGI, predicting the potential obsolescence of humanity. In retort, he proposes a provocative International Control Treaty.**  ## About Demetrius A. Floudas ##  **[Demetrius A. Floudas](http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/131770)** is a transnational …
Hello again from me, long time user of this forum and i was just visiting and wondering why the forum does not have an AI section where users can share news and learn tools and stuff... I recommend creating AI section where users can talk about that since AI is …
ChatGPT is too powerful, will it replace all programming forums in the future?
Hi. I am a college student and I am in my third year of college. I have an associate degree in general science and i am studying to earn my bachelor's degree in Computer Science. I have been trying to get an internship (basically for job security and work experience) …
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