Mr D F
mrdfido.bsky.social
Mr D F
@mrdfido.bsky.social
Head of Computer Science
The Willink School
(West Berkshire EDU - Teacher of Computer Science & Business)
Proud career changer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/damian-fido-a5ab2b3
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There was once a time when the Teletext Advent Calendar was everything...
March 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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In April 2024, a few words like "delve" had a viral moment, when researchers pointed out that GPT-4 used it often, demonstrating that the spread of the word showed AI in science papers.

Did that result in a decrease in AI use in scientific writing? No, but people started avoiding the word "delve!"
February 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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I've just discovered that in some programming languages you can use an underscore as a thousands separator.
February 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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If you've ever modded a game, investigated a binary, or just tweaked a program to run your way, you owe it to Codemasters: a firm founded by two British guys who fought for your right to hack. (Also, check out a young Paul Rudd in this Game Genie commercial.)
Game Genie: The Video Game Game-Changer and the Epic Legal Battle With Nintendo That Shaped It
Almost Something (YouTube)
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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I won't be sober-enough to remember later, and it must already be the New Year somewhere, so I'll get in early and wish all of my followers...
December 31, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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I wouldn't want a return to coursework - there's too much inauthentic labour in a "project" (i.e. the documentation), and I believe that students get more programming practice and a broader range of experience by spending the time doing lots of smaller tasks.
www.advanced-ict.info/programming/...
Programming Practice Tasks
Programming tasks - can be adapted for any language.
www.advanced-ict.info
December 7, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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Little weekend present for any #OCR J277 teachers. This site lets you write and run exam reference language. So yuo can actually code switch case selection and do until loops. www.examreferencelanguage.co.uk/index.php?co...

#TeamCompSci #CASchat #EduSky #CSed
OCR reference language interpreter
www.examreferencelanguage.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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"The game that couldn't be written!": Alexander the OK goes into the design and math behind the 22 kilobytes that created a world.
Elite: "The game that couldn't be written"
Alexander the ok (YouTube)
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:05 AM
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People make prompting too hard. Most people would benefit from just using good enough prompting techniques. I outline some basic rules, including why “treat AI like an intern” is no longer the advice I would give new AI users. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/getting-st...
Getting started with AI: Good enough prompting
Don't make this hard
www.oneusefulthing.org
November 24, 2024 at 3:48 PM
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Martin Lewis joined Bluesky yesterday

He's on @martinlewismse.bsky.social

👍🏼
November 15, 2024 at 8:36 AM
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💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky!

This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.

Here's our guide for how to do this:
How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky
Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.
bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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And you can play it in a web browser at the BBC Micro Games Archive - much easier than installing an emulator!

bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=...
Elite [disc]
Published by Acornsoft, Superior/Acornsoft in 1984
bbcmicro.co.uk
September 20, 2024 at 9:51 AM
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And you can play it right now, it's free.

"Experience the classic space trading game, Elite, as released on the BBC Model B in 1984, by Ian Bell and David Braben."

www.frontierstore.net/games/elite-...
Elite (1984) - Elite Dangerous - Games - Frontier Store
Package includes a disk image of the original Elite for BBC Micro B; BeebEm, a BBC Micro and Master 128 emulator that enables you to run BBC Micro software on your PC; and instructions for getting sta...
www.frontierstore.net
September 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM