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OTC CatchUp #202
Date: 21-09-2024
Duration: 3 hrs 56 mins
Topics Discusssed
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We talked about new lines and line endings in different machines.
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We watched a video with CR and LF keys on a Teletype Model 33 ASR.
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Just like the carriage return word is an artefact from the Teletype models, the bell (as heard in the video above) is also an artefact from Teletypes. It can be heard on the Windows Command Prompt (cmd) by executing
echo \aorecho \07.
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We talked about Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA), Competitive Programming and languages for solving DSA questions.
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Bython - Python with braces
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To resolve issues with not being able to translate understood concepts to code, the advice given was to understand the concept, write pseudo-code on paper and then try to code it. Essentially, the more one codes, the easier it becomes, so another advice was to code a lot.
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Kartik Soneji suggested Grokking Algorithms.
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Harsh Kapadia asked for help with trying to figure out how Machine Code translates to Assembly when
objdumpis used to disassemble an executable.-
We were able to partially understand the translation using the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer Manuals.
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We also looked at ref.x86asm.net and Decoding Machine Code without much success.
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Harsh Kapadia shared
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This was regarding Microsoft wanting to lock down the Windows kernel from kernel-level drivers for anti-cheat, anti-virus and other purposes, in response to the Crowdstrike incident.
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OpenAI’s new "deep-thinking" o1 model crushes coding benchmarks
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Rishit Dagli shared and talked about
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The importance of the discovery of Fast Fourier Transforms, as it led to wars ending and nuclear testing getting restricted.
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The fact that what we consider an image is actually the impulse response of an image.
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We talked about AGI and Superintelligence.
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Rishit thinks that AGI will be achieved in his lifetime, but is decades away from being a reality. He also thinks that machines becoming smarter than humans is inevitable.
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Biocomputers made of human brain neuron cells are up for rent
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Pranil Chitre told us how he is liking the work he is doing at his Flutter internship and how he is liking the company’s work culture.
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We watched a few funny videos
Attendees
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Aarush
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Alpesh Bhagwatkar
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Jash Malhotra
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Nishant Goel
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Raghav Rathi
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Ram Naik
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Rishi Setpal
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Sejal Jain
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Somin Ranjan
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Srinath Chettiar
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Tarun
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Vintus Vinifera
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