CS 373 Blog #13 Fall 2021
What did you do this past week?
This past week I worked on Phase 3 for this class, and our group finished it on time. As for my other CS class, my other partners were busy with things, but I got some stuff done for our final project that we have in that class. In my other classes, my music course had its last lecture for the semester. I have a final for that class too. I attended classes and did the work for those classes as usual as well.
What’s in your way?
Things are winding down rapidly, but so are the projects stacking on top of each other. For me they are not too bad, except for maybe my game project, but that does not mean that it is not hard for others, which affects me since I have group projects.
What will you do next week?
I am not too sure how much work I am going to do this week due to Thanksgiving break. I will not have to go to Austin this week though for a class.
If you read it, what did you think of the Paper #13: Why Extends Is Evil?
It was interesting to read about something specific to Java, but that is applicable to other facets of writing code.
What was your experience of SQL? (this question will vary, week to week)
SQL was interesting to “code” in. It was a large departure from the normal syntax that other languages I have worked with utilize. Just having a header followed by a bunch of commands seemed simpler than other languages, but having many different ways to manipulate the tables made things both feel more flexible, but also more confusing. I think I would have to study more on the different commands to better understand SQL.
What made you happy this week?
In my music class, we talked particularly about technology and music, and it made me happy to have a connection between two entirely different classes.
What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
My tip-of-the-week is connected to what made me happy this week. The topic this week was about technology that could make music as well as visual performances, focusing on Hatsune Miku and holograms of dead singers. Although we did not directly focus on it, I mentioned in that class to my professor that there is now technology in development that goes beyond just raising the dead visually, but also through their voice. I am talking about deepfaking. With the amount of data we have on people’s voices, particularly celebrities, we have started to simulate voices. One prominent project that is open source right now is Uberduck.ai.
Here is a link to the site: uberduck