by Phil Bass | Sep 16, 2026 | General Interest
AI is a tool. A powerful tool. What happens in the future will depend on how we use it. Just like nuclear fission, which we can use to build reactors to generate electricity or to build bombs. If AI wipes out the human race it will be because we have misused it. And...
by Phil Bass | Sep 4, 2026 | Everyday Use, General Interest
At our drop-in meeting on 4th September 2026, I expressed the opinion that most people don’t use spreadsheets properly. The nub of my argument was that spreadsheets are easy to get wrong and hard to fix. And most people don’t realise that. Afterwards, I...
by Phil Bass | Sep 1, 2026 | General Interest, Introductory Material
A computer is an information processing machine. Computers come in various forms. A personal computer may be a desktop, a laptop, a tablet, a phone, or a watch. There are also servers housed in racks in data centres, quantum computers in research establishments and...
