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Welcome to Throughput Digital

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Photo by Ilya Pavlov on Unsplash   My name is Derrick W. Jackson. Thank you for taking the time to visit this site. My goal is to talk and write about everything related to tech. I started this blog on October 7, 2024. I want to share my thoughts and ideas concerning the world of Tech. Again, thanks, and I hope to hear from you, good or bad. For now, I think of a subject, search YouTube for a corresponding video, post the video on my blog, and then explain it. In the future, I want to record my own videos and write my own technical articles. I would love to know what you think of the videos I pick and the summary I write for them. Also, what tech topics would you like to see. So please leave comments.

Introduction to AI by Jeff Su

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A History of Microsoft Windows, an operating system

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This is a very educational video. It tells the evolution of Windows from Windows 1 to Windows 10. I am unsure when this video was made; it does not discuss Windows 11.  The first version of Windows that I remember using was Windows 3.1. It was MS-DOS, then Windows 3.1.   I did a Google search on how many PCs run Windows, and the results showed that about 1.4 billion PCs were running Windows worldwide.  The search also returned the following: For desktop computers and laptops, Microsoft Windows has 73%, followed by Apple's macOS at 15%, desktop Linux at  4.5% , then Google's ChromeOS at 2.25%). The remaining 4.5% is an unknown category (third-most popular and thought to also be Linux, otherwise fourth-most popular).

Two Very Cool Robots by Engineered Arts

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Ameca and Azi are two advanced robots created by Engineered Arts, a British robotics company. While their conversational abilities and facial expressions are astounding, I'm unsure if they can do what Elon Musk's Optimus robots can. The cool thing is you can buy Ameca or Azia. You can buy parts such as the head and upper body or the whole body. I don't know the price, but I know it is expensive and unaffordable for the average person.

My IT Career

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  Where do I start? First, this is Derrick W. Jackson, founder of Jackson D.W. LLC and creator of the Throughput Digital blog.  I have a BS and MS degrees in Computer Science. My BS was in 1993, and I received my MS in 1998.  I decided to major in Computer Science in my senior year of high school. I took a computer literacy class and loved it. Note my love for computers began when I was young. My oldest brother had bought me and my twin a Pong game console. Then, years later me and my twin got a Commodore 64 computer for Christmas one year. We also had a Coleco Vision game console. Like many kids today, we loved playing video games. As a senior in high school, it was time to think about my career.  I chose the Computer field. I am from Valdosta, Georgia, a small city in South Georgia. It is also very close to the Georgia-Florida line. I applied to Valdosta State University and was accepted. It wasn't easy. Those computer classes, math, and physics were not easy. I h...

History of Steve Jobs and Apple

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This is a great bio of Steve Jobs and Apple. It tells of his being adopted by the Jobs family and what he was like growing up. This bio describes when he started Apple and how he revolutionized the computer industry.

5 tips from an NSA Hacker

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These are some excellent tips from this former NSA Hacker. When I worked for the government in the 90s, I was also responsible for the software IBM Antivirus. This was way before the Cyber Security training and jobs. It was in the infant stage. Cyber Security is at the top of the list for network security. It is amazing how we went from DOS to Windows 3.1 to Windows 11 and other operating systems. Back then, in the early stages of computing, we never thought that people would hack our computers.

Nigerian teen, Khalifa Aminu, invents Glasses to help the Blind

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I saw this story months ago before I started this blog. I thought the idea was brilliant, and I hope he succeeds in manufacturing and selling it. This invention can change lives, and I know he can improve it over time. The reporter briefly stated that since the teen was from a third-world country, she hoped his idea would not be stolen. Ideas like that can and will be stolen in the USA, which is a valid concern. No matter what, I hope the young guy continues to work on and improve his invention.