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HTML and Webpages

Recently I've practiced using the very basic structure of HTML to create a webpage of my own. It had a green background, an image that wouldn't scale with the sizing of the browser on my laptop, with the words "Man this webpage probably looks absolutely awful.", while the "absolutely awful." looped across the webpage. To be honest, the webpage did look absolutely awful; the green was not a pleasing color to the eyes, the image was far too large to easily view in a half-screen browser, and the text on the webpage was far too small in respect to the rest of the webpage. However, this webpage only took me a few minutes to make using Notepad, so I wouldn't expect it to be that high of quality in the first place. After seeing the final webpage, it made me realize how much goes into the programming of webpages to make websites more visually appealing, whether that be the text size and font or the scaling of the images for different browser window sizes. I did
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Deep Fakes

Possibly the most terrifying aspect of the world currently is the concept of deepfakes, media such as photos or videos where aspects of a person in said media is replaced with the likeness of another with the use of deep learning AIs. Typically, an image or recording of a person similar in appearance to the desired person is obtained, after which said image/recording is digitally edited with deep learning technology to make the image/recording appear as if said desired person was in that image/recording. At this moment in time, deepfakes are reaching a point where it becomes much more difficult to recognize them, which has major implications if it ever reaches a point where deepfakes are essentially unrecognizable. So, at this point, I try my best to identify and recognize them so as to avoid any false information. For instance, in many cases of deepfaking, lighting is a major issue in trying to create an accurate deepfake; as such, if a face or body feature of a person has a rather pa
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Expectations

As someone who uses the internet daily since high school, has used a computer ever since middle school, and has played on several video game consoles ever since elementary school, it's surprising how little I know about technology and the internet. During my time here, I hope to learn more about how computers, the internet, and other aspects of modern technology function, given how integral such technologies are in my lifestyle. I also hope to have a greater understanding of technology in general, such that I can understand the major implications the advancements in said technologies possess. Honestly, I'm more surprised that I don't know this already, given that I plan to major in Information Technology, but having lived for most of my life without any connection to the internet outside of schools and libraries until my Senior year of high school may help to explain that. With no digital connectivity with others for nearly my entire childhood and having a family with littl
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