Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class, and there was a semester-long factorization contest that we could participate in. I implemented a distributed multiple polynomial quadratic sieve (MPQS) for the Mac, and I needed a cluster of computers to…

ShellCheck finds bugs in your shell noscripts

The Apple Watch may gain the ability to measure blood pressure, blood glucose, and blood alcohol levels, according to newly-revealed information...

Wormhole lets you share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires.

Some ideas on sound visualization.

Over the past decade, housing affordability has emerged as a pressing issue in many American cities. In an annual survey of mayors conducted by researchers at Boston University, one-third of the

Functional UUIDs for Python. Contribute to kpdemetriou/fuuid development by creating an account on GitHub.

AI pioneer says machine learning may work on test sets, but that’s a long way from real world use

New research is intensifying the debate — with profound implications for the future of the planet.

An old article, now removed due to being an old time capsule.

He will work under John Giannandrea, who also left Google for Apple.

Use of a Linux initramfs to fully automate the bootstrapping process - fosslinux/live-bootstrap

Introduction

COVID-19 drove a mass social experiment in working from home (WFH). We survey more than 30,000 Americans over multiple waves to investigate whether WFH will stick, and why. Our data say that 20 percent of full workdays will be supplied from home after the…

We demonstrate strong self-referential effects in county-level data concerning use of the death penalty. We first show event-dependency using a repeated-event model. Higher numbers of previous events reduce the expected time delay before the next event. Second…

Turn dynamically linked ELF binaries and libraries into self-contained closures. - tweag/clodl

Whatever field you are in, if it uses language, it is about to be transformed.

Using the power of randomness to answer scientific questions.