ColinWright

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by ColinWright 5d ago
I know Hannu, and he tells an interesting story about getting his first book published. I should write it up sometime ... in my Copious Free Time ... This comment box is too small to contain the story. * The Quantum Thief * The Fractal Pri
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The last IMO problem AI could not solve [video](youtube.com)
3 points by ColinWright 7d ago|0 comments
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Sorting Algorithms Visualized (50k Elements) [video](youtube.com)
2 points by ColinWright 8d ago|0 comments
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How can a jigsaw have two distinct solutions? [video](youtube.com)
1 points by ColinWright 8d ago|0 comments
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Initial Thoughts on the Social Media Platforms (Ofcom Licensing) Bill(neilzone.co.uk)
4 points by ColinWright 11d ago|0 comments
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ESA Space Environment Report 2026(esa.int)
3 points by ColinWright 12d ago|0 comments
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You Have Two Cows(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by ColinWright 13d ago|0 comments
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Crowdsourcing a list of resources on the purpose, value, and nature of math(terrytao.wordpress.com)
1 points by ColinWright 13d ago|0 comments
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The expectations of privacy in driverless cars(shkspr.mobi)
4 points by ColinWright 13d ago|0 comments
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Lawyer used fake AI cases to defend himself at tribunal and it didn't end well(legalcheek.com)
2 points by ColinWright 13d ago|0 comments
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The worst spam emails: iLands AI agent hustle(tedium.co)
126 points by ColinWright 14d ago|56 comments
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by ColinWright 14d ago
I've been reminded of this because of the recent discussion about the use of "AI" in mathematics. The protagonist complains about having to acquire knowledge in dribs and drabs, learning slowly and painfully, while everyone
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Isaac Asimov's "Profession"(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by ColinWright 14d ago|1 comments
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by ColinWright 15d ago
I can do each ear independently.
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by ColinWright 16d ago
I refer you to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643556 Quoting: > "I've reset this more than once and the last time I made a careful note of when I did it and to my surprise I found it re-enabled w
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by ColinWright 16d ago
Here's the original Mastodon post: https://mathstodon.xyz/@andreasthom/117240535270608201
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Another researcher says OpenAI trained on conversations, then claimed breakthrou(bsky.app)
263 points by ColinWright 16d ago|15 comments
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A "proof" of Fermat's Last Theorem that fits the margin(blog.trailofbits.com)
7 points by ColinWright 16d ago|0 comments
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What Is Messaging Layer Security (MLS)?(messaginglayersecurity.rocks)
2 points by ColinWright 17d ago|0 comments
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Why this month's Microsoft patch release is a doozy(arstechnica.com)
2 points by ColinWright 17d ago|0 comments
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Insignificant Figures(open-innovations.org)
8 points by ColinWright 17d ago|2 comments
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by ColinWright 18d ago
Super ... thank you.
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by ColinWright 18d ago
That's referring to attacking the factoring problem, which is one method of attacking RSA, and as I said is known to be faster than exponential, but it felt like the comment to which I was replying was talking about something other tha
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by ColinWright 18d ago
Can you point at some papers or articles that talk about attacks specifically on RSA? I've done a search and have a few references, but I'd be interested to know if you have any particular examples in mind. I know that factoring
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Keep Track – 3D Satellite Toolkit(app.keeptrack.space)
2 points by ColinWright 19d ago|0 comments
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Interstellar 8-Track: The Not-So-Low-Tech Data Recorders of Voyager(hackaday.com)
15 points by ColinWright 21d ago|1 comments
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Peerseek – A Federated PeerTube Video Search Engine(polykit.rocks)
1 points by ColinWright 22d ago|0 comments
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These Linux distros run in RAM and barely touch your SSD(makeuseof.com)
3 points by ColinWright 22d ago|0 comments
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The latests Linux Zoom client proactively reads everything in the X11 clipboard(hachyderm.io)
4 points by ColinWright 24d ago|0 comments
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Fermi Explorer(fermiexplorer.org)
2 points by ColinWright 24d ago|0 comments

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