RiderOfGiraffes

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“As We May Think” – Vannevar Bush and the Memex(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|1 comments
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A terrifying and hilarious map of squirrel attacks on the U.S. power grid(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|0 comments
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by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago
I always hesitate - some people hate it, others appreciate it. I think it's worth cross-connecting previous conversations, because I see the HN discussions as a resource. Others seem to think it should all be ephemeral and throw-away
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by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago
Previous discussions are closed now, of course, but in case anyone is interested in the HN thoughts and opinions, here are some links. The result was announced some 6 years ago, and there was a long discussion about it here: https:/&#
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The German tank problem(en.wikipedia.org)
64 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|6 comments
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Forwarding issues related to MACs starting with 4 or 6(seclists.org)
175 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|57 comments
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by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago
Techniques like this were used in WWII to estimate the number of tanks the Germans had, given only limited information about the serial numbers of some. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem
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How many samples do you need to take to know how big a set is?(askamathematician.com)
4 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|1 comments
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Advent of Code restarts for 2016(adventofcode.com)
2 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|0 comments
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Andrew Wiles: what does it feel like to do maths?(plus.maths.org)
3 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|1 comments
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Advent of Code has re-opened(adventofcode.com)
3 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|0 comments
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by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago
With the recent problems of DDoS's from simplistic devices on the Internet of Things, this worries me. Who will ensure that the devices are paired only with things they are supposed to be paired with? Who will prevent a rogue agent f
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Ask HN: I Need an English Word for the Italian “Untore”
3 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|4 comments
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by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago
Betteridge's Law of Headlines[0] says the answer is "No." [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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Pythagoras by Incircle(solipsys.co.uk)
2 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|0 comments
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HN Classic: A story about “Magic”(catb.org)
3 points by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago|0 comments
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by RiderOfGiraffes 10y ago
This would appear to be an update of the paper that lots of people have written about. The main discussion is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11719543 (157 comments) Other submissions, some with a comment or two
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by RiderOfGiraffes 11y ago
Bachelors degree at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Masters (equivalent) and PhD at Cambridge University, UK.
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by RiderOfGiraffes 11y ago
I was looking to write a spam filter and came across Paul Graham's essays. I read them all, then produced a graphic of relationships between them: http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/PaulGrahamEssays.html I haven'
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by RiderOfGiraffes 11y ago
So here's something that bothers me about this kind of blog ... I've found several typos and other grammatical issues, and I'd love to be able to provide quick fixes for them. It's of no real value to me, but I've
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by RiderOfGiraffes 11y ago
Yes, all beautifully presented, very whizzy, graphics flying all over. For me? Completely unusable. Nothing stays still long enough for me to work out what anything means. A total triumph of presentation over usability. One word: Tufte.
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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen(sivers.org)
2 points by RiderOfGiraffes 11y ago|0 comments
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by RiderOfGiraffes 12y ago
A "CoLocation" or "CoLoc" for short. Coin a short, memorable term, then use both terms everywhere until your users have been around for a time. As a user gets more experienced on the site, drop the longer term and use t
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Seven Mutally Touching Infinite Cylinders by Sándor Bozóki [video](youtube.com)
1 points by RiderOfGiraffes 12y ago|1 comments
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A summary of the work of Nevanlinna prize winner Subhash Khot(gowers.wordpress.com)
1 points by RiderOfGiraffes 12y ago|0 comments
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by RiderOfGiraffes 12y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8198886
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Face tracking + projection mapping = very strange(boingboing.net)
1 points by RiderOfGiraffes 12y ago|0 comments
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BBC Sport's anti-smartness bias(flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk)
1 points by RiderOfGiraffes 12y ago|0 comments
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by RiderOfGiraffes 12y ago
It goes deeper than that. Many things in mathematics are defined in a manner that is consistent and convenient. Defining 0! to be 1 is a similar case. In doing so nothing goes wrong, and the binomial theorem becomes simple and convenient
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by RiderOfGiraffes 12y ago
You're keen on this story - you've submitted it twice before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8179473 3 points, 12 hours ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8176770 3 points, 22 hours ag

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