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by aruss 11y ago
Your initial thought is why most people believed there to be little use in IO other than maybe removing software watermarks and the like. But this idea of a "punctured program" came around in which you can place the key in the pr
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by aruss 11y ago
We've come a long way since the first IO result came out. Since then, we've gotten a couple more multilinear map candidates (though most are now broken), and some simpler constructions, but we're still really far from IO wit
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by aruss 11y ago
One of the nice things about a lot of lattice-based crypto is that you can often just get certain homomorphic properties for free, which is why there's been a lot of recent interest in them.
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by aruss 11y ago
This is an exceedingly good article on the current state of theoretical crypto. I would have liked to see a little more on the new things that we can do with lattices - e.g. obfuscation or homomorphic encryption - because that's reall
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by aruss 11y ago
I'm somewhat surprised that Gentry's fully homomorphic encryption wasn't mentioned. It's definitely more applied math than anything else, but if you're going to mention RSA and factoring you might as well mention t
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by aruss 12y ago
I don't know why we keep passing around this kind of anti-intellectual, faux-controversial drivel. Very little is required to be a programmer (whatever it means to be a programmer). No, you don't need to be an expert on algori
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by aruss 12y ago
The author needs to be careful in what model they are using to show asymptotic runtime. Sure, this reduces to O(log n) matrix multiplications, but matrix multiplication is not a constant time operation (and is actually between quadratic&#x
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Computational Phenomena in Physics – Scott Aaronson [video](youtube.com)
16 points by aruss 12y ago|0 comments
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by aruss 12y ago
What this article, and many commentators in this thread, are forgetting is that the college/university system is not designed primarily for education. The reason why the college system is tailored toward young adults is because we as
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by aruss 12y ago
No, mathematically speaking the 4th dimension is no different than the 3 that we are used to dealing with, and is held to the same physical constraints.
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by aruss 12y ago
This has been the opposite of my experience. The US school system is extremely inhibitive to fast learners. Everything is on a curriculum, and it's really difficult to get around the bureaucracy to get ahead. I was homeschooled/
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by aruss 12y ago
Obfuscation is a really exciting field that's blown up in the last year or so. Hopefully advancements will bring down some of the parameters so that we can see small-scale obfuscation in the real world.
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by aruss 12y ago
Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut. It's a collection of his short stories, often funny, sometimes touching, and always insightful.
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by aruss 12y ago
It would also be useful to include liberal arts colleges. I don't think it's representative of top institutions if you only consider research universities. For example, Harvey Mudd, has a top notch CS program, but wouldn't
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by aruss 12y ago
Python's syntax is a breeze to get ahold of without any experience making it ideal for introducing people to CS and algorithmic thinking without overwhelming them with theory or syntax. Also, a lot of colleges (at least the best ones)
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What I’ve learned in my first year as a college dropout(jessepollak.me)
54 points by aruss 12y ago|15 comments
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by aruss 13y ago
I absolutely love what Elm is doing for the web - it takes the next step in making FRP and pure functional programming accessible. Reading Elm is a pleasure.
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Why Declarative Programming Matters(ahrussell.com)
4 points by aruss 13y ago|1 comments
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by aruss 13y ago
This reminds me of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (by Douglas Adams) where one of the main characters created ad jingles and sounds for businesses based on their quarterly earnings and similar data. Well done!
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by aruss 13y ago
Thanks for checking it out! I'm currently getting into Haskell, and one of my future projects is to use the Euterpea library to re-do this project. I especially want to add in real-time accompaniment using some basic harmonic theory.
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Show HN: A Personal Blog
2 points by aruss 13y ago|3 comments
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Why we need real cryptography instead of passwords(blog.getclef.com)
19 points by aruss 13y ago|17 comments
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by aruss 14y ago
I thought they were fine - I did watch some of the TAs virtual office hours on a couple of problem sets, but beyond that, the problem sets were largely good. I'm incredibly glad that the lectures were conceptually focused. It may have bee
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by aruss 14y ago
I wholeheartedly agree with the OP. I took Prof Malan's course via the Harvard Extension School my junior year of high school while trying to get into programming. I first tried to get into PHP and C++ the prior summer (I had no clue, and
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by aruss 14y ago
I'm not limited by anything except for financial concerns. I live in Arizona but go to school in southern California.
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Ask HN: Finding a summer internship
1 points by aruss 14y ago|3 comments