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121.
Encounter with the Woz (2006)(meatfighter.com)
14 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|1 comments
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Introduction to Thompson Sampling: The Bernoulli Bandit (2017)(gdmarmerola.github.io)
57 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|13 comments
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Breaking the Curse of Cardinality on Bitmap Indexes (2008)(osti.gov)
1 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
I am writing a book on data structures, and for my next chapter, I am currently reading about bitmap encoding and its compression schemes, such as Oracle's BBC, WAH, EWAH, and Roaring bitmaps.
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Tangoing with a Martin Gardner Word Game(pncnmnp.github.io)
2 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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Lichess: Year in Review 2023(lichess.org)
2 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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An Evening with Berferd in Which a Cracker Is Lured, Endured, and Studied [pdf](cheswick.com)
3 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
I don't have many memories of experiencing this with my own iPod, but I recently came across this paper - "Does Your iPod Really Play Favorites?" ( https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jessica-Culhane&#x2F
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
I just found this 2009 research paper written by a group of statisticians titled 'Does Your iPod Really Play Favorites?' ( https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jessica-Culhane/publica... ). In this paper,
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
Tangentially, I encourage everyone to check out Ken Thompson's talk on his jukebox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaandEt_pKw
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
Hi, author here! Interesting question! Martin Fiedler briefly addresses this topic in a comment on his blog post about shuffling algorithms ( https://keyj.emphy.de/balanced-shuffle/ ) > Apple has a so-called “smart sh
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
This is fantastic! I still need to carefully study it all, but I implemented the idea you described in the original comment. It seems the error lies somewhere between the algorithm I mentioned and the Fisher-Yates shuffle, based on one mill
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Scrambling eggs for Spotify with Knuth's Fibonacci hashing(pncnmnp.github.io)
151 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|51 comments
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Screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey(imsdb.com)
1 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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Bao, a learned system for query optimization(pncnmnp.github.io)
2 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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Imagine: A "1971" Beatles Album (2013)(american-wolf.blogspot.com)
1 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
Also, take a look at GhostCell ( https://plv.mpi-sws.org/rustbelt/ghostcell/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIbubw86p0M ). If anyone's used this in a project or production environment, I&#
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1984 Through the Looking Glass (2013)(appletothecore.me)
1 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
Fascinating! I delved into Knuth's "TAOCP Volume 3", specifically the Hashing section, and indeed: > The idea of hashing appears to have been originated by H. P. Luhn, who wrote an internal IBM memorandum in January 1953 t
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
I would love to explore this further. Could you please provide me with a citation? I cannot find this online.
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Before advanced-flight simulators, there was Navitrainer(pncnmnp.github.io)
2 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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Algorithm for Finding Tactic Puzzles from Chess Games(chess.com)
1 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
Maybe tangential, but what kind of source code did you all print out? Anything memorable? Also, what were the reasons for printing them out?
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Analysis of “Shut the Box”(durangobill.com)
2 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
I loved your blog post! It was the first time I came across blocked/register-blocked bloom filters. The VLDB paper you linked seems interesting too. By any chance, could you consider adding an RSS feed to your blog?
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by pncnmnp 3y ago
https://pncnmnp.github.io/blog.html I like blogging about data structures, algorithms, research papers that I find interesting, and topics related to the history of computing.
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Before Xerox, there was Addressograph(pncnmnp.github.io)
38 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|17 comments
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Before Xerox, there was Addressograph(pncnmnp.github.io)
3 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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Gaddag(pncnmnp.github.io)
2 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments
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Where's George?(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by pncnmnp 3y ago|0 comments

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