In the comments Jarek Duda discusses some of the more technical details of the implementation and of his ANS paper that enabled this writeup. One cool thing I noticed is this:
Another advantage of ANS is that we can slightly perturb
the initialization procedure using a pseudo-random number
generator initialized with cryptographic key (e.g. and
also the number of block): for example choosing between
the lowest weight symbol and the second best one.
This way we get simultaneously a decent encryption for free.
Does anyone know what modern compression tools use for entropy coding? Do they all use huffman and would this help them increase speed? What about gzip for HTTP transactions?
I tried this alpha out with a friend, it seems like the multiplayer is completely broken, each time we start a match we get out-of-sync errors and can't play. I wonder if this has to do with trying to play using linux and OS X
A lot of the examples are much more impressive when being rotated with the mouse, they produce some pretty crazy patterns. Take a look at the Dragon Spirograph and Dance for me.
I never realized the scale of energy consumption by streetlights, though when I give it some thought, it's not all that surprising. I wonder if there would be the possibility of using these lights to only illuminate the road and say 1-2m to each side, avoiding light pollution for people living near streetlights. As it stands currently, the nearby streetlights keep my room lit at night.
It'd be great to have some sort of documentation about what this does / is supposed to do. I assume it contains some sort of stabilization code which I would love to take a look at along with other maneuver code.
Besides, using a typewriter is really the only viable way for him to do this. If he used a computer he would have to deal with power, printers etc... If he handwrote it then there would be the issue of legibility, consistency and fatigue. A typewriter is a great for the purpose he used it for, it allows him to print his story as he writes it with no additional equipment.
I'd like a dev environment to be made in oculus rift. Why simply limit ourselves to games (though very cool and fun)? To me it seems like the oculus allows for an entirely separate reality to be created. Imagine putting on the rift and instead of your desktop you can have a wall with 100 monitors in it? Move you editor to the side have a build above you etc...
I this is a really font, and I appreciate the clear set of rules and guides that help establish the coherence of the font. However, I dislike the overall appearance and I think I'll be sticking the the default Sublime font (Menlo) which I have no trouble reading and is more aesthetically pleasing.
The way I've understood the recent leak was that we know the NSA has been concentrating on breaking SSL, 4G and others but that the actual techniques haven't been revealed. Besides, I feel that it is very important to know that bank, internet, and wireless security have been comprised by at least one actor.
Can any legally informed HNer explain the probability of criminal prosecution? The article seems to imply that it is un certain that this is illegal, but to me it seems like this is insider trading at the very least and maybe something else (criminal). The article says on this:
> There are disagreements as to whether or not this practice is illegal.
It'd be great if botnets would help the tor network and turn some nodes into relays (including exit) to help anonymity and capacity, at least they wouldn't parasite off the network completely.
In the case of Tor, the objective is to obtain a valid circuit relatively quickly so I feel that even exponential backoff would need a low max time to be practical.
As a current CS undergrad, is it worth it to pursue an MS after I finish my BS? I understand it that in many ways it is a highly personal choice yet, I don't want to end up wasting time I could be spending doing something more productive/beneficial/interesting. I've really enjoyed most of the courses I have had to take so far (OS,DS&A,Lang. Design,...) but I still wonder how much an MS would bring to the table.
I don't know much about how autolayout works, but wouldn't it be possible to solve some of the constraints at compile time? e.g when you compile your app for iphone it could try and solve as much as possible considering the known screen size, etc..
They can modify it to simply say whether your account was compromised, regardless of whether you have an account (ie, if no account -> not compromised).
If you could somehow get sourcemaps for haml/sass/whatever it would make debugging css/html in the browser so much easier when working with serverside templates.
For the aver person a small camera is a smartphone, which needs to be obviously held up when filming. Google Glass would be omnipresent so you wouldn't notice when a camera is turned on.
Though you bring up an interesting point, we are still very far from being able to do much of what you described. Being able to erase people entirely from video in real time is something I haven't seen done, nor do I think it would be feasible in the near future. Additionally, from what I see Google Glass is off in the corner of your vision and translucent so you would be able to see through anything it shows you.