Stories by ColinWright

When is a good time to post to HN? HN Notify (no, not that one)

The Rise and Fall of the Cash Railway

Is zero an even number?

Introducing Elliptic Curves (2014)

Coding: the new Latin (2011)

Introducing Elliptic Curves (2014)

A curious cold spot in the Atlantic has scientists deeply worried

The speed of light, a spinoff from longitude research (2013)

Always bet on text (2014)

Einstein's “Annus Mirabilis” papers

“Tsundoku,” the Japanese Word for the New Books That Pile Up on Our Shelves

The speed of light, a spinoff from longitude research (2013)

Extras for My Computer – Apple Has Changed

So how do Google's super-smart security folk protect their data?

Gowers on Terrence Tao's solution to the Erdős discrepancy problem

Samsung smart fridge leaves Gmail logins open to attack

Gowers on Terrence Tao's solution to the Erdős discrepancy problem

Nvidia 's new GPU proves moon landing truthers wrong

In just 72 hours a deep learning engine has learned chess to Master level

The Hardest chess problem in the world?