Stories by ColinWright

A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown

Smart mask reduces users’ need for sleep

Snapchat blames feature 'abuse' for phone & username leak, issues no apology

Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress

Martin Gardner - some highlights

Infinity is weird: what does it all mean?

Getting Answers - and alternative to "Asking Questions the Smart Way"

Ask HN: What's your speciality, and what's your "FizzBuzz" equivalent?

Searching the Internet for evidence of time travelers

Skin Deep

Monte Carlo Methods in Climate Science (and Bayes Theorem)

How did the NSA hack our emails? Modular arithmetic and elliptic curves (video)

What Futures Shall We Make? (John McCarthy - 2008)

“The Robot and the Baby” by John McCarthy

Real 'Sybil' Admits Multiple Personalities Were Fake (2011)

The 1969 male worker median salary was $35,567 (in 2012 dollars). Today: $33,904

Genderswitched Bilbo makes The Hobbit a better read

How Carnegie Mellon Increased the Proportion of Women in CompSci: 7% to 42%

Why Programmers Work At Night

The TSP Isn't NP Complete