Stories by ColinWright

Thinking Mathematically

Mrjob: A Python 2.5+ package that helps you write and run Hadoop Streaming jobs

Branch And Bound - Why Does It Work?

Wade Not In Unknown Waters: Part Two

When is assembler faster than C?

BufferBloat: What's Wrong with the Internet? (2011)

What are quasi-particles? Why do phonons and photons have such similar names?

What Teachers Make

The anti-virus age is over

Lunar Park proposed for Apollo landing sites (and more)

Terminator Research Project

Reverse-engineering the flag circuits in the 8085 processor

Four years ago the NY Times said "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt"

Hacking crappy password resets (part 1)

Things non-technical users don’t understand about your software

Who Says C is Simple?

Ask HN: How often do you click on the "ask" link at top of page?

Ask HN: What do you use for Geocoding?

Not even once?

How to talk a computer into creating a program for you