Stories by ColinWright

Ask HN: What has binary to do with computers?

Why does software have to be maintained?

The weight of code

Joan Clarke: the only female Banburist at Bletchley

Why is elliptic curve cryptography not widely used, compared to RSA?

A personal statement from Iain [M] Banks (April, 2013)

Scottish author Iain Banks dies aged 59

Don’t Take Your Vitamins

Erik Mazur: Confessions of a Converted Lecturer - edited (video)

Raspberry Pi gets easier to use with Noobs software

Google says the government has 'no access' to servers

On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation

Cautionary tale for using LastPass

Current stabilty of the Hacker News Front Page

"Lean" examined - its origins, truths, techniques, and problems.

An implementation of RFC 1149 - IP by avian carrier

Write Cleaner Python: Use Exceptions

How I Taught Myself to Code in Eight Weeks

Skills Self-taught Programmers Might Need

Basic Machine Learning With K Nearest Neighbor and Racket