Stories by ColinWright

Where personal computing is headed in the next 10 years

Is P=NP an Ill Posed Problem?

Bizarre security vulnerability found in every x86-64 Intel processor

How To Silence A Computer

Problems With SATs, GREs, the NFL Combine and Other Performance Tests

An example of an engaging "404 Not Found" page

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Knowledge of fractions and long division predicts long-term math success

Overloading Python list comprehension

Tim Gowers, Fields medal winner, knighted

14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite

Can a person be identified by just the way they type?

Test, Learn, Adapt: Developing Public Policy with Randomised Controlled Trials

What is a Complexity Class?

The Crazy DIY Spaceflight Project That Just Might Work

A well informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will

IAMA physicist/author. Ask me to calculate anything

Why Guessing Is Undervalued

Redrawing the map of Great Britain from a network of human interactions

The Insanity of Allowing Phones in Class