Stories by benjoffe

A faster is_leap_year function (full-range, C++)

Show HN: A faster day-count to Y,M,D algorithm – 30-40% speedup

A Fast 64-Bit Date Algorithm (30–40% faster by counting dates backwards)

A New Faster Algorithm for Gregorian Date Conversion

The Smoital System – A method of timekeeping on Mars based on UTC

Show HN: Weekle – a web app to learn how to calculate the day of the week

NASA launches $35,000 bounty for improved asteroid detection algorithms

The Scientific Case for P≠NP

The Unitarihedron: The Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Computing

New $80 million accelerator for tech start-ups launches (Australia)

Next Australian census primarily online - "savings will amount to $100 million"

Is it well known that we need to redefine well known?

Intellectual property - Patents against prosperity

Suggestion for tweaking reddit interface

Authors@Google: Garry Kasparov

Ask HN: How does one get access to flight data?