Stories by randomwalker

Tupper’s Self-Referential Formula Debunked

Supreme court justices increasingly turning to dictionaries for words like "of"

In Silicon Valley, Great Power but No Responsibility

Unhinged

The Many Ways in Which the Internet Has Given Us More Privacy

Bad Internet Law: What Techies Can Do About It

The Surprising Effectiveness of Prizes as Catalysts of Innovation

Productivity and performance hacks

Computer security research community rebels against publisher copyright policies

Price Discrimination is All Around You

Pinboard.in as a Lightweight Database

The Cult of the Golden Ratio

Privacy and the Market for Lemons, or How Websites Are Like Used Cars

The Hathaway Effect: How Anne Gives Warren Buffet a Rise

One Click Frauds and Identity Leakage: Two Trends on a Collision Course

Disrupting College (report co-authored by Clayton Christensen)

Electronic Frontier Foundation Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations

American Nerd (what chess stats say about American society)

Is Chess with Queen Odds a Provable Win?

Prof. Ross Anderson's response to a takedown request about security research

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