Oct 09
The Bible might not be quite the good book it claims to be. According to an Ars Technica report on the future of password cracking, the holy book is being employed to help crack passwords to great effect.
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Oct 08
How Virtual Machines Run the Cloud
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe Cloud might seem like a modern-day marvel, but in fact it relies on software old and new. That’s why now, more than ever, Virtual Machines are used to run legacy software and power the Cloud that we don’t think twice about.
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Sep 30
Artificial Intelligence is the Holy Grail of computer science—and, for that matter, science fiction. But just how far have we come?
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Sep 24
Encoding symbols and characters in digital form is fairly easy—but making sure that everyone in the world is doing it in the same way sure isn’t. Fortunately, Unicode came along—but how the hell does it work?
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Sep 02
Scientists love developing equations that can accurately predict real-life events—so when researchers from Stanford looked at Reddit, they naturally wondered if they could predict how successful posts would be. This equation is the result of their work.
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Aug 01
If you’re under the impression that something as simple as sorting numbers is dull, think again. This visualization lets you see and hear fifteen different algorithms sift their way through a jumbled mess of data—and it’s truly mesmerizing.
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Jul 04
Programming is FUNdamental: A closer look at Code.org’s star-studded computer science campaign
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“All these people who’ve made it big have their own variation of the same story, where they felt lucky to be exposed to computer programming at the right age, and it bloomed into something that changed their life,” explains the organization’s co-founder, Ali Partovi, seated in the conference room of one of the many successful startups he’s helped along the way. The Iranian-born serial entrepreneur has played a role in an impressive list of companies, including the likes of Indiegogo, Zappos and Dropbox. Along with his twin brother, Hadi, he also co-founded music-sharing service iLike.
Unlike past offerings from the brothers, Code.org is a decidedly non-commercial entity, one aimed at making computer science and programming every bit as essential to early education as science or math. For the moment, the organization is assessing just how to go about changing the world. The site currently offers a number of resources for bootstrappers looking to get started in the world of coding. There are simple modules from Scratch, Codecademy, Khan Academy and others, which can help users tap into the buzz of coding their first rectangle, along with links to apps and online tutorials. The organization is also working to build a comprehensive database of schools offering computer science courses and soliciting coders interested in teaching.
Apr 16
Ever felt you can’t quite match up to the people you follow on Twitter? While you’re tweeting about that lunchtime cheese sandwich, their feeds are full of elegant witticisms, important-sounding conferences and bungee jumps. Don’t worry, it’s not your fault – your Twitter friends are just more interesting than you. More »
Mar 12
Study: Your Facebook Likes Alone Reveal Gender, Ethnicity, Religion and More
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Every little piece of information you give away online can reveal something about you—but it seems your Facebook likes could reveal rather more than you bargained for. More »
Feb 28
A Digital Autopsy: How Computer Scientists Analyzed Friendster’s Cause of Death
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Founded in 2002, Friendster was a pioneer among social networks, beating MySpace and Facebook to the scene and, at its peak, boasting over 100 million users. In 2009, though, it swiftly descended into irrelevance and obscurity—and computer scientists have been scraping though its remains to work out exactly what went wrong. More »
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