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The FedEx Problem (arxiv.org) |
| recommended by 5 users | 2015 | 229 points by subnaught | original thread | |
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How Kalman Filters Work (anuncommonlab.com) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2016 | 377 points by slackpad | original thread | |
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Why Philosophers Should Care About Computational Complexity [pdf] (scottaaronson.com) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2015 | 160 points by fbrusch | original thread | |
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Why Philosophers Should Care About Computational Complexity (scottaaronson.com) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2011 | 140 points by sweis | original thread | |
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Finding the longest straight line you could sail without hitting land (technologyreview.com) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2018 | 242 points by zeristor | original thread | |
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How Not To Sort By Average Rating (evanmiller.org) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2009 | 195 points by marcus | original thread | |
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How Not To Sort By Average Rating (evanmiller.org) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2010 | 141 points by ntoshev | original thread | |
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Using Uninitialized Memory for Fun and Profit (research.swtch.com) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2010 | 85 points by l0stman | original thread | |
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Pack: A new container format for compressed files (pack.ac) |
| recommended by 2 users | 2024 | 204 points by todsacerdoti | original thread | |
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Ask HN: What are some cool but obscure data structures you know about? |
| recommended by 1 user | 2022 | 2051 points by Uptrenda | original thread | |
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P ≠ NP (scribd.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2010 | 740 points by zacs | original thread | |
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Amazon’s $23,698,655.93 book about flies (michaeleisen.org) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2011 | 711 points by rflrob | original thread | |
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Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programming" (cs.utexas.edu) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2025 | 448 points by nimbleplum40 | original thread | |
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The $5000 Compression Challenge (patrickcraig.co.uk) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2015 | 323 points by vq | original thread | |
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Show HN: Array with Constant Time Access and Fast Insertion and Deletion (github.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2019 | 300 points by igushev | original thread | |
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Philosophy of Computer Science [pdf] (cse.buffalo.edu) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2019 | 284 points by quazar | original thread | |
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When Random Isn't Random Enough: Lessons from an Online Poker Exploit (lauradhamilton.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2014 | 185 points by lauradhamilton | original thread | |
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Clever Algorithms: Nature-Inspired Programming Recipes (cleveralgorithms.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2011 | 163 points by petercooper | original thread | |
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Markets are Efficient if and Only if P = NP (papers.ssrn.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2011 | 154 points by ionfish | original thread | |
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Who Can Name the Bigger Number? (scottaaronson.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2010 | 132 points by thisisnotmyname | original thread | |
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Markets are efficient if and only if P = NP (arxiv1.library.cornell.edu) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2010 | 123 points by EricBurnett | original thread | |
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P vs. NP for Dummies (scottaaronson.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2010 | 97 points by bdr | original thread | |
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Algorithms and Data Structures by N. Wirth [pdf] (www-old.oberon.ethz.ch) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2010 | 87 points by aycangulez | original thread | |
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On the cruelty of really teaching computing science (cs.utexas.edu) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2012 | 78 points by VMG | original thread | |
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Philosophy of Computer Science [pdf] (cse.buffalo.edu) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2015 | 75 points by Schiphol | original thread | |
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Dijkstra on the cruelty of really teaching computing science (1988) (userweb.cs.utexas.edu) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2010 | 74 points by gnosis | original thread | |
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Specific Problems with Other RNGs (pcg-random.org) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2015 | 36 points by nkurz | original thread | |
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A Non-Mathematical Introduction to Kalman Filters for Programmers (praveshkoirala.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2023 | 16 points by pkoird | original thread | |
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Peter Norvig's 21 line Python Statistical Spell-Checker (norvig.com) |
| recommended by 1 user | 2012 | 6 points by AllTheThings | original thread | |
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