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“This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone” (history.stackexchange.com)

a week ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

3

How do I push back on an impossible scope and timelines? (workplace.stackexchange.com)

2 weeks ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

88

What happens when ambassadors are summoned by the host country? (politics.stackexchange.com)

2 weeks ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

1

Game UI Database (gameuidatabase.com)

a month ago | azeemba | gameuidatabase.com | newest

2

How did 8088/86 PCs implement flood-fill before SSE and GPUs? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

a month ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

149

How was the Universal Pictures 1936 opening logo created? (movies.stackexchange.com)

a month ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

3

When to make LODs (2021) (medium.com/jasonbooth_86226)

a month ago | azeemba | medium.com | frontpage

2

Simple rules that generate complexity (math.stackexchange.com)

a month ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

80

Functions Are Vectors (2023) (thenumb.at)

2 months ago | azeemba | thenumb.at | best

2

Why is grid-wide battery storage capacity measured in power instead of energy? (physics.stackexchange.com)

2 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

13

What UI first distinguished radio buttons from checkboxes with circles/squares? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

3 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | frontpage

1

Infinity plus 1: Finding Larger Infinities (azeemba.com)

3 months ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

2

How to make task list less depressing? (workplace.stackexchange.com)

3 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

1

How to tell an advisee you don't think they're cut out for academia? (academia.stackexchange.com)

3 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

44

Why are smokestacks so tall? (practical.engineering)

3 months ago | azeemba | practical.engineering | best

1

Infinity plus 1: Finding Larger Infinities (azeemba.com)

3 months ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

1

Philosophy of Mathematics (stanford.edu)

4 months ago | azeemba | stanford.edu | newest

8

Why have some publishers stopped printing Indian edition books? (academia.stackexchange.com)

4 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | frontpage

46

How do modern compilers choose which variables to put in registers? (langdev.stackexchange.com)

7 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

1

Reacting to Changes: Computers and Living Cells (azeemba.com)

8 months ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

3

Why did Saturn V have fins? (space.stackexchange.com)

8 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | frontpage

4

Why are the walls of a spacecraft usually so thin? (space.stackexchange.com)

9 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

1

Slipping on Banana Peels [video] (youtube.com)

9 months ago | azeemba | youtube.com | newest

3

Certificate Authorities and the Fragility of Internet Safety (azeemba.com)

9 months ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

3

The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor (acoup.blog)

10 months ago | azeemba | acoup.blog | newest

1

What should my name be on research articles? (academia.stackexchange.com)

10 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

2

Known Attacks on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (github.com/elikaski)

10 months ago | azeemba | github.com | newest

1

C++, Complexity, and Compiler Bugs (azeemba.com)

10 months ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

1

Yellow Fleet (wikipedia.org)

10 months ago | azeemba | wikipedia.org | newest

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Are retrocomputers best left on or off? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

11 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

1

Non-Specialness of Our Place in the Universe (azeemba.com)

11 months ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

2

Notes from Pen and Teller's Masterclass (jim-nielsen.com)

12 months ago | azeemba | jim-nielsen.com | newest

2

What is the Axiom of Choice? (2021) (jaydaigle.net)

12 months ago | azeemba | jaydaigle.net | newest

21

The quest for a Wiki-less game (gamedev.stackexchange.com)

12 months ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | frontpage

2

Is there an integer that takes all 3 sides of different Pythagorean triples? (math.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

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Why don't languages or IDEs support attaching descriptive metadata to variables? (softwareengineering.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

9

Understanding 3D Graphics (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | frontpage

5

How would you explain a tensor to a computer scientist? (math.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

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Multiplier v2: Code indexer specialized for C/C++ (github.com/trailofbits)

a year ago | azeemba | github.com | newest

4

Primordial black holes and the Higgs field in the early universe (theconversation.com)

a year ago | azeemba | theconversation.com | frontpage

66

How can a time traveler encrypt info so it's only decryptable after a given date (worldbuilding.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | frontpage

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When should I give up searching for a tenure track faculty job? (academia.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

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What are the ways compilers recognize complex patterns? (langdev.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

2

Understanding 3D Graphics: Terms and concepts useful for starting with 3D (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | frontpage

2

Why were early (personal) computer connectors so bulky? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | frontpage

1

GraphToy: Graphing mathematical functions, useful during procedural programming (graphtoy.com)

a year ago | azeemba | graphtoy.com | newest

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What actual purpose do accent characters in ISO-8859-1 and Windows 1252 serve? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | frontpage

2

Work Snapshots: Take screenshots every few mins and browse your "work sessions" (github.com/azeemba)

a year ago | azeemba | github.com | newest

1

Probability: The Distribution Matters (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

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Inbox Ten (boz.com)

a year ago | azeemba | boz.com | newest

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Money for Nothing, Commits for Free (dadrian.io)

a year ago | azeemba | dadrian.io | newest

2

How long does malware last "in the wild"? (security.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

46

Which cognitive psychology findings are solid that I can use to help students? (matheducators.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

1

Simon Rifkind's great mistake and the shortfall on the Colorado River (2013) (inkstain.net)

a year ago | azeemba | inkstain.net | newest

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Inaccessible Rail: Why is the smallest flightless bird called that? (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

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Number Detective: Explaining an unexpected numerical pattern (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

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How to avoid accidentally sharing proprietary information of a former employer? (workplace.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | frontpage

1

Why do (or don't) languages forbid unreachable code? (langdev.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

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Deleting Software I Wrote Upon Leaving Employment of a Company (law.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

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History of Timekeeping Devices (wikipedia.org)

a year ago | azeemba | wikipedia.org | newest

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Double Space Court Case: court case spends weeks arguing about formatting (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

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Double Space Court Case (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

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Untangle: Solving Problems with Fuzzy Constraints (inkandswitch.com)

a year ago | azeemba | inkandswitch.com | newest

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Motion blur all the way down (2022) (osar.fr)

a year ago | azeemba | osar.fr | best

2

Blender testing out a new platform to share/find extensions (blender.org)

a year ago | azeemba | blender.org | newest

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How would you explain a tensor to a computer scientist? (math.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

3

Since when does Windows support forward slash as path separator? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

4

I'm not going to cryptographically sign my Git commits, and you shouldn't either (glyph.im)

a year ago | azeemba | glyph.im | newest

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Curl is now a CVE Numbering Authority (haxx.se)

a year ago | azeemba | haxx.se | best

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PIDs: Creating Stable Control in Games (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | best

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Retro computer capable of being damaged only by issuing instructions at it? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

6

Public Suffix List support added in curl (haxx.se)

a year ago | azeemba | haxx.se | frontpage

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When did computer manuals start using monospace fonts for code and why? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

2

Infinite Systems Failing in a Finite World (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

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Terminating an employee with a bus factor of 1 (workplace.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

4

What is the origin of the default 256-color VGA palette? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

114

Who invented file extensions in file names? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

95

π in Other Universes (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | best

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How could a security control introduce a privacy issue? (security.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

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PathPicker: A CLI tool that lets you select files out of bash output (github.com/facebook)

a year ago | azeemba | github.com | newest

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What is an “attosecond pulse”, and what can you use it for? (physics.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

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Do airliners respond to mild turbulence in real time? (aviation.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

23

Recent advances in computer science since 2010? (cstheory.stackexchange.com)

a year ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

3

Boundaries of Predictability (azeemba.com)

a year ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | frontpage

38

Introduction to Hilbert Space (2022) [pdf] (cphysics.org)

a year ago | azeemba | cphysics.org | best

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Did D-Wave show quantum advantage in 2023? (quantumcomputing.stackexchange.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

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FIFO queues are all you need for cache eviction (jasony.me)

2 years ago | azeemba | jasony.me | frontpage

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How to ensure that an optimising compiler will terminate? (langdev.stackexchange.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

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How should I read type system notation? (langdev.stackexchange.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

3

Bill Gates email about Netscape in 1996 (techemails.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | techemails.com | frontpage

3

When to Use Each of the Git Diff Algorithms (luppeng.wordpress.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | wordpress.com | newest

2

Why we’re excited about AI at Unity (unity.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | unity.com | newest

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What happens if x and y values are sorted independently before regression?(2015) (stats.stackexchange.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | newest

1

Dakhni and Linguistic Prestige (azeemba.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

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Dangers of Inconsistent Parsing of URLs (azeemba.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | newest

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Roadmap of Blender Foundation supported projects for 2023 Q2 (blender.org)

2 years ago | azeemba | blender.org | newest

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JPL Horizons Sending Too Many Emails (astronomy.stackexchange.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | stackexchange.com | best

27

Interactive live solutions of PDE systems (visualpde.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | visualpde.com | best

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Phobos's orbit and its apparent motion across the Martian sky (azeemba.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | azeemba.com | best

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What pop history book has done the most damage to the study of your subfield? (reddit.com)

2 years ago | azeemba | reddit.com | newest