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Subsequent versions contain more algorithms and details. Some subtler optimizations are also mentioned in later books.

A lot of people here seem to misunderstand the nature of the hacks that these laws are targetting. The intention here is to punish those who abuse these hacks to gain a competitive…

If anybody is curious about the physics, the principle he described is pretty similar to the Holographic Principle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle

One assumption not explicitly explained is that the prisoners can identify the boxes by their order, since they are arranged in a line. So, the prisoners first agree among themselv…

I beg to differ. Math olympiad problems are typically short and concise, and mathematical phrasing, even when expressed in English, typically has clear bijections to equivalent ter…

Hmm I wonder if this will drastically affect his spatial reasoning abilities.

Well, the motivations to attend hackathons don't seem to be about winning. Many of us students attend hackathons knowing that the chances of winning something is marginal at best, …

Interesting points, but minor correction here. Typing Chinese efficiently has to do with the input method. Using pinyin as you suggest is actually hopelessly slow as you would have…

> Science is all about reproducibility Can this really be said in all fairness? What of the flashes of brilliance, the striking insights into understanding seemingly inexplicable p…

I think you are a little hasty in assuming that the author had the popular misconception that Einstein was bad at math. Certainly, Einstein was much better at math than the average…

Paper on the 5 axioms: http://physics.aps.org/featured-article-pdf/10.1103/PhysRevA... It looks familiar actually; it could be posted on HN or had generated an initial pop science …

Wow this sounds like it could be something straight out of Italo Calvino's "If on a winter's night a traveler".

I don't think you seem to understand the argument here. Einstein is a prime example of a theorist whose bold theories predicted verifiable results, such as the Einstein Cross. The …

I don't think you seem to understand the argument here. Einstein is a prime example of a theorist whose bold theories predicted verifiable results, such as the Einstein Cross. The …

This article, with its bold assertions and dubious use of evidence, seems to be written by someone capable precisely the wild and imaginative leaps need to appreciate modern art. T…