People always talk about “P vs NP” like P problems are easy and NP problems are hard. This is a useful day-to-day model but also an oversimplification. Problems can get way, way harder than NP. (If you want a brief … Read more
I can live with the irony that I got the perfect image for this article from a random pest-control website. The roller-coaster that is generative AI keeps chugging on, and for those of us sitting in the audience, it is … Read more
This week, Microsoft and Google promised that web search is going to change. Yes, Microsoft did it in a louder voice while jumping up and down and saying “look at me, look at me,” but both companies now seem committed … Read more
Richard Feynman famously said (somewhere, since I can’t find the original source): “You have to keep a dozen of your favourite problems constantly present in your mind, although by and large they will lay in a dormant state. Every time … Read more
Roblox (NYSE: RBLX — $38.3 billion) is a platform for children generally between six and fourteen to play online. It is also the leading platform for pedophiles. Roblox ex-employees, Roblox developers, Roblox award winners, and Roblox users have been linked … Read more
In preparing this book of problems the author attempted firstly, to give a sufficient number of exercises for developing skills in the solution of typical problems (for example, the computing of determinants with numerical elements, the solution of systems of … Read more
Welcome to LWN.net The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber. Thousands of subscribers depend on LWN for the best news from the Linux and free software communities. If you enjoy this article, please … Read more
Solving problems by mapping them to other problems that we know how to solve 24 points by piotrgrudzien 2 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 12 comments Is there a line of research that looks into solving difficult … Read more
Deliberate practice is the notion that a specific type of practice leads to superior performance outcomes in any area where expertise is possible. You might have heard of it if you’ve been following this blog; I covered deliberate practice when … Read more
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