fyellin (fyellin) wrote,
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P = NP ?

For my nerdier friends, I offer the following recent paper from the ACM on the current state of the P = NP question.  What would it mean if P = NP? What would it mean if it doesn't. Will quantum computing destroy public-key cryptography. Though it gets a bit technical in places, it's a surprisingly almost readable paper.

For the romantic minded, I offer the following tale of romance gone horribly wrong. Who knew that computer science could save someone from a pathological liar. Make sure to know the difference between GET and POST.

And of course, the obligatory XKCD comic:



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