Forum: Hardware
2021-04-12, 14:21
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Replies: 20
Views: 502
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Forum: Software
2021-04-11, 17:28
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Replies: 7
Views: 158
You have just encountered the standard time...
You have just encountered the standard time estimation problem.
There are many things that can make estimates bad. Perhaps the most likely is that you are running other higher priority tasks which...
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Forum: Puzzles
2021-04-11, 11:07
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Replies: 5
Views: 142
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Forum: Puzzles
2021-04-11, 10:18
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Replies: 5
Views: 142
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Forum: Puzzles
2021-04-11, 08:34
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Replies: 5
Views: 142
Doubling your average speed?
You are at the beginning of a perfectly flat and perfectly straight section of road that is exactly 1000 metres long (d = 1000 metres).
You are wearing a Super-Chronograph 9000 stopwatch which can...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-04-11, 05:56
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Replies: 79
Views: 3,171
If enough people make enough predictions (i.e....
If enough people make enough predictions (i.e. they simply cover all possible exponents) then it will happen that someone will guess the next prime.
And of course we know the reaction: They will...
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Forum: Homework Help
2021-04-09, 20:23
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Replies: 20
Views: 762
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-07, 17:08
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,057
It is soooo convenient
At the counter of the grocery store ...
Me: Can I buy this ice-cream with bitcoin here?
Cashier: Yes sir, no problem.
Me: How?
Cashier: Just get out your computer, connect to the...
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-06, 08:32
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Replies: 362
Views: 40,634
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Forum: Science & Technology
2021-04-05, 13:31
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Replies: 189
Views: 9,183
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-05, 02:26
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,057
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Forum: PrimeNet
2021-04-04, 10:40
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Replies: 2,127
Views: 203,649
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Forum: Tales From the Crypt(o)
2021-04-04, 07:19
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Replies: 280
Views: 66,521
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Forum: Factoring
2021-04-04, 02:21
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Replies: 18
Views: 502
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Forum: Factoring
2021-04-02, 19:50
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Replies: 18
Views: 502
Good. Not putting sensitive information on a...
Good. Not putting sensitive information on a connected system for malware (and that includes Windows) to grab.
But I feel you might have missed the point. A lot of the arguments about privacy...
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Forum: Factoring
2021-04-01, 21:03
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Replies: 18
Views: 502
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Forum: Factoring
2021-04-01, 18:11
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Replies: 18
Views: 502
IMO Linux is adequate, but it has many rough...
IMO Linux is adequate, but it has many rough edges, and some very sharp edges.
But a stronger reason to use Linux is to prevent feeding MS with ever more spy data. MS have no business scooping up...
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-03-30, 20:28
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,057
People can see it.
The currency only has...
People can see it.
The currency only has value when it can be spent on things. As of now the main purpose appears to be to speculative, and try to make money from the new idiots buying into the...
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-03-25, 12:43
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,862
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-03-21, 18:33
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Replies: 15
Views: 605
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Forum: Viliam Furik
2021-03-21, 15:40
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Replies: 14
Views: 388
For p = 5 I get:
s(3) = 37634
37634 mod...
For p = 5 I get:
s(3) = 37634
37634 mod (2^p-1) = 0 ; no surprise there
37634 = 1214 * (2^p-1) ; so X = 1214
37634 = 7526 * p + 4
So your last statement "S(p-2) is X modulo p" can't be...
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Forum: Puzzles
2021-03-20, 18:15
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,461
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Forum: Lounge
2021-03-19, 16:08
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Replies: 4,268
Views: 318,464
The main reason many companies like you to...
The main reason many companies like you to register with a phone number is not for the reason they will tell you, i.e. to prevent spam and bots. No. The real reason is to have the identifier to...
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Forum: Hardware
2021-03-19, 06:46
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Replies: 16
Views: 735
I disagree.
ECC protects all data flows, not...
I disagree.
ECC protects all data flows, not just the FFT data. So the RAM data for code, the OS, the drivers, etc. are also less likely to be corrupted, leading to fewer crashes, more uptime, and...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-03-17, 08:37
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Replies: 58
Views: 1,379
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