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This presentation is humorous and brilliant. "The Worst Programming Language Ever" isn't a critique of any one language but highlighting the worst elements of various languages and then putting them altogether in one #programming #devhumor youtu.be/vcFBwt1nu2U

Footage from the Mariana Trench. 10,792 meters (36,000 feet) below the ocean surface

"The Man Who Revolutionized Computer Science With Math" [#Video], Quanta (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkZzg7Vowao).

On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31496816

#Lamport #LeslieLamport #Programming #ComputerScience #Math #Mathematics #Thinking

We have a poster of Maryam Mirzakhani in the library. Unfortunately, it is not in the public area. Only employees can see it. This is a pity, because she is very inspiring. Unfortunately, she died much too early in 2017.

She won the Fields Medal in 2014 and gave the Guardian an interview:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/aug/13/interview-maryam-mirzakhani-fields-medal-winner-mathematician

#math #mathmatics #TIBHannover

https://nitter.namazso.eu/OrwellNGoode/status/1527954846531432448

Suzanna Galayda's lightning talk on "#math trauma", something she's familiar with as people often unload on her when they discover she's an educator of #mathematics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5WIu_bO8FA

Maybe some of the kids are alright.
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https://twitter.com/TikTokInvestors/status/1525191029162315776

http://www.righto.com/2022/04/the-digital-ranging-system-that.html

The basic idea was to send a radio signal to the spacecraft and determine how long it takes to return. Since the signal traveled at the speed of light, the time delay gives the distance. The main problem is that due to the extreme distance to the spacecraft, a radar-like return pulse would be too weak. The ranging system solved this in two ways. First, a complex transponder on the spacecraft sent back an amplified signal. Second, instead of sending a pulse, the system transmitted a long pseudorandom bit sequence. By correlating this sequence over multiple seconds, a weak signal could be extracted from the noise.

In this blog post I explain this surprisingly-complex ranging system. Generating and correlating pseudorandom sequences was difficult with the transistor circuitry of the 1960s. The ranging codes had to be integrated with Apollo’s “Unified S-Band” communication system, which used high-frequency microwave signals. Onboard the spacecraft, a special frequency-multiplying transponder supported Doppler speed measurements. Finally, communicating with the spacecraft required a complex network of ground stations spanning the globe.

And: https://righto.com/apollo/ranging-xor.html

#hardware #random #retro #space