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The Geographical Oddity of Null Island | Worlds Revealed
The Geographical Oddity of Null Island | Worlds Revealed
It doesn’t seem like much of a place to visit. Granted, I’ve never actually been there, but I think I can imagine it: the vastness of ocean, overcast skies, a heavy humidity in the air. No land in sight, with the only distinguishing feature being a lonely buoy, bobbing up and down in the water. …
The Geographical Oddity of Null Island | Worlds Revealed
On The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint (SIGBOVIK)
On The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint (SIGBOVIK)
Video highlighting my research on PowerPoint Turing Machines for CMU's SIGBOVIK 2017Read the paper:http://tomwildenhain.com/PowerPointTM/Paper.pdfDownload th...
On The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint (SIGBOVIK)
Hidden Features of C++?
Hidden Features of C++?
No C++ love when it comes to the "hidden features of" line of questions? Figured I would throw it out there. What are some of the hidden features of C++?
Hidden Features of C++?
PHP: a fractal of bad design
PHP: a fractal of bad design
(This article has been translated into Spanish (PDF, with some additions) by Jorge Amado Soria Ramirez — t
PHP: a fractal of bad design
I Built a COMPUTER in Magic: The Gathering
I Built a COMPUTER in Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering is famously complicated, but did you know it is complicated enough to make a computer inside of? Witness a world first in this week’s ep...
I Built a COMPUTER in Magic: The Gathering
What is /usr/bin/[?
What is /usr/bin/[?
I was just poking around in /usr/bin and I found an ELF binary file called [. /usr/bin/[. I have never heard of this file and my first thought was that it was a clever way of hiding a program, poss...
What is /usr/bin/[?
Can TrueType Fonts contain malicious code?
Can TrueType Fonts contain malicious code?
I was looking around for information on this and couldn't really find anything that solid. I used the TTX tool in the fonttools library to decompile the font into XML format but couldn't garner any...
Can TrueType Fonts contain malicious code?