Stories by ngoldbaum
The 2018 Advent of Code competition is starting soon. Advent of Code is a code advent calendar. Each day unlocks a new programming challenge. You score points by completing the challenges quickly.
I've created a lobsters leaderboard for this year that you can join with code 224033-122b1da6. To se...
The 2019 Advent of Code competition is starting soon. Advent of Code is a code advent calendar. Each day unlocks a new programming challenge. You score points by completing the challenges quickly.
I’ve created a lobsters leaderboard for this year that you can join with code 224033-6a270b9d. To se...
I found [this story](https://lobste.rs/s/ik2xzt/nasa_spins_up_high_performance_computing) and after submitting half-jokingly thought there should be a fortran tag. It turns out that there is actually quite a lot of Fortran discussion going on (285 results!):
https://lobste.rs/search?utf8=%E2%9C%9...
With the [rumors about the new Macbook Pro](http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/25/images-of-new-macbook-pro-leaked/) not exactly making me excited, I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions for developer laptops. In my experience Apple is basically unmatched in terms of build quality and durability. D...
A tiny short story about software licenses from the point of view of the distant future.
See also this summary of the paper from the astrobites blog: http://astrobites.org/2016/02/11/opening-our-ears-to-the-universe-ligo-observes-gravitational-waves/
Since the PRL site is getting hammered, here's an alternate link to the paper: https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0122/P150914/014/LIGO-P15091...