science_robot

(I'm not a cryptographer)

Imagine a web where all links were magnet links. Each site could also have a magnet link to another site containing a diff in case of updates which the browser would automatically check.

The content hash in the magnet link would have to be based on something other than content (because content is not known at the time of page creation). The magnet link could contain a cryptographic hash of a secret string that only the owner possessed.

This would make for a great election stats website displaying live sentiment analysis.

EDIT: Even better if you could even annotate each point with the most tweeted quote.

Yes, exactly. Travelling Salesman with distance being measured in dollars.

Why would you use a human flight expert instead of an algorithm?

Sometime in the 90s there existed a Windows application that added a chat overlay to any webpage. Users had small rectangular icons and could move around the webpage. You could also create a "bus" and drive people around the web.

My browser crashes presumably because I use 'while true'. Chrome Version 19.0.1084.52

I can't seem to find the end condition for the Maze demo. There is no 'goal_reached?'

Cool idea. Reminds me of the novel _For The Win_ by Cory Doctorow.

Why are 4 CS geniuses from MIT using their talents to build pretty file uploading UI? Pretty file upload UI is easy!

Facebook has gone full circle.

The logo reminds me of how the 256 color palette was augmented by combining them in patterns.

They could only succeed in delaying the propagation of changes to DNS records; ISPs have their own copies.

Why not use the tweet's ID? That would preserve the conversation/context as well.

Also, I've seen the word "tweet" used to describe posts on Seiba Weibo. It's possible that the term will be become ubiquitous to describe micro-blog posts.

EDIT: Reason for not using ID: no one knows if they're permanent.