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andrewcooke

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Based in Santiago Chile, telecommute world-wide. Was once a physicist and astronomer (like, a real one, with a PhD).

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http://www.acooke.org

  1. Finite Fields in Julia (Defining Your Own Number Type) (acooke.org)
    6 points 1
  2. OpenSSL Says Breach Did Not Involve Corrupted Hypervisor (informationweek.com)
    1 points 1
  3. Out-of-the Box Computing (ootbcomp.com)
    1 points 0
  4. Amazing Julia RC5 Code Parameterized By Word Size (acooke.org)
    3 points 1
  5. A Fraying of the Public/Private Surveillance Partnership (m.theatlantic.com)
    2 points 0
  6. AskHN: Any Interest In A Schneier Block Cipher Self-Study Group?

    Schneier Block Cipher Self-Study - https://www.schneier.com/paper-self-study.html I'm thinking of working through this. If anyone else is interested we could set up some kind of mailing list (I will be making slow…

    1 points 1
  7. The 8 Bit "Stupid" Cipher (github.com)
    4 points 0
  8. Algorithms, Key Sizes and Parameters - 2013 Recommendations [pdf] (enisa.europa.eu)
    1 points 1
  9. Ask HN: Advice on client negotiation / process?

    I am part of a small company (< 10 people) that does bespoke software development. We're having an internal discussion on how best to work with our clients. In some cases we have a lot of success with an agile approach,…

    3 points 3
  10. Privacy for anyone anywhere (tails.boum.org)
    5 points 0
  11. First impressions using Julia (acooke.org)
    85 points 27
  12. Ask HN: Do any netbooks still exist?

    I guess I missed the boat here. It seems everyone stopped making netbooks, and now I could really do with one. The only thing I can find is made by Asus -…

    24 points 57
  13. Rangzen - Circumventing Government-Imposed Communication Blackouts (rangzen.denovogroup.org)
    2 points 1
  14. Mail from the (Velvet) Cybercrime Underground (krebsonsecurity.com)
    1 points 1
  15. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fires Patch Employee In Front Of 1,000 Coworkers (businessinsider.com)
    12 points 2
  16. Ask HN: Containers for Development (Coding)?

    I do much of my development in VMs (typically Linux host and client, with VirtualBox). It allows me to use the exact OS the client is using, and to track dependencies. Also, with VB's "seamless mode" and shared…

    3 points 0
  17. Beware the courier scam [clever landline phone hack] (guardian.co.uk)
    2 points 0
  18. Hyperloop, Waves, and Unexciting Reality (acooke.org)
    1 points 0
  19. StackOverflow Security Expert (acooke.org)
    6 points 4
  20. Control and Feedback in the Central Nervous System (acooke.org)
    2 points 0
  21. Show HN: An ORM for C

    I mentioned this here a week or so back and there was some interest, so I've been tidying things and making the docs available. Announcement: http://isti.bitbucket.org/2013/06/21/orm-for-c-2.html Docs (start here!):…

    16 points 1
  22. Show HN: A wrapper around datetime, pytz and tzlocal for Python 3.2+ (github.com)
    1 points 0
  23. Decline and fall: how American society unravelled (guardian.co.uk)
    1 points 0
  24. Python Enums on Crack, Part II (acooke.org)
    16 points 1
  25. A Simpler Enum For Python 3 (github.com)
    1 points 0