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Computing

Algorithms & Complexity

• How do calculators use algorithms for math?

• Will a quantum computer perform task <X> quickly?

• Why is the D-Wave computer considered controversial?

Computational Mathematics

• Why aren't numbers like 0.1 exactly representable in computers?

Signal Processing

• Why is Fourier tranform used in JPEG image compression rather than Taylor approximations?

Artificial Intelligence

• What is Artificial Intelligence?

• When will we have true artificial intelligence?

• Do neural networks compress their datasets?

• Can LLMs prove a theorem, reason, or create knowledge?

Security

• Are passphrases better than alphanumeric passwords?

Communications

• What is the buzzing speakers used to produce near cell phones, and why does it not happen any longer?

• What is the dial-up noise?

• How does SSL/TLS establish a common key which can't be stolen?

General

• What prevents us from having 128-bit CPUs?

• Do computers get slower over time?

• Are humans good at randomness?

Simulation hypothesis

The idea that we live in a computer simulation is unscientific.