Archive for August 14th, 2020

“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 137

Friday, August 14th, 2020

Here’s something that’s right at the intersection of military history, computer science, and general geekery.

By way of the Computerphile channel, “Turing’s Engima Problem”. This explains how the Enigma machine worked, and the problems Turing et al faced in breaking it.

This is a little long, but neatly divided into two parts. Part 1:

And part 2:

I think for Science Sunday we’re going to see some more abstract math from a related YouTube channel, so stay tuned.

Firings watch.

Friday, August 14th, 2020

Jim Boylen out as Chicago Bulls coach. Tribune.

He was 39-84 over “parts of two seasons”, which I believe works out to a .317 winning percentage.

(Are they playing pro basketball now? I haven’t noticed.)