User contributions for Covidely

21 September 2024

• 22:3822:38, 21 September 2024 diff hist +9 m Data dependency Fix wording.
• 22:3622:36, 21 September 2024 diff hist +249 m Data dependency Expand A. J. Bernstein to Arthur J. Bernstein, add citation. (As per https://dblp.org/pid/25/5137.html).
• 22:3322:33, 21 September 2024 diff hist +4 Parallel computing →Dependencies: Expand A.J. Bernstein to Arthur J. Bernstein in citation to help those wondering what his actual name was. (As per https://dblp.org/pid/25/5137.html) current

26 February 2024

• 22:4222:42, 26 February 2024 diff hist +86 Stored-program computer →The first stored-program computers: Add design date for IBM SSEC (info taken from its own page). Add operational data for EDVAC (info taken from its own page).

13 November 2023

• 17:1117:11, 13 November 2023 diff hist +286 Weight-balanced tree →Description: Clarify why weight is used, give an actual value for the worst case to allow a more direct comparison.
• 16:5116:51, 13 November 2023 diff hist +26 AVL tree →See also: Add weight-balanced tree which balances on number of nodes rather than height.

4 March 2021

• 06:0206:02, 4 March 2021 diff hist 0 Hermite constant Revert erroneous change. Tag: Undo
• 05:5005:50, 4 March 2021 diff hist 0 Hermite constant Fix typo. Tag: Reverted

13 January 2021

• 05:5805:58, 13 January 2021 diff hist +246 P versus NP problem Clarify the meaning of informal terms. Tag: Reverted

11 January 2021

• 02:1002:10, 11 January 2021 diff hist +55 P versus NP problem Add call for citation.

10 January 2021

• 23:2123:21, 10 January 2021 diff hist +849 P versus NP problem Lengthen Knuth quote. Make it slightly clearer that there is no requirement for resolution of this question to have practical consequences.

5 May 2020

• 04:4404:44, 5 May 2020 diff hist +73 English Electric KDF9 Link more clearly to ICL.

21 July 2017

• 23:0823:08, 21 July 2017 diff hist +2,721 Xoroshiro128+ Add some coverage of known statistical weaknesses.

19 May 2017

• 21:0421:04, 19 May 2017 diff hist 0 Timex Computer 3256 Fix transposed digits.

2 May 2017

• 23:0823:08, 2 May 2017 diff hist +131 Cilk Depreciated in GCC 7.1.
• 23:0423:04, 2 May 2017 diff hist +176 Cilk →Intel Cilk Plus

13 March 2016

• 22:4722:47, 13 March 2016 diff hist −1 Google DeepMind Change "match" to "game" to avoid confusion with the whole match of five games.

9 May 2015

• 18:2718:27, 9 May 2015 diff hist 0 Synthetic intelligence Correct the date of Dijkstra's talk. (The date of that particular transcription had been erroneously used; in 2006 Dijkstra been dead for four years.)

25 March 2015

• 08:1808:18, 25 March 2015 diff hist +229 Free will theorem Provide DOI for Christian Wüthrich's paper, use appropriate citation template (also fixes inconsistencies in author naming in reference section).
• 08:1308:13, 25 March 2015 diff hist +263 Free will theorem Provide DOI for Christian Wüthrich's paper, use appropriate citation template.
• 01:0401:04, 25 March 2015 diff hist +268 Rule 110 Make it clearer where the exponential time came from and how it was eliminated.

16 March 2015

• 02:1302:13, 16 March 2015 diff hist +179 Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula →External links

4 September 2014

• 08:0208:02, 4 September 2014 diff hist +47 OpenStep Add release dates (based on http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/history.html)
• 08:0008:00, 4 September 2014 diff hist −4 NeXTSTEP Fix date (ref. http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/history.html)

9 July 2014

• 07:1907:19, 9 July 2014 diff hist +466 IEEE 754 Clarify minimums in the case where denormalization occurs.

25 April 2014

• 22:3122:31, 25 April 2014 diff hist +24 List of Volkswagen Group diesel engines 2010 Golf TDI uses the CJAA engine (in US model, at least)

29 November 2013

• 22:0422:04, 29 November 2013 diff hist +974 Lehmer random number generator Document 48271 as revised constant for MINSTD, refer to C++11.
• 21:3821:38, 29 November 2013 diff hist +412 Linear congruential generator Add C++11 default LCGs

14 October 2013

• 05:4405:44, 14 October 2013 diff hist +155 Make (software) Fix origin date, provide link for substantiation.

20 May 2013

• 07:2807:28, 20 May 2013 diff hist −3 m Magic smoke Fix typo.
• 07:2507:25, 20 May 2013 diff hist +976 Magic smoke Add additional, classic, example.

2 May 2013

• 02:4702:47, 2 May 2013 diff hist +36 Go (programming language) Minor technical correction.

26 April 2013

• 06:4106:41, 26 April 2013 diff hist +700 Laplacian matrix Make clear that normalized Laplacian = symmetric normalized Laplacian, link both mentions on the page, add reference and more detail.

25 April 2013

• 05:0405:04, 25 April 2013 diff hist +1,579 Indentation style →K&R style: Add description of Stroustrup variant. (Based on http://isocpp.org/images/uploads/2-Tour-Basics.pdf and http://www.stroustrup.com/Programming/PPP-style-rev3.pdf)
• 04:3704:37, 25 April 2013 diff hist −110 Indentation style Delete factually incorrect information; The C++ Programming Language uses K&R style. Stroustrup style is documented in http://www.stroustrup.com/Programming/PPP-style-rev3.pdf

24 April 2013

• 23:5423:54, 24 April 2013 diff hist +1,072 Reference counting →Examples of use

10 April 2013

• 07:2207:22, 10 April 2013 diff hist +520 David Gelernter →Biography

16 October 2012

• 05:5005:50, 16 October 2012 diff hist +329 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of DirecTV channels (2nd nomination) →Arbitrary break trois

30 September 2012

• 20:5420:54, 30 September 2012 diff hist +325 ZX Spectrum Add actual date of launch.

17 May 2012

• 00:0100:01, 17 May 2012 diff hist +36 Robust measures of scale Show symbolic version of constant so it does not appear to be a random magic number.

10 April 2012

• 00:1800:18, 10 April 2012 diff hist −1,083 User talk:Covidely →Welcome!
• 00:1700:17, 10 April 2012 diff hist +693 User talk:Covidely →Income tax in the United States

8 April 2012

• 01:2101:21, 8 April 2012 diff hist 0 m Income tax in the United States Fix typo in range (match it match the others).

24 March 2012

• 03:0203:02, 24 March 2012 diff hist −56 UTF-8 Provide citation.

11 March 2012

• 20:5020:50, 11 March 2012 diff hist +1,214 Syntax highlighting Include more history so we link back to 1969 origins rather than imagining that things began in 1985. Tie into structured editors.

28 July 2011

• 19:5619:56, 28 July 2011 diff hist +101 Sieve of Eratosthenes Give proper credit. (Previously the citation falsely implied that Bird came up with all the code, whereas Bird's code was a response to O'Neill's.)

7 January 2011

• 22:5722:57, 7 January 2011 diff hist +1,957 Microprocessor Provide better coverage of the origins of the 8008.
• 20:5520:55, 7 January 2011 diff hist +621 Computer terminal Add some actual detail to the timeline.
• 09:0109:01, 7 January 2011 diff hist +471 Emacs Give origin date for first version emacs, add a citation for early emacs paper.

1 January 2011

• 20:4920:49, 1 January 2011 diff hist +1,043 Vi (text editor) Add detail on nvi and Elvis.