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There has been a lot of talk about how quantum computers may break all of our current encryption algorithms. But there are ways to develop encryption algorithms that can’t be easily cracked by quantum computers. I’m not going to pretend that I know much about encryption. I have undergraduate degrees in computer science and mathematics, […]

In 2003, Major League Baseball began an experiment that lasted over a decade. They gave home field advantage in the World Series to the side that won the All-Star Game. Up until 2002, the All-Star Game was played just for fun as an exhibition game and a treat for the fans. But in recent years, […]

Everyone has a smartphone these days, and every company developing for smartphones is competing for your attention. It’s no wonder so many people struggle with focus. On the internet, there are two main methods of getting data: push and pull. When you load a web page, you’re pulling the data from the internet servers. When […]

Information on the internet today is arranged three-dimensionally, much like the information in a library. In a library, you look up the location of a particular book with the information you need. You go to that location and find the book, then you open the book and find the page with the information you need. […]

The problem with most virtual reality (VR) today is that it caters only to one or two of our five senses. Unless we use our imaginations, we never actually think we’re somewhere else when we don a virtual reality headset. The five basic senses are sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. Current virtual reality technology […]