Blanton Museum debuts “Run the Code,” turning algorithms, data and AI into imm

Blanton’s Run the Code turns data and AI into interactive art. Open through August 2 alongside the Charles Butt modernism exhibition.
Ars Technica

AI system devises first optimizations to sorting code in over a decade

Anyone who has taken a basic computer science class has undoubtedly spent time devising a sorting algorithm—code that will take an unordered list of items and put them in ascending or descending order ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

Interviewing the algorithm: How reporting and reverse engineering could build a beat to understand the code that influences us

Often, when there’s talk about algorithms and journalism, the focus is on how to use algorithms to help publishers share content better and make more money. There’s the unending debate, for example, ...
The Atlantic

The New ‘Transparent’ Twitter Isn’t Very Transparent

Elon Musk offered a rare look into the social platform’s algorithm. Experts say you shouldn’t take it too seriously. The move was unprecedented, but this probably won’t go down as a great day in the ...
Ars Technica

C code/Algorithm for calculating the area of overlap of a circle and square

A buddy of mine had an interview and was asked some horrible interview question. He asked me about it afterward, but I wasn't any help. This has been bugging me all ...