The Uncol Problem Computerphile

Summary

Can there be a universal intermediate programming language? Sounds Esperanto to us - Professor Brailsford has more. Keeping data anonymous seems easy, but keeping identities separate is a big You say "bye" first! - no, you say "bye" first! - how do you know when to close the connection? Dr Richard G. Clegg of Queen Mary ... Following a report on the situation with Social Media and bots, Lewis Stuart of University of Nottingham is inspired to see just how ... Alan Turing almost accidentally created the blueprint for the modern day digital computer. Here Mark Jago takes us through The ... A web app that works out how many seconds ago something happened. How hard can coding that be? Tom Scott explains how ... We've all got to the edge of the wifi coverage, but the idea of coverage produces a network Why do computers have such a hard time showing TV footage? Dr Steve Bagley unlaces the Email is an unwelcome distraction, so CS legend Don Knuth simply doesn't use it. He hasn't done since 1990. Brady asked him ... Why is it that PDFs look great and yet e-books can look ropey? - Dr Steve Bagley turns Brady into a computer to find out. EXTRA ... How do we control our own data while allowing it to be mined? Dr Richard Mortier of The University of Cambridge discusses some ... Equality sounds a straightforward idea, but there are subtle Why can't floating point do money? It's a brilliant solution for speed of calculations in the computer, but how and why does moving ... Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem explained with Pen, Paper & Lean (the proof assistant) Professor Thorsten Altenkirch is based ...