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Comment Re:xkcd (Score 1) 338

by drange_net on Friday June 12, 2020 @06:55AM (#60174570) Attached to: Some States Have Embraced Online Voting. It's a Huge Risk.

To me a fairly simple solution would be all boundaries (except for those on the edge of the state) must be convex.

You DO realize that any convex boundary is a concave boundary for the district across the boundary, right?

No, that is not necessarily correct, for example a straight line will split a rectangle into two convex polygons.

If you look at what a Voronoi Diagram is, it is a method for subdividing the plane into convex polygons.

Comment Contribute to free software projects (Score 1) 540

by drange_net on Tuesday October 14, 2008 @05:49AM (#25366443) Attached to: Getting Hired As an Entry-Level Programmer?

If you've got the time, use some of your spare time (or at work) contributing to free software projects of your will. You will find lots of projects on SourceForge, pick one of your favourite language and start developing. When written properly, a thing like that can count as a programming job on your resume. It also counts as a major plus for companies that are into free software. YMMV, especially if you're a bad coder!

Submission + - See Who Is Whitewashing Wikipedia (virgil.gr)

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Decius6i5

on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @10:13AM

Decius6i5 writes: "Caltech grad student Virgil Griffith has launched a search tool that uncovers whitewashing and other self-interested editing of Wikipedia. Users can generate lists of every edit to Wikipedia which has been made from a particular IP address range. The tool has already uncovered a number of interesting edits, such as one from the corporate offices of Diebold which removed large sections of content critical of their electronic voting machines. A Wired story provides more detail and Threat Level is running a contest to see who can come up with the most interesting Wikipedia spin job. I'll bet Slashdot readers know of some interesting IP address ranges to check."

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