Snapchat hack

An article on the Snapchat hack that has made recent news:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/13/snapchat-hacked_n_5977334.html

- Mr. Svetlik

The Ghost in the mp3

Neat article about audio compression.

This guy isolates the audio [and video!] lost in compression to mp3.

Apparently Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega was one of the reference songs used to test mp3 compression. 

The MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Layer III standard, more commonly referred to as MP3, has become a nearly ubiquitous digital audio file format. First published in 1993, this codec implements a lossy compression algorithm based on a perceptual model of human hearing. Listening tests, primarily designed by and for western-european men, and using the music they liked, were used to refine the encoder.

Nice comment about equity too!

splash page: http://theghostinthemp3.com/

check it out!: http://theghostinthemp3.com/theghostinthemp3.html

So if I can't convince you that CS is worth checking out...

.. perhaps maybe at least the President could:

http://recode.net/2015/02/14/obama-everybodys-got-to-learn-how-to-code/

- Svetty

Grace Hopper and Top Secret Rosies

A few good videos worth checking out on Grace Hopper and the Top Secret Rosies involved in the building of the Eniac:

Here is the link to an excellent video on Grace Hopper:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-queen-of-code/

And to learn more about the women from Eniac who are mentioned in the video, the documentary “Top Secret Rosies” is about them.  Here is the link to learn more about “Top Secret Rosies”

http://sites.temple.edu/topsecretrosies/

An algorithm that could do a little good in the world

See here an example of how algorithmic thinking can have a positive impact on social change.

http://mashable.com/2015/02/06/hiv-homeless-teens-algorithm/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

- Mr. Svetlik

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