Computer Science
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil''s user avatar
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil''s user avatar
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil''s user avatar
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
  • Member for 11 years, 9 months
  • Last seen this week
Profile Activity
Stats
43,272
reputation
1.7m
reached
448
answers
33
questions
Communities
View all
About

Help defend Monica from defamation!

Stack Overflow, Inc. must repair the damage caused by their libel against Monica Cellio, be willing to talk, treat users with respect, learn about the world outside the United States, open the governance of the sites.

I was a volunteer moderator on this site from its creation to 2019, but stopped when I could not in good conscience condone actions by the company that runs it.

I am a developer, mainly on embedded systems, with a computer science background and security and cryptography leanings by trade. I also have interests in various other topics.

Avatar picture slightly adapted from a photo by Luridiformis (Zonda Grattus).

Badges
View all badges
7
gold badges
117
silver badges
182
bronze badges
Top tags
View all tags
631
Score
54
Posts
11
Posts %
408
Score
55
Posts
11
Posts %
380
Score
28
Posts
6
Posts %
365
Score
50
Posts
10
Posts %
345
Score
52
Posts
11
Posts %
345
Score
31
Posts
6
Posts %
Top posts
View all questions and answers
All Questions Answers
Score Newest
answer
123
Why can I look at a graph and immediately find the closest point to another point, but it takes me O(n) time through programming?
Mar 17, 2014
question
74
(When) is hash table lookup O(1)?
Mar 12, 2012
answer
70
What is coinduction?
Mar 20, 2012
answer
69
Can a public key be used to decrypt a message encrypted by the corresponding private key?
Jun 15, 2016
answer
60
Why would anyone want CISC?
Mar 13, 2012
answer
60
Distributed vs parallel computing
Apr 29, 2012
answer
55
Iteration can replace Recursion?
Dec 26, 2016
answer
52
How does the Y combinator exemplify "Lambda calculus inconsistency"?
Oct 29, 2017
answer
51
What happens to the cache contents on a context switch?
Apr 6, 2012
answer
49
Will this program terminate for every Integer?
Jun 15, 2018
Top Meta posts
47
202
302
I am resigning as a moderator
23
Do we want hats? Winter Bash event
18
How do I ask a good homework question?
17
Advertising Computer Science Stack Exchange on other SE sites
17
Is it all right to cleanup "comment-answered-questions"?
Top network posts
View all network posts
1514
How to correctly add a path to PATH?
1503
What is the exact difference between a 'terminal', a 'shell', a 'tty' and a 'console'?
1076
How do I grep for multiple patterns with pattern having a pipe character?
954
What is a bind mount?
846
Simple logical operators in Bash

Your privacy

By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy.