On the Juniper backdoor, by Matthew Green. “[T]he nature of this vulnerability is particularly insidious and generally messed up.”
Christmas is here, and Perl 6 is stable.
Post-quantum key agreement, an introduction to Ring Learning-With-Errors.
Subtleties of the ANSI/ISO C standard (PDF), by Robbert Krebbers and Freek Wiedijk. “[W]e argue that the C standard does not allow Turing complete implementations, and that its evaluation semantics does not preserve typing. Finally, we claim that no strictly conforming programs exist.”
Alternative mathematical notation and its applications in calculus (PDF), bachelor thesis by Jakub Marian. Interesting ideas!
Elementary probability theory in the Eindhoven style (PDF), by Carroll Morgan.
freetserv, an open-source hardware build-it-yourself device to remote-control up to 48 devices via their RS-232 serial port.
Four Columbia House insiders explain the shady math behind “8 CDs for a penny”, longread.