Don’t make their data harvesting any easier ... It’s still not perfect, since even that sorting is done by TikTok’s algorithm, but it puts a bit more of the control in your hands.

The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing ... “It’s as if you used cryptography to make your algorithm faster,” he said. “Which just seems kind of strange.” Helen Xu ...

The algorithm addresses something called the library sorting problem (more formally ... you might have to move every book on the shelf to make room for it. That would be a time-consuming operation.

Computations involve arithmetic, decision-making and repetition ... you can ponder what sort of complex set of algorithms is behind the scenes.

In their book Algorithms to Live By ... and splitting each of these further to make sorting simple. Professor Christian, of the University of California, Berkeley, told BBC Radio 4’s More ...

When you’re trying to learn how an algorithm works, it’s not always easy to visualize what’s going on. Well, except for maybe binary sort, thanks to the phone book. Professor [thatguyer] is ...

Finally, you can put away your sorting funnels and ball-handling gloves – [Anthony] has the solution. That’s right – it’s a delta robot, tasked with the job of sorting golf balls by color.

Whether you want to make steak fries, shoestring fries, or classic French fries, this algorithm guides you every step of the way so they turn out perfectly. Blake Lingle is the cofounder and co ...

Instagram users were missing 70 percent of all posts and 50 percent of their friends’ posts before the app ditched the reverse chronological feed for an algorithm in July 2016. Despite backlash ...