Edzard Höfig

Professor for computer science. Dad. Nerd.

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Fun Fact: you can drive for almost 74 hours without leaving Germany

[The Profile formerly known as Memorial-Stone @Burnit24]

Man muss sehr alt sein um das zu verstehen...

[Sean Murray @NoMansSky]

hopefully they are adding AI

[Freya Holmér @FreyaHolmer]

shader programming is for when off-by-1 errors just aren't doing it for you anymore, and you're looking to get into new things like
• off by 1/2
• off by multiple of -1
• off by power of 2
• off by a reflection around 1/2
• off by 1 graphics api

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Now you know why

[Jen Gentleman 🌺 @JenMsft]

When trying to solve a coding problem, one programmer thought, "I'll use threads!" - and then two hd he arpoblmes

[John Hammond @_JohnHammond]

⚠️Stay safe everybody! If you use a Crest or Colgate toothbrush, please update to KB-133769420 and install the latest kernel bugfixes for any external devices like your floss and mouthwash.

[Gnome Anne May Perceive Me @annethegnome]

FUNGUS IN SPACE!!! 🍄🚀

Equal parts cosmic horror and nature being metal, let's talk about the lichen that grew on the OUTSIDE of the International Space Station!

Get your tea and curl up, because I PROMISE you wanna hear about these fungal cosmonauts 🧑‍🚀
🧵

[Bertrand Meyer @Bertrand_Meyer]

We lost a titan of programming languages, programming methodology, software engineering and hardware design. Niklaus Wirth passed away on the first of January. We mourn a pioneer, colleague, mentor and friend.

[Bogdan Djukic @bdjukic]

A group of security researchers from Technical University in Berlin managed to get root access to @Tesla's Autopilot computer by exploiting Secure boot mechanism with voltage glitching. #37c3 #tesla #carhack

[Edzard Höfig @edzard]

@motiondesign_01 You might want to have a look at SCXML.

[Edzard Höfig @edzard]

@Henri3tt3 Mäusebunker!

[Shit User Story @ShitUserStory]

As an...
– iOS user
I want to...
– use a rolling date picker that defaults to today and blocks future dates, meaning I have to roll back the years before the date and month, on a device that is made to enter numbers via a numeric keypad
so that...
– I can provide my date of birth

[Edzard Höfig @edzard]

@nitram509 @lukhash Transparent case is a banger, too 😄

[LukHash @lukhash]

Loading #C64 game directly from glow-in-the-dark vinyl record. The noise is binary audio, computer processes the data fed from the vinyl and the game is loading in real-time. We also created an online scoreboard. Shit can’t get any cooler 🔥

[Steven Brust, pjf @StevenBrust]

Publishing schedule:
Tsalmoth hardcover: April 23, 2023
Tsalmoth trade paperback: March 12, 2024
Lyorn hardcover: April 9, 2024
Lyorn trade paperback: April 15, 2025

[Fraunhofer FOKUS @fraunhoferfokus]

Ihr seid gut in das Wintersemester gestartet? Und sucht einen Nebenjob, der Euch beruflich weiterbringt, in einem netten Team – ganz nah an der @TUBerlin und auch gut erreichbar von der @BHT_bln aus? Dann kommt zu uns: 🚀 https://t.co/krd1HsawJB ⏳ Bewerbungsfrist: 30.11. #Jobs

[inigo quilez @iquilezles]

vec3 verified(vec2 p){vec2 k=vec2(-1.307,.5412),b=vec2(.2,.25),q=abs(p),d=b;if(q.x>q.y)q=q.yx;q-=k*min(dot(k,q),0.);q.y-=min(q.y,.5);p+=b;p.x-=.1;if(p.x<0.)d*=.5,p.x=-p.x;return 1.-vec3(.89,.39,.07)*min(1.-200.*max(length(q)-.26,.06-length(p-b/.1*clamp(dot(p,b),0.,d.x))),1.);
}

[Ian Hanschen @furan]

Full stack developer

[Incunabula @incunabula]

The Tripitaka Koreana - carved on 81258 woodblocks in the 13th century - is the most successful large data transfer over time yet achieved by humankind. 52 million characters of information, transmitted over nearly 8 centuries with zero data loss - an unequalled achievement. 1/