In the Olympics of Algorithms, a Russian Keeps Winning Gold | MIT Technology Review.
I had no idea there were actually thriving competitions in this space, but this is so cool. As I was reading the article I became curious as to what this actually looks like, and then got excited about the thought behind there being some actual video of what it’s like. Lo and behold:
Fascinating. There are many more screencasts available on Petr Mitrichev’s blog.