CompSci Weekend SuperThread (April 15, 2016)

r/compsci strives to be the best online community for computer scientists. We moderate posts to keep things on topic.

This Weekend SuperThread provides a discussion area for posts that might be off-topic normally. Anything Goes: post your questions, ideas, requests for help, musings, or whatever comes to mind as comments in this thread.

Pointers

• If you're looking to answer questions, sort by new comments.
• If you're looking for answers, sort by top comment.
• Upvote a question you've answered for visibility.
• Downvoting is discouraged. Save it for discourteous content only.

Caveats

• It's not truly "Anything Goes". Please follow Reddiquette and use common sense.
• Homework help questions are discouraged.