The Orchard Planting contest from infinite search space is over. So it is time for a quick write-up.
The rules are simple, on a grid of integers, place N points on the grid to get as much 4 points on a line and never more then 4 points on a line.
My big break-through [...]
Most internet videos are a waste of time, but this one isn’t! This is an interview of Stephen Colbert (out of his normal character) with Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Hayden Planetarium director, TV science host).
Adding resources
Today I’ve (again) seen this quote on Twitter:
“A project manager is someone who thinks that 9 pregnant women can create a baby in 1 month”
This obviously isn’t the case. The story demonstrates that adding more people to a team won’t (necessarily) make the team more effective. Because some processes can’t be [...]
A couple of days ago I first encountered “bytebeat”. This is a new hype revolving algorithmic music and sounds. The basic idea is this:
main(t) { for(t=0;;t++) putchar( t * (((t>>12) | (t>>8) ) & ( 63 & (t>>4)))); }
This simple loop has one variable, t (time). And every iteration we use t to [...]
