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The IMO 2011 windmill problem
- 13 minute read
A recent video by 3Blue1Brown (previously seen generating Pi from bouncing blocks) introduced me to an interesting problem from the 2011 International Mathematical Olympiad. The problem (described below) describes a windmill process where a line rotates through a cloud of points, switching pivots whenever it hits a new point.
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Debugging the Prestashop mail configuration
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A client that will remain nameless has a brand new Prestashop (don’t mind the pixels in the logo) that he’s really happy with. He’s been able to set it up mostly by himself, except for the mail server, which was being rather fussy.
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Bouncing blocks gives you Pi
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The YouTube channel 3Blue1Brown recently uploaded a video where they give the following situation: we have two sliding blocks and a wall on the left. The first block starts out motionless, and the second block comes in sliding from the right.
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A rusty Advent of Code 2018
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Like any year since 2015, when December rolled around my productivity plummeted. It’s time to waste all my hours perfecting a program solving a problem that no one needs solved. Hello Advent of Code 2018. If you haven’t read my previous posts and haven’t heard of Advent of Code before, consider checking them out first. If you just want to see the actual code, you can find it on Github.
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Advent of Code - Polyglot Edition
- 6 minute read
Two years ago, Eric Wastl announced his Advent of Code: an advent calendar with a different programming challenge every day. During the event, you helped Santa power his snow machine by completing the two tasks for that day.
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