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Fascinating! One of Affirm's old job application puzzles was about a hexagonal grid. I did a write-up[1] of how I solved it, unaware that I was reinventing the
by akanet 12y ago
Fascinating! One of Affirm's old job application puzzles was about a hexagonal grid. I did a write-up[1] of how I solved it, unaware that I was reinventing the wheel. The cube coordinates abstraction would have been killer for being able to explain things to myself.
[1]: http://vincentwoo.com/2013/03/08/above-and-beyond-the-affirm-job-puzzle/ http://vincentwoo.com/2013/03/08/above-and-beyond-the-affirm...
- ims 12y agoThat's funny, I brought this exact puzzle up last time this link was posted. Twins! Nice solution. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5809724 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5809724