stansmith

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by stansmith 12y ago
One of the other articles referenced, about De Bruijn sequences, is much more interesting http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/october22013/index.html
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The value (per weight) of dimes, quarters, and half-dollars is the same(datagenetics.com)
3 points by stansmith 12y ago|0 comments
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Shuffling(datagenetics.com)
52 points by stansmith 12y ago|15 comments
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by stansmith 12y ago
There are many, many, other cool articles on the site. http://www.datagenetics.com/blog.html Once you start reading, you'll spend the rest of the day!
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Gray Code(datagenetics.com)
124 points by stansmith 12y ago|29 comments
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How to escape a monster(datagenetics.com)
7 points by stansmith 12y ago|0 comments
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Bertrand's Ballot Theorem applied to soccer games(datagenetics.com)
1 points by stansmith 12y ago|0 comments
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Optimal angle to let go of a rope swing to maximize distance(datagenetics.com)
4 points by stansmith 12y ago|0 comments
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Silly, but fun. Anonymous fortune cookies. Read and write one-off messages(datagenetics.com)
2 points by stansmith 12y ago|0 comments
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by stansmith 12y ago
"The top of the Golden Gate Bridge is almost two inches wider at the top than the base because of the curvature of the Earth" http://datagenetics.com/blog/june32012/index.html
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Missile Guidance Systems(datagenetics.com)
43 points by stansmith 12y ago|12 comments
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by stansmith 12y ago
Thanks, I also liked reading the last article about ice cream. Your articles remind me how much calculus/math I have forgotten since leaving school and, sadly, how little use there is everyday to use calculus :(
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by stansmith 12y ago
Err, are you sure about that? It touches at one point, so that makes it a tangent, so it's perpendicular to the circle. I think it it a right angle. (This is the internet, so I'm sure there will shortly be lots of posts of: Yes
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Why ice cream cones are shaped the way they are(datagenetics.com)
9 points by stansmith 12y ago|5 comments
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by stansmith 12y ago
If you read to the bottom of the cylinder article, there's a link to another blog post by the same guy about other Martin Gardner puzzles, and the 'band around the Earth' puzzle is the first one! http://www.datage
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Cylinders in Spheres(datagenetics.com)
118 points by stansmith 12y ago|58 comments
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21 short puzzles that programmers will love(datagenetics.com)
3 points by stansmith 12y ago|0 comments
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by stansmith 12y ago
I think you have a typo, it should be 'loose' not 'lose'
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Best of DataGenetics blog – Top ten most read articles, by year(datagenetics.com)
2 points by stansmith 12y ago|1 comments
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by stansmith 12y ago
I used to love playing Amidar. I can still sing the tune. (The guy who is playing in the attached video is an awesome player!)
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by stansmith 12y ago
Spooky
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by stansmith 13y ago
Love the animation.
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by stansmith 13y ago
Thanks for sharing
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by stansmith 13y ago
You want this other article for that (mentioned at the bottom) http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/march12012/index.html
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by stansmith 13y ago
Awesome! I (almost) didn't believe the fish thing. I had to PRT-SCR and use paint.net to change the white to transparent to overlay them. It's real!
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Wounded QR Codes(datagenetics.com)
196 points by stansmith 13y ago|49 comments