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Comment on Problem vs Puzzle by alexis

alexis — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:00:54 +0000

If something is “puzzling” then it could be puzzling because the answer is strange or unexpected, or at least there should be something unexpected or unexplained, that is “puzzling”, you can imagine someone looking puzzled.

Comment on Problem vs Puzzle by Tweets that mention Cloudoid » Problem vs Puzzle -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Cloudoid » Problem vs Puzzle -- Topsy.com — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:56:37 +0000

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Comment on Problem vs Puzzle by cloudoid

cloudoid — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:41:03 +0000

Adam: that’s an excellent point about satisfaction. I suppose it’s like the punchline of a joke, or the reveal in a magic trick. Except you do the reveal yourself.

Comment on Problem vs Puzzle by Adam

Adam — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:02:11 +0000

I think Satisfaction is actually a better approach to Fun. It’s easier to satisfy people than it is to keep them constantly entertained – let’s take a small baby: You can shut them up for half an hour with a bottle of milk. Doing that through entertainment (pulling faces) is a lot more exhausting, and eventually you’re going to pull a face that makes baby cry…

The relevence here, is that a great deal of Satisfaction can be derived from solving problems, and if the solution is “Beautiful” as you put it, all the better.

And if you’ve got a secret formula for that, then you better keep posting!

Comment on Ant, Chip, Tweet by Anth

Anth — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:59:47 +0000

Very very cool!
This brought back fond memories of 8 bit programming, which incidentally I am quite rusty with.
Elegant in its tightness, compared to the “bloat” that passes as code today.
Fool me once or twice. _Never_assume_ : a good solid lesson in life.
(Shame to me, I should have gotten The “halt” trick to sync the display.)
Anth

Comment on Ant, Chip, Tweet by Adam

Adam — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:53:02 +0000

Very cool!

Comment on Wordpress Help? by mnem

mnem — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:49:27 +0000

Fixed! By magic!

Comment on Another Counting Puzzle by cloudoid

cloudoid — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:30:45 +0000

thanks

Comment on Another Counting Puzzle by Simon Foster

Simon Foster — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:13:43 +0000

You could just do:

f += str(n).count(’1′)

and drop the ‘import string’

PS. I knew there ought to be an easier way to count ‘1’s

Comment on Mystic Petals Puzzle – Counting Triangles Using Triangular Numbers by Why the mystic rose puzzle is hard, Part I « Chris Taylor

Why the mystic rose puzzle is hard, Part I « Chris Taylor — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:33:28 +0000

[...] all those triangles in your head (although CloudoidLtd has a very pretty, and easy to understand, solution for n = 6 and n = 7 on his blog.) The answers there are 110 and [...]