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#51 2014-09-21 02:45:01
- phrontister
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
Getting better with age. 
Last edited by phrontister (2017-02-25 22:30:49)
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#52 2014-09-21 02:57:18
- bobbym
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
What a great score, wunderbar!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
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Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#53 2014-11-03 16:56:16
Re: Balance it if you possibly can
def partition(weights, target):
if len(weights) == 0 or target < 1:
return []
elif len(weights) == 1 and weights[0] == target:
return weights
else:
s = partition(weights[1:], target - weights[0])
if s:
return [weights[0]] + s
else:
return partition(weights[1:],target)
balance = lambda w: partition (w,sum(w)/2)Last edited by Agnishom (2014-11-03 16:59:23)
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#54 2014-11-03 20:36:55
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
What was your best score?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#55 2014-11-03 20:47:13
Re: Balance it if you possibly can
That is not exactly what I am interested in
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#56 2014-11-03 20:49:05
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
Hmmm, it is interesting to write code that assists the human, making him stronger, faster...
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#57 2014-11-03 20:51:33
Re: Balance it if you possibly can
Where is your code?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#58 2014-11-03 20:55:48
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
I did not post it but I might have let phrontister see it, I do not remember.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#59 2014-11-03 20:56:31
Re: Balance it if you possibly can
Please post it now
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#60 2014-11-03 21:02:26
- bobbym
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
I do not wish everyone in the world to just use my code and beat my score. I will have to tolerate cousin phrontister beating it because he is a genius.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#61 2014-11-03 21:08:47
Re: Balance it if you possibly can
I amnot interested in the score as I said in 55
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#62 2014-11-03 21:13:02
- bobbym
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
I know. My code is geared to solving the problem and trying to improve entry times.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#63 2014-11-03 21:17:44
Re: Balance it if you possibly can
What are entry times?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#64 2014-11-03 21:19:44
- bobbym
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
You have to move weights with the mouse to each side of the balance. These figure in along with computing the answer.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#65 2014-11-03 21:51:54
Re: Balance it if you possibly can
How can you do that!
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#66 2014-11-03 21:54:26
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
You just drag them with the mouse, it is quite easy.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#67 2014-11-03 22:07:32
Re: Balance it if you possibly can
How can you minimise that time?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#68 2014-11-03 22:15:50
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
One obvious way is to go back in time and be 27 years old again as cousin phrontister is.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#69 2014-11-03 23:24:32
Re: Balance it if you possibly can
That is not what a programmer can do
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#70 2014-11-03 23:27:34
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
A good portion of the game is manual dexterity. The young have more.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#71 2014-11-04 14:42:07
- phrontister
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
Hi, cousin.
Watching with interest...whoever that is (Gusto's cousin, no doubt).
"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson
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#72 2014-11-04 15:23:41
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
One obvious way is to go back in time and be 27 years old again as cousin phrontister is.
Hmm... Ask the doctor.
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#73 2014-11-04 20:27:33
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
What doctor?
Gusto's cousin?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#74 2014-11-04 20:37:12
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
Watching with 'interest' and playing with 'gusto' = watching with 'Fred' and playing with 'Joe', with the similarity of such word-play treatment making them cousins.
"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson
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#75 2014-11-04 20:51:43
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Re: Balance it if you possibly can
I have an Uncle Joe. When I was a kid he would use judo on me ( he is a brown belt ) forcing me to beg for mercy from his lethal choke holds and kicks to the head and abdomen. Then we would play chess and he would force me to beg for mercy as he would accumulate small positional advantages reducing my position to garbage. Then we would discuss electromagnetism and he would force me to beg for mercy while he explained quantum kaboobly doo to me. You see, he had no man child of his own to destroy.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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