SubscribePolitical Labels and Logical Fallacies
What do you think when you hear the term “Left-wing Liberal”? How about “tea party”? “Right-wing extremist”? “Die-hard Republican”? “Card-carrying member of the NRA”? “Reactionary”? “Obstructionist”? “Moderate”? “Libertarian”? “Independent”? “Neocon”? No matter what you believe, or what your personal political affiliation is (if you have one), the odds are good that those terms conjure up [...]
Solving Mastermind Logically
Many of you know that I love logic puzzles, and that artificial intelligence fascinates me. These two interests go hand-in-hand, and both are complemented by my passion for programming. I have at various times tried to write programs to either generate or solve different kinds of logic puzzles, including tic-tac-toe, Sudoku, Lights Out, and Mastermind. [...]
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- I really like Putty, but Xshell (SSH for Windows) provides a nice tabbed interface that Putty doesn't have. It's worth a try at least.
- Cambridgify anything: can you raed tihs? http://www.cambridgify.com/?url=http://news.google.com
- One of my three LCDs is broken, and I'm now feeling very cramped with only two. I think I may be spoiled.
- FPS game name pool: black, sniper, code, down, warfare, tango, dark, metal, day, team, covert. Pick three, send name to marketing dept.
- Any Android developers out there, check out http://www.amlcode.com and see if the project looks promising! It has potential for me at least.
- Watching live webstats with @woopra. Finland, Spain, and Mexico in a 5-second timespan...I'm not used to seeing that kind of activity!
- Finding gaps in an appointment schedule table using a single SQL query: http://bit.ly/dsE2Pq
- So, about a week after I bought it, Portal is now free until May 24th. You absolutely MUST play this game. http://bit.ly/dbURmt
- Less than 23 hours left to pay what you want for the Humble Indie Bundle! http://j.mp/9WtdAm