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4 года назадdiscuss

I don't think you're alone there. This was EXACTLY my mindset as well.

I have the same problem with the various Japanese logic puzzles (Soduku, Nurikabe, Hashi, etc): 1) This is fun! 2) Hmm, I'm using the same algorithms to solve every puzzle 3) I could probably write a solver 4) Don't write solver. Move on to something else.

tomlor

5 лет назадdiscuss

Thanks for the recommendation! As a huge Wing Commander fan back in the long long ago, do you have any other recommendations?

tomlor

5 лет назадdiscuss

I singlehandledly forced the replacement of Expensify at my company after some dodgy billing practices. They incrementally, yet substantially, raised our bill over a period of eight months with no notification to us whatsover. It was hard to detect because our bills were already variable values per month (based on active users).

When I discovered the higher rates we were paying I reached out to support and they said I wasn't notified because I elected to opt out of marketing emails. They wouldn't issue a credit either.

I threatened to cancel service and they truly couldn't have cared less. So we dumped them. Very satisfying. It's a shame - the product was ok. But from my persepctive, F these guys.

tomlor

5 лет назадdiscuss

I came at a solution doing the following:

Well, I know this:

   1 = 1/2 + 1/2

We're trying to get to 5 terms. So let's split 1/2 into two terms.

   1 = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/4

Hmm, let's do that again - this time splitting 1/4.

   1 = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/8

Ok, I'm pretty close. Can I split 1/8 into 1/9 and some mystery term?

   1 = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/9 + 1/N

Well, that's not hard to solve. N = 72.

1 = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/9 + 1/72