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life recap
Important implementation information! “Write a program that find a near optimal solution to the Rubic’s cube.” Dodgy grammar and spelling aside, this makes my plan of attack much narrower in scope. Now I don’t have to figure out whether he wanted a program, or a printed mathematical algorithm, or a machine that physically solves a [...]
“Find a near-optimal solution to the Rubik’s Cube.” More as I figure out exactly what that means and how to do it.
“Reasons for the dearth of recent updates.” I’m back to college next week, so maybe things’ll pick up then.
a story about an ill-fated game of strip poker played on school grounds during elementary school
I don’t feel like reporting anything else substantial right now, so here’s a picture of a ten pound chocolate bar:
Here are some photos of miscellaneous pretty things I’ve encountered on the trip.
While going through the pictures I’ve taken so far, I noticed quite a few involved signs or messages that amused me for some reason or another. Since I’m currently one picture short of the mini-album I really wanted to post today, here are a few of those pictures, captioned snarkily.
Solvang is an “authentic Danish village,” complete with an authentic Danish non-moving windmill, an authentic Danish pay phone, authentic Danish chocolate-covered Red Vines, and an authentic Danish Swiss army knife.