Rubik's Snake Simulator
In the simulator below, use the drop down options to select from some pre-built patterns. If you want to control the individual joints in the snake, you can expand the
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Comparing Algorithms for Dispersing Overlapping Rectangles
What do we mean by dispersing overlapping rectangles? The idea is to take a set of overlapping rectangles: Then spread them out in some way ('disperse' them) so that they
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How hard would it be to...
Sometimes there's a big difference between the perceived difficulty of implementing a new feature from a developer's perspective and a customer or client perspective. These are the types of features
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Translating an Interview Transcript to HAML with Excel Macros
Here's another Excel spreadsheet + macro solution to a recent problem. Problem Take a written transcript of something (maybe an interview, screenplay, podcast, webinar, etc.) from a Word document (in this
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Managing Email Campaign Lists with Excel Macros
At TrueJob we've spent a significant amount of time building up an email list to use for marketing and outreach. Inevitably, some processes have gotten a bit messy over time
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Make-N: A number game
The code for this game is available on GitHub. The drag and drop functionality uses interact.js. If you are on mobile, you might prefer to play the game by
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7 Things an American learned in New Zealand
I spent three weeks traveling through New Zealand, starting in Auckland at the top of the North Island, then traveling by bus, ferry and plane towards Queenstown in the South
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Is Leaving Wall Street Immoral? Thoughts on Effective Altruism
I recently left a job on Wall Street where some of my former coworkers donated large fractions of their income to charity. At least one was motivated to work on
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