Power of 4

Posted on Sat 15 August 2020 in tech • Tagged with math, squares, numeracy, programming

This one line solution bests 100% of Java submissions on leetcode.

I have to out myself. When I was a junior programmer I would have been strongly morally opposed to a solution like this. First of all, that was three decades ago and back then many types of cpus did …


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History: The Epic of Gilgamesh

Posted on Sun 09 August 2020 in history • Tagged with history, writ

2800-2500 BCE

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a poem dating to ancient Sumeria. It recounts the tale of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh describes a cataclysmic flood sent down upon the Earth by the gods to destroy human kind. A god, Ea, revealed the plot to destroy humanity to a man, Utnapishtim. Utnapishtim …


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History: Cuneiform

Posted on Sun 02 August 2020 in history • Tagged with definition, dictionary

Latin: wedge form. A system of writing developed in ancient Mesopotamia, and used by the Sumerian and later civilizations. Some ancient texts date as far back as 3000 BCE. Sumerians wrote cuneiform impressions on clay tablets, with a reed stylus. They then dried these tablets in the sun to obtain …


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History: Divination

Posted on Sun 26 July 2020 in history • Tagged with definition, dictionary

The art and practice of attempting to foretell or obtain knowledge concerning future events, the supernatural, or divine will. Divination frequently implies the use of characteristic tools of the trade, for example, foretelling events through interpretation of animal remains, shape of smoke columns, dice rolls, predictive cards, etc. Divination was …


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grim

Posted on Sat 25 July 2020 in art • Tagged with polaroid, originalart, fujifilm

Pretty Grim! It's an Instax (polaroid type) mess up! Love it!

Grim


History: Ziggurat

Posted on Sun 19 July 2020 in history • Tagged with definition, dictionary

A stepped tower, or recessed pyramid used in construction of Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian Temples. Such towers were frequently constructed from mud brick, a common building material of ancient Mesopotamia.